Mobile Information Systems Ii

Mobile Information Systems II provides a collection of research on the planning, analysis, design, construction, modification, implementation, utilization, evaluation, and management of mobile information systems. The articles focus on the implications of this research in the world of commerce, and address technical issues and constraints on mobile information systems functionalities and design.

This volume presents work from the IFIP TC 8 WG 8.9 International Conference on the Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2007). Enterprise information systems (EIS) have become increasingly popular. EIS integrate and support business processes across functional boundaries in a supply chain environment. In recent years, more and more enterprises world-wide have adopted EIS such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for running their businesses.

Modern society has been transformed by the digital convergence towards a future where technologies embed themselves into the fabric of everyday life. This ongoing merging of social and technological infrastructures provides and necessitates new possibilities to renovate past notions, models and methods of information systems development that accommodates humans as actors within the infrastructure. This shift introduces new possibilities for information systems designers to fulfil more and more everyday functions, and to enhance their value and worth to the user. Reframing Humans in Information Systems Development aims to reframe the phenomenon of human-centered development of information systems by connecting scientific constructs produced within the field of information systems which has recently provided a plethora of multidisciplinary user views, without explicitly defining clear constructs that serve the IS field in particular. IS researchers, practitioners and students would benefit from Reframing Humans in Information Systems Development as the book provides a comprehensive view to various human-centered development methods and approaches. The representatives of the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Collaborative Work will also find this book an excellent resource. A theoretical handbook and collection of practical experiences, are included along with critical discussions of the utilization methods in ISD and their implications with some interconnecting commentary viewpoints.

This book presents a framework for mobile information systems, focusing on quality of service and adaptability at all architectural levels. These levels range from adaptive applications to e-services, middleware, and infrastructural elements, as developed in the "Multichannel Adaptive Information Systems" (MAIS) project. The design models, methods, and tools developed in the project allow the realization of adaptive mobile information systems in a variety of different architectures.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR) in Rostock, Germany, in September 2010. The 14 full and 4 short papers accepted for BIR were selected from 53 submissions. They are organized in topical sessions on knowledge and information management; ontologies; models and workflows; business information systems; and databases and mobile computing .

The immense popularity of mobile infrastructures and higher bandwidths of network has radically transformed the way people use information resources. In this context, mobile information systems (MIS) are a pertinent area of study. MIS are information systems that allow the access to information resources and services with the aid of end-user terminals. These terminals are movable in space and are provided with wireless communication. The advantage of MIS is that they provide new value-added services due to their mobility and flexibility. They also render other services such as user access across multiple devices and channels, and the ability to perform collaborative work either in synchrony or otherwise. The book presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Also included in this book is a detailed explanation of the various concepts and applications of mobile information systems. The readers would gain knowledge that would broaden their perspective about this field.

"Information Systems for Business and Beyond introduces the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world."--BC Campus website.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Mobile Information Technology for Emergency Response, MobileResponse 2008 held in Bonn, Germany, in May 2008. The 12 revised papers presented together with 2 kenote lectures and 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on emergency alerting systems and indoor navigation, spatial and visual information for site exploration, collaboration and information management, as well as communication and security concepts.