Although it has become commonplace for users and organizations alike to regularly collaborate during the seeking, searching, retrieval and use of information, a definitive work on the behaviors, practices, and systems that enable this collaborative information behavior has been lacking. This...

"This book examines innovative research in the emerging, multidisciplinary field of cognitive informatics, portraying the connections between natural science and informatics that are investigated in this fundamental collection of cognitive informatics research"--Provided by publisher.

This handbook provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies in fuzzy topics applied to databases, discussing current investigation into uncertainty and imprecision management by means of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic in the field of...

"This book brings together the many theories and meta-theories that make information science relevant across different disciplines, highlighting theories that had their base in the early days of text-based information and expanding to the digitization of the Internet"--Provided by publisher.

This book examines cyberlaw discussions worldwide on topics such as cybercrime and risk management, comparative electronic trading systems of securities, digital currency regulation, jurisdiction and consumer protection in cross-border markets, and case law on international bank transfers. An...

"This book examines how internet technology has become an integral part of our daily lives and as it does, the security of these systems is essential. With the ease of accessibility, the dependence to a computer has sky-rocketed, which makes security crucial"--Provided by publisher.

Digital signal processing is an area of science and engineering that has been developed rapidly over the past years. This rapid development is the result of the significant advances in digital computer technology and integrated circuits fabrication. Many of the signal processing tasks...

"This book explores the concept of a global industry through case studies, emerging research, and interdisciplinary perspectives applicable to a variety of fields in banking and finance"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents an interdisciplinary, comparative, and competitive analysis of the thought processes and planning necessary for individual and corporate economic management"--Provided by publisher.

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...