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Encyclopedia of Portal Technologies and Applications (2 Volumes)
Edited By: Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia
Contributors:
Abrahams, Brooke, Victoria University, Australia

Adomi, Esharenana E., Delta State University, Nigeria

Ahmed, Khalil, Networked Planet Limited, UK

Aïmeur, Esma, University of Montreal, Canada

Ainamo, Antti, Stanford University, Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects, USA

and Helsinki School of Economics, Finaldn

Akhrimenkov, Andrei,

Alkhatib, Ghazi, Applied Science University, Jordan

Andresen, Bent B., Danish

Antona, M., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Araújo Tavares Ferreira, Marta, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

Averweg, Udo, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa and University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Ayadi, Achraf, Institut National des Télécommunications, France

Azambuja Silveira, Ricardo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Bachmann, Veronika, Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Bagchi, Kallol, University of Texas at El Paso, USA

Bajaj, Akhilesh, The University of Tulsa, USA

Baker, Jason D., Regent University, USA

Balafa, K., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Barbin Laurindo, Fernando José, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Baroni de Carvalho, Rodrigo, FUMEC University,

Brazil and Bank of Development of Minas Gerais (BDMG), Brazil

Barraclough, Carol Ann, ePages.net (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Basden, Andrew, University of Salford, UK

Basu, Choton, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, USA

Battistini, Giovanna, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Bau, Alexander, NetGiro Systems A.B., USA

Bax, Samantha, Murdoch University, Australia

Becci, Alessandra, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Becks, Andreas, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

Beer, David, University of York, UK

Beer, Martin, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Bellavista, Paolo, Università di Bologna, Italy

Berger, Stefan, Detecon International GmbH, Germany

Berio, Giuseppe, Università di Torino, Italy

Bernier, Roxane, Université de Montréal, Canada

Bing, Zhu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Bingley, Scott, Victoria University, Australia

Bhojaraju, G., ICICI OneSource, India

Bolisani, Ettore, University of Padova, Italy

Bosin, Andrea, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

Bouaziz, Fatma, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax, Tunisie

Breslin, John G., Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Buck, Sarah, YBP Library Services, USA

Burgess, Stephen, Victoria University, Australia

Cader, Yoosuf, Zayed University, UAE

Calero, Coral, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain

Cannataro, Mario, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy

Cao, Sanxing, Communication University of China, China

Carbone, Daniel, Victoria University, Australia

Caro, Angélica, Universidad del Bio Bio, Chile

Cerone, Pietro, Victoria University, Australia

Chalekian, Paul, University of Nevada, USA

Chan, Tom S., Southern NH University, USA

Chang, Elizabeth, Curtin University of

Chatterjea, Kalyani, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chaves, Fernando, Fraunhofer IITB, Germany

Chen, Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Chern Lim, Chee, University of Newcastle, Australia

Cider, Rod, Madonna University, USA

Corbitt, Brian, RMIT University, Australia

Costagliola, Gennaro, Università di Salerno, Italy

Costopoulou, Constantina, Informatics Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Craig, Ron, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Crowther, Paul, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Dai, Wei, Victoria University, Australia

Dalmaris, Peter, Futureshock Research, Australia

Davey, Bill, RMIT University, Australia

Dawson, Ray, Loughborough University, UK

de Amescua, Antonio, Carlos III Technical University of Madrid, Spain

de Medeiros Jr., Alberto, University of São Paulo, Brazil and Faculdade Taboão da Serra, Brazil

De Giovanni, Loredana, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Dessì, Nicoletta, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

di Martino, Sergio, Università di Salerno, Italy

Dillon, Tharam S., University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Di Paola, Lucy, Mt. St. Mary College, USA

Dobing, Brian, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Dorado de la Calle, Julián, University of Coruña, Spain

Doulgeraki, C., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Ebel, Renate, Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Eboueya, Michel, University of La Rochelle, France

Edenius, Mats, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Ehlers, Ulf-Daniel, University of Duisburg-Essen,

