Software Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains an impressive collection of over 300 authoritative contributions from top influential experts in the field of software applications. This six-volume compilation includes articles by over 400 prominent international scholars in topic areas such as autonomic computing, operating system architectures, and open source software technologies and applications. Software Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications presents libraries with an excellent addition to their academic collection.

About the Author
Pierre F. Tiako is the director of the Center for Information Technology Research at Langston University (USA) and an assistant professor of computer science and information system. He worked as a visiting professor at Oklahoma State University (OSU) before the current position. Prior to OSU, he taught computer science courses and did research at Universities of Nancy and Rennes (France), and also worked as an expert engineer at INRIA, the French national institute for research in information technology. Dr. Tiako has authored more than 50 journal and conference technical papers and co-edited four proceedings volumes, resulting from services as program chair for several international conferences and workshops. He holds a PhD in software and information systems engineering from National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (France). Dr. Tiako is a senior member of IEEE and past chairman for IEEE Oklahoma City Computer Society.