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Offers information on social networks and information systems.

Many people struggle with problematic ICT interfaces in their attempts to adapt to the ever-changing digital information environment. This work includes a longitudinal perspective of past mistakes, and is also suitable for beginners in the field exploring the full potential of human interactions as facilitated by digital technologies.

Reflects on the multifaceted themes of Web use and presents various approaches to log analysis.

Despite pressures of economic slowdown, moving towards e-services is a necessity for organizations. This work combines concepts from systems theory, model driven software engineering, and ontologies for software engineering into a systematic method for engineering service oriented systems while integrating both business and software perspectives.

Presents research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, and how it may be effectively represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.

The universe is a massive system of systems - for example, ecological systems, social systems, commodity and stock markets. This title provides a global view of the research on the strategies, applications, practice, and implications of complex adaptive systems, to better understand the various critical systems that surround human life.

Covers topics such as asynchronous communication, real-time instruction, multimedia content, content delivery, and distance education technologies. This title delves into the construct of real-time, asynchronous education through information technology, pooling experiences from researchers and educators to detail their past successes and failures.

Aims to bring a global perspective to real-world applications of data mining methods, the knowledge discovery process, tools and language application issues, algorithms, and the mining of databases.

Provides research on intelligent information technologies to researchers and practitioners in fields such as information systems, intelligent agents, artificial intelligence, and Web engineering.

Addresses flexibility of both business and information systems through component technology at the nexus of three seemingly unrelated disciplines: service-oriented architecture, knowledge management, and business process management.

Discusses the ubiquitous presence of databases and knowledge systems, data mining, and knowledge dispersion and transfer.

Provides content on advances in theoretical and philosophical research on issues relating to the practice of e-government and applications of e-commerce and m-commerce.

Presents researchers, scholars, and practitioners in a variety of settings the research in Web services. This work addresses issues such as: communication applications using Web services; Semantic services computing; discovery, modeling, performance, and enhancements of Web services; and Web services architecture, frameworks, and security.

The first cybercafes have increasingly become more popular. This title explores the emerging trends and technologies in the industry.

Presents studies on the nature, process and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation in the development, implementation and application of information technology. This work provides academics, entrepreneurs, managers and practitioners with research-based articles on the formation and implementation of effective strategies and business plans.

Offers education on HONNs, the ease of their usage, and directions on how to obtain more accurate application results.

Covers the issues surrounding the influx of information technology to the office environment, from choice and effective use of technologies to necessary participants in the virtual workplace.

Due to unawareness of the development cycle of systems from its conceptualization to implementation, almost half of corporate IS projects are delayed or abandoned before completion. This book fully contextualizes the best contemporary understanding of the tools by guiding readers through the evolution of systems analysis and design practices.

Semantic Work Environments support the work of the user by collecting knowledge about needs and providing processed and improved knowledge to be integrated into work. This work describes an overview of the field of Semantic Work Environments by combining various research studies and underlining the similarities between different processes.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies in the field of the emerging sub-discipline of global information technology management.

E-learning and various online education applications are used in countries and educational institutions. This title outlines a systems approach as the framework to guide various ethical perspectives in Open and Distance Learning System (ODLS). It provides academicians, students, and professionals with ethical insight into the world of e-learning.

The advancement of computing and communication technologies have accelerated the development and deployment of complex enterprise systems, creating an importance in its implementation across corporate and industrial organizations worldwide. This book addresses the field of enterprise systems covering progressive technologies and leading theories.

Presents research on the models, measures, and methodologies of Web information systems, software quality, and Web engineering.

Investigates the technology foreground of ubiquitous computing, the applications and services, as well as certain social issues that are vital for the successful deployment of a ubiquitous computing application, through a multi-perspective analytical lens. This title such topics as device design, wireless communication, and location sensing.

Describes the effective design and implementation of enterprise information systems to achieve an integrated global supply chain.

Discusses the usage, debate, and conceptual and theoretical issues of e-collaboration support of distributed project management.

Delivers a global perspective on the influence of electronic commerce on organizational behavior, development, and management in organizations.

The rapid advances in wireless technologies have created a demand for quality multimedia applications and services. These advanced multimedia applications give rise to a set of challenges in providing Quality of Service (QoS). This book discusses the underlying QoS issues that arise in the delivery of multimedia services over wireless networks.

Offers research on various global issues of the Internet as a central organizing platform for integrating marketing communications.

With increases in the amount of signature verification needs, internet and paper-based automated recognition methods are necessary. This work provides pattern recognition techniques and applications. It is suitable for those seeking explanation in topics such as on- and offline handwriting and speech recognition, and signature verification.