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CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE ON “DATA MANAGEMENT FOR EBUSINESS”JOURNAL OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT
(WORD DOC FOR CFP AVAILABLE HERE)
Special Issue Co-Editors:
Dr. Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Dr. Akhilesh Bajaj, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Over the last five years, there has been tremendous business growth in the area of Ebusiness. The Journal of Database Management will publish a special issue on the theme “Data Management for Ebusiness” in January 2003. This special issue is targeted at publishing original research on all aspects of Data Management relating to Ebusiness systems. Examples of research questions in this area include, but are not restricted to: a)What kind of data should be made available in inter-organizational systems?, b) How should data be modeled for multi-organizational database systems?, c) How can data schemas be integrated for multi-organizational database systems?, d) What are the solutions to special challenges for data storage, retrieval and transmittal posed in an Ebusiness environment, e) What are solutions to security issues that relate to data management in Ebusiness?, f) What kind of data and data models are needed to enable Emarkets of the future?
The special issue is targeted at both academic researchers and practicing IT professionals. It will contain four-five high quality research papers from those submitted. Submissions from both researchers and practitioners are encouraged. Topics for manuscript submissions to the special issue include but are not limited to:
Business to Business Data Management Supply chain integration, Customer Relationship Management Data mining, Data Warehousing and OLAP Data and Schema integration, Mobile e-commerce and Wireless Data Management Workflow Systems, Systems analysis and design of e-commerce applications, Usability of e-commerce applications, Novel systems for e-commerce (with strong theoretical support), Pricing models of e-commerce. Ebusiness Evaluation and Metrics
Research Methodologies:
The submitted work can employ research methodologies that include, but are not limited to:
Systems Development and Testing Survey Methodologies Case Study Methodologies Experimental Methodologies Analytical Modeling Econometric modeling of empirical data Field Studies
Prior to submitting the final manuscript, prospective authors should submit an abstract of their work. The initial abstract should be less than 500 words and clearly summarize the work. The initial abstract should be sent via e-mail (or e-mail attachment) to one of the guest editors.
Please submit the final manuscript as an e-mail attachment to one of the guest editors. The manuscript must be in Word, WordPerfect, or PDF format. Manuscripts must be typewritten in English on 8 1/2" x 11 " (i.e., letter-size) white paper, one side only, double-spaced throughout, and include at least 1” of margin on all sides. The cover page should contain the paper title, and the name, affiliation, address, phone number, fax number, and email address of each author. The second page should start with the paper title at the top and be immediately followed by the abstract. Except on the cover page, the authors’ names and affiliations must NOT appear in the manuscript. The abstract of 100-150 words should clearly summarize the objectives and content of the manuscript. Research papers should not exceed 6,000 words (excluding references and appendices). All submissions will be peer reviewed using a double-blind reviewing process. For more information about the journal and formatting instructions please see the following website: http://www.idea-group.com/journals/. Please contact the guest-editors if you have any questions.
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