Written for those familiar with the basics and active in the area of mobile and ubiquitous computing, this volume contains papers that aid in understanding key issues and problems being tackled in the field. This text illustrates the design, implementation, and deployment of mobile and ubiquitous sy..
Featuring contributions by researchers around the world, this book explores the state of the art in industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs) and outlines future directions for research. It offers in-depth reviews of emerging and already-deployed applications and technologies, including radio and ..
Demonstrating how improvements in information systems can lead to improved patient care, this book explains how to create a holistic Medical Records System as a core component to addressing the issues affecting the U.S. healthcare system. Examining the impact of our aging population on healthcare, i..
This book features the major research advances on integrated networking, caching, and computing. Information-centric networking-based caching is one of the promising techniques for future networks...
This reference uses linear systems theory and matrix operations to offer practical tool sets for intelligent diagnosis and prognosis in industrial networked systems. Giving an overview of diagnosis and prognosis, the book covers fundamental concepts of vectors, matrices, and linear systems. It devel..
This reference uses linear systems theory and matrix operations to offer practical tool sets for intelligent diagnosis and prognosis in industrial networked systems. Giving an overview of diagnosis and prognosis, the book covers fundamental concepts of vectors, matrices, and linear systems. It devel..
Aimed at better understanding of current trends, technologies, challenges in IoT , this volume deals with the processes, protocols, communications, integrity and security along with ubiquitous data collection, potential for unexpected uses of consumer data and heightened security risks, including re..
Mastering cluster technology - the linking of servers - is becoming increasingly important for application and system programmers and network designers, administrators, and managers. This comprehensive, authoritative guide presents introductory and advanced material of Microsoft's cluster technology..
Written to address the growth of IP telephony service offerings within the corporate and residential realm, this book discusses technical and regulatory issues related to IP Telephony Interconnection. It describes business and interconnection models and solutions, and provides an overview of emergin..
In a few short years, LANs have become an essential element of today's business environment. This time in the spotlight has not come without a price. Businesses now insist that LANs deliver vast and ever-increasing quantities of business-critical information and that they do it efficiently, flawless..
This text describes mathematical concepts and results important in the design, analysis, and optimization of signal processing algorithms, modern communication systems, and networks. It offers a comprehensive overview of methods and applications from linear algebra, numerical analysis, statistics, p..
Mobile sensor systems such as smart phones and vehicular systems represent a new type of infrastructure as an alternative to energy constrained sensors of static sensor networks. Smart phones and vehicular systems can support more complex computations, have significant memory and storage, and offer ..