A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical:
Educational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on Professional Learning Networks in order to facilitate teacher development and encourage school and
Educational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on Professional Learning Networks in order to facilitate teacher development and encourage school and
"This book considers the foremost optimization algorithms in several applications. It deals primarily with methods and approaches that include meta-heuristics for further systems improvements. It gran
This book describes reversible computing from the standpoint of the theory of automata and computing. It investigates how reversibility can be effectively utilized in computing. A reversible computing
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Security, Privacy in New Computing Environments, CloudComp 2016, and the First EAI International
This book presents reports and methods that demonstrate the ease with which cognitive applications can be built using IBM Watson application program interfaces (APIs). It includes application reports
This book provides a novel method for topic detection and classification in social networks. The book addresses several research and technical challenges that are currently being investigated by the r
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Parallel Architecture, Algorithm and Programming, PAAP 2017, held in Haikou, China, in June 2017. The 50 revised fu
Urban Water Distribution Networks: Assessing Systems Vulnerabilities and Risks provides a methodology for a system-wide assessment of water distribution networks (WDN) based on component analysis, net
Due to the complexity of operational forestry problems, computing applications are becoming pervasive in all aspects of forest and natural resource management. This book provides a comprehensive intro
This book presents a collection of contributions in the field of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The themes addressed are multidisciplinary in nature, and closely connected in their ultimate aim to
This book provides a thorough treatment of the performance modeling strategies and control algorithms required for the design and use of information-gathering autonomous agents comprised of unmanned v
The goal of this book is to crystallize the emerging mobile computing technologies and trends into positive efforts to focus on the most promising solutions in services computing. Many toys built toda
The three-volume set CCIS 761, CCIS 762, and CCIS 763 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2017, and of the Inte
Take control of your global game development team and make successful AAA game titles using the 'Distributed Development' model. Game industry veteran Tim Fields teaches you how to evaluate game deals
The book presents high quality papers presented at 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication & Devices (ICCD 2016) organized by Interscience Institute of Management and Tech
This book presents link-layer cooperative frameworks to improve transmission reliability and network throughput of distributed TDMA MAC protocols in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). The main object
A comprehensive view of how education policy is made in the US and, in some cases, globally, The Business of Education analyzes and critiques the influence of educational policy networks in a wide ran
A comprehensive view of how education policy is made in the US and, in some cases, globally, The Business of Education analyzes and critiques the influence of educational policy networks in a wide ran
Wireless Sensor Networks have a wide range of applications in different areas. Their main constraint is the limited and irreplaceable power source of the sensor nodes. In many applications, energy con
Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multi-disciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans. The ch
Middleware is a software layer that lies underneath applications and is used to allow multiple applications to interconnect, while hiding the complexities of the underlying network, operating system,
Embedded Computing for High Performance: Design Exploration and Customization using High-level Compilation and Synthesis Tools provides a set of real-life example implementations that migrate traditio
The book aims to explore distributed leadership in developing curriculum innovations in schools with a target of bringing about theoretical underpinnings in the West with the empirical studies and pra
Why should every student take a computing course? What should be the content of these courses? How should they be taught, and by whom? This book addresses these questions by identifying the broader re
This book provides practical knowledge of IEEE Std 802.3az-2010 (Energy Efficient Ethernet Network) to those who are interested in designing, building and operating energy-efficient components, sub-sy
This book thoroughly investigates the underlying theoretical basis of membrane computing models, and reveals their latest applications. In addition, to date there have been no illustrative case studie
Resilience in Wireless Networks is the first book to cover this topic at an advanced level. It provides a unified view of the latest research and illustrates the issues, challenges and solutions curre
This unique book dicusses the latest research, innovative ideas, challenges and computational intelligence (CI) solutions in sustainable computing. It presents novel, in-depth fundamental research on
Computer and information scientists and electrical engineers review recent developments in soft computing, a collection of imprecision-tolerant techniques that can deal with uncertainty, partial t
This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The aut
This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The aut
This book introduces a number of recent developments on connectivity of communication networks, ranging from connectivity of large static networks and connectivity of highly dynamic networks to connec
In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all postindustrial s
This book teaches anyone how to use their new Windows computer. You will learn and understand how you can perform a wide range of tasks, including managing files, browsing the internet, and protecting
This book analyzes one of the most relevant issues of investment arbitration, which has extremely important practical consequences. Starting from an analysis of the sources of parallel proceedings and
Communities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable
