Encyclopedia of information science and technology. Vol. 3 Des - F

Editorial Advisory Board......Page 3
List of Contributors......Page 4
Contents
by Category......Page 28
Contents
by Volume......Page 66
Accessibility of Online Library Information for
People with Disabilities......Page 109
Actionable Knowledge Discovery......Page 116
Active Patient Role in Recording Health Data......Page 122
Actor-Network Theory Applied to Information
Systems Research......Page 128
Adaptive Mobile Applications......Page 133
Adaptive Playout Buffering Schemes for IP
Voice Communication......Page 138
Addressing the Central Problem in Cyber
Ethics through Stories......Page 145
Adoption of E-Commerce in SMEs......Page 149
Adoption of Electronic Commerce by Small
Businesses......Page 154
The Adoption of IS/IT Evaluation
Methodologies in Australian Public Sector
Organizations......Page 161
Advanced Techniques for Object-Based Image
Retrieval......Page 167
Advances in Tracking and Recognition of
Human Motion......Page 173
Aesthetics in Software Engineering......Page 180
African-Americans and the Digital Divide......Page 186
Agent Technology......Page 191
Agent-Based Negotiation in E-Marketing......Page 196
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering......Page 201
Agents and Payment Systems in E-Commerce......Page 207
Agile Information Technology Infrastructures......Page 212
Agile Knowledge Management......Page 220
Agile Methodology Adoption......Page 226
Alignment of Business and Knowledge
Management Strategy......Page 232
Alignment with Sound Relationships and SLA
Support......Page 238
Ambient Intelligence in Perspective......Page 244
Analysis and Modelling of Hierarchical Fuzzy
Logic Systems......Page 249
Anonymous Communications in Computer
Networks......Page 256
Ant Colony Algorithms for Data Classification......Page 262
Antecedents of Trust in Online Communities......Page 268
Anytime, Anywhere Mobility......Page 272
Application of Cognitive Map in Knowledge
Management......Page 277
Application of Fuzzy Logic to Fraud Detection......Page 285
Application Service Provision for Intelligent
Enterprises......Page 290
Applications for Data Mining Techniques in
Customer Relationship Management......Page 296
Applying a Teaching Strategy to Create a
Collaborative Educational Mode......Page 301
Applying Evaluation to Information Science
and Technology......Page 308
An Approach to Optimize Multicast Transport
Protocols......Page 314
Approaches to Telemedicine......Page 320
Architecture Methods and Frameworks
Overview......Page 326
Architectures for Rich Internet Real-Time
Games......Page 334
Archival Issues Related to Digital Creations......Page 340
Artificial Intelligence and Investing......Page 345
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Tourism......Page 349
Assessing Critical Success Factors of ERP
Implementation......Page 356
Assessing ERP Risks and Rewards......Page 364
Association Rules Mining for RetailOrganizations......Page 370
Attribute Grammars and Their Applications......Page 376
Audience-Driven Design Approach for Web
Systems......Page 382
Audio Analysis Applications for Music......Page 387
Authentication Methods for Computer
Systems Security......Page 396
Autognomic Intellisite......Page 402
Automation of American Criminal Justice......Page 408
Autopoietic Approach for InformationSystem and Knowledge ManagementSystem Development......Page 411
Bankruptcy Prediction through Artificial
Intelligence......Page 416
Barriers to Successful Knowledge
Management......Page 423
Benefits Realization through the Treatment of
Organizational Issues......Page 430
Best Practices for IS&T Supervisors......Page 437
Better Executive Information with the
Dashboard Approach......Page 443
Bibliomining for Library Decision-Making......Page 449
Biometric Authentication......Page 454
Biometric Identification Techniques......Page 463
Biometric Paradigm Using Visual Evoked
Potential......Page 470
Biometric Technologies......Page 477
Blended Learning Models......Page 483
Bonded Design......Page 491
Bridging the Digital Divide in Scotland......Page 497
A Brief Introduction to Sociotechnical Systems......Page 502
Building and Management of Trust inNetworked Information Systems......Page 509
Building Educational Technology Partnerships
through Participatory Design......Page 518
Building Local Capacity via Scaleable
Web-Based Services......Page 523
Building Police/Community Relations through
Virtual Communities......Page 529
Building Secure and Dependable Online
Gaming Applications......Page 536
Building Wireless Grids......Page 541
Business Informatization Level......Page 546
Business IT Systems Implementation......Page 553
Business Model Application of UML
Stereotypes......Page 559
Business Models for Municipal Broadband
Networks......Page 565
Business Process and Workflow Modeling in
Web Services......Page 574
Business Processes and Knowledge
Management......Page 579
Business Relationships and Organizational
Structures in E-Business......Page 585
Business Strategies for Outsourcing
Information Technology Work......Page 591
Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
in Developing Countries......Page 597
Challenges in Data Mining on Medical
Databases......Page 610
Challenges of Interoperability in an Ecosystem......Page 620
Characteristics and Technologies of Advanced
CNC Systems......Page 627
Chief Knowledge Officers......Page 635
A Classical Uncertainty Principle for
Organizations......Page 640
A Classification of Approaches to
Web-Enhanced Learning......Page 646
Classification of Semantic Web Technologies......Page 653
Client Expectations in Virtual
Construction Concepts......Page 664
Cluster Analysis Using Rough Clustering and
k-Means Clustering......Page 669
Clustering Algorithms for Data Streams......Page 674
Cognitive Research in Information Systems......Page 680
A Cognitively-Based Framework for Evaluating
Multimedia Systems......Page 686
Collaborative Virtual Environments......Page 691
Combination of Forecasts in Data Mining......Page 697
Combining Local and Global Expertise in
Services......Page 702
Communicability of Natural Language in
Software Representations......Page 709
Communication Integration in VirtualConstruction......Page 715
A Comparison of Data Modeling in UML and
ORM......Page 721
Completeness Concerns in Requirements
Engineering......Page 727
Complex Organizations and InformationSystems......Page 733
Complexity Factors in Networked and Virtual
Working Environments......Page 742
Computational Biology......Page 749
Computer Attitude and Anxiety......Page 755
Computer Music Interface Evaluation......Page 762
Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Cardiac
Arrhythmias......Page 769
Computing Curriculum Analysis and
Development......Page 775
Concept-Oriented Programming......Page 780
Concepts and Dynamics of the Application
Service Provider Industry......Page 789
Conceptual Commonalities in Modeling of
Business and IT Artifacts......Page 794
Consistent Queries over Databases withIntegrity Constraints......Page 799
Constructionist Organizational Data Mining......Page 804
Constructivism in Online Distance Education......Page 809
Constructivist Apprenticeship throughAntagonistic Programming Activities......Page 816
Contactless Payment with RFID and NFC......Page 823
Contemporary Concerns of Digital Divide in
an Information Society......Page 830
Contemporary Instructional Design......Page 836
Contemporary Issues in Teaching and
Learning with Technology......Page 840
Contemporary IT-Assisted Retail Management......Page 845
Content-Based Image Retrieval......Page 852
Content-Based Retrieval Concept......Page 858
A Content-Sensitive Approach to Search in
Shared File Storages......Page 863
Context-Aware Framework for ERP......Page 870
Contingency Theory, Agent-Based Systems,
and a Virtual Advisor......Page 874
Contributions of Information TechnologyTools to Project’s Accounting and Financing......Page 880
Creating Order from Chaos: Application of the
Intelligence Continuum for Emergency and
Disaster Scenarios......Page 889
Creating Software System Context Glossaries......Page 897
Creating Superior Knowledge Discovery
Solutions......Page 903
Credit Risk Assessment and Data Mining......Page 908
Critical Realism as an Underlying Philosophy
for IS Research......Page 914
Critical Realist Information Systems Research......Page 919
Critical Success Factors for DistanceEducation Programs......Page 926
Critical Success Factors for E-Health......Page 932
Critical Trends, Tools, and Issues in
Telecommunications......Page 939
Cross-Cultural Challenges for InformationResources Management......Page 948
Cross-Cultural Research in MIS......Page 955
Cultural Diversity in Collaborative Learning
Systems......Page 960
Cultural Issues in the Globalisation of
Distance Education......Page 966
Cultural Motives in Information Systems
Acceptance and Use......Page 972
Culture and Anonymity in GSS Meetings......Page 980
Current Network Security Technology......Page 987
Current Practices in Electroencephalogram-
Based Brain-Computer Interfaces......Page 996
Customer Relationship Management and
Knowledge Discovery in Database......Page 1010
Data Communications and E-Learning......Page 1016
Data Dissemination in Mobile Databases......Page 1022
Data Mining......Page 1029
Data Mining in Franchising......Page 1035
Data Mining in Tourism......Page 1044
Data Streams as an Element of Modern
Decision Support......Page 1049
Database Benchmarks......Page 1058
Database Integration in the Grid Infrastructure......Page 1063
Database Integrity Checking......Page 1069
Database Support for M-Commerce and
L-Commerce......Page 1075
Decision Support Systems in Small Businesses......Page 1082
Decision-Making Support Systems......Page 1086
Delivering Web-Based Education......Page 1093
Democratic E-Governance......Page 1098
Departure of the Expert Systems Project
Champion......Page 1104
Deploying Pervasive Technologies......Page 1109
Deriving Formal Specifications from Natural
Language Requirements......Page 1115
Design and Development of Communities ofWeb Services......Page 1132
Design and Implementation of Scenario
