The opening chapter of this volume reviews the technologies which sustain the prevalence of online child pornography and provides a set of practical investigation techniques for retrieving digital tra
The chapters of this volume offer a wide range of areas where the technology of soft computing, fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation, and probabilistic reasoning are applied, includi
Written for researchers and practitioners in the field of biomedicine, this collection of research articles stressed the need for broader applications of natural language processing (NLP) for a more f
The first half of this volume examines the sources of interaction data that exist in the United Kingdom while the second half presents descriptive analyses of internal migration propensities and patte
"This book is a collection of work representing leading research in the area of systems analysis and design practices and methodologies"--Provided by publisher.
In the literature of information science, a number of studies have been carried out attempting to model cognitive, affective, behavioral, and contextual factors associated with human information seeki
With increased consumer use and adoption, mobile communication technologies are faced with the challenge of creating an adequate wireless networking architecture that can support a high degree of scal
"This book proposes simulation games supported by the most recent discoveries and advances in theories of learning research, and gears operational decisions toward the development of an integrated sys
Written by academics mainly in the US, the essays of this collection offer descriptions and analysis of online learning models, approaches, and results based on the authors' own experiences. The chapt
"This book describes some of the applied methods to code imagery and multimedia for research value. "Coding" here is used in a broad way to mean the interpretation and labeling of contents...to know w
This book includes contributions from academics, policy makers, and practitioners focused on providing a reference edition for professionals interested in applications of technology-enhanced learning
Oceanographers and other environmental scientists, and engineers engaged with technology used in such fields, explore theoretical and historical aspects of cross-domain data management as applied to t
This collection of research papers on artificial teaching environments is designed for educators and researchers who need to stay informed about the latest technologies for digital simulations. Editor
"This book emphasizes the need for a differentiated approach to curriculum development for a multicultural group of students. Presenting curriculum in a format that a multicultural audience can unders
Forty-six international academics, researchers and practitioners contribute 16 chapters representing the current state of the art on the design and operation as well as on technical, managerial, behav
"This book is an innovative reference source that examines the latest trends in 2D curve interpolation and modeling methodologies. Focusing on a range of pertinent topics such as 3D surface modeling,
"This book is a reference work for the latest scholarly research on the emerging use of technology in the educational system, featuring coverage on proper methods, arising challenges, and educator pre
The author credits some contributors, but he has essentially shaped the whole presentation, which is based on almost two decades of work at the LICEF research center at Tele-universite, Canada's oldes
Contributors from the UK report on recent research and cases in using technology to respond to the specific needs and interests of each student. The cases described range from whole class to individua
International contributors in education, psychology, technology, and telecommunications engineering describe recent theory and applications in the field of computer supported collaborative learning (C
Researchers in computer science, information technology, and psychology explore interfaces between agent-based systems and education, from perspectives of teaching such systems within and beyond compu
Chevalier, Julien and Soule-Dupuy (computer science, U. of Toulouse, France) have edited these research papers on collaborative and social information retrieval and access (CSIRA), and how these techn
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
Reddick (public administration, U. of Texas-San Antonio) describes the organizational, collaboration, and management elements of homeland security, and examines the implementation of homeland security
"This book presents a better knowledge and understanding of applying knowledge-based development policies, contributing to the theorizing of knowledge-based development and creation of knowledge socie
This collection of sixteen articles on software development focuses on the nexus of software engineering and knowledge engineering and efforts to apply principles of automation and artificial intellig
The 17 chapters in this collection present architectures and platforms for the development and adoption of the next generation of mobile learning systems in terms of non-functional requirements, such
Gottschalk (information systems and knowledge management, Norwegian School of Management) and Solli-Seather (CIO, Norway Post) have authored this volume on the integration of e-Government interoperabi
Fifteen articles on the theory and application of adaptive database search and retrieval technologies showcase current research in the growing field of machine learning algorithms. Divided into sectio
Recent work on the development of web-based learning systems, by contributors from around the world, addresses technical, social, and conceptual issues. Specific topics include virtual communities of
This collection considers the potential value of emerging social software tools for learners in the new millennium and describes pedagogy applications of the new technologies in higher education. The
International contributors in business and organizational science focus on the practical use of knowledge management (KM) as a tool for innovation. They examine the role of innovation in the organizat
The editors (National and Kapodistrian U. of Athens) of this collection believe advances in ICT have complicated modern applications and their interfaces, making web systems difficult to use, and sugg
The underlying notions are that decision making has become increasingly complex because of the quantity of data now being collected and stored, and that decisions are increasingly made not by a single
This book provides an overview of the increasing level of digitization in sport in areas such as gaming and athlete training. The first section looks at the ways in which digital technologies are bein
Different types of decision theory techniques are illustrated and their application illustrated in artificial intelligence. The topics include Bayesian networks and influence diagrams, inference strat
Intended to bridge the gap between the database and machine learning communities, this guide gathers theoretical and experimental contributions on fuzziness, scalability, and the use of fuzzy methods
The entire process of designing and using a data warehouse is detailed in this work, encompassing requirement specification, conceptual, logical, and physical design, and tuning and evolution manageme
"This book addresses the difficulties and challenges in the MOOC design, implementation, management and deployment. It focuses on different aspects of the MOOC life-cycle process and explores the impa
"This book focus on the latest advances in mobile technologies of secure transaction processing. It covers topics such as security issues and requirements for online banking, privacy in mobile databas
