Measurement is an integral part of modern science as well as of engineering, commerce,
and daily life. Measurement is often considered a hallmark of the scientific enterprise and a …

The paper introduces what is deemed as the general epistemological problem of
measurement: what characterizes measurement with respect to generic evaluation? It also …

Although measurement has been an important component of human activities for millennia,
it remains remarkably difficult to provide a fully satisfactory definition of the concept. In part …

In gaining a better understanding of how to characterise human response, essential to
improved person-centred care and other situations where human factors are crucial, recent …

The paper introduces and formally defines a functional concept of a measuring system, on
this basis characterizing the measurement as an evaluation performed by means of a …

Measurements are more and more required in an increasing variety of human activities to
acquire reliable information useful for effectively supporting decision-making processes …

Since in the scientific and technical literature multiple, sometimes incompatible, definitions of
'measurement'can be found, identifying a single conceptual framework is a significant target …

This article introduces a general-purpose framework aimed at capturing the elusive concept
of quality of measurement information (MI), a critical issue for both researchers and …

In less than a generation, the World Wide Web has grown from a relatively small cyber play-
ground of academic “geeks” into an 11.5 billion-page collection of heterogeneous, inter …

A better understanding of how to characterise human response is essential to improved
person-centred care and other situations where human factors are crucial. Challenges to …