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Wireless Systems and Network Architectures in Next Generation Internet ; 2nd International Workshop of the EURO-NGI Network of Excellence, Villa Vigoni, Italy, July 13-15, 2005, Revised Selected Papers
The Network of Excellence on Next Generation Internet (EuroNGI) is a Euro-pean project funded by the European Union within the IST programme. Thetarget of the EuroNGI Network is to put together European centers of excellencein the field of networking and engineering with the specific purpose of promot-ing the development of effective technological solutions for the support of thefuture-generation Internet. Besides the Research Activities (RAs), the Networkis composed of Integration Activities (IAs), whose purpose is to foster collabo-rations among different research groups, and Spreading of Excellence Activities(SEAs), whose focus is on the technological transfer of the Network research.
WiMax Operators Manual : Building 802.16 Wireless Networks
Includes most of the material from the first edition, plus new discussions about the ultra-fast mobile telephone standard High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and the Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology. Other topics include mobile voice and entertainment, new backup systems, and changes to DSL technologies. The book addresses the planning, construction, and day-to-day operation of a standards-based broadband wireless network. It examines the advantages of broadband wireless and how it constitutes an ideal solution. It also explains the unique difficulties, challenges, and limitations of broadband wireless. This book illustrates how to plan and run networks, and indicates which specialized services should be secured. You’ll learn how to plan a successful, profitable broadband wireless network in a short amount of time.
UbiComp 2006 : Ubiquitous Computing ; 8th International Conference, UbiComp 2006, Orange County, CA, USA, September 17-21, 2006, Proceedings
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2006. Topics include improving natural interaction, constructing ubicomp systems, embedding computation, understanding ubicomp and its consequences, and deploying ubicomp technologies.
Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II : Focus : AOP Systems, Software and Middleware
This volume, the second in the Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development series, presents 2 regular revised papers, a guest editors' introduction, and 6 papers in a special section that have been through a careful peer reviewing process by the journal's Editorial Board. Besides a wide range of topics from software design to implementation of aspect-oriented languages, the 6 papers of the special section concentrate on AOP systems, software and middleware.
Solar and Heat Pump Systems for Residential Buildings
Compares different systems, analyses their performance and illustrates monitoring techniques. It helps the reader to design, simulate and assess solar and heat pump systems. Good examples of built systems are discussed in detail and advice is given on how to design the most efficient system.
Soft Computing Applications in Industry
Presents several important papers contributed by some of the well-known scientists from all over the globe. The application domains discussed in this book include: agroecology, bioinformatics, branched fluid-transport network layout design, dam scheduling, data analysis and exploration, detection of phishing attacks, distributed terrestrial transportation, fault detection of motors, fault diagnosis of electronic circuits, fault diagnosis of power distribution systems, flood routing, hazard sensing, health care, industrial chemical processes, knowledge management in software development, local multipoint distribution systems, missing data estimation, parameter calibration of rainfall intensity models, parameter identification for systems engineering, petroleum vessel mooring, query answering in P2P systems, real-time strategy games, robot control, satellite heat pipe design, monsoon rainfall forecasting, structural design, tool condition monitoring, vehicle routing, water network design, etc.
Self-Organizing Systems ; 2nd International Workshop, IWSOS 2007, The Lake District, UK, September 11-13, 2007, Proceedings
The 17 revised full papers and five revised short papers presented together with two invited talks were carefully selected from more than 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ad hoc routing, peer-to-peer networking, network topology, adaptive and self-organizing networks and multicast and mobility protocols.
Robust Control and Filtering of Singular Systems
This monograph aims to present up-to-date research developments and references on robust control and filtering of uncertain singular systems in a unified matrix inequality setting. It provides a coherent approach to studying control and filtering problems as extensions of state-space systems without the commonly used slow-fast decomposition. It contains valuable reference material for researchers wishing to explore the area of singular systems, and its contents are also suitable for a one-semester graduate course.
RFID in Manufacturing
Information systems for manufacturing often follow a three-layer architecture based on an enterprise resource planning (ERP) layer (for order planning), a manufacturing execution system (MES) layer (for factory control), and a shop floor layer (for machine control). Future requirements on flexibility and adaptability require a much closer integration of ERP systems with the manufacturing floor. To achieve this integration, an MES often pushes customer orders to the manufacturing floor in a flexible manner. Moreover, a large amount of shop floor data needs to be filtered and fed into business planning applications such as production planning or supply chain management. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips can play an important role in the collection and management of such data.
