A class of models is proposed for longitudinal network data. These models are along the lines of methodological individualism: actors use heuristics to try to achieve their individual goals, subject to constraints. The current network structure is among these constraints. The models are continuous time Markov chain models that can be implemented as simulation models. They incorporate random cha...

Current practices in the field of information system development reveal a crucial need for spreading and sharing methodological knowledge in addition to existing proposals about formalizing, building and tailoring methods. Currently, the methodological knowledge is mostly shared and spreaded inside an organization by organizing training sessions, attending to conferences and reading manuals. Mo...

islamic feminism has been articulated through recent decades as an alternative to traditional islamic thinking on women’s issues. scholars who are identified as islamic feminists use different methodological approaches like hermeneutics, historical criticism, and woman perspective in their works on various subjects of study. these scholars who have different cultural and philosophical backgroun...

The evolution of self-adaptive systems poses the problems of their coherence and the resume of the systems’ functioning taking into account the accomplished work. While they are the base of the self-adaptive systems, these two aspects are not considered in the related works. In this paper, we propose a methodological based approach. In such approach, the adaptive system’s evolution is thought a...

The number of digital resources to be used and reused for learning (learning objects) is constantly increasing, therefore describing learning objects with metadata is important to enhance learning object search, retrieval, and usage. Learning objects can be considered not only as resources, providing learning content, but as methodological resources, including teachers’ experiences, reflections...

In this article, the authors critically review the literature testing the cycle of maltreatment hypothesis which posits continuity in maltreatment across adjacent generations. That is, the authors examine whether a history of maltreatment victimization is a significant risk factor for the later perpetration of maltreatment. The authors begin by establishing 11 methodological criteria that studi...