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This Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages pol
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This engaging work provides a concise introduction to the exciting world of computing, encompassing the theory, technology, history, and societal impact of computer software and computing devices. Spa
This book provides a technical description of cloud computing technologies, covering cloud infrastructure and platform services. It then addresses the basics of operating a Cloud computing data center
This book is a compendium of the proceedings of the International Conference on Big-Data and Cloud Computing. It includes recent advances in the areas of big data analytics, cloud computing, the Inter
Resource Rich Muslim Countries and Islamic Institutional Reforms explores the "resource curse," a condition in which a country’s abundance of natural resources is negatively linked with the country’s
The purpose of this book is first to study cloud computing concepts, security concern in clouds and data centers, live migration and its importance for cloud computing, the role of firewalls in domain
"This book provides a comprehensive view of all aspects of natural computing with emphasis on its main branches. It explores all main areas of natural computing, namely, nature-inspired computing, met
This book discusses harnessing the real power of cloud computing in optimization problems, presenting state-of-the-art computing paradigms, advances in applications, and challenges concerning both the
How Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women.In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the Britis
Computing the Environment presents practical workflows and guidance for designers to get feedback on their design using digital design tools on environmental performance. Starting with an extensive st
This book addresses the emerging area of cloud computing, providing a comprehensive overview of the research areas, recent work and open research problems. The move to cloud computing is no longer mer
Powerful smart applications using deep learning algorithms to dominate numerical computing, deep learning, and functional programming.Key FeaturesExplore machine learning techniques with prominent ope
This book is a comprehensive introduction into Organic Computing (OC), presenting systematically the current state-of-the-art in OC. It starts with motivating examples of self-organising, self-adaptiv
Soft Computing Based Medical Image Analysis presents the foremost techniques of soft computing in medical image analysis and processing. This book includes image enhancement, segmentation, classificat
Over the past few years the concept of green computing has begun to spread with increasing popularity. In addition to the widespread sensitivity to ecological issues, such interest also stems from eco
Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a disability who may need wheelchair seating for postural support, s
Fog computing is rapidly expanding in its applications and capabilities through various parts of society. Utilizing different types of virtualization technologies can push this branch of computing to
Get started with Julia for engineering and numerical computing, especially data science, machine learning, and scientific computing applications. This book explains how Julia provides the functionalit
Computer scientists and engineers introduce semantic computing from the perspectives of understanding semantics, data science, data integration, and applications. Among their topics are methods and
This volume of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing highlights papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (ICGEC 2017). Held from 6 to 8 Novem
For courses in Python ProgrammingIntroduces Python programming with an emphasis on problem-solvingNow in its Third Edition, Practice of Computing Using Python continues to introduce both majors and no
"This book provides a snapshot on research advances of cloud computing Technologies for Green Enterprises, discusses issues, solutions, challenges, and needs in securing cloud computing environment, a
This book provides a dual perspective on the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing, along with their applications in healthcare and smart cities. It also covers other interdisciplinary aspects o
This book provides a conceptual ‘Flexibility in Resource Management’ framework supported by research/case applications in various related areas. It links and integrates the flexibility aspect with res
Neural computing is one of the most interesting and rapidly growing areas of research, attracting researchers from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Starting from the basics, Neural Computing
Fully revised, new edition presenting latest advances in symptom oriented pain management. Includes complete section dedicated to challenging cases such as phantom limb pain and restless leg syndrome.
Mobile Cloud Computing: Models, Implementation, and Security provides a comprehensive introduction to mobile cloud computing, including key concepts, models, and relevant applications. The book focuse
This book focuses on computing devices and their design at various levels to combat variability. The authors provide a review of key concepts with particular emphasis on timing errors caused by
An exploration of the benefits of cloud computing in geoscience research and applications as well as future research directions, Spatial Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach discusses the essential e
Changing industry trends—cloud computing, mobile computing, big data, and the ascendency of virtualization—have made a staggering impact on data recovery requirements. This book arms readers with info
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of methodological issues and empirical methods of practice-oriented research. It examines questions regarding the scope and boundaries of practice-oriente
A broad overview of natural language processing in affective computing is given by this title. Its goal is to familiarize the reader with current approaches in affective computing as well as the most
Music Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Resource for Teachers provides foundational information about autism spectrum disorder and strategies for engaging students with ASD in mu
Music Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Resource for Teachers provides foundational information about autism spectrum disorder and strategies for engaging students with ASD in mu
The book offers a comprehensive survey of soft-computing models for optical character recognition systems. The various techniques, including fuzzy and rough sets, artificial neural networks and geneti
This book aims to provide a deep look into Italian actions taken in some fields of science and high performance computing (HPC), and the Italian effort to bridge the HPC gap with respect to Europe. Th
