title: Questions And Answers: Exploring Mobile User Needs

authors: Su-Ping (Carole), Chang

subjects: Mobile Search

abstract: The users of mobile devices increasingly use networked services to address their information needs. Questions asked by mobile users are strongly influenced by context factors, such as location and user activity. However in research which has empirically documented the link between mobile information needs and context factors, information about expected answers is scant. Therefore, the goal of this study is to explore the context factors which influence the mobile information needs and the answers expected by mobile users. The results, are obtained by analysing information from paper diaries and digital diaries. This project involved a user study, comprising two different types of studies concerning a paper diary and a digital diary. The analysis of both the paper diary and the digital diary was conducted through grounded theory and taxonomy of information needs. our results indicate a relationship between mobile information needs and context factors and expected answers. Our study explored this relationship between mobile information needs and context factors, and provides a better understanding of the expected answers related to mobile information needs.

text: Questions And Answers: Exploring Mobile User Needs The users of mobile devices increasingly use networked services to address their information needs. Questions asked by mobile users are strongly influenced by context factors, such as location and user activity. However in research which has empirically documented the link between mobile information needs and context factors, information about expected answers is scant. Therefore, the goal of this study is to explore the context factors which influence the mobile information needs and the answers expected by mobile users. The results, are obtained by analysing information from paper diaries and digital diaries. This project involved a user study, comprising two different types of studies concerning a paper diary and a digital diary. The analysis of both the paper diary and the digital diary was conducted through grounded theory and taxonomy of information needs. our results indicate a relationship between mobile information needs and context factors and expected answers. Our study explored this relationship between mobile information needs and context factors, and provides a better understanding of the expected answers related to mobile information needs.

year: 2011

title: Improved grid integration of intermittent electricity generation using electric vehicles for storage: A simulation study

authors: Monigatti, Paul

subjects: electric vehicles

abstract: This paper describes a simulation to establish the extent to which reliance on non-dispatchable energy sources, particularly wind generation, could in the future be extended beyond accepted norms, by utilizing the distributed battery capacity of an electric vehicle fleet for storage. The notion of exploiting the distributed battery capacity of an electric vehicle fleet as grid storage is not new. However, this simulation study specifically examines the potential impact of the idea in the New Zealand context. The simulation makes use of real and projected data in relation to vehicle usage, full potential wind generation capacity and availability, taking into account weather variation, and typical daily and seasonal patterns of electricity usage. It differs from previous studies in that it is based on individual vehicles, rather than a bulk battery model. At this stage, the simulation does not take into account local or regional flows. A more detailed analysis of these localized effects will follow in subsequent stages of the simulation work.

text: Improved grid integration of intermittent electricity generation using electric vehicles for storage: A simulation study This paper describes a simulation to establish the extent to which reliance on non-dispatchable energy sources, particularly wind generation, could in the future be extended beyond accepted norms, by utilizing the distributed battery capacity of an electric vehicle fleet for storage. The notion of exploiting the distributed battery capacity of an electric vehicle fleet as grid storage is not new. However, this simulation study specifically examines the potential impact of the idea in the New Zealand context. The simulation makes use of real and projected data in relation to vehicle usage, full potential wind generation capacity and availability, taking into account weather variation, and typical daily and seasonal patterns of electricity usage. It differs from previous studies in that it is based on individual vehicles, rather than a bulk battery model. At this stage, the simulation does not take into account local or regional flows. A more detailed analysis of these localized effects will follow in subsequent stages of the simulation work.

year: 2012

title: Policy for Maori: values, assumptions and closing the gap

authors: Levy, Michelle Patricia

subjects: Maori

abstract: This paper looks at the issue of what it is about the way in which policy is developed which
influences whether or not policy meets the needs of Maori. To do this I will focus on one component
of policy making; the role of the values and assumptions of policy makers. Assumptions about the
nature of policy making and the way in which policy can be used to maintain and modify norms and
standards, determine values and define problems are briefly investigated. These issues are
highlighted using the Code of Family and Social Responsibility as an example of the way in which
dominant cultural value bases and assumptions have influenced the way in which policy issues are
framed and presented. The paper concludes by asking why the consideration of the values of policy
makers is important for Maori and how can I, as a Maori policy analyst working within the
Government policy making sector, contribute to the development of policy which is based on Maori
assumptions, realities, values and world views.

text: Policy for Maori: values, assumptions and closing the gap This paper looks at the issue of what it is about the way in which policy is developed which
influences whether or not policy meets the needs of Maori. To do this I will focus on one component
of policy making; the role of the values and assumptions of policy makers. Assumptions about the
nature of policy making and the way in which policy can be used to maintain and modify norms and
standards, determine values and define problems are briefly investigated. These issues are
highlighted using the Code of Family and Social Responsibility as an example of the way in which
dominant cultural value bases and assumptions have influenced the way in which policy issues are
framed and presented. The paper concludes by asking why the consideration of the values of policy
makers is important for Maori and how can I, as a Maori policy analyst working within the
Government policy making sector, contribute to the development of policy which is based on Maori
assumptions, realities, values and world views.

year: 1999