International contributors look at technical, social, and regulatory challenges related to computer security when governments and businesses wok collaboratively. Some specific topics include collabora
Sixty-five international academics and researchers contribute 24 chapters providing theoretical and practical scenarios, concepts, methodologies, standards, definitions, and applications used to desig
"This book evaluates the different approaches and issues faced in integrating games into computer education settings, featuring emergent trends on the application of gaming to pedagogical strategies a
Internet usage has become a facet of everyday life, especially as more technological advances have made it easier to connect to the web from virtually anywhere in the developed world. However, with th
Eom (management information systems, Southeast Missouri State U.) and Arbaugh (strategy and project management, U. of Wisconsin Oshkosh) present 17 articles that show researchers, instructors, manager
In the preface this book notes how computer vision is still at an "immature" stage of development and how much research, until recently, has only been devoted to specific tasks. This volume is intende
"This book serves as a conceptual introduction to the development of visual assessments. The book was written for those interested in development of image-based assessments with a scientific process,
Contributing to the literature on using information and communication technology for sustainable development, computer and information scientists review applications and case studies in the use of
Researchers in cognitive science, cybernetics, computer science and software engineering, and neuroscience seek to establish anthropic-oriented computing as a new domain that will interest a wide
Explaining how to develop and evaluate decision support systems based on web data mining, computer scientists cover developing decision support systems, developing web mining systems, developing ef
Some contributors are education scholars and some are computer scientists, but others describe how they connect students of color with technology in the context of other disciplines. They describe
To explore how to conduct research using social media, contributors from a wide range of fields--among them computer engineering, economics, and education--discuss modeling with social data, analytics
Computer scientists and electrical engineers survey concepts and various techniques that are used to combat security breaches and criminal activities in the digital sphere for the benefit of researche
This work gathers international contributors in computer science, information systems, telecommunication engineering, and information technology to present the latest research in complex network analy
Computer and information scientists seek to increase evolutionary computation awareness in network security by providing a clear direction for monitoring, analyzing, and detecting network attacks. Amo
So much data is being generated these days that scientists spend a lot of time on such matters as where to store it, how to access it, or how to move it to visualization or computer resources for furt
Computer scientists from around the world report recent developments in data warehousing, focusing not on the static storage of data, but on how the data can be used to devise or refine business strat
Computer scientists, software engineers, and other basic and application researchers explore approaches to computing that have emerged from distributed systems and exploit the ubiquity of computers an
Most of the contributors are education scholars or teachers in one of a wide range of disciplines, but a high percentage are from computer and information sciences and concerned more with the design o
In addition to end-user issues, this work also looks at computer security within the context of human activity and user issues. The book's 18 chapters are written by international contributors, mainly
Blended learning is defined here as a combination of face-to-face teaching with computer-mediated instruction. Scholars mostly of education and psychology, but also mathematics, medicine, law, and lan
Reflecting the challenges of an era of deep dependence on, and connection to, digital communication technology, this collection of twenty articles on computer crime and digital forensics highlights cu
Researchers and practitioners in the large overlap between geographical and computer sciences describe services that are designed to use web service technology to deal with spatial information over th
Twenty-four essays from teachers, instructional designers and academics from the fields of education and computer technology provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of Multi-User Virt
Information technologies, robotics, computer science, and electrical engineering are among the perspectives brought to bear on efforts to enrich physical environments with a network of distributed dev
This collection of twelve scholarly articles examines the technological, social and public policy aspects of hacking and network security as it relates to business and computer crime. Divided into thr
Contributors from various areas of computer and politics survey examples of how governments use electronic information and communication technologies to interact with members of the public and carry o
Computer and information scientists, electrical engineers, and similar professionals discuss requirement specifications, modeling, and implementing features peripheral to the core functions in softwar
"This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives utilizing a variety of research methods to uncover the fundamental components of computer-mediated communication (i.e., language, interpersonal relat
In his introduction to this volume focusing on current trends in the field of knowledge management (KM), Jennex (business administration, San Diego State U.) makes a cogent case for the need for KM in
This work brings together international contributors to examine new models and practices in management which intersect with the fields of cybernetics, systems theory, computer modeling, and metatheory
Hybrid learning (or blended learning) combines face-to-face instruction with computer-mediated instruction. This book collects work from Asia, Europe, the US, and Australia by professionals in educati
This introduction to basic methodology, current research, and advanced techniques of data mining will be useful as a handbook for researchers, practitioners, and technologists. It can also serve as te
Research on synthetic emotions and social robots can help develop better computer applications, and can help neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists test their models. It can also lead us to rethi
Grid technology refers to the infrastructure and set of protocols that enable the sharing, integration, and collaborative use of networked computer-based resources between multiple organizations. In t
"This book provides an introduction to the most recent techniques in multimedia semantic mining necessary to researchers new to the field"--Provided by publisher.
Ding (University of Illinois) combines ideas from cognitive science, mathematical modeling, and computer simulation to establish a theoretical framework for addressing homeland security issues related
De Florio (computer science, U. of Antwerp, Belgium) discusses methods, architectures, and tools that allow a fault-tolerant system to be expressed in the application of computer software. The task is
Zhang (computer science, Hong Kong Polytechnic U.), Song (applied mathematics, New Star Research Institute of Applied Technology), Xu (pattern recognition and intelligence systems, Harbin Institute of
Deans (information technology and international business, U. of Richmond) and 10 contributors have written an introduction to the rapidly expanding world of social software and Web 2.0 technologies--a
