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Provides a step towards narrowing the gap between security and software engineering. This book introduces the field of secure software engineering. It discusses problems and challenges of considering security during the development of software systems, and also presents the predominant approaches that integrate security and software engineering.

Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. This work examines the process of transformation as it relates to the tourism industry, and the changes to that industry from modern electronic communications. It covers geographically supportive technologies in communication, and also in terms of culture, marketing, social, and regional issues.

Written by experts from academia and industry, this book examines the practices of e-government in developing and developed countries, presenting theoretical research in e-government. It provides examples from practitioners and managers involving real-life applications, and theoretical insights from academics and researchers.

Deals with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation, and also business operations/processes and information systems to support business operations/processes. This book allows the reader to avoid problems of teaching separate fields, providing the opportunity to better educate students.

Machine learning is the study of building computer programs that improve their performance through experience. This book provides analysis, characterization, and refinement of software engineering data in terms of machine learning methods. It depicts applications of machine learning approaches in software systems development and deployment.

Drawing upon the outcomes of the principal studies of entrepreneurship and innovation, this book develops and explores theoretical constructs and the working concepts of e-entrepreneurship and e-innovation through comprehensive and collective studies conducted by a number of researchers and practitioners with e-business and management expertise.

Provides an overview of research and development activities, while covering a range of topics, including ontological modeling, enterprise systems, querying and knowledge discovery, and a range of applications. This book is useful for researchers, software developers, and IT students.

Provides a comprehensive assessment of factors, trends, and issues in the field of mobile multimedia. This research-based publication also offers in-depth explanations of mobile solutions and their specific applications areas, as well as an overview of the outlook for mobile multimedia.

Presents interesting and innovative developments from experts and scientists working in health, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, and computing areas. This book is a useful source of information for researchers, professionals, lecturers, and students from a range of disciplines.

Addresses relevant issues to many fundamental concerns of both researchers and practitioners of biometric image discrimination (BID) in biometric applications. This book describes the basic concepts necessary for a good understanding of BID and answers some introductory questions about BID. It is useful for students and senior researchers.

Provides public administrators with a map of the key actors and processes they need to be aware of if they are to be successful in making IT decisions in the public sector. This book focusses on the key processes faced by managers in governmental organizations, and features practical examples drawn from governmental organizations.

As wireless and mobile technologies become more and more prevalent, organizations are starting to invest in developing infrastructure and applications for mobile commerce. This book provides in-depth coverage of the various tools and techniques for developing wireless and mobile applications.

Introduces a community health group to the potential of using a geographic information system (GIS) to improve birth outcomes. This book provides an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, and shows the importance of the four main components of a GIS. It also introduces the importance of GIS.

Sheds light on the status of diversity in the field of IT education. This work identifies a range of problems that educators face on a daily basis, and gives practical solutions, by showcasing examples. It presents research and introspection on race, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories.

Aims to make the teaching and learning of computer networking and hardware an active process by using interactive learning to add life to a very technical subject. This work illustrates fundamental theoretical concepts with the use of interactive practical exercises. It presents learning objectives, figures and illustrations, and more.

Features case studies detailing online applications and uses of assessment and measurement methodologies, systems, and practices in three areas: elementary and secondary (K - 12), higher education, and corporate. The pioneers' stories of migrating from old and introducing assessments to the online environment have been challenging and rewarding.

Provides readers with an overview of the emerging field of complex data processing by bringing together various research studies and surveys in different subfields, and by highlighting the similarities between the different data, issues, and approaches.

Provides models of various economic and financial issues while using computational intelligence as a foundation. This book explains the research in this field, and displays the power of these computational methods in coping with difficult problems with methods from traditional perspectives.

Addresses the concerns of existing companies who wish to succeed in the new multi-channel environment as it develops and becomes commonplace. The book offers insight into studies on multi-channel e-business in consumers, markets and strategy of e-business and the impending future of the multi-channel environment.

Readers shall get an understanding of what comprises supply chain systems, why they should be integrated and how the resultant global organization will be able to compete and grow in this communication age. They will find reasons for the need to integrate supply chain systems in global enterprises and, collaborating clusters of organizations.

This work presents, analyzes and compares the most significant methodological approaches available for the creation of agent-oriented software systems. The chapters each address the details of one specific agent-oriented methodology, written by the original methodology creators.

Advances in technology are making online learning a reality, but there are still many questions that need to be answered. It is necessary for educators and trainers to constantly enhance their understanding of the issues, trends and opportunities associated with the area and its related technologies.

Transformation of Knowledge, Information and Data: Theory and Applications considers transformations within the context of computing science and information science, as they are are essential in changing organizations.

Suggests a classification system that includes literacy, collaboration, decision-making, infusion, integration, and technology. As with most taxonomies, each step offers a progressively more sophisticated level of complexity by constructing increasingly multifaceted objectives, addressing increasingly complex student learning outcomes.

What is mind? ""Can we build synthetic or artificial minds?"". This collection presents a diverse overview of the development of artificial minds is as the 21st century begins. It includes contributions from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, social studies and artificial intelligence.

Presents readers with a view of technology literacy in a learning environment. While word processing skills are important, the development of technology skills covers the areas of presentation software, storage, human interaction, and virtual reality.

This book provides a forum where expert insights are presented on the subject of linking three current phenomena: software evolution, UML and XML. It investigates the potential powerful applications of two popularly used languages, UML and XML, in the field of software evolution, and what will happen when the three are linked to work together.

One in a series of books in the fields of database, software engineering, and systems analysis and design. They feature the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications

This title brings together some high quality concepts closely related to how knowledge management can be utilized in healthcare. It includes the methodologies, systems, and approaches needed to create and manage knowledge in various types of healthcare organizations.

This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting juvenile violence.