Applied computing Books

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe main objective is to provide quick and essential knowledge for the subject with the help of summary and solved questions /case studies without going into detailed discussion. This book will be much helpful for the students as a supplementary text/workbook; and to the non-computer professionals, who deal with the systems analysis and design as part of their business. Such problem solving approach will be able to provide practical knowledge of the subject and similar learning output, without going into lengthy discussions.Though the book is conceived as supplementary text/workbook; the topics are selected and arranged in such a way that it can provide complete and sufficient knowledge of the subject.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introductory Concepts of Systems Analysis and Design.- Chapter 2. Requirements Determination.- Chapter 3. Structured System Development Approach.- Chapter 4. Systems Prototype Approach.- Chapter 5. Computer Assisted Tools for Software Development.- Chapter 6. Systems Design.- Chapter 7. System Quality and Implementation Issues.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis CIGRE green book begins by addressing the specification and provision of communication services in the context of operational applications for electrical power utilities, before subsequently providing guidelines on the deployment or transformation of networks to deliver these specific communication services. Lastly, it demonstrates how these networks and their services can be monitored, operated, and maintained to ensure that the requisite high level of service quality is consistently achieved.Table of ContentsPART 1 - OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS 1. Operational Applications in the Power Delivery System 2. Substation-to-Substation Applications 3. Substation-to-Central Platform Applications 4. Inter-platform Applications 5. Office-to-Field Applications 6. Distribution Applications PART 2 - PROVISIONING OF UTILITY-GRADE COMMUNICATION SERVICES 1. Service Provisioning, Quality of Service and SLA 2. Service specification attributes (time, loss, throughput, dependability, security, cost) 3. Building and Adjusting Service Level Agreements – the Service Catalog <4. Service Provisioning Models and their impact on the Delivery Process PART 3 - DELIVERY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN THE UTILITY ENVIRONMENT 1. Introduction 2. Communication Service Delivery Architecture 3. Service Interfacing at the Access Point 4. Time Synchronization at User-to-Network Interface 5. Circuit and Packet Conversions at the Service Access Point 6. Modeling the Service Delivery Process 7. Managing the Delivered Communication Service 8. Meeting Service Quality at a Packet Switched Access Point 9. Integrating Service Delivery for IT and OT Communications Part 4 - DEPLOYING RELIABLE AND SECURE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES 1. Introduction 2. An Overview on Network Technologies 3. Hierarchical and Overlay Architectures 4. Revisiting the Process Model – Upstream Management 5. Telecom Network Asset Ownership 6. Planning Network Transformations and Migrations 7. Cyber-secure and Disaster-resistant Communications Part 5 - MAINTAINING NETWORK OPERATION IN NORMAL AND DISASTER SITUATIONS 1. Introduction 2. Reasons for a Formal Approach to O&M 3. O&M Scope, Process and Organization 4. Managing Faults and Anomalies 5. Incident Management and Work Assignment 6. Configuration and Change Management 7. Quality and Performance Monitoring 8. Telecom O&M Communications and Field Worker Support

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe development of information technology has made it possible to collect large amounts of spatial data on a daily basis. It is of enormous significance when it comes to discovering implicit, non-trivial and potentially valuable information from this spatial data. Spatial co-location patterns reveal the distribution rules of spatial features, which can be valuable for application users. This book provides commercial software developers with proven and effective algorithms for detecting and filtering these implicit patterns, and includes easily implemented pseudocode for all the algorithms. Furthermore, it offers a basis for further research in this promising field.Preference-based co-location pattern mining refers to mining constrained or condensed co-location patterns instead of mining all prevalent co-location patterns. Based on the authors’ recent research, the book highlights techniques for solving a range of problems in this context, including maximal co-location pattern mining, closed co-location pattern mining, top-k co-location pattern mining, non-redundant co-location pattern mining, dominant co-location pattern mining, high utility co-location pattern mining, user-preferred co-location pattern mining, and similarity measures between spatial co-location patterns.Presenting a systematic, mathematical study of preference-based spatial co-location pattern mining, this book can be used both as a textbook for those new to the topic and as a reference resource for experienced professionals.Table of Contents

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhile many introductory guides to AI are calculus books in disguise, this one mostly eschews the math. Instead, author Jeff Prosise helps engineers and software developers build an intuitive understanding of AI to solve business problems.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis innovative new resource outlines the process of conducting individual, family and group therapy online with the use of video conferencing tools, and explores the unique concerns associated with this increasingly popular and convenient approach to treatment.Offering mental health practitioners a definitive presentation on how to use online tools to facilitate psychological intervention, the book will also enable readers to learn about the processes of virtual individual, couple, family and group therapy, specific concerns related to online group dynamics, as well as the responsibilities of the therapist and group leader in online sessions.This is the perfect companion for counselors of all backgrounds and disciplines who are interested in offering or improving their approach to virtual services.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the book Haim Weinberg and Arnon Rolnick Section 1 General considerations for online therapy edited by Haim Weinberg and Arnon Rolnick Chapter 1 Intoduction to the general consideration section: principles of internet-based treatment Arnon Rolnick Chapter 2 Interview with Lewis Aron and Galit Atlas Chapter 3 Empathy in Cyberspace: the genie is out of the bottle Lou Agosta Chapter 4 Sensorimotor psychotherapy from a distance: engaging the body, creating presence, and building relationship in videoconferencing Pat Ogden and Bonnie Goldstein Chapter 5 The clinic offers no advantage over the screen, for relationship is everything: video psychotherapy and its dynamic Gily AgarChapter 6 Cybersupervision in psychotherapy Michael Pennington, Rikki Patton and Heather Katafiasz Chapter 7 Practical considerations for online individual therapy Haim Weinberg and Arnon Rolnick Secion 2 Online couple and family therapy edited by Shoshana Hellman and Arnon Rolnick Chapter 8 Introduction to the online couple and family therapy section Shoshana Hellman and Arnon Rolnick Chapter 9 Interview with Julie and John Gottman Chapter 10 Internet-delivered therapy in couple and family work Katherine M. Hertlein and Ryan M. Earl Chapter 11 Digital dialectics: navigating technology's paradoxes in online treatment Leora Trub and Danielle Magaldi Chapter 12 Practical considerations for online couple and family therapy Arnon Rolnick and Shoshana Hellman Section 3 Online group therapy edited by Haim Weinberg Chapter 13 Introduction to the online group therapy section Haim Weinberg Chapter 14 Interview with Molyn Leszcz Chapter 15 Oline group therapy: in search of a new theory? Haim Weinberg Chapter 16 Transformations through the technological mirror Raúl Vaimberg and Lara Vaimberg Chapter 17 Practical considerations for online group therapy Haim Weinberg Section 4 Online organizational consultancy edited by Rakefet Keret-Karavani and Arnon Rolnick Chapter 18 Introduction to the online organizational consultancy section Rakefet Keret-Karavani and Arnon Rolnick Chapter 19 Interview with Ichak Kalderon Adizes Chapter 20 All together, now: videoconferencing in organizational work Ivan Jensen and Donna Dennis Chapter 21 A relexive account: group consultation via video conference Nuala Dent Chapter 22 Practical considerations for online organizational consultancy Rakefet Keret-Karavani and Arnon Rolnick Epilogue Arnon Rolnick and Haim Weinberg

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe growing but still evolving success of the Android platform has ushered in a second mobile technology gold rush for app developers. Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android apps has become the second go-to apps eco for today''s app developers. While not yet as large in terms of number of apps as iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Appstore have so many apps that it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your Android app requires a lot of organization and some strategic planning. Written for today''s Android apps developer or apps development shop, this new and improved book from Apress, The Business of Android Apps Development, Second Edition, tells you today''s story on how to make money on Android apps. This book shows you how to take your app from idea to design to development to distribution and marketing your app on Google Play or Amazon Appstore. <Table of Contents1. The Android Market: A Background 2. Making Sure Your App Will Succeed 3. Legal Issues: Better Safe Than Sorry 4. A Brief Introduction to Android Development 5. Develop Apps Like a Pro 6. Making Money with Ads on Your Application 7. In-App Billing: Putting A Store in Your Application 8. Making App Marketplaces Work for You 9. Getting The Word Out 10. After You Have A User Base

Read more less

Book Synopsis Design, develop, build, and deliver an end-to-end serverless architecture by leveraging Azure services, frameworks, and tools. This book offers a holistic approach, guiding you through the design and development of a Twitter Bot application, while leveraging Azure Functions. Integrating Serverless Architecture begins with an overview of serverless computing and getting started with Azure Functions. Here, you will create a Twitter bot function which scans Twitter for the latest tweets and makes use of dependency injection. Further, you will learn about Azure Cosmos DB where you will cover its change feed mechanism and the repository pattern. You will create a Cosmos DB trigger-based tweet notifier function, which will broadcast the latest tweets to connected clients. You will explore the basics of Azure Service Bus and create a tweet scheduler function, which will prioritize different keywords for the Twitter bot function. Along the way, you will debug, deliverTable of Contents 1. New Era of Serverless Computing · Introduction to Serverless Computing · Introduction to Twitter Bot application · Scope of Work · Technologies to be Used · Logical Architecture · Physical Architecture · Software Prerequisites · Summary · References 2. Getting Started with Azure Functions · Understanding Azure Functions · Explore Tweetinvi Library and interact with Twitter · Create a Tweet Bot Function · Debug the Azure Function · Logging support in Azure Function · Deploy the Function to Azure · Exercises · Summary · References 3. Explore Azure Cosmos DB and its Change feed mechanism · Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB · Azure Cosmos DB Repository Pattern · Sample CRUD Operations · Integrate with Tweet Bot Function · Understand Change Feed mechanism · Implement Azure Cosmos DB Trigger Function · Exercises · Summary · References 4. Secure Secrets in Azure Key Vault · Introduction to Azure Key Vault · Store Secrets in Key Vault · Access Secrets in Azure Functions from Key Vault · Summary · References 5. Getting Started with Azure SignalR Service · Introduction to Azure SignalR Service · Create a SignalR Service · Integrate with Azure Cosmos DB Trigger Function · Summary · References 6. Create Tweet Bot Web Application · Getting started with .NET Core · Create a Web application with Materialize CSS · Integrate with Tweetinvi to display list of Hashtags · Save User Preference to Cosmos DB · Display latest tweets from Cosmos DB · Integrate with Azure SignalR Service and display real-time notifications · Deploy to Azure Web App Service · Exercises · Summary · References 7. Enable App Service Authentication on Azure Functions · Introduction to App Service Authentication · Enable App Service Authentication on Azure Web App · Enable App Service Authentication on Azure Functions · Integrate Authentication flow from Web app to Azure Functions · Exercises · Summary · References 8. Configuring Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment to Azure Environment · Design a Continuous Integration and Deployment pipeline · Create VSTS and Check-in the Source Code · Create Build Definition · Create Release Definition · Testing the CI/CI Pipeline · Provisioning and configuring our Azure Function infrastructure (optional) · Extending Twitter Bot Exercises 9. Setup Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline for Azure Functions

