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Wiberg, Nils. "Use Qualities: An Organic Luxury We Can Afford : A Primer and Implementation of how Organic Interfaces can Improve the Use Quality Affordance." Thesis, Umeå University, Department of Informatics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32874.
Full textUse qualities are sought after in interaction design and increasingly reachable given the new developments in tangible, ubiquitous and embodied interactions. But are they really obtainable regardless of what approach one chooses. This thesis explores how use qualities can be reached by Organic Interaction Design and in doing so it also provides a primer for what this concept entails: A concept which demands a high level of intuitivity in the designs of new media and new interaction trajectories. It is implemented here in a case of an interactive table complete with tangible interactions. This thesis provides examples of how use qualities such as immersion, playability and even vulnerability are reached not via e.g. system transparency but rather via a mimicry of the tacit cues of biological systems occurring in the natural world. The interaction design need be thoughtful and holistic for such endeavors.
McKenna, Mary. "User-based criteria for use and evaluation of alert services." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available, full text:, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
Full textMyers, Robert N. Zapata Edwar. "Linking information for mobile use." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Sep%5FMyers_Zapata.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Singh, Gurminder ; Das, Arijit. "September 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 25, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). Also available in print.
Zapata, Edwar. "Linking information for mobile use." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3235.
Full textBrandt, Patrik. "Information in use : aspects of information quality in workflows /." Karlskrona : School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2007. http://www.bth.se/fou/Forskinfo.nsf/01f1d3898cbbd490c12568160037fb62/e7dea68ff7c42604c12572b10051f3e6!OpenDocument.
Full textCroon, Fors Anna. "Being-with Information Technology : Critical explorations beyond use and design." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-748.
Full textLundqvist, Magnus. "Information Demand and Use : Improving Information Flow within Small-scale Business Contexts." Licentiate thesis, Linköping : Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköpings universitet, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-9666.
Full textHill, Belinda Kaye. "Weaving information : students' use of the Internet to find information /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7667.
Full textVan, Zee Emily Hanke. "Use of information in decision deliberation /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9085.
Full textDawson, Erika H. "Social information use in social insects." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2014. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7980.
Full textWimalasuriya, Daya Chinthana. "Use of ontologies in information extraction." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11216.
Full textInformation extraction (IE) aims to recognize and retrieve certain types of information from natural language text. For instance, an information extraction system may extract key geopolitical indicators about countries from a set of web pages while ignoring other types of information. IE has existed as a research field for a few decades, and ontology-based information extraction (OBIE) has recently emerged as one of its subfields. Here, the general idea is to use ontologies--which provide formal and explicit specifications of shared conceptualizations--to guide the information extraction process. This dissertation presents two novel directions for ontology-based information extraction in which ontologies are used to improve the information extraction process. First, I describe how a component-based approach for information extraction can be designed through the use of ontologies in information extraction. A key idea in this approach is identifying components of information extraction systems which make extractions with respect to specific ontological concepts. These components are termed "information extractors". The component-based approach explores how information extractors as well as other types of components can be used in developing information extraction systems. This approach has the potential to make a significant contribution towards the widespread usage and commercialization of information extraction. Second, I describe how an ontology-based information extraction system can make use of multiple ontologies. Almost all previous systems use a single ontology, although multiple ontologies are available for most domains. Using multiple ontologies in information extraction has the potential to extract more information from text and thus leads to an improvement in performance measures. The concept of information extractor, conceived in the component-based approach for information extraction, is used in designing the principles for accommodating multiple ontologies in an ontology-based information extraction system.
Committee in charge: Dr. Dejing Dou, Chair; Dr. Arthur Farley, Member; Dr. Michal Young, Member; Dr. Monte Westerfield, Outside Member
Cheng, Grace Y. T., and n/a. "Measuring electronic information systems: the use of the information behaviour model." University of Canberra. Information Management and Tourism, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050628.150806.
Full textSödersten, Fredrik. "The use of information by the decision-maker." Thesis, University of Skövde, Department of Computer Science, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-403.
Full textIn this dissertation different decision-making processes are considered. The concept of information is described and different types of information are identified. These are operative information, supportive information, state-of-the-art-information, feedback information, directive information and private-interpersonal information. The research method, which has been used in this investigation, is personal interviews. Those who participated in the investigation were decision-makers from five different organizations. One aim was to investigate decision-making processes used in organizations and compare them with certain theoretical decision-making processes. Another aim was to identify what types of information were used in the different parts of a decision-making process. One conclusion is that the decision-making processes used in organizations differ from each other, mostly in the first and last phase, but they are still fairly similar. The main difference in the first phase is the focus on the overall goal of the organization and in the last phase if evaluation is included in the decision-making process. Another conclusion is that all types of information, except private-interpersonal information, are used in the different decision-making processes.
Bullen, Alison Maeve. "Parliamentary Committees : strategy for improved information use /." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/989.
