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List of Contributors
Blanco, Ignacio José \ University of Granada, Spain ..................................................................... 2448 Blind, Knut \ Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany and Berlin University of Technology, Germany................................................................................ 1529 Bogorny, Vania \ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil and Transnational University of Limburg, Belgium ......................................................................... 2405 Boston, George \ Western Michigan University, USA ..................................................................... 1405 Botsis, Taxiarchis \ Athens Medical School, Greece ....................................................................... 1385 Bouet, Marinette \ LIMOS, Blaise Pascal University-Clermont-Ferrand, France ............................ 60 Bouguettaya, Athman \ Virginia Tech, USA ..................................................................................... 903 Boussaïd, Omar \ University LUMIERE Lyon, France....................................................................... 60 Brayner, Angelo \ University of Fortaleza, Brazil........................................................................... 2472 Bruckner, Robert M. \ Microsoft, USA ............................................................................................. 505 Brydon, Michael \ Simon Fraser University, Canada..................................................................... 2572 Buccafurri, Francesco \ University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy ............................ 2037 Caminiti, Gianluca \ University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy ................................. 2037 Candan, K. Selçuk \ Arizona State University, USA ....................................................................... 1276 Cannataro, Mario \ Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy........................................... 1267 Cao, Tru H. \ Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam ................................................ 126 Caroprese, Luciano \ DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy ......................................................... 2051 Caschera, Maria Chiara \ IRPPS-CNR, Italy................................................................................. 1003 Cavalcanti, Valéria M. B. \ Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ................................... 987 Cerans, Karlis \ University of Latvia, Latvia .................................................................................. 2360 Chan, Hock Chuan \ National University of Singapore, Singapore ............................................... 1604 Che, Dunren \ Illinois University at Carbondale, USA ................................................................... 2059 Chen, Jianhua \ Louisiana State University, USA........................................................................... 2166 Chen, Min \ Florida International University, USA ........................................................................ 1189 Chen, Peter P. \ Louisiana State University, USA ............................................................................. 702 Chen, Shu-Ching \ Florida International University, USA............................................................. 1189 Chen, Yan \ Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, USA.................................................. 2166 Cheung, Pak-Keung \ University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong....................................... 1622 Christophides, V. \ Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece............................ 596 Coenen, Frans \ University of Liverpool, UK.................................................................................. 2657 Cress, Ulrike \ Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany........................................................ 1670 Crowston, Kevin \ Syracuse University, USA ................................................................................... 797 Cuadrado, J. J. \ University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain............................................................... 2000 Cuapa Canto, Rosalba \ Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico ......................... 2261 Cunningham, Colleen \ Drexel University, USA............................................................................... 702 Cuzzocrea, Alfredo \ University of Calabria, Italy ........................................................................... 165 D’Ulizia, Arianna \ IRPPS-CNR, Italy ............................................................................................ 1003 Dalkilic, Mehmet \ Indiana University, USA................................................................................... 2384 Dallwitz, John \ Ara Irititja, Pitjantjatjara Council Inc., Australia ................................................ 1462 Dang, Tran Khanh \ National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ....................................... 2204 Danielson, Peter \ University of British Columbia, Canada ........................................................... 1808 Darmont, Jérôme \ ERIC, University of Lyon 2, France ................................................................ 1226 David, Stefano \ Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy ................................................................. 257 de Aguiar Moraes Filho, José \ University of Fortaleza, Brazil..................................................... 2472
de Almeida, Hyggo Oliveira \ Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ............................. 1020 de Amo, Sandra \ Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil..................................................... 1205 de Caluwe, Rita \ Ghent University, Belgium.................................................................................... 135 de la Torre Díez, Isabel \ University of Valladolid, Spain............................................................... 1372 de Souza Baptista, Claudio \ Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ................................ 987 de Tré, Guy \ Ghent University, Belgium........................................................................................... 135 Deb, Sagarmay \ Southern Cross University, Australia .................................................................... 179 Decker, Hendrik \ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain ....................................................... 212 Dholakia, Nikhilesh \ University of Rhode Island, USA ................................................................. 1778 Dillon, Tharam S. \ University of Technology, Sydney, Australia ..................................................... 570 Ding, Gang \ Olympus Communication Technology of America, Inc., USA.................................... 2564 Dirs, Mustafa M. \ College University Technology Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia ........................... 1257 Dolado, J. J. \ University of the Basque Country, Spain.................................................................. 2000 Duncan, George T. \ Carnegie Mellon University, USA ................................................................. 1823 Elovici, Yuval \ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel ............................................................. 384 Engel, Paulo Martins \ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil ................ 2405 Eschenbrenner, Brenda \ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA ................................................... 2595 Etzkorn, Letha H. \ University of Alabama, USA........................................................................... 1984 Evermann, Joerg \ Memorial University of Newfoundland–St. John’s, Canada .............................. 282 Evdoridis, Theodoros \ University of the Aegean, Greece.............................................. 13, 2079, 2109 Faloutsos, Christos \ Carnegie Mellon University, USA................................................................. 2011 Fan, Fengxian \ Kunming University, China ................................................................................... 1568 Fermoso Garcia, Ana María \ Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain .................................... 1959 Fernández-Medina, Eduardo \ Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain................................... 637 Ferreira, Pedro Gabriel \ Universidade do Minho, Portugal......................................................... 2632 Ferrer-Troyano, F. \ University of Seville, Spain ............................................................................ 2000 Fiore, Valter \ Telecom Italia, Italy.................................................................................................... 847 Flores, Dionicio Zacarías \ Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico ..................... 2261 Flores, Fernando Zacarías \ Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico................... 2261 Folinas, Nikolaos \ University of Ioannina, Greece ........................................................................ 1844 Fong, Joseph \ City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ............................................................ 2489 Fox, Mark S. \ University of Toronto, Canada ................................................................................ 2384 Fugazza, Cristiano \ University of Milan, Italy................................................................................. 257 Furtado, Pedro \ Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal...................................................................... 658 Gadish, David A. \ California State University Los Angeles, USA ................................................. 2685 Gançarski, Pierre \ LSIIT-AFD-Louis Pasteur University, France .................................................... 60 Gaynor, Mark \ Boston University School of Management, USA ................................................... 1344 Gedeon, Randle J. \ Western Michigan University, USA ................................................................ 1405 Gelbard, Roy \ Bar-Ilan University, Israel ...................................................................................... 2157 George, Carlisle \ Middlesex University, UK .................................................................................. 2085 Giacometti, Arnaud \ Université François Rabelais de Tours, France .......................................... 1205 Golfarelli, Matteo \ DEIS–University of Bologna, Italy.................................................................... 221 González Císaro, Sandra Elizabeth \ Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina ............................................................................................ 648 Gorla, Narasimhaiah \ American University of Sharjah, UAE ...................................................... 2543
