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Language of Interaction and Communication Design
Brejcha, Jan ; Kera, Denisa (advisor) ; Strossa, Petr (referee) ; Souček, Jiří (referee)
The present work seeks to describe implicit patterns of natural language and cul- ture in human-computer interaction (HCI). Although extensive research has been done in the fields of HCI semiotics, and HCI culture, we try to bring novel insights through the semiotics perspective, and to propose a set of design guidelines for the international HCI practitioners. The steps to achieve this are: First, to define the semiotic and linguistic system of the user interface (UI) and create a related methodology, and second, to apply the acquired methodology to cross-cultural UI comparison. In the first part we propose a design and analytic method for ad- dressing UI language patterns. We defined the elements of the user-UI interaction grammar, which we then used to form our semiotic evaluation method. The semi- otic evaluation method is then compared to heuristic analysis which is already widely used in HCI. While our results show the complementarity of both the methods, semiotic analysis is able to uncover otherwise hidden aspects of the UI. The second part focuses on the ideology of the interaction. Using rhetorics and persuasion techniques the UI lead users to interact in a predetermined way. An analogy between the political and UI ideologies is showed. The third part deals with cultural differences in HCI. In...
Library Automation Domain Ontology
Cerniňáková, Eva ; Ivánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Strossa, Petr (referee) ; Kučerová, Helena (referee)
The dissertation focuses on library automation. It examines relationships between the field of library automation and library management systems and the needs of libraries in relation to the process of library software selection. The main goal of the dissertation has been to create a library automation domain ontology and to develop tools to support a decision-making process of library software selection. The domain ontology has been created; it describes the field of library automation in relation to library systems, which are set in the broader context of the field of library automation and are regarded in terms of needs of libraries in connection to library software change. To obtain terms for ontology entity names both quantitative and mixed research methods were used, namely the analysis of scholarly texts on library automation and library systems; text analyses were performed using Voyant Tools software. Object properties and relationships among entities in ontology are based on the results of a qualitative survey of the needs of libraries in relation to the library management software. Based on the domain ontology, flowcharts have been created that illustrate the library's decision-making process when selecting a library management system. During the work on the dissertation, a methodological...
Citing scientific literature using an XML format
Jansová, Linda ; Nič, Miloslav (advisor) ; Souček, Martin (referee) ; Strossa, Petr (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the use of XML for citation purposes. First, a current situation in citation practice, deeply influenced by the development in electronic publishing, is described. Then selected projects aimed at making citation data machine understandable and ways to include citation data into XML formats are presented. Citation formats (both XML and other formats) are dealt with in detail. This part is followed by a brief introduction of citation managers as tools used to automate work with citation data. Typology of cited documents is also covered. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of citation practice in IUPAC color books is included. Based on partial findings recommended practices for the inclusion of citation data into XML formats were developed. The recommended practices are a set of seven principles which can be summed up as follows: use of UTF-8 encoding, low number of elements and attributes, maximum data structuring, use of controlled vocabularies, data hierarchy and use of links to make connections, use of existing document typology or creation of a new one, use of recursion while working with the data. An experimental format based on the recommended practices has been designed. Citation data from IUPAC color books are used to present the way how the format can be implemented in practice.
Comparison of relational and object-oriented database models
Kojecká, Jana ; Palovská, Helena (advisor) ; Strossa, Petr (referee)
This thesis compares relational database model with object-oriented model. In this work, there are analyzed both of the models and determined criteria of comparison. Criteria of comparison are based on form of data storage, data types, inclusion of operations, relationships, inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, and the last criterion is the query and definition language. Database models are compared on theoretical level and common and different features are sought.
