Some of the most influential research in HCI modelling has been based on “cyclic” interaction where processes of goal formation, planning, execution and so on are performed sequentially. This paper uses a more general resource-based approach in which interaction is described in terms of the information structures that are used in deciding what actions to take. Part of the designer’s task focuss...

In a Smarter City, available resources are harnessed safely, sustainably and efficiently to achieve positive, measurable economic and societal outcomes. Data (and then information) from people, systems and things is the single most scalable resource available to City stakeholders but difficult to publish, organize, discover and consume, especially in a real-time context. Enabling City informati...

The data model used in the information system for molecular spectroscopy (http://saga.atmos. iao.ru) is described. The principal parts of the data model are fundamental molecular characteristics, spectral line parameters, and spectral functions. The data input system, allowing users to create their own data sets, is described. The relations between the parts of the data model are demonstrated b...

Domain ontologies are now commonly used to enable heterogeneous information resources, such as knowledge-based systems, to communicate with each other. In this article, we present a classification of ontological mismatches, which represent various ways in which knowledge sharing can be impeded by different decisions made by the developers of different resources. We address some of the ways in w...

Studies of future management and policy options based on different assumptions provide a mechanism to examine possible outcomes and especially their likely benefits and consequences. The San Pedro River in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico is an area that has undergone rapid changes in land use and cover, and subsequently is facing keen environmental crises related to water resources. It is the locati...

Remote sensing has been considered a low-cost, large-area coverage forest information resource ideally suited to broad-scale forest inventory objectives. The objective of this study is to determine stand type parameters such as crown closure, development stage and stand types, and land cover obtained from Landsat 7 ETM image and forest cover type map (stand type map). The research also focuses ...

While sometimes the task that motivates searching, browsing, and collecting information resources is finding a particular fact, humans often use information resources in intellectual and creative tasks that can include comparison, understanding, and discovery. Information discovery tasks involve not only finding relevant information, but also seeing relationships among collected information res...

To our traditional library management, pursuing small and comprehensive library blindly or big and comprehensive one, which makes amounts of waste. In information society, people have varied requirements. To meet their requirements, library must positively develop more resources, positively organize the online Chinese information resources, provide effective online video service, greatly cultiv...

Information needs that arise when clinicians use clinical information systems often go unresolved, forcing clinicians to defer decisions or make them with incomplete knowledge. My research characterizes these needs in order to build information systems that can help clinicians get timely answers to their questions. My colleagues and I have developed "Infobuttons", which are links between clinic...

Background: This study was  designed in order to review the client's usage rate  of central library information facilities  at Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive - analytical study that was conducted on all facualty members and free members through Census method and on student and clerks through random systematic sampling. A questionnaire was prep...