Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2351
Release: 2015-09-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466687525

We live in a wireless society, one where convenience and accessibility determine the efficacy of the latest electronic gadgets and mobile devices. Making the most of these technologies—and ensuring their security against potential attackers—requires increased diligence in mobile technology research and development. Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications brings together a comprehensive range of voices and research in the area of mobile and wireless technologies, exploring the successes and failures, advantages and drawbacks, and benefits and limitations of the technology. With applications in a plethora of different research and topic areas, this multi-volume reference work benefits researchers, service providers, end-users, and information technology professionals. This four-volume reference work includes a diverse array of chapters and authors covering topics such as m-commerce, network ethics, mobile agent systems, mobile learning, communications infrastructure, and applications in fields such as business, healthcare, government, tourism, and more.

Selected Readings on Telecommunications and Networking

Selected Readings on Telecommunications and Networking
Author: Gutierrez, Jairo
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2008-08-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1605660957

"This book presents quality articles focused on key issues concerning the planning, design, maintenance, and management of telecommunications and networking technologies"--Provided by publisher.

IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: St.Amant, Kirk
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2511
Release: 2009-07-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1605667714

"This book covers a wide range of topics involved in the outsourcing of information technology through state-of-the-art collaborations of international field experts"--Provided by publisher.

Big Data: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Big Data: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2523
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466698411

The digital age has presented an exponential growth in the amount of data available to individuals looking to draw conclusions based on given or collected information across industries. Challenges associated with the analysis, security, sharing, storage, and visualization of large and complex data sets continue to plague data scientists and analysts alike as traditional data processing applications struggle to adequately manage big data. Big Data: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a multi-volume compendium of research-based perspectives and solutions within the realm of large-scale and complex data sets. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this publication presents exhaustive coverage of crucial topics in the field of big data including diverse applications, storage solutions, analysis techniques, and methods for searching and transferring large data sets, in addition to security issues. Emphasizing essential research in the field of data science, this publication is an ideal reference source for data analysts, IT professionals, researchers, and academics.

Leadership and Personnel Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Leadership and Personnel Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2308
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466696257

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Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Van Slyke, Craig
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 4288
Release: 2008-04-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1599049503

The rapid development of information communication technologies (ICTs) is having a profound impact across numerous aspects of social, economic, and cultural activity worldwide, and keeping pace with the associated effects, implications, opportunities, and pitfalls has been challenging to researchers in diverse realms ranging from education to competitive intelligence.

Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1703
Release: 2016-01-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466696206

Civil and environmental engineers work together to develop, build, and maintain the man-made and natural environments that make up the infrastructures and ecosystems in which we live and thrive. Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive multi-volume publication showcasing the best research on topics pertaining to road design, building maintenance and construction, transportation, earthquake engineering, waste and pollution management, and water resources management and engineering. Through its broad and extensive coverage on a variety of crucial concepts in the field of civil engineering, and its subfield of environmental engineering, this multi-volume work is an essential addition to the library collections of academic and government institutions and appropriately meets the research needs of engineers, environmental specialists, researchers, and graduate-level students.