Results from an in-depth study of networked foresighting are presented, and the added value for the nodes in the network forming the organization under study analyzed. The network’s nodes use the results to a very high degree for data collection and activity initiation. Benefits include new...

The risk evaluation process is integrated with procedures for handling vague and numerically imprecise probabilities and utilities. A body of empirical evidence has shown that many managers would welcome new ways of highlighting catastrophic consequences, as well as means to evaluate decision...

User behavior of multimedia services currently undergoes strong changes. This is reflected in several recent trends, e.g. the increase of rich media content consumption, preferences for more individual and personalized services and the higher sensitivity of end users for quality issues. These...

User behavior of multimedia services currently undergoes strong changes. This is reflected in several recent trends, e.g. the increase of rich media content consumption, preferences for more individual and personalized services and the higher sensitivity of end users for quality issues. These...

The concept of Quality of Experience (QoE) describes quality as perceived by the end user. The integration of technologies that allow a high level of perceived quality in the aggregation and access network of telecommunication providers is driven by increasing quality awareness and expected...

The common way to create Webpages is resource-oriented. However, in the relatively new kind of composed Web applications, called Mashups, this notion cannot be followed consequently. The remote services that Mashups integrate into one application need to be embedded in a function-oriented...

The concept of Quality of Experience (QoE) comprises quality as perceived by the end user . The implementation of technologies that allow to provide a high and constant level of QoE involves an extensive network of actors, each having its own strategy and chasing different goals. This paper...