Title :
An overview of evaluation theory and practice
Author :
Gu, Jifa ; Zhao, Liyan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Syst. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper focuses on giving an overview of evaluation theory and practice. After having reviewed the development of evaluation methods and the situation and real use of evaluation in China, this paper introduces two latest evaluation methodologies, total system intervention (TSI) and Wuli-Shili-Renli (WSR), in detail. Fundamental ideas and main contents of the two methodologies are discussed in this paper, and an example is also given to elaborate them further
Keywords :
pattern classification; system theory; China; Wuli-Shili-Renli; evaluation methods; evaluation theory; total system intervention; Artificial neural networks; Concrete; Cost benefit analysis; Economic indicators; Environmental economics; Expert systems; Joining processes; Meteorological radar; Principal component analysis; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3280-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1996.565555
