The spread of distributed multimedia applications is setting forth a new set of challenges in the management of host and network resources for guaranteeing QUALITY AND SERVICE (QoS). When the multimedia applications compete for resources, as in the case of a cooperative multimedia environment, the management task becomes even more difficult.We have developed a cooperative multimedia environment...

In order to meet the requirement of dairy cattle breeding and modern cattle farm management, the dairy cattle registration and herd management system was programmed with Visual FoxPro9.0, which can run on Windows9X/Me/NT/2000/XP, to fit the current implemented Canadian dairy cattle DHI recorders and 9-point linear comprehensive evaluation. Based on data collection and analysis of basic herd inf...

We have developed and evaluated RoamWare, a mobile physical/virtual meeting support system intended to support knowledge management (KM) in mobile CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work). The design of RoamWare was based on a previous empirical study of knowledge management and mobility at Telia Nära [12]. The evaluation of RoamWare was done in two ways: (1) by exercises and, focus groups an...

The popularity of web forums has led to the creation of evolutionised bahasa Melayu (BM) known as sembang language. Greatly accepted as common and sensible vocabularies for its communities, sembang language has emerged as an avenue that supports knowledge-sharing-procreation practice. In this paper, we are trying to explore the fact that bahasa sembang could serve as a melting pot for knowledge...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Researchers have long argued that a ‘right’ degree of closeness among team members is necessary for innovation. At unhealthy extremes, while closeness leads to cloning and copycat attitude, increased distance can result in incompatibility and dissonance. Hence, actually building teams that possess ‘creative-tension’ is easier said than done. This paper develops specific factor...

The results presented in this paper arepart of an empirical studyinto thecurrent usage of groupware and the potential of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) for strategic management in large-scale Swiss business enterprises. The results were obtained from a survey conducted among 168 organizations. The study is part of the STRATUM research project, the overall goal of which is to investi...

Mainly due to an enforced legislation as well as an increased social demand, companies need to integrate ecological aspects into their corporate goals. Compliance to these goals often leads to the development of innovative approaches to environmental management by means of applying the fundamental principles of the “Circular Economy”. Additionally, intra and inter-organizational concepts of was...

Introducing cooperation into a wireless sensor network (WSN) has gained much attention in the recent few years mainly because of the significant effect it has on optimizing energy consumption and on enhancing the lifetime and the overall performance of the network. Cooperation can be exploited at different levels, ranging from a collection of nodes collaborating to forward the data they gathere...

Strategic alliances between ERP software vendors, their implementation partners and clients, for knowledge sharing and integrated knowledge management across the ERP life-cycle, hold promise for leveraging scarce expertise and human resources, thereby streamlining implementation and promoting growth of the market. SAP’s significant market presence offers a unique opportunity to encourage such a...

C Project Description Programming languages that rely on garbage collection are becoming ubiquitous. Java and C# are especially popular. Both languages provide numerous software engineering advantages over languages like C and C++. The advantages of garbage collection include safety from accidental memory overwrites, protection from security violations, and the automatic prevention of space lea...