Technologies for the Information Society: Developments and OpportunitiesJean-Yves Roger, Brian Stanford-Smith, Paul T. Kidd GATEWAYS TO DEMOCRACY continues with its framework of "gateways" to help readers conceptualize participation and civic engagement--even democracy itself--with reference to how individuals access the political system. This approach helps readers better see the relevance of government in their lives. GATEWAYS uniquely incorporates policy into a section at the end of each chapter, helping readers better understand the connection between public opinion, policy-making and how public policy applies to their lives. The second edition, complete with 2012 election updates, emphasizes critical thinking by clearly outlining learning outcomes and enhancing learning with self-assessment "Checkpoints" and a clear chapter study plan. Chapters in this ESSENTIALS version are condensed to accommodate a shorter format but preserve the integrity of the text's hallmarks. |
Contents
New Challenges for the Information System | 3 |
Information Orientation Strategy of Gifu Prefecture T Morimoto | 42 |
X | 65 |
An Internet Application P Shakeshaft | 97 |
The Role of Electronic Commerce for Portuguese SMEs in the Global Marketplace | 104 |
Electronic Commerce Expectations and Realities for SMEs D Eccles | 112 |
Electronic Commerce Commercial Scenarios Business Models and Technologies | 120 |
An Effective Model for Evaluating the Benefits of Endogenous Internet | 128 |
Image Database Management with Content Based Techniques R Vaccaro | 568 |
MELISSA MethodsTools for Natural Language Interfacing to Standard Software | 583 |
A Framework for Integrating Custom Applications into Multimedia Annotations | 591 |
A Comprehensive Distributed Multimedia Service Platform M Di Concetto | 599 |
An Assessment of Technologies for Multimedia Data Streaming M Maierhofer C Baily | 607 |
Effort Estimation for Multimedia Information Systems Development S Lechtenberg | 615 |
MovieDNA and its Use in Copyright Protection P Uray and H MüllerSeelich | 623 |
Lessons Learnt X Alamán | 629 |
Best Practice Solutions of Electronic Commerce for Small | 136 |
The Electronic Trading of Intangible Assets F Meinköhn | 144 |
Best Practice for SMEs Prominent Experiences for the Future V Mjaaland G Horn | 167 |
SME Best Practice Business Model in OMI A Furlani and G Ravizza | 174 |
Assisting SMEs to Exploit their Intellectual Property The assistec Project | 179 |
Barriers to Electronic Commerce M N Storrøsten | 195 |
A Lowcost Internet Packet Filter R D Warren and J E M Tyler | 211 |
Using Autonomous Agents in Internet Marketing A Discussion on Subjective | 225 |
An Agent System for Comparative Shopping at the Point of Sale G Zacharia | 241 |
Using Webbased Knowledge in a Contextualized | 257 |
Information Objects The First Virtual Software House in Switzerland | 271 |
42 | 286 |
A Novel Fully Automated Web Server for Weather Satellite Images A Trasser | 287 |
46 | 294 |
The Latest Technologies for an Innovative | 301 |
54 | 305 |
A Laboratory Information Management System Using Open Internet Standards | 316 |
ExtranetBased Maintenance and Customization of Tourism Information in TIScover | 331 |
Redefining the Business Transportation Model C Joyce | 347 |
61 | 360 |
Businesstobusiness Electronic Trading as Cooperative Workflows A Lehtola | 373 |
A Framework for Agent Based Information Brokerage Services in Electronic Commerce | 389 |
A Framework for Developing Web Based Information Systems M Ojsteršek U Novak | 405 |
Towards New Web Application Development Practices W Drakos | 421 |
The TRADE Project M Mastretti | 437 |
Chaotic Encryption An Innovative Technology in Secure Communications | 453 |
69 | 459 |
Practices Implementation and Application | 466 |
76 | 474 |
Internet | 482 |
81 | 490 |
Making More Profitable Your Bids in a Competitive Environment G Raynard | 503 |
Assessing the Feasibility of Using a Media IO Processor in a VOD Server | 521 |
Analysis and Processing of Compressed Newsfeeds G Falkemeier G R Joubert | 536 |
Bringing Together Medical Imaging and Diagnosis A Kugler T Grunert | 551 |
Products Distribution with Map and Multimedia R Tsankova and H Teliatinov | 636 |
Augmented Reality for Collaborative Telepresence Applications E Ottar | 644 |
An Anatomic Human Body for Motion Capture R Boulic P Fua L Herda M Silaghi | 652 |
The Case of Mammographic | 660 |
A Multimedia Educational System for Distance Learning on Interactive | 668 |
Breast Cancer Pathology Information Kit Using | 675 |
Marketing of DFILM F Kolvenbach | 683 |
A Longlife Learning Telematics Tool for SMEs B Rodríguez Pajares | 691 |
Automating Quality Assurance for Intellectual Property Cores W Luk and D Siganos | 701 |
A Methodology for System Design Based on Reusable Hardware Software IPs | 709 |
IP Is Design for Reuse the Same as Design for IP Trading? T Dent | 717 |
Challenges in IP Reuse P Delforge | 723 |
Automatic Fruit Quality Sorting Using Computer Vision Techniques M M M Fahmy | 731 |
Musical Sounds Synthesis with a High and Foreseeable Accuracy E Léautey | 740 |
Extended Memory Card P Biget and J J Vandewalle | 747 |
87 | 755 |
Automated Numerical and Data Range Analysis of Control Software G Schumacher | 763 |
A Development and Maintenance Environment D Bojić | 772 |
A FaultTree Based Environment to Software Safety Analysis | 779 |
The MISRA C Language Subset for SafetyRelated Embedded Systems P Edwards | 787 |
Embedded Logic Technology and Its Application P F Lister N Ford M C Bassett | 795 |
A NoiseRobust Speech Processing and Recognition Development System P Gómez | 803 |
Compiler Techniques for Fast Migration of Embedded Applications T S Gaul | 835 |
Handling Adaptive Behavior in Realtime Systems Y Berbers | 851 |
Customized Implementation of the TCPIP Protocol for Interconnectivity Applications | 866 |
vii | 873 |
Next Generation Telecommunication Processors for ISDNLAN Applications | 882 |
A Systems Engineering Environment for TimeTriggered Architectures | 897 |
GuideMan A New AudioGuide A Eisenstein | 913 |
A LowCost Prototyping Environment for Microprocessorbased Systems | 933 |
SA² Strong ARM Based Architecture for High PerformanceLow Cost | 949 |
Toying with Solid State Physics? A Negoi Ș Bara A Guyot | 964 |
Challenges of the Electronic Marketplace U Janko | 981 |
Author Index | 997 |
Common terms and phrases
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