This study introduces a comprehensive representation of the public domain in urban space, discusses the role of machine learning techniques in such a representation, and presents a preliminary experiment. We define "public domain" as all places that people actually perceive as public space— traditionally identified spaces such as streets, squares, parks, as well as privately managed collective ...

Previous studies of commercial software enterprises have employed industry-level analyses, or have focused on major players in the industry. There is, therefore, a dearth of in-depth research on small-to-medium software enterprises (SMSE). The need to understand the institutional contexts and firm-specific capabilities of such firms is important, as they account for over 90% of software enterpr...

This paper reports the findings of an investigation of children’s performance and attitude towards a paper based and computer based test. Twenty children, aged between 7 and 8 of mixed gender, participated in this study using a commercial software application. The children’s attitude towards the software was captured through the use of a smarty-o-meter to indicate their level of preference and ...

This research explores the correlation between ‘walkability’ and the ‘sense of place’ in Tehran’s streets, particularly streets leading to the Imam Khomeini square (Maidan-e Tup-khana) at the heart of historic downtown. The goal is to evaluate the walkability through a measurable method in order to prioritize strategies to enhance various aspects of the historic districts. After reviewing the e...

Contemporary high-density urban environments frequently have limited green resources, such as parks and woodlands, that are conventionally associated with psychological restoration. The restorative potential of everyday spaces streets, therefore, takes on heightened significance. Our study proposes the delivery streets for restoration differs from wider open spaces. This is because serve functi...

Pedestrian commercial streets are an important part of a city. However, the open outdoor street is easily affected by external climate, and poor microclimate environment can indirectly affect volume visitors to street. This paper takes pedestrian in regions with hot summers cold winters as research object order obtain reasonable prototypes space. Adopting experimental method controlling variabl...