Blockchain Technology for Emerging Applications
Blockchain Technology for Emerging Applications

Author: SK Hafizul Islam

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2022-05-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0323901948

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Blockchain Technology for Emerging Applications: A Comprehensive Approach explores recent theories and applications of the execution of blockchain technology. Chapters look at a wide range of application areas, including healthcare, digital physical frameworks, web of-things, smart transportation frameworks, interruption identification frameworks, ballot-casting, architecture, smart urban communities, and digital rights administration. The book addresses the engineering, plan objectives, difficulties, constraints, and potential answers for blockchain-based frameworks. It also looks at blockchain-based design perspectives of these intelligent architectures for evaluating and interpreting real-world trends. Chapters expand on different models which have shown considerable success in dealing with an extensive range of applications, including their ability to extract complex hidden features and learn efficient representation in unsupervised environments for blockchain security pattern analysis. - Introduces the basic architecture and taxonomy of blockchain technology - Surveys the most recent developments and challenges in blockchain-enabled technology for various application domains with fundamental and technical depth - Investigates how to devise secure and reliable applications and blockchain-enabled decentralized secure solutions using blockchain technology

Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology
Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology

Author: Saravanan Krishnan

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 012820415X

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Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology presents the latest information on the adaptation and implementation of Blockchain technologies in real world business, scientific, healthcare and biomedical applications. The book's editors present the rapid advancements in existing business models by applying Blockchain techniques. Novel architectural solutions in the deployment of Blockchain comprise the core aspects of this book. Several use cases with IoT, biomedical engineering, and smart cities are also incorporated. As Blockchain is a relatively new technology that exploits decentralized networks and is used in many sectors for reliable, cost-effective and rapid business transactions, this book is a welcomed addition on existing knowledge. Financial services, retail, insurance, logistics, supply chain, public sectors and biomedical industries are now investing in Blockchain research and technologies for their business growth. Blockchain prevents double spending in financial transactions without the need of a trusted authority or central server. It is a decentralized ledger platform that facilitates verifiable transactions between parties in a secure and smart way. - Presents the evolution of blockchain, from fundamental theories, to present forms - Explains the concepts of blockchain related to cloud/edge computing, smart healthcare, smart cities and Internet of Things (IoT) - Provides complete coverage of the various tools, platforms and techniques used in blockchain - Explores smart contract tools and consensus algorithms - Covers a variety of applications with real world case studies in areas such as biomedical engineering, supply chain management, and tracking of goods and delivery

Blockchain Technologies for Sustainable Development in Smart Cities
Blockchain Technologies for Sustainable Development in Smart Cities

Author: Swarnalatha, P.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-02-18

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 179989276X

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Blockchain technology has great potential to radically change our socio-economic systems by guaranteeing secure transactions between untrusted entities, reducing costs, and simplifying many processes. However, employing blockchain techniques in sustainable applications development for smart cities still has some technical challenges and limitations. Blockchain Technologies for Sustainable Development in Smart Cities investigates blockchain-enabled technology for smart city developments and big data applications. This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. Covering topics such as digital finance, smart city technology, and data processing architecture, this book is an essential reference for electricians, policymakers, local governments, city committees, computer scientists, IT professionals, professors and students of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Blockchain Technology and Emerging Technologies
Blockchain Technology and Emerging Technologies

Author: Weizhi Meng

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 3031314204

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Technologies, BlockTEA 2022, held in Virtual Event, during November 21-22, 2022. The 10 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: answer set programming; functional programming; Smart contract, Privacy protection, NFT and Machine learning

Blockchain Technology for Global Social Change
Blockchain Technology for Global Social Change

Author: Jane Thomason

Publisher: Engineering Science Reference

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781522595793

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"This book examines the concepts behind blockchain and the potential applications of the technology to improve the lives of the poor in emerging markets"--

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Author: Marco Antonio Aceves-Fernandez

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 178923364X

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking an increasingly important role in our society. From cars, smartphones, airplanes, consumer applications, and even medical equipment, the impact of AI is changing the world around us. The ability of machines to demonstrate advanced cognitive skills in taking decisions, learn and perceive the environment, predict certain behavior, and process written or spoken languages, among other skills, makes this discipline of paramount importance in today's world. Although AI is changing the world for the better in many applications, it also comes with its challenges. This book encompasses many applications as well as new techniques, challenges, and opportunities in this fascinating area.

Cross-Industry Use of Blockchain Technology and Opportunities for the Future
Cross-Industry Use of Blockchain Technology and Opportunities for the Future

Author: Williams, Idongesit

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-05-22

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1799836347

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Blockchain is a technology that transcends cryptocurrencies. There are other services in different sectors of the economy that can benefit from the trust and security that blockchains offer. For example, financial institutions are using blockchains for international money transfer, and in logistics, it has been used for supply chain management and tracking of goods. As more global companies and governments are experimenting and deploying blockchain solutions, it is necessary to compile knowledge on the best practices, strategies, and failures in order to create a better awareness of how blockchain could either support or add value to other services. Cross-Industry Use of Blockchain Technology and Opportunities for the Future provides emerging research highlighting the possibilities inherent in blockchain for different sectors of the economy and the added value blockchain can provide for the future of these different sectors. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as data privacy, information sharing, and digital identity, this book is ideally designed for IT specialists, consultants, design engineers, cryptographers, service designers, researchers, academics, government officials, and industry professionals.

Blockchain Technologies and Applications for Digital Governance
Blockchain Technologies and Applications for Digital Governance

Author: Nijalingappa, Pradeep

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-11-05

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1799884953

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Since its inception, blockchain has evolved to become a crucial trending technology that massively impacts the fast-paced digital world. It has been a game-changing technology that is underpinned with cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin that eventually closed the doors for hacking activities. As blockchain is utilized across areas such as banking, voting, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, it is important to examine the current trends, difficulties, opportunities, and future directions in order to utilize its full potential. Blockchain Technologies and Applications for Digital Governance addresses the impacts and future trends of blockchain, particularly for digital governance, and demonstrates the applications of blockchain in digital governance using case studies. Covering a range of topics from cybersecurity to real estate tokenization, it is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, academicians, instructors, practitioners, and students.

Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business

Author: Mohsen Attaran

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-25

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 3030277984

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The book discusses the various ways that blockchain technology is changing the future of money, transactions, government, and business. The first two chapters walk through the foundation of blockchain. Chapters 3–12 look at applications of blockchain in different industries and highlight its exciting new business applications. It show why so many companies are implementing blockchain, and present examples of companies who have successfully employed the technology to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Chapter 13 highlights blockchain’s powerful potential to foster emerging markets and economies including smart cities, value-based healthcare, decentralized sharing economy, machine to machine transactions, data-sharing marketplace, etc. Chapter 14 offers a conceptual model, provides information and insights, and covers a step-by-step approach to plan and develop blockchain-based technology.

Decentralized Computing Using Blockchain Technologies and Smart Contracts: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Decentralized Computing Using Blockchain Technologies and Smart Contracts: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author: Asharaf, S.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1522521941

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Recent innovations have created significant developments in data storage and management. These new technologies now allow for greater security in databases and other applications. Decentralized Computing Using Blockchain Technologies and Smart Contracts: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a concise and informative source of academic research on the latest developments in block chain innovation and their application in contractual agreements. Highlighting pivotal discussions on topics such as cryptography, programming techniques, and decentralized computing, this book is an ideal publication for researchers, academics, professionals, students, and practitioners seeking content on utilizing block chains with smart contracts.