This book addresses flexibility of both business and information systems through component technology at the nexus of three seemingly unrelated disciplines: service-oriented architecture, knowledge management, and business process management. It presents research on agile, adaptive processes and...

"This book presents the most current research on existing and emergent trends on conceptual modeling and information systems engineering, bridging the gap between research and practice by providing a much-needed reference point on the design of software systems that evolve seamlessly to adapt to...

A comprehensive, research-based encyclopedia consisting of contributions from over 900 noted researchers in over 50 countries. This five-volume encyclopedia includes more than 550 articles highlighting current concepts, issues and emerging technologies. These articles are enhanced by special...

Ontology provides a basis for evaluating, analyzing, and engineering business analysis methods. It is that type of theology that has allowed many organizations utilizing ontology to become more competitive within today's global environment. Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies examines the...

Business managers are striving to move toward process-centric organizations, but the challenge remains in ensuring adoption of a business process culture. This book aids managers in the transformation of organizations into world-class competitors through business process applications. A useful...

"This book is a comprehensive collection of research on the computational capabilities, prototypes and algorithms and their application to the areas of nursing, clinical care, public health, biomedical research and much more"--Provided by publisher.

Cases on Information Technology Planning, Design and Implementation brings together a variety of real-life experiences showing how other companies and organizations have successfully, or not so successfully, planned, designed, and implemented different applications using information technology....

Data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP) are emerging key technologies for enterprise decision support systems. They provide sophisticated technologies from data integration, data collection and retrieval, query optimization, and data analysis to advanced user interfaces. New...