Guinot, C. \ CE.R.I.E.S., Unité Biométrie et Epidémiologie, and Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France ........ 1151 Guo, Huiping \ California State University at Los Angeles, USA ................................................... 2223 Guzmán Muñoz, Luis Miguel \ Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico.............. 2261 Hakkani-Tür, Dilek \ AT&T Labs—Research, USA........................................................................ 2129 Halaoui, Hatem F. \ Haigazian University, Lebanon ........................................................................ 395 Hamel, Lutz \ University of Rhode Island, USA.............................................................................. 1778 Hashmi, Nada \ 10Blade, Inc., USA ................................................................................................ 1344 Hertzberger, Louis O. \ University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.............................................. 1446 Hornero Sánchez, Roberto \ University of Valladolid, Spain......................................................... 1372 Hosseinkhah, Fatemeh \ Howard University Hospital, USA.......................................................... 1393 Hosszú, Gábor \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ............................ 1663 Houliston, Bryan \ Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand ........................................... 2324 Hughes, Martin \ Smart Works, Australia ....................................................................................... 1462 Huh, Soon-Young \ KAIST Business School, South Korea................................................................ 755 Hults, Patricia \ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.................................................................... 320 Hurson, Ali R. \ Pennsylvania State University, USA ....................................................................... 484 Ibrahim, Hamidah \ Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia ............................................................ 1257 Ieronutti, Lucio \ University of Udine, Italy...................................................................................... 615 Indraratne, Harith \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..................... 1663 Islam, Zahidul \ Independent University, Bangladesh .................................................................... 1936 Jiao, Yu \ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA ............................................................................... 484 Junior, Waldecir P. \ Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil................................................ 1205 Kacprzyk, Janusz \ Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland....................................................... 135, 1038 Kaletas, Ersin C. \ University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...................................................... 1446 Kang, David \ Chapman University, USA........................................................................................ 1756 Karamalis, Athanasios \ Computer Scientist and Researcher, Germany........................................ 1420 Karydis, Ioannis \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece......................................................... 35 Katakis, Ioannis \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ....................................................... 309 Kim, Hee-Woong \ National University of Singapore, Singapore................................................... 1604 Kim, Henry M. \ York University, Canada ...................................................................................... 2384 Kimmerle, Joachim \ University of Tuebingen, Germany .............................................................. 1670 King, William R. \ University of Pittsburgh, USA........................................................................... 1638 Klemen, Markus D. \ Vienna University of Technology, Austria .................................................... 2348 Koffina, I. \ Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece........................................ 596 Korff, Lori \ Virginia Tech, USA........................................................................................................ 903 Kouris, Ioannis N. \ University of Patras, Greece ............................................................................ 196 Kovács, László \ University of Miskolc, Hungary ............................................................................. 931 Krejza, Andrea \ Credit Suisse, Switzerland ................................................................................... 1787 Kubota, Sachiko \ Hiroshima University, Japan............................................................................... 956 Kwahk, Kee-Young \ Kookmin University, Korea .......................................................................... 1604 Kwan, M. Millie \ University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong ............................................. 1622 Laleau, Régine \ University of Paris 12, France ............................................................................. 1168 Landolsi, Taha \ American University of Sharjah, UAE ................................................................. 1357 Langton, Marcia \ The University of Melbourne, Australia ........................................................... 1472 Lax, Gianluca \ University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy .......................................... 2037
Le, D. Xuan \ La Trobe University, Australia .................................................................................... 678 Li, Chang-Tsun \ University of Warwick, UK ................................................................................. 1062 Li, Xining \ University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada .......................................................................... 457 Li, Yingjiu \ Singapore Management University, Singapore ........................................................... 2223 Lim, Say Ying \ Monash University, Australia ...................................................................... 1108, 1235 Ling, Tok Wang \ National University of Singapore, Singapore....................................................... 505 Liu, Han \ Carnegie Mellon University, USA .................................................................................... 505 Lobina, Mirko Luca \ University of Cagliari, Italy ........................................................................ 2616 Locuratolo, Elvira \ ISTI, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy ............................................... 440 Loendorf, Todd \ North Carolina State University, USA ................................................................ 1511 López Coronado, Miguel \ University of Valladolid, Spain............................................................ 1372 López Gálvez, María Isabel \ University of Valladolid, Spain ....................................................... 1372 Ma, Z. M. \ Northeastern University, China .............................................................................. 105, 338 Madiraju, Praveen \ Marquette University, USA.............................................................................. 550 Maier, Daniel \ Credit Suisse, Switzerland ...................................................................................... 1787 Makris, Christos \ University of Patras, Greece............................................................................... 196 Malik, Zaki \ Virginia Tech, USA....................................................................................................... 903 Mallach, Efrem \ University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA..................................................... 468 Mamat, Ali Bin \ Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia .................................................................. 1257 Mammar, Amel \ University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg............................................................. 1168 Mann, Bruce L. \ Memorial University, Canada .............................................................................. 894 Manolopoulos, Yannis \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece................................................ 35 Manouselis, Nikos \ Agricultural University of Athens, Greece........................................................ 362 Margaritis, Dimitris \ Iowa State University, USA ......................................................................... 2011 Margerum-Leys, Jon \ Eastern Michigan University, USA............................................................ 1291 Martinenghi, Davide \ Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy ...................................................... 212 Martínez-Cruz, Carmen \ University of Jaén, Spain ..................................................................... 2448 Mayer, Christopher B. \ Air Force Institute of Technology, USA................................................... 1276 Mazel, Odette \ The University of Melbourne, Australia ................................................................ 1472 McDonald, J. Scott \ University of Texas El Paso, USA ................................................................. 1682 McKenzie, W. Brett \ Roger Williams University, USA .................................................................... 205 Meged, Avichai \ Bar-Ilan University, Israel................................................................................... 2157 Meirelles, Marcelo \ University of Fortaleza, Brazil ...................................................................... 2472 Meo, Rosa \ Università di Torino, Italy............................................................................................ 1320 Merwin, Gerald A. Jr. \ Valdosta State University, USA ................................................................ 1682 Mitra, Susanta \ International Institute of Information Technology, India ....................................... 414 Mohan, Sriram \ Indiana University, USA........................................................................................ 527 Molinaro, Cristian \ DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy ........................................................... 2051 Montesanto, Anna \ Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy........................................................... 257 Moulton, Steven \ Boston University School of Medicine, USA ..................................................... 1344 Muegeli, Thomas \ Credit Suisse, Switzerland ................................................................................ 1787 Mula, Davide \ LUISS Guido Carli, Italy ........................................................................................ 2616 Myung, Dan \ 10Blade, Inc., USA ................................................................................................... 1344 Nah, Fiona Fui-Hoon \ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA ............................................. 1936, 2595 Nanopoulos, Alexandros \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece............................................ 35 Nassis, Vicky \ La Trobe University, Australia .................................................................................. 570