Management Systems......Page 1138
Design Levels for Distance and Online
Learning......Page 1148
Design Patterns from Theory to Practice......Page 1155
Designing Agents with Negotiation
Capabilities......Page 1161
Designing Learner-Centered Multimedia
Technology......Page 1167
Designing Web Systems for Adaptive
Technology......Page 1173
Developing a Web Service Security Framework......Page 1180
Developing an Effective Online EvaluationSystem......Page 1187
Developing the Enterprise Architect
Perspective......Page 1193
Developing Trust in Virtual Teams......Page 1200
Diffusion of E-Learning as an Educational
Innovation......Page 1205
A Diffusion-Based Investigation into the Use
of Lotus Domino Discussion Databases......Page 1209
Digital Asset Management Concepts......Page 1216
From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities......Page 1222
Digital Game-Based Learning in Higher
Education......Page 1228
Digital Identity in Current Networks......Page 1233
Digital Knowledge Management Artifacts and
the Growing Digital Divide: A New Research
Agenda......Page 1241
Digital Literacy and the Position of the
End-User......Page 1250
Digital Video Broadcasting Applications for
Handhelds......Page 1255
Digital Watermarking Techniques......Page 1261
Distance Education Initiatives Apart from the
PC......Page 1270
Distance Education Teaching Methods in
Childcare Management......Page 1276
Distance Learning Overview......Page 1282
Distributed Construction through
Participatory Design......Page 1289
Distributed Geospatial Processing Services......Page 1294
Distributed Systems for Virtual Museums......Page 1302
A Duplicate Chinese Document ImageRetrieval System......Page 1311
Dynamic Taxonomies for Intelligent
Information Access......Page 1317
E-Book Technology in Libraries......Page 1324
E-Business Systems Security in Intelligent
Organizations......Page 1330
E-Collaboration in Organizations......Page 1335
E-Commerce Taxation Issues......Page 1340
E-Contracting Challenges......Page 1345
eCRM Marketing Intelligence in a
Manufacturing Environment......Page 1352
Education for Library and Information Science
Professionals......Page 1359
The Effect of Sound Relationships on SLA’s......Page 1363
Effective Leadership of Virtual Teams......Page 1368
Effective Learning Through Optimum Distance
Among Team Members......Page 1376
Effective Virtual Teams......Page 1380
Effectiveness of Web Services: Mobile Agents
Approach in E-Commerce System......Page 1387
Effects of Extrinsic Rewards on Knowledge
Sharing Initiatives......Page 1395
Efficient Multirate Filtering......Page 1402
From E-Governance Towards E-Societal
Management......Page 1408
E-Government and Digital Divide in
Developing Countries......Page 1418
E-Government and E-Democracy in the
Making......Page 1426
E-Learning Adaptability and Social
Responsibility......Page 1431
Electronic Government and Integrated Library
Systems......Page 1437
Electronic Marketplace Support for B2B
Business Transactions......Page 1443
Electronic Payment......Page 1449
E-Libraries and Distance Learning......Page 1457
E-Logistics: The Slowly Evolving Platform
Undrepinning E-Business......Page 1462
Emergence Index in Image Databases......Page 1469
Emerging Online E-Payment and Issues of
Adoption......Page 1474
E-Negotiation Support Systems Overview......Page 1482
Energy Management in Wireless Networked
Embedded Systems......Page 1489
Enhancing Workplaces with Constructive
Online Recreation......Page 1495
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Maintenance Metrics for Management......Page 1500
Enterprise Resource Planning and Integration......Page 1506
Entrepreneurship in the Internet......Page 1513
Envisaging Business Integration in the
Insurance Sector......Page 1520
ERP and the Best-of-Breed Alternative......Page 1528
ERP Systems’ Life Cycle: An Extended Version......Page 1534
Establishing the Credibility of Social Web
Applications......Page 1540
E-Technology Challenges to Information
Privacy......Page 1546
Ethical Issues in Conducting Online Research......Page 1551
Ethics of New Technologies......Page 1558
Evaluating Computer-Supported Learning
Initiatives......Page 1562
Evaluating UML Using a Generic Quality
Framework......Page 1567
Evaluating Computer Network Packet
Inter-Arrival Distributions......Page 1573
Evolution of Post-Secondary Distance
Education......Page 1579
Executive Judgment in E-Business Strategy......Page 1585
Explicit and Tacit Knowledge: To Share or
Not to Share......Page 1591
Exploiting Context in Mobile Applications......Page 1599
Exploiting the Strategic Potential of
Data Mining......Page 1606
Extensions to UML Using Stereotypes......Page 1613
Extreme Programming for Web Applications......Page 1618
Facilitating Roles an E-Instructor Undertakes......Page 1624
Factors for Global Diffusion of the Internet......Page 1630
Faculty Competencies and Incentives for
Teaching in E-Learning Environments......Page 1635
Financial Trading Systems Using Artificial
Neural Networks......Page 1640
Focused Requirements Engineering Method