Full textKirk, Joyce. "Theorising information use : managers and their work /." Electronic version, 2002. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20031028.165129/index.html.
Full textCameron, Tamara. "Representing information use in an educational setting." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3390.
Full textWatson, Neville. "Alcohol use and biases in information processing." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505823.
Full textNdyetabula, Protas K. G. M. "The use of soil information in Tanzania." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296808.
Full textChina, Samuel Soita. "Land use planning using geographic information systems." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239501.
Full textRojas-Ferrer, Isabel. "Individual Variation In Information and Its Use." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42105.
Full textBen, Tania, Yuliia Onofriichuk, and Roman Golovatyi. "Use of modern information technology in education." Thesis, Lviv State University of Life Safety, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5997.
Full textSokolova, I. V. "Creativity Through the Use of Information Technologies." Thesis, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2000. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62748.
Full textHnatenko, O. S., and V. B. Sivni. "Use of femtosecond lasers to encode information." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2019. http://openarchive.nure.ua/handle/document/8570.
Full textPark, Albert. "Intended Use Evaluation Approach for Information Visualization." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36080.
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Tan, Ter Chian Felix. "Conceptualising use for information systems (IS) success." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41850/1/Ter_Tan_Thesis.pdf.
Full textSaid, Emanuel. "The value of market research information : how do clients of market research services construct value from their usage of market research information?" Thesis, Cranfield University, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7096.
Full textKitheka, Julius Mwaniki Carleton University Dissertation Management Studies. "Export information: an investigation into the use of sources of export information." Ottawa, 1994.
Find full textSundén, Susanne, and Gudrun Wicander. "Information and Communication Technology Applied for Developing Countries in a Rural Context : Towards a Framework for Analysing Factors Influencing Sustainable Use." Licentiate thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-748.
Full textInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) has been considered a tool that can be used to achieve development goals in developing countries. In the same time, the majority of people living in developing countries, and especially those in rural areas lack access to ICT. Even if there have been many attempts to introduce ICT, they have in general not been long-lasting.
A framework for studying factors that influence use of ICT is desirable. We see it necessary to bring a sustainability aspect into the picture of ICT. In this work the requirement of ‘sustainable ICT use’ stresses that ICT is long-lasting and that ICT meets the needs of the user. Thus, the aim of this work is to develop a tool for conceptualisation that can support the understanding of the conditions for sustainable, and therefore successful, ICT projects in developing countries.
Our theoretical starting point is taken in the Information System (IS) theories. The theoretical base is then broadened to include theories on international development, theories on sustainable development, and theories on diffusion of innovations and transfer of technology. The theoretical foundation, together with four empirical studies, is used to answer the two research questions in this thesis. The first question is: Which are the critical factors influencing sustainable ICT use in developing countries? By using ‘critical factors’ we emphasise a focus on factors which are crucial (even if possibly not sufficient) for bringing about sustainable ICT use. This question is followed by a second question: How would a framework be structured to properly include these factors in order to support analyses of sustainable ICT use?
The framework has evolved through the identification of factors from four empirical studies. Forty-one factors were identified and sorted into fifteen subcategories of five major capital assets. The main contribution of our study is that of a generic framework, which can be used as a guideline for planning, implementation, and evaluation of ICT projects in a rural developing country context achieving sustainable ICT. As argued in this thesis technology is not the key resource; it is the combination and system of different resources distributed along a time and space dimension that is the key. With our framework we have demonstrated that the ICT artefact is not the sustainability tool, it is the combination of different resources that makes it sustainable and competitive.
Sezgin, Emre. "Itmem - Information Technology Management Enhancement Model: Assessment Of Information Technology Use In Organizations." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612353/index.pdf.
Full textdevelopment and manufacturing industries which were appraised in or in progress of being appraised in CMMI. The study revealed the benefits and deficiencies of IT use in the company. It also provided information for decision makers about IT value within companies, and demonstrated the effects of best practices and standards over IT use.The reported findings should be valuable assets to researchers studying on IT management and IT use in organizations.
Fung, Yat-chu, and 馮一柱. "Information technology and empowerment in information society: use of computers amongst senior persons." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31245298.
Full textMolenaar, Daryn. "Perception of information : enriching location specific information through the use of calm computing." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2276.
Full textMany studies have been conducted on the interaction between environments and relevant information in the field of interaction design. Most of these studies are focused on increasing the awareness of technology, information and the interaction between them. This awareness could negatively lead to an increase in information overload where each bit of information is competing to be the centre of a person's attention. This information overload gets compounded even more when a person is in a public place because of the amount of available commercial information like billboards, digital displays and printed media which are constantly pushing information into the space. Cognitive studies have shown that human beings have a limit to the amount of information they can consciously focus on and process. When a person reaches information saturation, the quality of their decision-making ability deteriorates drastically (Bray, 2008). Information overload can lead to a situation called decision paralysis. The research proposed an investigation into the possibility of decreasing information overload through the use of calm computing. Relevant information could be pushed to the periphery where it could be accessed or attended to when it was needed. It was argued that when the intake of peripheral information could become an unconscious activity, mainly through the use of ubiquitous computing, more attention could be given to other important activities like increasing social interaction in public spaces.
