Bücher der Reihe Computer Communications and Networks

With a particular focus on the practical advantages and applications of grid computing - including real case studies - the book provides an in-depth study of grid technology for a wide range of different needs.

This timely text/reference describes the development and implementation of large-scale distributed processing systems using open source tools and technologies.

Social networks provide a powerful abstraction of the structure and dynamics of people-to-technology interaction. Comparing social animal interaction with web-based social interaction, this volume explores human behavior in web-based social networks.

The main objective of pervasive computing systems is to create environments where computers become invisible by being seamlessly integrated and connected into our everyday environment, where such embedded computers can then provide inf- mation and exercise intelligent control when needed, but without being obtrusive.

This unique volume explores cutting-edge management approaches to developing complex software that is efficient, scalable, sustainable, and suitable for distributed environments. Practical insights are offered by an international selection of pre-eminent authorities, including case studies, best practices, and balanced corporate analyses. Emphasis is placed on the use of the latest software technologies and frameworks for life-cycle methods, including the design, implementation and testing stages of software development. Topics and features:· Reviews approaches for reusability, cost and time estimation, and for functional size measurement of distributed software applications· Discusses the core characteristics of a large-scale defense system, and the design of software project management (SPM) as a service· Introduces the 3PR framework, research on crowdsourcing software development, and an innovative approach to modeling large-scale multi-agent software systems· Examines a system architecture for ambient assisted living, and an approach to cloud migration and management assessment· Describes a software error proneness mechanism, a novel Scrum process for use in the defense domain, and an ontology annotation for SPM in distributed environments· Investigates the benefits of agile project management for higher education institutions, and SPM that combines software and data engineering This important text/reference is essential reading for project managers and software engineers involved in developing software for distributed computing environments. Students and researchers interested in SPM technologies and frameworks will also find the work to be an invaluable resource. Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa.

This practically-focused reference presents a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in Cloud Computing, and examines the potential for future Cloud and Cloud-related technologies to address specific industrial and research challenges.

This fully revised and updated new edition of the definitive text/reference on computer network and information security presents a comprehensive guide to the repertoire of security tools, algorithms and best practices mandated by the technology we depend on.

This practically-focused reference presents a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in Cloud Computing, and examines the potential for future Cloud and Cloud-related technologies to address specific industrial and research challenges.

The book offers both a discussion of relevant software engineering approaches and practical guidance on enterprise-wide software deployment in the cloud environment, together with real-world case studies.

This guidebook on e-science presents real-world examples of practices and applications, demonstrating how a range of computational technologies and tools can be employed to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research.

This book presents a comprehensive review of key distributed graph algorithms for computer network applications, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation. Topics and features: introduces a range of fundamental graph algorithms, covering spanning trees, graph traversal algorithms, routing algorithms, and self-stabilization;

This comprehensive text/reference examines the various challenges to secure, efficient and cost-effective next-generation wireless networking. examines real-world applications of vehicular communications, broadband wireless technologies, RFID technology, and energy-efficient wireless communications;

This timely book covers topics at the intersection of algorithms and networking. It builds a complete picture of the current state of research on Next Generation Networks and the challenges ahead. Particular focus is given to evolving research initiatives.

This book describes the landscape of cloud computing from first principles, progressing step-by-step through the process of building and configuring a cloud environment. Includes review questions, hands-on exercises, study activities and discussion topics.

The future internet must integrate optical wired and wireless mobile networks to meet the demand for pervasive capacity. This volume examines a number of modifications to existing layered reference models that feature cross-layer design and optimization.

This important text provides a single point of reference for state-of-the-art cloud computing design and implementation techniques. presents the state-of-the-art in enterprise architecture approaches with respect to cloud computing models, frameworks, technologies, and applications;

This guidebook on e-science presents real-world examples of practices and applications, demonstrating how a range of computational technologies and tools can be employed to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research.

This book presents both state-of-the-art research developments and practical guidance on approaches, technologies and frameworks for the emerging cloud paradigm. describes emerging new methodologies relevant to the cloud paradigm, and provides suggestions for future developments and research directions.

The book identifies and highlights state-of-the-art techniques and methods for designing cloud systems, presents mechanisms and schemes for linking clouds to economic activities, and offers balanced coverage of all related technologies that collectively contribute towards the realization of cloud computing.

This important text/reference presents the latest research and developments in the field of mobile payment systems (MPS), covering issues of mobile device security, architectures and models for MPS, and transaction security in MPS. outlines the key challenges in MPS, covering security for ubiquitous mobile commerce and usability issues;

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is an area of huge research interest. This wide-ranging, reader-friendly book, delivers a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art related to the most important technological issues in WSN.

discusses energy aware grids and clouds, workflows on grids and clouds, and cloud and grid programming models.This useful text will enable interested readers to familiarize themselves with the key topics of grids, clouds and virtualization, and to contribute to new advances in the field.

Roman Longoria The goal of this book is to provide a useful and timely guide to the practitioner who designs or develops mobile applications. The contributors to this book are leaders in the user interface (UI) community actively working in mobile platform technol ogy and mobile application design.

This unique and practical text introduces the principles of WLANs based upon the IEEE 802.11 standards, demonstrating how to configure equipment in order to implement various network solutions. The text is supported by examples and detailed instructions.

This book presents scheduling models for parallel processing, problems defined on the grounds of certain scheduling models, and algorithms solving the scheduling problems. It also provides helpful generalizations about scheduling models.

It will be of particular interest to research groups and students in the field of internet technology, technical specialists in networks and telematics, and computer scientists involved in event broadcasts and remote skills transfer.

This book is geared at postgraduate courses on managing and designing information systems. It is essential reading for students on final year undergraduate courses and MSc courses on Infomations Systems, Management of Information Systems, and Design of Information Systems.

This book introduces the technologies and techniques of large-scale RFID-enabled mobile computing systems. RFID technology fundamentals are covered including operating principles, core system components and performance trade-offs involved in the selection of specific RFID platforms.

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of emerging distributed-systems technologies and includes many state-of-the-art infrastructures and technologies. It also offers exercises and historical contexts for each of the technologies.