INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY PRACTICAL ANALYSIS RESULT AND DISCUSSION SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

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7. TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ABSTRACT i ABSTRAK ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF FIGURES vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix LIST OF APPENDICES xi LIST OF RELATED PUBLICATION xii CHAPTER

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Research Motivation

1 1.1.1 Factors Affecting Data Accessibility 3 1.2 Research Aim and Objectives 7 1.3 Research Contributions 8 1.4 Research Scope 12 1.5 Thesis Outline 12

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Background 13 2.2 Data Accessibility Definitions 14 2.3 Data Accessibility Methods 16 2.3.1 Providing Secure Access 16 2.3.2 Providing Seamless Access 20 2.3.3 Improving Speed of Access 30 2.3.4 Acquiring Complete Datasets 32 2.4 Conclusion 38

3. METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design 40 3.2 Conceptual Model of COLLIDS 43 3.3 Architecture of COLLIDS 45 3.3.1 Data Cleaning Layer in COLLIDS 49 3.3.2 Application Layer in COLLIDS 50 3.4 Implementation of COLLIDS 59 3.4.1 Collaborative System Environment 59 3.4.2 COLLIDS Implementation Background and Requirements 62 3.5 Evaluation Method 64 3.6 Conclusion 69 v

4. PRACTICAL ANALYSIS

4.1 A COLLIDS System Implementation: A Case Study in Healthcare 70 4.1.1 QR Code Applications Related Work 73 4.2 Development of COLLIDS prototype 77 4.3 Implementation of COLLIDS Architecture Setup in Healthcare Domain 78 4.3.1 Data Cleaning Implementations in COLLIDS 82 4.4 Implementation of COLLIDS Application Layer in Healthcare Domain 83 4.5 The Practical Analysis of COLLIDS Implementation 89 4.6 Conclusion 91

5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

5.1 Data Completeness Cases 92 5.2 Results and Discussion 100 5.2.1 Normality Test Result 101 5.2.2 Wilcoxon Test Result Validation 104 5.2.3 Analysis of Data Providers‟ Completeness 109 5.3 Benefits of COLLIDS 110 5.4 Conclusion 112

6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

6.1 Concluding Remarks 114 6.2 Research Contributions 115 6.2.1 The Result of Practical Analysis 116 6.2.2 The Result of Completeness Evaluation Analysis 117 6.3 Future Work 119 REFERENCES 120 APPENDICES 143 vi

8. LIST OF TABLES