Natarajan, Rajesh \ Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML), India................................ 1652 Naumann, Felix \ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany ........................................................ 2140 Navathe, Shamkant B. \ Georgia Institute of Technology, USA ....................................................... 550 Nedunchezhian, R. \ Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, India ............................................... 1050 Newhouse, C. Paul \ Edith Cowan University, Australia ................................................................ 1309 Ni, Jingbo \ University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada .......................................................................... 457 Nigro, Héctor Oscar \ Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina ............................................................................................ 648 Nlenanya, Inya \ Iowa State University, USA.................................................................................... 778 Odera, Levy C. \ University of Florida, USA .................................................................................. 1682 Oke, S. A. \ University of Lagos, Nigeria........................................................................................... 940 Orme, Anthony Mark \ Athens State University, USA ................................................................... 1984 Owrang O., M. Mehdi \ American University, USA ............................................................... 238, 1393 Ozkul, Tarik \ American University of Sharjah, UAE ..................................................................... 1357 Palmer, Lisa \ The University of Melbourne, Australia ................................................................... 1472 Papapetrou, Evangelos \ University of Ioannina, Greece............................................................... 1844 Patki, A. B. \ Department of Information Technology, India ........................................................... 1490 Patki, Tapasya \ GGSIP University, India ....................................................................................... 1490 Pears, Russel \ Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.................................................. 2324 Pedersen, Torben Bach \ Aalborg University, Denmark................................................................. 2510 Pepe, Marissa \ Boston University School of Management, USA ................................................... 1344 Perkusich, Angelo \ Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ............................................. 1020 Petry, Frederick E. \ Naval Research Laboratory, USA ................................................................. 1127 Piattini, Mario \ Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain ........................................................... 637 Picariello, Antonio \ University of Napoli, Italy.............................................................................. 2275 Picarougne, F. \ Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France ............................................................................... 1151 Pighin, Maurizio \ University of Udine, Italy.................................................................................... 615 Pitoura, Evaggelia \ University of Ioannina, Greece ...................................................................... 1844 Potok, Thomas E. \ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA............................................................... 484 Poza Crespo, Jesús \ University of Valladolid, Spain...................................................................... 1372 Psaila, Giuseppe \ Università di Bergamo, Italy ............................................................................. 1320 Radaideh, Moh’d A. \ Abu Dhabi Police – Ministry of Interior, United Arab Emirates ................ 1899 Raffeiner, Stefan \ Vienna University of Technology, Austria ......................................................... 2348 Rahayu, J. Wenny \ La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia .............................................. 570, 678 Rajugan, R. \ University of Technology, Sydney, Australia ............................................................... 570 Ram, Sudha \ The University of Arizona, USA................................................................................ 1723 Ras, Zbigniew W. \ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA ............................................. 2313 Ravat, Franck \ Université Toulouse I, France ................................................................................. 961 Reinhartz-Berger, Iris \ University of Haifa, Israel ....................................................................... 1581 Rezgui, Abdelmounaam \ Virginia Tech, USA .................................................................................. 903 Ribeiro Neto, Pedro Fernandes \ Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil ........ 1020 Riquelme, J. \ University of Seville, Spain ...................................................................................... 2000 Rizzi, Stefano \ DEIS–University of Bologna, Italy..................................................................... 86, 221 Rocchi, Cesare \ Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy................................................................. 257 Rodríguez, D. \ University of Reading, UK ..................................................................................... 2000
Roehrig, Stephen F. \ Carnegie Mellon University, USA................................................................ 1823 Röhm, Uwe \ University of Sydney, Australia.................................................................................... 829 Rokach, Lior \ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel .............................................................. 384 Rong, Graham H. \ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA................................................... 2166 Rosen, Peter A. \ University of Evansville, USA................................................................................ 186 Rossi, Matti \ Helsinki School of Economics, Finland .................................................................... 1876 Roth, Mary \ IBM Silicon Valley Lab, USA ..................................................................................... 2140 Sadoun, Balqies \ Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Jordan................................................................. 1741 Sapino, Maria Luisa \ University of Torino, Italy........................................................................... 2275 Saygin, Yücel \ Sabanci University, Turkey ..................................................................................... 2129 Schiel, Ulrich \ Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ....................................................... 987 Schlueter Langdon, Christoph \ University of Southern California, USA ...................................... 866 Scozzi, Barbara \ Politecnico di Bari, Italy....................................................................................... 797 Selviah, David R. \ University College London, UK ....................................................................... 1084 Sengupta, Arijit \ Wright State University, USA ..................................................................... 527, 2384 Serfiotis, G. \ Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece..................................... 596 Shahri, Hamid Haidarian \ University of Maryland, USA............................................................. 2245 Shekar, B. \ Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India ........................................... 1652 Shin, Seung-Kyoon \ University of Rhode Island, USA .................................................................. 1778 Shiu, Herbert \ City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ........................................................... 2489 Siau, Keng \ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA......................................................................... 2595 Sisto, Luisella \ Telecom Italia, Italy ................................................................................................. 847 Smolander, Kari \ Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland ............................................. 1876 Song, Il-Yeol \ Drexel University, USA .............................................................................................. 702 Song, Lei \ University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada ........................................................................... 457 Squire, Megan \ Elon University, USA ............................................................................................ 2301 Srinivasan, Bala \ Monash University, Australia .................................................................. 1108, 1235 Stewart, Tracy R. \ Regent University, USA ................................................................................... 1285 Sturm, Arnon \ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel........................................................... 1581 Sugito, Shigenobu \ Sugiyama University, Japan.............................................................................. 956 Sun, Wei \ Monash University, Australia ......................................................................................... 1552 Sunderraman, Rajshekhar \ Georgia State University, USA........................................................... 550 Suni, Ravio \ University of Tartu, Estonia ....................................................................................... 1477 Syrigos, Konstantinos \ Athens Medical School, Greece................................................................ 1385 Tan, Mathew \ Agilent Technologies, Malaysia............................................................................... 1936 Taniar, David \ Monash University, Australia ...................................................... 678, 1108, 1235,1552 Tannen, V. \ University of Pennsylvania, USA................................................................................... 596 Teste, Olivier \ Université Toulouse III, France ................................................................................ 961 Theodoridis, Evangelos \ University of Patras, Greece.................................................................... 196 Thrun, Sebastian \ Stanford University, USA ................................................................................. 2011 Tikk, Domonkos \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ........................... 931 Tininini, Leonardo \ IASI-CNR, Italy ............................................................................................. 1003 Tjoa, A. Min \ Vienna University of Technology, Austria .................................................................. 505 Tollefsen, William W. \ Boston University School of Medicine, USA ............................................. 1344 Torabi, Torab \ La Trobe University, Australia ............................................................................... 1552 Trubitsyna, Irina \ DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy.............................................................. 2051
