scholarly journals Partly-Automated Scheme (PAS) Reinforced Framework to Prioritize Requirements with Abbreviated User Involvement and Verdict through AHP

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-462
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Requirement Engineering ◽  
Fixed Number ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Prioritization Process ◽  
Large Size ◽  
The Status ◽  
Requirement Prioritization

Extremely significant phase of SDLC is Requirement Engineering . Building of software and its functionalities successfully is exclusively based on the requirements gathered from the user of the project. The accomplishment of the end product has direct relationship with this Requirement Phase. Requirement Prioritization Process (one of the process) in the Requirement Engineering phase supports the engineers to work out and identify the prioritization among the requirements. From the available methods to prioritize the requirement, AHP is viable but not for large size projects. This work primarily concentrated on applying AHP for bigger projects. In this paper, we constructed a framework to prioritize the requirements with AHP considering Implementation Simplicity for Large Scale project, reduced number of comparisons and precise Stakeholder’s Participation. The proposed framework has been assessed through an exploratory case study that has fixed number of requirements and the status after the arrival of new requirements to the priority list. This is to know about the actuality of the proposed framework, which has been conducted in a software company. The main findings and lessons erudite from the effort are presented.

scholarly journals Tool of Automated System Armoured Scaffold to Rank Requirements through AHP

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2718-2723
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Requirement Engineering ◽  
Fixed Number ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
Software Firm ◽  
The Status ◽  
Software Development Life Cycle

Requirement Engineering is really significant phase in software development life cycle. Construction of software and its functionalities is entirelygrounded on the requirements elicited for the project[6]. In this paper, we propose a tool to prioritize the requirements only with AHP bearing in mind effortless implementation for large Scale Application, Precision of result and Stakeholder’s Contribution. The tool is developed in Java and SQL. This work principallyfocused on applying AHP for larger projects. The proposed framework has been assessed through an exploratory case study that has fixed number of requirements and the status after the arrival of new requirements to the priority list. This is to know about the certainty of the projected framework, which has been conducted in a software firm. Then the tool was developed for the framework and used by the company to check for the certainty of result. The deployment of the tool and the result obtained from the effort are presented.

scholarly journals Collaborative Barriers Among University - Industry - Policy (U-I-P) Entities on Environmental Matters: A Case Study in Sarawak, Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 316-329
Author(s):  
Janice Manyie ◽  
Geoffery James Gerusu ◽  
Roland Kueh Jui Heng
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Private Knowledge ◽  
The Status ◽  
Industry Policy ◽  
University Industry

Realizing the importance of practicing environmental concern, it is needed to understand the tools used to tackle the issues. In this study, university – industry – policy (U-I-P) entities collaboration is a significant approach that was viewed to be the success factor towards the efforts of tackling environmental issues. Collaboration work, which involves different entities benefit in a way that pushes the entities to move towards shared objectives and goals which is to improve the environmental condition. However, although the significance of U-I-P entities collaboration was known and the linkages among U-I-P entities has started, there are still limited information on the practice of collaboration specifically on the U-I-P entities linkage structures on environmental matters in Sarawak. Thus, there is a need to identify the barriers and success factor in order to develop successful collaboration. This study addressed the gap through a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches which the data were collected from 199 respondents based on a face to face interview using structured questionnaires in the major divisions of Sarawak. Drawing from a large scale of study, the study explores the status of collaboration and the barriers of collaboration in Sarawak. Findings indicated that cost, private knowledge and knowledge barrier to be a major hurdle that inhibit the development of collaboration. The assessment suggested that more efforts to increase awareness on collaboration be disseminated.

scholarly journals Archiving Large-Scale Legacy Multimedia Research Data: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-176
Author(s):  
Claudia Yogeswaran ◽  
Kearsy Cormier
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Multimedia Data ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Video Research ◽  
University College London ◽  
Legacy Data ◽  
Project Data

In this paper we provide a case study of the creation of the DCAL Research Data Archive at University College London. In doing so, we assess the various challenges associated with archiving large-scale legacy multimedia research data, given the lack of literature on archiving such datasets. We address issues such as the anonymisation of video research data, the ethical challenges of managing legacy data and historic consent, ownership considerations, the handling of large-size multimedia data, as well as the complexity of multi-project data from a number of researchers and legacy data from eleven years of research.

