Autonomous management of distributed information systems using evolutionary computation techniques

Oates, Martin J.

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“…The advantages with semi-structured interviews are as follows. Semi-structured interviews give the chance to change the order in which the questions are asked, depending on the flow of the conversation, as well as asking additional questions if necessary (Oates, 2005). Furthermore, in semi-structured interviews, the interviewees are able to be more detailed about the issue that is raised, and raise new issues relevant to the theme (Oates, 2005).…”

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“…The first step of the analysis was to go through the transcribed data to get an overall impression of what the interviewees had said during the interviews. Then, the analysis proceeded through finding three themes in the data suggested by Oates (2005). The first theme is to find segments unnecessary for the current research – the segment did not relate to the overall research purpose (Oates, 2005).…”

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“…Then, the analysis proceeded through finding three themes in the data suggested by Oates (2005). The first theme is to find segments unnecessary for the current research – the segment did not relate to the overall research purpose (Oates, 2005). An unnecessary segment in this research could, for example, be about opportunities derived from using ICT in the teaching process.…”

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Understanding challenges of using ICT in secondary schools in Sweden from teachers’ perspective

Ekberg

Gao

2018

IJILT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges of using ICT in secondary schools in Sweden from teachers’ perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The research followed a qualitative research approach. First, a conceptual framework was developed based on previous research. Then, four teachers, teaching in six different subjects in secondary schools in Sweden, participated in semi-structured interviews that consisted of open-ended questions exploring their views on the challenges of using ICT in secondary schools. Findings According to the results, the authors found that the biggest challenges were associated with the perspective of teaching and teaching preparation. Most challenges from previous research have been re-confirmed by the interviewees in this study. In addition, some new challenges were identified in this study. For instance, the results indicated that it was time consuming to find plagiarism of students’ exercises, and there was a lack of ICT training of digital resources provided by the schools. Originality/value The investigation of using ICT in secondary schools is of scientific significance because it enriches the understanding of strengths and challenges of using ICT in educational activities. In particular, this research aims to shed light on challenges that teachers may face when using ICT in secondary schools. This research can also contribute to making future strategic plans for the use of ICT in secondary schools.

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2018

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“…As this is a real time system, adaptability is also an important attribute of this case. Data Collection: The case study data was collected both through the use of method triangulation [ 33 ], as shown in Fig 1 and also by employing triangulation of multiple data sources. Table 2 provides details about this.…”

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“…Since the walkthrough was used for an academic purpose, which is not the usual way it is used, we considered it appropriate to employ an element of method triangulation by combining this with an action research component, allowing us to tailor the walkthrough model if necessary. Action research is ‘ cyclic ’ approach and is based on the process of ‘plan-act-reflect’ [ 33 ]. Hence, after each walkthrough session, interviews were conducted with the participants in order to collect feedback about the walkthrough process and the design presentation.…”

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An investigation of modelling and design for software service applications

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Budgen

2017

PLoS ONE

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Software services offer the opportunity to use a component-based approach for the design of applications. However, this needs a deeper understanding of how to develop service-based applications in a systematic manner, and of the set of properties that need to be included in the ‘design model’. We have used a realistic application to explore systematically how service-based designs can be created and described. We first identified the key properties of an SOA (service oriented architecture) and then undertook a single-case case study to explore its use in the development of a design for a large-scale application in energy engineering, modelling this with existing notations wherever possible. We evaluated the resulting design model using two walkthroughs with both domain and application experts. We were able to successfully develop a design model around the ten properties identified, and to describe it by adapting existing design notations. A component-based approach to designing such systems does appear to be feasible. However, it needs the assistance of a more integrated set of notations for describing the resulting design model.

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Intelligent Flow Control under a Game Theoretic Framework

Chen

2001

Telecommunications Optimization: Heuristic and Adaptive Techniques

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Each of us is interested in optimization, and telecommunications. Via several meetings, conferences, chats, and other opportunities, we have discovered these joint interests and decided to put together this book.It certainly wasn't easy. What made it difficult is partly the reason for this book in the first place: things are moving fast! As researchers in both industry and academia, we are under constant pressure to keep up with new technologies and opportunities. Part of our day jobs involves developing good algorithms for a steady surge of new problems arising from industry. Another part of our day jobs involves finding realistic problems which might yield to some of the algorithms we have developed, which we particularly like, but which don't work on anything else. The remainder of our day jobs tends to involve lecturing (for two of us), project management (for all of us), and things like exam-setting and marking. Finally, for two of us, childcare takes up a substantial part of our night jobs. Naturally, the book was finished when we worked out how to stuff 46 hours into a single day, and keep that up for a few successive weeks.Seriously, though, telecommunicatons is growing and changing very quickly, and all of this involves the increasing availability of new real-world problems for optimization researchers to address. Telecommunications engineers tend to know all about the problems involved, but are often not aware of developments in computer science and artificial intelligence which might go a long way towards solving those problems. We therefore argue, at the beginning of Chapter 1, that there needs to be more collaboration between the communities, so that both sides can be equipped for the challenges ahead. Indeed, this book is the result of one such collaboration.We have oriented it slightly towards the telecommunications engineer who knows little about the computational techniques, rather than the other way around. This is mainly because it is much easier to describe the techniques than it is to describe the telecommunications issues; the latter is a much larger collection. However, individual chapters go into some detail, often at an introductory level, in describing particular kinds of problem. Also, we provide a brief introduction to the essence of the problems at the beginning of each part.Let us know what you think. In particular, if you are a telecommunications engineer, and have been inspired by a chapter or two in this book to try out some techniques that you otherwise wouldn't have, please get in touch: your story may make it into the next edition!

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Autonomous management of distributed information systems using evolutionary computation techniques

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Understanding challenges of using ICT in secondary schools in Sweden from teachers’ perspective

Understanding challenges of using ICT in secondary schools in Sweden from teachers’ perspective

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Intelligent Flow Control under a Game Theoretic Framework

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