The advantages a DSL and the benefits its use potentially brings imply that informed decisions on the design of a domain specific language are of paramount importance for its use. We believe that the foundations of such decisions should be informed by analysis of data empirically collected from...

The concept of trust and reputation had a long profound impact on the way systems were measured in terms of their credibility and performance. This has consecutively lead into numerous reputation-based trust management systems being deployed for various computing environments as a decision...

"Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on...