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Adaptive and evolutionary information systems enable both developers and users to change systems functionality. Such systems are required because of the changing nature of users' requirements. This is a critical area of research and practice for businesses that have to ensure that their...

"This book targets business managers, IT managers, business students and researchers and will enable its readers to systematically, effectively and consistently measure the value of Information Technology"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents learning and knowledge management from a point of view where the basic tools and applications are provided by open source technologies. It explains an intense orientation to the critical issues of the open source paradigm: open source tools, applications, social networks, and...

"This book integrates invaluable research on the models, measures, and methodologies of Web information systems, software quality, and Web engineering into one practical guide to Web information systems quality, making this handbook of research an essential addition to all library...

1. The panorama of information systems quality / Evan Duggan, Han Reichgelt -- 2. An overview of software quality concepts and management issues / Alain April, Claude Laporte -- 3. The different views of software quality / Bernard Wong -- 4. Making real progress with the requirements defects...

"This book presents the latest exchange of academic research on all aspects of practicing and managing information using a multidisciplinary approach that examines its quality for organizational growth"--Provided by publisher.

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1. Vertical integration of science: an approach to including information, knowledge and its organization / Emilia Currás -- 2. What is information?: an enquiry beyond information science from a systemic point of view / Francisco-Javier García-Marco -- 3. Information: a multidimensional reality...