Sun, Heshan. "Towards a better understanding of dynamics of IT use a new concept of adaptive IT use /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available, full text:, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
Full textWoods, Rebecca Jindalee. "Infants' use of luminance information in object individuation." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/261.
Full textBacklund, Per. "The Use of Patterns in Information System Engineering." Thesis, University of Skövde, Department of Computer Science, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-619.
Full textThe aims of this dissertation are to investigate the use and usefulness of patterns in Information Systems Engineering and to identify future areas of research. In order to do this there is a need to survey different types of patterns and find a common concept of patterns. A pattern is based on experience found in the real world. A text or a model or a combination of the both can describe the pattern. A pattern is typically described in terms of context, forces, problem, and solution. These can be explicitly expressed or implicitly found in the description of the pattern.
The types of patterns dealt with are: object-oriented patterns; design patterns, analysis patterns; data model patterns; domain patterns; business patterns; workflow patterns and the deontic pattern. The different types of patterns are presented using the authors' own terminology.
The patterns described in the survey are classified with respect to different aspects. The intention of this analysis is to form a taxonomy for patterns and to bring order into the vast amount of patterns. This is an important step in order to find out how patterns are used and can be used in Information Systems Engineering. The aspects used in the classification are: level of abstraction; text or model emphasis; product or process emphasis; life cycle stage usage and combinations of these aspects.
Finally an outline for future areas of research is presented. The areas that have been considered of interest are: patterns and Information Systems Engineering methods; patterns and tools (tool support for patterns); patterns as a pedagogical aid; the extraction and documentation of patterns and patterns and novel applications of information technology. Each future area of research is sketched out.
Häggquist, Elisabeth. "The Economic Value and Use of Geological Information." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Samhällsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-65731.
Full textMorris, Anne. "Expert systems and their use in information science." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1993. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/28110.
Full textChanana, Vivek, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and School of Computing and Information Technology. "Enhancing information retrieval effectiveness through use of context." THESIS_CSTE_CIT_Chanana_V.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/719.
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Andersson, Rikard. "Historical land-use information from culturally modified trees /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Vegetation Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/200561.pdf.
Full textAl-Yaseen, Hussein M. "The evaluation of information technology in operational use." Thesis, Brunel University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402511.
Full textSoto, Susana. "Information in dentistry : patterns of communication and use." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1992. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2955/.
Full textPIRES, CLAUDIA MACHADO. "USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPLY CHAIN HOSPITAL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=23015@1.
Full textThis paper aims to present the main problems and challenges of hospital logistics and how the use of information technology can help the healthcare industry to minimize the impacts of these problems and challenges. The healthcare market involving manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and healthcare facilities, suffers great control of regulators to fulfill such requirements as traceability, handling, packaging, dispensing and disposal of health products. Complexities such as the difficulty of managing the lack or excess inventories, multiplicities of commercial items, packaging, specifications and presentations of medicines and compulsory control of batch manufacturing and expiry date of health inputs are large and impactful responsible for costs with supplies representing 25 per cent to 35 per cent of total operating costs of a health organization. Another major challenge of the health manager is to ensure patient safety, through processes of prescribing, dispensing and administration of drugs in a controlled, structured and safe way. Studies claim that medication errors represent the major cause of non-conformity in the hospital setting. In this context information technology presents itself as a tool to achieve the proper management of hospital logistics, minimizing the complexity and challenges of the healthcare industry, highlighting the use of barcode and radio frequency identification - RFID as one of the main tools information technology adopted by healthcare organizations seeking to conduct an effective and efficient logistics management.
Joneidy, S. "Making sense of the information systems use field." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/35919/.
Full textStringer, Neil Simon. "The use of enhanced depth information in telepresence." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2181/.
Full textКраснюк, Світлана Олександрівна. "The use of information technologies in learning process." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/15316.
Full textДядечко, Алла Миколаївна, Алла Николаевна Дядечко, Alla Mykolaivna Diadechko, and V. Rudenko. "Ecological aspects of use the information-communication technologies." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2008. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16072.
Full textRudenko, Viktoria. "Influence of use information-communication technologies on environment." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2008. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8293.
Full textDolezel, Paul Matthew. "Student Use of Information Sources About Student Activities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36857.
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Carthy, Laura. "Linking Wheels for use in quantum information processing." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/linking-wheels-for-use-in-quantum-information-processing(ca5addcd-5ce1-4e9d-86f5-e56405a4092c).html.
Full textMoghe, Rashmi. "Consumer use of the Internet for insomnia information." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12347.
Full textKoo, Michelle Mui Sze. "The use of written medicine information by consumers." Phd thesis, Faculty of Pharmacy, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9989.
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