European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning, Germany

Erwin, Geoff, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

Evdoridis, Theodoros, University of the Aegean, Greece

Fafali, P., National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Falsetti, Carla, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Feng, Xiuzhen, Beijing University of Technology, China

Ferrucci, Filomena, Università di Salerno, Italy

Finegan, Andrew, Charles Darwin University, Australia

Fisser, Petra, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Foglia, Pierfrancesco, Università di Pisa, Italy

Fortino, Giancarl, DEIS – Università della Calabria, Italy

Frisser, Petra, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Fröschle, Norbert, Fraunhofer-Institute, Germany

Fu, Xin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Fuangvut, Tharitpong, Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand

Fuccella, Vittorio, Università di Salerno, Italy

Fulford, Heather, Aberdeen Business School, UK

Fulmer, Connie L., University of Colorado, USA

Fung, Benjamin C. M., Simon Fraser University, Canada

Galitsky, Boris, University of London, UK

Gallucci, Lorenzo, Exeura S.r.L, Italy

Gamboa, Ruben, University of Wyoming, USA

Gao, Yuan, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA

García Guzmán, Javier, Carlos III Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Gardner, William, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Garlaschelli, Luca, Università di Bologna, Italy

Gebhart, Greg, Lowanna College, Australia

Geiger, Werner, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Angewandte Informatik, Germany

Gerst, Martina, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Gordon, Steven, Babson College, USA

Gou, JuanQiong, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Gowda, Girish, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Grammenos, D., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Gravino, Carmine, Università di Salerno, Italy

Grazia Fugini, Maria, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Hädrich, Thomas, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Handzic, Meliha, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina

Hanke, Henrik, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Harzallah, Mounira, Laboratoire d’informatique de Nantes, France

Hasan, Helen, University of Wollongong, Australia

Hassall, Kim, Melbourne University, Australia

Hautala, Jouni, Turku Polytechnic, Finland

Hing Yu, Man, University of Newcastle, Australia

Ho Hur, Joon, IBM Business Consulting Services, Australia

Hoe-Lian Goh, Dion, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Holland, Ilona E., Harvard University, USA

Holmes, Karyn, Louisiana State Unjversity, USA

Hung Chang, Chew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Hunter, M. Gordon, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Hürster, Walter, T-Systems, Germany

Jakobs, Kai, Aachen University, Germany

Jackson, Thomas W., Loughborough University, UK

Jana Polgar, Jana, eBluePrint Pty Ltd., Australia

Jasimuddin, Sajjad M., University of Wales – Aberystwyth, UK

Jin, Jesse S., University of Newcastle, UK

Joia, Luiz Antonio, Getulio Vargas Foundation and Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil

Jones, Kiku, The University of Tulsa, USA

Kamthan, Pankaj, Concordia University, Canada

Kantola, Mauri, Turku Polytechnic, Finland

Kathman, Pankaj, Concordia University, Canada

Kettunen, Juha, Turku Polytechnic, Finland

Konstantas, A., Informatics Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Kor, Ah Lian, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Köther, Brit, Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Kotis, Konstantinos, University of the Aegean, Greece

Koukouli, M., Informatics Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Kourbelis, N., National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Krcmar, Helmut, Technische Universität München, Germany

Lamp, John, Deakin University, Australia

Landqvist, Fredric, Viktoria Institute, Sweden

Laskaridis, Giorgos, University of Athens, Greece

Lau, Adela, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Laurini, Robert, INSA de Lyon, France

Lehmann, Hans, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Leonard, Lori N. K., The University of Tulsa, USA

Levene, Mark, University of London, UK

Liang Chan, Hui, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Liberati, Diego, IEIIT CNR c,o Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Lim, Ee-Peng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Lin, Chad, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Lin, Koong H.-C., Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan

Lind, Mary, North Carolina Agriculture and Technology State University, USA

Lloyd-Walker, Beverley, Victoria University, Australia

Luo, Hua, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA

Ma, TingTing, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Maamar, Zakaria, Zayed University, UAE

