With the increasing proliferation of information technology and Web-based approaches to the implementation of systems and services, researchers, educators, and practitioners worldwide are experiencing a rising need for authoritative references to enhance their understanding of the most current and effective engineering practices leading to robust and successful solutions.

Integrated Approaches in Information Technology and Web Engineering: Advancing Organizational Knowledge Sharing presents comprehensive, research-driven insights into the field of Web engineering. This book collects over 30 authoritative articles from distinguished international researchers in information technology and Web engineering, creating an invaluable resource for library reference collections that will equip researchers and practitioners in academia and industry alike with the knowledge base to drive the next generation of innovations.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Agent technologies
Collaborative work platform
Conceptual data classification
EDAR algorithm
Mobile intelligent agent-based architecture
Multi-agent approach
Multimodal modeling
Optimized Web access
Organizational knowledge sharing
Research group collaboration
Secure Web-based applications
Semantic Web Services
Service-oriented manufacturing environment
Social network analysis techniques
Virtual learning group communities
Web data warehousing convergence
Web Engineering
Web service composition
Web service discovery systems
Web site performance analysis
Web-based systems development
Wireless mobile applications
Xml query processing

Reviews & Statements

This book outlines a critical dimension of Web Engineering (WE) systems and tools –supporting knowledge sharing among individuals within organizations and members of virtual organizations.

– Ghazi I. Alkhatib, Applied Science University, Jordan

These articles have been selected to create a volume broadly addressing issues that arise in Web engineering.

– Book News Inc. (March 2009)

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Editor/Author Biographies

Ghazi Alkhatib is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at the College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Applied Science University located in Amman, Jordan. In 1984, he obtained his Doctor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University in Information Systems with minors in Computer Science and Accounting. Since then, he has been engaged in teaching, consulting, training, and research in the area of Computer Information Systems in the US and Gulf countries. In addition to his research interests in databases and systems analysis and design, he has published several articles and presented many papers in regional and international conferences on software processes, knowledge management, e-business, Web services, and agent software, workflow, and portal/grid computing integration with Web services.

David Rine has been practicing, teaching ,and researching engineered software development for over thirty years. Prior to joining George Mason University, he served in various leadership roles in the IEEE Computer Society and co-founded two of the technical committees. He joined George Mason University in 1985 and was the founding chair of the Department of Computer Science and one of the founders of the (Volgenau) School of Information Technology and Engineering. Rine has received numerous research, teaching, and service awards from computer science and engineering societies and associations, including the IEEE Centennial Award, IEEE Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Awards, the IEEE Computer Society Special Awards, IEEE Computer Society 50th anniversary Golden Core Award, and historical IEEE Computer Society Honor Roll and Distinguished Technical Services Awards. He has been a pioneer in graduate, undergraduate, and high school education, producing computer science texts and leading establishment of the International Advanced Placement Computer Science program for the nation's high school students, co-designer of the first computer science and engineering curriculum (1976), and the first masters in software engineering curriculum (1978). He has been an editor of a number of prestigious software-oriented journals. During his tenure, he has authored over 300 published works and has directed many PhD students. Complementing his work at GMU, he has worked on many international technology and relief projects in various countries and made many life-long international friendships. His past students are the most important record of his technical achievements.

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Editorial Advisory Board

Associate Editors:

Zakaria Maamar,Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Mostafa I. Abd-El-Barr, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Federico Bergenti, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy

Heiko Ludwig, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA

Michael Berger, Siemens Corporate Technology, Germany

Walter Binder, EPFL, Switzerland

Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Ali A. Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada

N.C. Narendra, IBM Software Labs, India

M. Brian Blake, Georgetown University, USA

International Editorial Advisory Board:

Kirk Arnett, Mississippi State University, USA

Fadila Bentayeb, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France

George M. Giaglis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT -Université Paul Sabatier, France

Ali Jaoua, Qatar University, Qatar

Qusay H. Mahmoud, University of Guelph, Canada

Farid Meziane, The University of Salford, United Kingdom

Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Andres Iglesias Prieto, University of Cantabria, Spain

Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

Amund Tveit, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Kok-Wai Wong, Murdoch University, Australia

Tony Shan, Wachovia Bank, USA