Adaptive and Evolutionary Systems

2003 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Randall Perrey ◽  
Mark Lycett
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Evolution Of Development ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Evolutionary Systems ◽  
Significant Element ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Systems Requirements ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
Future Work

This chapter examines the issues surrounding the development of adaptive evolutionary systems by evaluating the characteristics of contemporary development paradigms. It categorises these characteristics as advantages or limitations with respect to the purpose of servicing adaptive evolutionary systems’ requirements. The chapter considers the evolution of development paradigms and concludes that a key limitation in each case has been the preoccupation with addressing the shortcomings of the previous paradigm’s implementation. The maturity of the paradigm is seen as a significant element in determining what the current research issues for that paradigm will be and this observation is used to recommend the line of development that should be taken to avoid recurrent pitfalls. The issues extracted are structured into a framework for the evaluation of any given approach with respect to its suitability for the development of adaptive evolutionary systems. Recommendations are given for future work including recommendations outside the accepted sphere of information systems research.

scholarly journals Towards a Framework of Literature Review Process in Support of Information Systems Research

10.28945/2980 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yair Levy ◽  
Timothy J. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Systematic Data ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Blooms Taxonomy

This paper introduces an initial effort towards developing a framework for writing an effective literature review. The target audience for the framework are novice IS researchers or other researchers who are constantly struggling with the development of an effective literature-based foundation for the proposed research. The proposed framework follows the systematic data processing approach comprised of three major stages: 1) inputs (literature gathering and screening), 2) processing (Blooms Taxonomy), and 3) outputs (writing the review). This paper provides the rationale for developing a solid literature review and addresses the central stage, processing the literature. The paper concludes by providing arguments for the value of an effective literature review as well as implications for future work in this proposed framework.

The Impact of Gartner’s Maturity Curve, Adoption Curve, Strategic Technologies on Information Systems Research, with Applications to Artificial Intelligence, ERP, BPM, and RFID

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. O’Leary
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Technology Maturity ◽  
Maturity Curve ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT: How does technology maturity and adoption affect samples, research issues, and use of methodologies in information systems? What is a source of some research issues in strategic and emerging technologies? This paper addresses these questions and others using some frameworks generated by a well-known corporate research group. Gartner Group has been an icon to its corporate clients. However, Gartner has received only limited attention by academics. This paper examines three related frameworks used by Gartner for analyzing information systems (IS) and accounting information systems (AIS) research. Although researchers have previously examined the adoption curve, they generally have ignored the impact of the technology maturity curve and the interaction of the two curves. The paper generates a number of findings, including the finding that where a technology is on the maturity curve limits and facilitates the type of research questions that can be addressed regarding that technology. In addition, Gartner’s “strategic technologies” can provide a basis for understanding which technologies are likely to be appropriate for analysis by researchers.

scholarly journals Avatars and Embodied Agents in Experimental Information Systems Research: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain M. Aljaroodi ◽  
Marc T. P. Adam ◽  
Raymond Chiong ◽  
Timm Teubner
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Experimental Information ◽  
Embodied Agents ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Digital Representations ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Future Work

Computerised graphical representations of human users and computer agents, known as avatars and embodied agents, have been extensively explored and investigated in Information Systems (IS) research and practice. Such digital representations can be employed in either 2D or 3D. In order to facilitate research on user and agent representations and their applications in IS, we conduct a systematic literature review and establish the current state of research on humans’ perceptions and behaviours when interacting with avatars and embodied agents. Our findings are based on an analysis of 90 articles published in top outlets in the IS field. This review identifies 1) different types of avatar and embodied agent-mediated interactions with users, 2) current application domains of such representations, 3) their dimensionality, 4) affected psychological constructs, and 5) practical considerations for the design of such digital representations. Finally, we discuss limitations of current research and, based on these, directions for future work.

A Bridge Too Far?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte P. Lee ◽  
Kjeld Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cooperative Work ◽  
Computer Supported Cooperative Work ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Infrastructures ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Critical Investigation

The study of computing infrastructures has grown significantly due to the rapid proliferation and ubiquity of large-scale IT-based installations. At the same time, recognition has also grown of the usefulness of such studies as a means for understanding computing infrastructures as material complements of practical action. Subsequently the concept of “infrastructure” (or “information infrastructures,” “cyberinfrastructures,” and “infrastructuring”) has gained increasing importance in the area of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) as well as in neighboring areas such as Information Systems research (IS) and Science and Technology Studies (STS). However, as such studies have unfolded, the very concept of “infrastructure” is being applied in different discourses, for different purposes, in myriad different senses. Consequently, the concept of “infrastructure” has become increasingly muddled and needs clarification. The chapter presents a critical investigation of the vicissitudes of the concept of “infrastructure” over the last 35 years.

Information systems research at George Mason University

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Sushil Jajodia ◽  
Daniel Barbará ◽  
Alex Brodsky ◽  
Larry Kerschberg ◽  
Ami Motro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
George Mason University
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