Research & information: general Books

The integration of artificial intelligence and knowledge based methods and technologies as well as computer based information systems has created the next generation of information systems - intelligent information systems. This connection enables these...

The modern world is fraught with risk, from natural disasters and terrorist attacks, to financial crises and pandemics. Assessing and planning for these risks can be done with a conventional human-based approach but this often requires large amounts of...

E-government research has flourished as a way of disseminating information and providing services to citizens ever since the popularization of the Internet. Although there have been tremendous advancements in the world of e-government, critical...

In the information society, technology has become ubiquitous, but its intrinsic vulnerabilities and the complexity of managing mission-critical systems create an attractive target for potential attackers. Law, Policy, and Technology: Cyberterorrism,...

Over the past few decades, there has been numerous research studies conducted involving the synchronization of dynamical systems with several theoretical studies and laboratory experimentations demonstrating the pivotal role for this phenomenon in secure...

The ability to communicate with anyone at anytime, anywhere, necessitates a need to provide reliable, resilient, and sustainable applications to support the evolving uses of mobile technologies. Movement-Aware Applications for Sustainable Mobility:...

Digital identity and access management (DIAM) systems are essential to security frameworks for their ability to rapidly and consistently confirm identities and to control individuals' access to resources and services. However, administering digital...

Data mining is still a relatively young field, expanding at the rate of technology while advancing tools and techniques for gaining knowledge, finding patterns, and managing databases. Exploring Advances in Interdisciplinary Data Mining and Analytics:...

Within a given enterprise, database management involves the monitoring, administration, and maintenance of the databases, which constantly change with new technologies and new forms of data. Cross-Disciplinary Models and Applications of Database...

Recent changes in information science have emerged as a result of challenges faced by the business, social, and scientific worlds, as well as continued progress in information and communication technologies. Organizations have begun to seek collaborative...

Ethical values in computing are essential for understanding and maintaining the relationship between computing professionals and researchers and the users of their applications and programs. While concerns about cyber ethics and cyber law are constantly...

Grid computing promises to transform the way organizations and individuals compute, communicate, and collaborate. Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Applications and Design offers critical perspectives on theoretical frameworks, methodologies,...

CYBERNETICS, in its authoritative and final Second Edition, is now available in a modern and highly legible presentation - not just a "facsimile edition" (photocopy) of the printing as are cheap recreations. Instead, the Quid Pro Books edition is a...

Cyber security, encompassing both information and network security, is of utmost importance in today's information age. Cyber Security Standards, Practices and Industrial Applications: Systems and Methodologies details the latest and most important...

Though network security has almost always been about encryption and decryption, the field of network security is moving towards securing the network environment rather than just stored or transferred data. Privacy, Intrusion Detection and Response:...

While women benefit from using new digital and Internet technologies for self-expression, networking, and professional activities, cyber victimization remains an underexplored barrier to their participation. Women often outnumber men in surveys on cyber...

Computer science-especially pattern recognition, signal processing and mathematical algorithms-can offer important information about archaeological finds, information that is otherwise undetectable by the human senses and traditional archaeological...

The amount of information that humans have gathered and made available to other humans is phenomenal, yet however large this repository of knowledge is, by this time tomorrow, it will be larger still. Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification,...

Continuing to stretch the boundaries of computing and the types of problems computers can solve, high performance, cloud, and grid computing have emerged to address increasingly advanced issues by combining resources. Cloud, Grid and High Performance...

Cognitive informatics is a multidisciplinary field that acts as the bridge between natural science and information science. Specifically, it investigates the potential applications of information processing and natural intelligence to science and...

The intersection of new communication technologies and the ideological hegemony is one area that has not been adequately examined. Existing literature on NCTs shows that most studies have been focusing on NCTs' potential to alter existing...

By combining agent capabilities with computational linguistics, conversational agents can exploit natural language technologies to improve communication between humans and computers. Conversational Agents and Natural Language Interaction: Techniques and...

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is an emerging paradigm for knowledge discovery, which originally emerged as a design language for invisible computing and smart environments. Since its introduction in the late 1990's, AmI has matured and evolved, having...

