Journal of End User Computing articles from July 1999

Journal of End User Computing archives from July 1999

Beyond Backpropagation: Using Simulated Annealing for Training Neural Networks.(Technology Information)
July 1, 1999... The vast majority of neural network research relies on a gradient algorithm, typically a variation of backpropagation, to obtain the weights of the model. Because of the enigmatic nature of complex nonlinear optimization problems, such as...

A New Approach to Evaluating Business Ethics: An Artificial Neural Networks Application.(Technology Information)
July 1, 1999... Stimulated by recent high-profile incidents, concerns about business ethics have increased over the last decade. In response, research has focused on developing theoretical and empirical frameworks to understand ethical decision making. So far,...

DSS Model Usage in Public and Private Sectors: Differences and Implications.(decision support systems)(Industry Trend or Event)
July 1, 1999... This research explored differences in DSS model usage between public and private sector organizations at the strategic, management control, and operational levels. Model usage was found to be greater in the private sector than the public...

The On-Line Trainee: A Forgotten End User.(Industry Trend or Event)
July 1, 1999... The axiom that "before end users can use software, they must know how" is obviously true. Unfortunately, the axiom, while accurate, is not complete in that it omits important details concerning such things as the nature of the end users, the...

Building Full Service Intranets for Federal Systems Internet Infrastructure.(Government Activity)
July 1, 1999... With the occurrence of the Internet explosion, all federal agencies are looking towards the Internet for future solutions and applications. Federal procurement activities, in fact, have already been mandated by the President to do Electronic...

Decision Support Systems.(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Decision Support Systems Vicki Sauter John Wiley & Sons Copyright 1997, 408 pages, $75.95 ISBN 0-471-31134-0 Decision Support Systems presents many of the topics found in similar texts (e.g,. model-base management systems, data warehouses,...