Quantitative Data Tools for Service Sector Organizing

Open tools for storage and management of quantitative image data.

The explosion in quantitative imaging has driven the need to develop tools for storing, managing, analyzing, and viewing large sets of data. In this chapter, we discuss tools we have built for storing large data sets for the lifetime of a typical research project. As part of the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) Consortium, we have built a series of open-source tools that support the manipulati...

Tools for Self-Organizing Applications Engineering

Nowadays, the applications to be realized are more often distributed, complex and open, e.g., applications on the Internet: information search, brokerage, e-commerce, e-business... Therefore, designers cannot implement a global control and list all situations such systems have to be faced with. ADELFE methodology was proposed to develop this kind of software. It is based on the AMAS theory (Ada...

Automating the Public Sector and Organizing Accountabilities

Organizing information for the Agribusiness Sector: Embrapa’s Information Agency

In this paper, details of Embrapa’s Information Agency will be presented. It was designed as a space for exchange of knowledge among farmers, agricultural researchers and rural extension technicians. In the system, information is organized using two criteria. Firstly, every identified resource is cataloged in accordance to Dublin Core Metadata Standard. Secondly, a set of terms belonging to the...

Organizing the health sector for response to disasters.

Each year millions of people around the world are affected by natural and manmade disasters. The consequences of natural disasters in terms of health are complex. Disasters directly impact the health of the population resulting in physical trauma, acute disease, and emotional trauma. Furthermore, disasters may increase the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic and infectious diseases ...