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Books in Information systems

This portfolio covers enterprise systems, cloud computing, and information management strategies. Featuring research, case studies, and practical frameworks, it supports IT professionals, managers, and researchers in optimizing organizational information flows. Addressing digital transformation, cybersecurity, and data governance, these resources foster effective, secure, and innovative information system solutions.

  • Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Laurini + 1 more
    • English
    The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences. These systems have the principle functions of capturing, storing, representing, manipulating, and displaying data in 2-D and 3-D worlds. This book approaches its subject from the perspectives of informatics and geography, presenting methods of conceptual modeling developed in computer science that provide valuable aids for resolving spatial problems. This book is an essential textbook for both students and practitioners. It is indispensable for academic geographers, computer scientists, and the GIS professional.

  • Dictionary of Information Science and Technology

    • 1st Edition
    • Carolyn Watters
    • English
    Information science is the study of information phenomena, including the acquisition, storage, and manipulation of data, information, and knowledge. It is by nature an interdisciplinary field. Researchers, managers, system users, and students need access to tools, terms, and techniques that are spread out over a large literature in a number of different disciplines: information retrieval, database management, office information systems, information technology, communication and networking, relevant computer hardware, and artificial intelligence.This work facilitates the cross-use terms from the various contributing sub-areas of information science. With definitions of one-thousand terms, in alphabetical order, the volume provides a unified, integrated, and concise guide to the field. Each term is annotated by one or more references to the literature. Where possible, the first reference directs the user to a basic or seminal discussion of the term and subsequent references show its usage in an information science-related application. This work will be an indispensable reference for students, researchers, and professionals.

  • Proceedings 1989 VLDB Conference

    15th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
    • 1st Edition
    • VLDB
    • English
    Proceedings of the 15th International Conference (see title), August 1989, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contains forty-five papers from worldwide contributors which explore fundamental issues and current developments parallelism, interfaces, statistics, and programming languages.

  • Database Programming Languages 2nd

    • 1st Edition
    • Richard Hull + 2 more
    • English

  • Data and Knowledge Bases

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference
    • 1st Edition
    • Catriel Beeri + 2 more
    • English

  • Proceedings 1988 VLDB Conference

    14th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
    • 1st Edition
    • VLDB
    • English

  • Groundwater Modelling

    An Introduction with Sample Programs in BASIC
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 25
    • W. Kinzelbach
    • English
    With the growing concern about groundwater resources both with respect to quantity and quality, the need for groundwater modelling tools is increasing. Although there are a number of excellent introductions to the concepts of groundwater flow and pollution transport, the student or practising engineer wishing to develop a model and do practical work on the computer finds that there is still a gap between the understanding of concepts and the ability to handle the actual computations. A great deal of groundwater modelling software for personal computers and microcomputers has appeared recently, but taking these models from the shelf and applying them without a background on their capabilities often leads to disappointment and frustration. This book provides the reader with all necessary details to start modelling on his own. It gives a comprehensive introduction to the major techniques currently used in the modelling of groundwater flow and pollutant transport in groundwater. Both self-contained and comprehensive, it presents a wide variety of methods currently applied in the management, protection, and remediation of groundwater resources, which allows the reader to take the step from understanding the concepts to the ability to handle actual computations. All major techniques are illustrated by a total of 19 sample programs in BASIC which can be modified by the reader to suit his own need. The programs can be run directly on an Apple II+ or compatible personal computer, and with slight modifications, most can be transferred to other microcomputers with BASIC capability and at least 48K of central memory. The necessary modifications for running the programs on an IBM-PC are indicated in the appendix.Students and professionals in the fields of hydrogeology and civil and environmental engineering will find this to be an extremely useful book. Knowledge of the basic concepts of hydrogeology is assumed and, starting from that basis, the book will enable them to understand mathematical groundwater models and write computer programs of their own.

  • Proceedings 1985 VLDB Conference

    11th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
    • 1st Edition
    • VLDB
    • English

  • Organizing Information

    Principles of Data Base and Retrieval Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • Dagobert Soergel
    • English
    This book gives a theoretical base and a perspective for the analysis, design, and operation of information systems, particularly their information storage and retrieval (ISAR) component, whether mechanized or manual. Information systems deal with many types of entities: events, persons, documents, business transactions, museum objects, research projects, and technical parts, to name a few. Among the purposes the serve are to inform the public, to support managers, researchers, and engineers, and to provide a knowledge base for an artificial intelligence program. The principles discussed in this book apply to all these contexts. The book achieves this generality by drawing on ideas from two conceptually overlapping areas—data base management and the organization and use of knowledge in libraries—and by integrating these ideas into a coherent framework. The principles discussed apply to the design of new systems and, more importantly, to the analysis of existing systems in order to exploit their capabilities better, to circumvent their shortcomings, and to introduce modifications where feasible.

  • Proceedings 1983 VLDB Conference

    9th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
    • 1st Edition
    • VLDB
    • English

  • Data Structures

    • 2nd Edition
    • Alfs T. Berztiss
    • English

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