The Changing Structure of Opportunity: Recruitment and Careers in Large Law Firms

1983 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Historical Periods

Growth and bureaucratization have begun to transform patterns of recruitment and career development in large law firms. Based on a case study of four large Chicago firms, this article examines these changes and their implications. The findings indicate that the social composition of large firms has become substantially more heterogeneous with respect to the status of law school attended, gender, and ethnoreligious background. However, data on lawyers' careers suggest that associates entering firms today face an increasingly bureaucratic organizational context marked by higher levels of turnover, earlier and more intensive specialization, decreased levels of client responsibility, and more frequent assignment to large-scale litigation. The article also addresses the dynamics of individual choice over type of work performed in firms. Lawyers initially working in litigation fields are far more likely to change fields of practice than are lawyers who begin in office practice fields, reflecting the increased tendency for firms to assign new associates to litigation as well as the alienating propensity of large-firm litigation for many associates. Paradoxically, a greater proportion of lawyers in traditionally organized, general service firms than in bureaucratically organized, specialty firms report that their choice of work was dictated by the firm. Also, somewhat surprisingly, the frequency with which firms explicitly direct lawyers into particular fields has not increased from earlier periods. The article concludes that these anomalies result from the fact that firms control the career choices of lawyers, and always have, but that the way such control is exercised varies across firms and historical periods.

scholarly journals A Simplified Method to Avoid Shadows at Parabolic-Trough Solar Collectors Facilities

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Novas ◽  
Aránzazu Fernández-García ◽  
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Standard Case ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Heating Water ◽  
Tracking Movement

Renewable energy today is no longer just an affordable alternative, but a requirement for mitigating global environmental problems such as climate change. Among renewable energies, the use of solar energy is one of the most widespread. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems, however, is not yet fully widespread despite having demonstrated great efficiency, mainly thanks to parabolic-trough collector (PTC) technology, both on a large scale and on a small scale for heating water in industry. One of the main drawbacks to this energy solution is the large size of the facilities. For this purpose, several models have been developed to avoid shadowing between the PTC lines as much as possible. In this study, the classic shadowing models between the PTC rows are reviewed. One of the major challenges is that they are studied geometrically as a fixed installation, while they are moving facilities, as they have a tracking movement of the sun. In this work, a new model is proposed to avoid shadowing by taking into account the movement of the facilities depending on their latitude. Secondly, the model is tested to an existing facility as a real case study located in southern Spain. The model is applied to the main existing installations in the northern hemisphere, thus showing the usefulness of the model for any PTC installation in the world. The shadow projected by a standard, the PTC (S) has been obtained by means of a polynomial approximation as a function of the latitude (Lat) given by S = 0.001 − Lat2 + 0.0121 − Lat + 10.9 with R2 of 99.8%. Finally, the model has been simplified to obtain in the standard case the shadows in the running time of a PTC facility.

scholarly journals BRAZILIAN AGRIBUSINESS IN MOZAMBIQUE: THE PROSAVANA PROGRAMME CASE STUDY/ O agronegócio brasileiro em Moçambique: estudo de caso sobre o Programa ProSAVANA/ El agronegocio brasileño en Mozambique: estudio de caso sobre el Programa ProSAVANA

REVISTA NERA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 345-365
Author(s):  
Tamy Yukie Kobashikawa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Public Subsidies ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
The Status ◽  
Private Corporations

This paper is about the ProSAVANA Programme, a trilateral cooperation project between Japan, Brazil and, Mozambique. ProSAVANA Programme goal is to develop the agriculture sector in the Nacala Corridor and it has been controversial due to conflicts among government, private corporations, and civil society organizations. Private investments were expected to occur in the Nacala Corridor, mainly from Brazilian agribusiness, however, Brazilian private investments in Mozambique’s agriculture sector have been in a stagnant state in the period 2007-2017.The paper examines the status of the ProSAVANA Programme and what are the difficulties to Brazilian agribusiness invest to Mozambique. Current challenges of the programme were found as follows: (1) high risk of investment due to non-existent public subsidies to small, medium and large-scale agribusiness; (2) “land property” law bureaucracy; and (3) civil society mobilization against ProSAVANA. All they are key factors to repel Brazilian agribusinesses. Como citar este artigo:KOBASHIKAWA, Tamy Yukie. Brazilian agribusiness in Mozambique: the ProSAVANA Programme case study. Revista NERA, v. 23, n. 51, p. 345-365, jan.-abr., 2020.

scholarly journals Study of the Natural Heritage Condition of the Kursiu Nerija National Park Using Lidar Technology (Case Study of Agila Dune)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Deimante Pankauskyte ◽  
Jolanta Valciukiene ◽  
Indrius Kuklys ◽  
Lina Kukliene
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Precision Data ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Status ◽  
High Precision Data

