This book provides an introduction to topics related to the methodologies developed to support data management in asymmetric communication environments. This book is based on a number of self-contained chapters and provides an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to explore the...

Tourism is a multi-billion dollar international industry and also one of the biggest users of Web technologies, constantly adopting innovative ideas to enhance its market penetration. This book provides cohesive coverage of cutting-edge e-tourism systems and directions for future research and...

"This book considers the effect of cultural heritage and destinations of interest on the global economy from the viewpoints of both visitor and host and will provide unique insights for travelers, business leaders, sightseers, cultural preservationists, and others interested in the unique...

"[This book] is a key resource on the priorities, challenges, and strategies in the globalized economy of the Asian tourism market. Highlighting multidisciplinary studies on cultural tourism, gastronomy, and hospitality management, this publication is an ideal reference source for academicians,...

"This book discusses the Semantic Web, as an extension of the current World Wide Web in which information is given well-defined, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation"--Provided by publisher.

This book considers transformations within the context of computing science and information science, as they are essential in changing organizations. It not only considers transformations of structured models, rather, the transformation of instances (i.e. the actual contents of those structures)...

With the increasing popularity of the Internet, electronic commerce, and enterprise applications, this book has been developed to focus on Unified Modeling Language (UML), Unified Process (UP) and other information modeling methods and methodologies, and involves conceptual, theoretical,...

This book provides a source of high-quality, practical case studies of the planning, implementation and use of mobile and wireless data solutions in modern business. The selected case studies are both good examples of wireless and mobile solutions and classical cases of multiple areas of common...

This book includes the most encompassing research of the concepts and realities involved in the field of virtual communities and technologies. A ground-breaking, multi-volume compendium of 167 chapters from a global pool of more than 350 experts, it presents an in-depth analysis of the...

During the past two decades, telecommunication and Web-enabled technologies have combined to create a new field of knowledge known as 'Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies'. The main objective of this book is to learn from faculty experiences gained while implementing and utilizing these...