Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Four-Volume Set vol 1

The Encyclopedia of Information Systems provides essential answers to questions increasingly asked by people in all walks of life. People can no longer claim that information about computer viruses, for example, is unimportant to their work, or that advances in speech recognition and encryption will leave them unaffected. The Encyclopedia is therefore more useful than one might suspect to people well beyond the walls of information systems departments. Offering both general and technical information about major elements, issues, opinions, and key studies, as well as cross-references to related subjects, it captures the dynamic growth and complexity unique to our era. Key Features * Offers the only major encyclopedic examination of information systems; there are no competitors * Articles begin with easily understandable concepts and become increasingly sophisticated, satisfying the needs of all readers * Articles emphasize information that will not quickly go out of date * Each article contains an average of 8 graphs and 8 tables illustrating its important points * Contains approximately 220 separate articles, all original contributions commissioned for this work * Includes approximately 700 figures and tables within the text; more than 2,000 glossary entries explain key terms, "further reading" lists appear at the end of each entry, and an extensive cross-referencing system links related articles "The Encyclopedia of Information Systems provides essential answers to questions increasingly asked by people in all walks of life. People can no longer claim that information about computer viruses, for example, is unimportant to their work, or that advances in speech recognition and encryption will leave them unaffected. The Encyclopedia is therefore more useful than one might suspect to people well beyond the walls of information systems departments. Offering both general and technical information about major elements, issues, opinions, and key studies, as well as cross-references to related subjects, it captures the dynamic growth and complexity unique to our era. Key Features * Offers the only major encyclopedic examination of information systems; there are no competitors * Articles begin with easily understandable concepts and become increasingly sophisticated, satisfying the needs of all readers * Articles emphasize information that will not quickly go out of date * Each article contains an average of 8 graphs and 8 tables illustrating its important points * Contains approximately 220 separate articles, all original contributions commissioned for this work * Includes approximately 700 figures and tables within the text; more than 2,000 glossary entries explain key terms, "further reading" lists appear at the end of each entry, and an extensive cross-referencing system links related "--Provided by publisher 0001......Page 9 0021......Page 28 0031......Page 38 0047......Page 53 0065......Page 70 0081......Page 86 0099......Page 103 0113......Page 116 0127......Page 130 0141......Page 143 0171......Page 173 0187......Page 189 0205......Page 206 0213......Page 213 0229......Page 229 0243......Page 243 0255......Page 254 0267......Page 265 0287......Page 285 0307......Page 304 0319......Page 315 0333......Page 328 0345......Page 340 0365......Page 359 0379......Page 373 0389......Page 382 0403......Page 396 0411......Page 404 0423......Page 416 0445......Page 438 0455......Page 448 0469......Page 462 0477......Page 470 0489......Page 482 0505......Page 497 0521......Page 513 0535......Page 526 0551......Page 541 0567......Page 556 0583......Page 571 0603......Page 591 0615......Page 602 0635......Page 621 0649......Page 634 0663......Page 647 0673......Page 656 0683......Page 666 Front.pdf......Page 0 Editor-in-Chief......Page 1 Senior Editors......Page 2 Associate Editors......Page 3 International Advisory Board......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 0001 9 0021 28 0031 38 0047 53 0065 70 0081 86 0099 103 0113 116 0127 130 0141 143 0171 173 0187 189 0205 206 0213 213 0229 229 0243 243 0255 254 0267 265 0287 285 0307 304 0319 315 0333 328 0345 340 0365 359 0379 373 0389 382 0403 396 0411 404 0423 416 0445 438 0455 448 0469 462 0477 470 0489 482 0505 497 0521 513 0535 526 0551 541 0567 556 0583 571 0603 591 0615 602 0635 621 0649 634 0663 647 0673 656 0683 666 Front.pdf -1 Editor-in-Chief 1 Senior Editors 2 Associate Editors 3 International Advisory Board 4 Dedication 5 Preface 6 Major subject areas covered: Applications, artificial intelligence, data communications, the Internet and electronic commerce, database design and utilization, hardware and software, management support systems, office automation and end user computing, social, legal, organizational and international issues, systems analysis and design, theories, methodologies, and foundations