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This book discusses theoretical backgrounds, techniques and methodologies, and applications of the current state-of-the-art human dynamics research utilizing social media and geospatial big data. It describes various forms of social media and big data with location information, theory development, data collection and management techniques, and analytical methodologies to conduct human dynamics …
This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and â…
This book introduces higher-degree research students and early career academics to scientific research as occurring in the field of information systems and adjacent fields, such as computer science, management science, organization science, and software engineering. Instead of focusing primarily on research methods as many other textbooks do, it covers the entire research process, from start to…
Extensive research conducted by the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book, and in t…
This book recapitulates the major developments in Decision Support Systems (DSS) over the last 30 years in order to evaluate the research areas of decision making and in which direction the field should proceed. As it attempts to find a consensus about the next steps for the future of DSS research, the book also enforces the trends and new technologies currently in use. The book examines to…
This book presents the outcomes of the trans- and interdisciplinary research project NEMo (Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum - Sustainable Fulfilment of Mobility Needs in Rural Areas). Due to demographic change, it is becoming increasingly difficult for rural districts and communities to maintain a basic set of public transport services such as bus and trai…
This book examines the managerial dimensions of business intelligence (BI) systems. It develops a set of guidelines for value creation by implementing business intelligence systems and technologies. In particular the book looks at BI as a process – driven by a mix of human and technological capabilities – to serve complex information needs in building insights and providing aid in decision…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Applications, WISA 2022, held in Dalian, China, in September 2022. The 45 full papers and 19 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 212 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on knowledge graph, natural language processing, world wide web, machine…
This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains, DAMDID/RCDL 2021, held in Moscow, Russia, in October 2021*. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: problem solving infrastructures, experim…
This volume constitutes the papers of two workshops which were held in conjunctionwith the First International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems, ROBOVIS 2020, Virtual Event, in November 4-6, 2020 and Second International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems, ROBOVIS 2021, Virtual Event, in October 25-27, 2021. The 11 revised full pape…
The digital transformation is impacting various aspects of how we live and work. Due to the pervasive effects of the digital revolution on firms and societies, both scholars and practitioners are interested in better understanding the key mechanisms behind the related challenges. This book presents a collection of research papers focusing on the relationships between technologies (e.g. artifici…
This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on IoT Technologies for Healthcare, HealthyIoT 2021, held in November 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 17 full papers presented were carefully selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on security and privacy - software and application …