Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the review of the related literature and studies underlying the framework of the study. It includes the conceptual model of the study and the operational definition of terms. Review of Related Foreign Literature Computer Games Computers are used in entertainment for a very long time since 1970’s. Video games are used as a significant source for young generation such as children, teenagers and young adults in entertainment
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Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling: Models and Algorithms By Kamran S. Moghaddam B.S., University of Tehran, 2001 M.S., Tehran Polytechnic, 2003 A Dissertation Proposal Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Candidacy Department of Industrial Engineering University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, USA November 2008 ©Copyright 2008 by Kamran S. Moghaddam
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Paper 14631 http://www.nber.org/papers/w14631 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 January 2009 I am grateful to John Cogan, Angelo Melino, John Murray, George Shultz and participants in the Global Markets Working Group for helpful comments and suggestions. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment
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OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING Marco Caliendo IZA, Bonn Sabine Kopeinig University of Cologne Abstract. Propensity score matching (PSM) has become a popular approach to estimate causal treatment effects. It is widely applied when evaluating labour market policies, but empirical examples can be found in very diverse fields of study. Once the researcher has decided to use PSM, he is confronted with a lot of questions regarding its implementation. To begin with, a first decision has to be made concerning
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Proceedings of IFIP 17th World Computer Congress, Montreal, Canada, 25-30 August 2002, p133-148. Kluwer Academic Publishers. User requirements analysis A review of supporting methods Martin Maguire Research School in Ergonomics and Human Factors Loughborough University, UK m.c.maguire@lboro.ac.uk Nigel Bevan Serco Usability Services, UK nbevan@usability.serco.com Abstract: Understanding user requirements is an integral part of information systems design and is critical to the success
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