1st Edition

The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing

Edited By Munindar P. Singh Copyright 2004
    1138 Pages 319 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing analyzes a broad array of technologies and concerns related to the Internet, including corporate intranets. Fresh and insightful articles by recognized experts address the key challenges facing Internet users, designers, integrators, and policymakers. In addition to discussing major applications, it also covers the architectures, enabling technologies, software utilities, and engineering techniques that are necessary to conduct distributed computing and take advantage of Web-based services.

    The Handbook provides practical advice based upon experience, standards, and theory. It examines all aspects of Internet computing in wide-area and enterprise settings, ranging from innovative applications to systems and utilities, enabling technologies, and engineering and management. Content includes articles that explore the components that make Internet computing work, including storage, servers, and other systems and utilities. Additional articles examine the technologies and structures that support the Internet, such as directory services, agents, and policies.

    The volume also discusses the multidimensional aspects of Internet applications, including mobility, collaboration, and pervasive computing. It concludes with an examination of the Internet as a holistic entity, with considerations of privacy and law combined with technical content.

    APPLICATIONS
    Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web
    Peter Brusilovsky and Wolfgang Nejdl

    Internet Computing Support for Digital Government
    Athman Bouguettaya, Abdelmounaam Rezgui, Brahim Medjahed, and Mourad Ouzzani

    E-Learning Technology for Improving Business Performance and Lifelong Learning
    Darrell Woelk

    Digital Libraries
    Ed Fox, Lillian Cassel, Hussein Suleman, and Devika Madalli

    Collaborative Applications
    Prasun Dewan

    Internet Telephony
    Henning Schulzrinne

    Internet Messaging
    Maarten van Steen and Jan Mark Warns

    Internet-Based Solutions for Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Interoperability - A Standards Perspective
    Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, and Albert Jones

    Semantic Enterprise Content Management
    Mark Fisher and Amit Sheth

    Conversational Agents
    James Lester, Karl Branting, and Bradford Mott

    Internet-Based Games
    R. Michael Young

    ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
    Information Retrieval
    Vijay V. Raghavan, Venkat N. Gudivada, Zonghuan Wu, and William I. Grosky

    Web Crawling and Search
    Todd Miller and Ling Liu

    Text Mining
    Ian H. Witten

    Web Usage Mining and Personalization
    Barnshad Mobasher

    Agents
    Joseph Bigus and Jennifer Bigus

    Multiagent Systems for Internet Applications
    Michael N. Huhns and Larry M. Stephens

    Concepts and Practice of Personalization
    Manuel Aparicio IV and Munindar P. Singh

    Online Marketplaces
    Michael P. Wellman

    Online Reputation Mechanisms
    Chris Dellarocas

    Digital Rights Management
    Mikhail Atallah, Keith Frikken, Carrie Black, Susan Overstreet, and Pooja Bhatia

    INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
    Internet-Based Enterprise Architectures
    Francois B. Vernadat

    XML Core Technologies
    Erik Wilde

    Advanced XML Technologies
    Erik Wilde

    Semistructured Data in Relational Databases
    Sudarshan Chawathe

    Information Security
    Elisa Bertino and Elena Ferrari

    Understanding Web Services
    Rania Khalaf, Francisco Curbera, William A. Nagy, Nirmal Mukhi, Stefan Tai, and Matthew Duftler

    Mediators for Querying Heterogeneous Data
    Tore Risch

    Introduction to Web Semantics
    Munindar P. Singh

    Information Modeling on the Web
    Vipul Kashyap

    Semantic Aspects of Web Services
    Sinuhe Arroyo, Ruben Lara, Juan Miguel Gomez, David Berka, Ying Ding, and Dieter Fensel

    Business Process: Concepts, Systems, and Protocols
    Fabio Casati and Akhil Sahai

    Information Systems
    Eric Yu

    SYSTEMS AND UTILITIES
    Internet Directories and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
    Greg Lavender and Mark Wahl

    Peer-to-Peer Systems
    Karl Aberer and Manfred Hauswirth

    Data and Services for Mobile Computing
    Sasikanth Avancha, Dipanjan Chakraborty, Filip Perich, and Anupam Joshi

    Pervasive Computing
    Semi Helal and Choonhwa Lee

    Worldwide Computing Middleware
    Gul A. Agha and Carlos A. Varela


    Metacomputing and Grid Frameworks
    Vaidy Sunderam

    Improving Web Site Performance
    Arun lyengar, Erich Nahum, Anees Shaikh, and Renu Tewari

    Web Caching, Consistency, and Content Distribution
    Arun lyengar, Erich Nahum, Anees Shaikh, and Renu Tewari

    Content Adaptation and Transcoding
    Surendar Chandra

    ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
    Software Engineering for Internet Applications
    Laurie Williams

    Web Site Usability Engineering
    Melody Y. Ivory

    Distributed Storage
    Sumeet Sobti and Peter N. Yianilos

    System Management and Security Policy Specification
    Morris Sloman and Emil Lupu

    Distributed Trust
    John loannidis and Angelos D. Keromytis

    An Overview of Intrusion Detection Techniques
    Wenke Lee

    Measuring the Internet
    Nevil Brownlee and kc claffy

    What is Architecture?
    Wayne Clark and John Waclawsky

    Overlay Networks
    Joseph D. Touch

    Network and Service Management
    Mani Subramaniam

    SYSTEMIC MATTERS
    Web Structure
    Pinar Yolum

    The Internet Policy and Governance Ecosystem
    Anthony M. Rutkowski

    Human Implications of Internet Technologies
    L. Jean Camp and Ka-Ping Yee

    The Geographical Diffusion of the Internet in the U.S
    Shane M. Greenstein and Jeff Prince

    Intellectual Property, Liability, and Contract
    Jacqueline Schwerzmann

    Biography

    Munindar P. Singh

    "The time is absolutely ripe for this handbook…There is no single source of information that has this breadth today…Finally, there is an examination of the Internet as a holistic system. Topics of privacy, trust, policy, and law are addressed as well as the structure of the Internet and of the Web."
    Stuart Feldman, Vice President, Internet Technology, IBM, from the Foreword

    "This handbook has been addressed to everyone who needs to find knowledge about all major aspects of internet computing in real life. …The extensive lists of references, internet standards and administrative forums are very important sources."
    -Zentralblatt MATH