1. Web X.0 -- 2. An Overview and Differentiation of the Evolutionary Steps of the Web X.Y Movement -- 3. A Model-Driven Engineering Approach for Defining Rich Internet Applications -- 4. Modular and Systematic Interface Design for Rich Internet Applications -- 5. Towards Web 2.0 Applications --...

This book describes enterprise-level information systems that businesses use to support their processes. It provides a clear and simple framework to help software companies understand this experience, and help them build software products compatible with organizations, humans, and complex...

"This book covers a wide range of applications in oral medicine and describes through applied research projects, important methods like 3D radiographic imaging, 2D and 3D finite element analysis, proteomic analysis, genomic analysis, oral human microbiom, computational biomodeling, molecular...

1. IT-enabled global ethical problems -- 2. Current ethically globalized institutions -- 3. IT's contribution to globalization -- 4. The basis of ethical principles -- 5. Domestic theories of justice -- 6. Political realism and the society of societies -- 7. Cosmopolitanism -- 8. The ethical...

1. Modeling accuracy of promised ship date and IT costs in a supply chain / Young M. Lee -- 2. Cost estimation in a capacitated environment / Mark Eklin, Yohanan Arzi, Avraham Shtub -- 3. Analysis of financial returns and risks of implementing RFID for supply chains / Ertunga C. Özelkan, Agnes...

This title highlights the broad range of topics that fall under the term knowledge management, thus emphasizing the large role knowledge management plays in organizations. As a compilation of some of the most recent work in the field, the included chapters truly present innovations in how...

There is a large increase in the amount of information available on World Wide Web and also in number of online databases. This information abundance increases the complexity of locating relevant information. Such a complexity drives the need for improved and intelligent systems for search and...

This book highlights the development of robust and effective vision-based motion understanding systems, addressing a broad audience including practicing professionals working with specific vision applications such as surveillance, sport event analysis, healthcare, video conferencing, and motion...

This book provides insights and experiences from e-learning experts from around the world. It addresses the institutional, pedagogical, and technological issues that higher education institutions are grappling with as they move from conventional face-to-face teaching to e-learning in its diverse...

This book offers technical skills as well as strategic insights on how to manage software projects, deploy object-oriented software development processes, understand the current trends and make the transition from structured to object-oriented techniques.