Magoulas, George D., University of London, UK

Maier, Ronald, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Manouselis, Nikos, Informatics Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Maqsood, Tayyab, RMIT University, Australia

Margetis, G., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Markellos, Konstantinos, University of Patras, Greece

Markellou, Penelope, University of Patras, Greece

Martín Sánchez, Fernando, University of Coruña, Spain

Martins, Joberto S. B., University Salvador (UNIFACS), Brazil

Marxt, Christian, Stanford University, Center for Design Research, USA

Maumbe, Blessing M., Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

Mayer, Christopher B., Air Force Institute of Technology, USA

Mayer-Föll, Roland, Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, Germany

McCarthy, Cavan, Louisiana State University, USA

McLeod, Pauline, Queensberry Information Technologies Pty Ltd, Australia

Medina-Domínguez, Fuensanta, Carlos III Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Miao, Yuan, Victoria University, Australia

Michael, Ian, Zayed University, UAE

Miguélez Rico, Mónica, University of Coruña, Spain

Millham, Richard C., De Montfort University, UK

Minogiannis, N., National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Moeller, Steffen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Molony, Rick, VRM Knowledge Pty Ltd, Australia

Moraes, Wellington, Faculdade Taboão da Serra, Brazil

Moraga, M. Angeles, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Mourouzis, A., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Naaranoja, Marja, Vaasa Polytechnic, Finland

Neumann, Alf, University of Cologne, Germany

Nikakis, Con, Victoria University, Australia

Nikakis, Karen Simpson, Deakin University, Australia

Norris, Alison, University of Wollongong, Australia

Ntoa, S., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

O’Byrne Spencer, Angela Frances, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa

O’Murchu, Ina, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Obrecht, Roland, Ministry of Environment Baden – Wurttemberg, Germany

Okujava, Shota, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Olla, Phillip, Madonna University, USA

Orange, Graham, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Osorio, Javier, Las Palmes de Gran Canaria University, Spain

Owen, Robert S., Texas A&M University – Texarkana, USA

Paavola, Teemu, LifeIT Plc, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Finland

Pai, Hsueh-Ieng, Concordia University, Canada

Palau, Carlos E., DCOM – Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Palvia, Prashant, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA

Panayiotaki, Angeliki, University of Patras, Greece

Pang, Natalie, Monash University, Australia

Paquette, Scott, University of Toronto, Canada

Park Woolf, Beverly, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, USA

Parsons, David, Massey University, New Zealand

Parsons, Thomas W., Loughborough University, UK

Partarakis, N., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Patrikakis, Ch. Z., National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Pazos Sierra, Alejandro, University of Coruña, Spain

Pease, Wayne, University of Queensland, Australia

Pedreira Souto, Nieves, University of Coruña, Spain

Pes, Barbara, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

Peszynski, Konrad J., RMIT University, Australia

Piattini, Mario, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain

Pliaskin, Alex, Victoria University, Australia

Polgar, Jana, eBlueprint Pty. Ltd and Monash University, Australia

Polgar, Tony, Sensis Pty. Ltd, Australia

Pollard, Carol, Appalachian State University, USA

Preiser-Houy, Lara, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Prete, Cosimo Antonio, Università di Pisa, Italy

Rajugan, R., University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Ramazzotti, Sulmana, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Rashid, Awais, Lancaster University, UK

Rekik Fakhfakh, Donia, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax, Tunisie

Remus, Ulrich, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Rennard, Jean-Philippe, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France

Robotis, Konstantinos, University of the Aegean, Greece

Rodrigues Gomes, Eduardo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rose, Thomas, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

Rowe, Michelle, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Rudolph, Simone, Technische Universität München, Germany

Russell, Margaret, Chaparral Elementary School, USA

Ryu, Hokyoung, Massey University, New Zealand

Sacco, Giovanni M., Università di Torino, Italy

Salmenjoki, Kimmo, University of Vaasa, Finland

Sampaio, Américo, Lancaster University, UK

Sampson, Demetrios, University of Piraeus, Greece

Sánchez-Segura, Maria-Isabel, Carlos III Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Sawade, Annette, Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Scarso, Enrico, University of Padova, Italy

