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Offers a systematic approach to examine the use of information communication technologies for auction exchange mechanisms.

Information and communication technologies are prolific worldwide, exposing the issues and challenges of the assimilation of existing living environments to the shift in technological communication infrastructure. This title discusses the application of complex theories in information and communication technology.

Describes the tools and strategies required for scholars, practitioners and administrators alike to excel and surpass obstacles based on the utilization of IT opportunities.

Provides practical guidelines for the implementation of knowledge management strategies through the discussion of specific technologies and taxonomies of knowledge management applications.

Provides research and insights on increasing the efficiency of learning for individuals and groups, facilitating the transfer and sharing of knowledge in organizations. This book also provides an understanding of the learning process by exploring links among human learning, cognition, and technologies.

Presents perspectives on the area of conversation design. This book focuses on the study of conversation and conversation design practices to inform instructional applications. It is suitable for multimodal instructional designers and developers.

Discusses topics in the areas of privacy, access, and security in relation to information systems associated with homeland security, the Patriot Act, and other initiatives related to anti-terrorism and emergency response.

Discusses research on the use of computer simulation of crime patterns to reveal hidden processes of urban crimes. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach by combining criminology, computer simulation, and geographic information systems.

Delivers research to academics and practitioners in the field of business automation on the use of agent technologies to advance the practice of electronic business in organizations.

Offers technologies and practices in intelligence for distributed systems, and covers major aspects of the agent based systems. This book is suitable for those striving to enhance their understanding of distributed knowledge management and extend their ideas of cooperation using for numerous real-world problems.

Discusses the implications of the usage of innovative technologies in the managerial and organizational aspects of information resource management.

Information systems belong to the complex artifacts built in society. Developing, maintaining, and using an information system raises a large number of difficult problems, ranging from purely technical to organizational and social. This title presents the research on trends on conceptual modeling and information systems engineering.

Studies the issue of the emergence of organizational phenomena from an international, comparative, cross-cultural perspective.

Explores global m-commerce strategies and technological standards, and provides cases of the subject from a global perspective.

Presents comprehensive coverage of the connection between the industry life cycle and supply chain management. This title utilizes the case of the industrial life cycle of the VCR to provide practitioners and researchers with insight into the supply chain as the basic business unit for competition.

Explores the application of rough set theory, which has attracted attention because of the ability to enhance databases by allowing for the management of uncertainty, a comparative analysis between rough sets, and other intelligent data analysis.

Successful management of very large IT projects is becoming vital to corporations worldwide. This book offers a perspective on the management and implementation of very large IT projects. It discusses sub-project integration, risk management, IT project life cycle, leadership and team building, emerging technologies, and corporate strategies.

Explores the techniques that assist users in obtaining information by harnessing other users' expert knowledge or search experience.

Presents problems and methodologies related to the syntax, semantics, and ambiguities of visual languages.

Provides research on the theoretical frameworks and discussions on global implementations of information systems, particularly ERP systems. This book is suitable for those professionals, managers, and researchers who want to improve their understanding of the issues and challenges that arise when information systems cross national boundaries.

Focuses on the mathematical models and methods that support most data mining applications and solution techniques.

Provides research to education researchers, practitioners, and decision makers in designing more effective learning systems and scenarios using Web-based technologies.

Complies research from a social simulation community of researchers who have developed innovative approaches to social simulation.

Describes the theoretical frameworks, research findings, and practical applications of digital audio watermarking techniques and technologies. This work is useful for researchers and students in electrical engineering and information technology, as well as professionals working in digital audio.

Discusses design strategies, implementation difficulties, and the effectiveness of online labs.

Understanding the complexity of tactic knowledge has become important to the enhancement of organizational flow. This title advocates the need for ""human factor"" consideration from a (tactic) knowledge capital point of view. It offers academicians and practitioners an illustration of the importance of tacit knowledge to an organization.

Multi-objective optimization (MO) is part of computational intelligence research. This work explores the theoretical, as well as performance of MOs on a range of optimization issues including combinatorial, real-valued, dynamic, and noisy problems. It also features research on multi-objective optimization techniques, applications, and practices.

Examines how building trust is different for managers developing ""virtual"" relationships.

Provides technical information related to the computational models of the TM process.

Offers practical models of how learning objects are being applied in education, organizations, industry, and the military. This book includes diverse strategies used across these groups to apply learning objects - from the use of firmly-grounded theoretical contexts to practical tool-based solutions, models and real-world practices.