Read more less

Book Synopsis If you are curious about the basics of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing as key enablers for digital transformation and innovation, Digital Fluency is your handy guide. The real-world applications of these cutting-edge technologies are expanding rapidly, and your daily life will continue to be affected by each of them. There is no better time than now to get started and become digitally fluent. You need not have previous knowledge of these versatile technologies, as author Volker Lang will expertly guide you through this digital age. He illustrates key concepts and applications in numerous practical examples and more than 48 catchy figures throughout Digital Fluency. The end of each chapter presents you with a helpful implementation checklist of central lessons before proceeding to the next. This book gets to the heart of digital buzzwords and concepts, and tells you what they truly mean. Table of ContentsPreface1 Digitalization & Digital Transformation1.1 Historical Business Transformations1.2 Innovation & Disruption Theory1.3 The Digital Ecosystem1.3.1 Major Driving Forces1.3.2 Digital Transformation Strategy1.3.3 The Role of Qubits, Blocks and Neurons1.3.4 Innovation Models of Google, Amazon & Co.1.4 Classical Data Processing1.4.1 The Digital Code1.4.2 Principles of Operation1.4.3 Computers & Other Digital DevicesReferences2 Quantum Computing2.1 Setting the Quantum Computing Scene2.2 The Strange World of Quantum Computing2.2.1 Spooky Quantum Reality2.2.2 How Quantum Computers Operate2.2.3 The Fussy Search after the Perfect Qubit2.3 Quantum Computers Today2.3.1 Current Business Applications2.3.2 Commercially Available Systems2.3.3 Next Challenges2.4 Summary & Implementation FrameworkReferences3 Blockchain Technology3.1 Setting the Blockchain Scene3.1.1 The Role of Transactions & Money in History3.1.2 Basic Functions of Money in Society3.2 Blockchain Fundamentals3.2.1 Decentralization and the Arrival of Trust3.2.2 The Immutable Data Structure3.2.3 Digital Value Transfer3.2.4 The Authorization of Transactions by Digital Signatures3.2.5 Deploying Trust by Consensus and Mining3.2.6 Smart Business Contracts3.3 Blockchain Technology Today3.3.1 Implementation Challenges for Enterprises3.3.2 Current Business Applications3.3.3 Further Use Cases3.4 Summary & Implementation FrameworkReferences4 Artificial Intelligence4.1 Setting the Artificial Intelligence Scene4.1.1 The Symbiosis of Neurobiology & Information Theory4.1.2 The Conference that Started it All4.1.3 IBM’s Legendary Projects DeepBlue & Watson4.2 Central Ideas behind Artificial Intelligence4.2.1 The Cost Function4.2.2 Minimization of the Cost Function4.3 The Five Categories of Learning4.3.1 Supervised Learning4.3.2 Unsupervised Learning4.3.3 Deep Learning4.3.4 Ensemble Methods4.3.5 Reinforcement Learning4.4 Top Use Cases and Business Applications4.4.1 Computer Vision4.4.2 Healthcare4.4.3 Natural Language Processing4.4.4 Energy Efficiency4.4.5 Drug Discovery4.4.6 Financial Services & Insurance4.5 Summary & Implementation FrameworkReferences5 Your Digital Action Plan5.1 Envision a Digital Business & Operating Model5.2 Select the Right Technology Stack5.3 Digitize the Core5.4 Identify Pilot Projects5.5 Empower Employees5.6 Shape the Organization & Structure5.7 Establish an Open Innovation Culture5.8 Leverage the EcosystemReferencesGlossary

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis open access book provides researchers and professionals with a foundational understanding of online privacy as well as insight into the socio-technical privacy issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems, covering several modern topics (e.g., privacy in social media, IoT) and underexplored areas (e.g., privacy accessibility, privacy for vulnerable populations, cross-cultural privacy). The book is structured in four parts, which follow after an introduction to privacy on both a technical and social level: Privacy Theory and Methods covers a range of theoretical lenses through which one can view the concept of privacy. The chapters in this part relate to modern privacy phenomena, thus emphasizing its relevance to our digital, networked lives. Next, Domains covers a number of areas in which privacy concerns and implications are particularly salient, including among others social media, healthcare, smart cities, wearable IT, and trackers. The Audiences section then highlights audiences that have traditionally been ignored when creating privacy-preserving experiences: people from other (non-Western) cultures, people with accessibility needs, adolescents, and people who are underrepresented in terms of their race, class, gender or sexual identity, religion or some combination. Finally, the chapters in Moving Forward outline approaches to privacy that move beyond one-size-fits-all solutions, explore ethical considerations, and describe the regulatory landscape that governs privacy through laws and policies. Perhaps even more so than the other chapters in this book, these chapters are forward-looking by using current personalized, ethical and legal approaches as a starting point for re-conceptualizations of privacy to serve the modern technological landscape. The book’s primary goal is to inform IT students, researchers, and professionals about both the fundamentals of online privacy and the issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems. Lecturers or teachers can assign (parts of) the book for a “professional issues” course. IT professionals may select chapters covering domains and audiences relevant to their field of work, as well as the Moving Forward chapters that cover ethical and legal aspects. Academics who are interested in studying privacy or privacy-related topics will find a broad introduction in both technical and social aspects.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview.- Part I: Privacy Theory and Methods.- 2. Privacy Theories and Frameworks.- 3. Revisiting APCO.- 4. Privacy and Behavioral Economics.- 5. The Development of Privacy Norms.- 6. Privacy Beyond the Individual Level.- Part II: Domains.- 7. Social Media and Privacy.- 8. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies.- 9. Tracking and Personalization.- 10. Healthcare Privacy.- 11. Privacy and the Internet of Things.- Part III: Audiences.- 12. Cross-Cultural Privacy Differences.- 13. Accessible Privacy.- 14. Privacy in Adolescence.- 15. Privacy and Vulnerable Populations.- Part IV: Moving Forward.- 16. User-Tailored Privacy.- 17. The Ethics of Privacy in Research and Design: Principles, Practices, and Potential.- 18. EU GDPR: Toward a Regulatory Initiative for Deploying a Private Digital Era.- 19. Reflections: Bringing Privacy to Practice.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the significance of domain-specific conceptual modeling through new research and development approaches that are manifested in each of the chapters. They include novel modelling methods and tools that emphasize the recent results accomplished and their adequacy to assess specific aspects of a domain. Each chapter offers detailed instructions on how to build models in a particular domain, such as product-service engineering, enterprise engineering, digital business ecosystems, and enterprise modelling and capability management. All chapters are enriched with case studies, related information, and tool implementations. The tools are based on the ADOxx metamodelling platform and are provided free of charge via OMiLAB. Furthermore, the book emphasizes possible future developments and potential research directions. The collection of works presented here will benefit experts and practitioners from academia and industry alike, including members of the conceptual modeling community as well as lecturers and students.Table of ContentsPart I: Background.- 1. Conceptual Modelling Methods: The AMME Agile Engineering Approach.- 2. Development of Conceptual Models and Realization of Modelling Tools Within the ADOxx Meta-Modelling Environment: A Living Paper.- 3. Challenging Digital Innovation Through the OMiLAB Community of Practice.- Part II: Previous Volume: Synopsis.- 4. The Purpose-Specificity Framework for Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling.- Part III: Enterprise Management.- 5. Enterprise Modeling with 4EM: Perspectives and Method.- 6. PGA 2.0: A Modeling Technique for the Alignment of the Organizational Strategy and Processes.- 7. The LiteStrat Modelling Method: Towards the Alignment of Strategy and Code.- 8. itsVALUE: Modelling and Analysing Value Streams for IT Services.- Part IV: Enterprise Information Systems.- 9. Enterprise Construction Modeling Method.- 10. Tool Support for Fractal Enterprise Modeling.- 11. The Integration of Risk Aspects into Business Process Management: The e-BPRIM Modeling Method.- 12. Modeling the Phenomenon of Capability Change: The KYKLOS Method.- 13. A Security Assessment Platform for Stochastic Petri Net (SPN) Modelling in the Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem.- Part V: Business Ecosystems and Services.- 14. A Modeling Tool for Exploring Business Ecosystems in a (Pre-)conceptual Phase.- 15. A Capability-Based Method for Modeling Resilient Data Ecosystems.- 16. Space of Services Method (SoS).- 17. Design and Engineering of Product-Service Systems (PSS): The SEEM Methodology and Modeling Toolkit.- Part VI: Knowledge Engineering.- 18. Model-Based Guide Toward Digitization in Digital Business Ecosystems.- 19. Generating ROS Codes from User-Level Workflow in PRINTEPS.- 20. ECAVI: An Assistant for Reasoning About Actions and Change with the Event Calculus.- Part VII: Technology Enhanced Education.- 21. Tree Diagrams and Unit Squares 4.0: Digitizing Stochastic Classes with the Didactic Modeling Tool PROVIS.- 22. Improving Student Mobility Through Automated Mapping of Similar Courses.- Part VIII: Digital Humanities.- 23. Aggregation and Curation of Historical Archive Information.- Part IX: Modelling Method Conceptualization.- 24. Conceptualization of Modelling Methods in the Context of Categorical Mechanisms.- 25. Conceptualizing Design Thinking Artefacts: The Scene2Model Storyboard Approach.- 26. An Approach to the Information System Conceptual Modeling Based on the Form Types.- Part X: Conceptual Modelling Language Extension.- 27. BPMN4MoPla: Mobility Planning Based on Business Decision-Making.- 28. BPMN Extension for Multi-Protocol Data Orchestration.

