Analyzing the users' information behavior from the perspective of selective information based on information processing theory [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Information Processing & ManagementOur brain receives only the information that is interested in and able to see and hear. On the other hand, only a portion of the input information is incorporated into our knowledge structure.
Ali Akbari, Ali Sharifi
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The Behavior of Information Seeking and Utilizing on Livelihood Among Rural Poor People [PDF]
, 2017 This study aims to specifically assess the behavior of the rural poor people in seeking and utilizing information about livelihoods. This study focuses on the aspects of: the type of information sought and used by the rural poor people; and the way they ...
Rachmawati, T. S. (Tine) +2 more
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Personal factors influencing the information behavior of scientists and specialists
Библиосфера, 2018 The article reviews results of the surveying scientists employees of scientific centers of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - to study their information behavior. It reveals researchers’ preferences, peculiarities of their work with
O. L. Lavrik +3 more
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Study of Image Retrieval Behavior in Architecture Field of Shahid Beheshti University [PDF]
بازیابی دانش و نظامهای معنایی, 2022 Access to the required information in all available scientific disciplines is one of the most important factors in the survival of that field. In the architecture field, the type of information format differs from other disciplines.
Amirreza Asnafi +2 more
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"The dearest of our possessions": applying Floridi's information privacy concept in models of information behavior and information literacy [PDF]
, 2020 This conceptual paper argues for the value of an approach to privacy in the digital information environment informed by Luciano Floridi's philosophy of information and information ethics.
Bawden D. +25 more
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Image retrieval behavior of medical students
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021 BACKGROUND: The first step to properly designing image retrieval systems with the aim of meeting the needs of students and researchers is to be fully aware of their behavior in the face of these systems and image resources.
Mona Kamali +2 more
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Information driven self-organization of complex robotic behaviors [PDF]
, 2013 Information theory is a powerful tool to express principles to drive autonomous systems because it is domain invariant and allows for an intuitive interpretation.
Ay, Nihat, Der, Ralf, Martius, Georg
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A Compass for What Matters: Applying Virtue Ethics to Information Behavior
Open Information Science, 2023 Out of the three major approaches to ethics, virtue ethics is uniquely well suited as a moral guide in the digital age, given the pace of sociotechnical change and the complexity of society.
Gorichanaz Tim
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Information-Seeking Behaviors of Young Adult Readers of Fiction and Fan Fiction
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2022 Understanding the differences in how young adult readers search for fiction and fan fiction to read and their preferred search methods may allow libraries to better serve this population by providing the kinds of information that these readers desire to ...
J. Nicole Miller
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Characterization of Vehicle Behavior with Information Theory [PDF]
, 2015 This work proposes the use of Information Theory for the characterization of vehicles behavior through their velocities. Three public data sets were used: i.Mobile Century data set collected on Highway I-880, near Union City, California; ii.Borl\"ange ...
Almeida, Eliana S. +4 more
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