Introducing the latest release from IGI Global: Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations ISBN: 978-1-60566-364-7; 360 pp; May 2009 Published under Information Science Reference an imprint of IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273 Edited by: Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK DESCRIPTION Managers today are experiencing an increased focus on emergent collaborative technologies designed to enable virtual organization users to share resources and accomplish complex tasks better. Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations provides a state-of-the-art collection of opportunities and applicable practices of grid technology to sustain competitive advantage. Offering a collection of international research studies by leading experts, this book describes how grid technology can be applied to serve the purpose within interconnected organizations in an effective and efficient collaborative setting. **************************************** "This book will ensure that Grid technology shall be of the fullest interest to decision makers seeking collaborative decision management and support by advancing effective virtual organizations." - Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK **************************************** TOPICS COVERED Building service-oriented grid applications Control dynamics Maximizing collaborative emergency response Placement and scheduling over grid warehouses Scenarios of next generation grid applications Semantics-based process support Socio-technical virtual organization Sustainable and interoperable e-infrastructures Trust, virtual teams, and grid technology For more information about Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, you can view the title information sheet at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34273.pdf. To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273 <http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273&v=tableOfContents> &v=tableOfContents. You can also view the first chapter of the publication at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/excerpts/34273.pdf. ABOUT THE EDITOR Nik Bessis is currently a senior lecturer and head of postgraduate taught courses, in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at University of Bedfordshire (UK). He obtained a BA from the TEI of Athens in 1991 and completed his PhD (2002) and MA (1995) at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His research interest is the development of distributed information systems for virtual organizations with a particular focus in next generation Grid technology; data integration and data push for the creative and other sectors. **************************************** To view the full contents of this publication, check for Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations in your institution's library. If you library does not currently own this title, please recommend it to your librarian. ****************************************