Browsing by Author "Acton, Thomas"
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Information systems - unavoidable nuisances in combining local administratives?
Golden, William; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (2009)Local administratives face challenges similar to enterprises due to changes in their environment. Municipalities need to join their resources to reimburse and to deliver services. However, municipalities have not received ... -
Modelling preference relaxation in e-commerce.
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas (IEEE, 2010-09-23)In multi-attribute decision choice scenarios, although decision-makers desire access to very large sets of possible choice options (alternatives), their cognitive resources are limited. They may simply be unable to process ... -
Modelling the Effects of Decision Tools in Online Shopping
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ... -
Online Shop Presentation Modes for Consumer Decision Making and Flow Experiences
Sharkey, Ultan (2011-08-29)This research investigates the influence of product record presentation modes on the process and outcomes of online shopping. Experiments investigated eight combinations of product presentation modes by partnering with an ... -
Optimal Product Information Display Formats in Online Shopping Scenarios: Implications for Management Practice and Policy Formation
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)The second key challenge noted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2004) eBusiness Strategy report is the building of confidence among Irish SME's and Micro-enterprises in the development of online ... -
Presenting data for team-based decision-making in agile information systems projects
Halonen, Raija; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)Although there are a number of purported benefits of agile systems development methods over traditional forms, many in the Information Systems Development (ISD) community highlight the difficulties that the dynamic, turbulent ... -
Presenting the un-presentable: how to display data for decision making
Acton, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William (2008-10-20)A concern with computer systems is how best to present onscreen data. This can be particularly problematic for large quantities of data and in contexts of organisational and managerial decision making. Another concern ... -
Usability and Acceptance in Small-Screen Information Systems
Scott, Murray; Gudea, Sorin; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas (2004)The small screen sizes of mobile phones can create problems for users. There is a need for acceptable user interfaces that enable a better, more maximised use of the limited screen size while still providing high ...