Read more less

Book SynopsisModern business relies heavily on information technology. This book presents a new “always-on” business model for the digital age, one based on three interrelated components: a business model, an IT capability model, and an always-on information system model. In addition, it develops an implementation framework for the new model by identifying business-critical continuous computing information technologies as implementation drivers.The model proposed in this book reveals the critical role of business continuity management in ensuring business continuity even when operations are unaffected by any disasters. Using empirical survey data, PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling) combined with mediation analysis are used to test the model and hypotheses.The book is chiefly intended for students in Business Administration/Management degree programs and business leaders whose work involves addressing issues such as organizational performance, IT capability, enterprise information systems, IT management, business continuity management, disaster recovery management, risk management, IT auditing, and compliance. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Digital Age, Business Strategy, and Firm's Performance.- Chapter 3. Downtime and Business Continuity.- Chapter 4. BCM, DRP - Compliance in Practice.- Chapter 5. Master Contingency Plans and IT Auditing.- Chapter 6. Business Models and The Concept of Always-On Business.- Chapter 7. BCM, BCP, IT Capability: A Framework for Always-On Business.- Chapter 8. Empirical Research.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the IFIP TC 3 Open Conference on Computers in Education, OCCE 2021, held in Tampere, Finland, in August 2021. The 22 full papers and 2 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers discuss key emerging topics and evolving practices in the area of educational computing research. They are organized in the following topical sections: Digital education across educational institutions; National policies and plans for digital competence; Learning with digital technologies; and Management issues.Table of ContentsDigital education across educational institutions.- An Integrated Model of Digitalisation-Related Competencies in Teacher Education.- Primary Education Student Teachers’ Perceptions of Computational Thinking through Bebras Tasks.- Programming Concepts in Lower Primary Years and their Cognitive Demands.- “Literacy from Python” Using Python for a Proposed Cross-curricular Teaching and Learning Model.- Advocating for Educational Support to Develop Socially Disadvantaged Young People’s Digital Skills and Competencies: Can Support Encourage their Human Development as Digital Citizens?.- Developing Inclusive Digital Pedagogies: Reflections on the Past, the Present and Future Directions.- Students’ Conceptions of Programming in the Context of Game Design.- A Closer Look at and Confirmation of the General and Study Interests of Future Computer Science Students.- Starter Projects in Python Programming Classes.- National policies and plans for digital competence.- Computer Education in Australia Fifty Years Ago.- Computational Thinking – Forces Shaping Curriculum and Policy in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic Countries.- Changing Computer Curricula in Australia.- Development of IPSJ Data Science Curriculum Standard.- Proof of Concept Teaching for 21st Century Digital Literacy in Portugal: A Pedagogical Approach Towards a New Educational Model.- Use of Vclass in Mathematics Education Delivery: The UEW Experience.- Needs and Challenges of Smart Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Education – A Case Study by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.- Learning with digital technologies.- Vocational Education during School Shutdown - A Danish Case on Emergency Remote Teaching.- Analysis of Practical Examples of a Real-time Online Class on Agriculture in Space, Using the Collaborative Learning Tool “Digital Diamond Mandala Matrix”.- AsTRA – An Assessment Tool for Recognition and Adaptation of Prior Professional Experience and Vocational Training.- Is It Real? – Learners’ Perceptions on Tele-immersive 3D Video Technology and its Further Use in K-12 Education.- DigiFit4All – Conceptualisation of a Platform to Generate Personalised Open Online Courses (POOCs).- Management issues.- What Kind of E-assessment Feedback is Important to Students? An Empirical Study.- Shifting to a Technology-Driven Work Mode: Workplace Learning and Dynamic Capability in the Case of a Public-Sector Service Organisation.- Digital Transformation of Education and Learning through Information Technology in Educational Management.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis textbook shows how to develop the functional requirements of (information) systems. It emphasizes the importance to consider the complete development path of a functional requirement, i.e. not only the individual development steps but also their proper combination and their alignment. The book consists of two parts: Part I presents the underlying theory while Part II contains various illustrative case studies. Part I starts with an introduction to the topic (Chapter 1). Then it explains how to develop functional requirements that represent the conceptual dynamics of an information system (Chapters 2 and 3). Chapters 4 and 5 explain how to model the conceptual statics of an information system. Chapter 6 gives some directions for implementation. Finally, Chapter 7 explains how a ‘technical manager’ can organize and manage the development process. As an illustration of the theory, Part II contains three substantial case studies. The first one (Chapter 8) presents a stepwise development starting from an informal situation sketch via a simple domain model towards a precisely specified, full-fledged conceptual data model, which finally is translated to an SQL database. In the second case study (Chapter 9) the author converts the well-known non-trivial use case Process Sale from Larman into a textual System Sequence Description (SSD). For validation purposes, that textual SSD is subsequently translated into natural language and into a graphical SSD. The third case study (Chapter 10) shows the applicability of the author’s approach to a control system and also illustrates the typical situation that the requirements are constantly changing during development. This book is written for (under)graduate students in software engineering or information systems who want to learn how to carry out adequate problem analysis, to make good system specifications, and/or to understand how to organize and manage an IS-development process. It also targets practitioners who want to improve their problem analysis abilities and/or their ability to make good system specifications. To this end, it includes more than 150 explanatory figures and is accompanied by a Web site which provides additional course material such as slides, additional exercises, solutions to exercises, and the code for the figures used in the book.Table of Contents- 1. Introduction. - Part I Theory. - 2. Developing a Functional Requirement. - 3. Development Patterns. - 4. Domain Modelling. - 5. Conceptual Data Models. - 6. Directions for Implementation. - 7. Organizing and Managing the Development Process. - Part II Case Studies. - 8. A Non-trivial University Example Worked Out. - 9. Converting a Large Use Case. - 10. Development Example Where Requirements Constantly Change.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis concise introduction covers inverse problems and data assimilation, before exploring their inter-relations. Suitable for both classroom teaching and self-guided study, it is aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in mathematical sciences, together with researchers in science and engineering.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Inverse Problems: 1. Bayesian inverse problems and well-posedness; 2. The linear-Gaussian setting; 3. Optimization perspective; 4. Gaussian approximation; 5. Monte Carlo sampling and importance sampling; 6. Markov chain Monte Carlo; Exercises for Part I; Part II. Data Assimilation: 7. Filtering and smoothing problems and well-posedness; 8. The Kalman filter and smoother; 9. Optimization for filtering and smoothing: 3DVAR and 4DVAR; 10. The extended and ensemble Kalman filters; 11. Particle filter; 12. Optimal particle filter; Exercises for Part II; Part III. Kalman Inversion: 13. Blending inverse problems and data assimilation; References; Index.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"Crymble seamlessly integrates print, digital, oral history, and interactive source material to document the ways historians have responded, both individually and as an imagined community, to the social contexts that have shaped our interactions with technology." --Journal of American History"Crymble gives me a greater appreciation for how my own course in ‘digital history’ fits within and reflects broader patterns of discourse about technology and the past." --Corinthian Matters"This book explodes many of the foundation myths upon which digital history has been built; and replaces them with a clear-eyed account that melds historiography, technology, and pedagogy. In beautiful prose Crymble has identified the streams of influence that have shaped the field."--Tim Hitchcock, University of Sussex"Crymble's work provides an insightful historiographical examination of how computer technology has been impacted in various practices pertaining to the field of history. This book merits attention from students, researchers, and practitioners of the historical profession, as it serves as a salient reminder that technology has long pervaded, transformed, and continually shaped every dimension of our discipline." --Middle Ground Journal

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA fully updated guide to making your landing pages profitable Effective Internet marketing requires that you test and optimize your landing pages to maximize exposure and conversion rate. This second edition of a bestselling guide to landing page optimization includes case studies with before-and-after results as well as new information on web site usability. It covers how to prepare all types of content for testing, how to interpret results, recognize the seven common design mistakes, and much more. Included is a gift card for Google AdWords. Features fully updated information and case studies on landing page optimization Shows how to use Google''s Website Optimizer tool, what to test and how to prepare your site for testing, the pros and cons of different test strategies, how to interpret results, and common site design mistakes Provides a step-by-step implementation plan and advice on getting support and resources Landing PagTable of ContentsIntroduction xv Part I Understanding Landing Page Optimization 1 Chapter 1 Setting the Stage 3 What Is a Landing Page? 4 A Few Precious Moments Online 4 Your Baby Is Ugly 6 Your Website Visitors: The Real Landing Page Experts 6 Understanding the Bigger Online Marketing Picture 8 The Myth of Perfect Conversion 17 Chapter 2 Understanding Your Landing Pages 19 Landing Page Types 20 What Parts of Your Site Are Mission Critical? 22 What Is Your Business Model? 28 The Types of Conversion Actions 30 Chapter 3 The Matrix—Moving People to Act 35 The Matrix Overview 36 Roles 36 Tasks 38 The Decision-Making Process 39 Awareness 40 Interest 43 Desire 45 Action 53 Part II Finding Opportunities for Site Improvement 63 Chapter 4 Common Problems—The Seven Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design 65 A Sober Look 66 Unclear Call-to-Action 66 Too Many Choices 73 Visual Distractions 76 Not Keeping Your Promises 83 Too Much Text 86 Asking for Too Much Information 87 Lack of Trust and Credibility 93 Real-World Case Study: CREDO Mobile 106 Chapter 5 Conversion Ninja Toolbox—Diagnosing Site Problems 111 You Are Not as Good as You Would Like to Believe 112 Focus on the Negative 113 Web Analytics Tools 114 Visual Analysis Tools 125 Feedback and Survey Tools 131 Website Performance Tools 133 Competitive Analysis Tools 135 Usability Testing Tools 136 E-mail Enhancement Tools 139 Chapter 6 Misunderstanding Your Visitors—Looking for Psychological Mismatches 141 Empathy: The Key Ingredient 142 Researching the Whole Story 143 Demographics and Segmentation 144 Welcome to Your Brain 148 Cognitive Styles 152 Persuasion Frameworks 157 Cultural Differences 165 Part III Fixing Your Site Problems 169 Chapter 7 Conversion Improvement Basics 171 Web Usability Overview 172 Visual Presentation 173 Writing for the Web 192 Usability Checks 197 Chapter 8 Best Practices for Common Situations 201 Homepages 202 Information Architecture and Navigation 205 E-commerce Catalogs 211 Registration and Multiple-Step Flows 234 Direct Response Pages 243 Mobile Websites 246 Chapter 9 The Strategy of What to Test 251 How to Think About Test Elements 252 Selecting Elements to Test 261 Testing Multiple-Page Flows 264 Timeless Testing Themes 267 Price Testing 273 Part IV The Mechanics of Testing 279 Chapter 10 Common Testing Questions 281 Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics 282 Crash Course in Probability and Statistics 286 Have I Found Something Better? 293 How Sure Do I Need to Be? 295 How Much Better Is It? 298 How Long Should My Test Run? 300 Chapter 11 Preparing for Testing 305 Overview of Content Management and Testing 306 Content Management Configurations 308 Common Testing Issues 313 Chapter 12 Testing Methods 325 Introduction to Testing Terminology 326 Overview of Testing Methods 331 A-B Split Testing 332 Multivariate Testing 335 Variable Interactions 350 Part V Organization and Planning 359 Chapter 13 Assembling Your Team and Getting Buy-in 361 The Usual Suspects 362 Little Company, Big Company 372 The Company Politics of Tuning 375 Strategies for Getting Started 378 Insource or Outsource? 380 Chapter 14 Developing Your Action Plan 387 Before You Begin 388 Understand Your Business Objectives 389 What Is the Lifetime Value of the Conversion Action? 390 Assemble Your Team 401 Determine Your Landing Pages and Traffic Sources 403 Decide What Constitutes Success 405 Uncover Problems and Decide What to Test 407 Select an Appropriate Tuning Method 410 Implement and Conduct QA 412 Collect the Data 416 Analyze the Results and Verify Improvement 418 Chapter 15 Avoiding Real-World Pitfalls 421 Ignoring Your Baseline 422 Collecting Insufficient Data 422 Not Accounting for Seasonality 424 Assuming That Testing Has No Costs 424 Not Factoring In Delayed Conversions 426 Becoming Paralyzed by Search Engine Considerations 433 Failing to Act 436 Appendix Landing Page Testing Tools 437 Enterprise Tools 438 Free or Inexpensive Tools 440 Glossary 443 Index 451

