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The diffusion of standard information models in road asset management - A study based on the human-technology-environment model

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Engineering Asset Lifecycle Management

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This paper reports on findings from the first stage of an exploratory study into the factors that influence the diffusion of ontologies in the Road Asset Management sector in Australia. The study investigates issues related to the diffusion of standard information models (taxonomies, road classifications and hierarchies, as well as various information systems conceptual schemas) in Road Asset Management. Individual and group interviews were conducted with 14 industry experts in four South Australian road authorities at state and local government level. The qualitative analysis of the findings is based on the preliminary HTE (human, technology, environment) conceptual model [1]. The findings suggest that the diffusion of standard information models at industry level is a complex process that combines human characteristics with technology and environment characteristics.

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  1. Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Daniela L. Nastasie & Andy Koronios

  2. Systems Integration and IT, University of South Australia, 5095, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia

    Daniela L. Nastasie & Andy Koronios

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  1. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Dimitris Kiritsis

  2. C.E.T.I/R.C. Athena, Athens, Greece

    Christos Emmanouilidis

  3. CIEAM, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Andy Koronios

  4. CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), Australia

    Joseph Mathew

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Nastasie, D., Koronios, A. (2010). The diffusion of standard information models in road asset management - A study based on the human-technology-environment model. In: Kiritsis, D., Emmanouilidis, C., Koronios, A., Mathew, J. (eds) Engineering Asset Lifecycle Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-320-6_22

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