Central to understanding and combating digital crime is the ability to develop new methods for the collection and analysis of electronic evidence. New Technologies for Digital Crime and Forensics: Devices, Applications, and Software provides theories,...

Software engineering has advanced rapidly in recent years in parallel with the complexity and scale of software systems. New requirements in software systems yield innovative approaches that are developed either through introducing new paradigms or...

Recent developments have drastically increased the volume and complexity of data available to be mined, leading researchers to explore new ways to glean non-trivial data automatically. Knowledge Discovery Practices and Emerging Applications of Data...

Effective risk management involves many factors. Identifying, evaluating, mitigating risks, and then communicating this information to appropriate parties, are each well-known and highly recommended activities in the process. Risk management has always...

Risk. It can be kryptonite for investors, no matter your investment amount or level of experience. But, like many obstacles to success, risk is a challenge only overcome by facing it head-on. What if you could attack risk, rather than hide from it?...

Now more than ever before, individual investors can access resources to replicate the winning strategies of the world's savvy investment professionals-but they don't. The average investor consistently underperforms. Why? Because money is an...

This book is meant to be a reference book for ambulance investigators. Its primary focus is the importance of the investigative unit's database, especially databasing information from individual complaints, as well as self-generated investigations. It...

What makes a Whole District Learning Environment unique?There are five conditions that exist in harmony in a Whole District Learning Environment:• the district’s strategies are synergistic;• individuals in every role are continually...

<p>It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the ninth edition of the ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY 2019), which follows the successful eight editions held in February/March 2011-2018. This conference series...

Fires, flu pandemic, accidents and deaths - all these have affected British schools in the past and will do so again in the future - we just don't know when or where. Schools need to build resilience to emergencies and be prepared to manage their...

The Coleoptera Of Florida is a book written by Eugene Amandus Schwarz in 1878. The book is a comprehensive guide to the beetles of Florida and provides detailed descriptions of the various species found in the state. The author covers a wide range of...

On Some Tertiary Foraminifera From Borneo Collected By Professor Molengraaff And A. H. Everett (1899) is a scientific book written by Richard Bullen Newton. The book is a comprehensive study of the foraminifera fossils found in Borneo, which were...

Eastern Persia V2: The Zoology And Geology is a book written by William Thomas Blanford in 1876. The book is a comprehensive study of the zoology and geology of the eastern region of Persia. The author has provided a detailed account of the flora and...

""Corals and the Formation of Coral Reefs and Fossil Corals from Central America, Cuba and Puerto Rico"" is a scientific book written by Thomas Wayland Vaughan and originally published in 1919. The book provides a comprehensive study of coral reefs and...

""Colorado History And Government: With State Constitution (1904)"" is a comprehensive book written by James Eugene Snook that delves into the history and politics of the state of Colorado. The book covers the early history of Colorado, including the...

Catalogue Of The College Collection Of Paleontology (1901) is a book published by Ward's Natural Science Establishment. The book is a comprehensive catalog of the college collection of paleontology, containing detailed descriptions of fossils and other...

""An Enquiry Into The Nature, Order, And Government Of Bees: Those Instructive And Useful Insects"" is a book written by John Thorley in 1774. The book is a comprehensive study of bees, focusing on their behavior, organization, and the role they play in...

Queene Elizabeth's Academy, A Book of Precedence, Etc. is a book written by Humphrey Gilbert in 1869. The book is a detailed guide to the hierarchy of the English court during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It provides information on the various ranks,...

Le livre ""M�����morial Alphab�����tique des Droits Ci-Devant Seigneuriaux, Supprim�����s et Rachetables (1790)"" �����crit par Paul Ravaut est un ouvrage historique qui traite des droits seigneuriaux en France. Publi����� en 1790, ce livre pr�����sente...

In an era when corporate spotlights shine brighter on data than ever before, why do a majority of data management programs fail? Organizations of all kinds, from the public to private sector, consumer goods to professional services, face the same...

Servant Leaders are the greatest among us. Their humility and instinctively serviceable nature make them resourceful, go-to individuals, friends, advisors, mentors, and the memory of homes, communities, organizations and countries. Yet, the path of...