This book constitutes the refereed proceedings ofthe 2nd IFIP International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agricultureheld in Beijing, Chinaon October 18-20, 2
Designed for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students, Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications shows professors how to teach this subject in a practical way. Extensively classroom-tes
"The promise of cloud computing is here. These pages provide the 'eyes wide open' insights you need to transform your business." --Christopher Crowhurst, Vice President, Strategic Technology, Thomson
Leverage the power of the Azure Services Platform for cloud computing With the Azure Services Platform, processing and storing data moves from individual corporate servers and Web sites to larger, mo
This book constitutes the refereed post conference proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on the History of Nordic Computing, HiNC 2, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2007.The 27 revised fu
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
An analytical overview of the state of the art, open problems, and future trends in heterogeneous parallel and distributed computing This book provides an overview of the ongoing academic research, d
Make your computer a green machine and live greener at home and at work Get on board the green machine! Green home computing means making the right technology choice for the environment, whether it b
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings ofthe 2nd IFIP International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agricultureheld inBeijing, Chinaon October 18-
The book project was launched to access the latest research related to chaos applications in intelligent computing?where researchers from all over the world provide the necessary coverage of the menti
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
Service computing is a cutting-edge area,popular in both industry and academia. New challenges have been introduced to develop service-oriented systems with high assurance requirements. High As
At the 19th Annual Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics held in Antalya, Turkey, in May 2007, the most recent developments and implementations of large-scale and grid computing were pre
This work characterizes the latest research on the use of quality of service (QoS) in grid computing, for academicians, engineers, IT professionals, and researchers in fields such as parallel and dist
This book reveals conceptual and algorithmic perspectives on research issues, findings, and approaches to mobile and wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) computing. Chapters are in sections on information retr
HANDS-ON VIRTUAL COMPUTING offers students as well as professionals the background in virtualization technology needed to advance in today's technology workplace. It provides an overview of virtualiza
The book includes soft computing implementations of intelligent systems models. The recent popularity of fuzzy systems, neural networks and evolutionary computation, considered as related in AI, are n
The European Computing Conference offers a unique forum for establishing new collaborations within present or upcoming research projects, exchanging useful ideas, presenting recent research results,
The European Computing Conference offers a unique forum for establishing new collaborations within present or upcoming research projects, exchanging useful ideas, presenting recent research results,
The purpose of the 10th Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2009) to be held on May 27 – 29, 2009 in Daegu, Korea is to bri
Identifies Recent Technological Developments WorldwideThe field of grid computing has made rapid progress in the past few years, evolving and developing in almost all areas, including concepts, philos
Kelly, a freelance writer and blogger, offers the reader a list of free alternatives to popular commercial software for a variety of computing tasks. Covering applications such as office and productiv
Soft Computing is a complex of methodologies that includes artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, and their hybrids. It admits approximate reasoning, imprecisi
Recent years have seen the widespread application of Natural Computing algorithms (broadly defined in this context as computer algorithms whose design draws inspiration from phenomena in the natural w
The authors have consolidated their research work in this volume titled Soft Computing for Data Mining Applications. The monograph gives an insight into the research in the fields of Data Mining in co
Here, the experienced author, Ed Wolf, introduces the current situation and presents a guide to the new possibilities for computing technology. This textbook is the first to handle those important are
A Thorough Overview of the Next Generation in ComputingPoised to follow in the footsteps of the Internet, grid computing is on the verge of becoming more robust and accessible to the public in the nea
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2009, held in Delft, The Netherlands, in March 2009.The 21 revised full p
Wireless devices are becoming smaller, more user-friendly and more pervasive. Wireless networks have been rapidly deployed for providing wireless Internet access. Peer-to-Peer Computing for Mobile Ne
Scientists and engineers from around the world report and review recent research results in artificial immune systems, often as combined with other methods of natural computing, which is engaged with
This book is the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Natural Computing, IWNC 2007, held in Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University in December 2007. IWNC aims to bring toget
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed papers presented at five international workshops held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, ICSOC 2007, in V
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2009, held in Hyderabad, India, during January 3-6, 2009.The 20 paper
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2008, held in Arcachon, France, in September 2008.The 33 revised full papers, selected
Many federal funding requests for more advanced computer resources assume implicitly that greater computing power creates opportunities for advancement in science and engineering. This has often been
Hypercomputation is a relatively new theory of computation that is about computing methods and devices that transcend the so-called Church-Turing thesis. This book will provide a thorough description
With Security in Computing Systems, Joachim Biskup introduces, surveys and assesses the fundamentals of security with respect to all activities that individuals or groups directly or indirectly perfor
These proceedings deal with a selection of papers presented at the 8th International Conference CASYS’07, on COMPUTING ANTICIPATORY SYSTEMS, 6-11 August 2007, held at HEC Management School - Universit
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2008, held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in September 2008, und
