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Advances_in Audio and Speech Signal Processing: Technologies and Applications.
| Author | Hector Perez-Meana |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
Provides a comprehensive approach of signal processing tools regarding the enhancement, recognition, and protection of speech and audio signals. Offers researchers and practitioners the information they need to develop and implement efficient signal processing algorithms in the enhancement field.
The Art of Mixing: A Visual Guide to Recording, Engineering, and Production, 2nd ed.
| Author | David Gibson |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date of Publication | c2005 |
| Publisher | ArtistPro Publishing |
A revised full-color edition with even more examples of musical styles visually illustrated to reveal how sound “looks” in a professionally mixed song. This volume provides insight into how sound works in a three-dimensional field, helping the reader understand how to apply mixing techniques to their own recordings.
Artificial Cognition Systems
| Author | Angelo Loula and Ricardo Gudwin |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
“This book presents recent research efforts in Artificial Intelligence about building artificial systems capable of performing cognitive tasks. A fundamental issue addressed in this book is if these cognitive processes can have any meaningfulness to the artificial system being built.
Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems
| Author | Lin Liu and John Eck |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Discusses leading research on the use of computer simulation of crime patterns to reveal hidden processes of urban crimes, taking an interdisciplinary approach by combining criminology, computer simulation, and geographic information systems into one comprehensive resource.
Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Intelligent Information Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications
| Author | Xuan F. Zha |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
This book provides both researchers and professionals with the latest knowledge applied to customized logic systems, agent-based approaches to modeling, and human-based models.
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning : Best Practices and principles for Instructors
| Author | Kara L. Orvis and Andrea L.R. Lassiter |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
Explores techniques that facilitate effective collaborative learning in virtual environments. Provides information on the role of the instructor in computer-supported collaborative learning, real-world perspectives on virtual learning group collaboration, and supporting learning group motivation.
Data Mining Patterns: New Methods and Applications
| Author | Pascal Poncelet, Maguelonne Teisseire, and Florent Masseglia |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides an overall view of recent solutions for mining, and explores new patterns, offering theoretical frameworks and presenting challenges and possible solutions concerning pattern extractions, emphasizing research techniques and real-world applications. Portrays research applications in data models, methodologies for mining patterns, multi-relational and multidimensional pattern mining, fuzzy data mining, data streaming and incremental mining.
Digital Audio Watermarking Techniques and Technologies: Applications and Benchmarks.
| Author | Nedeljko Cvejic and Tapio Seppanen |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Presents digital audio watermarking as a new and alternative method to enforce intellectual property rights and protect digital audio from tampering. Provides theoretical frameworks, recent research findings, and practical applications.
Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies
| Author | Goran P. Trajkovski |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
“This book investigates the status of diversity in the field of IT education with research on racial, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories.
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
| Author | Caroline Howard, Judith V. Boettcher, and Lorraine Justice |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2005 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Reference |
The Encyclopedia of Distance Learning offers the most comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of distance learning. Over 400 international contributors from over 35 countries have provided extensive coverage of topics such as workforce training, accessing education, digital divide, and the evolution of distance and online education into a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
| Author | Mario Freire and Manuela Pereira |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides the most thorough examination of Internet technologies and applications for researchers in a variety of related fields. For the average Internet consumer, as well as for experts in the field of networking and Internet technologies.
Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction
| Author | Elspeth McKay |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Reference |
A manual for the novice-Human Computer Interaction (HCI) designer. Compares and contrasts online business training programs with e-Learning in the higher education sector and provides a range of positive outcomes for linking information management techniques, which exploit the educational benefits of Web-mediated learning in computer supported collaborative learning.
Enhancing learning through technology
| Author | Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen and Daithi O. Murchu |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
This book identifies and presents the latest research on theory, practice, and capturing learning designs and best-practices in education.
Handbook of Research on Electronic Surveys and Measurements
| Author | Jason D. Baker, Robert Woods, and Rodney A. Reynolds |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Reference |
This book is the comprehensive reference source for innovative knowledge on electronic surveys. It provides complete coverage of the challenges associated with the use of the Internet to develop online surveys, administer Web-based instruments, and conduct computer-mediated assessments. This combination of how-to information about online research coupled with profiles of specific measures makes it an indispensable reference.
Handbook of Research on Mobile Multimedia
| Author | Panayiotis Zaphiris and Sri Kurniawan |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
A comprehensive book on HCI and Web design that focuses on various areas of research including theories, analysis, design, and evaluation.
