Design rainfall temporal pattern is an important input to the rainfall-based flood estimation methods. Although temporal patterns generally show a high degree of variability from storm to storm, an average temporal pattern is generally used in the Design Event Approach, the recommended...

In this paper, we propose a unified framework for trust management that can cover a broad variety of trust mechanisms including reputations, credentials, local data and environment parameters. The proposed trust management framework leverages established standards and it covers a broad variety...

In 1978, Lefty Rosenthal, a former Chicago bookmaker, became Director of Entertainment at the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Roemer (1994: 111), in his book about Vegas, says, "Lefty had traveled a road paved with controversy and dispute. I guess you could say Lefty was representative...

Consumers have been a driving force in the growth of complementary healthcare in Western nations. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), in its various modalities, is increasingly used by the Australian public (MacLennan, Wilson & Taylor 2002). International publications have revealed the...

Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) tend to gradually adopt Web based business applications to enhance their business processes. To support this gradual adoption we need a framework that supports iterative development. Further processes that have been supported by web based business...

It is proposed to examine how these two different models of human relations - that of Winnicott and Serres - illuminate features of contemporary organizational life.With these models, one can view recent scandals in the USA, specifically the implosion of the energy firm, Enron. Previous accounts...

Since year 2000 Advance enterprise Information Management Systems Research Group (AeIMS) has been studying how Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can make use of advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to become globally competitive by making the business processes efficient...

Throughout the centuries, business lives have been changing and modifying. Each era in history brought new needs, demands and requirements. During the Agricultural era land and tools played important roles, while during the Industrial era machines and factories played a dominant role in shaping...

Patient Journey Modeling, a relatively recent innovation in healthcare quality improvement, models the patient's movement through a Health Care Organisation (HCO) by viewing it from a patient centric perspective. A Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) provides a standard project management...

To date, the existing literature is very limited in its provision of links between knowledge management or intellectual capital with innovation. Existing studies have derived their innovation processes from large companies? perspectives and have not considered the needs of small and medium...