scholarly journals Family of Evaluation Strategies: A Practical Case for Comparing and Adopting Strengths

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. e06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Tebes ◽  
Denis Peppino ◽  
Pablo Becker ◽  
Maria Fernanda Papa ◽  
Maria Belen Rivera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Other ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Evaluation Strategies ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

Companies commonly establish and pursue business goals. A goal states a purpose. In the Software Engineering literature, different evaluation purposes such as to understand, monitor, improve, control, compare and select are mentioned. Considering that these purposes share distinctive and common aspects, in the present work, we include a categorization that helps a better understanding of them. On the other hand, to reach the purpose of a goal, a suitable strategy should be chosen. A strategy describes a particular course of action by means of process and method specifications. We have envisioned different strategies for different evaluation goal purposes. Therefore, in this paper we also present some strategies, which are part of a family of strategies driven by measurement and evaluation activities. Specifically, we document evaluation strategies for the monitoring, improving, and comparing and adopting purposes. In addition, we illustrate the comparing and adopting strategy applied to four social network mobile apps.1

scholarly journals Application of social network analysis for determining the suitable social media influencers

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 348-354
Author(s):  
Mochamad Yudha Febrianta ◽  
Yusditira Yusditira ◽  
Sri Widianesty
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social

Virtual Hotel Operator (VHO) trend is growing rapidly, especially in Indonesia. Two of the most popular VHO in Indonesia are OYO and RedDoorz, both have been competing to attain the first position. Both OYO and RedDoorz have their own social media marketing strategies. For example, OYO persuades other conventional hotels to collaborate and use the OYO platform in their businesses. On the other hand, RedDoorz was recorded as the most visited Virtual Hotel Operator Platform in 2019, based on the data of Konsumen Jakpat 2019. OYO and RedDoorz also utilize social media to promote their services such as Instagram and Twitter. For advertising their businesses in social media, OYO and RedDoorz often use some social media influencers or known as influencer social media marketing. Influencers should be able to effectively deliver the messages and influence people’s decisions to use the products or services they advertise. This study aims to further explore the social media marketing strategy employed by OYO and RedDoorz. The results of Social Network Analysis by using “oyoindonesia” and ‘reddoorz’ as keywords in social media Twitter showed that RedDoorz has a bigger social network and more users involved in spreading their information than OYO. On the other hand, OYO's official account on Twitter is more efficient in performing its function as marketing media.

Il radicamento di una comunitŕ di Xoraxanč Romŕ a Roma

2009 ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Marco Solimene
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
The Other ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

- The present contribution examines the rootedness of a community of xoraxané romá in the city of Rome; rather than simply the continuity of presence in a specific territory, under consideration is the development and maintenance of social networks with the Roman population, specifically in the territories romá reside and/or work in. Further on, the paper describes how rootedness may be conjugated with some forms of mobility: on the one hand, the continuity in specific areas (of work and in some cases of residence), can be maintained through practices of urban circulation; on the other hand, especially when mobility turns on national and transnational scale, the presence - although mobile and changing - of romá who belong to the same social network, spread among different territories, enables singular domestic units to maintain, despite mobility, a continuity with several non-rom realities.

Female Sex and Sexuality

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-62
Author(s):  
Celene Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Female Figures ◽  
Sex And Sexuality ◽  
The Many

This chapter discusses Qur’anic concepts related to sex and sexuality and considers how sex, as a feature of embodiment and as an act of intimacy, factors into Qur’anic narratives. It delineates concepts such as “female,” “woman,” and “wife,” and gives attention to Qur’anic notions of virginity and beauty. The chapter points out the many provocative juxtapositions between female figures, the situations that they navigate, and the moral valences of their actions and intentions. It demonstrates how the issue of illicit sex is a major human dilemma in the Qur’anic worldview, both for the chaste who are unjustly accused of illicit sex and for immoral people who create havoc for themselves and others through their profligacy and moral bankruptcy. On the other hand, the Qur’an does not emphasize the trope of the seductress; of the dozens of female figures mentioned in the Qur’an, only one plays this role, and even she can be directly contrasted to women in similar, potentially compromising situations who take the morally sound course of action. Qur’anic terminology for paradisal beings and the possibility of sex in paradise is also discussed.