Read more less

Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Digital Transformation Disrupts Companies, Competition, and Careers Case 1.1 Opening Case: China's Digitization Expands Business Opportunities and GDP 1.1 Doing Business in the On-Demand Economy 1.2 Business Process Improvement and Competition 1.3 IT Innovation and Disruption 1.4 IT and You Case 1.2 Business Case: The IoT Comes to Sports Case 1.3 Business Case: Retail Digital Transformation in Singapore Case 1.4 Video Case: Creating a Digital Vision to Transform a Company and Improve the Customer Experience 2 Information Systems, IT Infrastructure, and the Cloud Case 2.1 Opening Case: The Amazing Story of Tommy Flowers-Creator of the First Programmable Computer 2.1 IS Concepts and Classification 2.2 IT Infrastructure, IT Architecture, and Enterprise Architecture 2.3 Data Centers and Cloud Computing 2.4 Virtualization and Virtual Machines Case 2.2. Business Case: BMW Becomes More Competitive with Private and Hybrid Clouds Case 2.3 Video Case: Cloud Computing at Coca-Cola Is Changing Everything 3 Data Management, Data Warehouses, and Data Governance Case 3.1 Opening Case: Asia Capital Reinsurance Leverages Data Analytics Platforms 3.1 Data Management 3.2 Data Warehouses and Data Marts 3.3 Data Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) 3.4 Information Management 3.5 Electronic Document, Record, and Content Management Case 3.2 Business Case: AgriDigital, Australia. Blockchain Supported Insights for Farmers 4 Networks, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Edge Computing Case 4.1 Opening Case: Sony Builds an IPv6 Network to Fortify Competitive Edge 4.1 Network Fundamentals 4.2 Wireless Networks and Standards 4.3 Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) 4.4 Network Quality of Service Case 4.2 Business Case: Carnival Seeks to Keep Passengers Happier at Sea with IoT, NFC, and Edge Computing 5 Data Privacy and Cyber Security Case 5.1 Opening Case: Yahoo Is Fined $117.5 Million for Worst Data Hacks in History 5.1 Data Privacy Concerns and Regulations 5.2 Extent and Cost of Cyberattacks and Cyber Threats 5.3 Cyberattack Targets and Consequences 5.4 Defending Against Cyberattacks and Managing Risk 5.5 Regulatory Controls, Frameworks, and Models Case 5.2 Business Case: LinkedIn Hack: Lessons Learned and Hidden Dangers 6 Business Intelligence, Data Science, and Data Analytics Case 6.1 Financial Intelligence Fights Fraud 6.1 Business Intelligence and Data Science 6.2 Big Data and Advanced Data Analytics 6.3 Descriptive Data Analytics Methods and Techniques 6.4 Predictive and Prescriptive Data Analytics Methods and Techniques Case 6.2 Business Case: London Heathrow Airport Launches BI and Machine Learning to Improve Airfield Management, Predict Passenger Flow, and Transform Airport Security Case 6.3 Video Case: The Beauty of Data Visualization 7 Social Media and Semantic Web Technology Case 7.1 Opening Case: The Darkside of Digital Campaigns: Disinformation and Foreign Influence 7.1 Web 2.0 Technologies 7.2 Social Web Tools and Applications 7.3 Using Search Technology for Business Success 7.4 A Search for Meaning-Web 3.0 and Semantic Technology 7.5 Recommendation Engines Case 7.2 Recommending Wine to Online Customers Case 7.3 Video Case: Power Searching with Google 8 Omnichannel Retailing, E-commerce, and Mobile Commerce Technology Case 8.1 Opening Case: Amazon Pioneers New In-Store Retail Concept 8.1 Omnichannel Retailing 8.2 In-Store Retail Technology 8.3 E-commerce-Online Retailing 8.4 Mobile Commerce 8.5 Mobile Payment and Financial Services Case 8.2 Business Case: eBay-An E-commerce Pioneer Faces New Challenges Case 8.3 Video Case: Searching with Pictures Using Mobile Visual Search 9 Functional Business Systems Case 9.1 Opening Case: Business Case: Equifax Data Breach Highlights Need for Regulatory Compliance Changes in Financial Management 9.1 Functional and Cross-Functional Business Processes 9.2 Production and Operations Management Systems 9.3 Sales and Marketing Management Systems 9.4 Accounting, Finance, and Regulatory Compliance Systems 9.5 Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) Case 9.2 Business Case: MAHLE GmbH Partners with SAP and MHP to Digitalize Its Logistics and Product Development Processes Case 9.3 Video Case: Fuze Increases Its Sales and Marketing Success with an Account-Based Marketing System 10 Enterprise Systems Case 10.1 Opening Case: High-profile Food Recalls Prompt Walmart to Create a Safer, More Transparent, and More Efficient Global Food Supply Chain 10.1 Intro to Enterprise Systems 10.2 Enterprise Resource Planning 10.3 Supply Chain Management 10.4 Customer Relationship Management 10.5 Communicating and Collaborating with Knowledge Management, Content Management, and Enterprise Social Platforms Case 10.2 Business Case: Lowe's Integrates Augmented Reality and Robot Assistants into Its SCM and CRM Programs Case 10.3 Video Case: P&G-Creating Conversations with Global Consumers 11 Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Quantum Computing Technology Case 11.1 Opening Case: HSBC Adopts Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence to Fight Money Laundering 11.1 How AI Works 11.2 AI Applications in Business and Society 11.3 AI and Society (Ethics) 11.4 Robotics Case 11.2 Business Case: Recommendation Systems Powered by AI-Still Room for Improvement 12 IT Strategy, Sourcing, and Strategic Technology Trends Case 12.1 Opening Case: San Diego County's 20-Year Outsourcing Journey (to be checked for change) 12.1 IT Strategy and Competitive Advantage 12.2 IT Strategic Planning, Process, and Tools 12.3 IT Sourcing Strategies and IT Service Management 12.4 Strategic Technology Trends Case 12.2 Business Case: Optimization with Cloud Management Platform 13 Systems Development and Project, Program and Portfolio Management Case 13.1 Opening Case: Keeping Your Project on Track, Knowing When It Is Doomed 13.1 Systems Development 13.2 Software Development Methodologies 13.3 Project, Program, and Portfolio Management 13.4 Initiating, Planning, and Executing Projects 13.5 Monitoring/ Controlling and Closing Projects Case 13.2 Business Case: DevOps for Agile Innovation in Travel Services Case 13.3 Demo Case: Mavenlink Project Management and Planning Software 14 IT Ethics and Local and Global Sustainability Case 14.1 Opening Case: Royal Bank of Scotland Leverages Technology to Fulfill Its Strategy to Build a More Sustainable Bank 14.1 An Introduction to Ethics 14.2 ICT and Local Sustainability 14.3 ICT and Global Sustainability Case 14.2 Business Case: Green Digital Transformation Case 14.3 Video Case: IT Ethics in the Workplace

Read more less

Book SynopsisPro Android 5 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the Android 5 SDK. This book updates the best-selling Pro Android and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for smartphones, tablets, and embedded devices to advanced concepts such as custom components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more. Using the tutorials and expert advice, you''ll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You''ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors. And you''ll check out what''s new in Android, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more. By reading this definitive tutorial and reference, you''ll gain the knowledge and experience to create stunning, cutting-edge Android apps that can make you money, while keepTable of Contents1 Hello, World2 Introduction to Android Applications 3 Basic User Interface Controls 4 Adapters and List Controls 5 Making Advanced UI Layouts 6 Adding Menus and ActionBar 7 Styles and Themes 8 Fragments 9 Responding to Configuration Changes 10 Dialogs: Regular and Fragment 11 Working with Preferences and Saving State 12 Compatibility Library 13 Exploring Packages, Processes, Components, Threads and Handlers 14 Working with Services 15 Advanced Async Task & Progress Dialogs 16 Exploring Broadcast Receivers and Long Running Services 17 Exploring the Alarm Manager 18 Unveiling 2D Animation 19 Exploring Maps and Location Services 20 Understanding the Media Frameworks 21 Home Screen Widgets 22 Touchscreens 23 Drag and Drop 24 Using Sensors25 Understanding Content Providers26 Understanding the Contacts API 27 Loaders 28 Security and Permissions 29 Google Cloud messaging and services30 Deploying Your Application: Google Play Store and Beyond