for Web Application Development......Page 1645
A Formal Definition of Information Systems......Page 1654
Formal Development of Reactive Agent-Based
Systems......Page 1663
Formalization Process in Software
Development......Page 1667
Foundations for MDA Case Tools......Page 1674
A Framework for Communicability of Software
Documentation......Page 1682
Framing Political, Personal Expression on the
Web......Page 1688
Free and Open Source Software......Page 1694
Functional and Object-Oriented Methodology
for Analysis and Design......Page 1700
Fundamentals of Multirate Systems......Page 1709
Fuzzy and Probabilistic Object-Oriented
Databases......Page 1714
Genetic Algorithms in Multimodal Search
Space......Page 1729
Geographic Information Systems as Decision
Tools......Page 1738
Geography and Public Health......Page 1742
Geospatial Information Systems and
Enterprise Collaboration......Page 1754
Geospatial Interoperability......Page 1760
GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental
Risk Assessment......Page 1767
Global Digital Divide......Page 1772
Global Software Team and Inexperienced
Software Team......Page 1779
Globalization of Consumer E-Commerce......Page 1786
Governance Structures for IT in the Health
Care Industry......Page 1793
Government Intervention in SMEs
E-Commerce Adoption......Page 1797
Graph Encoding and Transitive Closure
Representation......Page 1804
Handheld Programming Languages
and Environments......Page 1816
Handling Extemporaneous Information in
Requirements Engineering......Page 1826
Heuristics in Medical Data Mining......Page 1831
High-Performance Virtual Teams......Page 1835
Highly Available Database Management
Systems......Page 1841
Histogram Generation from the HSV Color
Space......Page 1846
Histogram-Based Compression of Databases
and Data Cubes......Page 1851
Historical Overview of Decision
Support Systems (DSS)......Page 1861
History of Artificial Intelligence......Page 1867
History of Artificial Intelligence Before
Computers......Page 1871
History of Simulation......Page 1877
How Teachers Use Instructional Design in Real
Classrooms......Page 1885
Human-Centric E-Business......Page 1890
ICT and E-Democracy......Page 1897
ICT Exacerbates the Human Side of the Digital
Divide......Page 1902
IDS and IPS Systems in Wireless
Communication Scenarios......Page 1907
Image Compression Concepts Overview......Page 1913
Image Segmentation Evaluation in this
Century......Page 1920
Image Segmentation in the Last 40 Years......Page 1926
Imaging Advances of the Cardiopulmonary
System......Page 1932
The Impact of Network-Based Parameters on
Gamer Experience......Page 1938
The Impact of Risks and Challenges in
E-Commerce Adoption Among SMEs......Page 1946
Impediments for Knowledge Sharing in
Professional Service Firms......Page 1953
Implementation Management of an
E-Commerce-Enabled Enterprise Information
System......Page 1959
Implementation of ERP in Human Resource
Management......Page 1964
Implementation of Programming Languages
Syntax and Semantics......Page 1971
Implementation of Web Accessibility Related
Laws......Page 1978
Improving Data Quality in Health Care......Page 1985
Improving Public Sector Service Delivery
through Knowledge Sharing......Page 1990
Improving the Usability in Learning and
Course Materials......Page 1995
Improving Virtual Teams through Creativity......Page 2001
An Inclusive IS&T Work Climate......Page 2007
Increasing the Accuracy of Predictive
Algorithms: A Review of Ensembles of
Classifiers......Page 2014
Indexing Techniques for Spatiotemporal
Databases......Page 2019
Indexing Textual Information......Page 2025
Indicators and Measures of E-Government......Page 2031
Individual-Based Modeling of Bacterial
Genetic Elements......Page 2038
Influential Agile Software Parameters......Page 2046
Information and Communication Technology
for E-Regions......Page 2052
Information Fusion of Multi-Sensor Images......Page 2058
From Information Management to Knowledge
Management......Page 2065
Information Project Assessment by the ANDA
Method......Page 2072
Information Resources Development in China......Page 2081
Information Sharing in Innovation Networks......Page 2087
Information Society Discourse......Page 2093
Information Systems and Small Business......Page 2102
Information Systems Curriculum Using an
Ecological Model......Page 2106
Information Systems Research Relevance......Page 2112
Information Technology Business Continuity......Page 2118
Information Technology in Franchising......Page 2124
Information Technology in Survey Research......Page 2132
Information Technology Outsourcing......Page 2138
Information Technology Strategy in
Knowledge Diffusion Lifecycle......Page 2144
Inheritance in Programming Languages......Page 2150
Innovation Generation and InnovationAdoption......Page 2156
Innovations for Online Collaborative Learning
in Mathematics......Page 2163
Innovative Thinking in Software Development......Page 2169
Institutional Isomorphism and New
Technologies......Page 2174
Instructional Support for Distance Education......Page 2180
Integrating Domain Analysis into Formal