Moral dilemmas

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shyam Nair
Keyword(s):  
Moral Theory ◽  
Deontic Logic ◽  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ought Implies Can ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Course Of Action

A moral dilemma is a situation where an agent’s obligations conflict. Debate in this area focuses on the question of whether genuine moral dilemmas exist. This question involves considering not only the nature and significance of dilemmas, but also the connections between dilemmas, the logic of obligation and moral emotions. Certain cases involving difficult choices suggest that moral dilemmas exist. These cases also suggest that dilemmas are significant because they show that moral theory cannot help with these choices. If this is right, morality may be unimportant because it may be a system of inconsistent rules that cannot be used as a guide that tells us what to do. But this understanding of the cases is disputable. Perhaps the cases show that agents can be ignorant about what they ought to do. Or perhaps dilemmas are not significant because moral theory tells agents to do the most important of their obligations. On the other hand, principles from the logic of obligation or deontic logic can be used to argue against the existence of moral dilemmas. Principles of deontic logic such as the ‘ought’ implies ‘can’ principle and the agglomeration principle, which says that if you ought to do a and ought to do b, then you ought to do a and b, taken together with the assumption that moral dilemmas exist, turn out to entail a contradiction. This means that one of these principles must be given up, or else it must be the case that moral dilemmas do not exist. Careful consideration of the moral emotions has suggested that dilemmas do exist. It is appropriate for agents to feel guilt only if they ought to have done otherwise. In cases involving difficult choices, it is appropriate to feel guilt no matter what course of action is taken. This suggests that such cases involve genuine dilemmas.

Macro-Level Analyses and Dynamics

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-144
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Change ◽  
The Other ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
Typical Form ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Established Order

There are few studies on the macro-level dynamics of networks. These dynamics affect the whole network and concern non-local changes. Macro-level changes almost always stem from reasons outside the network. We observe this in its most typical form when the network population increases or decreases in an unusual manner. We cannot correlate such a population change with the relations of actors or the dyad, triad, or intergroup behaviors within the scope of these relations as it was the case in microo r meso-level dynamics. Sudden changes in population in a social network may“disturb” the established order and, therefore, may affect individual communicative relations. Population growth, on the other hand, might result in a revival in terms of other aspects. This chapter these macro-level dynamics.

Sex, Survival, and Scandal: A Comparison of How Men and Women Exit Presidential Cabinets

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 665-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon ◽  
Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Policy Failures

The process of selecting cabinet ministers often takes place behind closed doors, including weighing the need to balance or manage factions within the president's party and/or coalition partners; addressing demands for diversity in the cabinet, such as appointment of women or other historically underrepresented groups; sending signals about the administration's policy agenda; and enabling the president to have people he or she trusts close at hand. On the other hand, ministerial exits are usually less private affairs. In some cases they come after weeks of public or congressional scrutiny and criticism of ministers for policy failures or follow extended speculation about who will lose their seat when the president reshuffles the cabinet. Some ministers depart to pursue lucrative private-sector opportunities. Other ministers switch posts but stay in government. How ministers exit can have implications for the administration since a president who is frequently forced to shuffle the cabinet or sack ministers looks ineffective, and comparisons to rats and sinking ships are difficult to avoid in the wake of excessive changes. At the same time, an administration with zero turnover may also not be healthy, as it would suggest that presidents are staidly bound to their initial course of action and unable (or unwilling) to adapt to changing circumstances.

An XML-Based Approach to Multimedia Engineering for Distance Learning

2007 ◽  
pp. 108-137
Author(s):  
T. Arndt ◽  
S. K. Chang ◽  
A. Guerico ◽  
P. Maresca
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
The Other ◽  
State University ◽  
Visual Languages ◽  
Multimedia Software ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Kent State University ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Multimedia Software Engineering

Multimedia software engineering (MSE) is a new frontier for both software engineering (SE) and visual languages (VL). In fact, multimedia software engineering can be considered as the discipline for systematic specification, design, substitution, and verification of visual patterns. Visual languages contribute to MSE such concepts as: Visual notation for software specification, design, and verification flow charts, ER diagrams, Petri nets, UML visualization, visual programming languages, etc. Multimedia software engineering and software engineering are like two sides of the same coin. On the one hand, we can apply software engineering principles to the design of multimedia systems. On the other hand, we can apply multimedia technologies to the software engineering practice. In this chapter, we concentrate on the first of these possibilities. One of the promising application areas for multimedia software engineering is distance learning. One aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how it is possible to design and to implement complex multimedia software systems for distance learning using a tele-action object transformer based on XML technology applying a component-based multimedia software engineering approach. The chapter shows a complete process of dataflow transformation that represents TAO in different ways (text, TAOML, etc.) and at different levels of abstraction. The transformation process is a reversible one. A component-based tool architecture is also discussed. We also show the first experiments conducted jointly using the TAOML_T tool. The use of an XML-based approach in the distance learning field has other advantages as well. It facilitates reuse of the teaching resources produced in preceding decades by universities, schools, research institutions, and companies by using metadata. The evolution of the technologies and methodologies underlying the Internet has provided the means to transport this material. On the other hand, standards for representing multimedia distance learning materials are currently evolving. Such standards are necessary in order to allow a representation which is independent of hardware and software platforms so that this material can be examined, for example, in a Web browser or so that it may be reused in whole or in part in other chapters of a book or sections of a course distinct from that for which it was originally developed. Initial experiments in reuse of distance learning carried out at the University of Naples, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University are described. The authors have also developed a collaboration environment through which the resources can be visualized and exchanged.

