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A characteristic based information evaluation model
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posted on 2009-07-31, 09:17 authored by L.C.M. Tang, Yuyang Zhao, Simon Austin, M.J. Darlington, S.J. CulleyThroughout the engineering design process, engineers make decisions
based on various information sources without formally judging the value
and quality of information. With a wide range of information
characteristics available to assess information, the question to the engineers
is, “is it possible to establish a metrics to theoretically assess the credibility
and value of information within the context of engineering design when
they create, store and retrieve the information?” This paper first makes a
brief review of the works that are related to assigning “value” to
information with the focus being put on analyzing existing information
valuing methodologies. In particular, the paper investigates and
summarizes the information characteristics involved in these models and
methodologies. Together with the fieldwork conducted in a number of
global engineering and construction companies, the key information
characteristics that are critical to information evaluation are identified.
Finally the paper introduces an Information Evaluation Model (IEM) that
uses the identified information characteristics as the assessment criteria to
judge the value of information.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
TANG, L.C.M. ... et al, 2008. A characteristic based information evaluation model. IN: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Information Credibility on the Web, ACM 17th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, CIKM 2008, Napa Valley, California, USA, 26-30 OctoberPublisher
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Publication date
2008Notes
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