Autor: Sean B. Eom

Mohamed Ridda LAOUAR is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Tebessa University, Tebessa, Algeria. He received his PhD degree in Industrial and Human-Computer Science from the University of Valenciennes, France, in 2005. He also received a Master”s degree in Urban Information Systems from the University of Artois, France, in 2001. His areas of research include information systems (IS), decision support systems (DSS), e-library systems and other related topics. He has contributed to such journals as hi tech library and Human Systems Management. He is the editor of the IJIST journal and the proceedings of several conferences such as ICIST and ICSENT. He was the Chair of the ICIST and ICSENT conferences in 2011, 2012 and 2013.Sean B. EOM is a Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Harrison College of Business at Southeast Missouri State University. He received his PhD degree in Management Science from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 1985. He also received an MS in International Business from the University of South Carolina at Columbia. His research interests include business intelligence, multiple criteria decision making, e-learning, and global and inter-organizational information systems management. He is the author and editor of nine books, and about 60 refereed journal articles and more than 100 articles in encyclopedias, book chapters, and proceedings.