The tools and technologies used and studied in an e-learning context are conti...The tools and technologies used and studied in an e-learning context are continually changing due to advancements in both teaching and learning. Developing and Utilizing E-Learning Applications provides a complete investigation of new methods...more
While buying and selling goods and services once necessitated a face-to-face t...While buying and selling goods and services once necessitated a face-to-face transaction much of the commerce we now undertake is completely electronic. Recent advances in electronic and mobile commerce precipitated by innovations in technology and...more
Agent technologies and multi-agent systems is an emerging field of study that ...Agent technologies and multi-agent systems is an emerging field of study that is unique in the sense that all efforts to build this discipline unite knowledge from different areas of study. Developments in Intelligent Agent Technologies and...more
Improving the quality of life for the disabled and elderly is a pressing issue...Improving the quality of life for the disabled and elderly is a pressing issue for today s European societies as Europe and industrialized countries worldwide are confronted with a demographic shift. Researchers are looking toward Ambient Assisted...more
As any application running on a computer makes use of the operating system the...As any application running on a computer makes use of the operating system the potential impact of improving areas such as memory management process scheduling file systems and device drivers is tremendous. Advanced Operating Systems and Kernel...more
Over the last decade the needs of educational organizations have been changing...Over the last decade the needs of educational organizations have been changing in accordance with increasingly complex pedagogical models and with the technological evolution of e-learning environments with very dynamic teaching and learning...more
With the healthcare industry becoming increasingly more competitive there exis...With the healthcare industry becoming increasingly more competitive there exists a need for medical institutions to improve both the efficiency and the quality of their services. In order to do so it is important to investigate how statistical...more
As Web service technologies have matured in recent years an increasing number ...As Web service technologies have matured in recent years an increasing number of geospatial Web services designed to deal with spatial information over the network have emerged. Geospatial Web Services: Advances in Information Interoperability...more
About 25 years ago the first developments of ANT (Actor-Network Theory) took p...About 25 years ago the first developments of ANT (Actor-Network Theory) took place but it wasn t until much later that researchers began to take it seriously. In the late 1990s ANT began to take hold in the scientific community as a new and exciting...more
The reduction of machine learning algorithms to commonsense reasoning processe...The reduction of machine learning algorithms to commonsense reasoning processes is now possible due to the reformulation of machine learning problems as searching the best approximation of a given classification on a given set of examples. Machine...more
The increasing use of games in learning has drawn the attention of numerous di...The increasing use of games in learning has drawn the attention of numerous disciplines within the scientific community now seeking to understand the nature of its effectiveness and guidance for how to best harness its innovative technology power....more
As emerging technologies increase the potential for constructivist learning pr...As emerging technologies increase the potential for constructivist learning processes and responses it is critical that educational researchers instructional designers cognitive scientists and information scientists become more aware of advances in...more
Today fuzzy methods provide tools to handle data sets in relevant robust and i...Today fuzzy methods provide tools to handle data sets in relevant robust and interpretable ways making it possible to model and exploit imprecision and uncertainty in data modeling and data mining. Scalable Fuzzy Algorithms for Data Management and...more
Recent advances in computing and communication networks allow us to utilize in...Recent advances in computing and communication networks allow us to utilize information technology in ways previously unimaginable. In order for us to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by these new technologies organizations...more
Ethics and games are emerging as a very popular field of study. As such there ...Ethics and games are emerging as a very popular field of study. As such there has become a need to define the field in terms of its primary challenges and the current state of the discipline. Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play is...more