Trujillo, Juan \ Universidad de Alicante, Spain ................................................................................ 637 Tsakalidis, Athanasios \ University of Patras, Greece...................................................................... 196 Tsoumakas, Grigorios \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece...................................... 157, 309 Tu, Yi-Cheng \ University of South Florida, USA ........................................................................... 2564 Tür, Gökhan \ AT&T Labs–Research, USA..................................................................................... 2129 Tzanis, George \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ....................................................... 2192 Tzikopoulos, Agiris \ Agricultural University of Athens, Greece...................................................... 362 Tzouramanis, Theodoros \ University of the Aegean, Greece.............................. 13, 2079, 2109, 2118 Udoh, Emmanuel \ Indiana University–Purdue University, USA ........................................... 887, 1928 Unal, Ozgul \ University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands............................................................... 1446 Vassiliadis, Panos \ University of Ioannina, Greece........................................................................ 1844 Veen, Ranjit \ American University, USA ........................................................................................ 1393 Veltri, Pierangelo \ Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy............................................ 1267 Venturini, G. \ Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France............................................................................................................................. 1151 Verykios, Vassilios S. \ University of Thessaly, Greece................................................................... 2268 Villarroel, Rodolfo \ Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile ........................................................... 637 Vining, Aidan R. \ Simon Fraser University, Canada ..................................................................... 2572 Vlahavas, Ioannis \ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece..................................................... 157 Vuorikari, Riina \ European Schoolnet, Belgium.............................................................................. 362 Wang, Haibin \ Emory University, USA ............................................................................................ 550 Wang, Shuhong \ University of Wollongong, Australia................................................................... 2223 Wang, Yanbo J. \ University of Liverpool, UK................................................................................ 2657 Wei, Chia-Hung \ University of Warwick, UK ................................................................................ 1062 Weippl, Edgar R. \ Secure Business Austria, Austria and Vienna University of Technology, Austria ........................................................................ 2100, 2348 Welsh, Matt \ Harvard University, USA .......................................................................................... 1344 Wilson, Rick L. \ Oklahoma State University, USA .......................................................................... 186 Wilson, Roland \ University of Warwick, UK .................................................................................. 1062 Wolff, J. Gerard \ CognitionResearch.org.uk, UK............................................................................ 725 Wyrzykowska, Elzbieta M. \ University of Information Technology and Management, Poland... 2313 Yakali, H. Hakan \ University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands...................................................... 1446 Yan Betty, Pang Wing \ Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong...................................... 2543 Yang, Kun-Woo \ Keimyung University, South Korea ...................................................................... 755 Yin, Xuepeng \ Aalborg University, Denmark ................................................................................. 2510 Zadrony, Slawomir \ Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland .................................................. 135, 1038 Zarras, Apostolos \ University of Ioannina, Greece........................................................................ 1844 Zhang, Ji \ University of Toronto, Canada ........................................................................................ 505 Zhao, Wenbing \ Cleveland State University, USA ............................................................................. 28 Zheng, Xinwei \ University of Durham, UK .................................................................................... 2657 Zumpano, Ester \ DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy ............................................................... 2051 Zurfluh, Gilles \ Université Toulouse I, France ................................................................................ 961
Contents
Section I. Fundamental Concepts and Theories
This section serves as the foundation for this exhaustive reference tool by addressing crucial theories essential to the understanding of database technologies. Chapters found within these pages provide an excellent framework in which to position database technologies within the field of information sci- ence and technology. Individual contributions provide overviews of data warehousing and database management systems, while also exploring critical stumbling blocks of this field. Within this introduc- tory section, the reader can learn and choose from a compendium of expert research on the elemental theories underscoring the research and application of database technologies.
Chapter 1.1. Philosophical Foundations of Information Modeling ........................................................ 1 John M. Artz, The George Washington University, USA
Chapter 1.2. A Generalized Comparison of Open Source and Commercial Database Management Systems ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Theodoros Evdoridis, University of the Aegean, Greece Theodoros Tzouramanis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chapter 1.3. Highly Available Database Management Systems........................................................... 28 Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University, USA
Chapter 1.4. Mining in Music Databases.............................................................................................. 35 Ioannis Karydis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Alexandros Nanopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chapter 1.5. Pattern Mining and Clustering on Image Databases ........................................................ 60 Marinette Bouet, LIMOS, Blaise Pascal University-Clermont-Ferrand, France Pierre Gançarski, LSIIT-AFD-Louis Pasteur University, France Marie-Aude Aufaure, Supélec—INRIA, France Omar Boussaïd, University LUMIERE Lyon, France
Chapter 1.6. Conceptual Modeling Solutions for the Data Warehouse ................................................ 86 Stefano Rizzi, DEIS-University of Bologna, Italy
Chapter 1.7. A Literature Overview of Fuzzy Database Modeling..................................................... 105 Z. M. Ma, Northeastern University, China
Chapter 1.8. Fuzzy and Probabilistic Object-Oriented Databases...................................................... 126 Tru H. Cao, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
Chapter 1.9. An Overview of Fuzzy Approaches to Flexible Database Querying ............................. 135 Slawomir Zadrony, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Guy de Tré, Ghent University, Belgium Rita de Caluwe, Ghent University, Belgium Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Chapter 1.10. Distributed Data Mining............................................................................................... 157 Grigorios Tsoumakas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ioannis Vlahavas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chapter 1.11. Histogram-Based Compression of Databases and Data Cubes .................................... 165 Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy
Chapter 1.12. Emergence Index in Image Databases.......................................................................... 179 Sagarmay Deb, Southern Cross University, Australia
Chapter 1.14. Indexing Textual Information....................................................................................... 196 Ioannis N. Kouris, University of Patras, Greece Christos Makris, University of Patras, Greece Evangelos Theodoridis, University of Patras, Greece Athanasios Tsakalidis, University of Patras, Greece
Chapter 1.15. Database in Computing Systems.................................................................................. 205 W. Brett McKenzie, Roger Williams University, USA
Chapter 1.16. Database Integrity Checking ........................................................................................ 212 Hendrik Decker, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Davide Martinenghi, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Chapter 1.17. A Survey on Temporal Data Warehousing ................................................................... 221 Matteo Golfarelli, DEIS–University of Bologna, Italy Stefano Rizzi, DEIS–University of Bologna, Italy
Chapter 1.18. Discovering Quality Knowledge from Relational Databases ...................................... 238 M. Mehdi Owrang O., American University, USA
Chapter 1.19. Approaches to Semantics in Knowledge Management ................................................ 257 Cristiano Fugazza, University of Milan, Italy Stefano David, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy Anna Montesanto, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy Cesare Rocchi, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Chapter 1.20. Theories of Meaning in Schema Matching: A Review................................................. 282 Joerg Evermann, Memorial University of Newfoundland - St. John’s, Canada
Chapter 1.21. Multi-Label Classification: An Overview .................................................................... 309 Grigorios Tsoumakas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ioannis Katakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chapter 1.22. Electronic Usage Statistics ........................................................................................... 320 Patricia Hults, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Chapter 1.23. Databases Modeling of Engineering Information ........................................................ 338 Z. M. Ma, Northeastern University, China
Chapter 1.24. An Overview of Learning Object Repositories ............................................................ 362 Agiris Tzikopoulos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Nikos Manouselis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Riina Vuorikar, European Schoolnet, Belgium
Chapter 1.25. An Overview of IDS Using Anomaly Detection.......................................................... 384 Lior Rokach, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Yuval Elovici, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Chapter 1.26. Towards Google Earth: A History of Earth Geography ............................................... 395 Hatem F. Halaoui, Haigazian University, Lebanon
Section II. Development and Design Methodologies
This section provides in-depth coverage of conceptual architectures, frameworks and methodologies related to the design and implementation of database technologies. Throughout these contributions, research fundamentals in the discipline are presented and discussed. From broad examinations to spe- cific discussions on particular frameworks and infrastructures, the research found within this section spans the discipline while also offering detailed, specific discussions. Basic designs, as well as abstract developments, are explained within these chapters, and frameworks for designing successful databases are discussed.
