Knowledge management has recently received considerable attention in the Web‐based business community. This paper discusses the key concepts of human‐computer interaction in knowledge development, and identifies new challenges of knowledge management for Web‐based business. Based on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to change the traditional supplier selection methods by shifting the emphasis from using a single model to using multiple models in the unstructured decision‐making context and to provide a tool for decision makers to make informed decisions of supplier...

Online auctions on the Internet have become popular. However, the communication techniques currently used in the online auction industry are primarily based on unicast technology. Unicast‐based online auctions suffer from unbearable delay of the communication between the auctioneer and...

In this paper, we present a new technique, called Stream Projected Outlier deTector (SPOT), to deal with outlier detection problem in high-dimensional data streams. SPOT is unique in a number of aspects. First, SPOT employs a novel window-based time model and decaying cell summaries to capture...

Das vorliegende Heft untersucht verschiedene aktuelle Entwicklungs- und Spannungsfelder im gegenwärtigen China, die von Studierenden im Rahmen eines Task-Force-Seminars erarbeitet wurden: Umwelt-NGOs, Konflikte und Konfliktmanagement am Fallbeispiel Wasser, Neuerungen und...

This report approaches current domains of development and tension within China. It was elaborated by students in the frame of a "Task Force Seminar" in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It addresses the issues of...