"This book presents cutting-edge research and analysis of the most recent advancements in the fields of database systems and software development"--Provided by publisher.
Siau and Erickson (U. of Nebraska-Lincoln) present this text for professionals and advanced students in library-centered computer science on the issues, methods, and theories involved in the provision of electronic resources in libraries. The 19 chapters are organized under the broad topics of ontologies and semantics, systems building, queries and data analysis, web and mobile commerce, and organizations and structures. Specific topics include: semantic integration and knowledge discovery for environmental research, IT value of software development, using decision trees to predict crime reporting, a model for estimating the savings from dimensional vs. keyword search, migrating legacy information systems to web services architecture, and design of a data model for social network applications. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