Chapter 2.1. Design of a Data Model for Social Network Applications............................................. 414 Susanta Mitra, International Institute of Information Technology, India Aditya Bagchi, Indian Statistical Institute, India A.K.Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, India
Chapter 2.2. Database Design Based on B ......................................................................................... 440 Elvira Locuratolo, ISTI, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Chapter 2.3. A Database Service Discovery Model for Mobile Agents.............................................. 457 Lei Song, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada Xining Li, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada Jingbo Ni, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Chapter 2.4. A Database Project in a Small Company (or How the Real World Doesn’t Always Follow the Book) ................................................................................................................................ 468 Efrem Mallach, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA
Chapter 2.5. Integrating Mobile-Based Systems with Healthcare Databases..................................... 484 Yu Jiao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA Thomas E. Potok, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Barbara G. Beckerman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Chapter 2.6. A Framework for Efficient Association Rule Mining in XML Data .............................. 505 Ji Zhang, University of Toronto, Canada Han Liu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Tok Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore Robert M. Bruckner, Microsoft, USA A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Chapter 2.7. Conceptual Modeling for XML: A Myth or a Reality.................................................... 527 Sriram Mohan, Indiana University, USA Arijit Sengupta, Wright State University, USA
Chapter 2.8. Semantic Integrity Constraint Checking for Multiple XML Databases......................... 550 Praveen Madiraju, Marquette University, USA Rajshekhar Sunderraman, Georgia State University, USA Shamkant B. Navathe, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Haibin Wang, Emory University, USA
Chapter 2.9. Goal-Oriented Requirement Engineering for XML Document Warehouses ................. 570 Vicky Nassis, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Tharam S. Dillon, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia R. Rajugan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Chapter 2.10. Mediating RDF/S Queries to Relational and XML Sources ........................................ 596 I. Koffina, Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece G. Serfiotis, Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece V. Christophides, Institute of Computer Science & University of Crete, Greece V. Tannen, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Chapter 2.11. A Methodology Supporting the Design and Evaluating the Final Quality of Data Warehouses ............................................................................................................................ 615 Maurizio Pighin, University of Udine, Italy Lucio Ieronutti, University of Udine, Italy
Chapter 2.12. An MDA Compliant Approach for Designing Secure Data Warehouses ..................... 637 Rodolfo Villarroel, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile Eduardo Fernández-Medina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Juan Trujillo, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Mario Piattini, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Chapter 2.13. Architecture for Symbolic Object Warehouse.............................................................. 648 Sandra Elizabeth González Císaro, Universidad Nacional del
Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Héctor Oscar Nigro, Universidad Nacional del
Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chapter 2.14. Efficient and Robust Node- Partitioned Data Warhouses............................................. 658 Pedro Furtado, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Chapter 2.15. Web Data Warehousing Convergence: From Schematic to Systematic ....................... 678 D. Xuan Le, La Trobe University, Australia J. Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Chapter 2.16. Data Warehouse Design to Support Customer Relationship Management Analysis......................................................................................................................... 702
Colleen Cunningham, Drexel University, USA Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University, USA Peter P. Chen, Louisiana State University, USA
Chapter 2.17. Aspects of Intelligence in an “SP” Database System................................................... 725 J. Gerard Wolff, CognitionResearch.org.uk, UK
Chapter 2.18. Intelligent Search for Experts Using Fuzzy Abstraction Hierarchy in Knowledge Management Systems.................................................................................................. 755
Kun-Woo Yang, Keimyung University, South Korea Soon-Young Huh, KAIST Business School, South Korea
Chapter 2.19. Building an Environmental GIS Knowledge Infrastructure......................................... 778 Inya Nlenanya, Iowa State University, USA
Chapter 2.20. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams.... 797 Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University, USA
Barbara Scozzi, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Chapter 2.21. OLAP with a Database Cluster .................................................................................... 829 Uwe Röhm, University of Sydney, Australia
Chapter 2.22. Extraction, Transformation, and Loading Processes.................................................... 847 Jovanka Adzic, Telecom Italia, Italy
Valter Fiore, Telecom Italia, Italy Luisella Sisto, Telecom Italia, Italy
Chapter 2.23. Designing Information Systems Capabilities to Create Business Value: A Theoretical Conceptualization of the Role of Flexibility and Integration....................................... 866
Christoph Schlueter Langdon, University of Southern California, USA
Section III. Tools and Technologies
This section presents extensive coverage of the technology that both derives from and informs data- bases. These chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the use and development of innumerable devices and tools, while also providing insight into new and upcoming technologies, theories, and instruments that will soon be commonplace. Within these rigorously researched chapters, readers are presented with examples of database technology. In addition, the successful implementation and resulting impact of these various technologies are discussed within this collection of chapters.
