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Please send to interested colleagues and students.

We are in the process of editing a book entitled 'Handbook of Research on
Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies and Applications'. This
book will be published by Idea Group Inc and is scheduled for release
during 2007-2008 academic year. Below are the detailed list of topics. We
request that the authors interested to contribute one or more articles
related to the field of their expertise, in the related areas are
requested to email their interest with short outlines (75-100 words) in
about a week to mahbubur.syed@mnsu.edu with copy to
author.encyclopedia@gmail.com. The contributors then can submit their full
article before May 15, 2007.

To ensure that this publication has the most current and relevant coverage
of all topics related to SA&D, all submitted articles will undergo a
double-blind, peer-review process.

Please visit http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~syedm/handbook/index.html for
details.

for the Editors
__________________________________________________________
Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Syed
Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences
273 Wissink Hall
Minnesota State University, Mankato
MN 56001, USA

Phone: (507) 389 3226 (office)
Fax: (507) 389 6376

Email: mahbubur.syed@mnsu.edu
URL: http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~syedm/
__________________________________________________________

TOPICS

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Theories, tools and practices related to systems analysis and design
(SA&D)
including (but not limited to) the following topics:
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Evolution of Systems Analysis and Design
Empirical Studies of SA&D methods
Principles and Methodologies
Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects
Development Life Cycle
Soft Systems Methodology
Joint Application Design
Structured and Object Oriented SA&D
Goal oriented SA&D
Information Engineering
Expert Analysis and design
System Life Cycle
Specification Development
Requirement Discovery
Requirement Analysis Paradigm
Economics of SA&D
Feasibility Analysis
Analysis Methods of Current Systems
Information Gathering Methods and Tools
Logical and Physical Design methods
Database Design
Data Design Methods
File Design
Business Process Modelling
Alternative Design Strategies
Prototyping
Decision Analysis
Risk Analysis
Knowledge based Analysis and Design
Model Driven Analysis
Accelerated Systems Analysis
Component Design
Comparative Study and Evaluation of SA&D methods
Implementation and Testing
Design of Testing
Testing of Design
Human Interface Design
Hardware Interface Design
Roles in Systems Analysis and Design
Project Management and Planning
Tools and Methodologies
Test data
Operation and Maintenance
Maintenance Planning
Performance Planning
Documentation Design
Software Engineering and Implementation
Reuse
Automated Tools for SA&D
Intelligent Systems
CASE
Unified Modeling Language
High Level System Design and Analysis using Abstract State Machines
Emerging Tools for SA&D
Formal methods of SA&D
Application of Expert Systems in SA&D
Intelligent SA&D
Distributed Systems Analysis and Design
Models and methodology for agent-oriented
    analysis and design
Software Quality Management
Case studies in systems analysis in Design
Success factors and best practices in SA&D
Requirement Management Practices

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Education aspects of systems analysis & design (SA&D),
including (but not limited to) the following areas:
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Evolution of SA&D Education
Issues and prospects in Classroom Education of SA&D
Issues and prospects in Distance Education of SA&D
Curriculum Design and Implementation
Standardized Curriculum
Teaching Programming and Software Development
Technologies for SA&D Education - CBT, Multimedia
     Video and Audio Conferences etc.
Use of Online Resources - Forums, Virtual Communities,
     Wikis, Digital Libraries etc.
Case Studies and Evaluation of SA&D Education
Exchange of Teaching Materials
Virtual SA&D Education
Pedagogical Models for SA&D Education
Philosophical Issues in SA&D education
Project Based Education
Problem Based Teaching and Learning
Collaborative Groupware
Group-based Teaching and Learning
Tutorial Design
Assessment Techniques
CASE Tools in SA&D Education
SA&D Research in Classroom

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Application-specific analysis, modelling, design, testing, implementation
and maintenance of systems including (but not limited to) the following
areas:
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Agent-Based Systems
Bio Engineering System
Bio Informatics
Bio-Authentication Systems
Identity Management System
Network Systems
E-Government systems
E-Health systems
Business and E-commerce Systems
ERP systems
Database-Driven Systems
Decision Support Systems
Distance Education Systems
Expert Systems
Fuzzy Systems
Information Systems
Interactive Systems
Knowledge based systems
Management Information Systems
Data Ware Housing and Data Mining Systems
Medical Information Systems
Medical Instrumentation
Mobile Systems Multimedia Systems
Speech Processing Systems
Pattern Processing Systems
Intelligent Systems
Reliable systems
Maintenance Systems
Rapid Application Development
Real Time Systems
Remote Systems
Robotic Systems
Security Systems
Space Mission Analysis and Design
Virtual Systems
WEB-based systems
Role modelling for agent system analysis,
     design, and implementation
Organizational Abstractions for the Analysis
     and Design of Multi-agent Systems
Designing concurrent, distributed, and real-time
     applications with UML
Pre-Built Software Applications
Open Source Software (OSS) Solutions
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications