Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development Keng S au, Un vers ty of Nebraska – L ncoln, USA IGIP IGI PublIShInG Hershey • New York Acquisition Editor: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Assistant Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Jennifer Neidig Sara Reed Sharon Berger Kristin Roth Jillian Kozak Michael Brehm Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by IGI Publishing (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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