Abstract No matter how advanced an information system becomes the users rather than the designers will always be its final “judges”. So users’ attributes/characteristics form an important consideration when investigating and designing information systems. In an attempt to improve the benefits gained by users from such systems, this study aims to investigate whether user characteristics moderate the effect on user performance in... No matter how advanced an information system becomes the users rather than the designers will always be its final “judges”. So users’ attributes/characteristics form an important consideration when investigating and designing information systems. In an attempt to improve the benefits gained by users from such systems, this study aims to investigate whether user characteristics moderate the effect on user performance in complex information system environments. Understanding the relationship between individual differences and user performance helps design effective information systems that meet user requirements, this in turn improves the effectiveness of systems usage. Read More Read Less

Abstract Trust is essential for the development of E-Commerce web sites. Owners or developers of such web sites need to know the important characteristics of trust and how to display them on their web sites. In order to do so, the factors that influence user trust must be studied. Therefore, there is a clear need of a framework for building trust... Trust is essential for the development of E-Commerce web sites. Owners or developers of such web sites need to know the important characteristics of trust and how to display them on their web sites. In order to do so, the factors that influence user trust must be studied. Therefore, there is a clear need of a framework for building trust in E-Commerce web sites, especially Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce in Thailand where trust is the main challenge. This paper proposes a trust building framework for B2C E-Commerce web sites based on the questionnaire modified from E-S-QUAL and E-RecSQUAL. The analysis of service quality and factors results in understanding and insights of customer perception and expectation toward the web site. The important factors are also identified. (Abstract) Read More Read Less

Abstract Forest management involves treatment of forest stands to improve the current stand structure and condition to achieve management goals. A treatment may involve different operations including plantation, thinning and harvest. StandSim is used to simulate the growth of forest stands for a given time horizon. It requires a file with all the prescriptions for a given situation. A prescription is a... Forest management involves treatment of forest stands to improve the current stand structure and condition to achieve management goals. A treatment may involve different operations including plantation, thinning and harvest. StandSim is used to simulate the growth of forest stands for a given time horizon. It requires a file with all the prescriptions for a given situation. A prescription is a set of k cycles, each one consisting of a different permutation of stand variables. This paper reports the development of a simple to use and platform-independent tool i.e. Prescriptions-Generator, for automating the generation of prescriptions for forest management. The tool is developed in Java and can be embedded in other software. The embedding in other software is made easy by the use of an XML file for giving input to the tool. It can also be used independent of other tools using a simple to use graphical user interface. Read More Read Less

Abstract During the past decade, the advent of the social network has offered several platforms that promote communication among users on common spaces. Several efforts were devoted to unify the social network domain, particularly the scientific domain through introducing ontology-based modeling of scientific social network. However, the measurement of the researchers standings within the scientific community is generally absent. To overcome this drawback,... During the past decade, the advent of the social network has offered several platforms that promote communication among users on common spaces. Several efforts were devoted to unify the social network domain, particularly the scientific domain through introducing ontology-based modeling of scientific social network. However, the measurement of the researchers standings within the scientific community is generally absent. To overcome this drawback, we propose, in this paper, a scientific social network ontology which includes definitions of main entities and describes main attributes of : Scientific social network concepts aiming to share common understanding of this domain and to reflect the academic career paths. Read More Read Less