Naturally selecting solutions

Selecting ICT based solutions for quality learning and sustainable practice

This paper reports on a project involving software selection in the context of a curriculum redesign of a university level Japanese language program. The project aimed to improve learning outcomes, increase flexibility in student access, and increase flexibility in approaches to teaching and learning, through the use of a variety of software packages and digital resources. In doing so, an imper...

A Metadata Extraction Approach for Selecting Migration Solutions

Preservation becomes an important infrastructural service for information systems. Many research works have done in past decades. The most popular preservation approach is migration, which transfers and/or transforms digital objects between two computers or two generations of computer technology. However, it is difficult for custodians to decide which migration solution should be chosen. This i...

Selecting Privacy Solutions to Prioritise Control in Smart Metering Systems

The introduction of the Smart Grid brings with it several benefits to society, because its bi-directional communication allows both users and utilities to have better control over energy usage. However, it also has some privacy issues with respect to the privacy of the customers when analysing their consumption data. In this paper we review the main privacy-preserving techniques that have been ...

Selecting Libraries, Selecting Documents, Selecting Data

We use “selecting” as a general term for selection processes, including filtering, retrieval, routing, and searching. The search for recorded knowledge in a digital library environment is examined in terms of selection at three levels: 1. Selecting which library (repository) to look in; 2. Selecting which document(s) within a library to look at; and 3. Selecting fragments of data (text, numeric...

A Comparison of Methods for Selecting Preferred Solutions in Multiobjective Decision Making