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Papers by Dimitra Avramouli

Special interest tracks and posters of the 14th international conference on World Wide Web - WWW '05, 2005

This work aims a twofold contribution: it presents a software to analyse logfiles and visualize p... more This work aims a twofold contribution: it presents a software to analyse logfiles and visualize popular web hot spots and, additionally, presents an algorithm to use this information in order to identify subsets of the website that display large access patterns. Such information is extremely valuable to the site maintainer, since it indicates points that may need content intervention or/and site graph restructuring. Experimental validation verified that the visualization tool, when coupled with algorithms that infer frequent traversal patterns, is both effective in indicating popular hot spots and efficient in doing so by using graph-based representations of popular traversals.

The aim of this research is to indicate, evaluate and promote the capabilities of using and utili... more The aim of this research is to indicate, evaluate and promote the capabilities of using and utilizing the 3D Computer Graphics software in the procedure of studying the development of furniture design as a competitive advantage of marketing. Furthermore, the main target was the furniture enterprises are made the best decision using the most effective 3D CG software and to have the suitable education of their executives. At first a recording of the uses and applications of this software was made following the integrated planning and research conducting. The research focused not only on the enterprises developing and trading the software but also on the furniture enterprises. The combination of personal interviews and questionnaire methods consisted the main mean for gathering the necessary data which were statistically processed and finally transformed into results in order to make conclusions and specific pleadings. The total of questions (11 open and 11 closed type) was structured in two subgroups, in relationship to type, use, applications, cost, profit, special characteristics of 3D CG and the special characteristics of enterprises using that in their furniture design and production. A prosample from those enterprises was selected, some suitable correction was made and finally 72 questionnaires were gathered. 121 variables were analyzed using the SPSS Statistical software (ver 16.0) and the Frequencies, Descriptives, Crosstabs and Correlations controls were made. From that research resulted that the two main powerful motives of 3D CG's software use in furniture design is the need for a realistic optimize of design and the competition between the enterprises in the market. Their application expands in all the stages of design planning, but also in sectors before and after this, as in the marketing, the production and the sale. In the furniture branch that software constitutes an exceptional importance bridge between the creative design and the industrial design, while they recommend an important management tool too, especially when it concerns big and complex projects. The relationship of design planning with the promotion and advertisement material is bidirectional and that is owed in the conformity of digital generated pictures, but also in the possibility that these allocates of approaching the reality. The interest of using CAD software, is focused in the sectors of design (92.3%), production (92.3%) and sales (76,9%). From these software users, the ages 21-30 years old believe that that software contribute in the better design, while these 31-40 years old they dispute the contribution of that in the production. The economic benefits are focused mainly in the time design reduction at 49,6%, in the cost production reduction at 27% and in the increase of sales at 28,3%.

ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΚΗ [ΤEΙ ΘEΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΤEΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ EΦΑΡΜΟΓΩΝ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ΣΧEΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ & ΤEΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΞΥΛΟΥ & ... more ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΚΗ [ΤEΙ ΘEΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΤEΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ EΦΑΡΜΟΓΩΝ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ΣΧEΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ & ΤEΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΞΥΛΟΥ & EΠΙΠΛΟΥ Τ.E.]

2010 19th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises, 2010

International competition and dynamically changing customer demands lead SME's to join dynamicall... more International competition and dynamically changing customer demands lead SME's to join dynamically formed, 'smart' enterprise networks aiming to increase their competitiveness and market share. Supporting such networks with decision making related to collaborations and providing adaptive user interfaces are key challenges. In this paper, we use furniture manufacturing SME's as a case study and we provide an overview of our ongoing work on e-Furn, an agent-based system for supporting 'smart' collaboration in enterprise networks. We outline two main features of the proposed approach: a) assisting users in typical collaboration decisions, such as product bundling and task outsourcing, and b) providing users with dynamically adaptive user interfaces.

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2010

International competition and varying customer needs commonly cause small and medium furniture ma... more International competition and varying customer needs commonly cause small and medium furniture manufacturing enterprises to join dynamically-formed, 'smart' enterprise networks, established and operating using digital information technologies. In this paper, we propose a technological approach to support such enterprise networks which is primarily based on the use of software agents. First we outline the reasons motivating networking in furniture manufacturing enterprises and we briefly present core smart enterprise network concepts. Subsequently, we provide an overview of the main technologies currently used to support enterprise networks, and we make the case for utilising service-orientation and adaptive, (semi-) autonomous software components, such as software agents. Furthermore, we propose a four-tier software architectural framework based on software agents and web services, and we briefly describe the requirements, the architecture and main features of the e-Furn software system, which is based on that framework. Finally, we discuss the intelligent recommendation feature of e-Furn.

Special interest tracks and posters of the 14th international conference on World Wide Web - WWW '05, 2005

2010 19th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises, 2010

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2010