In this paper, we study optimal control problems associated with a scalar hyperbolic conservation law modeling the development of ovarian follicles. Changes in the age and maturity of follicular cells are described by a 2D conservation law, where the control terms act on the velocities. The control problem consists in optimizing the follicular cell resources so that the follicular maturity reac...

Information quality has become a decisive factor in organizations since it is the basis of strategic decisions. Many researching lines over the last decade have looked at specific data and information quality issues from different standpoints. Taking care about data and information quality goes beyond the definition of data quality dimensions, and today, there is still a lack of an integrative ...

 Managing the software development process has been an important issue in the IT field. Since the mid-1980s, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has been exploring effective ways of managing the software development process. In 1987, SEI proposed a software process maturity framework (Humphrey & Sweet, 1987). Later in 1991, it further announced the capability maturity model (CMM) (...

This paper considers appropriate debt funding strategies for state and municipal governments in the presence of a positive, tax-exempt term premium. The correlation between a measure of income from rate-sensitive assets and the tax-exempt floating rate is the principal focus of the analysis. A single period framework is used to identify the most important information required to design the opti...

The present business era is labeled by collaborations across enterprise boundaries and by utilisation of service-based computing. Pervasive computing utilities are created to match the basic business activities, such as contracting and breach management, adaptation of innovative business models, and collaboration management. Categories of computer assisted breeding environments and automated se...

The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Software is a development framework that describes the key elements for an effective software process. Cleanroom software engineering (CSE) is a managerial and engineering process for the development of high quality software with certified reliability. The combination of CMM management and organizational capabilities and the judicious application of Clean...

E-maturity as synonym for successful integration of digital technologies in schools can be seen as the golden thread of this paper. It deals with an Austrian case study about recently conducted ICTcertifications within a ministerial e-Learning project. The process of awarding successful Austrian schools with ICT-certificates is founded on an evaluation framework which has been developed indepen...

The Software Engineering Institute is chartered with advancing the state-of-the-practice of software engineering to improve the quality of the systems that depend on software. Digital has based its software process improvement program on the Capability Maturity Model and Software Process Assessment developed by the SEI. As software organizations gain process maturity, they produce higher-qualit...

Frameworks for describing a company’s architectural maturity have in recent years emerged in literature. These are often biased towards the particular flavor or architectural concept which is the point of interest of the specific author, be it component-based development, platforms, product lines or highly configurable code bases. They can therefore be valid for helping a company reach one part...

Frameworks for describing a company’s architectural maturity have in recent years emerged in literature. These are often biased towards the particular flavor or architectural concept which is the point of interest of the specific author, be it component-based development, platforms, product lines or highly configurable code bases. They can therefore be valid for helping a company reach one part...