A Prototype Computer Supported Information Relation Analysis Tool (COMSIRA)

Abstract A methodology is proposed which aims at covering informational and functional analysis besides decision making processes. It comprises of a set of well defined steps and novel tools. The proposed methodology makes extensive use of reference architectures available. The methodology aims at using limited expertise, limited staff, and expenditure as it is especially suited for introducing CIM in SME’s. A Computer Supported Information Requirement Analysis tool (COMSIRA) has been developed for the methodology, in order to capture and represent the approach of experienced analysts studying the enterprise-wide prospective CIM information requirements. This paper emphasizes the operational aspects of COMSIRA along with introducing the methodology. Some examples extracted from a real case implementation are also presented.

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Computer-supported information requirement analysis tool based on novel methodology for analysing CIM information requirements

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing ◽

10.1016/s0736-5845(99)00061-7 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 211-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Majid Hashemipour ◽

Dervis Z. Deniz ◽

Cem Topuz

Keyword(s):

Requirement Analysis ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Information Requirements ◽

Information Requirement

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Public Policies

The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198826934.013.31 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 509-525

Author(s):

Joan Subirats ◽

Ricard Gomà

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Decision Making ◽

European Union ◽

The European Union ◽

Policy System ◽

The Public ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Policy Style ◽

Over Time ◽

Operational Aspects

The objective of this chapter is to trace and present the main characteristics of the public policy system in Spain, incorporating policy change over time, as well as the policy style that has characterized its different stages. The transition between Francoism and democracy generated significant continuities and discontinuities both in the decision-making processes and in the actors’ system. The full incorporation into the European Union also involved significant changes in content, processes and networks. Finally, the impacts of the 2007 crisis and the effects of globalization and technological change also generated significant disruptions that will also be incorporated. The chapter will distinguish the conceptual, substantive, and operational aspects of the public policy system in Spain, as well as the main elements of the multilevel government. This aspect is especially complex in the Spanish case, given the combination of Europeanization of policies and the very remarkable regional decentralization generated by 1980.

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Towards Smart Campus Management: Defining Information Requirements for Decision Making through Dashboard Design

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings11050201 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Bart Valks ◽

Monique Arkesteijn ◽

Alexander Koutamanis ◽

Alexandra Den Den Heijer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Strategic Decision ◽

Portfolio Performance ◽

Information Requirements ◽

University Campuses ◽

Smart Campus ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Save Energy ◽

Support Students ◽

Operation Smart

At universities worldwide, the notion of a ‘smart campus’ is becoming increasingly appealing as a response to the multitude of challenges that impact campus development and operation. Smart campus tools are widely used to support students and employees, optimise space use and save energy. Although smart campus tools are supposed to support campus managers in their decision-making processes, the use of the information delivered by smart campus tools and their application in organisational processes has received little attention. In this paper, we focus on the use of dashboards in the connection of IoT information to strategic decision-making processes in the management of university campuses. To this end, we developed a briefing approach for dashboards that expresses the needs of campus management and matches the structure of decision-making processes. In two cases, dashboards based on this approach were use-tested by stakeholders for defining information requirements for IoT applications. The results suggest that users are able to use dashboards for assessing portfolio performance and determining interventions. Through iteration the usability of the dashboard is improved and information requirements are refined, resulting in a brief for a campus management dashboard. The results suggest that the briefing approach can be used to determine IoT information requirements, though further research is required to study indications and contra-indications of the proposed method.

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Chapter 15. Consumer Information Requirements and Information Acquisition with Regard to Decision Making Processes in the Private Household

Studies in Decision Making ◽

10.1515/9783110866964-018 ◽

1982 ◽

pp. 489-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Information Acquisition ◽

Consumer Information ◽

Private Household ◽

Information Requirements ◽

Decision Making Processes

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Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool Suite for Consensus-Based Siting of Renewable Energy Structures

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ◽

10.1142/s1464333218400033 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (03) ◽

pp. 1840003 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Frank Hanssen ◽

Roel May ◽

Jiska van Dijk ◽

Jan Ketil Rød

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Decision Analysis ◽

Power Plants ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Decision Strategies ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽

Stakeholder Interests ◽

Decision Making Processes

Expansion of renewable energy development causes concerns which traditional land-use planning may have limited capacity to address adequately. The complexity and multiplicity of scales, criteria and actors involved in decision-making processes requires a holistic approach that captures the variety in stakeholder interests. Reaching consensus across interests ensures democratic and cost-effective decision-making processes. The Consensus-based Siting (ConSite) tool suite was developed for optimal siting of onshore wind-power plants and routing of high-voltage power lines considering stakeholder interests. ConSite is based on the operational steps of spatial multi-criteria decision analysis using a bottom-up holistic approach. Its spatially explicit graphical user interface allows for a high level of stakeholder involvement and includes inherent capabilities of scenario modelling. ConSite thereby helps to structure decision problems, balance conflicting interests and identify relevant decision strategies based on risk assessment and trade-off analysis. ConSite visualises the spatial consequences of implementing various decision strategies and balancing site-specific conflict levels with energy production potential.

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Cognitive Processing of Miscommunication in Interactive Listening: An Evaluation of Listener Indecision and Cognitive Effort

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00128 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Roche ◽

Arkady Zgonnikov ◽

Laura M. Morett

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cognitive Processing ◽

Language Processing ◽

Cognitive Effort ◽

Mouse Tracking ◽

Computer Mouse ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Computer Mouse Tracking ◽

Listening Task ◽

Processing Effort

Purpose The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the social and cognitive underpinnings of miscommunication during an interactive listening task. Method An eye and computer mouse–tracking visual-world paradigm was used to investigate how a listener's cognitive effort (local and global) and decision-making processes were affected by a speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication. Results Experiments 1 and 2 found that an environmental cue that made a miscommunication more or less salient impacted listener language processing effort (eye-tracking). Experiment 2 also indicated that listeners may develop different processing heuristics dependent upon the speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication, exerting a significant impact on cognition and decision making. We also found that perspective-taking effort and decision-making complexity metrics (computer mouse tracking) predict language processing effort, indicating that instances of miscommunication produced cognitive consequences of indecision, thinking, and cognitive pull. Conclusion Together, these results indicate that listeners behave both reciprocally and adaptively when miscommunications occur, but the way they respond is largely dependent upon the type of ambiguity and how often it is produced by the speaker.

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“It's Not Humanly Possible to Do Everything”: Perspectives on Intervention Decision-Making Processes of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Perspectives on Language Learning and Education ◽

10.1044/lle22.1.13 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 13-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Erinn Finke ◽

Kathryn Drager ◽

Elizabeth C. Serpentine

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Individualized Education Program ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Individual Decision ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Interview Methodology ◽

Communication Interventions

Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to understand the decision-making processes used by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) related to communication-based interventions. Method Qualitative interview methodology was used. Data were gathered through interviews. Each parent had a child with ASD who was at least four-years-old; lived with their child with ASD; had a child with ASD without functional speech for communication; and used at least two different communication interventions. Results Parents considered several sources of information for learning about interventions and provided various reasons to initiate and discontinue a communication intervention. Parents also discussed challenges introduced once opinions of the school individualized education program (IEP) team had to be considered. Conclusions Parents of children with ASD primarily use individual decision-making processes to select interventions. This discrepancy speaks to the need for parents and professionals to share a common “language” about interventions and the decision-making process.

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