Read more less

Book SynopsisDiscover how to apply software engineering patterns to develop more robust firmware faster than traditional embedded development approaches. In the authors'' experience, traditional embedded software projects tend towards monolithic applications that are optimized for their target hardware platforms. This leads to software that is fragile in terms of extensibility and difficult to test without fully integrated software and hardware. Patterns in the Machine focuses on creating loosely coupled implementations that embrace both change and testability.This book illustrates how implementing continuous integration, automated unit testing, platform-independent code, and other best practices that are not typically implemented in the embedded systems world is not just feasible but also practical for today''s embedded projects.After reading this book, you will have a better idea of how to structure your embedded software projects. You will recognize that while writing unit tests, creating simulators, and implementing continuous integration requires time and effort up front, you will be amply rewarded at the end of the project in terms of quality, adaptability, and maintainability of your code. What You Will Learn Incorporate automated unit testing into an embedded project Design and build functional simulators for an embedded project Write production-quality software when hardware is not available Use the Data Model architectural pattern to create a highly decoupled design and implementation Understand the importance of defining the software architecture before implementation starts and how to do it Discover why documentation is essential for an embedded project Use finite state machines in embedded projects Who This Book Is ForMid-level or higher embedded systems (firmware) developers, technical leads, software architects, and development managers.Table of Contents1: Introduction2: Core Concepts3: Design Theory For Embedded Programming4: Persistent Storage Example5: Software Architecture6: Automated Unit Testing7: Functional Simulator8: Continuous Integration9: Data Model10: Finite State Machines11: Documentation12: File Organization and Naming13: More About Late Bindings14: Main and Initialization15: More Best Practices16: Example Code17: Rules For DevelopmentAppendix A: TerminologyAppendix B: UML Cheat SheetAppendix C: Notation for State MachinesAppendix D: Coding ConventionsAppendix E: Why C++

