This paper is intended to serve as an introductory paper to a workshop on user-oriented evaluation of knowledge discovery systems. Its main purpose is to raise issues and ask questions. The background to the paper is previous work on evaluation in other areas, such as machine translation, much of it closely related to and inspired by the two ISO standards on evaluation of software in general, t...

A paper to submit for International Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems. This article discusses the extension of a distributed object-based paradigm the ANSA Architecture and its example implementation ANSAware for real-time applications. It reviews some of early experiences in the design, implementation and performance evaluation of two ANSA-based real-time system environm...

Introduction Implementation of Casemix system needs a well-organized and computerized system with well-trained and oriented staff, otherwise the system will fail. Improving knowledge and understanding of the funding system among staff and managers in hospitals and health systems can provide the groundwork for service improvements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Intro...

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) is a large-scale cyberinfrastructure effort in support of mesoscale meteorology. One of the primary goals of the infrastructure is support for real-time dynamic, adaptive response to severe weather. In this paper we revisit the conception of dynamic adaptivity as appeared in our 2005 DDDAS workshop paper, and discuss changes since the origina...

background: most rural carpet weaving workshops are part of the house and sanitary conditions of the workshop not only affect the weaving but also other family members this study aimed to determine the aerosol and bioaerosols concentration in the rural household carpet weaving workshops in isfahan. methods: in this this study is a cross - sectional study and was performed in 92 rural household ...

The Inheritance Workshop at ECOOP 2002, which took place on Tuesday, 11 June, was the first ECOOP workshop focusing on inheritance after the successful workshops in 1991 [41] and 1992 [48]. The workshop was intended as a forum for designers and implementers of object-oriented languages, and for software developers with an interest in inheritance. It was organized by Andrew P. Black, Erik Ernst,...

nity is why planning and scheduling, a very applicable research field, finds so little use. What keeps the fine advances in this field made over recent years hidden? The international Scheduling and Planning Applications Workshop (SPARK) was established to help address this issue. Building on precursory events, SPARK’08 was the first workshop designed to provide a stable, long-term forum where ...