Purpose - In this extended abstract, we propose a novel infrastructure in cloud computing environment which assures the data sanitization after the customers decide to delete them. Design - A mechanism with monitoring agents is suggested to watch the data usage over entire life cycle and assure...

Purpose: This paper aims to present the conception of cloud computing, its definitions, main service and implementation models. The authors objective is to compare the traditional way of managing and implementing IS/IT in enterprises with the idea of cloud computing. Intent of this work is to...

This paper tries to explore the interaction of institutional arrangement, technological innovation and application evolution underlying the impressive growth of China’s computing infrastructure. Drawing upon the actor-network theory, we construct a framework to explain how the elements...

Research on developing pricing mechanisms for telecommunications service providers has been going on for decades. Many agencies have adopted various pricing schemes to charge their subscribers. However, due to the changes in the economic environment and technological infrastructure, the loss of...

Diabetes has been recognized a vital death cause in this century. However, diabetes control has not been very successful. This is because for a patient with diabetes, in addition to his/her physiological status, there are many factors that might affect the effectiveness of each individual...

Higher education teachers are often curious whether students will be successful or not. Before or during a course they try to estimate the percentage of successful students. But is it possible to predict the success rate of students enrolled in their course? Are there any specific student...

This study presents an innovative "Matching Algorithm" to match self presentation to consumer preferences in internet dating sites using data mining and machine learning techniques. The study is designed from 2 parts: The first part examines the correlation between the presentation...

Monitoring of posture activities enables accurate differentiation of human behavior. In this paper, an artificial neuromolecular system (ANM), a self-organizing system movtivated from brain information processing, was used to separate human behavior patterns. We also looked into the biometric...

Business Process Management (BPM) is not a new concept as Social Networks and Social BPM that are starting to get as much attention as previous, both on academic contexts and in organizations. Social Networks are evolving and, although there is recognition of the importance that they have in...

Purpose: In most companies achieving or delivering quality product or service becomes a complex task especially when setting up a new production process; every time focusing on project completion, meeting deadlines and quality check at the end of the production. Two types of quality checks can...