Recent Advances in Intelligent Technologies and Information Systems

The amount of data used in the business world has been growing at a rapid and exponential rate. These large volumes of data have led not only to the rise of big data analytics, but to the need for improvements and advancements in the management of it.

Recent Advances in Intelligent Technologies and Information Systems brings together current practices and innovations in the management and processing of diverse big data sets through technological integration. Focusing on concepts such as semantic technologies, open source tools, and soft computing, this book is an integral reference source for professionals, researchers, and practitioners interested in the application of technological advancements.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Semantic Technologies and Applications
Chapter 1: Strategies and Methods for Ontology Alignment
Chapter 2: A Novel E-Learning Management System for Appropriate Recommendations on the Learning Contents
Chapter 3: Evaluation of Topic Models as a Preprocessing Engine for the Knowledge Discovery in Twitter Datasets
Chapter 4: Welcome to the Party
Chapter 5: Design Consideration of Sociomaterial Multi-Agent CSCW Systems
Chapter 6: Segmentation of Renal Calculi in Ultrasound Kidney Images Using Modified Watershed Method

Section 2: Soft Computing and Decision Support
Chapter 7: Influencing Actions-Related Decisions Using Soft Computing Approaches
Chapter 8: A Smart and Dynamic Decision Support System for Nonlinear Environments
Chapter 9: Determinants for the Goodness of Performance Measurement Systems
Chapter 10: The Backbone of Key Successful Branding Strategies in the 21st Century
Chapter 11: Hybrid Privacy Preservation Technique Using Neural Networks
Chapter 12: Risk Prediction Model for Osteoporosis Disease Based on a Reduced Set of Factors