Information and communication technologies are the most recent scientific achievements of mankind's ability seems to have much to offer society and are expected to be useful in solving the problems of human society. Many around the world believe that accelerates the process of adjustment in the exchange of knowledge and information through information and communication technologies a vital role...

ABSTRACTThis study examined information flow on minisett technology among yam farmers in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 180 respondents was involved in the study. Data were obtained from respondents of the study through the use of a validated interview schedule. Percentage, frequency count and mean scores were used to summarize data, while line diagrams were used to develop maps of info...

This paper outlines the project highlights for the research project, Governing with Information Technologies.

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Workload bursts have become notorious for rendering numerous web information systems unavailable. While cloud computing has the potential to alleviate this problem by o↵ering computing resources on an on-demand basis, important challenges remain in finding the right resource control strategies to scale resources cost-e↵ectively and to overcome the initialization lag associated with resource acq...

Theories based on information costs or frictions have become increasingly popular in macroeconomics and macro-finance. The literature has used various types of information choices, such as rational inattention, inattentiveness, information markets or costly precision.1 Using a unified framework, we compare these different information choice technologies and explain why some generate increasing ...

SUMMARY This Deliverable Report describes the research performed within Work Package 3, Task 3.2 (Control Subject to Transmission Constraints, with Transmission Errors), in the first 36 months of the project. It targets the issue of control subject to transmission constraints with transmission error. This research concerns problems arising from the presence of a noisy communication channel (spe...

This article invokes research on information seeking and evaluation to address how providers of evidence-based medical information can use Web 2.0 technologies to increase access to, enliven users' experiences with, and enrich the quality of the information available. In an ideal scenario, evidence-based medical information can take appropriate advantage of community intelligence spawned by Web...