Human computer interaction research in web design and evaluation
| Author | |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date of Publication | c2009 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Combines rhetoric, XML, and knowledge management. This title illustrates how the naming of XML elements can be understood as a rhetorical act, and details the essentials of knowledge management practices that also illustrate the need for intelligently conceived databases in organizations.
Information Systems and Technology Education: From the University to the Workplace
| Author | Glenn R. Lowry and Rodney L. Turner |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Presents a multifaceted, global view of the human dynamics of education, supply, demand, and career development in the information systems and technology industry. Provides a tool to meet the challenges of providing improved education and employing an optimal supply of information systems and technology graduates in the decades to come.
Information Technology and Indigenous People
| Author | Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Max Hendriks, and Stephen Grant |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
This book provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues & questions of cultural appropriateness.
Integrating Security and Software Engineering : Advances and Future Vision
| Author | Paolo Giorgini and Panos Mourdoukoutas |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
This book investigates the integration of security concerns into software engineering practices, drawing expertise from the security and the software engineering community; and discusses future visions and directions for the field of secure software engineering.
Interactive Web-Based Virtual Reality with Java 3D
| Author | Chi Chung Ko and Chang Dong Cheng |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2009 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides both advanced and novice programmers with detailed coverage of all of the important issues in Java 3D. Includes a large number of programming examples. Covers geometry, appearance, navigation, picking, animation, interaction, texture, light, background, fog, shade, input device, sound, and advanced view.
Issues and Trends in Technology and Human Interaction
| Author | Bernd Carsten Stahl |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | IRM Press |
This book consists of research in the areas of e-commerce through law and culture, intellectual capital in knowledge management, and the philosophy of technology, among other topics.
Knowledge and Knowledge Systems: Learning from the Wonders of the Mind
| Author | Eliezer Geisler |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | IGI Publishing |
Provides key studies in the area of knowledge, its measurement and systems. Applies to academics, information and knowledge professionals, and people involved in the regulation and policy-making of information and knowledge systems.
Knowledge Management and Business Strategies: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research
| Author | El-Sayed Abou-Zeid |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides fundamental business and management knowledge by exploring relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of knowledge and knowledge management strategies and their formulation and alignment with organizations’ competitive business strategies.
Management Practices in High-Tech Environments
| Author | Dariusz Jemielniak and Jerzy Kociatkiewicz |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Presents research on management practices in American, European, Asian and Middle-Eastern high-tech companies, with particular focus on fieldwork-driven, but reflective, contributions.
Object-Oriented Design Knowledge: Principles, Heuristics and Best Practices
| Author | Javier Garzas and Mario Piattini |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
Provides a unified and global vision about the lesser-defined areas of micro-architectural design knowledge, exposing the main techniques, experiences, and methods in order to help researchers apply these concepts. Understanding the experiences presented in this book will help readers correctly apply design knowledge..
The Recording Engineer’s Handbook
| Author | Bobby Owsinski |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date of Publication | c2005 |
| Publisher | ArtistPro Publishing |
Everything you always wanted to know about tracking in stereo and surround, including advice from Grammy winning engineers. Includes sections on the history of classic microphones, condenser mic fallacies and getting the most from a vocalist, plus secrets of mic placement and choosing the right mic. There’s also several different miking techniques for just about every instrument.
Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems
| Author | Franco Orsucci and Nicoletta Sala |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Discusses the application of complex theories in information and communication technology, with a focus on the interaction between living systems and information technologies, providing researchers, scholars, and IT professionals with a fundamental resource on such topics as virtual reality; fuzzy logic systems; and complexity science in artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, neural networks, and 3-D modeling.
Research Issues in Systems Analysis and Design, Databases and Software Development
| Author | Keng Siau |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | IGI Publishing |
Presents the capabilities and features of new ideas and concepts in the information systems development, database, and forthcoming technologies. Provides a representation of topnotch research in all areas of systems analysis and design and databases.
Securing Web Services: Practical Usage of Standards and Specifications
| Author | Panos Periorellis |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Collects a complete set of studies addressing the security and dependability challenges of Web services and the development of protocols to meet them. Encompasses a complete range of topics including specifications for message level security, transactions, and identity management.
Selected Styles in Web-Based Educational Research
| Author | Bruce L. Mann, ed |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
This book is intended for prospective web teachers and trainers interested in conducting Web-based educational research.