Specifications......Page 2186
Integrating Enterprise Systems......Page 2194
Integrating Natural Language Requirements
Models with MDA......Page 2199
Integration of MES and ERP......Page 2211
Integrative Document and Content
Management Solutions......Page 2215
Intellectual Property Protection on Multimedia
Digital Library......Page 2221
Intelligent Information Systems......Page 2226
Intelligent Software Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems......Page 2234
Intelligent Agents and Their Applications......Page 2240
Intelligent Software Agents in E-Commerce......Page 2245
Intelligent Technologies for Tourism......Page 2249
Interactive Television Context and Advertising
Recall......Page 2255
Interface Design Issues for Mobile Commerce......Page 2261
International Digital Studies Approach for
Examining International Online Interactions......Page 2267
International Standards for Image
Compression......Page 2272
Internet Abuse and Addiction in the
Workplace......Page 2278
Internet and Multimedia Communications......Page 2284
The Internet and SMEs in Sub-Saharan African
Countries: An Analysis in Nigeria......Page 2291
The Internet and Tertiary Education......Page 2297
Internet Auctions......Page 2303
Internet Diffusion in the Hospitality Industry......Page 2308
Internet Work/Play Balance......Page 2313
Interventions and Solutions in Gender and IT......Page 2324
An Intranet within a Knowledge Management
Strategy......Page 2329
Introduction to Basic Concepts and
Considerations of Wireless Networking
Security......Page 2335
Intrusion Detection Based on P2P Software......Page 2340
Intrusion Tolerance in Information Systems......Page 2347
Inventing the Future of E-Health......Page 2352
Investigating Internet Relationships......Page 2357
IS Project Management Contemporary
Research Challenges......Page 2362
Isochronous Distributed Multimedia
Synchronization......Page 2368
Issues in Using Web-Based Course Resources......Page 2374
Issues of E-Learning in Third World Countries......Page 2381
IT Application Development with Web Services......Page 2386
IT Evaluation Practices in Electronic Customer
Relationship Management (eCRM)......Page 2393
IT Outsourcing Practices in Australia and
Taiwan......Page 2399
IT Supporting Strategy Formulation......Page 2406
Key Factors and Implications for
E-Government Diffusion in Developed
Economies......Page 2413
Keystroke Dynamics and Graphical
Authentication Systems......Page 2421
Knowledge Architecture and Knowledge Flows......Page 2427
Knowledge Combination vs. Meta-Learning......Page 2433
Knowledge Discovery from Genomics
Microarrays......Page 2440
Knowledge Flow Identification......Page 2445
Knowledge Management as Organizational
Strategy......Page 2451
Knowledge Management Challenges in the
Non-Profit Sector......Page 2456
Knowledge Management for Production......Page 2463
Knowledge Management in E-Government......Page 2469
Knowledge Management Systems Acceptance......Page 2476
Knowledge Management Technology in Local
Government......Page 2481
Knowledge Sharing Tools for IT Project
Management......Page 2488
A Language/Action Based Approach to
Information Modelling......Page 2494
Leader-Facilitated Relationship Building inVirtual Teams......Page 2498
Leapfrogging an IT Sector......Page 2504
Learnability......Page 2508
Learning Systems Engineering......Page 2512
Legal Issues of Virtual Organizations......Page 2519
Leveraging Complementarity in Creating
Business Value for E-Business......Page 2522
Linguistic Indexing of Images with Database
Mediation......Page 2528
Linking Individual Learning Plans to
ePortfolios......Page 2534
Linking Information Technology, Knowledge
Management, and Strategic Experimentation......Page 2539
Lip Extraction for Lipreading and Speaker
Authentication......Page 2545
A Literacy Integral Definition......Page 2553
Location Information Management in LBS
Applications......Page 2558
Location-Based Services......Page 2564
Machine Learning......Page 2570
Machine Learning Through Data Mining......Page 2577
Making Sense of IS Failures......Page 2584
Management Considerations for B2B Online
Exchanges......Page 2592
Managing Converging Content in
Organizations......Page 2598
Managing IS Security and Privacy......Page 2605
Managing Organizational Knowledge in the
Age of Social Computing......Page 2612
Managing Relationships in Virtual Team
Socialization......Page 2618
Managing the Integrated Online Marketing
Communication......Page 2625
Marketing Vulnerabilities in an Age of Online
Commerce......Page 2633
Measurement Issues in Decision Support
Systems......Page 2638
Measuring Collaboration in Online
Communication......Page 2645
Metrics for the Evaluation of Test-Delivery
Systems......Page 2650
Micro and Macro Level Issues in Curriculum
Development......Page 2654
Migration of Legacy Information Systems......Page 2659
Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security
Vulnerabilities......Page 2665
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks......Page 2670
Mobile Agent Authentication and
Authorization in E-Commerce......Page 2675
