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While the balance between private and public sectors are based primarily on the experiences of the wealthy societies in Western Europe and North America, the global reach and increased political...

Real world problems are complex and full of uncertainty. Fuzzy computing technologies embedded into data analysis methodologies and decision-making processes help to address the complexity of these...

Advances in mobile computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning, and sensor technologies have given rise to a new class of context-aware mobile and ubiquitous applications. Context-Aware...

User authentication is the process of verifying whether the identity of a user is genuine prior to granting him or her access to resources or services in a secured environment. Traditionally, user...

In today's e-business, system downtime is an unacceptable option since each hour, even minute, of downtime may generate negative financial effects. In many IT-dependent organizations, business must...

By combining agent capabilities with computational linguistics, conversational agents can exploit natural language technologies to improve communication between humans and computers. Conversational...

Cooperative communications, an emerging research area spurring tremendous excitement within academia and industry, has experienced an increase in demands for wireless multimedia and interactive...

In an age when computer crime is growing at a exponential rate and on a global scale, industry and government leaders are increasingly reliant upon answers from the academic and IT Security fields in...

As advancements in technology continue to influence all facets of society, its aspects have been utilized in order to find solutions to emerging ecological issues. Creating a Sustainable Ecology...

The recent emergence and prevalence of social network applications, sensor equipped mobile devices, and the availability of large amounts of geo-referenced data have enabled the analysis of new...

As humans interact more often and more intimately with computers, and as computational systems become an ever more important element of our society, playing roles in education, the production of...

In a knowledge economy urban form and functions are primarily shaped by global market forces rather than urban planning. As the role of knowledge in wealth creation becomes a critical issue in...

The tools of crime constantly evolve, and law enforcement and forensic investigators must understand advanced forensic techniques to ensure that the most complete evidence is brought to trial...

Crisis Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 1Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Nov 30, 2013Number of Pages: 644 pagesBinding: Hardback...

Crisis Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 2Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Nov 30, 2013Number of Pages: 620 pagesBinding: Hardback...

Crisis Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 3Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Nov 30, 2013Number of Pages: 604 pagesBinding: Hardback...

As our society becomes more complicated, so do the unfortunate events which occur. The importance of developing systems and applications for these crises is critical. The response and management of a...

Introducing change to higher education has always been a difficult and slow process. But over the last two decades, information and communication technologies have served to transform the traditional...

With the progression of technological breakthroughs creating dependencies on telecommunications, the internet, and social networks connecting our society, CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure...

As the American immigrant population continues to expand, immigrant children and children of immigrants are entering the public school system. To be most effective, new teaching pedagogies must take...

Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 1Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2014Number of Pages: 614 pagesBinding:...

Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 2Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2014Number of Pages: 596 pagesBinding:...

Cross-Cultural Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Vol 3Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2014Number of Pages: 604 pagesBinding:...

Applied Natural Language Processing (ANLP) is interested in not only the creation of natural language processing approaches (i.e., tools, systems, algorithms, models, theories, and techniques), but...

It is becoming increasingly necessary to systematically take into account human interaction and activity, and new technologies along with the completely renewed social and cultural environments that...

The need for intelligent machines in areas such as medical diagnostics, biometric security systems, and image processing motivates researchers to develop and explore new techniques, algorithms, and...

Within a given enterprise, database management involves the monitoring, administration, and maintenance of the databases, which constantly change with new technologies and new forms of data...

The intersection of new communication technologies and the ideological hegemony is one area that has not been adequately examined. Existing literature on NCTs shows that most studies have been...

Strategists describe networking and being able to access knowledge as the leading path to gaining a competitive advantage. Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer:...

As global enterprise grows increasingly reliant on electronic data, processes, and procedures, studies of the management of organizational knowledge are emerging at the forefront of critical research...