Books published by IGI Global

Provides an outline of deep learning and machine learning frameworks and methods for use in forensic science to produce accurate and reliable results to aid investigation processes. The book also considers the challenges, developments, advances, and emerging approaches of deep learning and machine learning.

Provides an outline of deep learning and machine learning frameworks and methods for use in forensic science to produce accurate and reliable results to aid investigation processes. The book also considers the challenges, developments, advances, and emerging approaches of deep learning and machine learning.

Provides theoretical frameworks and recent results of research in this sphere. The book substantiates digital entrepreneurship, discusses the experience of its implementation, and develops the scientific and methodological recommendations for the development of its infrastructural provision and regulation of provision of its competitiveness.

Explores various artificial intelligence models and methods for business applications and considers algorithmic approaches for business excellence across numerous fields and applications. The book covers a range of topics, including business analysis, deep learning, machine learning, and analytical methods.

Presents the advances in AI-assisted agile IoT for financial technologies (FinTech). The book further explains the new applications, current issues, challenges, and future directions of the field of AI-assisted agile IoT for FinTech applications and ecosystems.

Presents the advances in AI-assisted agile IoT for financial technologies (FinTech). The book further explains the new applications, current issues, challenges, and future directions of the field of AI-assisted agile IoT for FinTech applications and ecosystems.

Presents the forefront of research regarding the integration of extended reality in training and educational programs and establishes the foundations for course design, program development, and institutions' training and education policy planning.

The air transport industry is highly vulnerable to environmental changes as was seen when the recent COVID-19 pandemic caused most airline operations to cease. However, for decades airlines have been collapsing around the globe as the business of managing airline operations has become stressed due to price competition. This is detrimental to air carriers since air transport products and services are the same. Moreover, it impacts other industries such as tourism, hotels, and restaurants, which contribute to the derailment of economic and social activities. Thus, it is essential to determine new practices and strategies that can allow air transport management to be enriched and to flourish. Global Air Transport Management and Reshaping Business Models for the New Era provides a comprehensive collection of knowledge on the new era of business management on air transport. It provides strategies, technologies, and tools used in the reshaping of the air transport business model. Covering topics such as customer experience, robotic process automation, and airline alliances, this major reference work is an essential resource for airline managers, supply chain specialists, air transport managers, students and faculty of higher education, libraries, researchers, economists, government officials, and academicians.

Provides machine and deep learning methods for analysis and characterization of events regarding privacy and anomaly detection as well as for establishing predictive models for cyber attacks or privacy violations. The book provides case studies of the use of these techniques and discusses expected future developments on privacy and cybersecurity.

Simulation and gaming are emerging as useful tools in the field of education. Health professional schools around the world have been expanding their use of simulation; however, there are few resources for health educators that highlight the advances in the field. Additionally, the use of simulation in low-resource settings is an area of growing interest globally, as is the sustainability of simulation-based education. Further study is required to fully understand this dynamic technology. Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions focuses on simulation-based education for the health professions and the role of school-business-community collaboration to promote the translation of simulation skills to clinical and public health practice. The book also provides guidance for educators organizing simulations for interprofessional learners in high and low resource settings as well as tools for in-person and remote evaluation of simulation performance using telesimulation. Covering topics such as gaming, augmented reality, and clinical practice, this reference work is ideal for medical professionals, nurses, health educators, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

The hospitality industry is one of the most significant drivers of economic growth and socioeconomic advances in both developed and developing countries. This industry contributes directly to gross domestic product, job creation, income level, destination expansion, and economic development. Forecasts for 2020 indicated a promising year was ahead for this industry, but the COVID-19 pandemic had a catastrophic impact. Hospitality companies are experiencing one of the biggest, unprecedented crises to date, and experts must now rethink strategies to ensure these businesses' recovery. Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Hospitality Industry focuses on complex issues from a hotel industry perspective. It surveys existing research by reflecting on the pandemic's impacts and generates scenarios for how to strengthen business structures. Covering a wide range of topics such as digital hospitality and tourism products, this reference work is ideal for managers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, practitioners, researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.

Discussions surrounding the bias and discrimination against women in business have become paramount within the past few years. From wage gaps to a lack of female board members and leaders, various inequities have surfaced that are leading to calls for change. This is especially true of Black women in academia who constantly face the glass ceiling. The glass ceiling represents the metaphor for prejudice and discrimination that women may experience in the attainment of leadership positions. The glass ceiling is a barrier so subtle yet transparent and strong that it prevents women from moving up. There is a need to study the trajectory of Black females in academia specifically from faculty to leadership positions and their navigation of systemic roadblocks encountered along their quest to success. Black Female Leaders in Academia: Eliminating the Glass Ceiling With Efficacy, Exuberance, and Excellence features full-length chapters authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of topics related to the trajectory of Black female leaders in higher education. It provides evidence-based practices to promote excellence among Black females in academic leadership positions. The book informs higher education top-level administration, policy experts, and aspiring leaders on how to best create, cultivate, and maintain a culture of Black female excellence in higher education settings. Covering topics such as barriers to career advancement, the power of transgression, and role stressors, this premier reference source is an essential resource for faculty and administrators of higher education, librarians, policymakers, students of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Innovation is the key to maintain competitive advantage. Innovation in products, processes, and business models help companies to provide economic value to their customers. Identifying the innovative ideas, implementing those ideas, and absorbing them in the market requires investing many resources that could incur large costs. Technology encourages companies to foster innovation to remain competitive in the marketplace. Emerging Technologies for Innovation Management in the Software Industry serves as a resource for technology absorption in companies supporting innovation. It highlights the role of technology to assist software companies-especially small start-ups-to innovate their products, processes, and business models. This book provides the necessary guidelines of which tools to use and under what situations. Covering topics such as risk management, prioritization approaches, and digitally-enabled innovation processes, this premier reference source is an ideal resource for entrepreneurs, software developers, software managers, business leaders, engineers, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

