Improving Wiki Article Quality Through Crowd Coordination

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioanna Lykourentzou ◽  
Dimitrios J. Vergados ◽  
Yannick Naudet
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Semantic Relations ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Simulation Systems ◽  
Article Quality ◽  
The Web

In this paper the authors propose a crowd coordination mechanism to increase the quality of articles produced in wiki systems. Wikis constitute promising social digital ecosystems for collaborative knowledge creation on the Web. However, as a result of the purely self-coordinated manner that they function, they cannot ensure the quality of the produced articles - an issue that affects their reliability and acceptance. The authors show that wiki article quality optimization can be formulated as a resource allocation problem. Contributors are selected from the wiki community crowd according to their skills, and matched to the articles they can improve the most. A model of the English Wikipedia is given, parameterized and validated from recent field studies results. Experimental results were obtained with simulation systems implementing this model and on a series of scenarios, which include an analysis of the impact of using semantic relations between wiki domains. The obtained results indicate that the proposed mechanism can lead to the production of wiki articles of higher quality, compared to the respective results achieved by the fully self-coordinated wiki.

scholarly journals Influence of R&D and Innovation on Development in Emerging Markets

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra Soyu ◽  
Serdar Altınok ◽  
Emine Fırat
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
New Era ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
The Impact

The concept of development has been interpreted in different ways from past to present. This concept was discussed previously on economic, social and cultural aspects; but now it has transformed into concepts like human capital, education, health, innovation, technological development and poverty. A country needs producing for development, and it is necessary to increase efficiency for obtaining profits from this production. At this point the inclination to R&D and innovation is increasing. Today, it is experiencing the transition of a new era. This process can be distinguished by technological change resulted from knowledge creation, innovation and R&D. In addition to the production factors, knowledge and technology have become indispensable where the importance is increasing. R&D and innovation are seen as factors which are increasing economic growth, prosperity and quality of life and which provide competitiveness and productivity growth between countries. In this study, R&D and innovation activities are evaluated and their importance are highlighted in the issue of development for emerging markets. The increasing R&D and innovation projects provided that resources are using more effectively and efficiently by contributing to the development of emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of R&D and innovation on development by considering sample emerging markets economies and to make the attention of the scientific community focus on these issues.

scholarly journals CREMOR: CREdibility Model on Online Reviews-How people Consider Online Reviews Believable

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Grifoni ◽  
Fernando Ferri ◽  
Tiziana Guzzo
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Perceived Credibility ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Fake Reviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Web

The Internet is deeply changing how buyers and sellers interact in the marketplace. The Web enables consumers to be informed on their purchases both online and offline thanks to crowdsourced reviews. However, recent studies have found evidence that online consumers review could be not truthful as some users such as owners, competitors, paid users, sometimes post fake reviews. In this context the question of credibility is becoming more and more relevant in the Web 2.0 environment in which the concepts of social influence and electronic word of mouth are acquiring a great importance. The user’s perception of online reviews can influence source credibility and the perception of the quality of a product/service, as well as the likelihood that someone will purchase the product/service. This study proposes a model that analyses elements that influence online information credibility and the impact of the perceived credibility on purchase intention.

scholarly journals Kultura organizacyjna jako moderator związków pomiędzy zaufaniem organizacyjnym a jego determinantami i następstwami

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-196
Author(s):  
Lech Górniak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Industry Type ◽  
Type Size ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

The paper includes analysis of the results of field studies conducted among employees of 20 organizations (N=601). The analyses were aimed at determining the impact of organizational culture has on the relationships between the “soft” (psychological and social) factors that characterize them. In particular the impact of organizational culture was considered on the relationship between the antecedents and outcomes of organizational trust. The statistical method used was moderation analysis (Hayes, 2018). The studies were based on a questionnaire that included 13 scales as measures for the variables considered. The analyses provides two main conclusions. The first is for researchers dealing with the soft aspects of the organization’s functioning, especially those related to the role of trust in the organization. The second is addressed to practitioners and relates to the quality of knowledge on employee management. The conclusion for the researchers concerns the need to take into account the specificity of a given organization when describing organizational phenomena. This concerns the tacit factors that go beyond the standard characteristics (industry type, size of the organization, number of employees, etc.), in particular those aspects of the organizational culture related to organizational trust. The failure to do so may lead to inadequate advice for executives regarding the methods used to develop the organization’s potential. The conclusion for practitioners is the need to pay attention to how employees perceive the organizational culture of their company. The omission of this fact may adversely affect the strategy of building a climate of trust, which can lead to a decrease in teamwork quality and a reduction in the superior-subordinate relationship.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Realistic Damage Model in a Simulated Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Dominika KAZIOR ◽  
Damian BERESKA ◽  
Witold ILEWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Optimal Method ◽  
Damage Modelling ◽  
Simulated Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Simulation Systems ◽  
Shooting Ranges

