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A Framework to Improve the Disaster Response Through a Knowledge-Based Multi-Agent System
Prudhomme, Claire; Cruz, Christophe; Roxin, Ana; … - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 96-109
through task decomposition and repartition. It is based reasoning on ontologies which provides an explicit trace of the …
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Web Services Description and Discovery for Mobile Crowdsensing: Survey and Future Guidelines
Bradai, Salma; Khemakhem, Sofien; Jmaiel, Mohamed - In: International Journal of Information System Modeling … 7 (2016) 4, pp. 31-49
The rapid growth of sensor-enabled smartphone is driven phenomena of common interest to be observed while leveraging people mobility and their sensory data collection. This paradigm known as mobile crowdsensing has demonstrated its efficiency in data collection over the last years, enabling the...
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Geometric Representations Built with GeoGebra for Improving the Visualization and Reasoning Cognitive Process
Orozco, Claudia; Morales-Morgado, Erla M. - In: Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) 10 (2017) 1, pp. 39-58
context, the possible implicit effects that these OERs have as a didactic strategy to improve the visualization and reasoning …
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Federated semantic search using terminological thesauri for learning object discovery
Koutsomitropoulos, Dimitrios; Solomou, Georgia; Kalou, … - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 30 (2017) 5, pp. 795-808
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework and system to address the inability to discover new and authentic learning material and the lack of a single access point for search and browsing of remote learning object repositories (LORs). Design/methodology/approach The authors...
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Strategic resource or ideal source? Discourse, organizational change and CSR
Kemp, Deanna; Keenan, Julia; Gronow, Jane - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 23 (2010) 5, pp. 578-594
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how discourse used as a strategic resource can facilitate change in gender and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and practice in a global mining company. Design/methodology/approach – An existing model of discourse and...
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The performativity of the service management discourse
Nordgren, Lars - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 22 (2008) 5, pp. 510-528
Purpose – The formation and spreading of market‐, management‐ and individual‐rights discourses into society, as well as the movement of consumerism, have paved the way for a transformation of the linguistic usage. The transformation suggests that the view of the care seeker has shifted...
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Thoughts on the “scientific method”: part 1 – ignorance through inconsistency
Powers, Michael R. - In: The Journal of Risk Finance 8 (2007) 3, pp. 209-213
Purpose – In this two‐part series, the editorial aims to consider the role of the “scientific method” in human understanding, questioning both its consistency in actual practice and its reasonableness as a philosophy of action. Design/methodology/approach – In Part 1, the editorial...
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The disavowal of the military
Bishop, Ryan; Phillips, John - In: Critical perspectives on international business 3 (2007) 1, pp. 27-40
Purpose – This conceptual paper is offered in place of a systematic analysis of militarization in organizations and the wider world. It proceeds on the understanding that militarization implies deep historical tendencies that are not easy to simply avoid, especially where one wishes to observe...
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Reason has no sell‐by date
Gerber, Adam; Godet, Michel - In: Foresight 10 (2008) 4, pp. 28-30
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to respond to Richard Slaughter's essay on “Is America the ‘land of the future’?” Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a variety of literature and the authors' opinions to present the case in favour of Enlightenment values. Findings...
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Ethical reasoning differences between accountants and managers
Liu, Guangyou - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 3 (2011) 2, pp. 97-113
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test whether significant differences in ethical reasoning exist between … contextual factors and personal value preferences can be introduced to explain the ethical reasoning differences observed. Design … accountants are not significantly differentiated in terms of ethical reasoning levels measured by the overall DIT instrument …
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