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Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES '09)
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY (ISP '09)
Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain December 14-16, 2009
Electrical and Computer Engineering Series A Series of Reference Books and Textbooks
Published by WSEAS Press ISSN: 1790-5117
ISBN: 978-960-474-143-4www.wseas.org
RECENT ADVANCES in E-ACTIVITIES, INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES '09) Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY (ISP '09) Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain December 14-16, 2009 Electrical and Computer Engineering Series A Series of Reference Books and Textbooks Published by WSEAS Press www.wseas.org Copyright © 2009, by WSEAS Press All the copyright of the present book belongs to the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Editor of World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Press. All papers of the present volume were peer reviewed by two independent reviewers. Acceptance was granted when both reviewers' recommendations were positive. See also: http://www.worldses.org/review/index.html
ISSN: 1790-5117 ISBN: 978-960-474-143-4
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
RECENT ADVANCES in E-ACTIVITIES, INFORMATION
SECURITY and PRIVACY
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES '09)
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY (ISP '09)
Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain December 14-16, 2009
Editors: Prof. Cornelia A. Bulucea, University of Craiova, Romania Prof. Valeri Mladenov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Emil Pop, University of Petrosani, Romania Prof. Monica Leba, University of Petrosani, Romania Prof. Nikos Mastorakis, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria International Program Committee Members: Alex Pentland (USA) Ruzena Bajcsy (USA) Perry Alexander (USA) Donald Bagert (USA) Jongmoon Baik (Korea) Tony Cowling (UK) Gregory Hislop (USA) Tom Horton (USA) Stan Jarzabek (Singapore) Timothy Lethbridge (Canada) Hareton Leung (Hong Kong) Michael Lutz (USA) Jim McDonald (USA) Ana Moreno (Spain) Shin Nakajima (Japan) J. Barrie Thompson (UK) Brian von Konsky (Australia) Deok Gyu Lee (Korea) Sajid Hussain (Canada) Yan Zhang (Norway) Antonio Coronato (Italy) Byung-gyu No (Korea) Hua Liu (USA) Kevin Raymond Boyce Butler (USA) Seok-soo Kim (Korea) Soo-Cheol Hwang (Korea) Dianhui Wang (Australia) Dominik Slezak (Poland) Edwin H-M. Sha (USA) Gil-cheol Park (Korea) Haeng-kon Kim (Korea) Hai Jin (China) Justin Zhan (USA) Kouichi Sakurai (Japan) Kyoil Chung (Korea) Laurence T. Yang (Canada) Radu G. Andrei (USA) Stan Matwin (Canada) Tanya Vladimirova (UK) Tony Shan (USA) Tughrul Arslan (UK) Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj (Canada) Ahmet Koltuksuz (Turkey) Ajay Kumar (India) Albert Levi (Turkey) Andreas Jacobsson (Sweden) Arosha Bandara (UK) Audun Josang (Australia) Bingyang Zhou (Australia)
Bruno Crispo (Netherland) Carlo Ghezzi (Italy) Chantana Chantrapornchai (Tailand) Byeong Ho Kang (Australia) Chengcui Zhang (UK) Chin-Laung Lei (Taiwan) Chin-Tser Huang (USA) D. Manivannan (USA) Daniel Port (USA) Dharma P. Agrawal (USA) Edward David Moreno (Brazil) Gerard Damm (USA) Gerald Schaefer (UK) Geyong Min (UK) Hakan Duman (UK) Han-Chieh Chao (Taiwan) Hironori Washizaki (Japan) Hongji Yang (UK) J. H. Abbawajy (Australia) Jan deMeer (German) Jari Veijalainen (Finland) Javier Garcia Villalba (Spain) Javier Lopez (Spain) Jiang (Leo) Li (USA) Jonathan I. Maletic (USA) Jongmoon Baik (Korea) Jordi Castella-Roca (Spain) Jordi Forne (Spain) Josef Bigun (Sweden) Jun Bi (China) Katrin Franke (Norway) Kenichi Takahashi (Japan) Kerry Ward (USA) Kevin Butler (USA) Kiumi Akingbehin (USA) Larbi Esmahi (Canada) Luigi Buglione (Italy) MalRey LEE (Korea) Maria Tortorella (Italy) Marios Savvides (USA) Martin Drahansky (Czech Republic) Michael Tunstall (Ireland) Ning Zhang (UK) Nizamettin Aydin (Turkey) Paolo Falcarin (Italy) Pierre Dusart (France) Pierre-Francois Bonnefoi (France) Prabhat K.Mahanti (Canada) Qi Shi (UK)
Rainer Malaka (German) Reinhard Schwarz (German) Rob Rittenhouse (USA) Rodrigo Fernandes de Mello (Brazil) Serge Chaumette (France) Slobodan Petrovic (Norway) Stan Kurkovsky (USA) Sudhirkumar Barai (India) Thomas M. Gatton (Canada) Tony Shan (USA) Umberto Villano (Italy) Victor Winter (USA) Vincent Hsu (USA) Yann-Gael Gueheneuc (Canada) Yeong Deok Kim (Korea) Yoshiaki Hori (Japan) Yooyeong Lee (USA)
Preface This year the 8th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES '09) and the 8th WSEAS International Conference on INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY (ISP '09) were held at Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 14-16, 2009. The conferences remain faithful to their original idea of providing a platform to discuss e-learning, e-communities, e-commerce, e-management, e-marketing, e-governance, tele-working, threat and attacks to information, modeling and analysis for information security, standards of information security, infrastructure for information security, tools for information security, applications of information security, cryptography, advanced topics in security, multilateral security etc. with participants from all over the world, both from academia and from industry.
