This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2014, held in Bhubaneswar, India, in February 2014. The 29
As a contribution to the anthropology of democracy, this book examines a local governance reform in India - focusing particularly on the 33% women's quota entailed. It highlights the interrelatedness
This book contains the proceedings of the five high-quality workshops organized at the Second European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, ESOCC 2013, held in Malaga, Spain, in Septemb
This book is composed of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking, and Informatics (ICACNI 2013), held at Central Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Rass (computer science, Alpen-Adria U., Austria) and Slamanig (applied information processing and communication, Graz U. of Technology, Austria) describe various cryptographic methods to improve secur
This critical volume focuses on the use of medical imaging, medical robotics, simulation, and information technology in surgery. Part I discusses computational surgery and disease management and speci
What the book is about This book is about the theory and practice of the use of multimedia, multimodal interfaces for leaming. Yet it is not about technology as such, at least in the sense that the au
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, ESOCC 2013, held in Malaga, Spain, in September 2013. The 11 full papers prese
Information technology and its convergence issue is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm with user-centric environment to provide computing and communication services. This area will be the mo
Given the nature of the technology, granular computing cuts across a broad range of engineering disciplines. This self-contained book builds upon introductory ideas and provides with illustrative exam
This book aims to examine innovation in the fields of information technology, software engineering, industrial engineering, management engineering. Topics covered in this publication include; Informat
"This book provides original research on all aspects of service science, service management, service engineering, and its supporting technology in order to administer cutting-edge knowledge to encoura
This volume contains the papers of the 9th International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (IC2IT 2013) held at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok
The Indian information and communications technology (ICT) sector has become the country's premier growth engine, writes Kapoor (Shree Atma Vallabh Jain College, India), who here provides a general ov
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2013, held in Bhubaneswar, India, in February 2013. The 40 f
Anthropologists, folklorists, and scholars of literature and languages investigate how to deal with oral genres in a world where new technologies have become available to more and more people. The con
Writing for practicing engineers, researchers, and students, Bing (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta) describes a broad range of key wireless technologies, and comparatively assesses their stre
"This book offers widespread knowledge on modern organizations and the complications of the current globalized computing environment"--Provided by publisher.
International contributors in computer science, information technology, and business information systems present original research studies, experience reports, best practices, and case studies for com
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conferences, EL, DTA and UNESST 2012, held as part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2012, Kangwond
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conferences, FGCN and DCA 2012, held as part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2012, Kangwondo, Kor
This book provides a broad overview of current research in optical interconnect technologies and architectures. Introductory chapters on high-performance computing and the associated issues in convent
The sheer computing power of modern information technology is changing the face of research not just in science, technology and mathematics, but in humanities and cultural studies too. Recent decades
"This book is a comprehensive collection of knowledge and practice in the development of technologies in human -centric mobile technology, focusing on the developmental aspects of mobile technology; b
"This book is a collection of research on the subject matter of human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, embedded systems and other areas of study which contribute to ambient intelligence"--P
The 18 papers in this volume address the need to monitor the energy and resources consumed by the information and communication technology industry, and identify ways computers can support environment
There has been extreme hype about Cloud Computing from years and this word is in headlines of IT world news. Why not? Cloud computing has revolutionized the entire paradigm of computing and technology
"This book offers a vital research within the field of personal computing, highlighting the latest trends in research and development of personal technology"--Provided by publisher.
The latest inventions in internet technology influence most of business and daily activities. Internet security, internet data management, web search, data grids, cloud computing, and web-based applic
The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception provides a valuable introduction and analysis of some of the most important issues surrounding the new media revolution in the Middle East. In part
Service orientation is emerging nowadays at multiple organizational levels in enterprise business, and it leverages technology in response to the growing need for greater business integration, flexibi
This collection of seventeen papers on end user oriented software engineering showcases current scholarship in the development of technology-assisted adoption tools for essential IT strategies. The vo
The series "Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing" contains publications on various areas within the so-called soft computing, which include fuzzy sets, rough sets, neural networks, evolutionary
Electrical, computer, and telecommunications engineers explore the technology and the structures of wireless environments in which many people can interact and access many resources at the same time.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference, UNESST 2011, held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2011, Jeju Island, Korea, in
International contributors in informatics, electrical engineering, and computer science give insight on the current research status of service-oriented computing (SOC) and service-oriented architectur
Service-oriented computing is a paradigm for developing software addressing key contemporary IT challenges. The result of the SENSORIA project, this book presents a novel and comprehensive approach to
This book constitutes the proceedings of the First InternationalConference on Advances in Computing and Information Technology, ACITY2011, held in Chennai, India, in July 2011.The 55 revised full pape
In this book, we look at how cluster technology can be leveraged to build better robots. Algorithms and approaches in key areas of robotics and computer vision, such as map building, path planning, ta
