Raging incrementalism [1] is a systems engineering methodology designed to capitalize on the force of hyperexponential change, the ongoing acceleration of overall technical progress. Numerous pivotal technologies are not only improving at an exponential pace, but the pace itself is accelerating [2], yielding hyperexponential improvement overall. In the large, the rate of technical progress is d...

Climate change is a growing concern to humankind, since the dominant view argues for rapid, significant changes in human behavior to avert catastrophic consequences. This is a complex problem, known as a wicked problem. A productive way forward is through creative, critical dialogue. Such dialogue requires new kinds of sociotechnical infrastructure. We offer a socio-technical infrastructure, de...

This paper describes scientific, technical, and legal work done on the creation of the linguistic infrastructure for the Nordic and Baltic countries. The paper describes the research on assessment of language technology support for the languages of the Baltic and Nordic countries, work on establishing a language resource sharing infrastructure, and collection and description of linguistic resou...

The world wide web provides an integrating platform for intra and inter-organizational systems. Understanding how the many actors interested in web infrastructure influence design, development and practice can provide insight as to how organisations can manage and make effective use of web infrastructure. The socio-technical perspective views information systems as being socially constructed by...

This paper provides a non-technical summary of a framework for evaluating the transition impact (social returns) of any infrastructure investment that reduces transaction costs and thereby intensifies product market competition. The framework applies both to physical and institutional infrastructure. We show that infrastructure generates welfare gains by improving the ability of the market to w...

If we were to have a Grid infrastructure for visualization, what technologies would be needed to build such an infrastructure, what kind of applications would benefit from it, and what challenges are we facing in order to accomplish this goal? In this survey paper, we make use of the term ‘visual supercomputing’ to encapsulate a subject domain concerning the infrastructural technology for visua...

Matching IT infrastructure with the needs of a business is a CIO’s biggest challenge. The increasing complexity of IT infrastructure and the constant pressure to reduce its costs, forces CIOs to maximize the use of existing resources and to enhance productivity of key technical people. Downtime, however brief, can result in revenue losses, unhappy customers and a loss of productivity. Instead o...

electronic commerce as one of the most important of innovation aspects in the process of doing business is used by many organizations and companies in the world. cooperatives as the main part of the country's economy have fundamental role in improving and promoting of economic. therefore, innovation methods and tools, new processes and perform business tasks such as e-commerce will play an impo...

the determination of effective indicators in order to decide on the location of industrial units with the aim of optimizing the use of raw material, reduce costs and waste and marketing of products is very important. determining the effective indicators in optimal choice for seating block board unites (with use the back of scrap plywood, twigs little low diameter wood’s) in country was target o...