http://hdl.handle.net/10016/9491 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:34 GMT 2013-05-18T23:53:34Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16242 Title: EDU-EX: a tool for auto-regulated IntelligentTutoring systems development based on models Author(s): Domingo-García, Paloma; García-Crespo, Ángel; Ruiz-Mezcua, Belén; Iglesias, Ana Abstract: In recent years there has been an upsurge in forms of instruction that envisage a permanent and ongoing involvement in education of novel concepts such as planned and personalised instruction and autonomous learning. A large number of problems that arise ineducation today may be solved by introducing new technologies into the educational environment, as they allow the form and content of tutoring systems to be tailored to each individual.The application of Artificial Intelligence techniques is helping open up new prospects in the field of teaching and learning. Using Artificial Intelligence techniques in education has the advantage of making it possible to represent expert reasoning and knowledge skills, and to take advantage of this experience in education.This study has involved the development of a tool to generate auto-regulated intelligent tutoring systems based on models. This form of representation makes it possible to break down, organise and represent information so as to enable the easy creation of functionalintelligent computerised tutoring systems. Information about the subject in question, about inference mechanisms, and of a pedagogical nature (independent of any one strategy) is allseparated. The tool also enables knowledge acquired by a student to be constantly monitored with a view to auto-regulating the course contents. Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16242 2002-08-31T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/15184 Title: El factor humano: Instrumentos de medida competencial y estimación. Author(s): Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Tovar-Caro, Edmundo; Carrillo Verdún, José Abstract: La importancia del “factor humano” en la gestión de los proyectos de desarrollo de software es vital. Para contribuir a la mejora de la capacidad de las organizaciones en el proceso software, se ha desarrollado un modelo, complementario a CMM, para el diagnóstico de la madurez de los procesos relacionados con el personal, People-CMM. Por otra parte, los modelos de estimación existentes en la Ingeniería de Software integran aspectos relativos a la competencia técnica y general del personal, pero, sin embargo, no establecen correspondencias con los instrumentos de medida competencial y del rendimiento en el establecimiento de los valores de los distintos factores que se utilizan para la estimación. Este artículo, tras realizar un estudio sobre las recomendaciones e iniciativas implantadas para la medición competencial en la industria, y los métodos de estimación sobre factores de personal en los proyectos de desarrollo de software más relevantes, realiza una recomendación para la integración de cada uno de los factores relacionados con el “factor humano” que se recogen en COCOMO II con los instrumentos de gestión que recomienda People-CMM. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------; Human Factor is a key factor in the software project management. People-CMM has been developed, inside the family of CMM, to contribute to the diagnosis of the maturity of processes related with human resources. By the other side, estimation models in Software Engineering, although they integrate issues of technical and general competencies, do not establish competencies measurement instruments for the factors used in the estimation methods. This paper suggests initiatives to measure human factors taken in COCOMO II with management instruments recommended by People-CMM. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/15184 2004-07-31T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/14937 Title: The IT Crowd: Are we stereotypes? Author(s): García-Crespo, Ángel; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Gómez-Berbís, Juan Miguel; Tovar-Caro, Edmundo Abstract: The power of technology and its impact on the average IT employee's working life has led to new job titles and responsibilities. IT workers' increased visibility also correlates to a new social image reflected in the media. The authors completed an empirical study to examine how IT workers are portrayed, particularly on television, and the resulting perception of the profession, which future IT professionals will likely reflect. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/14937 2008-10-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/14869 Title: Decisions in software development proyects management: an exploratory study. Author(s): Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina; Soto-Acosta, Pedro; García-Crespo, Ángel Abstract: Given the importance of software in today's world, the development of software systems is a key activity that requires complex management scenarios. This article explores the implications of hard decisions in the context of software development projects (SDPs). More in deep, it focuses on the emotional consequences of making hard decisions in IT organisations. Complex SDPs involve a great variety of actors. This fact entails morale, feelings and emotions, which play an important role for communication, interaction and, ultimately, decision making. The aim of the article is twofold. First (Study 1), to identify which are the most important hard decisions in SDPS. Second (Study 2), to study the influence of emotions on decision-making processes (Study 2). Findings show the complex emotional consequences and difficulties that managers must face in hard decision-making processes. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/14869 2011-11-13T23:00:00Z