Rehabilitation of concrete structures with fiber-reinforced polymer
Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures with Fiber Reinforced Polymer is a complete guide to the use of FRP in flexural, shear and axial strengthening of concrete structures. Through worked design examples, the authors guide readers through the details of usage, including anchorage systems, different materials and methods of repairing concrete structures using these techniques. Topics include the usage of FRP in concrete structure repair, concrete structural deterioration and rehabilitation, methods of structural rehabilitation and strengthening, a review of the design basis for FRP systems, including strengthening limits, fire endurance, and environmental considerations.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies ; Vol. 4258 ; 6th International Workshop, PET 2006, Cambridge, UK, June 28-30, 2006, Revised Selected Papers
The papers in this volume represent the proceedings of The 6th Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, PET 2006, was heldat Robinson College, Cambridge (UK), on June 28–30, 2006. The workshopreceived 91 full paper submissions out ofwhich 24 were selected for presentation
Privacy Enhancing Technologies ; 8th International Symposium, PETS 2008 Leuven, Belgium, July 23-25, 2008 Proceedings
Constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, PET 2008, held in Leuven, Belgium, in July 2008 in conjunction with WOTE 2008, the IAVoSS Workshop on Trustworthy Elections.The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 48 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers - both from academia and industry - cover design and realization of privacy services for the internet and other communication networks and present novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of privacy technologies, as well as experimental studies of fielded systems.
Preserving Privacy in On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Preserving Privacy in On-Line Analytical Processing reviews a series of methods that can precisely answer data cube-style OLAP queries regarding sensitive data while provably preventing adversaries from inferring the data. How to keep the performance overhead of these security methods at a reasonable level is also addressed. Achieving a balance between security, availability, and performance is shown to be feasible in OLAP systems.
Multimedia Encryption and Watermarking
Multimedia Encryption and Watermarking presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary multimedia encryption and watermarking techniques, which enable a secure exchange of multimedia intellectual property. Part I, Digital Rights Management (DRM) for Multimedia, introduces DRM concepts and models for multimedia content protection, and presents the key players. Part II, Multimedia Cryptography, provides an overview of modern cryptography, with the focus on modern image, video, speech, and audio encryption techniques. This book also provides an advanced concept of visual and audio sharing techniques. Part III, Digital Watermarking, introduces the concept of watermarking for multimedia, classifies watermarking applications, and evaluates various multimedia watermarking concepts and techniques, including digital watermarking techniques for binary images. Multimedia Encryption and Watermarking is designed for researchers and practitioners, as well as scientists and engineers who design and develop systems for the protection of digital multimedia content. This volume is also suitable as a textbook for graduate courses on multimedia security.
Modelling water and nutrient dynamics in soil-crop systems : Applications of different models to common data sets - Proceedings of a workshop held 2004 in Müncheberg, Germany
This book contains articles from a workshop on "Modelling water and nutrient dynamics in crop-soil systems". Data sets from lysimeters and experimental fields of multiyear crop rotations were provided for modellers. A unique data set is provided of a 100 year long term field experiment regarding crop yield and organic carbon development under different management systems. The book includes a detailed description of data sets which can be used by modellers and the papers describe the applications of 18 different modelling approaches describing soil-crop-atmosphere interactions for water, nitrogen and carbon dynamics.
Membrane Computing ; Vol. 3850 ; 6th International Workshop, WMC 2005, Vienna, Austria, July 18-21, 2005, Revised Selected and Invited Papers
The papers in this volume cover all the main directions of research in membrane computing, ranging from theoretical topics in mathematics and computer science, to application issues, especially in biology. More specifically, these papers present research on topics such as: computational power and complexity classes, new types of P systems, relationships to Petri nets, quantum computing, and brane calculi, determinism vs. nondeterminism, hierarchies, the size of small families, algebraic approaches, and designing polynomial solutions to NP-complete problems through the use of membrane systems. Like the previous workshops,
Integration of Insect-Resistant Genetically Modified Crops within IPM Programs
The goal of this book is to provide an overview on the role insect-resistant GM plants play in different crop systems worldwide. We hope that the book will contribute to a more rational debate about the role GM crops can play in IPM for food and fiber production.
Fuzzy Control and Filter Design for Uncertain Fuzzy Systems
ThisbookpresentsnewnovelmethodologiesfordesigningrobustH fuzzy ? controllers and robustH fuzzy ?lters for a class of uncertain fuzzy systems ? (UFSs), uncertain fuzzy Markovian jump systems (UFMJSs), uncertain fuzzy singularly perturbed systems (UFSPSs) and uncertain fuzzy singularly p- turbed systems with Markovian jumps (UFSPS–MJs). These new meth- ologies provide a framework for designing robustH fuzzy controllers and ? robustH fuzzy ?lters for these classes of systems based on a Tagaki-Sugeno ? (TS) fuzzy model. Solutions to the design problems are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs).
From Biological Control to Invasion : the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species
Harmonia axyridis has been described as the "most invasive ladybird on Earth". It has a long history of use as a classical biological control agent in the USA and more recently in Europe. This beetle has been effective at controlling pest insects in a variety of crop systems but it poses unacceptable risks by impacting on non-target species as both an intraguild predator and competitor.Written by renowned scientists, this book is a synthesis of recent research on H. axyridis and provides informative insights into current perspectives and future directions. Biological control is an essential component of sustainable agriculture but the distinction between a successful biological control agent and an invasive species can be narrow. We hope that lessons can be learnt from H. axyridis.
ERP Systems and Organisational Change : A Socio-technical Insight
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems are now the backbone of the information systems in public and private sector organisations. This book provides a unique and comprehensive insight into ERP systems, from both a social and a technical viewpoint.