Schaefer, Brian, Louisiana State University, USA

Schauder, Don, Monash University, Australia

Schermann, Michael, Technische Universität München, Germany

Schlachter, Thorsten, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Angewandte Informatik, Germany

Schlueter Langdon, Christoph, USC Center for Telecom Management, USA

Schweiger, Andreas, Technische Universität München, Germany

Searle, Ian, RMIT University, Australia

Selçuk Candan, K., Arizona State University, USA

Sellitto, Carmine, Victoria University, Australia

Serarols-Tarrés, Christian, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Serenko, Alexander, Lakehead University, Canada

Shackleton, Peter, Victoria University, Australia

Shambaugh, Neal, West Virginia University, USA

Sideridis, Alexander, Informatics Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Sigel, Alexander, University of Cologne, Germany

Smith, Wesley, State of Louisana, USA

Sobol, Stephen, University of Leeds, UK

Soutar, Jan, Victoria University, Australia

Souza, Maria Carolina,

Steinebach, Martin, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany

Stenmark, Dick, IT University of Göteborg, Sweden

Stephanidis, C., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology –

Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Stewart, Tracy R., Regent University, USA

Stielow, Frederick, American Military University, USA

Strijker, Allard, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Subramaniam, R., Singapore National Academy of Science, Singapore

Sun, Jun, University of Texas – Pan American, USA

Tan Wee Hin, Leo, Singapore National Academy of Science, Singapore

Tang, Zaiyong, Louisiana Tech University, USA

Tarafdar, Monideepa, University of Toldeo, USA

Taranovych, Yuriy, Technische Universität München, Germany

Tatnall, Arthur, Victoria University, Australia

Tauber, Martina, Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Tavares Rodrigues, Elaine, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil

Taylor, Wallace J., Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

Teall, Ed, Mt. St. Mary College, USA

Theng, Yin-Leng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Thim Liu, Fook, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Thompson, Barrie J., University of Sunderland, UK

Tibaldi, Daniela, Università di Bologna, Italy

Triantafillidis, Vicky, Victoria University, Australia

Tsakalidis, Athanasios, University of Patras, Greece

Tsao, Hsiu-Yuan, Takming College, Taiwan

Tsui, Eric, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Turel, Ofir, California State University – Fullerton, USA

Tyynelä, Matti, University of Vaasa, Finland

Tzouramanis, Theodoros, University of the Aegean, Greece

Uden, Lorna, Staffordshire University, UK

Vainio, Aki, University of Vaasa, Finland

van der Merwe, Mac, University of South Africa, South Africa

Vaught, Sylvia, State of Louisana, USA

Veltri, Pierangelo, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro, Italy

Vicari, Rosa Maria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Vidigal da Silva, Ricardo, University of Évora, Portugal

von Lubitz, Dag, Central Michigan University, USA

Vouros, George, University of the Aegean, Greece

Walker, Derek H. T., RMIT University, Australia

Wang, Hai, Saint Mary’s University, Canada

Wang, Shouhong, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

Watson, Ed, Louisiana State University, USA

Weber, Ian, Texas A&M University, USA

Wei Choo, Chun, University of Toronto, Canada

Weidemann, Rainer, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Angewandte Informatik, Germany

Welsh, Karyn, Australia Post, Australia

Wesso, Harold, Department of Communications (DoC), South Africa

Wickramasinghe, Nilmini, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Wilbois, Thomas, T-Systems, Germany

Wojtkowski, Wita, Boise State University, USA

Wolf, Patrick, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany

Xiyan, Lu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Yu, Byunggu, National University, USA

Yu, Calvin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Zahir, Sajjad, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Zanda, Michele, IMT Institute for

Zhang, Jun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Zhang, Yanlong, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Zhang, Zuopeng, Eastern New Mexico University, USA

Zhdanova, Anna V., University of Surrey, UK

Zhu, Hong, Oxford Brookes University, UK