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Decision support system for improving construction companies’ business performance
No full textAs part of a decision making process, the controlling process in construction companies can be supported by computer application that provides faster and reliable decision. This paper discusses the development of a knowledge-based decision support system for controlling construction companies’ business performance. The knowledge-base was developed using questionnaire survey and case studies. A questionnaire survey was conducted to identify potential problems that can occur in construction companies as well as the source of the problems and their impact on companies’ performance. Case studies were used to identify and analyse various corrective actions. The result of the study shows that decision support system using knowledge-based management system improves the effectiveness and the efficiency of decision making process for selecting the most appropriate corrective action that can improve construction companies’ performance. The application, which had been developed in this research, was designed to support the process of controlling construction companies’ business performance and to assist young manager in selecting the most optimum corrective actions for the problems related to achieving companies’ objectives. This computer application can be used as a learning tool for identifying potential problems that a construction company faces and the most optimum corrective action
Decision support system architecture for consultant selection
No full textDecision Support System (DSS) has played a significant role in construction project management. This has been proven that a lot of DSS systems have been implemented throughout the whole construction project life cycle. However, most research only concentrated in model development and left few fundamental aspects in Information System development. As a result, the output of researches are complicated to be adopted by lay person particularly those whom come from a non-technical background. Hence, a DSS should hide the abstraction and complexity of DSS models by providing a more useful system which incorporated user oriented system. To demonstrate a desirable architecture of DSS particularly in public sector planning, we aim to propose a generic DSS framework for consultant selection. It will focus on the engagement of engineering consultant for irrigation and drainage infrastructure. The DSS framework comprise from operational decision to strategic decision level. The expected result of the research will provide a robust framework of DSS for consultant selection. In addition, the paper also discussed other issues that related to the existing DSS framework by integrating enabling technologies from computing. This paper is based on the preliminary case study conducted via literature review and archival documents at Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Malaysia. The paper will directly affect to the enhancement of consultant pre-qualification assessment and selection tools. By the introduction of DSS in this area, the selection process will be more efficient in time, intuitively aided qualitative judgment, and transparent decision through aggregation of decision among stakeholders
Covid-19 dari perspektif sains sosial: implikasi dan solusi
No full textPandemik COVID-19 yang menyerang Malaysia dan dunia menuntut masyarakat untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan perubahan landskap politik, ekonomi, pendidikan, kesihatan, kekeluargaan dan sosial. Justeru, usaha bagi menyusun kembali norma individu, keluarga, organisasi dan masyarakat amat penting agar kelangsungan dan keseimbangan hidup boleh diteruskan secara lestari. Buku ini ditulis dengan menggabungkan kepakaran dan pengalaman penyelidik, pendidik serta penggerak organisasi dan masyarakat dalam merungkai setiap permasalahan yang wujud rentetan pandemik COVID-19 agar setiap individu mencapai kesejahteraan kendiri yang holistik. Setiap perspektif masalah dibincangkan secara sistematik dan menyeluruh berkaitan pendekatan yang perlu dilakukan oleh semua pihak agar masalah yang ditempuh bertukar menjadi peluang dan proses rektifikasi boleh dilaksanakan. Buku ini menjelaskan kaedah penyelesaian dan penyesuaian daripada peringkat individu, keluarga, organisasi dan masyarakat dalam menempuh cabaran COVID-19. Secara keseluruhannya, terdapat 12 bab yang dimuatkan di dalam buku ini. Penyesuaian serta saranan yang ditulis oleh pakar-pakar dalam bidang pembangunan manusia dan kemasyarakatan ini boleh dijadikan panduan dalam mendepani norma baharu era pandemik dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan bersama
Proses pembuatan gambus masyarakat Melayu Brunei Sabah
No full textWalaupun pelbagai muzik moden telah menjadi sebahagian penting daripada kehidupan masyarakat Melayu Brunei Sabah, namun seni permainan gambus masih lagi digemari oleh kalangan generasi lama dan baru. Setelah membuat pemerhatian terhadap Pesta Gambus Sabah yang diadakan saban tahun (yang mengandungi elemen pertandingan dan pertunjukan, kini telah memasuki tahun yang ke-10), terdapat faktor sosiobudaya dan ekonomi yang mempengaruhi kelestarian seni warisan gambus ini. Masyarakat Melayu Brunei Sabah mendiami sekitar pantai Barat Sabah iaitu dari Kota Kinabalu hingga ke Sipitang. Namun, "pusat kehidupan" gambus berada di daerah Papar khususnya di kawasan Bongawan dan sekitarnya. Salah satu daripada faktornya ialah kemampuan masyarakat Melayu Brunei menghasilkan sendiri seni gambus berkenaan iaitu alat muzik itu sendiri, irama dan senikata yang dihasilkan, falsafah dan kecintaan mereka kepada gambus. Projek Pengesahan Fakta Jabatan Muzium Malaysia telah memberi perhatian kepada proses pembuatan gambus iaitu dari aspek pemilihan pokok, kaedah pertukangan yang diamalkan, kepercayaan sehingga sebuah gambus dapat dimainkan. Sehingga kini masih terdapat beberapa pembuat gambus dari kalangan generasi tua (berusia 60 tahun ke atas) tetapi hanya seorang sahaja pembuat yang mewakili generasi muda (berusia di bawah 40 tahun). Empat orang pembuat gambus telah dirakam kaedah pembuatan mereka, tetapi hanya seorang sahaja yang dipilih untuk dipaparkan proses pembuatannya. Manakala tiga orang pembuat gambus yang lain dirujuk sebagai pembanding pada tahap-tahap pembuatannya
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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