Special Issue Introduction: Assessing Key Dimensions of Strategic Decisions

Introduction to Special Issue

Although recent frameworks for test validation have emphasized utilization as a key component (e.g. Bachman & Palmer, 2010; Chapelle, 2012; Kane, 1992), what happens in the sometimes messy contexts where assessments are carried out is often not documented. This is perhaps because test developers are more focused on defining and operationalizing test constructs than on issues of implementation. ...

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Special Issue Editor's Introduction

Welcome to this EJISDC special issue co-edited with Devinder Thapa and Robert Davison. The special issue comprises seven selected papers from the IFIP Working Group 9.4 12 th International Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica during May 2013. The selected papers have been extended, independently reviewed and represent insights and...

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This special issue is a collection of papers that were submitted to the ECML/PKDD 2014 journal track and have been accepted for publication in “DataMining andKnowledge Discovery”. The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML/PKDD, launched its journal track last year in 2013. In order to cover the full scope of the conference,...

ICSSP 2015-Special Issue Introduction

Modern systems consist of a complex mix of products and services—legacy, bespoke, COTS open source, licensed, and user developed—that must be designed to meet rapidly changing business needs [1]. Business processes must be agile to capture and maintain customers with rapidly evolving needs, tastes, and desires. Systems technology and development methods must be responsive to business needs to c...