Information systems effectiveness: research designs for causal inference

Abstract. This paper examines the capacity of the research designs of 37 empirical studies of information systems (IS) effectiveness to provide a basis for the development of theories about behaviour related to IS effectiveness. The power of each study to support causal inference was evaluated in terms of (a) its handling of the time dimension, (b) its ability to weigh differences and (c) its resistance to internal validity threats that pose alternative explanations for its reported findings. Of the reviewed studies, 29.7% could account for the time dimension, 32.4% employed a comparison group and 16.2% were not susceptible to any internal validity threats. Only 13.5% of the studies combined an accounting for the time dimension with the use of a comparison group. Of these, however, only 5.4% were also invulnerable to internal validity threats. The research designs of nearly 95% of these published studies were deficient in supporting causal inference. In those studies, suggestions that one variable was causally related to another variable could not be substantiated. Encouragement for the future capacity of IS effectiveness research to support causal inference was found in a trend towards the use of quasiexperimental designs. Recommendations are made regarding ways to increase the inferential capacity of research designs employed in the study of IS effectiveness.     

An exploration of the problems of using function points mark II

Abstract. This paper examines critically the function point analysis mark II (FPA mark II) method of measuring the functionality of information systems. Although the focus of the paper is on FPA mark II as devised by Symons, both this and the Albrecht method, from which the FPA mark II was developed, are briefly discussed. The published attempts to validate FPA mark II are reviewed and then the problems encountered by the author in applying the approach are described. The final part of the paper is concerned with the fit between SSADM and FPA mark II.     

海上靶场角度量录取系统的研制

本文详细叙述了海上靶场角度量录取糸统的组成、测试原理及其功能设计，简要介绍了该系统在靶扬的应用情况．     

一种双光束自动测试光栅绝对与相对光谱衍射效率的原理性方案

提出了一种快速自动测试光栅光谱衍射效率的新方法。重点推导了测试平面光栅绝对光谱衍射效率与相对光谱衍射效率公式，介绍了双光束高精度自动测试光栅光谱衍射效率曲线的基本原理、方案与方法，并分析了测试精度。研究表明，本方案的测试速度和精度均比一般测试方法提高一倍，并能有效地消除光源波动对测量结果的影响，测量误差小于５×１０－３。     

Deep levels,electrical and optical characteristics in SnTe-Doped GaSb Schottky Diodes

The GaSb layers investigated were grown directly on GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) using SnTe source as the n-type dopant. By using admittance spectroscopy, a dominant deep level with the activation energy of 0.23-0.26 eV was observed and its concentration was affected by the Sb₄/Ga flux ratio in the MBE growth. A lowest deep-level concentration together with a highest mobility was obtained for GaSb grown at 550°C under a Sb₄/Ga beam equivalent pressure (BEP) ratio around 7, which should correspond to the lowest ratio to maintain a Sb-stabilized surface reconstruction. In the Hall measurement, an analysis of the temperature-dependent mobility shows that the ionized impurity concentration increases proportionally with the sample’s donor concentration, suggesting that the ionized impurity was introduced by an SnTe source. In addition, optical properties of an undoped p-, a lightly and heavily SnTe-doped GaSb layers were studied by comparing their photoluminescence spectra at 4.5K.     

OFA-II型定量荧光仪在油气勘探中的应用

定量荧光仪在现场应用中受到各种因素的影响:如岩屑样品浸泡时的干、湿;图谱是否出现了淬灭;环境温度的影响等等。文章通过具体事例给出解决这些问题的办法。     

浅谈水文过河缆道建设施工过程中的质量控制

应用水文过河缆道测验在传统水文测验中是一种行之有效的测验手段。本文主要结合黄河水文近年来开展的水文测报水平升级活动和现代化建设过程中取得的成功经验,分析说明水文过河缆道建设施工过程中的质量控制措施和方法。     

Energy indicators for tracking sustainability in developing countries

Due to the fact that human activities and most sustainability issues are closely related to energy use, the energy system is a sound framework for providing lead indicators for sustainable development. Common energy-economic models enable the estimation of future states of the energy system. An energy system-based lead indicator set can be used to develop consistent and coherent future indicator estimates and to track sustainability, a clear advantage over existing sets.     

软测量的工程化设计

将软测量应用到工业生产之前必须解决其工程化设计的问题.为此,在软测量技术理论研究和应用经验的基础上,对软测量工程化设计中应解决的关键问题和解决方法进行了研究.软测量的工程化设计包括机理分析、辅助变量选择、数据采集和预处理、建立软测量模型、设计校正模块等步骤.其关键技术在于软测量过程的数据处理、模型的建立和校正.并以杭州龙山化工厂碳酸化塔中C02浓度软测量的工程化设计为例,对工程化设计中的一些关键问题处理进行介绍.实践表明,软测量的工程化设计在实际工业生产中具有很好的应用性和指导性,但也有待更进一步的研究.