In this abstract, a hierarchical trade-off assessment model for networked systems is presented that constructs from the perspectives of systematic objectives, network component requirements, along with multiple quality of service (QoS) dimensions. The primary goal of this conceptual hierarchical trade-off assessment model is to provide a QoS evaluating mechanism for the networked systems. In ge...

The availability of networked software services is an increasingly important quality of service issue. A service user gauges service availability in terms of initial access time and subsequent service delivery time. This paper develops – from a user perspective – a quality of service framework for the availability of networked software services. The paper utilises this quality of service framew...

There are two urgent questions in academic research on Communities of Practice. The first is how to safeguard the sustainability of a Community of Practice (CoP). The second is how to motivate people in order to participate in and to contribute to such a community. In this paper we try to answer these questions by assuming networked individualism. This notion refers to the observation that indi...

Much has been made of the shifting relationships of power caused by the forces of globalization. Through the intensification of social interconnections, we now can apprehend the world as a single place, aware of our own place and its relative location within the range of world experience. The media of communication are key players in this process, both as causes and outcomes. Like with other ar...

in this research, the effect of different storage conditions (cold, semi technical and traditional storages) at 180 days after storage on the qualitative and quantitive properties of garlic populations were investigated. white and pink populations were packaged in wooden boxes and net pockets and factors i. e. weight loss, moisture content, spoilage, firmness and total pyruvic acid were measure...

Due to rapid advance of various video applications and services, such as video telephony, mobile video broadcasting, and Internet Protocol television (IPTV), there is an increasing demand for accurate and effective quality assessment of underlying videos. Accurate video quality assessment is crucial to video codec development, network protocol planning, in-network quality monitoring, quality as...