Semantic Web Services: Theory, Tools and Applications
| Author | Jorge Cardoso |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Brings together researchers, scientists, and representatives from different communities to study, understand, and explore the theory, tools, and applications of the semantic Web. Joins the semantic Web, ontologies, knowledge management, Web services, and Web processes into one fully comprehensive resource, serving as the platform for exchange of both practical technologies and research.
Simulation and Modeling: Current Technologies and Applications
| Author | Asim Abdel Rahman El Sheikh, Abid Al Ajeeli, and Evon M. O. Abu-Taieh |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | IGI Publishing |
Includes examinations of current issues related to simulation such as: Web-based simulation, virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. This book combines different methods, views, theories, and applications of simulations into one volume, and offers insight into the computer science aspect of simulation and modeling while integrating the business practices of SM.
Social Information Retrieval Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications for Searching the Web Effectively.
| Author | Dion Goh and Schubert Foo |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides relevant content in the areas of information retrieval systems, services, and research; covering topics such as social tagging, collaborative querying, social network analysis, subjective relevance judgments, and collaborative filtering.
Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology
| Author | Bharat Bhushan |
| Place of Publication | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Springer |
A definitive reference book in the nanoscience and nanotechnology area. It integrates the knowledge from nanofabrication, nanodevices, nanomechanics, nanotribology and much more.
Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives
| Author | Kai Jakobs |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Provides cutting-edge research on the application of standards in the market, covering topics such as corporate standardization, linguistic qualities of international standards, the role of individuals in standardization, and the development, use, application, and influence of information technology in standardization techniques.
Strategies and Technologies for Developing Online Computer Labs for Technology-Based Courses
| Author | Lee Chao |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | IGI Publishing |
Discusses design strategies, implementation difficulties, and the effectiveness of online labs. Provides scholars, researchers, and practitioners support for lab-based e-learning, gives guidance on the selection of technologies for various projects, and illustrates Web-based teaching with case studies.
Successes and New Directions in Data Mining
| Author | Florent Masseglia, Pascal Poncelet, and Maguelonne Teisseire, eds. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Addresses existing solutions for data mining, with particular emphasis on potential real-world applications. Captures defining research on topics such as fuzzy set theory, clustering algorithms, semi-supervised clustering, modeling and managing data mining patterns, and sequence motif mining.
Technology and Diversity in Higher Education: New Challenges
| Author | Yukiko Inoue, ed. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
This book provides current and effective educational practices, and examines new challenges involving emerging technologies in increasingly diverse learning environments.
Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining
| Author | Wynne Hsu, Mong Li Lee, and Junmei Wang |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | IGI Publishing |
This book addresses different scenarios when finding complex relationships in spatio-temporal data by modeling them as graphs. It gives readers a comprehensive synopsis on two successful partition-based algorithms designed by the authors.
The Tools for Successful Online Teaching
| Author | Lisa Dawley |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
Guide for those desiring more in-depth study of how to integrate a variety of Internet technology tools for successful online learning. An excellent resource for all online teachers, and those who design curricula for online environments.
Trust in E-Services: Technologies, Practices and Challenges
| Author | Ronggong Song, Larry Korba, and George Yee, eds |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
Provides an overall view of trust for e-services including definitions, constructs, and relationships with other research topics such as security, privacy, reputation and risk. Offers contributions from real-life experience and practice on how to build a trust environment for e-government services.
Understanding Online Instructional Modeling: Theories and Practices
| Author | Robert Z. Zheng and Sharmila Pixy Ferris, eds. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2008 |
| Publisher | Information Science Reference |
Focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects of online learning by introducing a variety of online instructional models and best practices that help educators and professional trainers to better understand the dynamics of online learning.
User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities
| Author | Niki Lambropoulos and Panayiotis Zaphiris, eds. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Information Science Publishing |
This book explains how computers can be used to augment human intellect for productivity and innovation, both nationally and globally.
Verification, Validation and Testing in Software Engineering
| Author | Ana Funes and Artistides Dasso, eds. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2007 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
This book explores different applications in V&V that spawn many areas of software development -including real time applications- WHERE V&V techniques are required, providing in all cases examples of the applications.
Web and Information Security.
| Author | Elena Ferrari and Bhavani Thuraisingham, eds. |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
This book covers basic concepts of web and information system security and provides new insights into the semantic web field and its related security challenges.
Web Semantics and Ontology
| Author | David Taniar and Johanna Wenny Rahayu, eds |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Date of Publication | c2006 |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
This book provides an overview of current research and development activities in the area of web semantics and ontology, giving an in-depth description of different issues, including modeling, using ontologies in enterprise systems, querying and knowledge discovering of ontologies.
