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Information Systems Adoption is a multi-faceted and complex investigation area that can cross disciplinary boundaries, combine multiple research methods and consider different methodological approaches to analyse emerging IS Adoption phenomena. In order to generate valuable and reliable outcomes a research methodology has to be carefully determined. A persistent concern of the IS discipline is choosing...
Web service composition refers to the process of combining several web services to provide a value-added service. However, the component web services can't ensure reliable execution, because some services developed and operated by independent organizations may be deviate from the specification. In this paper, we propose a method that checks services reliability and ensures the best QoS combination...
The traditional financial time series forecasting methods use accurate input data for prediction, and then make single-step or multi-step prediction based on the established regression model. So its prediction result is one or more specific values. But because of the complexity of financial markets, the traditional forecasting methods are less reliable. In this paper, we transform the financial time...
Rapid expansion of the Internet makes competition between many websites and social networks more prevalent. Several users cannot choose their favorite options because of huge amount of information they will face. This causes information overhead problem. Recommender systems with collaborative filtering appeared in different area to solve this problem. In recent years, expansion of e-commerce websites...
Business continuity analysis is basic of guaranteeing the system effectiveness and reliability. Normally, It emphasizes formal language description, while non-dynamic formal analysis method. This paper analyzes the composing factor of business continuity in information system safety management, with the key elements to prove the business continuity services, it is based on the SPN theory and uses...
Communication networks are prone to failures due to targeted attacks or large-scale disasters. Networks can be improved to withstand challenges using mechanisms such as diversity, which can simply be improved by adding links, however achieving maximum resilience is not feasible due to limited budget. Therefore, algorithms that improve the diversity of networks cost-efficiently are necessary. In this...
Improving resilience against failures and targeted attacks is an important aspect of network design. The resilience and cost of networks are two opposing objectives in which a designer should consider when building networks. We develop a heuristic algorithm that balances the centrality of networks by adding a set of links that minimizes the variance of graph centrality measures in a least costly fashion...
Many studies have widely accepted the assumption that learning processes can be promoted when teaching styles and learning styles are well matched. In this study, the synergy between learning styles, learning patterns, and gender as a selected demographic feature and learners' performance were quantitatively investigated in a blended learning setting. This environment adopts a traditional teaching...
Systems thinking is a concept of thinking about an issue as a whole, emphasizing the interrelationships among its components rather than the components themselves. The main goal of this study is to examine whether the ability for systems thinking can be developed through experience, education, courses, and training. We present graduate and undergraduate courses in management of engineering and technology,...
Taiwan depends heavily on its tourist trade. The purpose of this study is to use the online platform of blogs to investigate whether emotional contagion, blog attraction and customer perceived value would affect the consumer's intent. The number of valid questionnaire samples is 312, and PLS is used to conduct linear structural equation model analysis. Research results show that blog attraction and...
Competition is no longer company to company, but supply chain to supply chain and flexibility is viewed as a key dimension of supply chain performance in global competition recently. Companies must manage the entire supply chain and work together with supply chain node enterprises, have access to resources, knowledge, and information from the network, and improve supply chain flexibility. Relational...
The market position of smart phones is similar to that of tablets, since many similar new products co-exist in the market, i.e., the “phablet.” Therefore, we applied the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) model to explore the differences and similarities between smart phones and tablets. Six hundred and seventy questionnaires, including 365 for smart phones and 305 for tablets,...
AlGaN/GaN technology for microwave and switching power applications has reached significant levels of maturity, with off-state critical voltages in excess of 200 V for 0.25 μm gate devices, and extrapolated lifetimes exceeding 2 × 105 hours at 175°C, 42 V, 10 GHz
Service quality has been shown to promote customer loyalty and retention which is important to any retailer, including C2C e-retailing retailers. At the same time, the antecedents of C2C e-retailing service quality have a critical influence with service quality. This paper explores the initial factors of the antecedents about C2C e-retailing service quality based on the C2C Taobao.com through QQ temporary...
Provides an abstract for each of the tutorial presentations and a brief professional biography of each presenter. The complete presentations were not made available for publication as part of the conference proceedings.
In the era of knowledge-driven economy, self-management is becoming the main way of management. The precondition of carrying on self-management scientifically and effectively is to know the theory of self-management well and precisely. Many scholars are paying attention to the study of self-management. However, the research on dimensional structure of employee's self-management is limited. And the...
In this study, a long term mobile learning program was conducted and a survey was developed to explore the effects of mobile learning on five 21st century core competences, that is, collaboration, communication, complex problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity, using a sample of 606 high school students from 10 high schools in Taiwan. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to show that...
The relatively low retention rates of learners have an implication that learners might disengage in a MOOC course. Engagement and motivation always go hand in hand. The elaborate design of strategies to trigger and retain learners' motivation is helpful to increase the rates of course completion. To address this, we applied content analysis method to analyze the micro lecture videos of six courses...
College students, as a special social group, is the main source of innovation and entrepreneurship in the future China. However, entrepreneurial intention is a prerequisite for entrepreneurial behavior. In this paper, we took the actual situation of Yunnan University into consideration, and analyzed a large number of documents and relevant theories. Then we proposed the theoretical models and 11 assumptions...
This paper deals with operator's reliability and optimal analytical model as the basis of estimation of operator's errors distribution. The mail goal is to determine the operator's reliability by the means of the chosen model. Peculiarities of reliability models were discovered and the most appropriate one was chosen according to the requirements and calculation advantages. Method of diffusion nonmonotonic...
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