{"title":"HyCom: a domain specific language for hypermedia application development","authors":"Walter A. Risi, P. E. M. López, Daniel H. Marcos","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.927268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.927268","url":null,"abstract":"Presents HyCom, a domain-specific language (DSL) for hypermedia authoring embedded in the language Haskell. HyCom provides a declarative framework for describing hypermedia designs and also automatic application generation. We propose HyCom as a bridge between engineering models and implementation environments. HyCom is based on the principle of programming by combination. A hypermedia application is constructed by the combination and transformation of components, promoting the reuse of existing assets and the abstraction of common patterns. The resulting framework is flexible and practical - yet rigorous and formal - enabling the effective representation of existing engineering methods primitives without loss of expressiveness. We present a real situation in which HyCom is used in the definition of an application developed following systematic steps. By means of an example, we show the general principles underlying its use for the mapping of design concepts to implementation environments.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116878004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An empirical analysis of web page revisitation","authors":"B. McKenzie, A. Cockburn","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926533","url":null,"abstract":"There is a surprising lack of empirical research into user interaction with the web. This paper reports the results of an analysis of four months of logged data describing web use. The results update and extend earlier studies carried out in 1994 and 1995. We found that web page revisitation is a much more prevalent activity than previously reported (approximately 80% of pages have been previously visited by the user), that most pages are visited for a surprisingly short period of time, and that users maintain large (and possibly overwhelming) bookmark collections.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117043636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvisational change management in the pubic sector","authors":"A. Nilsson, U. Josefsson, A. Ranerup","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926208","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the issue of how the use of a plan can improve change management when introducing groupware in the public sector, using an improvisational perspective. The research is based on an empirical study at a municipal administration investigating changes in the work situation after the implementation of groupware. When an improvisational model of change management was applied certain development possibilities of the model and it's use appeared. Firstly, the model does not acknowledge anticipated changes that do not occur in practice. Secondly, we argue that a more active utilization of a plan enables guidance of the process. Finally, we emphasize the necessity of translating a plan into a local context.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128510119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A language for the rapid prototyping of mobile evolving agents","authors":"W. Müller, A. Meyer, H. Zabel","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926319","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents SAL, a general purpose scripting language for the rapid development of distributed software agents seamlessly embedded in a visual environment. Integrated facilities for dynamic visualization provide sample but powerful means for debugging and domain-oriented animation. SAL agents are arranged on a set of 2D worksheets which can be distributed over different machines. An agent's program is defined by the means of a table specifying a set of state transition rules with a condition and a sequence of actions each. Beyond basic computation and communication, actions can dynamically modify the agent's depiction, its program, and spawn arbitrary processes. A couple of examples demonstrate SAL's applicability in various domains like electronic systems design and process management.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129258524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'Making conversation': sequential integrity and the local management of interaction on Internet newsgroups","authors":"D. Reed","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926502","url":null,"abstract":"Argues for a detailed empirical investigation of newsgroup interaction. It presents a framework for analysis that emphasizes the machinic (machine-related) and human-related characteristics of newsgroup activity with the concept of \"(human) orientation to the (machinic) default\". By problematizing the notion of newsgroup \"conversation\", this paper reveals the \"sequential integrity\" of newsgroup practices through the detailed investigation of participants' \"local management of interaction\". Newsgroup interaction is asynchronous: participation does not occur in \"real time\" and participants are geographically dispersed. Potentially, therefore, participation could be chaotic and disordered, yet observation reveals it to be a highly ordered activity. A fundamental question, then, is how this interactional order is achieved - and achieved as conversational. Newsgroup activity is characterized by sequential integrity. Messages are constructed in such a way as to exhibit both relational features (between messages) and internal features (in the text of messages) that mimic and respect sequential ordering.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126977365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The real options approach to standardization","authors":"M. Gaynor, S. Bradner","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926526","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we propose a new model of technology standardization under market uncertainty and show how its value is quantifiable using the theory of real options. Our options-based approach to standardization shows that a rational way to standardize some IT technology in uncertain markets is with correct structure and proper staging of the standard. First, highly modularized standards provide a higher option value because of the ability to pick and choose the best modules to change at a fine granularity. Secondly, a modular structure that promotes easy and non-disruptive parallel experimentation (such as end-2-end applications) enhances the option value by providing a larger field of options from which to select. Lastly, allowing the standard to evolve along with the customers' expectations of the technology is a good strategy to match standards with uncertain user markets.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129096539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The space station operations control software: a case study in architecture maintenance","authors":"R. Leitch, Eleni Stroulia","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.927250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.927250","url":null,"abstract":"Software maintenance teams are often faced with the challenge of adapting a system's architecture in response to problem reports as well as new functional requirements. More often than not, these maintenance objectives can be accomplished either through the addition of alternative, \"patching\" components, or by refactoring the original architecture. The latter approach usually results in a simpler, more cohesive design that is more robust, easier to maintain, and therefore should be preferred. This paper presents a case study describing how the Space Station Operations Control Software (OCS) team has handled architectural change after the initial delivery of the system. In particular, the paper analyses two specific examples: the reaction of the maintenance team to a design problem discovered during testing, and the incorporation of a major new feature into the software design.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129133724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial data visualization in healthcare: supporting a facility location decision via GIS-based market analysis","authors":"C. Noon, Charles Hankins","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926573","url":null,"abstract":"As the business of healthcare continues to evolve, it is increasingly important for hospital systems to optimize the quality of capital investment decisions. Since proximity to services plays a major role in an individual's choice of healthcare provider, decisions concerning facility location and function are crucial. The paper describes an application of spatial data visualization to support the decisions of locating and sizing a proposed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) within a system's network of rural hospitals. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to analyze publicly available and system-specific data. The discovered patterns of healthcare system market share and customer travel were key drivers in the decision-making process. The application provides a good example of using a spatial data mining tool as a powerful step in the knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) process.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130570814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methodological issues in assessing sociocultural learning","authors":"D. Vogel, R. Davison, R. Shroff, S. Qureshi","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.927166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.927166","url":null,"abstract":"While research findings regarding learning are somewhat mixed, early indications are encouraging and suggest sociocultural learning is useful in improving student learning under certain situations. It is suggested that future research efforts may be enhanced by more closely linking research to theory, building on the research from the field of education, and developing appropriate instruments to measure learning. The paper includes a summary of methodological issues as well as empirical findings. The purpose is to assess sociocultural learning from positivist and interpretivist perspectives and to identify issues that researchers may wish to address when designing future research projects. The research and theory presented in the paper serve as a catalyst for future exploration of electronic collaboration related to student learning and educational reform.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114241630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing recommendations as a result of a system dynamics intervention","authors":"G. McGrath, B. Campbell","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2001.926297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2001.926297","url":null,"abstract":"In an attempt to identify the causes of the poor performance of an information system, a system dynamics group modelling exercise was undertaken. Unlike previous approaches, this research encompassed both the performance of the information system itself as well as its interactions with the organisation of which it is a part. Although all members of the modelling team were confident of the findings, it proved impossible to implement recommendations. Whilst this research was in progress, the modelling team was asked to investigate another situation that involved the re-pricing of a major product. In the latter situation, model construction was quick with little validation of the model and parameters. However the recommendations whilst still in draft form, were acted upon immediately. This paper investigates the two system dynamics modelling exercises and discusses the issues that arose during implementation.","PeriodicalId":201648,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121516964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}