Ebook: Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

This book contains a selection of articles from The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'13), a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.

The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; and Human-Computer Interaction.

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This book contains a selection of articles from The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'13), a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.

The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; and Human-Computer Interaction.

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This book contains a selection of articles from The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'13), a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.

The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; and Human-Computer Interaction.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-21
Knowledge Acquisition Activity in Software Development....Pages 1-10
An Electronic Learning System for Integrating Knowledge Management and Alumni Systems....Pages 11-21
Knowledge Management Systems and Intellectual Capital Measurement in Portuguese Organizations: A Case Study....Pages 23-32
Semantic Patent Information Retrieval and Management with OWL....Pages 33-42
Multilevel Clustering of Induction Rules for Web Meta-knowledge....Pages 43-54
Knowledge-Based Risk Management: Survey on Brazilian Software Development Enterprises....Pages 55-65
Leveraging Knowledge from Different Communities Using Ontologies....Pages 67-76
An Approach for Deriving Semantically Related Category Hierarchies from Wikipedia Category Graphs....Pages 77-86
Privacy Policies in Web Sites of Portuguese Municipalities: An Empirical Study....Pages 87-96
Knowledge Integration in Problem Solving Processes....Pages 97-109
Collaborative Elicitation of Conceptual Representations: A Corpus-Based Approach....Pages 111-124
Effect of Demography on Mobile Commerce Frequency of Actual Use in Saudi Arabia....Pages 125-131
Specialized Knowledge Systems – A Model for Intelligent Learning Management within Organizations....Pages 133-141
How Small and Medium Enterprises Are Using Social Networks? Evidence from the Algarve Region....Pages 143-155
Temporal Visualization of a Multidimensional Network of News Clips....Pages 157-166
User Documentation: The Cinderella of Information Systems....Pages 167-177
Task Topic Knowledge vs. Background Domain Knowledge: Impact of Two Types of Knowledge on User Search Performance....Pages 179-191
Community Detection by Local Influence....Pages 193-200
Predict Sepsis Level in Intensive Medicine – Data Mining Approach....Pages 201-211
Constructing Conceptual Model for Security Culture in Health Information Systems Security Effectiveness....Pages 213-220
Using Domain-Specific Term Frequencies to Identify and Classify Health Queries....Pages 221-226
Dealing with Constraint-Based Processes: Declare and Supervisory Control Theory....Pages 227-236
Adopting Standards in Nursing Health Record – A Case Study in a Portuguese Hospital....Pages 237-247
The Relationship between Portal Quality and Citizens’ Acceptance: The Case of the Kuwaiti e-Government....Pages 249-254
Knowledge Management Framework for Six Sigma Performance Level Assessment....Pages 255-267
Android, GIS and Web Base Project, Emergency Management System (EMS) Which Overcomes Quick Emergency Response Challenges....Pages 269-278
Pervasive Intelligent Decision Support System – Technology Acceptance in Intensive Care Units....Pages 279-292
GLORIA: The First Free Access e-Infrastructure of Robotic Telescopes for Citizen Science....Pages 293-304
Evaluating Web Site Structure Based on Navigation Profiles and Site Topology....Pages 305-311
The Problems of the Insolvency Register in the Czech Republic from the Perspective of Information Technology....Pages 313-322
Improving Public Transport Management: A Simulation Based on the Context of Software Multi-agents....Pages 323-329
Social Networks Mining Based on Information Retrieval Technologies and Bees Swarm Optimization: Application to DBLP....Pages 331-343
Information and Information Systems Project for a Strategic Digital City: A Brazilian Case....Pages 345-355
Linking Benefits to Balanced Scorecard Strategy Map....Pages 357-369
Modeling e-Government for Emergent Countries: Case of S.Tome and Pr?ncipe....Pages 371-381
An Analysis of the Disclosure of Social Responsibility in Australian Universities....Pages 383-398
Information Architectures Definition – A Case Study in a Portuguese Local Public Administration Organization....Pages 399-410
TSPi to Manage Software Projects in Outsourcing Environments....Pages 411-420
Aspects That Contribute to the Success of Personalized Web Applications....Pages 421-432
Implementing eHealth Services for Enhanced Pharmaceutical Care Provision: Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 433-443
Establishing Multi-model Environments to Improve Organizational Software Processes....Pages 445-454
Standardization of Processes Applying CMMI Best Practices....Pages 455-467
Developing and Validating a Scale for Perceived Usefulness for the Mobile Wallet....Pages 469-476
Term Proximity and Data Mining Techniques for Information Retrieval Systems....Pages 477-486
A Set of Requirements for Business Process Management Suite (BPMS)....Pages 487-496
High Level Architecture for Trading Agents in Betting Exchange Markets....Pages 497-510
An MDA Approach to Develop Web Components....Pages 511-522
Towards a Conceptual Framework for Early Warning Information Systems (EWIS) for Crisis Preparedness....Pages 523-534
Aggregation Operators and Interval-Valued Fuzzy Numbers in Decision Making....Pages 535-544
Deriving Weights from Group Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison Judgement Matrices....Pages 545-555
An Economic Production Quantity Problem with Fuzzy Backorder and Fuzzy Demand....Pages 557-566
Analyzing Website Content for Improved R&T Collaboration Planning....Pages 567-573
Building Accountability for Decision-Making into Cognitive Systems....Pages 575-586
The Relationship between Management Decision Support and Business Intelligence: Developing Awareness....Pages 587-598
Multi-Agent System for Teaching Service Distribution with Coalition Formation....Pages 599-609
A Comprehensive Study of Crime Detection with PCA and Different Neural Network Approach....Pages 611-618
A Conceptual Model of Layered Adjustable Autonomy....Pages 619-630
A Dynamically Adjustable Autonomic Agent Framework....Pages 631-642
High-Level Language to Build Poker Agents....Pages 643-654
New Crime Detection with LBP and GANN....Pages 655-660
Cooperative Scheduling System with Emergent Swarm Based Behavior....Pages 661-671
Finding the Suitable Number of Resources to Maximize System Throughput....Pages 673-684
Step towards Paper Free Hospital through Electronic Health Record....Pages 685-694
Remote Scientific Computing over the Internet: An Example in Geometry....Pages 695-702
Achieving Multiple Dispatch in Hybrid Statically and Dynamically Typed Languages....Pages 703-713
Open Source Technologies Involved in Constructing a Web-Based Football Information System....Pages 715-723
A Collaborative Tourist System Using Serious Games....Pages 725-734
SOA – Based Authentication System for Dynamic Handwritten Signature....Pages 735-744
Extending the Groovy Language Using AST Transformations to Monitor Variables and Methods....Pages 745-752
Network Based Analysis of Intertextual Relations....Pages 753-762
Building an Integrated System for the Management of Scientific Nature Events through Open Source Software Integration....Pages 763-772
A Tool for Fractal Component Based Applications Performance Modelling Using Stochastic Well Formed Nets....Pages 773-784
Open Source Software Documentation Mining for Quality Assessment....Pages 785-794
A Networked Application to Support the Learning of Electronic Marketing Based on e-Learning and a Portfolio of Mediating Tools....Pages 795-806
A Platform-as-a-Service API Aggregator....Pages 807-818
MC64-Cluster: A Many-Core CPU Cluster for Bioinformatics Applications....Pages 819-825
Self-Portrait Images for Mobile Application....Pages 827-838
Lessons Learned from Creating a General Purpose Tool for Experience Sampling Methods....Pages 839-848
ManPro: Framework for the Generation and Assessment of Documentation for Nuclear Facilities....Pages 849-859
Text Mining Indicators of Affect and Interaction: A Case Study of Students’ Postings in a Blended-Learning Course of English for Specific Purposes....Pages 861-872
GEMINI: A Generic Multi-Modal Natural Interface Framework for Videogames....Pages 873-884
A Semi-automatic Negotiation Strategy for Multi-attribute and Multiple Participants....Pages 885-892