Mobile Agent-Based Information Systems and
Security......Page 2682
Mobile Commerce and the Evolving Wireless
Technologies......Page 2688
Mobile Commerce Technology......Page 2692
Mobile Location Services......Page 2698
Mobile Positioning Technology......Page 2703
Mobile Spatial Interaction and Mediated Social
Navigation......Page 2712
Mobile Technology Usage in Business
Relationships......Page 2717
Mobile Telecommunications and
M-Commerce Applications......Page 2722
Mobile Payment......Page 2727
Mobility-Aware Grid Computing......Page 2734
A Model for Characterizing Web Engineering......Page 2739
Modeling ERP Academic Deployment via
Adaptive Structuration Theory......Page 2746
Modeling for E-Learning Systems......Page 2754
Modeling Information Systems in UML......Page 2759
Modeling Security Requirements for
Trustworthy Systems......Page 2765
Models and Techniques for Approximate
Queries in OLAP......Page 2773
Models in E-Learning Systems......Page 2779
Model-Supported Alignment of IS
Architecture......Page 2784
Moderation in Government-Run Online Fora......Page 2790
Modern Passive Optical Network (PON)
Technologies......Page 2797
Monitoring Strategies for Internet
Technologies......Page 2806
Motivation for Using Microcomputers......Page 2812
Motivational Matrix for Educational Games......Page 2818
Motivations for Internet Use......Page 2824
Multi-Agent Simulation in Organizations:
An Overview......Page 2836
Multiagent Systems in the Web......Page 2842
A Multidisciplinary View of Data Quality......Page 2849
Multimedia Content Adaptation......Page 2856
Multimedia Information Filtering......Page 2863
Multimedia Software Interface Design for
Special-Needs Users......Page 2869
Music Score Watermarking......Page 2875
Neo-Symbiosis......Page 2881
Network Effects of Knowledge Diffusion in
Network Economy......Page 2886
Network Worms......Page 2891
Networked Virtual Environments......Page 2897
Neural Networks for Automobile Insurance
Pricing......Page 2902
Neural Networks for Intrusion Detection......Page 2908
Neural Networks for Retail Sales Forecasting......Page 2914
New Perspectives on Rewards and Knowledge
Sharing......Page 2919
New Technologies in Hospital Information
Systems......Page 2925
Next-Generation Enterprise Systems......Page 2929
The Nomological Network and the Research
Continuum......Page 2935
Nonlinear Approach to Brain Signal Modeling......Page 2942
Nonspeech Audio-Based Interfaces......Page 2948
Object Classification Using CaRBS......Page 2958
Object-Oriented Software Reuse in Business
Systems......Page 2963
Observations on Implementing Specializations
within an IT Program......Page 2970
Offshore Software Development Outsourcing......Page 2977
OMIS-Based Collaboration with
Service-Oriented Design......Page 2983
On a Design of Narrowband FIR Low-Pass
Filters......Page 2990
One Organization, One Strategy......Page 2996
Online Communities and Community Building......Page 3001
Online Communities and Online Community
Building......Page 3007
Online Learning as a Form of Accommodation......Page 3014
Online Student and Instructor Characteristics......Page 3019
Organization of Home Video......Page 3025
Organizational Aspects of Cyberloafing......Page 3031
Organizational Assimilation Capacity and IT
Business Value......Page 3037
Organizational Hypermedia Document
Management Through Metadata......Page 3042
Organizational Project Management Models......Page 3049
An Overview of Asynchronous Online Learning......Page 3056
Overview of Electronic Auctions......Page 3061
An Overview of Enterprise Resource Planning
for Intelligent Enterprises......Page 3066
An Overview of Executive Information Systems(EIS) Research in South Africa......Page 3072
An Overview of Knowledge Translation......Page 3079
An Overview of Semantic-Based Visual
Information Retrieval......Page 3086
An Overview of Software Engineering Process
and Its Improvement......Page 3092
An Overview of Threats to Information
Security......Page 3098
An Overview of Trust Evaluation Models
within E-Commerce Domain......Page 3104
An Overview of Wireless Network Concepts......Page 3110
OWL: Web Ontology Language......Page 3117
Parallel and Distributed Visualization
Advances......Page 3126
Pattern-Oriented Use Case Modeling......Page 3134
Patterns in the Field of Software Engineering......Page 3140
Pedagogical Perspectives on M-Learning......Page 3149
Peer-to-Peer Computing......Page 3155
Performance Implications of Pure, Applied,
and Fully Formalized Communities of Practice......Page 3161
Personalization in the Information Era......Page 3167
Personalization Technologies in Cyberspace......Page 3173
Perspectives of Transnational Education......Page 3180
Pervasive Wireless Sensor Networks......Page 3188
Physiologic Adaptation by Means of
Antagonistic Dynamics......Page 3194
Policy Frameworks for Secure Electronic
Business......Page 3201
Policy Options for E-Education in Nigeria......Page 3206
Predictive Data Mining: A Survey of
Regression Methods......Page 3213
A Primer on Text-Data Analysis......Page 3219