Chapter 3.1. Open Source Database Technologies ............................................................................. 887 Emmanuel Udoh, Purdue University, USA
Chapter 3.2. Action Research with Internet Database Tools............................................................... 894 Bruce L. Mann, Memorial University, Canada
Chapter 3.3. A Scalable Middleware for Web Databases.................................................................... 903 Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech, USA Zaki Malik, Virginia Tech, USA Abdelmounaam Rezgui, Virginia Tech, USA Lori Korff, Virginia Tech, USA
Chapter 3.4. Full-Text Search Engines for Databases ........................................................................ 931 László Kovács, University of Miskolc, Hungary Domonkos Tikk, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Chapter 3.5. Application of Decision Tree as a Data mining Tool in a Manufacturing System......... 940 S. A. Oke, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Chapter 3.6. Alliance Project: Digital Kinship Database and Genealogy........................................... 956 Shigenobu Sugito, Sugiyama University, Japan Sachiko Kubota, Hiroshima University, Japan
Chapter 3.7. Constraint-Based Multi-Dimensional Databases ........................................................... 961 Franck Ravat, Université Toulouse I, France Olivier Teste, Université Toulouse III, France Gilles Zurfluh, Université Toulouse I, France
Chapter 3.8. Towards a Visual Query System for Spatio-Temporal Databases.................................. 987 Valéria M. B. Cavalcanti, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil Ulrich Schiel, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil Claudio de Souza Baptista, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Chapter 3.9. Visual Query Languages, Representation Techniques and Data Models ..................... 1003 Maria Chiara Caschera, IRPPS-CNR, Italy Arianna D’Ulizia, IRPPS-CNR, Italy Leonardo Tininini, IASI-CNR, Italy
Chapter 3.10. A Formal Verification and Validation Approach for Real-Time Databases................ 1020 Pedro Fernandes Ribeiro Neto, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Maria Lígia Barbosa Perkusich, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Brazil Hyggo Oliveira de Almeida, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil Angelo Perkusich, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Chapter 3.11. Protoforms of Linguistic Database Summaries as a Human Consistent Tool for Using Natural Language in Data Mining .................................................................................... 1038 Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Sawomir Zadrony, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Chapter 3.12. Rapid Privacy Preserving Algorithm for Large Databases ........................................ 1050 K. Anbumani, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed University), India R. Nedunchezhian, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, India
Chapter 3.13. A Content-Based Approach to Medical Image Database Retrieval............................ 1062 Chia-Hung Wei, University of Warwick, UK Chang-Tsun Li, University of Warwick, UK Roland Wilson, University of Warwick, UK
Chapter 3.14. High Speed Optical Higher Order Neural Networks for Discovering Data Trends and Patterns in Very Large Databases .......................................................................... 1084 David R. Selviah, University College London, UK
Chapter 3.15. Mobile Information Processing Involving Multiple Non-Collaborative Sources...... 1108 Say Ying Lim, Monash University, Australia David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Bala Srinivasan, Monash University, Australia
Chapter 3.16. Rough Sets: A Versatile Theory for Approaches to Uncertainty Management in Databases ...................................................................................................................................... 1127 Theresa Beaubouef, Southeastern Louisiana University, USA Frederick E. Petry, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Chapter 3.17. VRMiner: A Tool for Multimedia Database Mining With Virtual Reality................. 1151 H. Azzag, Université François-Rabelais de Tours,
Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France F. Picarougne, Université François-Rabelais de Tours,
Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France C. Guinot, CE.R.I.E.S., Unité Biométrie et Epidémiologie,
and Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France
G. Venturini, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d‘Informatique (EA 2101), France
Chapter 3.18. UB2SQL: A Tool for Building Database Applications Using UML and B Formal Method ....................................................................................................................... 1168 Amel Mammar, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Régine Laleau, University of Paris 12, France
Chapter 3.19. MMIR: An Advanced Content-Based Image Retrieval System Using a Hierarchical Learning Framework ................................................................................................. 1189 Min Chen, Florida International University, USA Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
Chapter 3.20. MILPRIT*: A Constraint-Based Algorithm for Mining Temporal Relational Patterns ............................................................................................................................ 1205 Sandra de Amo, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil Waldecir P. Junior, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil Arnaud Giacometti, Université François Rabelais de Tours, France
Chapter 3.21. Database Benchmarks ................................................................................................ 1226 Jérôme Darmont, ERIC, University of Lyon 2, France
Section IV. Utilization and Application
This section introduces and discusses the ways in which information technology has been used to shape the realm of database technology and proposes new ways in which IT-related innovations can be imple- mented within organizations and in society as a whole. These particular selections highlight, among other topics, the implementation of mobile databases and database-driven portals. Contributions in- cluded in this section provide excellent coverage of today’s environment and insight into how database technology impacts the fabric of our present-day global village.
Chapter 4.1. A Taxonomy of Database Operations on Mobile Devices ........................................... 1235 Say Ying Lim, Monash University, Australia David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Bala Srinivasan, Monash University, Australia
Chapter 4.2. Transaction Management in Mobile Databases ........................................................... 1257 Ziyad Tariq Abdul-Mehdi, Multimedia University, Malaysia Ali Bin Mamat, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Hamidah Ibrahim, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Mustafa M. Dirs, College University Technology Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
Chapter 4.3. Bioinformatics Web Portals.......................................................................................... 1267 Mario Cannataro, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy Pierangelo Veltri, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy
Chapter 4.4. Large-Scale ASP Replication of Database-Driven Portals........................................... 1276 Christopher B. Mayer, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA K. Selçuk Candan, Arizona State University, USA
Chapter 4.5. A Case Study of an Integrated University Portal.......................................................... 1285 Tracy R. Stewart, Regent University, USA Jason D. Baker, Regent University, USA
Chapter 4.6. Electronic Tools for Online Assessments: An Illustrative Case Study from Teacher Education .................................................................................................................... 1291 Jon Margerum-Leys, Eastern Michigan University, USA Kristin M. Bass, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Chapter 4.7. Assessment of Students by a Teacher with a Hand Held Device and a Networkable Database............................................................................................................. 1309 C. Paul Newhouse, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Chapter 4.8. An XML-Based Database for Knowledge Discovery: Definition and Implementation .......................................................................................................................... 1320 Rosa Meo, Università di Torino, Italy Giuseppe Psaila, Università di Bergamo, Italy
Chapter 4.9. A Prehospital Database System for Emergency Medical Services............................... 1344 Nada Hashmi, 10Blade, Inc., USA Mark Gaynor, Boston University School of Management, USA Marissa Pepe, Boston University School of Management, USA Matt Welsh, Harvard University, USA William W. Tollefsen, Boston University School of Medicine, USA Steven Moulton, Boston University School of Medicine, USA Dan Myung, 10Blade, Inc., USA
