"The book gives an introduction to basic biometric image discrimination technologies including theories that are the foundations of those technologies and new algorithms for biometrics authentication"--Provided by publisher.

"This book explores indoor navigation, tracking and monitoring, context-aware, alert systems, development enhancements, payments, etc. It contains case studies and practical mobile applications that clearly contribute for advances in the field of social inclusion"--

E-government and social inclusion: concepts / Arun Mahizhnan -- Different : a taxonomy and examination of the role of e-government in the digital divide / Frank Bannister, Denise Leahy -- Democratising e-democracy: a roadmap for impact / Francesco Molinari, Maggie McPherson, Gurmit Singh -- ICT:...

Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive....

Gender economics: an introduction to contemporary gender economics / Susanne Moore -- A note on the history of gender economics and feminist economics: not the same story / Giandomenica Becchio -- Impact of microfinance on female empowerment: a review of the empirical literature / Sefa Kwami...

In many international settings, regional economies are declining resulting in lowered opportunities for these communities. This result attacks the very fabric of cohesion and purpose for these regional societies, and increases social, health, economic and sustainability problems. Community...

"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...