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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...

Today, many institutions and corporations are involved in various grid researches that involve improvement in concepts, protocols, applications, methods, and tools. To help capture the rapid growth...

In recent years, scientists have become more focused on the research, development, and integration of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (HWN) platforms in order to both converge the existing telecom...

Not only have educators and trainers alike begun to harness the power of instructional technology and human performance techniques, but now businesses and industries have incorporated these...

Hybrid learning is now the single-greatest trend in education today due to the numerous educational advantages when both traditional classroom learning and e-learning are implemented collectively...

Researchers and decision makers who study natural resources and, in particular, water resource management, have acknowledged the significant role of hydroinformatics. The Handbook of Research on...

E-government has evolved from basic information provisioning to more integrated service offerings enabling citizen-centric services. The Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational...

As industrial systems become more widespread, they are quickly becoming network-enabled, and their behavior is becoming more complex and intelligent. The Handbook of Research on Industrial...

Online collaboration is increasingly improving partnerships for organizations across the globe, strengthening existing relationships and creating new alliances that would previously have been...

While emerging information and internet ubiquitous technologies provide tremendous positive opportunities, there are still numerous vulnerabilities associated with technology. Attacks on computer...

Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering Vol 1Author: Vincente Garcia DiazPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Aug 31, 2014Number of Pages: 474...

Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering Vol 2Author: Vincente Garcia DiazPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Aug 31, 2014Number of Pages: 490...

The concepts of knowledge management and knowledge-intensive work have been developing for quite a while as one of the most critical components to organizational success. Despite its importance...

Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age, VOL 1Author: Victor C. X. WangPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Nov 25, 2015Number of Pages:...

Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age, VOL 2Author: Victor C. X. WangPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Nov 25, 2015Number of Pages:...

Mobile phones have become an integral part of society, as their convenience has helped democratize and revolutionize communication and the marketplace of ideas. Because of their ubiquity in higher...

Due to unawareness of the development cycle of systems from its conceptualization to implementation, almost half of corporate IS projects are delayed or abandoned before completion. The introduction...

Organizational design plays a critical role in the development of larger and more complex multi-agent systems (MAS). As systems grow to include hundreds or thousands of agents, those in the field...

Handbook of Research on Novel Soft Computing Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practical Applications Vol 1Author: Pandian VasantPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Aug 31,...

Handbook of Research on Novel Soft Computing Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practical Applications Vol 2Author: Pandian VasantPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Aug 31,...

Examines how the use of open source software (OSS) affects practices in society, business, government, education, and law. This work provides a balance of theoretical perspectives, experiences, and...

Technology, and particularly the Internet, has caused many changes in the realm of politics. Mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as social media, blogs, and...

As education continues to integrate technological advancements into learning and instruction, a resource dedicated to the latest findings and implications becomes necessary. The Handbook of Research...

Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environments (Volume 1)Author: Harrison Hao YangPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jul 31, 2011Number of...

Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environments (Volume 2)Author: Harrison Hao YangPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jul 31, 2011Number of...

New technologies and concepts are constantly being developed within multimedia distribution. In such an ever-evolving environment, academicians, researchers, and professionals of this discipline need...

Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools ( Volume 1 )Author: Maria Manuela Cruz-CunhaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Feb 29,...

Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools (Volume 2 )Author: Maria Manuela Cruz-CunhaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Feb 29,...

Services and service oriented computing have emerged and matured over the last decade, bringing with them a number of available services that are selected by users and developers and composed into...

As the diffusion and use of technology applications have accelerated in organizational and societal domains, behavioral and social dynamics have inevitably created the potential for negative as well...