This paper proposes an empirical approach to the visualization phase of architectural images, employing established concepts, methodologies, and measurement techniques found in media psychology and user-centered studies. The paper proposes a human-centered approach for conceptualizing visualization technologies and evaluating the quality concept of images to simulate a satisfactory architectura...

Increasingly users ® nd themselves `involved’ in IT design projects. This occurs because the organizational culture of the parent organization purports to promote participation, or because structured design methods are being used which require users to play a part. In either case users who ® nd themselves required to participate in IT projects are frequently unclear about what this requires. In...

The recession at the beginning of the new millennium accompanied by a series of major corporateaccounting scandals (like Enron – Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Ahold, ...) has pointed investors to the fact that (i) industry growth is apparently changing over time and (ii) the quality of signals about firms’ profitability is not necessarily perfect. Despite the fact that many indica...

A new scheme is proposed for fusing multisensor images in which one image is regarded as the main image and the other the complementary, based on the evaluation of certain characteristics in the images. In effect, the scheme is used to fuse an image pair in which one image is superior to the other for interpretation in terms of higher resolution, better image quality, or having more recognizabl...

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Researchers and survey designers face the challenge of low data quality as web surveys are often not compelling. Thus, participants’ engagement declines while completing a survey resulting in participants tend to apply satisficing behavior (e.g., speeding, straight-lining) in order to complete the questionnaire or even break-off the completion of the questionnaire. Due to satisficing behavior, ...

Electronic System Level (ESL) power estimation is executed in early design phases to avoid expensive redesigns. In this paper we concentrate on the evaluation of an existing ESL power estimation methodology for the modeling of future platforms, with respect to applicability, flexibility and reusability. Two industrial design cases are investigated. In the first one, an existing mobile communica...

This paper proposes a service-oriented software reliability model that dynamically evaluates the reliability of Web services. There are two kinds of Web services: atomic services without the structural information and the composite services consisting of atomic services. The model first evaluates the reliability of atomic services based on group testing and majority voting. Group testing is the...

Each software entity should have as high quality as possible in the context of limited resources. A specification of a software quality measure is a kind of software entity. Existing studies about the evaluation of software measures do not pay enough attention to the quality of specifications of measures. Semiotics has been used as a basis in order to evaluate the quality of different types of ...

The current competitive environment in mobile communication services in an increasingly mature market requires service providers to offer their communication services at rates attractive to their customers while at the same time offering reasonable service quality. As quality-of-service (QoS) is tightly coupled with communication system infrastructure investments, finding the right balance betw...