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Advances the understanding, practice, and research within career and technical education. This book provides a global view on the education technologies for adult learning from leading scholars, theorists, and practitioners by sharing insight on innovative pedagogies and inspirational thoughts on the fields of adult education, technology, and care and technical education.

Provides insight into the current trends and emerging issues by investigating grid and cloud evolution, workflow management, and the impact new computing systems have on the education fields as well as the industries. This book is practical for both researchers and IT professionals.

Provides a wide range of coverage on the adoption of technology and aims to provide a better understanding of the topics, research, and discoveries in this significant field. This book aims to cover the emerging issues in e-adoption for researchers, faculty members, and students in hopes of contributing to future discoveries.

Explores various aspects of design and development of intelligent technologies by bringing together the latest in research in the fields of information systems, intelligent agents, collaborative works, and much more. This reference source also highlights insights on agent-based problem solving as well as economic issues and organisational impact.

Explores the areas of concern in guaranteeing the security and privacy of data and related technologies. This reference source includes a range of topics in information security and privacy provided for a diverse readership ranging from academic and professional researchers to industry practitioners.

Presents ideal research in the areas of database theory, systems design, ontologies, and many more. Including examples of the convergence of ideas from various disciplines aimed at improving and developing the theory of information technology and management of information resources, this book is useful for researchers and practitioners in the IT field.

This is a one-stop resource for the latest information regarding different topical areas within solar energy. This handbook will emphasise the application of nanotechnology innovations to solar energy technologies, explore current and future developments in third generation solar cells, and provide a detailed economic analysis of solar energy applications.

Posits imagination as the central feature of design. It questions the common assumption that ICTs are not only useful but also valuable for the creation of the visual designs that reside at the core of architecture, engineering design, and industrial design. For readers who believe this assumption is right, this book offers an alternative perspective.

Presents new research regarding wireless identification and sensing platform (WISP) tags, security, and applications. It serves as a reference on WISP technology and presents recent advances in this field. It will be a useful reference for security experts, will introduce RFID professionals to new trends in this area, and can also be used by IT experts looking to utilise this technology.

As the amount of accumulated data across a variety of fields becomes harder to maintain, it is essential for a new generation of computational theories and tools to assist humans in extracting knowledge from this rapidly growing digital data. This title brings together recent advances and in depth knowledge in the fields of knowledge representation and computational intelligence.

With the influence of operations research and management science, business and administration methods have made significant strides in advancing the effective application methods for decision-making processes. This examines related research in decision, management, and other behavioral sciences in order to exchange and collaborate on information among business, industry, and government.

Similar to the way in which computer vision and computer graphics act as the dual fields that connect image processing in modern computer science, the field of image processing can be considered a crucial middle road between the vision and graphics fields. This brings together various research methodologies and trends in emerging areas of application of computer vision and image processing.

The evolution of modern technology has allowed digital democracy and e-governance to transform traditional ideas on political dialogue and accountability. This brings together a detailed examination of the new ideas on electronic citizenship, electronic democracy, e-governance, and digital legitimacy.

With higher education turning towards data analytics as the next big advance in technology, it is important to look at how information is gathered and visualized for accurate comprehension, analysis, and decision-making. This brings together effective practices for the end-to-end capture and web based presentation of information for comprehension, analysis, and decision-making.

Explores essential information and current research findings on information communication systems and networks. This reference source aims to assist professionals in the desire to enhance their knowledge of modeling at systems level with the aid of modern software packages.

The growth of new technologies, internet, virtualisation, and the globalisation of production and consumption has given focus on new marketing strategies in the cyber era. This has shaped a demand for an innovative conceptual framework for the marketing industry. This title brings together best practices and innovative approaches for effective marketing in today's economy.

In a digital context, trust is a multifaceted concept, including trust in application usability, trust in information security, and trust in fellow users. Mobile technologies have compounded the impact of such considerations. This title explores current advances in digital and mobile computing technologies from the user perspective, evaluating trust models and autonomic trust management.

Knowledge is a significant organisational resource. In order to build and sustain a competitive advantage, this knowledge must be protected within an organisation's core businesses from discovery by competitors. This title examines current research in support of knowledge management by focusing on how knowledge resources can be used to create and sustain competitive advantages.

Medical practitioners are continuing to advance their knowledge of the latest technologies in order to keep up with the opportunities for faster and more reliable treatments for patients. This title focuses on the latest medical practices through the utilisation of technologies and innovative concepts. It is an essential reference source for researchers, academics, and industry professionals.