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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"evaluation methodology"”.
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Systemic Evaluation Methodology for Technology Supported Learning
… and supporting learning activity. Appropriate evaluation methodology is required to help practitioners understand how and why their implemented learning designs work, so that they can improve their practice. It is argued that progress in learning about good practice in this domain has been slow …
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An Evaluation Methodology for Virtual Network Embedding
… that problem under various constraints. For the evaluation of these algorithms typically an empirical approach is adopted, using artificially created random problem instances. However, due to complex effects of random problem generation the obtained results can be hard to interpret correctly. A …
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Design and evaluation methodology for computer-controlled manufacturing systems
A methodology is developed to determine cost"effective hierarchical computer control network designs for flexible manufacturing systems. By modeling the hierarchical control system (HCS) as a resource allocation problem, an optimal hardware configuration is identified using dynamic programing. …
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A dynamic economic evaluation methodology for transportation systems planning
The objective of this study is to set a methodology for transportation systems evaluation using an approach different than the traditional. The first part consist on a description of the transportation problem, the different concerns over the years and how transportation planning faced it. The …
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TASK SPECIFIC EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR CLINICAL FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY
… Additionally we intend to provide a limited evaluation of the effects that image processing in clinical FFDM has in signal detectability. <bold>Methodology</bold>: We explored different strategies and a variety of mathematical model observers in order to evaluate the performance of clinical …
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Supporting organisational critical activities from web sites: An evaluation methodology development
… the area of Web support. This thesis develops an evaluation methodology called the "organisational critical activity Web support evaluation methodology" (OCAWSEM) which can be utilised to elicit OCAs from organisations, evaluate whether an organisation acutes; OCAs are being supported by its Web …
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An evaluation methodology to ensure the success of decision support tools
Motivated by the need for an evaluation technique to help decision makers ensure the success of their computer-based decision support tools, this research explores the evaluation of decision aids from a broad organizational and managerial perspective. A review of current research identifies the …
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Meeting the RFID mandate : options for Wal-Mart suppliers and evaluation methodology
… associated with each option and develops an evaluation methodology for the various options.
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A systems dynamics economic evaluation methodology for high speed inter-city transportation
The objective of this study is to set a methodology for the economic evaluation of high speed ground transportation systems. The main objective of this study is to establish a systematic framework, in order that planners can quickly understand and analyze the implications that different policies …
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Multiobjective real options design : an evaluation methodology for the Orinoco-Meta Corridor megaproject
The evaluation of the Orinoco-Meta Corridor megaproject requires the use of a custom-made methodology that can take proper account of its complexity and particular characteristics. The methodology should contribute to increase the probability of achieving the objectives set by the multiple …
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The Design and Implementation of the Facial Recognition Vendor Test 2000 Evaluation Methodology
… Program Office to establish a new set of evaluations. The Facial Recognition Vendor Test 2000 (FRVT 2000), was co-sponsored by the DoD Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office, the National Institute of Justice, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and was …
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Germplasm enhancement and improvement of evaluation methodology for barley yellow dwarf disease in winter wheat
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An environmental evaluation methodology for improving resource allocation decisions : a treatise with selected South African case studies
… philosophical framework for guiding resource evaluation and decisionmaking processes. The second - and principal - aim was to develop a reliable and practical method for evaluating those resource allocation proposals which are particularly controversial. As part of the philosophical framework, …
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Field Evaluation Methodology for Quantifying Network-wide Efficiency, Energy, Emission, and Safety Impacts of Operational-level Transportation Projects
This thesis presents a proposed methodology for the field evaluation of the efficiency, energy, environmental, and safety impacts of traffic-flow improvement projects. The methodology utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS) second-by-second speed measurements using fairly inexpensive GPS units to …
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Irish state infrastructural investment: an analysis of past patterns, and an outline of a future integrated systems of systems evaluation methodology
… is currently undertaken. This led to an evaluation of how other countries are informing decision-making, and thus this thesis presents a framework of how and why Ireland should embrace a Systems of Systems (SoS) methodology approach to infrastructure decision-making going forward. In …
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Virtual technologies in nurse education: the pairing of critical realism with partial least squares structural equation modelling as an evaluation methodology.
Background: Virtual technologies have been, and continue to be, of significant interest to Higher Education (HE) educators. There have been many research studies carried out into the efficacy and acceptability of these technologies. But, this research (via a systematic literature review) found that …
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The use of evaluation in the design and development of interactive medical record systems
An explorative study was done to develop an evaluation methodology. This method can be applied during the development of interactive medical record systems in order to provide information which can be used to improve user interaction with the system. Th e evaluation methodology consists of a number …
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An integrated methodology for quantitative assessment of proliferation resistance of advanced nuclear systems using probabilistic methods
… efforts (safeguarder). An integrated evaluation methodology to evaluate proliferation resistance of nuclear energy systems is outlined and demonstrated focusing upon the proliferation competition. The methodology consists of four steps: actor characterization, proliferation competition …
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