Enterprise Information Systems 8th International Conference, ICEIS 2
This book contains the carefully selected best papers of the 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Sysetms, ICEIS 2006, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in May 2006. The 4 invited papers and 27 revised and selected papers presented in this volume
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Yannis Manolopoulos Joaquim Filipe Panos Constantopoulos José Cordeiro (Eds.)
Enterprise Information Systems 8th International Conference, ICEIS 2006 Paphos, Cyprus, May 23-27, 2006 Revised Selected Papers
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Volume Editors Yannis Manolopoulos Aristotle University 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece E-mail: [email protected] Joaquim Filipe Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal E-mail: [email protected] Panos Constantopoulos Athens University of Economics and Business Athens, Greece E-mail: [email protected] José Cordeiro Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC 2910-761 Setúbal, Portugal E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007943480 ACM Computing Classification (1998): J.1, H.4, D.2, I.2.1 ISSN ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1865-1348 3-540-77580-3 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-77580-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
This book contains the best papers of the 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006), held in the city of Paphos (Cyprus), organized by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) in collaboration with the University of Cyprus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Athens University of Economics and Business. ICEIS has become a major point of contact between research scientists, engineers and practitioners in the area of business applications of information systems. This year, five simultaneous tracks were held, covering different aspects related to enterprise computing, including: “Databases and Information Systems Integration,” “Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems,” “Information Systems Analysis and Specification,” “Software Agents and Internet Computing” and “Human–Computer Interaction.” All tracks focus on real world applications and highlight the benefits of Information Systems and Technology for industry and services, thus making a bridge between Academia and Enterprise. Following the success of 2005, ICEIS 2006 received 404 paper submissions from more than 40 countries spanning all continents. In all, 63 papers were published and presented as full p
