Strategic Advantage of Computing Information Systems in Enterprise Management

Edited by Majid Sarrafzadeh and Panagiotis Petratos

ISBN: 978-960-6672-93-4, 318 pages

First published in 2010 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

Strategic Advantage of Computing Information Systems in Enterprise Management: An Introduction to the Current Volume Majid Sarrafzadeh and Panagiotis Petratos		i
PART I: Business Information Systems and their Impact on Economy and Enterprise Management
1.	Business Intelligence Solutions - A Survey Waqar Haque	3
2.	Taking a Byte of the “American Pie”: An Exploration of the Influence of Political, Economic, Social, and Technological Actors on Democracy Policy Formulation and Execution David Hartmann	17
3.	Virtual Reality, 3D Visualization and Simulation in Decision Support Ikpe Justice Akpan	31
PART II: E-Learning and ICT Education
4.	Using Petri Nets to Introduce Multithreading Concepts in C# Jozef Goetz	45
5.	Opportunities and Challenges Using Fractal Technology for E-Learning CG Models Alan Garfield	61
6.	Smart Classroom Design and its Application in E-learning Gang Chen, Ruimin Shen and Yi Zhang	73
PART III: Networks, Information and Communications Technologies
7.	Web Search in a Mobile Age David Inman	85
8.	Listing Cliques in Parallel Using a Beowulf Cluster Kaveh Moallemi, Gerald D. Zarnett and Eric R. Harley	95
9.	Topological Properties of Web Services Similarity Networks Chantal Cherifi, Vincent Labatut and Jean François Santucci	105
10.	A Semantic Toll and Hybrid Database for Information Resources Jesús Tramullas and Piedad Garrido	117
PART IV: Environment and Information Systems
11.	Effective use of Geographical Information Systems to Manage Local Governments Highway Maintenance Requirements Beverley Holland and Steven Gardiner	131
12.	Environmental Data Collection in the Field: A Web Based Solution Rhian Pole, Stephen Hole and Karen Jones	151
PART V: Computer Modeling
13.	Novel Methods for Real-Time 3D Facial Recognition Marcos A. Rodrigues and Alan Robinson	169
14.	Model-Based Safety Analysis Using Compositional Analysis and Formal Verification Techniques Septavera Sharvia and Yiannis I. Papadopoulos	181
15.	Design and Implementation of Autonomous Classification System Using .NET Windows Service Agent Technology Mohammed Mhereeg, Duncan McPhee, Stephen Hole and Nathan Thomas	201
16.	Modelling Highly Inflective Language for Target Applications using Natural Language Mirjam Sepesy Maucec, Janez Brest and Andrej Zgank	219
17.	Extending HiP-HOPS with Capabilities of Planning Preventative Maintenance Shawulu H. Nggada, Yiannis I. Papadopoulos and David J. Parker	231
PART VI: Human Computer Interaction and Assistive Technologies
18.	Designing Rehabilitation Robots for the Brain Injured Paul Gnanayutham and Jennifer George	245
19.	Human Computer Interaction and Theories Jennifer George and Paul Gnanayutham	255
PART VII: Management Strategies of Information Assurance
20.	A Security Model for Virtual Web Services Hassina Nacer Talantikite and Djamil Aissani	273
21.	Agent-based Modelling of Reputation for Sellers in an eMarketplace Liangjun You and Riyaz Sikora	287
22.	The Malicious Insider: Approaching Organizational Crisis Management, Culture and Management’s Role on Employees’ Behaviour Ulrike Hugl	305