Web-based Support Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-xxii

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2. Web-Based Support Systems for Specific Domains

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Context-Aware Adaptation in Web-Based Groupware Systems

      • Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, Angela Carrillo-Ramos, Marlène Villanova-Oliver, Jérôme Gensel, Yolande Berbers

      Pages 3-31

   3. Framework for Supporting Web-Based Collaborative Applications

      • Wei Dai

      Pages 33-42

   4. Helplets: A Common Sense-Based Collaborative Help Collection and Retrieval Architecture for Web-Enabled Systems

      • Mohammad Nauman, Shahbaz Khan, Sanaullah Khan

      Pages 43-64

   5. Web-based Virtual Research Environments

      • Xiaobo Yang, Robert J. Allan

      Pages 65-80

   6. Web-Based Learning Support System

      • Lisa Fan

      Pages 81-95

   7. A Cybernetic Design Methodology for ‘Intelligent’ Online Learning Support

      • Stephen R. Quinton

      Pages 97-124

   8. A Web-Based Learning Support System for Inquiry-Based Learning

      • Dong Won Kim, JingTao Yao

      Pages 125-143

3. Web-Based Applications and WSS Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 146-146

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   2. Combinatorial Fusion Analysis for Meta Search Information Retrieval

      • D. Frank Hsu, Isak Taksa

      Pages 147-165

   3. Automating Information Discovery Within the Invisible Web

      • Edwina Sweeney, Kevin Curran, Ermai Xie

      Pages 167-181

   4. Supporting Web Search with Visualization

      • Orland Hoeber, Xue Dong Yang

      Pages 183-214

   5. XML Based Markup Languages for Specific Domains

      • Aparna Varde, Elke Rundensteiner, Sally Fahrenholz

      Pages 215-238

   6. Evaluation, Analysis and Adaptation of Web Prefetching Techniques in Current Web

      • Josep Domènech, Ana Pont-Sanjuán, Julio Sahuquillo, José A. Gil

      Pages 239-271

   7. Knowledge Management System Based on Web 2.0 Technologies

      • Guillermo Jimenez, Carlos Barradas

      Pages 273-301

4. Design and Development of Web-based Support Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 304-304

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   2. A Web-Based System for Managing Software Architectural Knowledge

      • Muhammad Ali Babar

      Pages 305-332

   3. CoP Sensing Framework on Web-Based Environment

      • S. M. F. D. Syed Mustapha

      Pages 333-357

   4. Designing a Successful Bidding Strategy Using Fuzzy Sets and Agent Attitudes

      • Jun Ma, Madhu Lata Goyal

      Pages 359-370

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.

• Framework
• Information Retrieval
• Support systems
• WSS
• Web
• XML
• data mining
• information technology
• knowledge management
• techniques
• web technology

• Dept. Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, Canada

  JingTao Yao

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