Their success is reflected in the papers received, with participants coming from several countries, allowing a real multinational multicultural exchange of experiences and ideas.
The accepted papers of these conferences are published in this Book that will be indexed by ISI. Please, check it: www.worldses.org/indexes as well as in the CD-ROM Proceedings. They will be also available in the E-Library of the WSEAS. The best papers will be also promoted in many Journals for further evaluation.
Conferences such as these can only succeed as a team effort, so the Editors want to thank the International Scientific Committee and the Reviewers for their excellent work in reviewing the papers as well as their invaluable input and advice.
The Editors
Table of Contents Plenary Lecture 1: Performance Measurement and Management: State of Art and Future Agenda
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Paolo Taticchi Plenary Lecture 2: Facial Identification as non Invasive System 14Carlos Manuel Travieso Gonzalez eLearning: The Influence of ICT on the Style of Learning 15Ivan Pogarcic, Tatjana Sepic, Sanja Raspor The Digital Social Impact in ICT Literacy Program for Rural Community 20Jalaluddin Abdul Malek, Norizan Abdul Razak, Jamaluddin Aziz, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor, Zaini Amir Editing, Reviewing, and Anti-Plagiarism Policies for Virtual Environments 25Suzana Carmen Cismas Six Sigma: A Literature Review Analysis 29Luca Cagnazzo, Paolo Taticchi Impacts of ISO 9000 on Business Performances: A Literature Review 35Luca Cagnazzo, Paolo Taticchi, Francesco Fuiano Development of a Performance Measurement System: Case Study of an Italian SME 42Paolo Taticchi, Flavio Tonelli, Luca Cagnazzo A Reference Framework for Looking at Business Sustainability 48Paolo Taticchi, Flavio Tonelli, Luca Cagnazzo, Matteo Negozio Mobile Services Aimed at Children and Self-Rgulation in Spain 55De-Miguel-Molina Maria, Martinez-Gomez Monica, De-Miguel-Molina Blanca, Ribes-Giner Gabriela A Managerial Model to Assess the Industrial Readiness for Successful Technology Transfer - "A Case-Study of Iranian Automobile Industry"
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Mahmoud Samiei Nasr, Amir Nser Akhavan A Construction Method for the Ontology of Customer Information in Consumer Support Systems
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Jyhjong Lin, Yi-Chen Chung, Jenperng Yu, Changling Hsu P-products for Selection of Ship Designers 72Sylvia Encheva, Sharil Tumin The Evaluation Criteria for Designation of Critical Information Infrastructure 77Soontai Park, Wans Yi A Study on Information Security Management System Model for Small and Medium Enterprises
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Wan-Soo Lee, Sang-Soo Jang Adoption and Use of E-Government Services: A Case Study on E-Procurement in Malaysia 88Maniam Kaliannan, Halimah Awang
Promoting E-Learning: Constructing Knowledge Through Collaborative Learning 94Nor Fariza Mohd Nor, Norizan Razak, Jamaluddin Aziz Enhancing the E-learning in Vocational Education and Training with "VET Community Portal"
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Tanja Arh, Matija Pipan, Borka Jerman Blazic, Matjaz Debevc, Marija Mojca Peternel Protection of Children in Social Network Sites in Malaysia and Spain: A Comparative Legal Analysis
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Jawahitha Sarabdeen, Maria De-Miguel-Molina International and Transorganizational Information Flow of Tracking Data 111Jouni Viitanen, Markus Happonen, Pasi Patama, Jyri Rajamaki Platform for Flexible Integration of Multimodal Technologies Into Web Application Domain 116Izidor Mlakar, Matej Rojc Dynamic Management Policies Embedded Digital Control Systems 122Javier Vasquez, Jose L. Vasquez, Carlos M. Travieso SITIO - Semantic Business Processes based on Software-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing 130Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, Eneko Fernandez-Breis, Rafael Valencia-Garcia, Enrique Jimenez, Juan M. Gomez, Javier Torres-Nino, Daniel Martinez-Maqueda Incentive Effects in the Decision to Utilize E-Tax in Japan 136Hiroyuki Kawaguchi INNOVA3.0 Semantic Platform for Open Innovation in Financial Domains 142Rafael Valencia-Garcia, Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, Eduardo Lupiani-Ruiz, Mara Luisa Hernandez-Alcaraz, Dagoberto Castellanos-Nieves, Juan Bosco Camon-Herrero, Jesus Calvo Merino Virtual Reality's Technologies Use in E-learning 148Arnis Cirulis, Kristaps Brigmanis, Egils Ginters A System to Strengthening the Relationships Between Actors in Educational Environments 154Fernando Ribeiro, Jose Metrolho, Monica