Uncovers the growing and expanding phenomenon of human behavior, social constructs, and communication in online environments.

Social Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications uncovers the growing and expanding phenomenon of human behavior, social constructs, and communication in online environments. This multiple volume publication presents the latest research on social change, evolving networks, media, and interaction with technology to offer audiences a comprehensive view.

Includes articles in topic areas such as autonomic computing, operating system architectures, and open source software technologies and applications.

Covers the important concepts, methodologies, technologies, applications, social issues, and emerging trends in this field. Provides researchers, managers, and other professionals with the knowledge and tools they need to properly understand the role of end-user computing in the modern organization.

Penetrates the human computer interaction (HCI) field with breadth and depth of comprehensive research.

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"This multiple-volume publication advances the emergent field of mobile computing offering research on approaches, observations and models pertaining to mobile devices and wireless communications from over 400 leading researchers"--Provided by publisher.