Trends and Advances in Information Systems and Technologies Vol1-Springer2018

This book contains a selection of papers accepted for presentation and discussion at The 2018 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’18). This conference had the support of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, AISTI (Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies/Associação Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação), University of Calabria, and GIIM (Global Institute for IT Management). It took place at Naples, Italy, on March 27–29, 2018. The World Conference on I nformation Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST) is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, technological develop- ment and applications. One of its main aims is to strengthen the drive toward a holistic symbiosis between academy, society, and industry. WorldCIST’18 built on the successes of WorldCIST’13 held at Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, WorldCIST’14 held at Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, WorldCIST’15 held at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, WorldCIST’16 held at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and WorldCIST’17 which took place at Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. The Program Committee of WorldCIST’18 was composed of a multidisciplinary group of experts and those who are intimately concerned with Information Systems and Technologies. They have had the responsibility for evaluating, in a ‘blind review’ process, the papers received for each of the main themes proposed for the conference: (A) Information and Knowledge Management; (B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; (C) Software and Systems Modeling; (D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications, and Tools; (E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; (F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; (G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; (H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; (I) Human– Computer Interaction; (J) Ethics, Computers & Security; (K) Health Informatics; (L) Information Technologies in Education; (M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; (N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.