5.1 INTRODUCTION As discussed in previous chapter (chapter 4), Web caching and Web pre-fetching are two well known techniques used for enhancing the performance of Web-based information retrieval system. One of the ultimate research objectives of this thesis research work mentioned in chapter 1 is to identify and experiment Web caching replacement algorithms and to integrate Web caching and clu...

for Empirical Study • One sentence that presents the problem under investigation Abstract for Empirical Study • The participants: age, sex, and ethnic/racial group. • In animal research, make sure you specify genus and species.for Empirical Study • The participants: age, sex, and ethnic/racial group. • In animal research, make sure you specify genus and species. Abstract for Empirical Study • E...

Visual designers and artists may benefit from understanding computer colour models such as the RGB colour cube. Such an understanding may foster reasoned colour selection and design decisions for the RGB environment. The goal of this research is to examine the RGB colour cube and to explore its potential as a colour design tool. In order to achieve such objectives, visualization methods were de...

Knowledge represents humans’ perception about solving problems in association with their environments. It is a powerful foundation for creating personal and organizational competitive advantage, and therefore enterprises must strive to effectively utilize knowledge for creating value and achieving business objectives. The approaches of management performance measurement developed previously wer...

This guideline describes how key performance indicators (KPIs) can be used for determining the effect of the smart grid environment on the energy consumption of the users. The goal of this guideline is to give an overview about applying KPIs in your project for the purposes of providing consumer feedback and project evaluation. The guideline is intended for the smart grid project leaders, utili...

The present report discusses the importance of measuring the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, identifies key challenges and presents empirical evidence on the positive and negative impacts of ICTs in areas such as economic performance, health, education, employment and the environment. Several methodological approaches to measurement are discussed an...

INTRODUCTION There have been a number of published studies examining the link between the effectiveness of the problem-based learning (PBL) process and students' performance in examinations. In a hybrid PBL/lectures curriculum, the results of such studies are of limited use because of the difficulty in dissociating the knowledge gained at lectures from that gained through PBL-related activities...

The economic growth inherent to our nowadays society pushes the industries toward better performances. In the mechatronic context, the increasing competition results in more and more stringent specifications. Thus, the multiple objectives to track become hard to achieve without compromises. A potential interesting solution to this problematic is overactuation, in the sense that, the considered ...

performance-based budgeting adds effectiveness and economizing factors to traditional aspects of budgeting. this system distinguishes efficiency from effectiveness. efficiency emphasizes on the useful utilization of the resources concerned while effectiveness considers the performance. categorization of operations in performance-based budgeting is in a way that goals are expressed more transpar...

the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between epistemological and motivational beliefs about mathematics among gifted students. to this end , 334 first year high school gifted students were selected through applying the otis intelligence test. epistemological beliefs questionnaire (ebq) and motivational beliefs about mathematics scale (mbms) were also used as measurement inst...