Learn IT - IRM Press

Virtual Education: Cases in Learning & Teaching Technologies

IRM Press, 2003

Early computer researchers sought ways to use the new invention for learning
and teaching purposes. Instructional computing at that time took place on mainframes
in the form of typing and reading text, but serious efforts were made to
further utilize the computer power to serve education. Examples include the Programmed
Logic...

Visual Perception of Music Notation: On-Line and Off-Line Recognition

IRM Press, 2004

One of the initial challenges in any Optical Music Recognition (OMR) system is
the treatment of the staves. For musicians, stavelines are required to facilitate
reading the notes. For the machine, however, it becomes an obstacle for making
the segmentation of the symbols very difficult. The task of separating
background from...

Practicing Software Engineering in the 21st Century

IRM Press, 2003

This technological manual explores how software engineering principles can be used in tandem with software development tools to produce economical and reliable software that is faster and more accurate. Tools and techniques provided include the Unified Process for GIS application development, service-based approaches to business and information...

Issues of Human Computer Interaction

IRM Press, 2005

The interaction between humans and computers is evolving rapidly, impacting every aspect of human and organizational life. This book presents the latest developments in this field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). It discusses issues related End User Computing, as well as issues related to the human side of IT. This book will set a framework for...

Mobile Commerce Application Development

IRM Press, 2005

The explosive growth in the demand for mobile and wireless products and services, from both businesses and consumers in the recent years, indicates that mobile commerce is starting to take off. As more and more companies begin to realize the compelling value offered by mobile and wireless technologies and start to explore mobile business...

Business Processes: Operational Solutions for SAP Implementation

IRM Press, 2005

Business Processes: Operational Solutions for SAP Implementation deals with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation, and also business operations/processes and information systems to support business operations/processes. There are a large number of books treating ERP implementation, operations management and information systems...

Mobile Services in the Networked Economy

IRM Press, 2005

The mobile services industry is going through a major transformation, which challenges many of the basic assumptions behind the existing business models. As the business paradigm shifts from voice-centric to data-centric mobile services, the ways of analyzing the industry need to evolve as well.

Mobile Services in the Networked Economy provides...

Managing Successful IT Outsourcing Relationships

IRM Press, 2005

Even though the IT outsourcing market has grown tremendously over the past years, many organizations do not have a reflective understanding of the complex process of IT outsourcing. The process does affect both technological and business goals and activities, and companies must establish both strategies and structures adjusted to their degree of...

Internet Strategy: The Road to Web Services Solutions

IRM Press, 2005

Internet Strategy: The Road to Web Services Solutions reminds readers that several attempts have been made to convince the world that DOT.COM was developed to take over businesses, and the traditional way of creating businesses and running organizations would be condemned to the past. One of those attempts led to the Application Service Provision...

Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner's Guide

IRM Press, 2006

The performance testing of Web applications is not understood properly and no skill sets are available to address the challenges faced by practitioners. In addition, there is currently a lack of available research on the performance aspects of the application.

Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner's Guide fills this...

Instructional Technologies: Cognitive Aspects of Online Programs

IRM Press, 2004

Instructional Technologies: Cognitive Aspects of Online Programs provides insight into creating and utilizing successful online educational technologies and programs. Discussing the generalities of Web-based education and the specific technology applications and organizational support necessary to sustaining these programs, this important book will...

Managing Multimedia Semantics

IRM Press, 2005

Managing multimedia semantics is a complex task because content creators and archivists describe and interpret semantics associated with the multimedia content in several ways, depending on the context and use of the information. Disciplines such as computer vision and pattern recognition, multimedia database management and modeling, and film...

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