CONTENTS
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Preface
About the Editors
Introduction
1. E-Commerce Infrastructure, Barriers And Recommendations for International Promotion
Maryam Haghshenas and Abouzar Sadeghzadeh
2. Applications of E-Commerce in Manufacturing Supply Chains
Amir Manzoor
3. Critical Success Factors for E-Business in Developing Countries
Amir Manzoor
4. Design of E-Commerce Software
Seifedine Kadry and Abdelkhalak El Hami
5. Implementation Of E-Commerce Software
Seifedine Kadry and Abdelkhalak El Hami
6. Reality of E-Commerce and Social Inclusion in Developing Asian Countries
Jyoti Batra Arora
7. M-COMMERCE
Fadi Safieddine
8. Enhanced Online Servicequality: The Contribution Of Local Search Engines
Mohammed Zuhair Al-Taie and Nikos Manouselis
9. Web Mining and Prospective E-Customer Knowledge Acquisition
Myriam Ertz and Raoul Graf
10. Innovations in E-Systems for E-Commerce
Constantine J. Aivalis, Kleanthis Gatziolis and Anthony C. Boucouvalas
11. Mass-Customization of Products Through Web-Based Feature Modeling Systems
Norman Gwangwava and Anenyasha A. Gumbie
12. E-Auto Scheduling: Driving Innovation Towards Efficient Decision Making—A Case Study Approach
S. R. K. Prasad, R. Prabhakar and G. Kousalya
13. Bio-Inspired Computing Paradigms
S. Natarajan
Index
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Constantine J. Aivalis
University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Peloponnese, Greece
Mohammed Zuhair Al-Taie
UTM Big Data Centre and Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
Jyoti Batra Arora
Swami Shardhanand College, Delhi University, India
Anthony C. Boucouvalas
University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Peloponnese, Greece
Myriam Ertz
Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Saguenay
Kleanthis Gatziolis
University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Peloponnese, Greece
Raoul Graf
School of Management Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Canada
Anenyasha A. Gumbie
National University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box AC 939 Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Norman Gwangwava
National University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box AC 939 Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Maryam Haghshenas
Media Management, University of Tehran, Iran
Abdelkhalak El Hami
INSA of Rouen, Rouen, France
Seifedine Kadry
American University of the Middle East, Egaila, Kuwait
G. Kousalya
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Nikos Manouselis
Co-founder and the CEO of Agro-Know, Greece
Amir Manzoor
Management Sciences Department, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Mojtaba Nassiriyar
IT Management, University of Tehran, Iran
S. Natarajan
Department of Information Science and Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
R. Prabhakar
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India
S. R. K. Prasad
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Abouzar Sadeghzadeh
Electronics and Telecoms Engineering, University of Bradford, UK
Fadi Safieddine
The American University of the Middle East, MIS Department, Business College, Egaila, Kuwait
Roghayeh Shahbazi
IT Management, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
| ABC | artificial bee colony |
| ACM | active contour model |
| ACO | ant colony optimization |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AIS | artificial immune systems |
| ALife | artificial life |
| ALP | aircraft landing problem |
| ANN | artificial neural networks |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| AS | auto scheduling |
| ATC | air traffic controllers |
| B2B | business-to-business |
| BA | bat algorithm |
| BLE | Bluetooth low energy |
| CA | cellular automata |
| CAD | computer-aided design |
| CAL | computer assisted learning |
| CCMV | cardinality constrained mean-variance |
| CLR | common language runtime |
| CMA | Canadian Marketing Association |
| CRM | customer relationship management |
| CS | Cuckoo Search |
| DB | database |
| DFD | data-flow diagram |
| DGs | distributed generations |
| DM | data mining |
| EA | evolutionary algorithms |
| EDI | electronic data interchange |
| EFT | electronic funds transfer |
| ERP | enterprise resource planning |
| FA | firefly algorithm |
| FACTS | flexible AC transmission system |
| FR | feature recognition |
| FTP | file transfer protocol |
| GA | genetic algorithm |
| GENIUS-AS | genius-auto scheduler |
| GPRS | general packet radio service |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GS | gradient search |
| GUI | graphical user interface |
| HMOABC | hybrid multi objective artificial bee colony |
| HTML | hypertext markup language |
| HTTP | hyper-text transmission protocol |
| ICA | imperialist competitive algorithm |
| IDE | integrated development environment |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | interior point methods |
| IPS | Information Processing System |
| IR | information retrieval |
| KM | knowledge management |
| LANs | local area networks |
| LFA | log document analyzer |
| LM | learning methods |
| MA | manual adjustment |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution Systems |
| MOPSO | multi-objective PSO |
| MOSBA | multi-objective shuffled bat algorithm |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRIA | Marketing Research and Intelligence Association |
| MSA | multiple sequence alignment |
| MST | minimal spanning tree |
| mTSP | multiple traveling salesman problem |
| MVC | model-view-controller |
| NFC | near field communication |
| NLP | natural language processing |
| NN | neural network |
| NP | non-deterministic polynomial |
| NSGA-II | non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPF | optimal power flow |
| ORDP | optimal reactive power dispatch |
| P2P | peer-to-peer |
| PDA | personal data assistant |
| PDLC | Project Development Life Cycle |
| PKI | public key infrastructure |
| PoS | point of sale |
| PSO | particle swarm optimization |
| QP | quadratic programming |
| QR codes | quick response codes |
| RAMs | random access memory |
| RCPSP | resource constrained project scheduling problems |
| RFID | radio frequency identification |
| RMS | reconfigurable manufacturing systems |
| RP1 | research proposition 1 |
| RP2 | research proposition 2 |
| RS | rough sets |
| RTLS | real time location system |
| SAA | scheduling academic activity |
| SEBI | Securities & Exchange Board of India |
| SEO | search engine optimization |
| SET | secure electronic transaction |
| SI | swarm intelligence |
| SMEs | small and medium enterprises |
| SMS | short message service |
| SP3D | Shortest Path-3-D grid Deployment |
| SSL | secure socket layer |
| SVM | support vector machine |
| TC | totally conserved |
| TLS | transport layer security |
| TPPs | third-party payment providers |
| TSP | traveling salesman problem |
| TVD | total voltage deviation |
| UPFC | unified power flow controller |
| VANs | value added networks |
| VMI | vendor-managed inventory |
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VPNs | virtual private networks |
| WANs | wide area networks |
| WCM | web content mining |
| WM | web mining |
| WSM | web structure mining |
| WSP | weighted sum-of-pairs |
| WUM | web usage mining |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
PREFACE
E-systems are becoming standard practice across all sectors, includinghealth, engineering, business, education, security, and citizen interac-tion with local and national government. The use of Internet te...