Linguistic Issues in Machine Translation between Czech and Russian
Klyueva, Natalia ; Kuboň, Vladislav (advisor) ; Panevová, Jarmila (referee) ; Strossa, Petr (referee)
In this thesis we analyze machine translation between Czech and Russian languages from the perspective of a linguist. We work with two types of Machine Translation systems - rule-based (TectoMT) and statistical (Moses). We experiment with different setups of these two systems in order to achieve the best possible quality. One of the questions we address in our work is whether relatedness of the discussed languages has some impact on machine translation. We explore the output of our two experimental systems and two commercial systems: PC Translator and Google Translate. We make a linguistically-motivated classification of errors for the language pair and describe each type of error in detail, analyzing whether it occurred due to some difference between Czech and Russian or is it caused by the system architecture. We then compare the usage of some specific linguistic phenomena in the two languages and state how the individual systems cope with mismatches. For some errors, we suggest ways to improve them and in several cases we implement those suggestions. In particular, we focus on one specific error type - surface valency. We research the mismatches between Czech and Russian valency, extract a lexicon of surface valency frames, incorporate the lexicon into the TectoMT translation pipeline and present...
Management, Retrieval and Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Mach, Jan ; Bratková, Eva (advisor) ; Strossa, Petr (referee) ; Souček, Martin (referee)
The dissertation is devoted to analysis of current practice and trends in providing repositories of electronic theses and dissertation (ETDs) in terms of their management, searching and dissemination. The first part presents terminology and the current state of access to ETDs in Czech and foreign repositories and includes results of a survey of the state of access to ETDs in the Czech Republic which was completed in 2014 by all public universities. In the second part, a metadata standard is presented, particularly the possibility of mapping EVSKP-MS metadata elements to other metadata formats and utilization within the OAI-PMH protocol. The issue of access to ETDs is dealt with further in terms of metrics for an evaluation of usage of distributed ETDs. Searching for ETDs is also described in case studies as are recommendations for public tenders for a discovery service and for creating an ETD metadata search server and an associated user interface with faceted search. The final part of the thesis focuses on the issue of plagiarism. This incorporates a presentation and analysis of the most important plagiarism detection systems and a case study of the development of the portal Validátor VŠE to provide access to results of document analysis.
Citing scientific literature using an XML format
Jansová, Linda ; Nič, Miloslav (advisor) ; Souček, Martin (referee) ; Strossa, Petr (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the use of XML for citation purposes. First, a current situation in citation practice, deeply influenced by the development in electronic publishing, is described. Then selected projects aimed at making citation data machine understandable and ways to include citation data into XML formats are presented. Citation formats (both XML and other formats) are dealt with in detail. This part is followed by a brief introduction of citation managers as tools used to automate work with citation data. Typology of cited documents is also covered. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of citation practice in IUPAC color books is included. Based on partial findings recommended practices for the inclusion of citation data into XML formats were developed. The recommended practices are a set of seven principles which can be summed up as follows: use of UTF-8 encoding, low number of elements and attributes, maximum data structuring, use of controlled vocabularies, data hierarchy and use of links to make connections, use of existing document typology or creation of a new one, use of recursion while working with the data. An experimental format based on the recommended practices has been designed. Citation data from IUPAC color books are used to present the way how the format can be implemented in practice.
Citing scientific literature using an XML format
Jansová, Linda ; Nič, Miloslav (advisor) ; Souček, Martin (referee) ; Strossa, Petr (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the use of XML for citation purposes. First, a current situation in citation practice, deeply influenced by the development in electronic publishing, is described. Then selected projects aimed at making citation data machine understandable and ways to include citation data into XML formats are presented. Citation formats (both XML and other formats) are dealt with in detail. This part is followed by a brief introduction of citation managers as tools used to automate work with citation data. Typology of cited documents is also covered. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of citation practice in IUPAC color books is included. Based on partial findings recommended practices for the inclusion of citation data into XML formats were developed. The recommended practices are a set of seven principles which can be summed up as follows: use of UTF-8 encoding, low number of elements and attributes, maximum data structuring, use of controlled vocabularies, data hierarchy and use of links to make connections, use of existing document typology or creation of a new one, use of recursion while working with the data. An experimental format based on the recommended practices has been designed. Citation data from IUPAC color books are used to present the way how the format can be implemented in practice.
