Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Randomized Population Constructive Heuristic for the Team Orienteering ProblemManal ZettamThe NP-hard (complete) team orienteering problem is a particular vehicle routing problem with the aim of maximizing the profits gained from visiting control points without exceeding a travel cost limit. The team orienteering problem has a number of applications in several fields such as athlete recruiting, technician routing and tourist trip. Therefore, solving optimally the team orienteering problem would play … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 13, Issue 9 · 17 Jun 2017 · 8,285 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFactors Influencing Team Effectiveness in Higher EducationJeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Seyedali AhrariOrganizations must fulfill in order to produce and sustain effective teams. Many factors can affect how effectively teams perform. Thus, this study offers the results of an investigation of the factors that donate to team effectiveness in higher education. Task interdependence, task conflict and personality traits appeared as key influences on team effectiveness. An overall of 275 randomly selected researchers … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 9 · 13 Sep 2016 · 8,146 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTechnology Use in the Virtual R&D TeamsNader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid, Zahari TahaProblem statement: Although, literature proves the importance of the technology role in the effectiveness of virtual Research and Development (R&D) teams for new product development. However, the factors that make technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. The manager of virtual R&D teams for new product development does not know which type of technology should be used. … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2012 · 10,750 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAgent Technology Application Strategies in Personal and Team Software Process EnvironmentRusli Abdullah, Amir Mohamed Talib, Erizal Kamal MisranProblem statement: Modern system development emphasize on the use of standard and procedures to ensure the system develop meets user needs and of high quality. Standards such as Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Software Process Improvement and Capability determination (SPICE) and ISO/IEC 90003:2004 are introduced. Personal Software Process (PSP) focusing on improving the individual engineer tasks in software development activities … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 27 May 2011 · 8,298 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAn Investigation of Factors Influencing Design Team Attributes in Green BuildingsMohamed S. Elforgani, Ismail RahmatProblem statement: Buildings contribute significantly global environmental problems. Better design can minimize these impacts. Design Green Building (DGB) aims to reduce buildings' impact on the environment. However, the green design performance depends on design team attributes. In addition, the Governance System (GS) and Client Quality (CQ) as external factors have influence on Design Team Attributes (DTA) of green building. Approach: … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2010 · 7,962 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Impact of Agile Approach on Software Engineering TeamsMazni Omar, Sharifah-Lailee Syed-Abdullah, Azman YasinProblem statement: This study presents the initial findings on the impact of agile approach amongst Software Engineering (SE) teams in one computer center in Malaysia. This study revealed that agile approach able to receive positive feedbacks and increase positive affectivity amongst team members during software development projects. Approach: This study used action research approach. Data were collected from four Software … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 7 Jan 2011 · 7,901 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSituation, Team and Role based Access ControlKyoji Kawagoe, Keisuke KasaiProblem statement: An emergency system of sharing and exchanging user’s personal information is demanded in medical treatment and disaster situations. Approach: In such a system, personal information access control depending on user situations is greatly necessary. However, it is complicated to manage personal information access control directly, because the existing access control methods only support regular access control, not for … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 5 · 7 May 2011 · 6,916 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleLipid Profile of Gymnasts of the Jordan National TeamAhmad Bani Ata, Kamal Mansi, Talal AburjaiThis study was carried out to assess the lipid pattern in gymnasts of the Jordan National Team. Twelve athletes represent the National gymnastic team (4 males and 8 females, mean age 18±1 year) were included in this study. The training period for them is not less eight years during which they trained 18 hours weekly at least. A group of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,531 accessesView PDFCite