"This book addresses the present discussions surrounding flexible production systems based on automation, robotics and cybernetics as they continue to replace the traditional production systems"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents detailed studies of e-commerce in multiple regions focusing on business size, sector, market focus, gender of CEO, and education level of CEO as driving forces for e-commerce adoption. Results show that regional SMEs in developed countries have low e-commerce adoption rates,...

As interest in computer, cognitive, and social sciences grow, the need for alternative approaches to models in related-disciplines thrives. An Imitation-Based Approach to Modeling Homogeneous Agents Societies offers a framework for modeling societies of autonomous agents that is heavily based on...

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...

"This book explores the groundwork of service-oriented and agile and lean development and the conceptual basis and experimental evidences for the combination of the two approaches"--Provided by publisher.

"This book explores formal methods and the shifting paradigm through an investigation of contemporary manufacturing techniques and formal methodologies that strive to solve a variety of issues arising from a market environment that increasingly favors flexible systems over traditional...

"With the advent of internet communication technologies, the online auction environment has blossomed to support a bustling enterprise. Up until this time, the functional inner workings of these online exchange mechanisms have only been described using anecdotal accounts. This book offers a...

"This book explores information technology concepts, tools, methodologies, and ethnography in the contexts of global communication systems and web engineered applications. It also emphasizes research among the various steps involved in data/knowledge (structured and unstructured) capture (manual...

"This book addresses the difficulties and challenges faced in implementing e-government/m-government technologies and applications. It also addresses different aspects of security of E-government/M-government, ranging from big data issues, trust management, Blockchain technologies, and related...

The tremendous growth of the Internet is successfully making a variety of e-services a part of citizens' everyday life. E-services such as: Web-banking, Web shopping, e-learning, e-healthcare, and e-government, are available in most countries around the world. This book provides an overview of...