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Test Suite Optimization Using Chaotic Firefly Algorithm in Software Testing
Pandey, Abhishek; Banerjee, Soumya - In: International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic … 8 (2017) 4, pp. 41-57
Software testing is time consuming and a costly activity. Effective generation of test cases is necessary in order to perform rigorous testing. There exist various techniques for effective test case generation. These techniques are based on various test adequacy criteria such as statement...
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Non-Linear Properties of the VIX Index
Magafas, L.; Hanias, M.; Tavlatou, A.; Kostantaki, P. - In: International Journal of Productivity Management and … 5 (2017) 2, pp. 16-24
This paper applies non-linear methods to analyze and predict the daily VIX index which is one of the most important stock indexes in the world. The aim of the analysis is to quantitatively show if the corresponding time series is a deterministic chaotic one and if one or more days ahead...
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A Framework for Managing Complexity in Information Systems
Storey, Veda C.; Kaul, Mala; Woo, Carson - In: Journal of Database Management (JDM) 28 (2017) 1, pp. 31-42
A particularly difficult, but important, challenge in the design and development of contemporary information systems is dealing with complexity. Although complexity has been richly discussed from various perspectives in the literature, there is limited guidance on how to address complexity in...
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Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: Impact of Task Complexity on Team Trust and Satisfaction
Siau, Keng; Nah, Fiona Fui-Hoon; Eschenbrenner, Brenda; … - In: Journal of Database Management (JDM) 28 (2017) 4, pp. 60-78
Virtual worlds are three-dimensional, computer-generated worlds in which team collaboration can be facilitated through the use of shared virtual space and mediated using avatars. This article examines the effect of task complexity on team collaboration. A puzzle game in Second Life was used as...
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Systems theories and public relations practice
Gregory, Anne - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (2000) 3, pp. 266-277
underpinnings is systems theory, with parallels being drawn between systems and how communication is practised. Most public … relations texts, however, including some of the most influential, do not do justice to the richness of systems theory … school of thought called actor‐network theory is also alluded to in order to extend the discussion. The paper is in three …
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The method in their madness: chaos, communication, and the D.C. snipers
Suzanne Horsley, J. - In: Journal of Communication Management 18 (2014) 3, pp. 295-318
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explicate chaos theory metaphorically from a social science perspective to …, DC, area sniper shootings as a case study, the author unravel chaos theory in terms of a public safety crisis that … communication during the DC sniper shootings. There is also limited research in chaos theory and crisis response. This research may …
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New approaches to communication management for transformation and change in organisations
Ströh, Ursula; Jaatinen, Miia - In: Journal of Communication Management 6 (2002) 2, pp. 148-165
. Implications are drawn from chaos, postmodern and complexity theory as well as the contingency view of communication. The authors …
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Preventive marketing for crisis communications in tourism: Management strategies in the USA and Spain
González‐Herrero, Alfonso; Pratt, Cornelius - In: Journal of Communication Management 3 (1998) 1, pp. 9-25
Using chaos theory as a point of departure, this comparative study of systematic samples of public relations …
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Living in the present
Marren, Patrick - In: Journal of Business Strategy 29 (2008) 3, pp. 45-47
Purpose – An article “from the future” illustrating the trend away from serious strategy and planning in American companies. Design/methodology/approach – Making use of previous learning and work with numerous clients to illuminate certain aspects of the context within which business...
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Routes to chaos in macroeconomic theory
Gomes, Orlando - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) 6, pp. 437-468
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey literature on macroeconomic nonlinear dynamics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper identifies five influential types of models where the possible generation of endogenous cycles and chaotic motion arises. First, the frameworks that make...
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