BACKGROUND We aimed to apply collaborative business intelligence (BI) system to hospital supply, processing and distribution (SPD) logistics management model. METHODS We searched Engineering Village database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Google for articles (Published from 2011 to 2016), books, Web pages, etc., to understand SPD and BI related theories and recent researc...

Background: Teaching is a core activity for universities, and pedagogic research essential improving student experience, staff satisfaction, REF TEF scores. Pedagogic often performed as secondary area or by part-time staff, requiring good collaboration. Existing structures in universities result falling through the gaps quality work improvements to be missed. Aim: To develop clear flexible str...

differential steering of in-wheel electric vehicle provides the functions of both active steering and power assisted steering with the coupling control of force and displacement transfer characteristic of system. a collaborative optimization model of the differential power-assisted steering system of in-wheel electric vehicle is built, with steering economy as the main system optimization goal,...

The collaborative development of web ontologies is an important topic being actively researched. In this paper, we present a set of tools that facilitate collaborative development of web ontologies using distributed version control systems. The main purpose of these tools is to replace inefficient built-in diff and three-way merge tools, which rely on text representation rather than on ontology...

This paper introduces a computational model of online collaborative learning system and investigates how the heterogeneity of opportunity cost among users initiates a vicious cycle of accumulation of unnecessary duplicate postings and eventually the system shuts down. Further examination explores how deterring newcomers improves collaborative learning system efficiency by reducing unnecessary d...

This study investigates the contribution of Group Support Systems (GSS) to collaborative learning environments. We propose a model explaining the effect of GSS on the acquisition of problem solving knowledge. We also discuss the results of an empirical study designed to test the predictions of the proposed model. In the empirical study, a GSS supported environment is compared to a traditional f...

Mobile technology opens up opportunities for collaborative learning in otherwise remote contexts outside the classroom. A successful realization of these opportunities relies, however, on mobile learning activities providing adequate collaboration structures. This article presents an empirical study aimed at examining the role played by mobile devices, teachers and task structures as a means fo...