Nonparametric statistical process monitoring procedures demonstrate greater efficiency than parametric methods when data significantly depart from normality. A comparison between some nonparametric procedures is conducted and the results are presented.

Does power sharing between competing elites result in franchise extension to non-elites? In this paper, we argue that competing, risk-averse elites will enfranchise non-elites as insurance against future, uncertain imbalances in relative bargaining power. We show that negligibly small changes in the bargaining power of non-elites, conditional on enfranchisment, via coalition formation, constrai...

Methodologies for evaluation of e-government policies do not provide enough valuable information to policy makers in conducting quality planning of e-government initiatives. Consequently, user acceptance of egovernment services is below government anticipations, while the expected effects in terms of reducing costs and increasing the effectiveness of public administration are still in early sta...

Recent disasters highlight the importance of social media supporting critical information gathering and dissemination efforts by members of the public. Given that disasters pose unique challenges and social media are evolving rapidly, how can one compare the effectiveness of social media in different disaster situations? Drawing from prior work on e-participation, this paper proposes a novel fr...

This paper revisits the concept of specific resistance, a dimensionless measure of locomotive efficiency often used to compare the transport cost of vehicles (Gabrielli & von Karman 1950), and extends its use to the vertical domain. As specific resistance is designed for comparing horizontal locomotion, we introduce a compensation term in order to offset the gravitational potential gained or lo...

The effective service quality management requires the implementation of policies, which can be translated to concrete and measurable goals. The aim of this paper is to share some thoughts regarding service quality measurement at a transport operator, the STCP Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto, SA (Portugal). In our discussion we call attention to the importance of the choice of the m...