Advanced principles for improving database design, systems modeling and software development  [electronic resource] / 
Keng Siau and John Erickson, editors 
 - Hershey, Pa. :  Information Science Reference,  c2009 
 - Advances in database research series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Semantics of the MibML conceptual modeling grammar: an ontological analysis using the Bunge-Wand-Weber framework -- A measurement ontology generalizable for emerging domain applications on the Semantic Web -- Semantic integration and knowledge discovery for environmental research -- Towards code reuse and refactoring as a practice within extreme programming -- Requirements elicitation technique selection: a theory-based contingency model -- IT value of software development: a multi-theoretic perspective -- UB2SQL: a tool for building database applications using UML and B formal method -- Using decision trees to predict crime reporting -- A model for estimating the savings from dimensional vs. keyword search -- Integrity constraint checking for multiple XML databases. Accelerating multi dimensional queries in data warehouses -- View materialization in a data cube: optimization models and heuristics -- WebFINDIT: providing data and service-centric access through a scalable middleware -- Retrieval optimization for server-based repositories in location-based mobile commerce -- Migrating legacy information systems to web services architecture -- A socio-technical interpretation of IT convergence services: applying a perspective from Actor Network Theory and Complex Adaptive Systems -- Understanding organizational transformation from IT implementations: a look at Structuration Theory -- Social network structures in open source software development teams -- Design of a data model for social network applications. 
<br/><br/> Presents research and analysis of the most recent advancements in the fields of database systems and software development. Includes research in the areas of database theory, systems building, data analysis techniques, web/mobile commerce and middleware, and organization and structures. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Farmington Hills, Mi : <br/>Gale. <br/>Available via World Wide Web 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781605661735 (electronic book) 9781605661728 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Database design<br/>Computer software--Development<br/>System design