Costa Information Technology and Knowledge-Based Interactions in Collaborative Learning 159Iulian Pah, Dan Chiribuca, Camil Postelnicu Examining the Technological and Business Issues Related to the Development of an E-Market 165Vassiliki Christina Livadara, Alexis Tziallas, Evangelia Kopanaki Guide for Designing Cyber Security Exercises 172Victor-Valeriu Patriciu, Adrian Constantin Furtuna Reducing the Number of DNA Primers for Classifying Pejibaye Palm Races Using SVM 178Jose Luis Vasquez, Javier Vasquez, Juan Carlos Briceno, Elena Castillo, Carlos M. Travieso Guidance of Students Daily Work by Using Moodle 183Maria del Pilar Sarmiento Moreno, Enrique Merida Casermeiro, Angel Mora Bonilla Hierarchy OpenID 189Donghwi Shin, Inkyun Jeon, Hyuncheol Jeong
Traditional Business Versus E-Business In Romanian’s SMEs 194Robescu Valentina Ofelia, Popescu Delia, Popa Gabriela, Barbu Ionut, Dumitru Goldbach, Daniela Alexandrescu E-learning Development Through the Course Management Information Systems 199Karmela Aleksic-Maslac, Dina Vasic, Mirna Korican Conflict Management System Planning at the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations Dambovita
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Popa Gabriela, Popescu Delia, Robescu Valentina Ofelia, Barbu Ionut Actualizing Learning and Teaching Best Practices in Online Education with Open Architecture and Standards
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Ade G. Ola, Abiodun O. Bada, Emmanuel Omojokun, Adeyemi A. Adekoya Bridging the Digital Divide via Wireless Technologies in Malaysia: An Analysis at Central Region
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Zaini Amir, Norizan Abdul Razak, Jamaluddin Aziz Budgetary Instruments for Economic Development. Aspects Regarding the State Aid 223Ciobanu Ramona Budgetary Means to Ensure a Decent Living Standard. The National Social Security System 228Ciobanu Ramona Developing Plans for Attaining Goals 234Guga Lucian Legal Restrictions Regarding the Ecological Aspects Integrated in the Promotion Techniques Used in the Romanian Political Marketing
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Cristian-Romeo Potincu, Laura Muresan Web Site Evaluation Index: Pilot Test and Evaluation 241Dimitrios Xanthidis, Paris Argyrides, David Nicholas Planning and Implementation of Educational Programs at E-Community Centers in a Rural Area in Malaysia
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Supyan Hussin, Norizan Abdul Razak, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor Testing the Compatibility Between National and International Accounting: Case of Czech Republic
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Jiri Strouhal Brief History of Educational Objectives and Specific Impact on Foreign Language Acquisition in Engineering
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Suzana Carmen Cismas Culture-Fair Assessment of Foreign Language Skills in Engineering Education 263Suzana Carmen Cismas Translation – Midway Between Linguistic Mimicry and Equivalation of Cultural Codes 268Suzana Carmen Cismas
English Teaching Within the Framework of Recent Technologies and the New Information Order
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Suzana Carmen Cismas Ensuring Participatory Based Decision-Making Practice in Higher Education Through E-Management: A Faculty Initiative
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Fatimah Hashim, Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Saedah Siraj The Key Factors of Influence Consumer Online Shopping Behavior – Using the IQA Approach 286Chien-Yuan Lai, Dong-Her Shih, Hsiu-Sen Chiang, Ching-Chiang Chen DSS Module for Teaching Staff Activities 292Vasile Paul Bresfelean, Nicolae Ghisoiu Advanced Architectures for Adaptive Hypermedia in Interactive Learning Environments 297Iulian Pah, Dan Chiribuca, Camil Postelnicu E-Commerce with Organic Products in Romania 303Ion Stegaroiu, Ion Cucui, Marius Petrescu, Vasile Horga, Dumitru Goldbach Algorithms for Cradling Topic-Oriented Multi-Document Clusters from E-mails 308Shoichi Nakamura, Saori Chiba, Hiroaki Kaminaga, Setsuo Yokoyama, Youzou Miyadera Authors Index 316
Plenary Lecture 1
Performance Measurement and Management: State of Art and Future Agenda
Dr. Paolo Taticchi Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Perugia Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia
