We need to have comprehensive knowledge about when, where and how we should use multi-level modeling methodologies and frameworks. There are previous work that introduce patterns and confirm the applicability of the methodologies. However, it is still difficult to select frameworks for various kinds of applications. In this paper, we focus on graphical editing tools as an application of multi-l...

The paper is submitted as part of doctoral consortium. In this paper, the aim and objectives of research are presented. Overviews of medical informatics research area and evaluation studies in healthcare are given. A review of existing evaluation frameworks which identify through literature review is briefly described. Research methodology is proposed whereby this research will employ mainly qu...

This paper presents a new paradigm of “challenge” evaluation of Spoken Language Understanding. This methodology aims at a quantitative assessment with a high diagnostic power, by opposition with standard ATIS-like frameworks. This paper details the methodology as well as the results of an evaluation campaign held by the French CNRS research agency. The benefits of this methodology are also disc...

INTRODUCTION In 2010, the Global Fund provided more than 75% of external international financing for malaria control. The Global Fund uses performance based funding in the grants it finances. This paper analyses the indicators used to measure the performance of Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia. METHODS Indicators used in the performance frameworks for all Global Fund supported mal...

BACKGROUND The prevention of overweight sometimes raises complex ethical questions. Ethical public health frameworks may be helpful in evaluating programs or policy for overweight prevention. We give an overview of the purpose, form and contents of such public health frameworks and investigate to which extent they are useful for evaluating programs to prevent overweight and/or obesity. METHOD...

This paper analyzes seven conceptual frameworks on information quality along six criteria in two dimensions in order to identify common elements, differences, and missing components of such frameworks. The frameworks are evaluated according to analytic (or scientific) criteria and pragmatic (or operational) criteria. The analytic criteria are based on academic standards and require clear defini...

Practitioners around the world are building frameworks for spatial data interoperability and cross-agency coordination, referred to as spatial data infrastructure (SDI). In this study, we attempt to understand how and why SDI practitioners ‘on the ground’ are evaluating their ‘own’ efforts in developing such frameworks. For this purpose, we mobilize concepts from ‘control’ evaluation, as well a...