Web-Based Support Systems

This book probes four types of Web-based support systems (WSS) research: WSS for specific domains, Web-based applications, techniques related to WSS and design, and development of WSS. The aim is to meet the opportunities of WSS, and keep pace with progress.

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.

Web-Based Support Systems for Specific Domains. - Context-Aware Adaptation in Web-Based Groupware Systems. - Framework for Supporting Web-Based Collaborative Applications. - Helplets: A Common Sense-Based Collaborative Help Collection and Retrieval Architecture for Web-Enabled Systems. - Web-based Virtual Research Environments. - Web-Based Learning Support System. - A Cybernetic Design Methodology for `Intelligent Online Learning Support. - A Web-Based Learning Support System for Inquiry-Based Learning. - Web-Based Applications and WSS Techniques. - Combinatorial Fusion Analysis for Meta Search Information Retrieval. - Automating Information Discovery Within the Invisible Web. - Supporting Web Search with Visualization. - XML Based Markup Languages for Specific Domains. - Evaluation, Analysis and Adaptation of Web Prefetching Techniques in Current Web. - Knowledge Management System Based on Web 2. 0 Technologies. - Design and Development of Web-based Support Systems. - A Web-Based System for Managing Software Architectural Knowledge. - CoP Sensing Framework on Web-Based Environment. - Designing a Successful Bidding Strategy Using Fuzzy Sets and Agent Attitudes. - Design Scenarios for Web-Based Management of Online Information. - Data Mining for Web-Based Support Systems: A Case Study in e-Custom Systems. - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a Technical Framework for Web-Based Support Systems (WSS).