Editors Message and Referees Index

Challenges of big data storage and management

1-10

Kernel principal component analysis for multimedia retrieval

11-17

A new concept for design of the shape ship stern

18-26

A mobile visualization platform for exploring social media data

27-33

Cross organizational standardized business process integration and its application in Saudi Arabian banking system regulation: A case study of advanced IRB regulation

34-51

Project based learning approach in pedagogical agent assisted learning environment

52-64

Detecting similar opinion holders for massive sentiment analysis

65-71

Big data - a review in health sciences

72-79

Analyzing cultural process in information technologies (IT) sector for management information system (MIS) applications

80-85

The effects of problem based learning on cognitive flexibility, self-regulation skills and students’ achievements

86-93

Assessment of readiness for learning and academic success on computer assisted learning: A study on computer integrated manufacturing with lathe

94-106

Big data in software engineering: A systematic literature review

107-116

Developing an intelligent trip recommender system by data mining methods

119-127