This work describes a novel way to select the best computer node out of a pool of available potentially heterogeneous computing nodes for the execution of computational tasks. This is a very basic and diffi cult problem of computer science…

The book is full of concepts and application models that can lead us to better understand how this paradigm shift application development of "Software Factory" can help SMEs. It shows how slowly is bypassing the traditional scheme based on the…

Vision based applications are present anywhere. A special market is industry, allowing to improve product quality and to reduce manufacturing costs. The vision systems applied to industries are known as machine vision systems. These systems must meet time constraints to…

Delivery of the same data content to many clients simultaneously over the Internet continues to be a challenging problem. Multicasting using a single tree structure for data distribution has been shown to be an effective methodology for distribution of data.…

To improve chronic illness care, patients must be empowered and engaged in health self-management. However, only half of all patients with chronic illness comply with treatment programme. The self-regulation model needs practical tools to help patients adopt this selfcentered approach…

The protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights for digital media has become an important issue in many countries of the world. There is increase in the popularity and accessibility of the Internet to record, edit, replicate and broadcast multimedia…

In wireless mobile ad hoc networks, packet delivery is achieved through two closely related network-layer operations: ad hoc routing and packet forwarding. As a result any security solution should encompass the protection of both. Protecting the network layer operations such…

This research paper uses the terms "tools" to include the computer hardware, software, and connectivity put together under the title Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Authors of this research work considered Indicators of declining quality and wastage in the education…

The ability to afford decision makers with both accurate and timely consolidated information as well as rapid query response times is the fundamental requirement for the success of a Data Warehouse. To provide fast access, a data warehouse stores materialized…