Recent years have witnessed giant leaps in the strength of database technologies, creating a new level of capability to develop advanced applications that add value at unprecedented levels in all areas of information management and utilization. Parallel to this evolution is a need in the...

"This book provides analysis, characterization and refinement of software engineering data in terms of machine learning methods. It depicts applications of several machine learning approaches in software systems development and deployment, and the use of machine learning methods to establish...

"This book presents new concepts regarding reliability, availability, manageability, performance, scalability, and secured-ability of applications, particularly those that run over the Web. It examines causes of failure in Web-based information system development projects, and indicates that to...

"This book is a collection of empirical research regarding the status of F/OSS projects, presenting a framework and state-of-the-art references on F/OSS projects, reporting on case studies covering a wide range of F/OSS applications and domains. It asserts trends in the evolution of software...

"This book gives an overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes of their products and the workings within the development...

From theoretical and practical viewpoints, the application of intelligent software agents is a topic of major interest. There has been a growing interest not only in new methodologies for development of intelligent software agents, but also the way in which these methodologies can be supported...

"This book is designed to provide understanding of the capabilities and features of new ideas and concepts in the information systems development, database, and forthcoming technologies. It provides a representation of top notch research in all areas of systems analysis and design and...

1. Web engineering : introduction and perspectives / San Murugesan, Athula Ginige -- 2. Augmented WebHelix : a practical process for Web engineering / Nary Subramanian, George Whitson -- 3. Model-centric architecting process / Tony C. Shan, Winnie W. Hua -- 4. Architecture, specification, and...

1. A framework for managing consistency of evolving UML models / Tom Mens, Ragnhild Van Der Straeten, Jocelyn Simmonds -- 2. Constructing safety-related scenarios to support architecture evaluation / Dingding Lu, Robyn R. Lutz, Carl K. Chang -- 3. A unified software reengineering approach...

"Software process reengineering has become highly visible over the past several years. Efforts are being undertaken by organizations of all types and sizes as they attempt to deal with the challenges of quality, complexity and competitiveness. As an emerging technology, the effectiveness and...