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Due to growing technologies for learning processes, universities are making modifications in the development and construction of courses and services they offer. This title focuses on different models and systems that perform efficient evaluation of student activity in Internet-based education.

Offers readers with research on how technology relates to early childhood growth. Including international perspectives on technology and education, this book discusses important issues of assessment, teacher education, special education, and family involvement in terms of technology.

The modeling of healthcare components and systems in order to develop a complete understanding of component interactions is one of the more challenging simulation and modeling problems for software agent systems. This book disseminates understanding on the strategic role of systems modeling in healthcare.

Data warehousing and online analysis technologies have shown their effectiveness in managing and analyzing a large amount of disparate data, attracting much attention from numerous research communities. This title covers the process of analyzing data to extract, transform, load, and manage the essential components of a data warehousing system.

Useful to healthcare providers, severity indices conclude which patients are most at risk for infection as well as the intensity of illness while in the hospital. This book discusses the general practice of defining a patient severity index for risk adjustments and comparison of patient outcomes to assess quality factors.

Offers an overview on innovative behavior models used for developing embedded systems, accentuating on graphical and visual notations.

Information communication technologies in human services are of increasing interest and concern to health and welfare educators, managers, and practitioners. This title showcases various practices, addresses ethical and logistic concerns, and provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the empirical research findings.

Provides research on current technologies in the management of problems in oral health. This collection contains valuable computational tools and the latest applications in dental and oral research topics such as artificial mouths, laser melting, and dentist appointment management.

A collection of international research on software engineering and enterprise systems. Presenting coverage of topics such as agile software engineering, requirements traceability, and distributed software development, it offers a repository of knowledge useful to academicians, practitioners, and researchers in various related fields.

Nature has stimulated many successful techniques, algorithms, and computational applications allowing conventionally difficult problems to be solved through novel computing systems. This title provides the findings in nature-inspired algorithms and their applications for breakthroughs in a wide range of disciplinary fields.

With the growing demand for increased bandwidth, conventional broadband access solutions will quickly become a hindrance in terms of bandwidth provision for network access. This title presents a comprehensive overview of the optical access network solutions to efficiently meet the anticipated growth in bandwidth demand.

Multiplatform e-learning systems are emerging technologies that provides integrated learning content to various accessing devices. This book addresses technical challenges, design frameworks, and development experiences of the future that integrate multiple mobile devices into a single multiplatform e-learning systems.

Contains research and practices into the advancement, significance and comprehensive nature of end-user computing.

Offers information on a variety of issues and shortcomings of service-based economies by analyzing situations and modern practices that improve the way researchers, field practitioners, and ICT professionals account for their core business service-related activities.

Formulates ICT strategies and critical comprehensive research for the development of efficient and effective e-government systems. This collection provides knowledge to researchers and academicians with an analysis of diversified approaches and patterns.

Theory is considered to be the bedrock of academic research, often being viewed as the foundation upon which scientific enquiry is organized and built. Despite its ubiquity throughout information systems research, there is much that remains unknown about theory. The Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems provides a comprehensive overview and coverage of various theories, models, and related approaches used within information systems research. A defining collection of field advancements, this Handbook of Research offers examples and descriptions of real-world applications of various theories based on empirical studies.

There is proliferation of information-technology and, especially, Web-based approaches to the implementation of systems and services. This book offers insights into the field of Web engineering.

Offers insights into the globalization of e-commerce and the minimization of the digital divide between developed and developing countries. This book specifically addresses and explains the adoption and proliferation of global e-commerce.

Offers a comprehensive coverage and definitions of the important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies related to the adoption, diffusion, and adaptation of national electronic strategies for ICTs in socioeconomic development.