This paper proposes a set of concepts for describing a software architecture as a social organization. This social structure consists of actors who have goals to fulfil and social dependencies describing their obligations. The framework is an adaptation of i* [17] proposed as a modeling language for early requirements. Based on this framework, the paper advocates architectural styles for softwa...

Small-scale fisheries in the eastern Caribbean are examples of complex adaptive social-ecological systems. However, there is an urgent need to strengthen capacity and networks for adaptation and resilience in order to facilitate fishery sustainability through present and planned marine resource governance initiatives. This takes into account organizations and institutions of governance operatin...

Information systems practitioners are frequently required to master new technology, often without the aid of formal training. They require the skill to manage their own learning and, when this skill is developed in their formal training, their adaptability to new technology may be improved. Selfdirected learning is the ability of the learner to manage his or her own learning experience with som...

The transition to university is a time of great change. A recent literature has shown that adaptability (a personal resource) and social support conditional, situational are associated with psychological wellbeing distress among students. However, the precise nature these relations unclear there paucity work investigating whether predictive over longer periods time. In present study, first-year...

The purpose of this multi-study article was to investigate the roles adaptability and social support in predicting a variety psychological outcomes. Data were collected from Year 12 college students ( N = 73; Study 1), university 102; 2), non-studying members general public 141; 3). Findings showed that, beyond variance attributable support, made significant independent contribution wellbeing (...

secure electronic transaction (set) protocol is an open protocol, which has the potential to emerge as a powerful tool in securing of electronic transactions. the quality of a design of an ecommerce protocols has a great influence on achieving non-functional requirements (nfrs) to the system. an increasingly important non-functional attribute of complex software systems is adaptability. softwar...

To apply enterprise information systems more widely, it is necessary to evaluate their adaptability. In this paper, firstly, an index set of adaptability evaluation system based on object-based knowledge mesh (OKM) is proposed and then, according to goal-question-metrics (GQM) for enterprise information systems, and the quantitative measurement is given. Second, based on similarity to ideal sol...

Background: This study investigated the association between occupational ethics and job engagement with the mediating role of career adaptability among employees of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran, in 2017-2018 academic years. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of Ardebil...