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Multi-Disciplinary Advancement in Open Source Software and Processes

IGI Global, 2011

In the last years, free and open source software, i.e. software under a license that grants several rights like free redistribution to the user, has become more and more important, with this importance now stretching beyond the mere use of well-known projects in both private and commercial settings (Fitzgerald, 2006; von Krogh and...

Pattern Discovery Using Sequence Data Mining: Applications and Studies

IGI Global, 2011

Sequential data from Web server logs, online transaction logs, and performance measurements is collected each day. This sequential data is a valuable source of information, as it allows individuals to search for a particular value or event and also facilitates analysis of the frequency of certain events or sets of related events. Finding...

Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends

IGI Global, 2011

Since the publication of the Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning in 2008, information communication technology (ICT) has continued to create new learning paths to assist language learning. While CD-ROMs, multimedia computer labs, the World Wide Web, e-mail, and SMS still play an important...

Social Knowledge: Using Social Media to Know What You Know (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2010

Unlike many of the management movements of the last half century knowledge management has no single origin or unambiguous instantiation. Business Process Reengineering, the Balanced Score Card and the Learning Organisation (to mention but a few) all originate with a single book which then defines the field. In Knowledge Management...

Supply Chain Optimization, Design, and Management: Advances and Intelligent Methods (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2010

The supply chain of both manufacturing and commercial enterprises comprises a highly distributed environment, in which complex processes evolve in a network of companies (see Figure 1). Such processes include materials procurement and storage, production of intermediate and final products, warehousing, sales, customer service, and...

Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2010

The purpose of this book is to collect and to present the results of theoretical and empirical research into various aspects of Knowledge Management (KM), innovation and, especially, the conjunction of KM and innovation. To this end, chapters are included from both academics and practitioners, and the contributions represent...

Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems

IGI Global, 2008

I don’t believe in the existence of a complex systems theory as such and, so far, I’m still referring to complex systems science (CSS) in order to describe my research endeavours. In my view, the latter is constituted, up until now, by a bundle of loosely connected methods and theories aiming to observe— from...

Signal Processing, Perceptual Coding and Watermarking of Digital Audio: Advanced Technologies and Models (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2011

The availability of increased computational power and the proliferation of the Internet have facilitated the production and distribution of unauthorized copies of multimedia information. As a result, the problem of copyright protection has attracted the interest of the worldwide scientific and business communities. The most...

International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives

IGI Global, 2010

The digital divide is an global phenomenon that negatively affects groups around the world.

International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives explores and presents research that centers on the historical, political, sociological, and economic factors that...

E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards

IGI Global, 2010

Healthcare professionals and patients hold fundamentally different views with respect to the content of quality in healthcare as related to the reliability of systems and services.

E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards addresses the reason, principles and functionality of health and health care...

Advanced Technologies Management for Retailing: Frameworks and Cases

IGI Global, 2011

The application of advanced technologies to point of sale systems is a promising and relatively unexplored field of study, in particular when considering the introduction of digital content and technologies allowing consumers to interact with products in new ways. Many e-retailers already exploit the opportunities offered by interactive...

Business Organizations and Collaborative Web: Practices, Strategies and Patterns (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2011

With the globalization of economies and growth of information and communication technologies (ICT), collaboration has become the key to survival. Just like individuals and mankind, business organizations also depend on collaboration for survival and growth. The concept of departments, committees, teams, etc., which are so fundamental to...

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