Smart Land Record Application Using Web GIS and GPS....Pages 893-900
Polynomial Approximation of the Battery Discharge Function in IEEE 802.15.4 Nodes: Case Study of MicaZ....Pages 901-910
Enhancing PTN to Improve the QoS Provided by the IP Mobility Management....Pages 911-921
User’s Requirements in Internet Access Sharing....Pages 923-929
A Multidimensional Model for Monitoring Cloud Services....Pages 931-938
Effects of NGNs on Market Definition....Pages 939-949
Ambient Assisted Living and the Integration and Personalization of Care Services....Pages 951-958
A Mobile and Web Indoor Navigation System: A Case Study in a University Environment....Pages 959-968
Towards a Security Solution for Mobile Agents....Pages 969-979
X-band Radar Sensor for the Landslide Risk Mitigation....Pages 981-987
Compact Slotted Antenna for Wideband Radar Applications....Pages 989-996
High Resolution Software Defined Radar System for Target Detection....Pages 997-1005
Design of a Reconfigurable Reflectarray Unit Cell for Wide Angle Beam-Steering Radar Applications....Pages 1007-1013
Age Differences in Computer Input Device Use: A Comparison of Touchscreen, Trackball, and Mouse....Pages 1015-1024
Color-Concept Associations among Chinese Steel Workers and Managerial Staff....Pages 1025-1031
Cycle of Information Retrieval through Color in e-Commerce: Store Choice....Pages 1033-1040
Visualization and Manipulation of Information in 3D Immersive Environments....Pages 1041-1051
Construction Processes Using Mobile Augmented Reality: A Study Case in Building Engineering Degree....Pages 1053-1062
A User-Centered Interface for Scheduling Problem Definition....Pages 1063-1073
Perceived Site Security as a Second Order Construct and Its Relationship to e-Commerce Site Usage....Pages 1075-1085
Accessibility Study in Sites of Public Higher Education Institution in Brazil....Pages 1087-1094
Exploring the Design Space of Mobile Payment Systems....Pages 1095-1104
SketchyDynamics: A Sketch-Based Library for the Development of Physics Simulation Applications....Pages 1105-1116
Designing User Learning Experience in Virtual Worlds: The Young Europeans for Democracy Serious Application....Pages 1117-1128
The Behaviour Assessment Model for the Analysis and Evaluation of Pervasive Services....Pages 1129-1140
A Study of Biometric Authentication Adoption in Health Services....Pages 1141-1148
Cell Life: A Biology Game to Support Biology Classrooms....Pages 1149-1155
Back Matter....Pages 1157-1160

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This book contains a selection of articles from The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'13), a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.

The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; and Human-Computer Interaction.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-21
Knowledge Acquisition Activity in Software Development....Pages 1-10
An Electronic Learning System for Integrating Knowledge Management and Alumni Systems....Pages 11-21
Knowledge Management Systems and Intellectual Capital Measurement in Portuguese Organizations: A Case Study....Pages 23-32
Semantic Patent Information Retrieval and Management with OWL....Pages 33-42
Multilevel Clustering of Induction Rules for Web Meta-knowledge....Pages 43-54
Knowledge-Based Risk Management: Survey on Brazilian Software Development Enterprises....Pages 55-65
Leveraging Knowledge from Different Communities Using Ontologies....Pages 67-76
An Approach for Deriving Semantically Related Category Hierarchies from Wikipedia Category Graphs....Pages 77-86
Privacy Policies in Web Sites of Portuguese Municipalities: An Empirical Study....Pages 87-96
Knowledge Integration in Problem Solving Processes....Pages 97-109
Collaborative Elicitation of Conceptual Representations: A Corpus-Based Approach....Pages 111-124
Effect of Demography on Mobile Commerce Frequency of Actual Use in Saudi Arabia....Pages 125-131
Specialized Knowledge Systems – A Model for Intelligent Learning Management within Organizations....Pages 133-141
How Small and Medium Enterprises Are Using Social Networks? Evidence from the Algarve Region....Pages 143-155
Temporal Visualization of a Multidimensional Network of News Clips....Pages 157-166
User Documentation: The Cinderella of Information Systems....Pages 167-177
Task Topic Knowledge vs. Background Domain Knowledge: Impact of Two Types of Knowledge on User Search Performance....Pages 179-191
