1. Intelligent manufacturing and manufacturing intelligence -- 2. Knowledge-based system -- 3. Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems -- 4. Data mining and knowledge discovery -- 5. Computational intelligence -- 6. Business process modeling and information systems modeling -- 7. Sensor...

"Using a case study analysis, this book provides a unifying perspective for discussing the viability of collaborative virtual spaces as training programs for insurance brokers, forums to support at-risk university students, simulations of historical places, means to aid autistic children learn...

Semantic interoperability provides the means to automatically process and integrate large amounts of information without human intervention. Cases on Semantic Interoperability for Information Systems Integration: Practices and Applications provides an in-depth analysis of issues involved with...

Identifies unifying concepts in the field providing a comprehensive treatment of collaborative GIS focusing on system design, group spatial planning and mapping, Internet and wireless applications, and more. This book also details the theories, processes, and tools for designing and implementing...

This book presents research on databases and software development in the area of business applications. Information systems development activities enable many organizations to effectively compete and innovate, as new database and information systems applications are constantly being developed.

While implementing IS and IT in support of their business strategies, companies are looking for ways to bridge the gap between their competitive position and technological investment, including ways to use this investment to the advantage of the organization. This book faces this challenge by...

1. Ethical practices and implications in distance education: an introduction / Ugur Demiray, Ramesh C. Sharma -- 2. Ethical conundrums in distance education partnerships / Michael F. Beaudoin -- 3. Ethics in interactions in distance education / Paul Kawachi -- 4. Ethics in the ambit of distance...

"This book presents a sampling of the many applications utilizing GIS in the field of health, including needs of less-developed countries in utilizing the concepts and technologies of mapping"--Provided by publisher.

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Section 1. Learning Design -- 1. Learning Design Representations to Document, Model, and Share Teaching Practice -- 2. Representing Models of Practice -- 3. Using the IMS LD Standard to Describe Learning Designs -- 4. Opportunities, Achievements, and Prospects for Use of IMS LD -- 5. A Critical...