"This book explores moral implications of weapons design and development. It covers topics such as defense, projectile weapons, nuclear weapons, the real costs of war, weapon design in peacetime, and
"This book focuses on the contention that advisory committees are essential for all workforce programs, and instrumental in providing funding, job placement, training, management, equipment, and suppo
Educators in a number of disciplines and education researchers examine the impact technology is having on human development across a diverse group of disciplines. In sections on pedagogy and andra
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
Editors Narasimharao, Wright, Prasad, and Joshi present readers with a collection of research on the contemporary and emerging uses of outreach and science education as tools for regional developme
Business management researchers and others explore entrepreneurship and innovation in smart cities from such perspectives as digital swarms: social interaction and emergent phenomena in personal c
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
This volume compiles 15 chapters by health and mental health researchers from North America, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and the UK on workforce development in mental and behavioral heal
Educators from the US provide 14 chapters on how coaches can conduct evaluations and facilitate professional development experiences in literacy programs from preschool through 12th grade. The chapter
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
An international group of educators provides 35 essays on teacher education and professional development projects around the world. They describe programs and strategies, such as the implementation of
Scholars of engineering, business, art, medicine, and other fields explore methods and technologies for teaching creative problem solving in higher education. They discuss the context of higher educat
This volume consists of 14 essays by organizational sciences, engineering, economics, and other researchers from Europe, Canada, Brazil, and Malaysia, who discuss the application of composite indicato
Editors Keengwe and Onchwari present readers with a handbook of research on contemporary and emerging learner-centered pedagogy collected from various academic authors and researchers in the field of
As educational standards continue to transform, it has become essential for educators and pre-service teachers to receive the support and training necessary to effectively instruct their students and
Human development is a development paradigm that integrates people into the process, rather than looking only at the rise or fall of a nation's economy. Some of the roles that information and communic
In this work for researchers and professionals, contributors mainly from the US, Canada, and Australia present the latest theory and best practices in the field. Some topics include visual support for
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
Contributors in education, economics, and other fields recount their experiences in bringing information and communication technology to rural areas, mostly in non-industrialized countries, as an alte
Mostly Czech scientists in a wide range of natural and social sciences explore processing methods and their applications that are practical for decision making and task management at the regional leve
This collection of thirteen articles on network security showcases current scholarship in privacy and security in relation to both social relations and programming for virtual environments. Topics dis
This collection of sixteen articles on next generation wireless networking showcases current scholarships in ad-hoc and sensor network technologies. The work is divided into three sections covering ad
Considering information and communication technologies as an important and robust engine for sustainable growth and development, contributors from information, communication, politics, and other socia
This collection of nineteen articles on model-driven software development showcases current scholarship in the design and deployment of domain-specific languages. Divided into four sections covering t
Computer and information scientists, electrical engineers, and similar professionals discuss requirement specifications, modeling, and implementing features peripheral to the core functions in softwar
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
The 17 papers in this volume present case studies and models for introducing, adopting, and diffusing information and communication technologies at a national level in developing countries to strength
Luppicini (University of Ottawa, Canada) combines theoretical and philosophical perspectives, literature reviews, case studies, and practical tools related technoethics, an emerging interdisciplinary
This work outlines theoretical frameworks and research findings related to the influence of information and communication technologies on sustainable economic development. Some themes are natural reso
Forty-five international academics, researchers, and industry professionals contribute 17 chapters examining current work in so-called "serious games"--those that have a non-entertainment purpose--tha
The 21 papers in this collection explore security-enhanced trust management solutions for digital systems and evaluation-based trust management solutions, proposing a flexible trust framework for coll
"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
International contributors in IT security engineering, semantic web, web services, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) present keys theoretical and practical approaches, research lines, and challe
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
This collection synthesizes seminal e-agriculture development and e-government country case studies, and provides insights into theoretical frameworks and policies that can be used to guide the implem
The 15 chapters of this resource present the authors' current research and experiences in teacher professional development, addressing theoretical and practical issues, including new developments and
Computer scientists, software engineers, and other researchers describe recent investigations into how artificial intelligence techniques and concepts as knowledge-based systems, neural networks, fuzz
Exploring key pedagogical, technological, organizational, documentation, and financial issues, this work provides the latest international research, best practice examples, and case studies on e-learn
E-government attempts to solve many problems of existing democratic structures in public services. However, existing literature suggests that the failure rate of e-government project implementation is
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
