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    Editorial preface: Special issue on context-aware and mobile multimedia databases and services
    ( 2010)
    Grigoras, R.
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    Charvillat, V.
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    Chbeir, R.
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    Kosch, H.
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    Bailer, W.
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    Boll, S.
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    Brunie, L.
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    Cao, Y.
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    Delgado, J.
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    Granitzer, M.
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    Hausenblas, M.
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    Eidenberger, H.
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    Klamma, R.
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    Lux, M.
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    Marques, O.
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    Oria, V.
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    Plesca, C.
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    Préteux, F.
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    Sedes, F.
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    Spaniol, M.
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    Ternier, S.
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    Wolpers, M.
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    Process management support for emergency management procedures
    ( 2008)
    Rose, T.
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    Peinel, G.
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    Arsenova, E.
    Process management has proven to be instrumental for the engineering and assessment of courses of actions for business operations in many industrial application domains. Processes management means appear therefore as natural vehicle for the definition and analysis of operating procedures also for the emergency management domain. The question arises of what is an appropriate modelling methodology and how tools tailored to the needs of emergency organisations can support this modelling methodology. This paper reports on the experiences gained in the course of modelling specific emergency processes, in our case the cross-organisational treatment of mass casualties. Then, we will introduce the tool platform of project ERMA that has been designed to support such processes.
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    IT to support knowledge sharing in communities: Towards a social capital analysis
    ( 2006)
    Huysman, M.
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    Wulf, V.
    Ignoring the informal, non-canonical nature of knowledge sharing, including people's motivation, ability and opportunity to share knowledge, is one of the key causes of resistance to use knowledge-sharing tools. In order to improve knowledge sharing supported by information technology (IT), tools need to be embedded in the social networks of which it is part. This has implications for our knowledge on the design requirements of such socially embedded IT. The paper reviews tools that are designed for the purpose to foster social capital. We will then discuss what is needed for an IS design theory related to knowledge communities and how such a theory could incorporate social capital theory.
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    An initial framework of contexts for designing usable intelligent tutoring systems
    ( 1998)
    Patel, A.
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    Russel, D.
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    Kinshuk, K.
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    Oppermann, R.
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    Rashev, R.
    The notion of context has been an issue of research in various aspects of intelligent systems such as knowledge management, natural language processing, reasoning and so on. This paper focuses on the various contexts surrounding the design and use of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and proposes an initial framework of contexts by classifying them into three major groupings: interactional, environmental and objectival contexts. Interactional contexts are used by the system, environmental contexts surround its design and use while objectival contexts refer to the objectives of an educational system as exhibited by its 'teaching' and 'assessment' practices. A better understanding of these contexts is essential for designing better and more usable intelligent tutoring systems.
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    A computer-based intelligent assessment system for numeric disciplines
    ( 1998)
    Patel, A.
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    Kinshuk, K.
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    Russel, D.
    The paper describes an intelligent assessment system for numeric disciplines. The system works in conjunction with the intelligent tutoring tools developed by TLTP Byzantium, a consortium of six UK Universities. The benefits of the intelligent assessment system discussed in this paper include the saving of teacher time and effort previously spent in marking and compilation of results. The faster turnaround of the assessment related work resulting into a much shorter testing, assessment and feedback cycle, enables more frequent testing. Since tutoring tools are knowledge based, they are capable of generating infinite number of test problems by randomly selecting the independent variables and assigning them random values, as well as providing solution to the generated problems. For developing data interpretation skills, it is possible for a teacher to hand out a problem expressed in a narrative form and provide a model answer to the assessment system. A unique feature of the Byzantium assessment system is its capability of discriminating between incorrect interpretation of given data and incorrect method of solution, allowing a teacher to set a fractional score for a variable that is calculated using a correct method but based on an incorrect interpretation of data.
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