Methodology for website localization from the perspective of webdesign
Čermák, Radim ; Doucek, Petr (advisor) ; Strossa, Petr (referee) ; Hřebíček, Jiří (referee) ; Dědič, Filip (referee)
Internet and websites are today one of the most important communication channels of almost all companies. They offer a simple, fast and effective way of communication, which is also available worldwide in a few seconds. With the globalization of market, more and more companies try to expand their business beyond the territory of the home state. In the current time of start-ups is the Internet also often a medium that allows formation of new spheres of business for which the website is absolutely essential channel. This type of business is internet based and has very often international ambitions from the very beginning. Given that each country (or region) can be seen as distinctive culture, it is advisable to locate websites for the needs of the foreign country. This is exactly the theme of this thesis. The concrete objective of this thesis is to offer a methodology for website localization in terms of webdesign. The basic building block is the delimitation of a multidisciplinary theoretical framework that examines the concept of culture and extensive literature review allowing current insight into the linking of website and culture, i.e. cultural website localization. Suitable method for gripping such a complex concept as a culture emerge from a theoretical framework as well. As the most appropriate method were determined Hofstedes cultural dimensions, which are then used for the analysis of cultural determination of web elements. Data collection for the purpose of analysis of web elements cultural determination is performed using a content analysis of websites from nine different countries. The results of the analysis are compared and synthesized with the findings stemming from a literature review. The final artifact of this thesis, a methodology for website localization from the perspective of web design, is based on this ground. Validation of the proposed methodology is done on the basis of assessment of the methodology for a domain of web design. This assessment is based on interviews with experts from different countries as well as presentation of concrete example of methodology use within a midsize website.
Business rule learning using data mining of GUHA association rules
Vojíř, Stanislav ; Strossa, Petr (advisor) ; Pour, Jan (referee) ; Kouba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Gregor, Jiří (referee)
In the currently highly competitive environment, the information systems of the businesses should not only effectively support the existing business processes, but also have to be dynamically adaptable to the changes in the environment. There are increasing efforts at separation of the application and the business logic in the information system. One of the appropriate instruments for this separation is the business rule approach. Business rules are simple, understandable rules. They can be used for the knowledge externalization and sharing also as for the active control and decisions within the business processes. Although the business rule approach is used for almost 20 years, the various specifications and practical applications of business rules are still a goal of the active research. The disadvantage of the business rule approach is great demands on obtaining of the rules. There has to be a domain expert, who is able to manually write them. One of the problems addressed by the current research is the possibility of (semi)automatic acquisition of business rules from the different resources - unstructured documents, historical data etc. This dissertation thesis addresses the problem of acquisition (learning) of business rules from the historical data of the company. The main objective of this thesis is to design and validate a method for (semi)automatic learning of business rules using the data mining of association rules. Association rule are a known data mining method for discovering of interesting relations hidden in the data. Association rules are comprehensible and explainable. The comprehensibility of association rules is suitable for the use of them for learning of business rules. For this purpose the user can use not only simple rules discovered using the algorithm Apriori or FP-Growth, but also more complex association rules discovered using the GUHA method. Within this thesis is used the procedure 4ft-Miner implemented in the data mining system LISp Miner. The first part of this thesis contains the description of the relevant topics from the research of business rules and association rules. Business rules is not a name of one specification of standard but rather a label of the approach to modelling of business logic. As part of the work there is defined a process of selection of the most appropriate specification of business rules for the selected practical use. Consequently, the author proposed three models of involving of data mining of association rules into business rule sets. These models contain also the definition of a model for the transformation of GUHA association rules in the business rules for the system JBoss Drools. For the possibility of learning of business rules using the data mining results from more than one data set, the author proposed a knowledge base. The knowledge base is suitable for the interconnection of business rules and data mining of association rules. From the perspective of business rules the knowledge base is a term dictionary. From the perspective of data mining the knowledge base contains some background knowledge for data preprocessing and preparation of classification models. The proposed models have been validated using practical implementations in the systems EasyMiner (in conjunction with JBoss Drools) and Erian. The thesis contains also a description of two model use cases based on real data from the field of marketing and the field of health insurance.

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