On September 11, 2007, Qi Xiufen, Director of the International Department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ), published the China Annual Report on Tec... On September 11, 2007, Qi Xiufen, Director of the International Department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ), published the China Annual Report on Technical Barriers to Trade.Wang Nini, Director of the Standard, Law and Regulation Center of AQSIQ, gave a detailed explanation of the contents of the report.……展开更多
The development of the scientific theory on the stability of vaulted structures was driven mainly during the 18th century based on applying the laws of Mechanics and the knowledge of the properties of materials.In the...The development of the scientific theory on the stability of vaulted structures was driven mainly during the 18th century based on applying the laws of Mechanics and the knowledge of the properties of materials.In the specific case of structures such as domes,the development of the theory is closely related to the theory of arches and vaults.Still,the main contributions are made in technical reports on the construction,stability,and repair of domes,such as the dome of Saint Peter’s in Rome and Sainte-Genevie`ve or Pantheon in Paris.This article,therefore,analyses the relationship between theory and practice and the development achieved in the specific subject of masonry domes during the 18th century from the point of view of the Limit Analysis of Masonry Structures.In a more general sense,the objective of this research is to study in greater depth the theory of Limit Analysis itself,that is,to learn from the work carried out in the 18th century by mathematicians,architects,and engineers,who,although unaware of the existence of the theoretical framework of Limit Analysis as such,moved within it.展开更多
Evaluating the success of changes to an existing Business Intelligence(BI)environment means that there is a need to compare the level of user satisfaction with the original and amended versions of the application.The ...Evaluating the success of changes to an existing Business Intelligence(BI)environment means that there is a need to compare the level of user satisfaction with the original and amended versions of the application.The focus of this paper is on producing an evaluation tool,which can be used to measure the success of changes to existing BI solutions to support improved BI reporting.The paper identifies the users involved in the BI process and investigates what is meant by satisfaction in this context from both a user and a technical perspective.The factors to be used to measure satisfaction and appropriate clusters of measurements are identified and an evaluation tool to be used by relevant stakeholders to measure success is developed.The approach used to validate the evaluation tool is discussed and the conclusion gives suggestions for further development and extension of the tool.展开更多
文摘 On September 11, 2007, Qi Xiufen, Director of the International Department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ), published the China Annual Report on Technical Barriers to Trade.Wang Nini, Director of the Standard, Law and Regulation Center of AQSIQ, gave a detailed explanation of the contents of the report.……
文摘The development of the scientific theory on the stability of vaulted structures was driven mainly during the 18th century based on applying the laws of Mechanics and the knowledge of the properties of materials.In the specific case of structures such as domes,the development of the theory is closely related to the theory of arches and vaults.Still,the main contributions are made in technical reports on the construction,stability,and repair of domes,such as the dome of Saint Peter’s in Rome and Sainte-Genevie`ve or Pantheon in Paris.This article,therefore,analyses the relationship between theory and practice and the development achieved in the specific subject of masonry domes during the 18th century from the point of view of the Limit Analysis of Masonry Structures.In a more general sense,the objective of this research is to study in greater depth the theory of Limit Analysis itself,that is,to learn from the work carried out in the 18th century by mathematicians,architects,and engineers,who,although unaware of the existence of the theoretical framework of Limit Analysis as such,moved within it.
基金This paper is extension of previous work“Measuring the Success of Changes to Existing Business Intelligence Solutions to Improve Business Intelligence Reporting”presented at International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems 2016(CONFENIS 2016)held on 13th and 14th December 2016 in ViennaAustria,and published in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing,Volume 268,pages 225–236.DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-49944-4_17.
文摘Evaluating the success of changes to an existing Business Intelligence(BI)environment means that there is a need to compare the level of user satisfaction with the original and amended versions of the application.The focus of this paper is on producing an evaluation tool,which can be used to measure the success of changes to existing BI solutions to support improved BI reporting.The paper identifies the users involved in the BI process and investigates what is meant by satisfaction in this context from both a user and a technical perspective.The factors to be used to measure satisfaction and appropriate clusters of measurements are identified and an evaluation tool to be used by relevant stakeholders to measure success is developed.The approach used to validate the evaluation tool is discussed and the conclusion gives suggestions for further development and extension of the tool.