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Chapter 4.10. A Preliminary Study Toward Wireless Integration of Patient Information System ... 1357 Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE Tarik Ozkul, American University of Sharjah, UAE Taha Landolsi, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Chapter 4.11. A Web-Based Application to Exchange Electronic Health Records and Medical Images in Ophthalmology............................................................................................ 1372 Isabel de la Torre Díez, University of Valladolid, Spain Roberto Hornero Sánchez, University of Valladolid, Spain Miguel López Coronado, University of Valladolid, Spain Jesús Poza Crespo, University of Valladolid, Spain María Isabel López Gálvez, University of Valladolid, Spain
Chapter 4.12. Implementation of a Computerized System in an Oncology Unit ............................. 1385 Taxiarchis Botsis, Athens Medical School, Greece Konstantinos Syrigos, Athens Medical School, Greece
Chapter 4.13. Challenges in Data Mining on Medical Databases .................................................... 1393 Fatemeh Hosseinkhah, Howard University Hospital, USA Hassan Ashktorab, Howard University Hospital, USA Ranjit Veen, American University, USA M. Mehdi Owrang O., American University, USA
Chapter 4.14. Beyond OpenURL: Technologies for Linking Library Resources............................. 1405 George Boston, Western Michigan University, USA Randle J. Gedeon, Western Michigan University, USA
Chapter 4.15. Databases for Multiple Archaeological Excavations and Internet Applications ........ 1420 Athanasios Karamalis, Computer Scientist and Researcher, Germany
Chapter 4.16. Collaborative Information Management System for Science Domains..................... 1446 Ozgul Unal, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ersin C. Kaletas, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hamideh Afsarmanesh, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands H. Hakan Yakali, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Louis O. Hertzberger, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chapter 4.17. Computer Networking of Cybercafés in Delta State, Nigeria.................................... 1454 Oghenevwogaga Benson Adogbeji, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
Esharenana E. Adomi, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
Chapter 4.18. Ara Irititja: Towards Culturally Appropriate IT Best Practice in Remote Indigenous Australia........................................................................................................ 1462
Martin Hughes, Smart Works, Australia John Dallwitz, Ara Irititja, Pitjantjatjara Council Inc., Australia
Chapter 4.19. Agreements Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database ...................................... 1472 Marcia Langton, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Odette Mazel, The University of Melbourne, Australia Lisa Palmer, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Chapter 4.20. From ‘Flow’ to ‘Database’: A Comparative Study of the Uses of Traditional and Internet Television in Estonia.............................................................................. 1477
Ravio Suni, University of Tartu, Estonia
Chapter 4.21. Innovative Technological Paradigms for Corporate Offshoring ................................ 1490 Tapasya Patki, GGSIP University, India
A. B. Patki, Department of Information Technology, India
Chapter 4.22. Out of Control? The Real ID Act of 2005.................................................................. 1511 Todd Loendorf, North Carolina State University, USA
Chapter 4.23. Factors Influencing the Lifetime of Telecommunication and Information Technology Standards: Results of an Explorative Analysis of the PERINORM Database .............. 1529
Knut Blind, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research & Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Chapter 4.24. Image Mining: A Case for Clustering Shoe prints ..................................................... 1552 Wei Sun, Monash University, Australia
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Torab Torabi, La Trobe University, Australia
Chapter 4.25. A Data Visualization and Interpretation System for Sensor Networks ...................... 1568 Fengxian Fan, Kunming University, China
Chapter 4.26. Enhancing UML Models: A Domain Analysis Approach .......................................... 1581 Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel
Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Section V. Organizational and Social Implications
This section includes a wide range of research pertaining to the social and organizational impact of da- tabase technology around the world. Chapters in this section analyze online databases, data security, and organizational decision support. The inquiries and methods presented in this section offer insight into the implications of database technology at both a personal and organizational level, while also emphasizing potential areas of study within the discipline.
Chapter 5.1. A Knowledge Integration Approach for Organizational Decision Support.................. 1604 Kee-Young Kwahk, Kookmin University, Korea Hee-Woong Kim, National University of Singapore, Singapore Hock Chuan Chan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Chapter 5.2. The Knowledge Transfer Process: From Field Studies to Technology Development ..................................................................................................................................... 1622 M. Millie Kwan, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Pak-Keung Cheung, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Chapter 5.3. The Critical Role of Information Processing in Creating an Effective Knowledge Organization ................................................................................................................. 1638 William R. King, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Chapter 5.4. Interesting Knowledge Patterns in Databases .............................................................. 1652 Rajesh Natarajan, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML), India B. Shekar, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India
Chapter 5.5. Fine-Grained Data Security in Virtual Organizations .................................................. 1663 Harith Indraratne, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Gábor Hosszú, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Chapter 5.6. Knowledge Communication with Shared Databases ................................................... 1670 Joachim Kimmerle, University of Tuebingen, Germany Ulrike Cress, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany
Chapter 5.7. Economic Development: Government’s Cutting Edge in IT ....................................... 1682 Gerald A. Merwin Jr., Valdosta State University, USA J. Scott McDonald, University of Texas El Paso, USA Levy C. Odera, University of Florida, USA
Chapter 5.8. A Comprehensive Framework Towards Information Sharing Between Government Agencies....................................................................................................................... 1723 Akhilesh Bajaj, The University of Tulsa, USA Sudha Ram, The University of Arizona, USA
Chapter 5.9. A GIS-Based Interactive Database System for Planning Purposes .............................. 1741 Nedal Al-Hanbali, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Jordan Balqies Sadoun, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Jordan
Chapter 5.10. Categorizing Post-Deployment IT Changes: An Empirical Investigation ................. 1756 David Kang, Chapman University, USA
Chapter 5.11. Customer Relationship Management and Knowledge Discovery in Database.......... 1778 Jounghae Bang, Kookmin University, Korea Nikhilesh Dholakia, University of Rhode Island, USA Lutz Hamel, University of Rhode Island, USA Seung-Kyoon Shin, University of Rhode Island, USA
Chapter 5.12. Customer Investigation Process at Credit Suisse: Meeting the Rising Demands of Regulators ......................................................................................................... 1787 Daniel Maier, Credit Suisse, Switzerland Thomas Muegeli, Credit Suisse, Switzerland Andrea Krejza, Credit Suisse, Switzerland
Chapter 5.13. Metaphors and Models for Data Mining Ethics ......................................................... 1808 Peter Danielson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chapter 5.14. Reconciling Information Privacy and Information Access in a Globalized Technology Society ........................................................................................................ 1823 George T. Duncan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Stephen F. Roehrig, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Chapter 5.15. Context-Aware Query Processing in Ad-Hoc Environments of Peers ....................... 1844 Nikolaos Folinas, University of Ioannina, Greece Panos Vassiliadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Evaggelia Pitoura, University of Ioannina, Greece Evangelos Papapetrou, University of Ioannina, Greece Apostolos Zarras, University of Ioannina, Greece
Chapter 5.16. Misuse of Online Databases for Literature Searches ................................................. 1867 Robert A. Bartsch, University of Houston - Clear Lake, USA
Section VI. Managerial Impact
This section presents contemporary coverage of the managerial implications of database technology. Particular contributions address e-services, database grids, and project databases. The managerial research provided in this section allows executives, practitioners, and researchers to gain a better sense of how database technology can inform their practices and behavior.
