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.

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 introduces the reader to recent research activities in the field of data mining, covering association mining, classification, mobile marketing, opinion mining, microarray data mining, internet mining and applications of data mining on biological data, telecommunication and distributed...

"This book provides a comprehensive compilation of knowledge covering state-of-the-art developments and research, as well as current innovative activities in data warehousing and mining, focusing on the integration between the fields of data warehousing and data mining, with emphasis on the...

"This book highlights original research on new theories, algorithms, technologies, system design, and implementation in multimedia data engineering and management with an emphasis on automatic indexing, tagging, high-order ranking, and rule mining"--Provided by publisher.

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...