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The field of systems analysis and design is experiencing changes that significantly impact the way information systems are being analyzed and designed in practice. This book collects work representing research in the area of systems analysis and design practices and methodologies.

Virtual communities have attracted the attention of scientists and researchers across a variety of disciplines as the cross-disciplinary nature of the field creates the potential for a wider impact than initially intended or anticipated. This book provides an analysis of virtual communities.

Vehicular networks are fast becoming a reality that may enable a variety of applications such as safety, traffic efficiency, and infotainment. This book introduces vehicular networks and advanced information technologies applied in the automotive region.

The issue of missing data imputation has been extensively explored in information engineering. This book presents methods and technologies in estimation of missing values given the observed data. It covers techniques such as radial basis functions, support vector machines, and principal component analysis.

Healthcare systems are experiencing a variety of challenges with the integration of mobile and ubiquitous technology. This book provides an international perspective on the benefits of mobile health technology and describes different examples and applications implemented in global healthcare.

Analyzes developments and trends of granular computing, reviewing some of the most influential research and predicting future trends. This book presents a comprehensive summary of existing practices, and enhances understanding on human reasoning.

E-business standards can better adapt to the changing needs of tomorrow's networked organizations by applying information communication technologies. This book studies the nature, relevance, and quality of standards involved with ICTs and the impact they have on businesses.

Includes methodologies that introduce biomedical imaging in decision support systems and their applications in clinical practice. This book offers an overview of the field of image-guided medical and biological decision support. It features cross-referencing of key terms and information pertinent to diagnostic imaging and biomedical applications.

The World Wide Web and ubiquitous computing technologies have given a significant boost to the field of XML database research. This book covers comprehensive issues and challenges discovered through international XML database research.

Nature is used as a source of inspiration for the development of new techniques for solving complex problems in various domains, from engineering to biology, with innovative adaptations under investigation. This title provides research findings, theoretical frameworks, and technologies of natural computing and artificial immune systems (AIS).

Presenting developments including case studies, challenges, and trends, and covering topics such as recommender systems, user profiles, and collaborative filtering, this book informs and educates academicians, researchers, and field practitioners on the advancements in information retrieval.

Reports on problems related to the primary use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technologies. This book provides a detailed overview of literature in using RFID and smart technologies for identification, and draws together several different fields of research across supply chain management, asset tracking, and novel use of RFID.

Presents technological applications and advanced research findings of computing in clinical dentistry. This book leads students and advanced researchers to an understanding of ideas in the analysis of dental data and provides an overview on searching for evidence-based medical and dental information on the Web.

New innovations of online learning within blended environments create a need within academia for research on best practices in teaching. This book provides insight into the practice of blended learning in higher education. It collects international research into many aspects of blended learning from the perspectives of learners and teachers.

Advances in mobile computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning, and sensor technologies have given rise to a class of context-aware mobile and ubiquitous applications. This book provides insights and significant research developments on mobile technologies and services.

Modeling is used across a number of tasks in connection to information systems, but it is rare to see and compare the uses of diagrammatical models as knowledge representation in one place, highlighting commonalities and differences between different kinds of modeling. This book covers topics in information systems modeling and architectures.

Offers knowledge that forms the basis for successful co-engineering of the adaptive complex enterprise for services delivery. This book enables understanding of the deeper issues and challenges in applying IT to solve business problems.

Suitable for those interested in bio natural language processing, this book presents relevant theoretical frameworks and empirical research findings in this area according to a linguistic granularity.

Companies require deep understanding of the key elements of intellectual capital that drive value in order to achieve a competitive advantage for the organization. This title provides fresh ideas on how intellectual capital through emerging technologies can support business performance.

Offers multidisciplinary practices and experiences in knowledge management relevant to the healthcare industry. This handbook of research presents an examination of common approaches to shared problems in the management of knowledge within e-health services.

Mass customization and personalization are widely appreciated as viable and promising strategies which aim to provide products and services that best serve individuals' personal needs with near mass production efficiency. This book focuses on the customization of services and communication environments to advance user satisfaction.

Customer knowledge is becoming the competitive asset in e-business that enables companies to serve each customer in his/her preferred way, and to nurture profitable and durable customer relationships. This book introduces an integrated approach to analyzing and building customer knowledge management synergy for sustainable competitive advantage.

Advances in information technology are producing deep transformations in numerous fields in such a way that they constitute an important chapter of reinventing government. This title provides main political problems about digital information technology in world politics, relating them to the processes of transformation of the historical system.

Examines the synergy of technology use and conventional wisdom in retailing and explores contemporary changes determining higher customer value. This book discusses strategy implications for managers that optimize their advantage in retailing through the application of ICT, bridging the customer-technology gap.