In this exploratory study we investigated the use of search and navigation as strategies for retrieval in large collections of digital photos. The main goal of the research was to test out models and methods that can describe retrieval behaviour and preferences. A focus group interview was conducted and demonstrated the need for taking various types of factors and measurements into account. We ...

-Adopting SMS (Short Message Service)-based learning system in educational institutions needs clear understanding of the students’ preferences. As students increasingly accept mobile technologies to support and bridge the digital gap of teaching and learning environment, developing such systems that are not only effective, but also elicits their needs accurately has become more and more challen...

This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are much smaller than differences with respect to inequality perceptions or redistributive preferences. ...

The rapid development of technology, the Internet, and the development of electronic commerce have led to the emergence of recommender systems. These systems will assist the users in finding and selecting their desired items. The accuracy of the advice in recommender systems is one of the main challenges of these systems. Regarding the fuzzy systems capabilities in determining the borders of us...

objective: the main objective of this research was the economic valuation of public library services using the contingent valuation. although, estimating the average willingness to pay for public library service, demographics on the willingness to pay, and economic valuation and pricing public library services were other objectives that investigated in this study. methodology: explanatory varia...