Books published by Idea Group,U.S.

Examines topics related to Geographic Information in terms of the technologies available for retrieving, managing, and analysing geographical data. This book is useful for academic staff, as well as postgraduate students in GIS, remote sensing, economic geography, spatial planning, geostatistics, and related fields.

Enhances the understanding of the theoretical framework and leading principles of boundedness. Aiming to bridge the gap between biology, artificial intelligence, and physics, this book is an essential source for a wide audience including graduate students, researchers, and engineers interested in the advances of this interdisciplinary science.

Provides pertinent and vital information that researchers, postgraduate, doctoral students, and practitioners are seeking. This book compiles the latest discoveries and advances in NLP methodologies and applications while expanding upon various topics regarding the future of NLP.

Provides insight on the latest advances and analysis of technologies in metaheuristics computing. Offering widespread coverage on topics such as genetic algorithms, differential evolution, and ant colony optimization, this book aims to be a forum researchers, practitioners, and students who wish to learn and apply metaheuristic computing.

Examines state-of-the-art research in decision sciences and business intelligence, and the applications of knowledge-based business with information systems. This comprehensive volume will provide researchers, academics, and business professionals with the research and inspiration they need to strengthen and empower their businesses in today's world.

Includes chapters from experts from around the world in the field of supply chain management. This vital compendium of the latest research, case studies, frameworks, methodologies, architectures, and best practices will serve as a research handbook and reference guide to practitioners and academics alike, truly a critical resource within the field of supply chain management.

This is intended for scientists and decision-makers who wish to gain working knowledge about search in order to evaluate available solutions and to dialogue with software and data providers. The book provides readers with a better idea of the new trends in applied research.

Presents research papers and practice articles on management and governance issues in the field of information security. The main focus of the book is to provide an organisation with insights into practical and applied solutions, frameworks, technologies and practices on technological and organisational factors.

Contains investigations of grid and cloud evolution, workflow management, and the impact new computing systems have on education and industry. Targeted at both researchers and IT professionals, this book provides current trends and emerging issues in cloud and grid architectures, standards and performance analysis.

Advancing digital technologies continue to shape all aspects of our society, with particular impact on the professional research community. These new and exciting developments offer considerable advantages in terms of speed, access connectivity, and economy. This examines the applicability and usefulness of new technologies, as well as the pitfalls of these methods in academic research practices.