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this second volume of Computer Graphics for Artists the author, Andrew Paquette, guides the reader through the creation of realistic computer-generated backgrounds and characters. Rather than teach using a specific program, the author focuses on the theory required to ensure that the artist can create a convincing landscape, building, person or whatever they turn their attention to. Part One covers the core areas of background generation, such as CG terrain, plant life and architecture, but also deals with specific concepts such as photo-texturing and lighting, explaining all the advantages and pitfalls involved. Part Two introduces the reader to the study of the body-shape and movement and their consequent effects upon successful digital-recreation, as well as addressing some of the fundamental elements of appearance; hair, skin and fat. It is assumed that readers will be familiar with the terms and concepts described in the first volume of this work. Table of Contents3D3/Environments.- Real-World Terrain.- CG Terrain.- Plant Life.- Civil Engineering.- Architecture.- Texturing.- Lighting.- Project, Grading, and Conclusion.- 3D4/Anatomy for Characters.- Anatomy.- The Skeleton/Axial.- Appendicular Skeleton.- Musculature.- Musculature (Continued).- Joints.- CG Anatomy.- Projects and Conclusion.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 4 workshops, held at the 5th International Conference on Internet Science, St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 2018: Workshop 1 : Detecting Social Problems in Online Content, Workshop 2: CONVERSATIONS, Workshop 3: The Future of Decentralized Governance: A Workshop on Encryption,Blockchains, and Personal Data, and Workshop 4: Internet as an issue: An international workshop on governmentand media narratives. The 20 full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The contributions of the Workshop 1: Detecting Social Problems in Online Content has united Russian scholars who work upon Russian-language datasets. Workshop 2: CONVERSATIONS: An international workshop on chatbot research and design regularly discusses the novel issues in their research and production area. Workshop 3: The Future of Decentralized Governance: A Workshop on Encryption, Blockchains, and Personal Data. At this workshop scholars and industry representatives from France, the Netherlands, the UK, and Russia have discussed distributed governance technologies based on blockchain and other privacy-protecting technologies. Workshop 4: Internet as an issue: An international workshop on government and media narratives took a rare approach and regarded Internet as a focus for public discussion. Table of ContentsDetecting Social Problems in Online Content.- CONVERSATIONS 2018 - 2nd International Workshop on Chatbot Research.- The Future of Decentralized Governance Workshop.- Internet as an Issue: an International Workshop on Government andMedia Narratives.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in June 2019. The 41 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 206 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full paper length. The papers were organized in topical sections named: information system engineering; requirements and modeling; data modeling and analysis; business process modeling and engineering; information system security; and learning and mining in information systems. Abstracts on the CAiSE 2019 tutorials can be found in the back matter of the volume. Table of ContentsInvited Talk.- Direct and reverse rewriting in data interoperability.- Information System Engineering.- Efficient Engineering Data Exchange in Multi-Disciplinary Systems Engineering Enterprises.- Bing-CF-IDF+: A Semantics-Driven News Recommender System.- Methodological Framework to Guide the Development of Continual Evolution Methods.- Inter-organizational integration in the AEC/FM industry: Exploring the "addressed" and "unaddressed" information exchange needs between stakeholders.- A Lightweight Framework for Multi-Device Integration and Multi-Sensor Fusion to Explore Driver Distraction.- Exhaustive Simulation and Test Generation Using fUML Activity Diagrams.- A Block-Free Distributed Ledger for P2P Energy Trading: Case with IOTA.- Profile Reconciliation through Dynamic Activities across Social Networks.- Requirements and Modeling.- Towards an Ontology-based Approach for Eliciting Possible Solutions to Non-Functional Requirements.- Using a Modelling Language to Describe the Quality of Life Goals of People Living with Dementia.- Multi-Platform Chatbot Modeling and Deployment with the Jarvis Framework.- Information Systems Modeling: Language, Verification, and Tool Support.- Expert2Vec: Experts Representation in Community Question Answering for Question Routing.- A Pattern Language for Value Modeling in ArchiMate.- Paving Ontological Foundation for Social Engineering Analysis.- Improving Traceability Links Recovery in Process Models through an Ontological Expansion of Requirements.- Requirements Engineering for Cyber Physical Production Systems.- Data modeling and Analysis.- A Fourth Normal Form for Uncertain Data.- Revealing the Conceptual Schemas of RDF Datasets.- Modeling and In-Database Management of Relational, Data-Aware Processes.- D2IA: Stream Analytics on User-Defined Event Intervals.- Business Process Modeling and Engineering.- Extracting Declarative Process Models from Natural Language.- From Process Models to Chatbots.- Dynamic Role Binding in Blockchain-Based Collaborative Business Processes.- 3D virtual world BPM training systems: process gateway experimental results.- Deriving and Combining Mixed Graphs from Regulatory Documents Based on Constraint Relations.- A Method to Improve the Early Stages of the Robotic Process Automation Lifecycle.- Generation and Transformation of Compliant Process Collaboration Models to BPMN.- GameOfFlows: Process Instance Adaptation in Complex, Dynamic and Potentially Adversarial Domains.- Information System Security.- Security Vulnerability Information Service with Natural Language Query Support.- Automated Interpretation and Integration of Security Tools Using Semantic Knowledge.- An Assessment Model for Continuous Security Compliance in Large Scale Agile Environments.- Learning and Mining in Information Systems.- Proactive Process Adaptation using Deep Learning Ensembles.- Using Machine Learning Techniques for Evaluating the Similarity of Enterprise Architecture Models.- Efficient Discovery of Compact Maximal Behavioral Patterns from Event Logs.- Discovering Responsibilities with Dynamic Condition Response Graphs.- Fifty Shades of Green: How Informative is a Compliant Process Trace.- Solution Patterns for Machine Learning.- Managing and Simplifying Cognitive Business Operations using Process Architecture Models.- A Constraint Mining Approach to Support Monitoring Cyber-Physical Systems.- Behavior-Derived Variability Analysis: Mining Views for Comparison and Evaluation.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book brings together enterprise modeling and software specification, providing a conceptual background and methodological guidelines that concern the design of enterprise information systems. In this, two corresponding disciplines (enterprise engineering and software engineering) are considered in a complementary way. This is how the widely recognized gap between domain experts and software engineers could be effectively addressed. The content is, on the one hand, based on a conceptual invariance (embracing concepts whose essence transcends the barriers between social and technical disciplines) while on the other, the book is featuring a modeling duality, by bringing together social theories (that are underlying with regard to enterprise engineering) and computing paradigms (that are underlying as it concerns software engineering). In addition, the proposed approach as well as its guidelines and related notations further foster such enterprise-software modeling, by facilitating modeling generations and transformations. Considering unstructured business information in the beginning, the modeling process would progress through the methodological construction of enterprise models, to reach as far as a corresponding derivation of software specifications. Finally, the enterprise-software alignment is achieved in a component-based way, featuring a potential for re-using modeling constructs, such that the modeling effectiveness and efficiency are further stimulated. For the sake of grounding the presented studies, a case study and illustrative examples are considered. They are not only justifying the idea of bringing together (in a component-based way) enterprise modeling and software specification but they are also demonstrating various strengths and limitations of the proposed modeling approach.The book was mainly written for researchers and graduate students in enterprise information systems, and also for professionals whose work involves the specification and realization of such systems. In addition, researchers and practitioners entering these fields will benefit from the blended view on enterprise modeling and software specification, for the sake of an effective and efficient design of enterprise information systems.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Systems.- 3 System Environment and Context-Awareness.- 4 Social Theories.- 5 Computing Paradigms.- 6 The SDBC Approach.- 7 Case Study and Examples.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference, CRIWG+CollabTech 2019, held in Kyoto, Japan in September 2019. The 12 full papers presented in this book together with 8 work-in-progress papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions, and the program also included an invited talk. This year presented a merger of the CRIWG and CollabTech conferences after having been jointly held since 2014. The papers published in this proceedings focus on innovative collaboration technologies and social computing.Table of ContentsAwareness of Complementary Knowledge in CSCL: Impact on Learners’ Knowledge Exchange in Small Groups.- Identifying Socio-Technical Means to Support Small Loosely Coupled Groups of Volunteers.- The analysis of collaborative science learning with simulations through dual eye-tracking techniques.- Hybrid Meetings in the Modern Workplace: Stories of Success and Failure.- A CSCL script for supporting moral reasoning in the ethics classroom.- Tailorable Remote Assistance with RemoteAssistKit: A Study of and Design Response to Remote Assistance in the Manufacturing Industry.- Vision-Based Indoor Positioning (VBIP) - An Indoor AR Navigation System With A Virtual Tour Guide.- Developing Hyper-stories in the Context of Cultural Heritage Appreciation.- A Method for Automated Detection of Cultural Difference.- FootstepsMixer: a Tool to Express Multiple People’s Footsteps in a Footstep Transmission System for Awareness Support.- Speech Speed Awareness System Slows Down Native Speaker’s Talk.- A Comic-style Chat System with Japanese Expression Techniques for More Expressive Communication.- Modeling of non-verbal behaviors of students in cooperative learning by using OpenPose.- Implementing a Serious Game to Improve Communication and Social Skills for Children with Autism.- DiAna-AD: Dialog Analysis for Adjusting Duration during Face-to-face Collaborative Discussion.- Group Dynamics in Gameful Collaborative Innovation Processes.- Discovering Latent Country Words: A Step towards Cross-cultural Emotional Communication.- Evaluation of a campus navigation application using an AR character guide.- An Automated Structural Approach to Support Theatrical Performances by Introducing Gesture Recognition to a Cuing System.- Proposal of Emphasized Pseudo Expression for Improving the Recognition of the Presence and Contribution of Remote Participants in Cooperative Work.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2019, held in Olslo, Norway, in September 2019. The 16 revised full papers,12 short papers and 18 poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The general theme of TPDL 2019 was Connecting with Communities and so the papers attempt to facilitate establishing connections and convergences between diverse research communities such as Digital Humanities, Information Sciences and others that could benefit from ecosystems offered by digital libraries and repositories. To become especially useful to the diverse research and practitioner communities digital libraries need to consider special needs and requirements for effective data utilization, management and exploitation.Table of ContentsConer: A Collaborative Approach for Long-Tail Named Entity Recognition in Scientific Publications.- An unsupervised method for concept association analysis in text collections.- Linking Semantic Fingerprints of Literature.- Learning to Rank Claim-Evidence Pairs to Assist Scientific-Based Argumentation.- The OpenAIRE Research Community Dashboard: on Blending Scientific Workows and Scientific Publishing.- A Framework for Citing Nanopublications.- Analysis of Transaction Logs from National Museums Liverpool.- Knowledge Graph Implementation of Archival Descriptions through CIDOC-CRM.- Investigating Correlations of Inter-coder Agreement and Machine Annotation Performance for Historical Video Data.- Who is Mona L.? Identifying Mentions of Artworks in Historical Archives.- Gatekeeper: Quantifying the Impacts of Service to the Scientific Community.- A Study on the Readability of Scientific Publications.- Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Brazilian Scientific Community.- Exploring Scholarly Data by Semantic Query on Knowledge Graph Embedding Space.- The Memento Tracer Framework: Balancing Quality and Scalability for Web Archiving.- The immigration dilemma; Legal, ethical and practical issues in creating a living, growing archive.- Segmenting User Sessions in Search Engine Query Logs Leveraging Word Embeddings.- A Human-friendly Query Generation Frontend for a Scientific Events Knowledge Graph.- User Interface for Interactive Scientific Publications: A Design Case Study.- Stable Word-clouds for Visualising Text-changes over Time.- A Hierarchical Label Network for Multi-Label EuroVoc Classification of Legislative Contents.- Can Language Inference Support Metadata Generation?.- Information Governance Maturity Assessment using Enterprise Architecture Model Analysis and Description Logics.- Finding Documents Related to Taiwan in the Veritable Records of Qing Using Relevance Feedback.- Fake News Detection with the New German Dataset "GermanFakeNC".- The CSO Classifier: Ontology-Driven Detection of Research Topics in Scholarly Articles.- Non-parametric Subject Prediction.- Visual Summarization of Scholarly Videos using Word Embeddings and Keyphrase Extraction.- Towards Serendipitous Research Paper Recommender using Tweets and Diversification.- Enriching the Cultural Heritage Metadata Using Historical Events: a Graph-Based Representation.- Open Research Knowledge Graph: A System Walkthrough.- The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Unveiling a World of Knowledge About Life on Earth.- Clipping the Page { Automatic Article Detection and Marking Software in Production of Newspaper Clippings in a Digitized Historical Journalistic Collection.- Document recommendations in Slovenian academic digital libraries.- An Evaluation of the Effect of Reference Strings and Segmentation on Citation Matching.- A la Carte: Turning Historical Menu into Menu Network.- Semantic Representation of Scientific Publications.- Determining How Citations Are Used in Citation Contexts.- Dendro: a FAIR, open-source data sharing platform.- User's Behavior in Digital Libraries: Process Mining Exploration.- SciTo Trends: Visualising Scientific Topic Trends.- The-Shelf Semantic Author Name Disambiguation for Bibliographic Data Bases.- Rending Behaviour in Educational Search.- Qatar Digital Library as a Platform for Digital Repatriation of Qatar's Cultural Heritage.- Correcting and redesigning metadata for the excavation of an archaeological site.- Topic Modelling vs Distant Supervision: A Comparative Evaluation based on the Classification of Parliamentary Enquiries.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe two-volume set of LNCS 11778 and 11779 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2019, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in October 2019. The ISWC conference is the premier international forum for the Semantic Web / Linked Data Community.The total of 74 full papers included in this volume was selected from 283 submissions. The conference is organized in three tracks: for the Research Track 42 full papers were selected from 194 submissions; the Resource Track contains 21 full papers, selected from 64 submissions; and the In-Use Track features 11 full papers which were selected from 25 submissions to this track.The chapter "The SEPSES knowledge graph: An integrated resource for cybersecurity" is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.Table of ContentsResources Track.