Italy E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: In recent years, performance measurement and management (PMM) has received much attention from researchers and practitioners. Despite the growing use of PMM systems, companies experience difficulty in implementing such systems, with consequent risk of partial benefits or total goal failure. The literature on PMM is quite vast, but only few of the models address the problem in its entirety, while many other works focus on specific issues related to PMM. The purpose of this plenary speech is to analyze the state of the art of PMM models for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large companies. The evolution of the literature on PMM models and frameworks is highlighted starting from the development of the last twenty years. The methodology adopted for reviewing the literature relies on the citation/co-citation analysis of research on PMM and on the analysis of the frameworks/models developed in the last twenty years both for large and SMEs. The evolution of the research field is discussed and future areas of research are identified. During this talk, the role of PMM in respect of Business Intelligence (BI) tools will be also discussed. Brief Biography of the Speaker: Paolo Taticchi is Assistant Professor in Management Engineering at Perugia University, Italy, where he also serves as Lecturer in Economics and Management. Moreover, he is curently visiting scholar at Stern Business School, NYU, New York. His research activities focus in the fields of: performance measurement and management, business networks and operations sustainability. He is author and co-author of numerous research papers published in referred journals and conference proceedings, and he has been author and editor of national and international books. such us "Business Performance Measurement and Management: New contexts, themes and challenges" published by Springer. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as MBA and E-MBA internationally. Finally, he served as Director of the 1st International Summer School "Piero Lunghi" organized by Perugia University, on "Perspectives of Business Performance Management", PACE University, New York, 2009.
Plenary Lecture 2
Facial Identification as non Invasive System
Professor Carlos Manuel Travieso Gonzalez Institutional Relations Vice-Dean
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
Technological Centre for Innovation in Communications (CeTIC) Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering
E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The face identification is a non invasive method, representing a great advantage against other biometric systems, which request the user’s collaboration. Two types of methods were proposed to extract face features for expression recognition, namely the image-based and the model-based methods. They differ in the way to process the images. Model-based methods are a popular way to extract features. This type of systems is quite hard to work with, due to the fact that people constantly change their expression, even with just speaking. In fact, the typical limitations for this type of systems are that the face should be inside a certain margin of rotation (smaller than 15 degrees), and that the expression should not change so much. Model-based methods should only be applied when the subject cooperates for the recognition. Inside this type of study, a great variety of references can be found. Image-based methods are an alternative to extract facial expression features. They create a transformation, to pass from the spatial domain (image) to another transformed domain. This modality allows to research with a greater margin of variation on the faces, since for this method it is not necessary to have some characteristic points. The advantage of this type of techniques is that it is able to distinguish persons regardless of wearing eyeglasses or light beard, and even permits a greater degree of rotation of the head in all directions. Brief Biography of the Speaker: Dr. Carlos M. Travieso-Gonzalez was born in Spain in 1971. He received the M.Sc. degree in 1997 in Telecommunication Engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain. Besides, he received Ph.D. degree in 2002 at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC-Spain). He is an Associate Professor from 2001 in ULPGC, teaching subjects on signal processing and learning theory. His research lines are biometric systems, classification system, medical signal processing, environmental intelligence, and data mining. He has researched in 22 International and Spanish Research Projects, some of them as head researcher. He has 140 papers published in international journals and conferences. He has been reviewer in different international journals and conferences since 2001. He is Image Processing Technical IASTED Committee Member. He is Vice-Dean from 2004 in Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers in ULPGC.