In the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and multimedia technology methods for integrating cyber-physical systems (CPS), smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 applications in the manufacturing industries have been steadily growing in availability. However, for industrial leaders, finding applicable, cost effective, and readily implementable multimedia, AI, and data analytics methods for industrial applications remains a daunting, laborious, and very expensive endeavor since the ecosystem of these technologies keeps diverging. Applied AI and Multimedia Technologies for Smart Manufacturing and CPS Applications provides a review of the state of the art regarding the integration of AI and multimedia technologies for smart manufacturing applications. It conducts a cost-benefit analysis regarding the benefits of the integration of specific AI and multimedia technologies in specific industrial manufacturing applications. Covering topics such as cognitive lead measurement, nonlinear filtering methods, and global product development, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for business executives and managers, entrepreneurs, IT professionals, manufacturers, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

In the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and multimedia technology methods for integrating cyber-physical systems (CPS), smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 applications in the manufacturing industries have been steadily growing in availability. However, for industrial leaders, finding applicable, cost effective, and readily implementable multimedia, AI, and data analytics methods for industrial applications remains a daunting, laborious, and very expensive endeavor since the ecosystem of these technologies keeps diverging. Applied AI and Multimedia Technologies for Smart Manufacturing and CPS Applications provides a review of the state of the art regarding the integration of AI and multimedia technologies for smart manufacturing applications. It conducts a cost-benefit analysis regarding the benefits of the integration of specific AI and multimedia technologies in specific industrial manufacturing applications. Covering topics such as cognitive lead measurement, nonlinear filtering methods, and global product development, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for business executives and managers, entrepreneurs, IT professionals, manufacturers, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

With the changing nature of education, school leaders and administrators must acknowledge the dynamic nature of schools so that they can effectively take up the challenge of leading their institutions. From ever-evolving safety policies to the implementation of new educational technologies, schools are being challenged to adapt to social issues, health crises, environmental factors, and more that make the successful operation of schools difficult. It is important for these leaders to incorporate modern ideas about the complex nature of schools to have a better understanding of these dynamic school environments. Leading and Managing Change for School Improvement provides a thorough understanding of the ways in which schools are continuously changing and what must be done so that educational leaders can effectively manage these changes. The book also assesses different environments within which schools are established, promotes positive school culture, and ascertains ways of making schools more effective. Covering topics such as professional development, school improvement, and school culture, this reference work is ideal for administrators, faculty, school leaders, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

The Dark Web is a known hub that hosts myriad illegal activities behind the veil of anonymity for its users. For years now, law enforcement has been struggling to track these illicit activities and put them to an end. However, the depth and anonymity of the Dark Web has made these efforts difficult, and as cyber criminals have more advanced technologies available to them, the struggle appears to only have the potential to worsen. Law enforcement and government organizations also have emerging technologies on their side, however. It is essential for these organizations to stay up to date on these emerging technologies, such as computational intelligence, in order to put a stop to the illicit activities and behaviors presented in the Dark Web. Using Computational Intelligence for the Dark Web and Illicit Behavior Detection presents the emerging technologies and applications of computational intelligence for the law enforcement of the Dark Web. It features analysis into cybercrime data, examples of the application of computational intelligence in the Dark Web, and provides future opportunities for growth in this field. Covering topics such as cyber threat detection, crime prediction, and keyword extraction, this premier reference source is an essential resource for government organizations, law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations, politicians, computer scientists, researchers, students, and academicians.

Technology faces rapid advancements every year, and each year, its uses in various facets of society increase and become more profound. Every discipline has adopted technology in some capacity. From FinTech in the business realm to phygital churches in the realm of religion, innovation is applicable everywhere. It is essential that professionals study how to use these advancements to their advantage and also to examine their impact on society and its multitude of sectors. Analyzing Multidisciplinary Uses and Impact of Innovative Technologies discusses the many uses and impacts of innovative technology in society. It guides the reader through these emerging technologies and provides examples and strategies on how they are used. This book further specifically analyzes the many ways these innovations have impacted different sectors such as education, medicine, and media. Covering topics such as pharmacovigilance, assistive technology, and sustainable tourism, this premier reference source is an essential resource for government officials, community leaders, business leaders and managers, museum managers, hospital administrators, rehabilitation professionals, psychiatrists, faculty and administrators of education, students of higher education, researchers, and academicians.