Principles of Digital Video Coding......Page 3227
Process-Aware Information Systems for
Virtual Teamwork......Page 3233
Process-Based Data Mining......Page 3240
Project Management and Graduate Education......Page 3245
Project-Based Software Risk Management
Approaches......Page 3250
PROLOG......Page 3255
Prolonging the Aging of Software Systems......Page 3260
Promotion of E-Government in Japan and Its
Operation......Page 3269
Proxy Caching Strategies for Internet Media
Streaming......Page 3274
Qualitative Methods in IS Research......Page 3279
Qualitative Spatial Reasoning......Page 3283
Quality Assurance Issues for Online
Universities......Page 3289
Quality-of-Service Routing......Page 3294
Quantum Cryptography Protocols for
Information Security......Page 3299
Real Time Interface for Fluidized Bed Reactor
Simulator......Page 3313
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)......Page 3321
Real-Time Thinking in the Digital Era......Page 3327
Recent Progress in Image and Video
Segmentation for CBVIR......Page 3332
Reconciling the Perceptions and Aspirations
of Stakeholders in a Technology Based
Profession......Page 3338
Reconfigurable Computing Technologies
Overview......Page 3349
Referential Constraints......Page 3359
Relating Cognitive Problem-Solving Style to
User Resistance......Page 3366
Reliability Growth Models for Defect
Prediction......Page 3371
Representational Decision Support Systems
Success Surrogates......Page 3376
A Requirement Elicitation Methodology for
Global Software Development Teams......Page 3381
Requirements Prioritization Techniques......Page 3391
Researching Technological Innovation in Small
Business......Page 3400
Risk Management in the Digital Economy......Page 3406
A Road Map for the Validation, Verification
and Testing of Discrete Event Simulation......Page 3414
Robustness in Neural Networks......Page 3422
The Role of Business Case Development in the
Diffusion of Innovations Theory for Enterprise
Information Systems......Page 3430
The Role of E-Services in the Library
Virtualization Process......Page 3440
The Role of Human Factors in Web
Personalization Environments......Page 3446
The Role of Information in the Choice of IT as
a Career......Page 3453
Satellite Network Security......Page 3458
Satellite-Based Mobile Multiservices Platform......Page 3464
Sectoral Analysis of ICT Use in Nigeria......Page 3472
Security and Privacy in Social Networks......Page 3477
Security and Reliability of RFID Technology
in Supply Chain Management......Page 3485
Security for Electronic Commerce......Page 3491
Security Issues in Distributed Transaction
Processing Systems......Page 3500
Security Issues in Mobile Code Paradigms......Page 3504
Security-Based Knowledge Management......Page 3509
Self Organization Algorithms for Mobile
Devices......Page 3514
Self-Organization in Social Software for
Learning......Page 3521
Semantic Video Analysis and Understanding......Page 3527
Semantic Web and E-Tourism......Page 3534
Semantic Web in E-Government......Page 3541
Semantic Web Uncertainty Management......Page 3547
Service Description Ontologies......Page 3553
Shortest Path Routing Algorithms in
Multihop Networks......Page 3560
Signal Processing Techniques for Audio and
Speech Applications......Page 3565
Simulation for Supporting Business
Engineering of Service Networks......Page 3570
Simulation Model of Ant Colony Optimization
for the FJSSP......Page 3576
Simulation, Games, and Virtual Environments
in IT Education......Page 3583
Smart Assets Through Digital Capabilities......Page 3588
Smart Learning through Pervasive Computing
Devices......Page 3594
SMEs Amidst Global Technological Changes......Page 3600
Social and Legal Dimensions of Online
Pornography......Page 3604
Social Learning Aspects of Knowledge
Management......Page 3609
Socio-Cognitive Model of Trust......Page 3616
Sociological Insights in Structuring Australian
Distance Education......Page 3621
Software Agents in E-Commerce Systems......Page 3628
Software and Systems Engineering Integration......Page 3633
The Software Industry in Egypt as a Potential
Contributor to Economic Growth......Page 3639
Software Reuse in Hypermedia Applications......Page 3646
Solutions for Wireless City Networks in
Finland......Page 3650
Spatial Data Infrastructures......Page 3656
Spatial Search Engines......Page 3662
Sponsorship in IT Project Management......Page 3667
Spreadsheet End User Development and
Knowledge Management......Page 3672
Standardization in Learning Technology......Page 3678
Staying Up to Date with Changes in IT......Page 3685
Strategic Alignment Between Business and
Information Technology......Page 3690
Strategic IT Investment Decisions......Page 3697
Strategic Knowledge Management in PublicOrganizations......Page 3702
A Structured Approach to Developing a
Business Case for New Enterprise Information
Systems......Page 3708
A Study of Image Engineering......Page 3716
Supporting E-Commerce Strategy through
Web Initiatives......Page 3724
Supporting Quality of Service for Internet
Multimedia Applications......Page 3730
Supporting Real-Time Services in Mobile
