Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

The escalating demand for ubiquitous computing along with the complementary and flexible natures of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have sparked an increase i

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2009, held in Venice, Italy, in October

Algorithmic discrete mathematics plays a key role in the development of information and communication technologies, and methods that arise in computer science, mathematics and operations research – in

The two-volume set LNCS 5761 and LNCS 5762 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2009, held in

International contributors address current issues and technologies in infonomics, the economics of information, in light of the transformation from closed hierarchical organizations to organizations c

The first single-source reference covering the state of the art in grid and utility computing economy research This book presents the first integrated, single-source reference on market-oriented grid

The 17 chapters in this collection present architectures and platforms for the development and adoption of the next generation of mobile learning systems in terms of non-functional requirements, such

"An examination of the non-English communities of early Massachusetts"--Provided by publisher.

This volume presents the latest in pervasive computing and multimedia technologies. It covers an array of topics including video streaming, intelligent behavior modeling, tele-gaming, web service proc

The entrepreneur is involved in the dance of two questions – what is needed and what is possible. The interplay of these two questions is an ongoing process and innovation varies internationally and r

This book is about the relationship between media and globalization, explored through the unique study of the global expansion of Discovery Communications, spearheaded by the Discovery Channel, one of

Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security provides an understanding of what cloud computing really means, explores how disruptive it may become in the future, and examines its advantag

This book explores the work of transnational bureaucracy networks. These networks address global issues by creating rules transnational public law to be incorporated into national legal orders. As c

As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, play

This book is about visualization, systematically incorporating ourfantastic pattern-recognition into the problem-solving process, andfocusing on parallel coordinates. The barrier, imposed

Despite women's presence in migration streams since the mid-nineteenth century, research on Mexican women's migration has a significantly shorter history than that which focuses on Mexican men. In thi

Contributors from around the world overview emerging optical access network solutions that promise to deliver extremely high data rates to end-users. Coverage encompasses not only technology, but also

A major challenge in constraint programming is to develop efficient generic approaches to solve instances of the constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). With this aim in mind, this book provides an acc

Membrane systems are a new class of distributed and parallel model of computation inspired by the subdivision of living cells into compartments delimited by membranes. Their hierarchal internal struc

Are you involved in designing the next generation of wireless networks? With spectrum becoming an ever scarcer resource, it is critical that new systems utilize all available frequency bands as efficiently as possible. The revolutionary technology presented in this book will be at the cutting edge of future wireless communications. Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio Networks provides you with an all-inclusive introduction to this emerging technology, outlining the fundamentals of cognitive radio-based wireless communication and networking, spectrum sharing models, and the requirements for dynamic spectrum access. In addition to the different techniques and their applications in designing dynamic spectrum access methods, you'll also find state-of-the-art dynamic spectrum access schemes, including classifications of the different schemes and the technical details of each scheme. This is a perfect introduction for graduate students and researchers, as well as a usef

Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasingly severe danger to US security. Who are these rivals who threaten us? What do they want to achieve? This boo

This excellent reference provides detailed analysis and optimization aspects of live 3G mobile communication networksVideo and Multimedia Transmissions over Cellular Networks describes the state-of-th

Recent economic transformations in the world economy are progressing in two divergent directions – international production fragmentation and industrial agglomeration. Based on extensive data analysis

Introduces static and dynamic pattern calculus. This book shows how Lisp is more than just lambda-calculus. It is suitable for researchers with an interest in the foundations of computing, programming

Yan (U. of Missouri-Kansas City) and Su (U. of Central Florida) present this work as a one-semester textbook for a course in regression analysis for graduate students majoring in statistics and biosta

This book presents scheduling models for parallel processing, problems defined on the grounds of certain scheduling models, and algorithms solving the scheduling problems. The book also provides help

Alternative techniques and tools for analyzing biomolecular networks With the recent rapid advances in molecular biology, high-throughput experimental methods have resulted in enormous amounts of dat

Customers in geographically dispersed, emerging and established global markets nowadays demand higher quality products in a greater variety and at lower cost in a shorter time. As a result, firms hav

This book covers the latest theories, applications and techniques in Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods. Many chapters derive from studies presented at workshops and international conferences

A state-of-the-art survey that reports on the progress made in selected areas of this important and growing field, aiding the analysis of existing networks and the design of new and more efficient alg

Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases In Action represents an attempt to provide a network perspective of organizational learning to drive dynamic competition through extended firm learning pro

This compilation for academicians, researchers, and practitioners examines the fast growing area of wireless sensor networks and localization techniques, and explains fundamental theories underpinning

Focusing on networks, services, and applications, this is the second volume of a four-volume set covering practical aspects of mobile, wireless, and broadband communications development. It describes

Nearly a decade ago, Johanna Drucker cofounded the University of Virginia’s SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky projects with serious aims. In SpecLab she explores the implicat

Brings the latest advances in nanotechnology and biology to computing This pioneering book demonstrates how nanotechnology can create even faster, denser computing architectures and algorithms. Furth

In order to survey efforts to build general intelligent systems based on an understanding of the brain, Ng (DSO National Laboratories, Singapore and Boston U.) draws together diverse perspectives and

The current book provides a final report of activity performed by the COST 290 Action, ‘‘Traffic and QoS Management in Wireless Multimedia Networks,’’ which ran from March 10, 2004, until June 3, 2008

The first book, by the leading experts, on this rapidly developing field with applications to security, smart homes, multimedia, and environmental monitoring?Comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, al

Developing NoC based interconnect tailored to a particular application domain, satisfying the application performance constraints with minimum power-area overhead is a major challenge. With technolog