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 presents research on databases and software development in the area of business applications. Information systems development activities enable many organizations to effectively compete and innovate, as new database and information systems applications are constantly being developed.

Collecting the latest research results from the leading researchers in the field of fuzzy object-oriented databases, Advances in Fuzzy Object-Oriented Databases: Modeling and Applications provide a single source for current research and practical applications in fuzzy object-oriented databases....

One of the driving forces that stimulated the emergence of database technology was the need to guarantee the quality of the data stored. The software design is impacted by the properties of the data. Data properties should be seen from a point of view as independently as possible from the...

Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of industrial database modeling, This book provides a single record of current research and practical applications in industrial database modeling. This book discusses the major...

"This book includes an introduction to fuzzy logic, fuzzy databases and an overview of the state of the art in fuzzy modeling in databases. It proposes also a method to translate FuzzyEER model to a classical DBMS, and defines FSQL (Fuzzy SQL), an extension of the SQL language that allows users...

This book is intended for researchers and practitioners who seek to understand the latest trends and development in information modeling. The authors review the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of modeling methods and methodologies in information systems development and provide insight...

Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of intelligent databases, this book provides a single record of current research and practical applications in this field. It integrates data management in databases with intelligent...

This book strives to be the point of reference for the most important issues in the field of multidimensional databases. This book provides a brief history of the field and distinguishes between what is new in recent research and what is merely a renaming of old concepts. The book reviews past...

Multimedia systems and content-based image retrieval are very important areas of research in computer technology. These two areas are changing our life-styles because they together cover creation, maintenance, accessing and retrieval of video, audio, image, textual and graphic data. But still...