Indicators

Implicit Interest Indicators Implicit Interest Indicators

Recommender systems provide personalized suggestions about items that users will nd interesting. Typically, recom-mender systems require a user interface that can \intelli-gently" determine the interest of a user and use this information to make suggestions. The common solution, \ex-plicit ratings", where users tell the system what they think about a piece of information, is well-understood and...

Research output indicators are not productivity indicators

Sustainability Indicators

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. 1. Introduction Imagine a situation where, after debating for years on what makes you happy, you finally decide that it is about time you start put these i...

Should researchers use single indicators, best indicators, or multiple indicators in structural equation models?

BACKGROUND Structural equation modeling developed as a statistical melding of path analysis and factor analysis that obscured a fundamental tension between a factor preference for multiple indicators and path modeling's openness to fewer indicators. DISCUSSION Multiple indicators hamper theory by unnecessarily restricting the number of modeled latents. Using the few best indicators - possibly...

Informing Indicators

Increasing interest in sustainability has led to a growing number of initiatives directed at environmentally sustainable operations. However, a systems perspective with hierarchically structured principles is often not a prerequisite to these action-oriented efforts. While the linkage between overall guiding principles and the definition of successful outcomes has been addressed in other areas,...