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Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction / Paul C. van Royen -- Reflections on the recent past of maritime history in the Netherlands and abroad / Jaap R. Bruijn -- Navigation changes direction from art to science / Conrad Dixon -- The prestige of pure research: naval support of science in the Dutch East Indies, 1840-1940 / Lewis R. Pyenson -- The fading tradition: the declining use of magnetic declination in Dutch pelagic navigation / Art R.T. Jonkers -- Climatic reconstructions in the North Sea area: the case study of the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 / Dennis A. Wheeler -- Private enterprise as public utility: the management of capital in two centuries of shipping business / Edward W. Sloan -- Embarking on a new course: personnel, ships and administrative reforms in the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1814-1914 / Anita M.C. van Dissel -- Concepts for the study of innovation: evaluation of the Dutch shipbuilding industry in historical perspective / Harry W. Lintsen -- Evolution and revolution in the development of shipbuilding materials / Henk J. Wimmers -- Old attitudes and new technology: British shipbuilding 1945-1965 / Lewis Johnman -- The maritime labour market: skill and experience as factors of demand and supply / Yrjö Kaukiainen -- Ports, ships. and government in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Gordon Jackson -- Attempts at reducing the expenditure of the port of Liverpool, 1836-1913 / Adrian Jarvis -- Riding the wave: the state of maritime history, opportunities and challenges / Frank J.A. Broeze.

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics 2016 -- Preface -- Contents -- Dynamic PMESII Modeling in Complex Environments -- 1 Expeditionary Modeling for Population-Centric Operations in Megacities: Some Initial Experiments -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental Framework -- 3 Experiment 1: Multi-model Course of Action (COA) Analysis -- 4 Experiment 2: Mixed Resolution Modeling -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Time-Series Analysis of Blog and Metaphor Dynamics for Event Detection -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction and Related Work -- 2 Characteristics and Analysis of Blogs and Metaphors -- 3 Event Detection -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Methods -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Using Stories to Deepen Shared Human-Computer Understanding of PMESII Systems -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Illustrative Challenge: PMESII Modeling for Planning -- 3 Story Graphs -- 4 Story-Based Causal Induction -- 4.1 Analogical Matching -- 4.2 Causal Inference -- 4.3 Match Scoring and User Feedback -- 5 Prototype Test and Results -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Modeling Causal Relationships in Sociocultural Systems Using Ensemble Methods -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Modeling Causality in Sociocultural Systems -- 3 Ensemble Methods for Causal Analysis -- 3.1 Constructing Ensembles -- 3.2 Ensemble Combination and Model Stitching -- 4 Experimentation and Evaluation -- 4.1 Ensemble Model Using Time Series Data -- 4.2 Ensemble Model Using Non-temporal Data -- 4.3 Case Study: Applying Ensemble Causal Models to Conflict in Iraq -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Cross-Cultural Comparisons in Business, Education, and Outlook -- 5 Difference Analysis of Impression on Japan from Chinese Students with Different Education Stages -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data from the Questionnaire

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE (Joyce Liddle) -- Public Sector Reform: Which Way are We Headed?An Overview of Recent Literature and Research (Michiel de Vries, Juraj Nemec) -- SESSION I:PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC SECTOR -- Decentralized Punishments in Fighting Corruption:Experimental Evidence from Czech Republic (Zuzana Berná, Jiří Špalek) -- Impact of Structures Based on Mutual Cover-upon the Course of Public Sector Reforms in the Czech Republic (Michal Blahout, Radim Valenčík) -- Measurement of Performance of Municipal Waste ManagementSystem in the Czech Republic (Jiří Hřebíček, Jiří Kalina, František Piliar) -- Evaluating the Performance of Clusterswith Focus on Czech Stone Cluster (Petra Marešová) -- Politically Appointed Positions in Slovak Local State AdministrationChanges and Tendencies (Darina Ondrušová, Miroslav Beblavý) -- Management by Objectives in the Czech Public Administration (Milan Půček, Oldřich Hájek, Jiří Novosák, Jana Drahošová) -- System Dynamics as Method for Evaluationof Development Activities of Municipalities (Martin Sobotka) -- An Approach to the Analysisof Current Municipal Waste Expenditures EfficiencyBased on the Determination of "Minimal Value" (Jana Soukopová, Michal Struk) -- Approaches to E-Government Evaluation:Potential and Limitations (David Špaček) -- SESSION II:PUBLIC FINANCE -- What We Know about the Child Tax Bonus in the Czech Republicand What We Would Like to Know (Robert Jahoda, Jana Godarová) -- Administrative Costs of Taxation in the Slovak Republic (Ladislav Pompura) -- Budget Transparency and Fiscal Performance: Does Transparency Matter? (Lucie Sedmihradská, Jakub Haas) -- Variability of VAT RatesPresumptions and Evidence (Tereza Šinkyříková) -- New Conditions of Municipal Financial Management (Petr Tománek).