'Behavior' is an increasingly important concept in the scientific, societal, economic, cultural, political, military, living and virtual worlds. Behavior computing, or behavior informatics, consists o
"This book covers all the main areas of natural computing, from methods to computationally synthesized natural phenomena, to computing paradigms based on natural materials, offering ideas and research
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, AIS 2012, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in June 2012, collocated with the Intern
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (KES-IIMSS-12). The Conference was jointly organised by Nagoya Univ
Research Progress in Nano and Intelligent Materials presents a broad selection of chapters on leading-edge research from top international researchers on various applications of nano and intelligent m
This volume on cloud computing provides a foundational overview of current and emerging technologies in remote computing and explores key technologies as they relate to information technology planning
In this 1991 book, Hilbers discusses the general case of how to use processors simultaneously in order to solve a single problem rather than any specific application, and develops a theory independent of particular architectures. He starts by introducing distributed computing with graph theory, and considers processor networks and their price/performance ratios. He goes on to look at obtaining homogeneous distributions of work over networks and considers examples. Finally he discusses message routing within a processor network. This is intended to be a fundamental treatment of the relevant subjects and is aimed at computer scientists and graduate students in computer science who have experience with parallel processing: it will also be useful to others interested in processor networks.
Do you trust the Cloud? Should you trust the Cloud? 'Cloud Computing' are the words on everyone's lips - it's the latest technology, the way forward. But how safe is the Cloud? Is it reliable? How sec
The Cloud Computing and Services Science book comprises a collection of the best papers presented at the International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER), which was held in Th
This book focuses on the distinct but tightly inter-related areas of development for distributed sensing systemsIn this book, the authors discuss the technological developments lead by sensor technolo
Robust Nano-Computing focuses on various issues of robust nano-computing, defect-tolerance design for nano-technology at different design abstraction levels. It addresses both redundancy- and configur
The two LNAI volumes 7208 and 7209 constitute the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2012, held in Salamanca, Spain, in March 2012. The 118
The two LNAI volumes 7208 and 7209 constitute the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2012, held in Salamanca, Spain, in March 2012. The 118
Research on real-time Java technology has been prolific over the past decade, leading to a large number of corresponding hardware and software solutions, and frameworks for distributed and embedded re
Intelligent Nanomaterials comprehensively provides up-to-date material of this fascinating field.The last three decades have seen extraordinary advances in the generation of new materials based on bot
The book puts special stress on the contemporary techniques for reasoning-based image processing and analysis: learning based image representation and advanced video coding; intelligent image processi
What s new in the European research and development area? Cloud computing is a provision model where whatever computing resource that can be thought of (machines, network, software solutions, applicat
This book looks at the history of computing in education from two points of view – as a history of the impact of computing on education over the past forty years and as the use of the history of compu
This important text provides a single point of reference for state-of-the-art cloud computing design and implementation techniques. The book examines cloud computing from the perspective of enterprise
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2011, held in Reykjavik, Island, in September 2011. The 18 revised full papers an
This six-volume-set (CCIS 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computing, Information and Control, ICCIC 2011, held in Wuhan, China, in
This six-volume-set (CCIS 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computing, Information and Control, ICCIC 2011, held in Wuhan, China, in
This research volume is a continuation of our previous volume on intelligent machines. We have laid the foundation of intelligent machines in Springer SCI Series Volume 70 by including the possible an
This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems, ICAIS 2011, held in Klagenfurt, Austria, in September 2011. The 36 full papers included in th
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Integrated Computing Technology, INTECH 2011, held in Sao Carlos, Brazil, in May/ June 2011.The 14 revised full
New Advances in Intelligent Signal Processing presents revised and expanded works based on original papers presented at the jubilee sixth IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing
Designed for researchers, engineers, IT professionals, and graduate students in parallel and cloud computing, this volume covers the state of the art in cloud computing theory and practice. It spans t
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Annual International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics, held in Dallas, TX, USA, in August 2011. The 54 revised full papers presented
The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. The era of sequential computing must give way to a new
This compilation of works by experienced and knowledgeable practitioners in their fields examines the vast topic of library support for distributed learning, providing both historical and contemporary
Speech Processing and Soft Computing includes coverage of synergy between speech technology and bio-inspired soft computing methods. Through practical cases, the author explores, dissects and examines
Cloud computing is a buzz-word in today’s information technology (IT) that nobody can escape. But what is really behind it? There are many interpretations of this term, but no standardized or even uni
This book presents research from many of the major projects involved in the emerging global grid infrastructure. ?With a particular focus on the practical advantages and applications of grid computing
This volume contains revised and extended versions of papers presented at the 4th edition of the international workshop on Distributed and Agent-based Retrieval Tools (DART'10) held in June 2010, in c
This book presents distributed systems from a designer's point-of-view. First, it gives examples of systems taken from industrial case studies. Then, it suggests how to model them from system requirem
With the rapid expansion of the Internet over the last 20 years, event-based distributed systems are playing an increasingly important role in a broad range of application domains, including enterpris
This collection of thirteen essays by the late Princeton historian Michael Mahoney showcases his seminal contributions to the study of the history of computing and its place in the larger cultural nar
This book presents state-of-the-art research on architectures, algorithms, protocols and applications in pervasive computing and networksWith the widespread availability of wireless and mobile network
Following the success of the previous titles in the V&A Pattern series, four new books reveal more of the V&A’s spectacular and extensive pattern collections. ChineseTextiles by Yueh-Siang Ch
Driven by the newly placed importance and growing search for ways to make computing greener and more efficient, this reference is the first research-level book devoted to green computing and large-sca