Community Detection by Local Influence....Pages 193-200
Predict Sepsis Level in Intensive Medicine – Data Mining Approach....Pages 201-211
Constructing Conceptual Model for Security Culture in Health Information Systems Security Effectiveness....Pages 213-220
Using Domain-Specific Term Frequencies to Identify and Classify Health Queries....Pages 221-226
Dealing with Constraint-Based Processes: Declare and Supervisory Control Theory....Pages 227-236
Adopting Standards in Nursing Health Record – A Case Study in a Portuguese Hospital....Pages 237-247
The Relationship between Portal Quality and Citizens’ Acceptance: The Case of the Kuwaiti e-Government....Pages 249-254
Knowledge Management Framework for Six Sigma Performance Level Assessment....Pages 255-267
Android, GIS and Web Base Project, Emergency Management System (EMS) Which Overcomes Quick Emergency Response Challenges....Pages 269-278
Pervasive Intelligent Decision Support System – Technology Acceptance in Intensive Care Units....Pages 279-292
GLORIA: The First Free Access e-Infrastructure of Robotic Telescopes for Citizen Science....Pages 293-304
Evaluating Web Site Structure Based on Navigation Profiles and Site Topology....Pages 305-311
The Problems of the Insolvency Register in the Czech Republic from the Perspective of Information Technology....Pages 313-322
Improving Public Transport Management: A Simulation Based on the Context of Software Multi-agents....Pages 323-329
Social Networks Mining Based on Information Retrieval Technologies and Bees Swarm Optimization: Application to DBLP....Pages 331-343
Information and Information Systems Project for a Strategic Digital City: A Brazilian Case....Pages 345-355
Linking Benefits to Balanced Scorecard Strategy Map....Pages 357-369
Modeling e-Government for Emergent Countries: Case of S.Tome and Pr?ncipe....Pages 371-381
An Analysis of the Disclosure of Social Responsibility in Australian Universities....Pages 383-398
Information Architectures Definition – A Case Study in a Portuguese Local Public Administration Organization....Pages 399-410
TSPi to Manage Software Projects in Outsourcing Environments....Pages 411-420
Aspects That Contribute to the Success of Personalized Web Applications....Pages 421-432
Implementing eHealth Services for Enhanced Pharmaceutical Care Provision: Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 433-443
Establishing Multi-model Environments to Improve Organizational Software Processes....Pages 445-454
Standardization of Processes Applying CMMI Best Practices....Pages 455-467
Developing and Validating a Scale for Perceived Usefulness for the Mobile Wallet....Pages 469-476
Term Proximity and Data Mining Techniques for Information Retrieval Systems....Pages 477-486
A Set of Requirements for Business Process Management Suite (BPMS)....Pages 487-496
High Level Architecture for Trading Agents in Betting Exchange Markets....Pages 497-510
An MDA Approach to Develop Web Components....Pages 511-522
Towards a Conceptual Framework for Early Warning Information Systems (EWIS) for Crisis Preparedness....Pages 523-534
Aggregation Operators and Interval-Valued Fuzzy Numbers in Decision Making....Pages 535-544
Deriving Weights from Group Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison Judgement Matrices....Pages 545-555
An Economic Production Quantity Problem with Fuzzy Backorder and Fuzzy Demand....Pages 557-566
Analyzing Website Content for Improved R&T Collaboration Planning....Pages 567-573
Building Accountability for Decision-Making into Cognitive Systems....Pages 575-586
The Relationship between Management Decision Support and Business Intelligence: Developing Awareness....Pages 587-598
Multi-Agent System for Teaching Service Distribution with Coalition Formation....Pages 599-609
A Comprehensive Study of Crime Detection with PCA and Different Neural Network Approach....Pages 611-618
A Conceptual Model of Layered Adjustable Autonomy....Pages 619-630
A Dynamically Adjustable Autonomic Agent Framework....Pages 631-642
High-Level Language to Build Poker Agents....Pages 643-654
New Crime Detection with LBP and GANN....Pages 655-660
Cooperative Scheduling System with Emergent Swarm Based Behavior....Pages 661-671
Finding the Suitable Number of Resources to Maximize System Throughput....Pages 673-684
Step towards Paper Free Hospital through Electronic Health Record....Pages 685-694
Remote Scientific Computing over the Internet: An Example in Geometry....Pages 695-702
Achieving Multiple Dispatch in Hybrid Statically and Dynamically Typed Languages....Pages 703-713
Open Source Technologies Involved in Constructing a Web-Based Football Information System....Pages 715-723
A Collaborative Tourist System Using Serious Games....Pages 725-734
SOA – Based Authentication System for Dynamic Handwritten Signature....Pages 735-744
Extending the Groovy Language Using AST Transformations to Monitor Variables and Methods....Pages 745-752
Network Based Analysis of Intertextual Relations....Pages 753-762
Building an Integrated System for the Management of Scientific Nature Events through Open Source Software Integration....Pages 763-772
A Tool for Fractal Component Based Applications Performance Modelling Using Stochastic Well Formed Nets....Pages 773-784
Open Source Software Documentation Mining for Quality Assessment....Pages 785-794
A Networked Application to Support the Learning of Electronic Marketing Based on e-Learning and a Portfolio of Mediating Tools....Pages 795-806
A Platform-as-a-Service API Aggregator....Pages 807-818
MC64-Cluster: A Many-Core CPU Cluster for Bioinformatics Applications....Pages 819-825
Self-Portrait Images for Mobile Application....Pages 827-838
Lessons Learned from Creating a General Purpose Tool for Experience Sampling Methods....Pages 839-848
ManPro: Framework for the Generation and Assessment of Documentation for Nuclear Facilities....Pages 849-859
Text Mining Indicators of Affect and Interaction: A Case Study of Students’ Postings in a Blended-Learning Course of English for Specific Purposes....Pages 861-872
GEMINI: A Generic Multi-Modal Natural Interface Framework for Videogames....Pages 873-884
A Semi-automatic Negotiation Strategy for Multi-attribute and Multiple Participants....Pages 885-892
Smart Land Record Application Using Web GIS and GPS....Pages 893-900
Polynomial Approximation of the Battery Discharge Function in IEEE 802.15.4 Nodes: Case Study of MicaZ....Pages 901-910
Enhancing PTN to Improve the QoS Provided by the IP Mobility Management....Pages 911-921
User’s Requirements in Internet Access Sharing....Pages 923-929
A Multidimensional Model for Monitoring Cloud Services....Pages 931-938
Effects of NGNs on Market Definition....Pages 939-949
Ambient Assisted Living and the Integration and Personalization of Care Services....Pages 951-958
A Mobile and Web Indoor Navigation System: A Case Study in a University Environment....Pages 959-968
Towards a Security Solution for Mobile Agents....Pages 969-979
X-band Radar Sensor for the Landslide Risk Mitigation....Pages 981-987
Compact Slotted Antenna for Wideband Radar Applications....Pages 989-996
High Resolution Software Defined Radar System for Target Detection....Pages 997-1005
Design of a Reconfigurable Reflectarray Unit Cell for Wide Angle Beam-Steering Radar Applications....Pages 1007-1013
Age Differences in Computer Input Device Use: A Comparison of Touchscreen, Trackball, and Mouse....Pages 1015-1024
Color-Concept Associations among Chinese Steel Workers and Managerial Staff....Pages 1025-1031
Cycle of Information Retrieval through Color in e-Commerce: Store Choice....Pages 1033-1040
Visualization and Manipulation of Information in 3D Immersive Environments....Pages 1041-1051
Construction Processes Using Mobile Augmented Reality: A Study Case in Building Engineering Degree....Pages 1053-1062
A User-Centered Interface for Scheduling Problem Definition....Pages 1063-1073
Perceived Site Security as a Second Order Construct and Its Relationship to e-Commerce Site Usage....Pages 1075-1085
Accessibility Study in Sites of Public Higher Education Institution in Brazil....Pages 1087-1094
Exploring the Design Space of Mobile Payment Systems....Pages 1095-1104
SketchyDynamics: A Sketch-Based Library for the Development of Physics Simulation Applications....Pages 1105-1116
Designing User Learning Experience in Virtual Worlds: The Young Europeans for Democracy Serious Application....Pages 1117-1128
The Behaviour Assessment Model for the Analysis and Evaluation of Pervasive Services....Pages 1129-1140
A Study of Biometric Authentication Adoption in Health Services....Pages 1141-1148
Cell Life: A Biology Game to Support Biology Classrooms....Pages 1149-1155
Back Matter....Pages 1157-1160
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