Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking (2 Volumes)

Margherita Pagani (Bocconi University, Italy)

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781591405610

EISBN13: 9781591407966

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-561-0

Description:

Multimedia technology, networks and online interactive multimedia services are taking advantage of a series of radical innovations in converging fields, such as the digitization of signals, satellite and fiber optic based transmission systems, algorithms for signal compression and control, switching and storage devices, and others, whose combination has a supra-additive synergistic effect. In such an ever-evolving environment, teachers, researchers and professionals of the discipline need access to the most current information about the concepts, issues, trends and technologies in this emerging field.

The Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking provides in-depth coverage of the most important concepts, issues, trends and technologies in the multimedia discipline. This encyclopedia is a valuable collection of articles that presents perspectives from over 220 researchers from 32 countries, providing a thorough explanation of emerging multimedia technologies and applications. This contemporary encyclopedia offers, in detail, an understanding of many topics related to multimedia evolution, design, communications, e-commerce, education, security, and virtual communities. In addition, it offers over 1,350 terms and definitions and more than 3,200 references, and is a valuable reference source for all libraries.

This encyclopedia is instrumental in providing researchers, scholars, students and professionals access to the latest knowledge related to multimedia technology and networking.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Advanced broadband infrastructures and applications
Broadband solution for the last mile to the residential customers
Copper solutions
Distance Education Technologies
Electronic commerce technologies management
End User Computing
From circuit switched to IP-based networks
Information Security Management
Information systems in small firms
IT and virtual communities
Mobile computing and commerce
Multimedia digital television
Multimedia Information Management
Multimedia interactive digital television
Network evolution
Network Optimization
Open source technologies and systems
Psychology of multimedia technologies
Telecommunications and Networking Technologies

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"The planning alone that went into this reference set must have been daunting, but the result was worth the effort. This work is extremely well done and will be useful in any academic or related special library."

– American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) 2006

We recommend this encyclopedia as a useful addition to the stock of knowledge in multimedia. This compendium would serve as a core reference in multimedia technology.

– Journal of Digital Information Management, Vol. 3 No. 3, September 2005

This encyclopedia also serves as a reference for managers, engineers, consultants, and others interested in the latest knowledge related to multimedia technology and networking. This sounds like an ambitious objective, but I would judge it to be one that has been achieved.

– Online Information Review, Vol 29, No.5

This reference collection is an attempt to demonstrate how critical multimedia technology and networking are in nearly every sector of education, government and business.

– E-Streams

A remarkable collection of articles that are the finest in the field of multimedia technology and networking. This encyclopedia should be included in any library.

– Prof. Leslie Leong, Central Connecticut State University, USA

This publication is far-reaching and comprehensive, featuring a virtual who's who" in this field. It is an absolutely essential text for the library of any scholar, manager and student interested in data communications and networking research. "

– Prof. Enrico Valdani, Bocconi University, Italy

The Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking is the necessary reference for everyone, who practices design and operations of e-commerce, e-publishing, e-library, and other facets of multimedia.

– Dr. Andrew S. Targowski, Western Michigan University, USA

"It plays a great role as a reference tool for a university, as well as for laboratories and companies. "

– Prof. Nobuyoshi Terashima, Waseda University, Japan

"No piece of hardware or acronym is left unturned in this collection of articles. The articles are comprehensive enough for first inquiry by teachers, researchers and technology professionals but accessible enough for novices to peruse with confidence they will find basic concepts and well-choseng references for further study."

– SciTech Book News, March 2007

Margherita Pagani is Assistant Professor of Management at Bocconi University (Milan) and Head Researcher for New Media&Tv-lab at the I-LAB Centre for Research on the Digital Economy. She is Associate Senior Editor for the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JIST). She was Visiting Professor at Redlands University (California) and Visiting Scholar at Sloan-MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where she collaborates within the working group “Value Chain Dynamics” (Communications Future Program). She is member of the Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Technology Management and Tourism Management. She is the author of the books La Tv nell’era digitale (EGEA, 2000), Multimedia and Interactive Digital TV: Managing the Opportunities Created by Digital Convergence (IRM Press – USA, 2003 and Communication Books – Korea, 2006), Wireless technologies in a 3G-4G mobile environment: exploring new business paradigms (EGEA – 2006). She has edited the book Mobile and Wireless Systems Beyond 3G: Managing New Business Opportunities (IRM Press 2005) and Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking (Idea Group Reference 2005). She has published articles focused on mobile adoption models and interactive digital television in Information&Management (Elesevier), Journal of Interactive Marketing (Wiley) and The International Journal on Media Management.

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