Realism is an important aspect of the virtual shooting range, which increases the quality of the shooting training conducted there. An important element of realism is the modeling of damage arising during the impact of the projectile on the target. This article concerns damage modelling in computer simulation systems. Using the Unity environment, example simulations of damage caused by projectile impact on basic construction materials have been performed. The obtained solutions have been analysed, with the results compared with those of real experiments; conclusions pertaining to the optimal method of modelling destruction in simulation systems meant for visualisation at virtual shooting ranges have been drawn.

A centre for the control of animal health and its management: veterinary field studies of dairy cows in Belgium

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 193-196
Author(s):  
J. Detilleux ◽  
J. Arendt ◽  
A. Dewaele ◽  
F. Lomba ◽  
C. Doyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
International Health ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Animal Identification ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Comfort Indices

AbstractIn 1998, the European Community, the Region Wallonne, and the Province du Hainaut funded the project known as the Centre for the control of animal health and its management (CESAM). This project was initiated in the Hainaut province of Belgium to answer problems encountered by cattle producers. Its overall goal is the identification of stages in the entire bovine production process where economic efficiency can be increased. A part of this project aims principally at the study of the impact of health-related problems on dairy production. For this part of the project, 32 veterinarians and 51 farmers started collecting data in the field. The methodology for data collection was based mainly on the harmony between the farmer and the veterinarian. Therefore, several procedures were implemented to ensure adequate motivation of both farmers and veterinarians. Farmers note all events of their livestock using a list, which contains disease events, preventive treatments, reasons for culling, and management practices. A veterinarian visits farms monthly to validate collected data and to discuss specific problems. During these farm visits, veterinarians collect body condition scores on adult cows. Veterinarians record also information on health problems they encounter during their normal practice using an international health data recording nomenclature. A national organization provides unique animal identification system. Production data will be recorded and feeding practices, milking procedures and barn comfort indices will be regularly investigated. All data will be collected on pre-printed documents, scanned at CESAM and centralized in a relational computer database. Criteria to evaluate the quality of the proposed methodology are presented.

Comparative study of the force action of harvester work tools on potato tubers

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Alexei Sibirev ◽  
Alexandr Aksenov ◽  
Alexei Dorokhov ◽  
Andrei Ponomarev
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
Potato Tubers ◽  
Cultivation Conditions ◽  
Root Crops ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Working Bodies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Separation Devices ◽  
The Impact

The quality of the separation of root crops, onions and potatoes is known to primarily depend on the cultivation conditions. As a rule, these cultures are cultivated in mechanically light soils in order to improve the quality of separation, as well as to reduce the traction resistance of the harvester when extracting the root crops from the soil. When harvesting the root crops, it is very important to maintain the soil in a loose (light) state to improve the quality of the separation. Due to the fact that in digging up the root crops, there is a joint flow of strong soil lumps to the separating working bodies, which are difficult to separate on the slit working bodies of the harvester, which increases damage to the root crops when interacting with the soil lumps, the commercial quality of the products is subsequently deteriorated. The existing potato harvesters damage the commercial products as a result of the interaction of the potato tubers with each other, with the working bodies and with the soil lumps. However, the greatest percentage of damage to potato tubers occurs as a result of their interaction with the working bodies of the harvester. Field studies were conducted to determine the places of the greatest impact of the individual working bodies of the potato harvesters and to carry out subsequent actions for the elimination of these negative impacts in the design of the harvesters. This article presents a methodology for conducting field studies on the assessment of the impact of the working bodies on the scale of damage to potato tubers when harvesting. The results of the comparative studies of the impact of the working bodies of modern potato harvesters, which damage the potato tubers as a result of the interaction with them are presented. We have determined that the greatest scale of impact on the potato tubers during the mechanised harvesting is observed as the transition from the main elevator to the secondary separation devices takes place, irrespective of the design and technological scheme of the harvester, and reaches its minimum value from 6.5 N for the Bolko harvester to 21 N for the AVR-Spirit-6200 harvester.

