Recent events have dramatically demonstrated how online media can promote sociopolitical change. Applied communication professors at Anadolu University, Turkey, head a team of international contributo
Law scholars mostly in Europe but also the Philippines and the US discuss privacy, identity, and personality in a world of digital technology; defining the private and the public: political anonymity
Fifty-four international academics and researchers contribute 25 chapters promoting the discussion and presenting the specific solutions for increasing the interoperability of future standalone and We
Seventy-six international academics and practitioners from diverse IT disciplines--human-computer interaction, information systems in business and leadership, computational modeling and cultural dynam
Researchers and practitioners from around the world describe how to apply information and decision support systems to managing water resources. Their overall themes are the contextual analysis and app
Computer scientists with a philosophical bent and philosophers with a computer bent explore the overlap between the two realms. The overall themes are the philosophy of information, the philosophy of
Most of the contributors are in communication, marketing, or advertising, though a few are involved with digital technology itself. They explore the theory and practice of the intersection between the
The 23 papers in this volume discuss information and communication technologies for different phases of the urban planning process and share experiences with citizen e-participation in different regio
Contributors from such fields as transportation, economics, business management, and industrial engineering describe new ideas and practices in logistics and supply-chain management. They cover innova
Editor Verma (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center) and 46 co-authors stress the importance of collaboration and interoperability between multiple independently developed networks in modern military c
This volume features a collection of articles on advanced topics in XML Structures. The authors of eighteen chapters include international graduate students and professors from research universities,
International contributors present the latest research developments in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), with chapters grouped in sections on general issues, protocols and middlewares, security and pri
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
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 32 chapters invited for submission to this volume describe different approaches to applying traditional instructional design models to online learning, innovative technology interventions for supp
The first half of this volume describes the computer and web technologies that enable online education, the students who use e-learning technologies, and the different e-learning environments and comm
The 29 papers in this collection describe processes and frameworks for integrating requirements and software engineering, software tools and methods for supporting productivity, and the development of
Educators are now seeking new methodologies to respond to the demand for personal education and knowledge acquisition and production. Concept mapping, a powerful learning and teaching technique, provi
Born from the editors' efforts to encourage students to use technology in meaningful ways outside the norm of mainstream thinking, this cross-disciplinary collection attempts to blur boundaries within
"This book aids managers in the transformation of organizations into world-class competitors through business process applications"--Provided by publisher.
This work represents the maturation of the last 50 years of research on applying models of human organizations to inform an understanding of artificial organizations. International contributors in com
Technical, business, and political fields are represented, as well as Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, in discussions of how advanced computer management of information by governments impacts u
Editors Hatzipanagos (information and communication technologies, King's College, London, UK) and Warburton (eLearning manager, King's College London, UK) have collected research on current trends in
Editors Trajkovski, a former professor of information technology at South U., and Collins (anthropology, Towson U.) have collected research from all over the world on the interactions of agents and mu
This large reference volume on digital library research is aimed at developers and librarians who need to implement database designs that are both user-friendly and comprehensive. Editors Theng, Foo,
Second-generation Internet-based services including mobile computing, social networking, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and interactive whiteboards have emerged as a major trend in information communication
"This book discusses the complete range of contemporary research topics such as computer modeling, geometry, geoprocessing, and geographic information systems"--Provided by publisher.
Editors Jansen (College of Information Sciences, Pennsylvania State U.), Taksa (computer information systems, City U. of New York), and Spink (information technology, Queensland U. of Technology) and
Featuring chapter contributions from leading experts in academia and industry, this reference explains terms, concepts, methods, and applications related to smart antennas in various wireless systems.
Sixty international academics contribute 33 chapters reporting on research and studies of innovative theoretical and practical approaches to language learning and teaching in the area of computer assi
In this resource, Hansson (pedagogy, U. of Southern Denmark and Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden) offers 33 chapters on ethical issues, methods, theories, and challenges related to the use of
Sixty-seven international academics and researchers contribute 35 chapters conveying the current state of knowledge regarding systems analysis and design. The material is organized into eight topic ar
Today's enterprises are increasingly going global by becoming more distributed, leveraging resource bases in all parts of the world. Whether through offshore relationships, global support or applicati
This collection of 21 articles addresses the continuing growth of e-learning and other educational projects that use instructional design (ID)techniques dependent on specific design languages and nota
St. Amant and Still, both of Texas Tech University, compile the latest research from around the world on open source software (OSS) technologies and their educational, economic, organizational, and so