Ad-Hoc Networks......Page 3737
Supporting the Evaluation of Intelligent
Sources......Page 3743
Supporting the Mentoring Process......Page 3749
System Dynamics Based Technology for
Decision Support......Page 3755
Systems Thinking and the Internet from
Independence to Interdependence......Page 3759
Taxonomy of C2C E-Commerce Venues......Page 3771
Technical Communication in an Information
Society......Page 3776
Technological and Social Issues of
E-Collaboration Support Systems......Page 3782
Technologies for Information Access and
Knowledge Management......Page 3788
Technologies in Support of Knowledge
Management Systems......Page 3794
Technology and Transformation in
Government......Page 3803
Technology Discourses in Globalization
Debates......Page 3808
Technology Leapfrogging for Developing
Countries......Page 3815
Technology-Enhanced Progressive Inquiry in
Higher Education......Page 3822
Teens and Information and Communication
Technologies......Page 3829
Telemedicine Applications and Challenges......Page 3836
Telescopic Ads on Interactive Digital
Television......Page 3842
Testing Graphical User Interfaces......Page 3847
Third Places in the Blackosphere......Page 3853
3-D Digitization Methodologies for CulturalArtifacts......Page 3858
3D Graphics Standardization in MPEG-4......Page 3865
T-Learning Technologies......Page 3873
Toward a Framework of Programming
Pedagogy......Page 3880
Toward Societal Acceptance of ArtificialBeings......Page 3886
Transforming Recursion to Iteration in
Programming......Page 3892
Transmission of Scalable Video in Computer
Networks......Page 3897
The Trends and Problems of Virtual Schools......Page 3903
Trends in Information Technology Governance......Page 3909
Trends in the Higher Education E-Learning
Markets......Page 3915
Triangular Strategic Analysis for Hybrid
E-Retailers......Page 3922
Triune Continuum Paradigm......Page 3929
Trust in B2C E-Commerce Interface......Page 3934
Trust Management in Virtual Product
Development Networks......Page 3939
U.S. Disabilities Legislation Affecting
Electronic and Information Technology......Page 3948
U.S. Information Security Law and Regulation......Page 3953
Ubiquitous Computing and Communication
for Product Monitoring......Page 3959
Underwater Wireless Networking Techniques......Page 3966
Underwriting Automobile Insurance Using
Artificial Neural Networks......Page 3973
Unified Modeling Language 2.0......Page 3979
A University/Community Partnership to Bridge
the Digital Divide......Page 3988
Updated Architectures for the Integration of
Decision Making Support Functionalities......Page 3992
Usability Engineering of User-Centered
Web Sites......Page 3998
Usability Evaluation of E-Learning Systems......Page 4005
Usable M-Commerce Systems......Page 4012
Use Cases in the UML......Page 4017
The Use of Electronic Banking and New
Technologies in Cash Management......Page 4022
The Use of ICTs in Small Business......Page 4029
User Modeling and Personalization of
Advanced Information Systems......Page 4036
User Profile Modeling and Learning......Page 4042
Using an Architecture Approach to Manage
Business Processes......Page 4048
Using Audience Response Systems in the
Classroom......Page 4055
Using Ontology and User Profile for Web
Services Query......Page 4061
Using Prolog for Developing Real World
Artificial Intelligence Applications......Page 4068
Video Content-Based Retrieval......Page 4073
Videoconferencing for Schools in the Digital
Age......Page 4078
Viewing Text-Based Group Support Systems......Page 4083
Virtual Communities of Practice......Page 4089
Virtual Communities of Practice for Health
Care Professionals......Page 4094
Virtual Corporations......Page 4100
Virtual Organization......Page 4105
A Virtual Reality System for Learning Science
in a Science Center......Page 4112
Virtual Teams......Page 4120
Virtual Work Research Agenda......Page 4126
Virtual Work, Trust and Rationality......Page 4132
Virtualization and Its Role in Business......Page 4136
Visual Medical Information Analysis......Page 4142
Web Access by Older Adult Users......Page 4149
Web Accessibility and Compliance Issues......Page 4155
Web-Based GIS......Page 4161
Web Caching......Page 4166
Web Portal Research Issues......Page 4172
Web Services Coordination for Business
Transactions......Page 4178
Web Usability......Page 4185
Web Usage Mining......Page 4190
Web-Based 3D Real Time Experimentation......Page 4196
Web-Based Algorithm and Program
Visualization for Education......Page 4201
Web-Based Customer Loyalty Efforts and
Effects on E-Business Strategy......Page 4207
Web-Based Expert Systems......Page 4213
Web-Based Personal Digital Library......Page 4219
A Web-Enabled Course Partnership......Page 4227
A Web-Geographical Information System toSupport Territorial Data Integration......Page 4233
Wireless Ad Hoc Networking......Page 4238
Wireless Networks for Vehicular Support......Page 4243
Wireless Technologies to Enable Electronic
Business......Page 4249
The World Wide Web and Cross-Cultural
Teaching in Online Education......Page 4254
Index......Page 4263