Innovative applications of information technology for the developing world : proceedings of the 3rd Asian Applied Computing Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 10-12 December 2005 /
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Meeting name: | Asian Applied Computing Conference (3rd : 2005 : Kathmandu, Nepal) |
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Imprint: | London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, ©2007. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 463 pages) : illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Advances in computer science and engineering. Reports and monographs, 1793-2416 ; v. 2 Advances in computer science and engineering. Reports ; v. 2. |
Subject: | Information technology -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Computers -- Developing countries -- Congresses. COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy. COMPUTERS -- Computer Science. COMPUTERS -- Data Processing. COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General. COMPUTERS -- Information Technology. COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory. COMPUTERS -- Reference. Computers. Information technology. Developing countries. Conference papers and proceedings. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169692 |
Varying Form of Title: | Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Applied Computing Conference |
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Other authors / contributors: | Patnaik, L. M. Talukder, Asoke K. |
ISBN: | 9781860948534 1860948537 9781860948275 1860948278 1281867527 9781281867520 9786611867522 661186752X |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record. |
Summary: | Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a generic and indispensable tool for addressing and solving problems in such diverse areas as management, social and health services, transportation, security and education. As the cost of equipment drops dramatically, it also becomes widely accessible in the developing countries. However, problems of high costs for adequate training of personnel, access to state-to-the-art software and the consultancies needed to facilitate access to ICT can constitute highly dissuasive factors in the dissemination of ICT in developing countries.This v. |
Other form: | Print version: Asian Applied Computing Conference (3rd : 2005 : Kathmandu, Nepal). Innovative applications of information technology for the developing world. London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore : Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, ©2007 9781860948275 |
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