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we did not have other similar systems as a
benchmark for these unique characteristics.
• We did not support the implementation and
administration of QSIA to such an extent that builds
significant trust and users' high expected utility, as
could be done with larger resources (Gefen, 2004).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This completed research report was guided by Prof.
Sheizaf Rafaeli to whom I own much of my humble
research qualifications.
The QSIA system was designed by Dr. Eran
Toch and Mr. Danny Shaham from the Research
Center for the Study of the Information Society
(INFOSOC at: http://infosoc.haifa.ac.il), under the
guidance of Dr. Miri Barak with the support from
the Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild
Foundation Institute for Interdisciplinary
Application of Computer Science at the University
of Haifa.
Finally, it must be noted (again) that throughout
the research, we do not claim to prove causality;
rather, we are aiming at relation
establishment.
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