From Evaluated Outputs to Values-Embedded Practices

Embedded Linux best practices

Can embedded space system development benefit from agile practices?

We study in this work piloting agile practices in embedded space system development projects. The case involves three companies acting as last or next to last subcontractors in a space project. Initial interviews and a subsequent survey revealed challenges that embedded space system development poses to the agile software development. These include high specialization and emphasis on individual...

Computing p-values of LiNGAM outputs via Multiscale Bootstrap

Structural equation models and Bayesian networks have been widely used to study causal relationships between continuous variables. Recently, a non-Gaussian method called LiNGAM was proposed to discover such causal models and has been extended in various directions. An important problem with LiNGAM is that the results are affected by the random sampling of the data as with any statistical method...

Transnational management of values-based practices

Transnational management of values, knowledge or other intangibles is of significant research interest. This paper reveals the complexity of processes of transnational management of values-based contextually determined (VBCD) practices in TNCs. It draws from an in-depth empirical analysis of 160 VBCD routine practices and their transnational management processes across six functional dimensions...

From model outputs to conservation action: Prioritizing locations for implementing agricultural best management practices in a Midwestern watershed

Many ecologically significant Midwestern rivers are heavily impacted by agriculture yet retain high value for conservation of biodiversity. To address these concerns, watershed managers promote conservation practices (e.g., use of cover crops). Yet taking action to promote implementation of these practices in a cost-effective manner across a watershed is difficult because we rarely know where p...