An Epistemological Foundation for Communication

Conceptual Modeling - An Epistemological Foundation

The success of contemporary organizations depends on their ability to make appropriate decisions. Making appropriate decisions is inevitably bound to the availability and provision of relevant information. Information systems should be able to provide information in an efficient way. Thus, within information systems development a detailed analysis of information supply and information demands h...

An Epistemological Foundation of Conceptual Modeling

In a business environment, making the right decisions is vital for the success of a company. Making right decisions is inevitably bound to the availability and provision of relevant information. Information systems are supposed to be able to provide this information in an efficient way. Thus, within information systems development a detailed analysis of information supply and information demand...

Defining Knowledge: An Epistemological Foundation for Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management is a field of increasing popularity, within both the academic arena and the business community. However, although there is an abundance of advice on how to develop and manipulate knowledge-based systems (particularly through the medium of web sites), there is still confusion within the Knowledge Management community of what actually constitutes knowledge (this often manifes...

A Foundation in Digital Communication A Foundation in Digital Communication

An analytical foundation for resource management in wireless communication

The maximization of a ratio of the form f(x)/x, with f some “S-curve”, plays a central role in several important problems involving resource management for data communication over a wireless medium. This includes decentralized power control, power and data rate assignment for maximal network throughput in a 3G-CDMA context, and power and coding rate choice for multi-media files which have been ...