qualitative
RSS qualitativeThe Manycore Shift: Microsoft Parallel Computing Initiative Ushers Computing Into the Next Era
White Paper When major qualitative shifts such as the emergence of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), the Internet, mobile devices, and software services transformed the computing industry, Microsoft has successfully adapted the... [02 Oct 2009]
Reliability Models for Electric Power Systems
White Paper There is a qualitative description of a model which can be combined with data to provide a method for estimating down time based on site-related factors. This note explains the sources of downtime in Electric Power... [01 Oct 2009]
The Gap Between Needing and Doing
White Paper The most effective method involves using a framework and tools that can organize a variety of qualitative and quantitative information and support sophisticated, multi-faceted organizations. It is never too late to start... [12 Sep 2009]
Temporal Representation for Gene Networks: Towards a Qualitative Temporal Data Mining
White Paper Processing literature (i.e.text corpora) to capture gene regulation events is not easy and can be driven by the final data representation. The paper proposes to build, manually, an example of temporal representation (whole gene networks... [29 Aug 2009]
Talking Past Each Other?: How to Communicate With Medical Writers When Preparing Clinical Research Manuscripts for Journal Submission
White Paper Clinical research manuscripts are often a blend of qualitative prose and quantitative data. And, the people who help the author(s) prepare each section - introduction, methods and materials, results, and discussion - are... [29 May 2009]
Distributed Qualitative Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper This qualitative localization does not use any anchor or dedicated hardware like a GPS. Each node builds a Qualitative Distance Table according to the 2-hop neighborhood information. The use of... [23 Apr 2009]
Value Proposition of Wireless LANs
White Paper And they provide qualitative improvements that are measured in workflow improvements and better customer focus. This paper briefly describes wireless LANs and details wireless overlays, identifying the... [15 Apr 2009]
Implementing Wireless & RFID Technology in the Oil Field: A Cost Saving Decision in Times of Economic Downturn
White Paper It provides both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of these value points through customer case-studies, financial audits, laboratory experiments, and outlines how implementing these technologies helps a sustain... [13 Apr 2009]
Making the Case for Integrated Processes
White Paper Corporate leaders have begun to realize that they can achieve significant benefits, both quantitative and qualitative, by leveraging integrated business processes. But what are integrated processes? How can you move from... [18 Mar 2009]
The Human Capital Management Value Map
White Paper The answers to these questions have been difficult to attain and are mostly subjective and qualitative. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For several years, human resources executives have chanted the mantra that HR is strategic. [18 Mar 2009]
Building an ROI: Application and Network Performance Management
White Paper There is a huge difference when it comes to qualitative versus quantitative assessments, as seen in the accompanying table, Qualitative Assessment vs. Enterprises of all types and sizes - across a wide... [07 Mar 2009]
Performance Comparison of Web Service Engines in PHP, Java, and C
White Paper This paper performs a thorough study of the capability of PHP as a web service engine in both qualitative and quantitative aspects while comparing it with other web service engines implemented in Java and C. [02 Feb 2009]
Evaluation of Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Game Development
White Paper In order to investigate the benefits of using design patterns, a qualitative and a quantitative evaluation of open source projects is being performed. The use of object-oriented design patterns in game development is... [13 Dec 2008]
A Qualitative Assessment of the Efficacy of UML Diagrams as a Form of Graphical Documentation in Aiding Program Understanding
White Paper This paper describes an experiment to assess the qualitative efficacy of UML diagrams in aiding program understanding. Graphical documentation is often characterized as an effective aid in program understanding. [03 Dec 2008]
METEOR-S Web Service Annotation Framework
White Paper Semantics, especially as supported by the use of ontologies, and related Semantic Web technologies, are likely to provide better qualitative and scalable solutions to these requirements. The World Wide Web is emerging... [03 Dec 2008]