Analysis of the condition of the Agila dune is presented in this Article. The analysis is based on data collected during accurate geodetic measurements using LIDAR technology. The current state of the Agila dune was compared to the data of the previous year's LIDAR points in order to ensure the reliability and value of the research. In the course of the study, eleven cross sections were compared by height differences with previous year‘s measurements. The condition of the Agila dune was found to be the worst in three cross sections. First cross section‘s erosion measured at 13,98 meters, erosion in the fifth cross section – 9.90 meters, and erosion in the eighth cross section - 11.34 meters. The main reasons for the deterioration of the natural values of the Kursiu Nerija National Park are climate, wind, high visitor flows and the persistent failure to carry out comprehensive research. Therefore, in order to preserve these unique natural values, it is important to collect large-scale and high-precision data on the status of these values, to systematize, analyze and take appropriate protective measures.

scholarly journals Tackling rarity and sample bias with large-scale biodiversity monitoring: a case study examining the status, distribution and ecology of the lichen Cladonia rei in Alberta, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane L. HAUGHLAND ◽  
Ashley HILLMAN ◽  
Ermias T. AZERIA
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Comparative Morphology ◽  
Biodiversity Monitoring ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Sample Bias ◽  
The Status

AbstractSpecies conservation depends on accurate data, but for many lichens existing collections are geographically biased and contain many taxonomic errors. It is unclear whether ‘non-expert’, systematic monitoring schemes can address these sources of error, particularly for taxonomically challenging lichens (e.g. species requiring chemistry for accurate identification). In this case study we use the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI), a large-scale, systematic, multi-taxon monitoring programme, to better understand the ecology and distribution of a putative rare species, Cladonia rei. Collections of C. rei from Alberta dating from 1947 suggested the species was broadly distributed but rare, with seven accessioned specimens. We used comparative morphology, thin-layer chromatography and habitat modelling to compare historical records against more recent material from ABMI surveys. Contrary to the historical collections, ABMI samples suggest C. rei is almost entirely limited to the dry mixed grassland, northern fescue grassland and aspen parkland natural regions, and that within these ecosystems it is relatively common. The typical ecotype exhibited included a persistent primary thallus, podetia with a persistent basal cortex, and secondary squamules; typically they lacked cups, well-developed apothecia and fumarprotocetraric acid, and ramifications were sparse. Cladonia rei was consistently found in pastures and undisturbed grasslands that hosted relatively rich communities of epigeic lichens, thus it does not appear to act as a pioneer in Alberta or to commonly occupy the anthropogenic niches documented elsewhere. In summary, large-scale, systematic, non-targeted monitoring employing novices redressed issues of sample bias through almost 300 C. rei collections, simultaneously improving the ecological understanding of a putative rare species.

A Collaborative Approach for Improvisation and Refinement of Requirement Prioritization Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Gupta ◽  
Chetna Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Development Time ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Prioritization Process ◽  
Requirement Prioritization ◽  
Overall Risk

This article presents a systematic approach to prioritize requirements and estimate risk associated with each requirement. It first aims at providing short training to both developers and stakeholders to bridge the gap of understanding and comprehend requirements so that a refined priority value for each requirement can be obtained. Secondly, it presents a requirement risk and re-prioritization estimation model to make sure that a right decision has been taken by stakeholder and developers. The entire process has been supported with an example case study and by a survey that is conducted at IT companies. The response for the applicability of the proposed approach from the industry is appreciable and is promising as it will help in minimizing the disagreements between stakeholders and developers, thereby resulting in better collaboration. It will also help in minimizing the overall risk associated with development as only the most important functionality will be delivered in right sequence to the client thereby reducing the overall development time

Village Ecocomplex Functioning With Common Property Resources: A Case-study on Coastal Orissa, India

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hara Prasad Sahoo ◽  
Malaya Kumar Misra
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Common Property Resources ◽  
The Status

A study of the status of Common Property Resources (CPRs) in the coastal areas of Orissa, India, was made during 1989–90 to investigate privatization of land and its socio-economic implications for the rural poor.The proportion of CPR land to the total area of the villages was 20%, and the persons per hectare of CPR land numbered 70. High density of population in these areas imparts tremendous pressure on the natural resources. The area of the CPR lands in the villages has declined by 40% since ad 1950.The main cause of decline of CPRs is privatization. Transfer of CPR land to poor people through various social welfare programmes for their private use, and illegal occupation of the CPR land leading to subsequent legalization, were two important factors which resulted in large-scale privatization. The rural poor depend on CPRs for food, fodder, and fuel, in a variety of ways. Due to privatization, they have collectively lost a significant part of their source of livelihood in recent years.

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