scholarly journals What do we know about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospices? A collaborative multi-stakeholder knowledge synthesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
John MacArtney ◽  
Abi Eccles ◽  
Joanna Fleming ◽  
Catherine Grimley ◽  
Jeremy Dale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Exchange Panel ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

Background: Prior to undertaking a study looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic upon lived experiences of hospice services in the West Midlands, we sought to identify the range of issues that hospice service users and providers faced between March 2020 and July 2021, and to provide a report that can be accessed and understood by all interested stakeholders. Methods: We undertook a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach for scoping the range of potential issues and synthesising knowledge. This involved a review of available literature; a focus group with hospice stakeholders; and a collaborative knowledge exchange panel. Results: The literature on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospices remains limited, but it is developing a picture of a service that has had to rapidly adapt the way it provides care and support to its service users, during a period when it faced many fundamental challenges to established ways of providing these services. Conclusions: The impacts of many of the changes on hospices have not been fully assessed. It is also not known what the effects upon the quality of care and support are for those with life-limiting conditions and those that care for them. We found that the pandemic has presented a new normative and service context in which quality of care and life itself was valued that is, as yet, poorly understood.

scholarly journals Participation of Industry, Community and Government in Monitoring the Impact of Waste Development through the Early Warning System

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-305
Author(s):  
Veronika Nugraheni Sri Lestari ◽  
Dwi Cahyono ◽  
Sri Susilowati
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
Biological Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industry Community

In human life, it cannot be separated from the environment in which we live. Human negligence in building industry without caring the impact on environment can damage the physical and biological environment slowly and indirectly. Therefore an effort to preserve the quality of environment, especially for the environment adjacent to the settlement, is necessary and can be performed in various ways including technology utilization. The development of technology-based microcontrollers gains more popularity. Technology develops rapidly and electronic devices have become one compulsory device to be owned. Wastewater is industrial waste should be controlled prior to passing surrounding environment to avoid pollution. The concluded of this research are 1 implementation of management and monitoring carried out by industry should be led to the awareness for environmental sustainability, 2 Industrial business actor has not benefited directly from the activities of management and monitoring that have been carried out, and still considers that the obligation is a heavy burden in terms of cost, 3 Inter-institution coordination mechanism is still not clear so that each institution has not been performed their duties and functions well, 4 involvement and community awareness around the industry is relatively low.

Assessing the Impact of Political Involvement on the Reliability and Validity of Virtualized Real-time-response Measurement

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Waldvogel ◽  
Thomas Metz ◽  
Uwe Wagschal ◽  
Bernd Becker ◽  
Linus Feiten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Time Response ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Political Involvement ◽  
Response Measurement ◽  
The Impact

Abstract How does political involvement impact on data quality of virtualized Real-Time-Response (RTR) Measurement? The article addresses this issue, drawing on a large field study (n = 5660) conducted during the 2017 German general election campaign. Since it is unclear how heterogeneous characteristics of individuals influence data quality of RTR-Measurement from audiences surveyed outside the lab, we assess the impact of political involvement on the reliability and validity of virtualized real-time-response data. We show that political involvement shapes reliability and validity systematically but to a degree that does not compromise established standards of data quality. Thus, we conclude that virtualized RTR outside the laboratory with limited means of control is an appropriate method to survey heterogeneous samples in large N-field studies and therefore offers new paths of data collection.

Exploring the Impact of Web 2.0 on Knowledge Management

2013 ◽  
pp. 17-43
Author(s):  
Thomas Bebensee ◽  
Remko Helms ◽  
Marco Spruit
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Exploratory Case Studies ◽  
The Web

Web 2.0 and Knowledge Management (KM) have a considerable overlap. It appears promising to apply Web 2.0 applications for supporting and improving sharing and creation of knowledge. Yet, little research examining the impact of Web 2.0 on KM has been conducted. This chapter presents research examining the suitability and impact of Web 2.0 applications on KM in organizations. Two extensive exploratory case studies were conducted involving 11 interviews with key personnel of two student-run organizations. It is demonstrated how Web 2.0 applications can be used for a number of KM practices mostly related to the areas of asset management and knowledge creation and innovation. Moreover, they suggest that among all the Web 2.0 principles, User-Generated Content and Unbounded Collaboration exert the biggest influence on creating and sharing of knowledge within organizations. The study contributes to the general understanding of how Web 2.0 and KM practices can be interlinked with each other.

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