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The proper exploitation of Web-based technologies towards building responsive environments that motivate and engage learners, and which are embedded in the business processes and human resources management systems of organizations, is highly critical. This book provides research in developing learning systems by using Web-based technologies.

Technological advancements in data warehousing have been contributing to the emergence of business intelligence useful for managerial decision making. This book presents the trends, studies, and developments in business intelligence and data warehousing. It covers topics such as OLAP and patterns, and spatio-temporal data warehousing.

Focuses on the data mining and knowledge management implications that lie within online government. This book contains cases on improvement of governance system, enhancement of security techniques, upgrade of social service sectors, and empowerment of citizens and societies. It is of interest to academicians, researchers, and practitioners.

The sequence of major events that occurred after entering the 21st century have pointed to an effective emergency response as one of the complex challenges many countries face. This book presents a theoretical framework addressing how to enhance national response capabilities and ready the public in the presence of human-made or natural disasters.

A compendium of research covering topics such as transportation system designs, control devices, and techniques to optimize existing networks. Presenting a collection of approaches to issues in traffic and transportation, it offers a compilation of chapters with innovative methods and systems.

Today, e-businesses are adopting pervasive computing with passion but at the same time aware of the operational, ethical, legal, and financial risks involved in it. This book examines the implications of pervasive computing from operational, legal, and ethical perspectives.

Presents an understanding of issues and concerns in information technology security. This book covers topics such as security management, privacy preservation, and authentication.

The rise of social software and the proliferation of social networking tools represents a relatively cultural phenomenon. This handbook examines the impact of various technologies and explores how social software and developing community ontologies are challenging the way we operate in a connected, distributed, and increasingly performative space.

Presents an approach for the improvement of the approximation characteristics of interpolation functions.

Focuses on two kinds of advanced biometric recognition technologies, biometric data discrimination and multi-biometrics, while introducing research in developing biometric recognition technologies. This book explores advanced biometric data discrimination technologies, and describes tensor-based biometric data discrimination technologies.

Offers information related to issues and solutions in data mining and the influence of political and socioeconomic factors. This book includes coverage of issues and technological solutions in data mining, and covers problems with applicable laws governing such issues.

Multimedia searching and management have become popular due to demanding applications and competition among companies. This book provides an introduction to the techniques in multimedia semantic mining necessary to researchers new to the field.

Presents an account of research done in the areas of lip segmentation, visual speech recognition, and speaker identification and verification. This book discusses topics such as visual speaker authentication, lip modeling, and systematic evaluation of lip features.

Multirate signal processing techniques are widely used in many areas of modern engineering such as communications, digital audio, measurements, image and signal processing, speech processing, and multimedia. This book covers basic and advanced approaches in the design and implementation of multirate filtering.

Presents research and analysis of various developments in the fields of database systems and software development.

In many IT-dependent organizations, business must be continuous in order to remain competitive. This book explains business continuity (BC), business continuity management (BCM), and continuous computing technologies (CCT).

Established as an effective tool in the instructional process, multimedia has penetrated educational systems at almost every level of study. This book identifies the role and function of multimedia in learning through a collection of research studies focusing on cognitive functionality.

The influence of technology on the educational system has greatly impacted the creative ways students are learning. Covering advanced topics in e-pedagogy, online learning, and virtual instruction, this book contributes research for addressing technological integration in the classroom. It is suitable for academicians and students.

Many companies have encountered pitfalls in their attempts to successfully implement enterprise resource planning (ERP). This book presents useful strategies, techniques, and tools for the successful design, development, and implementation of enterprise information systems (EIS).

Contains research articles in artificial intelligence (AI). This book covers significant AI subjects such as information retrieval, conceptual modeling, supply chain demand forecasting, and machine learning algorithms.

A collection of research into the field of knowledge management. It provides a knowledge base for academia and industry on the concepts, applications, and processes relevant to the successful management of knowledge assets.

As the diffusion and use of technology applications have accelerated in organizational and societal domains, behavioral and social dynamics have created the potential for negative as well as positive consequences and events associated with technology. This book offers articles on issues of managing social and human aspects of information security.

As a progressive field of study, end-user computing is a significant focus area for businesses, since refining end-user practices to enhance their productivity contributes greatly to positioning organizations for strategic and competitive advantage in the global economy. This book presents investigations into a range of end-user computing issues.

Sheds light on how e-government technologies are shaping knowledge society from the ground roots of the citizen experience to the supreme level of policy and decision making. This book offers insights into such critical topics as public service delivery, technological diffusion, and e-readiness.

Offers insight into developments in information resources management and how these technologies shape the way the world does business, creates policies, and advances organizational practices. This book delves into aspects of such disciplines as knowledge management, open source software, systems engineering, project management, and IT governance.

Features articles focused on key issues concerning the development, design, and analysis of global IT.

Presents contributions from researchers and scientists for the understanding and exploration of the theories, tools, and applications of semantics and ontologies.