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Desiree Walton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Decision-making, a key factor of organizational performance, is based on information retrieved from processing raw data. As businesses and consumers are shifting toward digital channels, more and more data is being generated through digital services and electronic devices. Big Data is argued to have significant benefits to businesses, and yet data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Construction Industry, Construction Management
Jiang, Yongyao – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Finding Earth science data has been a challenging problem given both the quantity of data available and the heterogeneity of the data across a wide variety of domains. Current search engines in most geospatial data portals tend to induce end users to focus on one single data attribute. This approach largely fails to take account of users' multiple…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Users (Information), Data Collection, Online Searching
Toure, Ibrahim – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Terrorism is a complex and evolving phenomenon. In the past few decades, we have witnessed an increase in the number of terrorist incidents in the world. The security and stability of many countries is threatened by terrorist groups. Perpetrators now use sophisticated weapons and the attacks are more and more lethal. Currently, terrorist incidents…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Prediction, Terrorism, Risk
Nilsen, Richard K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Organizational information system users (OISU) that are victimized by cyber threats are contributing to major financial and information losses for individuals, businesses, and governments. Moreover, it has been argued that cybersecurity competency is critical for advancing economic prosperity and maintaining national security. The fact remains…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Knowledge Level, Competence
Bradley, Sapora L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The increasing implementation of technology applications into the workplace has substantiated the need for adept professionals who can manage HR technology for employees and provide data about the organization. For some companies, these professionals are found within the human resources department. These information systems professionals combine…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Professional Personnel, Information Systems, Qualitative Research
Ortiz, Jorge Jose – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This thesis examines the state of the art of building information systems and evaluates their architecture in the context of emerging technologies and applications for deep analysis of the built environment. We observe that modern building information systems are difficult to extend, do not provide general services for application development, do…
Descriptors: Buildings, Architecture, Data Processing, Information Systems
Kim, Keehyung – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation, which comprises three independent essays, explores the dynamics of online user behavior and provides IS policy implications across three different applications. The first essay employs an econometric empirical analysis to examine the role of IT interventions on online users' gambling behavior, based on field data collected over…
Descriptors: Online Systems, Behavior Patterns, Use Studies, Users (Information)
Martha, VenkataSwamy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Networks, such as social networks, are a universal solution for modeling complex problems in real time, especially in the Big Data community. While previous studies have attempted to enhance network processing algorithms, none have paved a path for the development of a persistent storage system. The proposed solution, GraphStore, provides an…
Descriptors: Networks, Information Storage, Graphs, Statistical Data
Sparks, Betsy H. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Business Intelligence is a major expenditure in many organizations and necessary for competitive advantage. These expenditures do not result in maximum benefits for the organization if the information obtained from the Business Intelligence System (BIS) is not used in the management decision-making process. This quantitative research study used an…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Decision Making, Information Utilization, Performance Factors
Li, Xun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation addresses the research challenge of developing efficient new methods for discovering useful patterns and knowledge in large volumes of electronically collected spatiotemporal activity data. I propose to analyze three types of such spatiotemporal activity data in a methodological framework that integrates spatial analysis, data…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Visualization, Spatial Ability, Data Analysis
Lei, Lei – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a decision-making process that often involves public participation in the scoping and reviewing stage. Although the importance of engaging the public in the EIA process has long been recognized, it is often considered ineffective due to factors such as time, budget, resource, technical and procedural…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Citizen Participation, Environmental Influences, Pilot Projects
Stamm, Randy Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this mixed method research study was to examine relationships in student and instructor activity logs and student performance benchmarks specific to enabling early intervention by the instructor in a Learning Management System (LMS). Instructor feedback was collected through a survey instrument to demonstrate perceived importance of…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Management Information Systems, Early Intervention, Learning Modules
Lu, Hsin-Min – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Deep penetration of personal computers, data communication networks, and the Internet has created a massive platform for data collection, dissemination, storage, and retrieval. Large amounts of textual data are now available at a very low cost. Valuable information, such as consumer preferences, new product developments, trends, and opportunities,…
Descriptors: Classification, Internet, Information Retrieval, Information Technology
Ramsey, Scott D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether selected independent variables are good predictors of athletic participation among Mexican students. The selected independent variables were gender, GPA, attendance, discipline referrals, and success on the Georgia High School Graduation Test. The dependent variable was participation in athletics.…
Descriptors: Discipline, Grade Point Average, Graduation, Exit Examinations
Ramakrishnan, Thiagarajan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the external factors that influence an organizations' business intelligence (BI) data collection strategy when mediated by BI attributes. In this dissertation, data warehousing strategies are used as the basis on which to frame the exploration of BI data collection strategies. The attributes include…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Change Strategies, Investigations, Performance Factors
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