- The KEEN Universe: An Ecosystem for Knowledge Graph Embeddings with a Focus on Reproducibility and Transferability.- VLog: A Rule Engine for Knowledge Graphs.- ArCo: the Italian Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graph.- Making Study Populations Visible through Knowledge Graphs.- LC-QuAD 2.0: A large dataset for complex question answering over Wikidata and DBpedia.- SEO: A Scientific Events Data Model.- DBpedia FlexiFusion - The Best of Wikipedia > Wikidata > Your Data.- The Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph: A Linked Data Source with 8 Billion Triples of Scholarly Data.- The RealEstateCore Ontology.- FoodKG: Semantics-Driven Knowledge Graph for Food Recommendation.- BTC-2019: The 2019 Billion Triple Challenge Dataset.- Extending the YAGO2 Knowledge Graph with Precise Geospatial Knowledge.- The SEPSES knowledge graph: An integrated resource for cybersecurity.- SemanGit: A Linked Dataset from git.- Squerall: Virtual Ontology-Based Access to Heterogeneous and Large Data Sources.- List.MID: A MIDI-Based Benchmark for Evaluating RDF Lists.- A Scalable Framework for Quality Assessment of RDF Datasets.- QaldGen: Towards Microbenchmarking of Question Answering Systems Over Knowledge Graphs.- Sparklify: A Scalable Software Component for Efficient evaluation of SPARQL queries over distributed RDF datasets.- ClaimsKG: A Knowledge Graph of Fact-Checked Claims.- CoCoOn: Cloud Computing Ontology for IaaS Price and Performance Comparison.- In-Use Track.- Semantically-enabled Optimization of Digital Marketing Campaigns.- An End-to-end Semantic Platform For Nutritional Diseases Management.- VLX-Stories: building an online Event Knowledge Base with Emerging Entity detection.- Personalized Knowledge Graphs for the Pharmaceutical Domain.- Use of OWL and Semantic Web Technologies at Pinterest.- An Assessment of Adoption and Quality of Linked Data in European Open Government Data.- Easy Web API Development with SPARQL Transformer.- Benefit graph extraction from healthcare policies.- Knowledge Graph Embedding for Ecotoxicological Effect Prediction.- Improving Editorial Workflow and Metadata Quality at Springer Nature.- A Pay-as-you-go Methodology to Design and Build Enterprise Knowledge Graphs from Relational Databases.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book presents the main theoretical foundations behind smart services as well as specific guidelines and practically proven methods on how to design them. Furthermore, it gives an overview of the possible implementation architectures and shows how the designed smart services can be realized with specific technologies. Finally, it provides four specific use cases that show how smart services have been realized in practice and what impact they have within the businesses.The first part of the book defines the basic concepts and aims to establish a shared understanding of terms, such as smart services, service systems, smart service systems or cyber-physical systems. On this basis, it provides an analysis of existing work and includes insights on how an organization incorporating smart services could enhance and adjust their management and business processes. The second part on the design of smart services elaborates on what constitutes a successful smart service and describes experiences in the area of interdisciplinary teams, strategic partnerships, the overall service systems and the common data basis. In the third part, technical reference architectures are presented in detail, encompassing topics on the design of digital twins in cyber physical systems, the communication between entities and sensors in the age of Industry 4.0 as well as data management and integration. The fourth part then highlights a number of analytical possibilities that can be realized and that can constitute or be part of smart services, including machine learning and artificial intelligence methods. Finally, the applicability of the introduced design and development method is demonstrated by considering specific real-world use cases. These include services in the industrial and mobility sector, which were developed in direct cooperation with industry partners.The main target audience of this book is industry-focused readers, especially practitioners from industry, who are involved in supporting and managing digital business. These include professionals working in business development, product management, strategy, and development, ranging from middle management to Chief Digital Officers. It conveys all the basics needed for developing smart services and successfully placing them on the market by explaining technical aspects as well as showcasing practical use cases.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction to Smart Services.- Introduction to Smart Service Management.- Grasping the Terminology: Smart Services, Smart Service Systems, and Cyber-Physical Systems.- Industrial Maintenance in the Digital World.- Part II: Smart Service Design.- Introduction to Smart Service Design.- Smart Service Engineering.- Smart Service Prototyping.- Capturing the Value: How to Charge for Smart Services.- Market Launch of Smart Services.- Part III: Smart Service Architecture.- Introduction to Smart Service Architectures.- Reference Architecture Models for Smart Services.- Reference ArchitectureModels for Smart Service Networks.- Smart Services in the PhysicalWorld: Digital Twins.- Part IV: Smart Service Analytics.- Service Analytics: Putting the “Smart” in Smart Services.- Part V: Smart Service Use Cases.- Introduction to Smart Service Use Cases.- Designing a Smart Service for Customer Need Identification in B2B Ticketing Systems.- Smart Services: A Condition Monitoring Use Case Utilizing System-Wide Analyses.- Developing Real-Time Smart Industrial Analytics for Industry 4.0 Applications.- How Transformational Management Enabled the Development of a Next Level Condition Monitoring Solution.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe three-volume set LNCS 12762, 12763, and 12764 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which took place virtually in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions. The 139 papers included in this HCI 2021 proceedings were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I, Theory, Methods and Tools: HCI theory, education and practice; UX evaluation methods, techniques and tools; emotional and persuasive design; and emotions and cognition in HCI Part II, Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications: Novel interaction techniques; human-robot interaction; digital wellbeing; and HCI in surgery Part III, Design and User Experience Case Studies: Design case studies; user experience and technology acceptance studies; and HCI, social distancing, information, communication and workTable of ContentsDesign Case Studies.- Graphic Representations of Spoken Interactions from Journalistic Data: Persuasion and Negotiations.- A Study on Universal Design of Musical Performance System.- Developing a Knowledge-based System for Lean Communications between Designers and Clients.- Learn & Share to Control Your Household Pests: Designing a Communication Based App to Bridge the Gap between Local Guides & The New Users Looking for a Reliable & Affordable Pest Control Solutions.- Developing User Interface Design Strategy to Improve Media Credibility of Mobile Portal News.- Elderly-Centered Design: A New Numeric Typeface for Increased Legibility.- Research on Interactive Experience Design of Peripheral Visual Interface of Autonomous Vehicle.- Human-Centered Design Reflections on Providing Feedback to Primary Care Physicians.- Interaction with Objects and Humans based on Visualized Flow using a Background-oriented Schlieren Method.- Research on Aging Design of News APP Interface Layout Based on Perceptual Features.- Research on Modular Design of Children's Furniture based on Scene Theory.- A Design Method of Children Playground Based on Bionic Algorithm.- Bias in, Bias out – The Similarity-Attraction Effect between Chatbot Designers and Users.- Research on Immersive Virtual Reality Display Design Mode of Cantonese Porcelain based on Embodied Interaction.- Design and Research of Children’s Robot Based on Kansei Engineering.- User Experience and Technology Acceptance Studies.- Exploring Citizens' Attitudes towards Voice-Based Government Services in Switzerland.- Too Hot to Enter: Investigating Users' Attitudes toward Thermoscanners in COVID times.- Teens’ Conceptual Understanding of Web Search Engines: The Case of Google Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs).- What Futuristic Technology Means for First Responders: Voices from the Field.- Blinking LEDs: Usability and User Experience of Domestic Modem Routers Indicator Lights.- The Smaller the Better? A Study on Acceptance of 3D Display of Exhibits of Museum's Mobile Media.- Research on Information Visualization Design for Public Health Security Emergencies.- Comparative Study of the Interaction of Digital Natives with Mainstream Web Mapping Services.- Success is not Final; Failure is not Fatal – Task Success and User Experience in Interactions with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.- Research on the Usability Design of HUD Interactive Interface.- Current Problems, Future Needs: Voices of First Responders about Communication Technology.- Exploring the Antecedents of Verificator Adoption.- Are Professional Kitchens Ready for Dummies? A Comparative Usability Evaluation between Expert and non-Expert Users.- Verification of the Appropriate Number of Communications between Drivers of Bicycles and Vehicles.- User Assessment of Webpage Usefulness.- How Workarounds Occur in Relation to Automatic Speech Recognition at Danish Hospitals.- Secondary Task Behavioral Analysis Based on Depth Image During Driving.- Research on the Relationship between the Partition Position of the Central Control Display Interface and the Interaction Efficiency.- HCI, Social Distancing, Information, Communication and Work.- Attention-based Design and Selective Exposure Amid COVID-19 Misinformation Sharing.- Digital Communication to Compensate for Social Distancing? - Results of a Survey on the Local Communication App DorfFunk.- An Evaluation of Remote Workers' Preferences for the Design of a Mobile App on Workspace Search.- Feasibility of Estimating Concentration Level for Not Disturbing Remote Office Workers Based on Kana-Kanji Conversion Confirmation Time.- A Smart City Stakeholder Online Meeting Interface.- Fostering Empathy and Privacy: The Effect of Using Expressive Avatars for Remote Communication.- PerformEyebrow: Design and Implementation of an Artificial Eyebrow Device Enabling Augmented Facial Expression.- Improving Satisfaction in Group Dialogue: A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face and Online Meetings.- EmojiCam: Emoji-Assisted Video Communication System Leveraging Facial Expressions.- Pokerepo Join: Construction of a Virtual Companion Experience System.- Visual Information in Computer-Mediated Interaction Matters: Investigating the Association Between the Availability of Gesture and Turn Transition Timing in Conversation.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Applied Cryptography in Computer and Communications, AC3 2021, and the First International Workshop on Security for Internet of Things (IoT). The conference was held in May 2021 and due to COVID-19 pandemic virtually.The 15 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers present are grouped in 4 tracks on blockchain; authentication; secure computation; practical crypto application. They detail technical aspects of applied cryptography, including symmetric cryptography, public-key cryptography, cryptographic protocols, cryptographic implementations, cryptographic standards and practices.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the Blockchain and RPA Forum, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2021, which took place during September 6-10, 2021, in Rome, Italy.The Blockchain Forum and the RPA Forum have in common that they are centered around an emerging and exciting technology. The blockchain is a sophisticated distributed ledger technology, while RPA software allows for mimicking human, repetitive actions. Each of these have the potential to fundamentally change how business processes are being orchestrated and executed in practice. The 8 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 14 submissions. Table of ContentsRobotic Process Automation Forum.- Humans, Processes and Robots: a journey to Hyperautomation.- A Framework of Cost Drivers for Robotic Process Automation Projects.- Adding Decision Management to Robotic Process Automation.- AIRPA: An architecture to support the execution and maintenance of AI-powered RPA robots.- Blockchain Forum.- An empirical evaluation of smart contract-based data quality assessment in Ethereum.- Blockchain as a Countermeasure Solution for Security Threats of Healthcare Applications.- Studying Bitcoin privacy attacks and their Impact on Bitcoin-based Identity Methods.- Enhancing Blockchain-based Processes with Decentralized Oracles.- Methods for Decentralized Identities: Evaluation and Insights.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th Russian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, RCAI 2021, held in Moscow, Russia, in October 2021. The 19 full papers and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The conference deals with a wide range of topics, categorized into the following topical headings: cognitive research; data mining, machine learning, classification; knowledge engineering; multi-agent systems and robotics; natural language processing; fuzzy models and soft computer; intelligent systems; and tools for designing intelligent systems. Table of ContentsCognitive Research.- Heterogeneous Formal Neurons and Modeling of Multi-Transmitter Neural Ensembles.- Methods for Recognition of Frustration-Derived Reactions in Social Media.- Identification of the Network State Based on the ART-2 Neural Network with a Hierarchical Memory Structure in Parallel Mode.- Data Mining, Machine Learning, Classification.- Ranking Weibull Survival Model: Boosting Concordance Index of Weibull Time-to-event Prediction Model with Ranking Losses.- Predicting Different Health and Lifestyle Behaviors of Social Media Users.- Methods for Finding Consequences with Specified Properties.- Data Mining Methods for Analysis and Forecast of Emerging Technology Trend: A Systematic Mapping Study from SCOPUS Papers.- Machine Learning for Assessment of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Predictive Potential and Prediction of Obstructive Coronary Arteries Lesions.- Knowledge Engineering.- Application of FCA for Domain Model Theory Investigation.- The Metagraph Model for Complex Networks: Definition, Calculus and Granulation Issues.- Subjective Expert Evaluations in the Model-Theoretic Representation of Object Domain Knowledge.- Multiagent Systems and Robotics.- Q-Mixing Network for Multi-Agent Path Finding in Partially Observable Grid Environments.- Subdefinite Computations for Reducing the Search Space in Mobile Robot Localization Task.- Enhancing Exploration Algorithms for Navigation with Visual SLAM.- Natural Language Processing.- Relying on Discourse Trees to Extract Medical Ontologies from Text.- TITANIS: A Tool for Intelligent Text Analysis in Social Media.- Approach to the Automated Development of Scientific Subject Domain Ontologies Based on Heterogeneous Ontology Design Patterns.- Fuzzy Models and Soft Computing.- PC-algorithm of Algebraic Bayesian Network Secondary Structure Training.- Logistic-based Design of Fuzzy Interpretable Classifiers.- Intelligent Systems.- Knowledge-Based Diagnostic System with a Precedent Library.- Semiotic Models in Monitoring and Decision Support Systems.- Cognitive Patterns for Semantic Presentation of Natural-language Descriptions of Well-formalizable Problems.- Detecting Anomalous Behavior of Users of Data Centers based on the Application of Artificial Neural Networks.- Tools for Designing Intelligent Systems.- Study of the Feasibility of Creating of a Real-time Neuronetwork Infrared Ground Objects Recognition System.- The Implementation of the Ontological Approach to Control of the Processes of Designing Integrated Expert Systems Based on the Problem-oriented Methodology.- A Module for Industrial Safety Inspection Planning Based on Self-organization.-

