Modeling individual-level information behavior: A person-in-environment (PIE) framework

Modeling Individual-level Information Behavior: A Person-in-Environment (PIE) Framework

This paper has two goals: (1) to introduce the Person-inEnvironment (PIE) framework, which the author developed to measure the relative impacts of socio-structural and individual factors on individual information behavior; and (2) to demonstrate PIE’s applicability. An empirical study on the factors of students’ library usage is presented. PIE addresses a research gap in the information behavio...

a framework for identifying and prioritizing factors affecting customers’ online shopping behavior in iran

the purpose of this study is identifying effective factors which make customers shop online in iran and investigating the importance of discovered factors in online customers’ decision. in the identifying phase, to discover the factors affecting online shopping behavior of customers in iran, the derived reference model summarizing antecedents of online shopping proposed by change et al. was us...

Two-Person Pie-Cutting

a framework determining service level in a b2b environment based on itil framework

rapid growth of e-commerce has made the competition quite different. in this new environment customers have wide choices and are looking forward to the support which guarantees the delivery of what they have chosen. this leads to complexity in the relationship between the provider and the customer which obviously is made more in a b2b environment. service level agreement (sla) is a key tool to ...

Modeling Individual Differences in Game Behavior using

Player modeling is an important concept that has gained much attention in game research due to its utility in developing adaptive techniques to target better designs for engagement and retention. Previous work has explored modeling individual differences using machine learning algorithms performed on aggregated game actions. However, players’ individual differences may be better manifested thro...