this study examines the differences between strategic systems audit approach compared with traditional based audit approach and its impact on development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business, has been discussed. strategic systems audit approach advocates argue that this approach creates a better development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business than the traditional-based au...

abstract purpose of this paper: this paper presents an analysis toward understanding the business value components that a health care organization can drive by adopting rfid technology into its system. this researcher proposes a framework for evaluating the business value of rfid technology. to do so, emphasis is put on delivering business value through refining business processes and expanding...

this paper studies a maintenance policy for a system composed of two components, which are subject to continuous deterioration and consequently stochastic failure. the failure of each component results in the failure of the system. the components are inspected periodically and their deterioration degrees are monitored. the components can be maintained using different maintenance actions (repair...

Conceptual Design is a preliminary stage of system design. It involves feasibility study, system specification, decision making and primary design. As system design projects become large, a muitidisciplinary approach is necessary to accomplish the task. An important activity of the cooperative conceptual design is concept negotiation. In this recursive process, design members evaluate and integ...

This paper discusses the applications of Fuzzy Boolean Programming (FBP) problems for representing and reasoning with Propositional Knowledge. The use of the models provided by the FBP are proposed to answer imprecise questions in precisely stated KBS. Also, the advantages of using Fuzzy Boolean Programming instead of classical ones are presented in the framework of Propositional Knowledge.

The Semant ic Binary Relat ionship Model (SBRM) is a f i r s t -o rde r formal ism which combines an o rgan lsa t iona l l y s imple basis ( I . e . b inary re la t ionsh ips) with the capabi l i t ies of semant ic networks and logical Integri ty and deduct ion ru les. The aim Is to permit the ef f ic ient model l ing of pract ica l en terpr ises In a DBMS context , whi lst accommodating the re...

The lack of an assistance support may result in disturbance of coauthors by beginners who ask for help when they are in trouble to produce or reuse shared resources. Additionally, collaborators may not be sure if their respective production is consistent with the collaborative common conhibution. We tackle this issue by developing a group awareness knowledge based system that takes the responsi...