Investigation on Industry Applications of Blockchain Technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Dhaya R. ◽  
Kanthavel R.
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
The Other ◽  
Security And Protection ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Industry Applications

Blockchain (BC) is a collective, indisputable ledger that makes easy the course of action of recording dealings and footpath possessions in an industry system. On the other hand, BC is significant in business that sprints on information. A BC network can follow instructions, expenditure, financial records, manufacture, and many more. Yet, the difficulties of BC in industry like mindfulness and getting, association, culture, cost and proficiency, regulation and administration, and security and protection must be properly dealt with to gain the advantages fully. Hence, the objectives of this chapter are to investigate various applications of industries that involve BC technology, the challenges, evolution of BC in industry applications, and its need, types of BC, and networks for industries and comparison. Further, the chapter discusses how to manage the hyperconnected supply chain in terms of industrial applications in terms of scalability, integrity, and legacy.

scholarly journals Manipulation of k-Coalitional Games on Social Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naftali Waxman ◽  
Sarit Kraus ◽  
Noam Hazon
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Coalition Formation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Full Information ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Coalitional Games ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social

In many coalition formation games the utility of the agents depends on a social network. In such scenarios there might be a manipulative agent that would like to manipulate his connections in the social network in order to increase his utility. We study a model of coalition formation in which a central organizer, who needs to form k coalitions, obtains information about the social network from the agents. The central organizer has her own objective: she might want to maximize the utilitarian social welfare, maximize the egalitarian social welfare, or only guarantee that every agent will have at least one connection within her coalition. In this paper we study the susceptibility for manipulation of these objectives, given the abilities and information that the manipulator has. Specifically, we show that if the manipulator has very limited information, namely he is only familiar with his immediate neighbours in the network, then a manipulation is almost always impossible. Moreover, if the manipulator is only able to add connections to the social network, then a manipulation is still impossible for some objectives, even if the manipulator has full information on the structure of the network. On the other hand, if the manipulator is able to hide some of his connections, then all objectives are susceptible to manipulation, even if the manipulator has limited information, i.e., when he is familiar with his immediate neighbours and with their neighbours.

Limbu Myths in Cyberspace: Intracultural Dialogue Within an Ethnic Group

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-140
Author(s):  
Лилия Александровна Стрельцова
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Common Ancestry ◽  
Broad Audience ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Written Sources

Процессы, происходящие в современном информационном мире, неизбежно влияют на традиционные сообщества. Интернет является площадкой, где активно распространяются традиционные тексты, имевшие ранее ограниченное хождение в силу специфики их сохранения и воспроизведения. Представители непальской народности лимбу создали группу в социальной сети Facebook, где публикуют свои мифы, генеалогии, сказки и предания. Через платформу соцсети мифы доходят до более широкой аудитории, к тому же она предоставляет возможность для активного обсуждения. Меняется язык (с языка лимбу на непальский) и форма изложения (с поэтической на прозаическую). Мифы воспроизводятся не со слов шаманов, но по письменным источникам: санскритским текстам, работам европейских и местных ученых. Это иллюстрирует стремление лимбу придать «вес» собственной религии и традиции. Намечается разрыв в мифоритуальных практиках. Ритуал обсуждается только в связи с жертвоприношениями, которые воспринимаются частью участников как признак отсталости общества. Наибольшую значимость приобретает антропогонический миф, поскольку именно вера в общее происхождение является одним из важнейших критериев этничности. Активное воспроизведение мифа о творении человека в социальных сетях является одним из факторов, позволяющих лимбу сохранять чувство этнической общности Traditional societies are inevitably influenced by processes happening in the modern informational world. The internet is a place for active distribution of traditional texts, which formerly had limited circulation. The Limbu (or Yakthung) people of Nepal have created a Facebook group where they post their myths, genealogies, tales and legends. The social network makes it easy for these myths to reach a broad audience and provides an opportunity for active discussion. The language used is changing - from the Limbu language to Nepali - as well as the medium of speech (from the poetry to prose). The posted myths are based not on a shaman’s words but on written sources, i. e. Sanskrit texts, and works of local or foreign scholars. This shows how the Limbu aim to raise the profile of their religion and tradition. A rupture may be seen in mythical and ritual practices. Ritual is only discussed in the context of sacrifices, which some of the Limbu consider a sign of social backwardness. On the other hand, the anthropogonic myth has been gaining additional importance because the belief in common ancestry constitutes one of the most important criteria of ethnicity. Active sharing of anthropogonic myths on the social network thus allows the Limbu to preserve their sense of ethnic unity.

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