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Two of the most important factors contributing to national andinternational economy are processing of information for accuratefinancial forecasting and decision making as well as processing...

Artificial Neural Networks in Real-Life Applications offers an outlook on the most recent works in the field of artificial neural networks (ANN). It includes theoretical developments of the ANN area...

Provides a balance of conceptual and practical aspects of Knowledge Management, offering the opportunity for students and practitioners to understand and effectively consider knowledge management...

Biometric Image Discrimination Technologies addresses highly relevant issues to many fundamental concerns of both researchers and practitioners of biometric image discrimination (BID) in biometric...

Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies the reader...

Computational intelligence has a long history of applications to business - expert systems have been used for decision support in management, neural networks and fuzzy logic have been used in process...

The contributors to this text address the key issues for businesses utilising data communications and the increasing importance of networking technologies in business. It covers a series of technical...

Emerging business models, value configurations, and information technologies interact over time to create competitive advantage. Modern information technology has to be studied, understood, and...

This work describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. It takes an in-depth look at the scope of...

Business Process Improvement Through E-Collaboration: Knowledge Sharing Through the Use of Virtual Groups is written around two main theses. The first is that business process improvement, a key...

Over the last five to six years, ontology has received increased attention within the information systems field. Ontology provides a basis for evaluating, analyzing, and engineering business analysis...

In the mid 1990s, the widespread adoption of the web browser led to a rapid commercialization of the Internet. In addition, initial success stories were reported from companies that learned how to...

Case Studies in Knowledge Management provides rich, case-based lessons learned from several examples of actual applications of knowledge management in a variety of organizational and global settings...

IT practitioners in government and computer science programs represent a significant population of professionals constantly attempting to obtain information on the latest research in public...

Presents many examples and experiences of those involved in database research and database technology applications and management. This title includes a range of design and analysis of databases; and...

Electronic commerce technologies and applications have changed the way information technology is used in business and society. This collection presents a range of real-life cases that describe the...

As organizations prepare to compete globally in the new millennium, the effective deployment and exploitation of IT will create the difference between those that are successful and those that are not...

Documents real-life cases describing issues, challenges, and solutions related to information technology, and how it affects organizational politics and culture. This book provides an understanding...

Brings together real-life experiences showing how other companies and organizations have successfully, or not so successfully, planned, designed, and implemented different applications using...

This volume is the latest addition to the Cases on Information Technology Series, a series which provides a collection of case studies focusing on IT implementation in organizations. The cases...

Strategic information systems have emerged as one of the most effective applications of information technology in support of the strategic management of organizations. Cases on Strategic Information...

Presents a range of issues related to the planning, design, maintenance, and management of telecommunications and networking technologies and applications in organizations. This work includes cases...

The growth of modern information technology has created a challenge in the organizational and managerial areas of IT. While technological advances often make tasks easier, the human side of a task is...

Causal Mapping for Research in Information Technology provides an introduction to causal mapping for IS researchers and practitioners and goes further to provide IS researchers and practitioners...

Poor quality of data and information can have a harmful impact on decision-making and therefore on the overall effectiveness of an enterprise. Incorrect and misleading information associated with an...

The CIO position and importance depend on information technology maturity in the organization, value configuration, strategic IT resources, e-business approach, and IT governance structure. CIO and...

Academics and practitioners working in the field of healthcare management need to effectively manage knowledge and KM. KM places value on the tacit knowledge that individuals hold within an...

As science advances, more and more emphasis is being placed on the human user of the computer-based system. Instead of humans learning how to interact with these systems, the systems must learn how...

Identifies unifying concepts in the field of geographic information systems (GIS), providing a comprehensive treatment of collaborative GIS focusing on system design, group spatial planning and...

Computational Economics: A Perspective from Computational Intelligence provides models of various economic and financial issues while using computational intelligence as a foundation. The scope of...