Targowski (business information systems, Western Michigan U.) takes an in-depth view of the range of impacts information technology has on civilization and the growth of societies. The questions addre
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This book covers diverse aspects of advanced computer and communication engineering, focusing specifically on industrial and manufacturing theory and applications of electronics, communications, compu
The main objective of CSAIT 2013 is to provide a forum for researchers, educators, engineers and government officials involved in the general areas of Computational Sciences and Information Technology
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A collection of papers from ISCIS 27th Annual Symposium. Based on a rigorous selection of worldwide submissions of advanced research papers, this volume includes some of the most recent ideas and tech
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This book systematically introduces modeling, performance evaluation and applications of Automatic Materiel Handling System (AMHS) in semiconductor manufactucing, and focuses discussion on the coordin
This book constitutes revised and extended versions of the best papers from the 10th Conference on Information Systems Management (ISM 2015) and 13th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies fo
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Computer and Information Security Handbook, Third Edition, provides the most current and complete reference on computer security available in one volume. The book offers deep coverage of an extremely
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the SecondInternational Conference on Advances in Communication, Network, andComputing, CNC 2011, held in Bangalore, India, in March 2011. The 41 revi
Over the course of several decades, the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) helped transform computing from a cumbersome enterprise based on batch processing to the instantly in
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This book is the proceedings of Third International Conference on Computational Science, Engineering and Information Technology (CCSEIT-2013) that was held in Konya, Turkey, on June 7-9. CCSEIT-2013 p
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