Systems Analysis and Design for Advanced Modeling Methods: Best Practices Akhilesh Bajaj University of Tulsa, USA Stanisław Wrycza University of Gdansk, Poland Information science reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Assistant Managing Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Jamie Snavely Jeff Ash Carole Coulson Chris Hrobak Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail:
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