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Research on formulae production in spreadsheets has established the practice as high risk yet unrecognised as such by industry. There are numerous software applications that are designed to audit formulae and find errors. However these are…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2008-03-13 Simon Thorne , David Ball , Zoe Lawson

Cloud computing is proved to be an effective computing technology for organisations through the advantages that it offers such as cost-effectiveness, IT technical agility and scalability, enhancing businesses processes, and increasing…

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The first chapter is a critical review and a case study in eBusiness, with special attention to the digital currencies resource and its possibilities. 2. chapter attempts to incorporate the UTAUT model with perceived risk theory to explore…

Utilizing mobile and social media platforms is a transformative approach to enhancing freedom of expression and fostering digital engagement. However, Uganda's digital ecosystem faces challenges such as restrictive legislation, financial…

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Spreadsheets offer a supremely successful and intuitive means of processing and exchanging numerical content. Its intuitive ad-hoc nature makes it hugely popular for use in diverse areas including business and engineering, yet these very…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Peter Bartholomew

In the insurance industry, spreadsheets have emerged as an invaluable tool to for product pricing, because it is relatively straightforward to create and maintain complex pricing models using Excel. In fact, Excel is often preferred to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-09-09 Sebastian Dewhurst

Despite the important role of sidewalks in supporting mobility, accessibility, and public health, there is a lack of high-quality datasets and corresponding analyses on sidewalk existence and condition. Our work explores a twofold vision:…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-28 Jon E. Froehlich , Michael Saugstad , Manaswi Saha , Matthew Johnson

With the surge in modern research focus towards Pervasive Computing, lot of techniques and challenges needs to be addressed so as to effectively create smart spaces and achieve miniaturization. In the process of scaling down to compact…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2014-05-27 Divyajyothi M G , Rachappa , D H Rao

The ubiquity of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in work settings has changed the way employees behave. ICTs such as smartphones, email and social media makes employees more connected than has ever been possible. The degree…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-06 Balsam Al-Dabbagh , Eusebio Scornavacca , Allan Sylvester , David Johnstone

Urban flooding is a growing climate change-related hazard in rapidly expanding African cities, where inadequate waste management often blocks drainage systems and amplifies flood risks. This study introduces an AI-powered urban waste…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Steffen Knoblauch , Levi Szamek , Iddy Chazua , Benedcto Adamu , Innocent Maholi , Alexander Zipf

Under several emerging application scenarios, such as in smart cities, operational monitoring of large infrastructure, wearable assistance, and Internet of Things, continuous data streams must be processed under very short delays. Several…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Marcos Dias de Assuncao , Alexandre da Silva Veith , Rajkumar Buyya

In previous work we have studied how an explicit representation of background knowledge associated with a specific spreadsheet can be exploited to alleviate usability problems with spreadsheet-based applications. We have implemented this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-09-16 Andrea Kohlhase , Michael Kohlhase

Spreadsheets are end-user programs and domain models that are heavily employed in administration, financial forecasting, education, and science because of their intuitive, flexible, and direct approach to computation. As a result,…

Databases · Computer Science 2014-01-30 Michael Kohlhase , Corneliu Prodescu , Christian Liguda

Microservice management and testbed research often rests on assumptions about deployments that have rarely been validated at production scale. While recent studies have begun to characterise production microservice deployments, they are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Giles Winchester , George Parisis , Guoyao Xu , Luc Berthouze

The digitalization of societies raises questions about its sustainability and the socio-technical impacts it generates. Ecological redirection applied to organizations is a field of research aiming for achieving sustainability as a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Valentin Girard , Antoine Martin , Maud Rio , Romain Couillet

This study is to examine the role of ICT in the survival of selected SMEs in Koforidua, Ghana The study employed descriptive technique to conduct the survey. Using a sample of 100 SMEs, an accidental sampling of a non-probability technique…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-03-10 Kwaku Nuamah-Gyambrah , Florence Agyeiwaa , Martin Otu Offei

The present paper aims to explore higher education students' spreadsheet competencies and reliability through self-assessment and real-world problem-solving practices. Digital natives alleged skills and competences allowed us to hypothesize…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Maria Csernoch , Judit T. Kiss , Viktor Takács , Domicián Máté

Context: DevOps and microservices are acknowledged to be important new paradigms to tackle contemporary software demands and provide capabilities for rapid and reliable software development. Industrial reports show that they are quickly…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Xin Zhou , Huang Huang , He Zhang , Xin Huang , Dong Shao , Chenxing Zhong

Various techniques for developing spreadsheet models greatly improve the chance that the end result will not contain basic mechanical errors. However, for every discipline in which a given technique is useful, there is likely to be another…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2010-01-25 David Colver

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the influence of environmental uncertainty on business-IT alignment. The existing literature postulates environmental uncertainty as a key challenge to achieving business-IT alignment. Hence, the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-03 Amitha Padukkage , Val Hooper , Janet Toland