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Optimality, Sub-optimality, Nirvana, and Transaction Costs Foraging on the Commons
Feeny, David - 1995
choice of viewpoint from which to assess outcomes, time horizon, choice of normative system, measurement properties of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468417
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Fractional biometrics: Safeguarding privacy in biometric applications
Bayly, D; Castro, M; Arakala, A; Jeffers, J; Horadam, K - 2010
This paper presents a biometric system solution that "masks" a fraction of a person's biometric image before submission, to reduce the possibility of forgery and collusion. A prototype system was constructed for the fingerprint biometric and tested in three security scenarios. It is shown that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481748
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A climate profile indicator based comparative analysis of climate change scenarios with regard to maize cultures
Hufnagel, Levente; Szenteleki, Károly; Ferenczy, Antal; … - 2009
Using ecological data compiled from scientific literature on pest, pathogen and weed species characteristic in maize cultures in Hungary, we defined monthly climate profile indicators and applied them to complete a comparative analysis of the historical and modelled climate change scenario...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353002
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Climatic effects on the phenology of geophytes
Eppich, Boglárka; Dede, Lilla; Ferenczy, Antal; … - 2009
Nowadays, the scientific and social significance of the research of climatic effects has become outstanding. In order to be able to predict the ecological effects of the global climate change, it is necessary to study monitoring databases of the past and explore connections. For the case study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353004
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Comparative analysis of the relationship between phenological phenomena and meteorological indicators based on insect and plant monitoring
Ferenczy, Antal; Eppich, Boglárka; Varga, Réka Dóra; … - 2010
Climate change is one of the biggest environmental problems of the 21st century. The most sensitive indicators of the effects of the climatic changes are phenological processes of the biota. The effects of climate change which were observed the earliest are the remarkable changes in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353041
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Neurometrics applied to banknote and security features design
Ortuño Molinero, Rubén; Sánchez Echave, Jose; …
El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una metodología sobre la aplicación del neuroanálisis en el diseño de billetes y elementos de seguridad. Tradicionalmente, la evaluación de la percepción de los billetes se ha basado en respuestas explícitas de las personas, obtenidas a través de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012523778
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Macroeconomic Determinants of the Happiness of the Poor: A Case Study of Pakistan
Shahbaz, Muhamm; Aamir, Naveed - 2008
that this is qualitative and subjective phenomena are not easily captured by measurement. In the present endeavour, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468683
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Internationalit?t der Unternehmung - Aktueller Forschungsstand, Analyse und Konzeptualisierung
Fischer, Laura Denise - 2006
The research field of (measurement) concepts depicting the degree of multinationality of a firm is vast and complex … multinationality is, however, a precondition for the validity of measurement concepts. Hence, the development of a well … framework as well as recommendations for the construction of measurement concepts of firm multinationality are identified and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481002
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Forecasting Field Defect Rates Using a Combined Time-based and Metrics-based Approach: a Case Study of OpenBSD
Luo Li, Paul; Herbsleb, James; Shaw, Mary - 2005
Open source software systems are critical infrastructure for many applications; however, little has been precisely measured about their quality. Forecasting the field defect-occurrence rate over the entire lifespan of a release before deployment for open source software systems may enable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440981
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A retrospective view of the South African excellence model
Williams, June C. - 2008
, however, performance measurement systems ofworld-class organisations are tailored to drive manufacturing and service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442199