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed papers of the workshops held at the 10th International Conference on New Trends in Model and Data Engineering, MEDI 2021, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in June 2021: Workshop on moDeling, vErification and Testing of dEpendable CriTical systems, DETECT 2021; Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, SIAS 2021; Worjshop on Control Software: Methods, Models, and Languages, CSMML 2021; Blockchain for Inter-Organizational Collaboration, BIOC 2021; The International Health Data Workshop, HEDA 2021.The 20 full and the 4 short workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The papers are organized according to the workshops: Workshop on moDeling, vErification and Testing of dEpendable CriTical systems, DETECT 2021; Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, SIAS 2021; Worjshop on Control Software: Methods, Models, and Languages, CSMML 2021; Blockchain for Inter-Organizational Collaboration, BIOC 2021; The International Health Data Workshop, HEDA 2021.Table of ContentsmoDeling, vErification and Testing of dEpendable CriTical systems (DETECT).- Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS).- Control Software : Methods, Models, and Languages (CSMML).- Blockchain for Inter-Organizational Collaboration (BIOC).- The International Health Data Workshop (HEDA).

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, EMAS 2021, which was held during May 3-4, 2021. The conference was initially planned to take place in London, UK, but changed to an online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20 full papers and 1 short paper included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 27 submissions. The contributions deal with agent-oriented software engineering, programming multi-agent systems, declarative agent languages and technologies, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Table of ContentsPanSim + Sim-2APL: A Framework for Large-Scale Distributed Simulation with Complex Agents.- Implementing Ethical Governors in BDI.- A Unifying Framework for Agency in Hypermedia Environments.- Multiagent Foundations for Distributed Systems: A Vision.- An Epistemic Logic for Modular Development of Multi-Agent Systems.- Attention Guidance Agents with Eye-tracking: A Use-case Based on the MATBII Cockpit Task.- StreamB: A Declarative Language for Automatically Processing Data Streams in Abstract Environments for Agent Platforms.- BDI for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation.- An Appraisal Transition System for Event-driven Emotions in Agent-based Player Experience Testing.- Developer Operations and Engineering Multi-Agent Systems.- Smart Cyber-physical System-of-Systems using Intelligent Agents and MAS.- Formal Verification of a Map Merging Protocol in the Multi-Agent Programming Contest.- Analysis of the Execution Time of the Jason BDI Reasoning Cycle.- Autonomous Economic Agent Framework.- Seamless Integration and Testing for MAS Engineering.- Engineering Explainable Agents: An Argumentation-Based Approach.- TPO: A Type System for the Architecture of Agent Societies.- A Practical Framework for General Dialogue-based Bilateral Interactions.- Implementing Durative Actions with Failure Detection in Gwendolen.- Concept Description and Definition Extraction for the ANEMONE System.- GenGPT: a Systematic Way to Generate Synthetic Goal-Plan Trees.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis textbook provides solid guidance on how to produce information models in practice. Information modeling has become increasingly relevant as an approach for understanding the active role that data plays within business and management and promoting the planning of business activities. The text promotes a practical approach to information modelling based around the analysis of communicative practice within delimited domains of organization. The book chapters are designed to be read in sequence. The early chapters build an account of information modelling from the bedrock of a theory of information situations. Later chapters discuss a number of practical issues concerned with the application of this business analysis and design technique. The conclusion demonstrates a larger context for the application and importance of information modelling. Numerous in-text examples of the concepts of information modelling and their application are included throughout the text. A separate chapter is devoted to a range of exercises which the reader can use to test understanding and application of the technique. An appendix with solutions is also provided to support learning. Overall, this textbook provides a step-by-step introduction to information modelling for use in undergraduate and postgraduate modules in information systems, computer science and even digitally focused modules within business and management. No prerequisite knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader. Students and practitioners are tutored in the development of information modelling from first principles. The book covers all the core principles of both entity-relationship diagramming and class diagramming – the two major approaches to information modelling.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. What Is Information?.- 3. Why Model Information?.- 4. Information Modelling From First Principles.- 5. Visualising an Information M.- 6. Composing an Information Model.- 7. Practical Issues in Information Modelling.- 8. Information Modelling and Data Systems.- 9. Information Modelling in Context.- 10. Exercises.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CloudComp 2021, held in December 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 17 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions and detail cloud computing technologies for efficient and intelligent computing in secure and smart environments with distributed devices. The theme of CloudComp 2021 was “Cloud Computing for Secure and Smart Applications”. The book is organized in three general areas of data analytics for cloud systems with distributed applications, cloud architecture and challenges in real-world use, and security in cloud/edge platforms.Table of ContentsData Analytics for Cloud Systems with Distributed Applications 1 Load quality analysis and forecasting for power data set on cloud platform.- A Survey of Traffic Prediction Based on Deep Neural Network: Data, Methods and Challenges.- A dynamic gesture recognition control file method based on deep learning.- A Lightweight FCNN-Driven Approach to Concrete Composition Extraction in a Distributed Environment.- Triangle Coordinate Diagram Localization for Academic Literature Based on Line Segment Detection.- Optimizing Fund Allocation for Game-based Verifiable Computation Outsourcing.- A Survey of Face Image Inpainting Based on Deep Learning.- Cloud Architecture and Challenges in Real-World Use.- Layered Service Model Architecture for Cloud Computin.- KPG4Rec: Knowledge Property-aware Graph for Recommender Systems.- 10 ERP as Software-as-a-Service: Factors depicting large enterprises cloud adoption.- Design Of An Evaluation System Of Limb Motor Function Using Inertial Sensor.- Towards a GPU-accelerated Open Source VDI for OpenStack Manuel.- Security in Cloud/Edge Platforms.- Trustworthy IoT Computing Environment Based on Layered Blockchain Consensus Framework.- Heuristic Network Security Risk Assessment Based on Attack Graph.- Research on Network Security Automation and Orchestration Oriented to Electric Power Monitoring System.- Energy- and Reliability-aware Computation Offloading with Security Constraints.- A Review of Cross-Blockchain Solutions.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis open access book tackles the design of 3D spatial interactions in an audio-centered and audio-first perspective, providing the fundamental notions related to the creation and evaluation of immersive sonic experiences. The key elements that enhance the sensation of place in a virtual environment (VE) are:Immersive audio: the computational aspects of the acoustical-space properties of Virutal Reality (VR) technologies Sonic interaction: the human-computer interplay through auditory feedback in VEVR systems: naturally support multimodal integration, impacting different application domainsSonic Interactions in Virtual Environments will feature state-of-the-art research on real-time auralization, sonic interaction design in VR, quality of the experience in multimodal scenarios, and applications. Contributors and editors include interdisciplinary experts from the fields of computer science, engineering, acoustics, psychology, design, humanities, and beyond. Their mission is to shape an emerging new field of study at the intersection of sonic interaction design and immersive media, embracing an archipelago of existing research spread in different audio communities and to increase among the VR communities, researchers, and practitioners, the awareness of the importance of sonic elements when designing immersive environments. Table of ContentsPart I Introduction: Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments: the Egocentric Audio Perspective of the Digital Twin.- Part II Interactive and Immersive Audio: Procedural Modeling of Interactive Sound Sources in Virtual Reality.- Interactive and Immersive Auralization.- System-to-User and User-to-System Adaptations in Binaural Audio.- Audio Quality Assessment for Virtual Reality.- Part III Sonic Interactions: Spatial Design Considerations for Interactive Audio in Virtual Reality.- Embodied and Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments: Tactics and Examplars.- Supporting Sonic Interaction in Creative, Shared Virtual Environments.- Spatial Audio Mixing in Virtual Reality.- Part IV Sonic Experiences: Audio in Multisensory Interactions: from Experiments to Experiences.- Immersion in Audiovisual Experiences.- Augmenting Sonic Experiences through Haptic Feedback.- From the Lab to the Stage: Practical Considerations on Designing Performances with Immersive Virtual Musical Instruments.- Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe two-volume set, LNCS 13325 and 13326, are conference proceedings that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2022, held as part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2022, which took place during June-July 2022. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 58 papers of DAPI 2022 are organized in topical sections named for each volume: Part I: User Experience and Interaction Design for Smart Ecosystems; Smart Cities, Smart Islands, and Intelligent Urban Living; Smart Artifacts in Smart Environments; and Opportunities and Challenges for the Near Future Smart EnvironmentsPart II: Smart Living in Pervasive IoT Ecosystems; Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Education and Learning; Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Well-being and Healthcare; and Smart Creativity and Art.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe two-volume set, LNCS 13325 and 13326, are conference proceedings that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2022, held as part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2022, which took place during June-July 2022. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 58 papers of DAPI 2022 are organized in topical sections named for each volume: Part I: User Experience and Interaction Design for Smart Ecosystems; Smart Cities, Smart Islands, and Intelligent Urban Living; Smart Artifacts in Smart Environments; and Opportunities and Challenges for the Near Future Smart EnvironmentsPart II: Smart Living in Pervasive IoT Ecosystems; Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Education and Learning; Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Well-being and Healthcare; and Smart Creativity and Art.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book outlines the development of the Trace R&D Center as an institution for furthering accessible and assistive technologies. The book walks readers through the Center’s nascent attempts to solve individual challenges with augmentative communication devices through contemporary efforts to establish global frameworks and infrastructures for accessibility. This book is premised on the Center’s mission to maximize the potential of people with disabilities by harnessing evolving technologies while at the same time dismantling the barriers created by those same technological advancements. Readers will learn how this has been done in the past and why this practice should be a fundamental and integrated feature in new technology planning and implementation. The book touches on pre-internet technologies before exploring the huge implications of, first, the personal computer and, second, the Internet. In parallel with the massive growth in scale rendered by the launch of the Web, the book traces the expansion of the Center’s focus from the individual to the universal, particularly in working to establish accessibility standards and infrastructures. Learning from the successes and failures of the Center, the book outlines many past challenges and future directions for the development of technologies for people with disabilities from the research and industry perspectives.Table of ContentsTrace Center Origin and Evolution.- Augmentative Communication (1971–).- Pre-Internet/Pre-Web Summative Information (1970s–1990s).- Computer Access (1980–).- Electronic Consumer Products and General Accessibility (1990–).- Web Access (1990–).- Telecommunication Access (1990–).- Kiosks and Information—Transaction Machine Access (1999–).- Accessibility Infrastructure (2010 –).- Move to University of Maryland (2016).- Elements that Have Defined the Trace Center.- Some Lessons Learned from Trace’s First 50 Years.- Trace’s Focus for the Next Decade(s) (2021–).

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, MobiWIS 2022, held in Rome, Italy, in August 2022.The 18 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. The papers of MobiWIS 2022 deal focus on topics such as security and privacy; web and mobile applications; networking and communication; intelligent information systems; and IoT and ubiquitous computing.Table of Contents​Session 1: Mobile Applications and Technologies.- Knowledge Behavior Gap Model: An Application for Technology Acceptance.- UI-Re-Engineering of a Mobile Documentation Software in the Care Sector.- GUI Element Detection from Mobile UI Images Using YOLOv5.- Session 2: Mobile Devices and Automous Vehicles.- Active Federated YOLOR Model for Enhancing Autonomous Vehicles Safety.- Neural Network for Public Transport Mode Inference on Mobile Devices.- Data-Driven Federated Autonomous Driving.- Session 3: Security in Healthcare and Smart Cities Environment.- Case Study on a Session Hijacking Attack: The 2021 CVS Health Data Breach.- Blockchain for Cybersecure Healthcare.- Design of a Method for Setting IoT Security Standards in Smart Cities.- Session 4: Software-Defined Networks.- Mathematical Models for Minimizing Latency in Software-Defined Networks.- Analyzing the Impact of DNN Hardware Accelerators-Oriented Compression Techniques on General-Purpose Low-End Boards.- Spatial Dependency in Software-Defined Networking In-Band Monitoring: Challenges and Future Perspective.- Session 5: Smart Systems and Applications.- What is a Smart Service?.- SSSB: An Approach to Insurance for Cross-Border Exchange by using Smart Contracts.- A Review: Sensors Used in Tool Wear Monitoring and Prediction.- Session 6: Advanced Information Systems.- Towards the use of IT technologies for health literacy and health information competences – a case study.- A Systematic Literature Review on Relationship between Internet Usage Behavior and Internet QoS in Campus.- Model Checking Intelligent Information Systems with 3-Valued Timed Commitments.

Read more less