International Journal of Web Information Systems: Volume 11 Issue 4

A method engineering perspective for service-oriented system engineering

Boutheina Gherib, Youcef Baghdadi, Naoufel Kraiem

The purpose of this paper is to consider the method engineering perspective for service-oriented system engineering (SOSE). A number of SOSE methods have been proposed in both…

GeTFIRST: ontology-based keyword search towards semantic disambiguation

Hoang-Minh Nguyen, Hong-Quang Nguyen, Khoi-Nguyen Tran, Xuan-Vinh Vo

This paper aims to improve the semantic-disambiguation capability of an information-retrieval system by taking advantages of a well-crafted classification tree. The unstructured…

Finding target and constraint concepts for XML query construction

Keng Hoon Gan, Keat Keong Phang

This paper aims to focus on automatic selection of two important structural concepts required in an XML query, namely, target and constraint concepts, when given a keywords query…

Investigating the factors influencing continuance usage intention of Learning management systems by university instructors: The Blackboard system case

Samar Mouakket, Anissa M. Bettayeb

There is a growing demand worldwide for the adoption of Learning management systems (LMS) by academic institutions to support e-Learning platform. Yet limited research has been…

Kamachiy – Mayistru: adaptive module to support teaching to people with learning difficulties

Diana Lancheros-Cuesta, Angela Carrillo-Ramos, Jaime A. Pavlich-Mariscal

The purpose of this paper is to propose Kamachiy-Mayistru (KM), an adaptive module to support teaching to people with learning difficulties. In Colombia, learning disabilities and…

Measuring climate change on Twitter using Google’s algorithm: perception and events

Ahmed Abdeen Hamed, Alexa A. Ayer, Eric M. Clark, Erin A. Irons, Grant T. Taylor, Asim Zia

The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis of whether more complex and emergent hashtags can be sufficient pointers to climate change events. Human-induced climate change…