Rapid advances in silicon and other computer technologies are making high speed, parallel image processing computers a reality. These processors will increasingly be massively parallel and embedded in
Pervasive Computing describes a new class of mobile computing devices which are becoming omnipresent in everyday life. Handhelds, phones and manifold embedded systems make information access easily av
This book covers significant recent developments in the field of Intelligent Meth ods applied to eCommerce. The Intelligent Methods considered are mainly Soft Computing Methods that include fuzzy set
Practical Parallel Programming provides scientists and engineers with a detailed, informative, and often critical introduction to parallel programming techniques.Parallel computers have become widely
Computing in the Information Age 2E is written for people with little or no background in Computing. The objective of this book is to explain computing today in a clear and meaningful way and to focus
PVM is a software package that enables the computer user to define a networked heterogeneous collection of serial, parallel, and vector computers to function as one large computer. Written by the tea
The main focus is on the development of parallel algorithms on massively parallel computers, although some architectural issues are addressed. SIMD parallel algorithms are discussed in several general
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is one of the most important applications for high-performance computing, setting the pace for developments in scientific computing. Anyone who wants to design a new
Although there has been a tremendous growth of interest in parallel architecture and parallel processing in recent years, comparatively little work has been done on the problem of characterizing paral
The publication of this book paved the way for computing in the 1940s. It applied the idea of machines which could read and record numbers to the field of scientific calculation previously dominated b
An accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits, entanglement, and quantum teleportation for the general reader.Quantum computing is a beautiful fus
The APPLIED THEATRE series is a major innovation in applied theatrescholarship: each book presents new ways of seeing and critically reflecting on this dynamic and vibrant field. Volumes offer a theor
The world of single-board computing puts powerful coding tools in the palm of your hand. The portable Raspberry Pi computing platform with the power of Linux yields an exciting exploratory tool for be
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 provides wide knowledge about designing FPGA-based heterogeneous computing systems, using a high-level design environment based on OpenCL (Open Computing language), which is called OpenCL fo
Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 50, draws together recent, significant advances in various topics in applied mechanics. Published since 1948, the book aims to provide authoritative review articl
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
This book describes state-of-the-art approaches to Fog Computing, including the background of innovations achieved in recent years. Coverage includes various aspects of fog computing architectures for
Federal Cloud Computing: The Definitive Guide for Cloud Service Providers, Second Edition offers an in-depth look at topics surrounding federal cloud computing within the federal government, including
Creativity in Computing and DataFlow Supercomputing, the latest release in the Advances in Computers series published since 1960, presents detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, softwa
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
Most of the information available on cloud computing is either highly technical, with details that are irrelevant to non-technologists, or pure marketing hype, in which the cloud is simply a selling p
Cloud Computing in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences provides the latest information on this relatively new platform for scientific computing, which has great possibilities and challenges, including pric
Scientific Computing is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at CSC '14, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians.Sel
This book describes the state-of-the-art in trusted computing for embedded systems. It shows how a variety of security and trusted computing problems are addressed currently and what solutions are exp
This book addresses the integration of new devices (such as the iPhone), new technologies (such as cloud computing and green computing), and new software systems in pervasive and ubiquitous computing
The Elements of Computing Style deals with the effective use of computing technology: a work style that can readily increase your productivity. Bookstore shelves are full of beginners’ guides and soft
Database and Mobile Computing brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this important area. Databases and Mobile Computing serves as an excellent ref
Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at PDPTA '13, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars,
Scientific Computing is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at CSC '13, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians.Sel
Developing applications that scale well on massively parallel architectures is quite difficult, due to problems with synchronization and communication time as well as fault tolerance. This book review
Breaking new ground in parallel mesh generation research, this text presents both the theoretical foundations and practical aspects related to the implementation of the methods used on current and eme
This document reprises the NIST-established definition of cloud computing, describes cloud computing benefits and open issues, presents an overview of major classes of cloud technology, and provides g
Parallel Dreams, Janet Scott McDaniel’s second book of poetry, demonstrates her rare gift for weaving rich imagery around the palpable emotions of human experience in a way that is both inescapably be
The second edition of GUIDE TO PARALLEL OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH WINDOWS 7 AND LINUX continues its unique approach of examining two of the most prominent operating systems in parallel. Rather than using
Unlike a serial robot, in which the end-effector is connected to a base through a sequential series of motor-actuated joints, the end-effector of a parallel robot is connected to the base through sev
This book constitutes the symposia and workshops of the 10th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP. Each of the sympois and workshops focuses on a pa
Ancient Narrative Supplementum 8 is the first volume to be dedicated entirely to parallel readings of the Greek and the Roman novel. As a rule, publications taking a comprehensive look at the ancient
