Web-Based Support Systems

ISBN-13: 9781848826274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 440 str.

JingTao Yao

Opis

Web-based Support Systems (WSS) are an emerging multidisciplinary research area in which one studies the support of human activities with the Web as the common platform, mediumandinterface.TheInternetaffectseveryaspectofourmodernlife. Moving support systems to online is an increasing trend in many research domains. One of the goals of WSS research is to extend the human physical limitation of information processing in the information age. Research on WSS is motivated by the challenges and opportunities arising from the Internet. The availability, accessibility and ?exibility of information as well as the tools to access this information lead to a vast amount of opportunities. H- ever, there are also many challenges we face. For instance, we have to deal with more complex tasks, as there are increasing demands for quality and productivity. WSS research is a natural evolution of the studies on various computerized support systems such as Decision Support Systems (DSS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE). The recent advancement of computer and Web technologies make the implementation of more feasible WSS. Nowadays, it is rare to see a system without some type of Web interaction. The research of WSS is classi?ed into four groups. - WSS for speci?c domains.

Spis treści

Part 1 Web-based Support Systems for Specific Domains 1. Context-Aware Adaptation in Web-based Groupware Systems 2. Framework for Supporting Web-based Collaborative Applications 3. Helplets: A Common Sense Based Collaborative Help Collection and Retrieval Architecture for Web-Enabled Systems 4. Web-based Virtual Research Environments 5. Web-based Learning Support System 6. A Cybernetic Design Methodology for 'Intelligent' Online Learning Support 7. A Web-based Learning Support System for Inquiry-based Learning Part2 Web-based Applications and WSS Techniques 8. Combinatorial Fusion Analysis for Meta Search Information Retrieval 9. Automating Information Discovery Within the Invisible Web 10. Supporting Web Search with Visualization 11. XML Based Markup Languages for Specific Domains 12. Evaluation, Analysis and Adaptation of Web Prefetching Techniques in Current Web 13. Knowledge Management System Based on Web 2.0 Technologies Part 3 Design and Development of Web-based Support Systems 14. A Web-based System for Managing Software Architectural Knowledge 15. CoP Sensing Framework on Web-based Environment 16. Designing a Successful Bidding Strategy using Fuzzy Sets and Agent Attitudes 17. Design Scenarios for Web-based Management of Online Information 18. Data Mining for Web-based Support Systems: A Case Study in e-Custom Systems 19. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a Technical Framework for Web-based Support Systems (WSS).

Blurb

Web-based Support Systems (WSS) are an emerging multidisciplinary research area in which one studies the support of human activities with the Web as the common platform, medium and interface. One of the goals of WSS research is to extend the human physical limitation of information processing in the information age.

Research on WSS is motivated by the challenges and opportunities arising from the Internet. The availability, accessibility and flexibility of information as well as the tools to access this information lead to a vast amount of opportunities. It identifies both domain independent and dependent activities before selecting suitable computer and Web technologies to support them. It also examines how applications and adaptations of existing methodologies on the web platform benefit our decision-making and other various activities.

This book presents research related to fundamental issues of WSS, frameworks for WSS and current research on WSS. The research on Web-based support systems is classified into three parts:

- Web-based support systems for specific domains

- Web-based applications and WSS techniques

- Design and Development of WSS.