Disaster management is a multifaceted process aimed at minimizing the social and physical impact of these large-scale events. In this paper, we propose a quality-mind assuring approach in which web services are discovered, composed and executed considering both functional and QoS requirements. We prescribe a QoS management framework that defines fundamental principles, concepts and mechanisms w...

Biographical notes: Heather Maguire lectures in Management at the University of Southern Queensland. Her PhD investigating psychological contracting in the banking industry was awarded in 2001. She also holds a BEd, MBus and a MBA. She has consulted for industry in a range of areas including the impact of change in the Australian finance sector and administrative process improvement within a ra...

Shared networks are now able to support a wide range of applications, including real-time multimedia. This has led the networking community to consider a wider range of network Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees and pricing schemes. To date, the QoS required by networked multimedia applications has been described in terms of technical parameters. We argue that, in order to maximize the realize...

Despite the importance of the agile methods and the acknowledgement that they do contribute to the software quality and client satisfaction, little is known about what factors, habits or tools usage have high impact on the product quality. It has been observed that agile practitioners have a different posture towards the development process they use. This paper goal is to report an analysis of ...

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High quality data and information are essential for decision-making; yet there is little focus on the inclusion of information quality in the current business curriculum. Quality issues are addressed in the introductory IS course but may not be seen again. This paper reviews current texts for inclusion of quality and notes little change in the model curriculums inclusion of quality. Suggestions...

The impact of consumer demand for quality on the agricultural and food system is an increased emphasis on quality differentiation but not all in the direction of upgrading quality. The more elite market segments are thriving and reaching growing numbers of consumers but the basic price/quality markets remain strong. Most recent economic studies find that consumers are willing to pay for food sa...

Electronic intermediaries play an important role in many Web-based electronic markets, adding value for participants by offering services such as matchmaking and trust. This paper presents an economic model of intermediation where the intermediary offers services to two types of actors: consumers and providers. When consumers are heterogeneous, differentiated on their willingness to pay for int...

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Service quality is the highest requirement by users, especially for the service in electronic government. During the past decades, it has become a major area of academic investigation. Considering this issue, there are a lot of researches that evaluated the dimensions and e-service contexts. This study also identified the dimensions of service quality, but focuses on a new concept and provides ...