Chapter 6.1. Conflicts, Compromises, and Political Decisions: Methodological Challenges of Enterprise-Wide E-Business Architecture Creation................................................... 1876 Kari Smolander, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Chapter 6.2. Database High Availability: An Extended Survey ....................................................... 1899 Moh’d A. Radaideh, Abu Dhabi Police – Ministry of Interior, United Arab Emirates Hayder Al-Ameed, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Chapter 6.3. Database Integration in the Grid Infrastructure............................................................ 1928 Emmanuel Udoh, Indiana University – Purdue University, USA
Chapter 6.4. Empirical Assessment of Factors Influencing Success of Enterprise Resource Planning Implementations................................................................................................. 1936 Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Zahidul Islam, Independent University, Bangladesh
Mathew Tan, Agilent Technologies, Malaysia
Chapter 6.5. Business Information Integration from XML and Relational Databases Sources ....... 1959 Ana María Fermoso Garcia, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain Roberto Berjón Gallinas, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain
Chapter 6.6. A Parallel Methodology for Reduction of Coupling in Distributed Business-to-Business E-Commerce Transactions............................................................................. 1984 Anthony Mark Orme, Athens State University, USA Letha H. Etzkorn, University of Alabama, USA
Chapter 6.7. A Two-Stage Zone Regression Method for Global Characterization of a Project Database ........................................................................................................................ 2000 J. J. Dolado, University of the Basque Country, Spain D. Rodríguez, University of Reading, UK J. Riquelme, University of Seville, Spain F. Ferrer-Troyano, University of Seville, Spain J. J. Cuadrado, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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Section VII. Critical Issues
This section addresses conceptual and theoretical issues related to the field of database technology, which include security issues in numerous facets of the discipline including security within medical and web-powered. Within these chapters, the reader is presented with analysis of the most current and relevant conceptual inquires within this growing field of study. Particular chapters also address quality of service issues in information quality, data cleaning, and data classification. Overall, contributions within this section ask unique, often theoretical questions related to the study of database technology and, more often than not, conclude that solutions are both numerous and contradictory.
Chapter 7.1. NetCube: Fast, Approximate Database Queries Using Bayesian Networks ................ 2011 Dimitris Margaritis, Iowa State University, USA Christos Faloutsos, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University, USA
Chapter 7.2. Approximate Range Querying over Sliding Windows................................................. 2037 Francesco Buccafurri, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy Gianluca Caminiti, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy Gianluca Lax, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Chapter 7.3. Consistent Queries over Databases with Integrity Constraints .................................... 2051 Luciano Caroprese, DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy Cristian Molinaro, DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy Irina Trubitsyna, DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy Ester Zumpano, DEIS Universitá della Calabria, Italy
Chapter 7.4. A Deterministic Approach to XML Query Processing with Efficient Support for Pure and Negated Containments ................................................................................................. 2059 Dunren Che, Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
Chapter 7.5. Countermeasures for Protecting Legally Sensitive Web-Powered Databases and Web Portals ................................................................................................................................ 2079 Theodoros Evdoridis, University of the Aegean, Greece Theodoros Tzouramanis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chapter 7.6. Compiling Medical Data into National Medical Databases: Legitimate Practice or Data Protection Concern?............................................................................. 2085 Boštjan Beri, Institute for Economics, Law and Informatics, Ljubljana, Slovenia Carlisle George, Middlesex University, UK
Chapter 7.7. Database Security and Statistical Database Security ................................................... 2100 Edgar R. Weippl, Secure Business Austria, Austria
Chapter 7.8. Security Threats in Web-Powered Databases and Web Portals.................................... 2109 Theodoros Evdoridis, University of the Aegean, Greece Theodoros Tzouramanis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chapter 7.9. SQL Code Poisoning: The Most Prevalent Technique for Attacking Web Powered Databases ................................................................................................................... 2118 Theodoros Tzouramanis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chapter 7.10. Sanitization and Anonymization of Document Repositories ..................................... 2129 Yücel Saygin, Sabanci University, Turkey Dilek Hakkani-Tür, AT&T Labs—Research, USA Gökhan Tür, AT&T Labs—Research, USA
Chapter 7.11. Information Quality: How Good are Off-the-shelf DBMs? ....................................... 2140 Felix Naumann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Mary Roth, IBM Silicon Valley Lab, USA
Chapter 7.12. Handling Fuzzy Similarity for Data Classification .................................................... 2157 Roy Gelbard, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Avichai Meged, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Chapter 7.13. Fabric Database and Fuzzy Logic Models for Evaluating Fabric Performance ........ 2166 Yan Chen, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, USA Graham H. Rong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Jianhua Chen, Louisiana State University, USA
Chapter 7.14. Mining for Mutually Exclusive Items in Transaction Databases ............................... 2192 George Tzanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christos Berberidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chapter 7.15. Ensuring Correctness, Completeness, and Freshness for Outsourced Tree-Indexed Data.................................................................................................... 2204 Tran Khanh Dang, National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Chapter 7.16. A Multiple-Bits Watermark for Relational Data......................................................... 2223 Yingjiu Li, Singapore Management University, Singapore Huiping Guo, California State University at Los Angeles, USA Shuhong Wang, University of Wollongong, Australia
Chapter 7.17. A Machine Learning Approach to Data Cleaning in Databases and Data Warehouses ........................................................................................................................ 2245 Hamid Haidarian Shahri, University of Maryland, USA
Chapter 7.18. A Roadmap on Updates .............................................................................................. 2261 Fernando Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico Dionicio Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico Rosalba Cuapa Canto, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico Luis Miguel Guzmán Muñoz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
Chapter 7.19. Association Rule Hiding Methods.............................................................................. 2268 Vassilios S. Verykios, University of Thessaly, Greece
Chapter 7.20. Managing Uncertainties in Image Databases ............................................................. 2275 Antonio Picariello, University of Napoli, Italy Maria Luisa Sapino, University of Torino, Italy
Chapter 7.21. Bitmap Join Indexes vs. Data Partitioning ................................................................. 2292 Ladjel Bellatreche, Poitiers University, France
Chapter 7.22. Integrating Projects from Multiple Open Source Code Forges.................................. 2301 Megan Squire, Elon University, USA
Chapter 7.23. Extended Action Rule Discovery Based on Single Classification Rules and Reducts....................................................................................................................................... 2313 Zbigniew W. Ras, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Elzbieta M. Wyrzykowska, University of Information Technology and Management, Poland
Chapter 7.24. Optimization of Multidimensional Aggregates in Data Warehouses ......................... 2324 Russel Pears, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Bryan Houliston, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Chapter 7.25. Improving Storage Concepts for Semantic Models and Ontologies .......................... 2348 Edgar R. Weippl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Markus D. Klemen, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Stefan Raffeiner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Section VIII. Emerging Trends
This section highlights research potential within the field of database technology while exploring un- charted areas of study for the advancement of the discipline. Chapters within this section highlight evo- lutions in knowledge discovery, data integration, and models that inform database technology. These contributions, which conclude this exhaustive, multi-volume set, provide emerging trends and sugges- tions for future research within this rapidly expanding discipline.
Chapter 8.1. From Databases to Ontologies ..................................................................................... 2360 Guntis Barzdins, University of Latvia, Latvia Janis Barzdins, University of Latvia, Latvia Karlis Cerans, University of Latvia, Latvia
Chapter 8.2. A Measurement O