Assessing a Web-Based Information System for Casual and Novice Users of External Statistical Data

This paper describes the development and testing of a Web-based Information System to provide casual and novice users with access to external statistical data. External statistical data is provided by sources including national statistical agencies, government departments and by many businesses. The system described in the paper integrates three recently developed technologies, OLAP, MDDB and the Web to provide a simple system that allows casual and novice users to manipulate statistical data by adding or removing variables, drilling down or rolling up the data and customising their view of the data by filtering out unwanted variables

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WWW sites vs. applications software: The DAIS model

Since the advent and widespread use of the Internet, it has become apparent that there are significant differences between applications software and WWW sites which warrant a re-examination of HCI design and evaluation methods. Previous research has identified and documented the factors which differentiate between applications software and WWW sites, however a well defined model of these differences and their origins was not available. This paper defines such a model of Distinguishing Attributes for Informational Sites (DAIS). © 2003 ACM

A Framework to Support Coalition Formation in Supply Chain Collaboration

This paper proposes a framework for agents in globally collaborative supply chain by applying the concept of coalition formation, a cooperation game in game theory. This framework provides mutual benefits to every party involved buyers, sellers and logistics providers. It provides a common gateway that allows individual parties to locate the right partners, negotiate with them, and form coalition in the best possible ways. The framework is applicable to real world e-business models, including B2C, B2B, supply chain and logistics, SME, etc. We firstly discuss common needs existing in today e-business. We then discuss about our framework, i.e., negotiation protocol and decision mechanism

Why students leave their ICT degrees: A gender comparison

Student attrition is of particular concern in the field of ICT because the industry faces staffing shortfalls, generally and a noticeable lack of female employees. This paper explores the reasons students give for leaving their ICT courses and examines gender differences in them. An online survey of early leavers from four Australian universities was conducted. The results show that, for many students, a combination of issues lead to their withdrawal. Whilst the gender imbalance was certainly noted, sexist behaviour from male staff or students was not rated highly as an issue in terms of the withdrawal of female students from their course. Females ex-students were however more likely to believe that they didn\u27t have the expected background knowledge for the course, didn\u27t understand the concepts, or didn\u27t understand the meaning of terms used in the course. Recommendations are made to address issues that could be mitigated by university action

Is ‘community’ important for Community Information Systems?

Community information systems have the power to transform communities. However, without fully understanding the factors affecting community information system viability, and the complex relationships between these factors, communities struggle to manage such projects in a way that leads to viable systems that deliver real benefits. This paper develops a Model of Community Information System Viability, based on both existing literature and the study of three community information system projects. This Model represents not only the generic factors that inform viability, but also considers the impact of community context

An Assessment Tool for E-Government System Performance:-A Citizen-Centric Model

Governments worldwide have, increasingly, implemented e-government initiatives for their potential significant benefits; among which, delivering better services to citizens through increasing citizens‟ convenience, satisfaction, and independence; and saving their time, effort, and cost. Achieving each benefit is an objective to these governments and fulfilling each objective is considered a critical success factors. Hence, governments need to assess the extent to which they were able to obtain their preset goals. This study merely focuses on the citizens‟ perspective of the evaluation. However, the literature seems to lack studies that propose such a sufficient evaluation tool that has been reliably validated. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to fill this gap by proposing and validating a conceptual model and an associated evaluation tool which measures the e-government performance from citizens‟ perspective. The model includes factors which impact citizens‟ perceptions and their psychological and tangible benefits which, in turn, influence their adoption. The model was validated by a survey method and analyzed using PLS. The results support our model and shows that almost all paths in the proposed model are significant

Electrostatic control of a membrane using adaptive feedback linearization

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