Information-Based Manufacturing
Information-Based Manufacturing

Author: Michael J. Shaw

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1461515998

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Because of their mutually influencing interactions, information systems and modern manufacturing systems are intertwined. They have been so integrated that information systems have become an embedded and critical component of any effective manufacturing system. The impact of the increasing focus on information permeates throughout the manufacturing life cycle, from product conceptualization, design, process planning, all the way to production, order fulfilment, and customer services. For these reasons, it is critical that we study information-based manufacturing in its entirety, crossing the traditional functional boundaries and building as much synergy between Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and manufacturing as possible. This is the motivation for this book and, to this end, the purpose of this book is threefold: to establish an up-to-date interdisciplinary research framework for information-based manufacturing that builds on the research foundation from IS and IT and manufacturing research; to develop a forward-looking research agenda for information-based manufacturing for identifying future directions for research and applications; and to foster a joint academic and industrial research agenda in information systems and manufacturing by identifying the greatest synergy possible between academic research and industrial practices.

Understanding Policy-Based Networking
Understanding Policy-Based Networking

Author: Dave Kosiur

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2001-06-20

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0471013749

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Get the big picture on policy networking with this guide from one of the leaders of policy-based standards efforts With the advent of policy servers, network administrators no longer have to create data traffic rules (policy) by hand. This book will sort out the hype from the reality for this important advance in networking. The authors provide examples and case studies as well as product roadmaps and suggestions for possible migration paths from the old labor-intensive management to next-generation PBNs (policy-based networks). Readers will learn more about the first network services set up for policy-based management including Quality of Service (QoS), the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) in Win2000, the LDAP directory technology, and other services nearing standards completion.

Data and Applications Security XXII
Data and Applications Security XXII

Author: Vijay Atluri

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-07

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 354070566X

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and Applications Security held in London, UK, in July 2008. The 22 revised full papers presented together with 1 keynote lecture and 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on access control, audit and logging, privacy, systems security, certificate management, trusted computing platforms, security policies and metrics, as well as Web and pervasive systems.

Ambient Networks
Ambient Networks

Author: Jürgen Schönwälder

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-10-21

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 3540293884

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems, Operations and Management, DSOM 2005, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2005. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information models and metrics, security and privacy, policy-based management, deployment, auditing and tuning, performance and quality of service, routing, fault management, and distributed management.

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Models@run.time

Author: Nelly Bencomo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-07-05

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 3319089153

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Traditionally, research on model-driven engineering (MDE) has mainly focused on the use of models at the design, implementation, and verification stages of development. This work has produced relatively mature techniques and tools that are currently being used in industry and academia. However, software models also have the potential to be used at runtime, to monitor and verify particular aspects of runtime behavior, and to implement self-* capabilities (e.g., adaptation technologies used in self-healing, self-managing, self-optimizing systems). A key benefit of using models at runtime is that they can provide a richer semantic base for runtime decision-making related to runtime system concerns associated with autonomic and adaptive systems. This book is one of the outcomes of the Dagstuhl Seminar 11481 on [email protected] held in November/December 2011, discussing foundations, techniques, mechanisms, state of the art, research challenges, and applications for the use of runtime models. The book comprises four research roadmaps, written by the original participants of the Dagstuhl Seminar over the course of two years following the seminar, and seven research papers from experts in the area. The roadmap papers provide insights to key features of the use of runtime models and identify the following research challenges: the need for a reference architecture, uncertainty tackled by runtime models, mechanisms for leveraging runtime models for self-adaptive software, and the use of models at runtime to address assurance for self-adaptive systems.

Information Security and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Information Security and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Nemati, Hamid

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2007-09-30

Total Pages: 4478

ISBN-13: 1599049384

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Presents theories and models associated with information privacy and safeguard practices to help anchor and guide the development of technologies, standards, and best practices. Provides recent, comprehensive coverage of all issues related to information security and ethics, as well as the opportunities, future challenges, and emerging trends related to this subject.

Rules and Rule Markup Languages for the Semantic Web
Rules and Rule Markup Languages for the Semantic Web

Author: Asaf Adi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-10-24

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 3540322701

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RuleML 2005 was the ?rst international conference on rules and rule markup languages for the Semantic Web, held in conjunction with the International Semantic Web C- ference (ISWC) at Galway, Ireland. With the success of the RuleML workshop series came the need for extended research and applications topics organized in a conference format. RuleML 2005 also accommodated the ?rst Workshop on OWL: Experiences and Directions. Rules are widely recognized to be a major part of the frontier of the Semantic Web, and critical to the early adoption and applications of knowledge-based techniques in- business, especially enterprise integration and B2B e-commerce. This includes kno- edge representation (KR) theory and algorithms; markup languages based on such KR; engines, translators, and other tools; relationships to standardization efforts; and, not least, applications. Interest and activity in the area of rules for the Semantic Web has grown rapidly over the last ?ve years. The RuleML 2005 Conference was aimed to be this year’s premiere scienti?c conference on the topic. It continued in topic, leadership, and collaboration with the previous series of three highly successful annual inter- tional workshops (RuleML 2004, RuleML 2003 and RuleML 2002). The theme for RuleML 2005 was rule languages for reactive and proactive rules, complex event p- cessing, and event-driven rules, to support the emergence of Semantic Web applications. Special highlights of the RuleML 2005 conference included the keynote address by Sir Tim Berners- Lee, Director of W3C.

Policy-Based Network Management
Policy-Based Network Management

Author: John Strassner

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9781558608597

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A real-world approach to describing the fundamental operation of Policy-Based Network Management (PBNM) that enables practitioners to develop and implement PBNM systems.

Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility
Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility

Author: Dominique Gaïti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0387356207

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Service and network providers must be able to satisfy the demands for new services; improve the quality of service; reduce the cost of network service operations and maintenance; control performance; and adapt to user demands. It is essential to investigate different approaches for performing such tasks. One of these approaches is based on policies and the capability of the network to adapt itself to current conditions. With a focus on policy-based networking, this volume addresses the problem of network control and the introduction of policies such as the control of the Quality of Service, security, mobility, performance, mobile and intelligent agents, and traffic engineering. The area of control in networks through policies promises to provide stimulating challenges for years to come. This book is an attempt to answer questions and provide some direction about the best approaches to be followed. This volume contains the proceedings of the first International Conference on NETwork CONtrol and Engineering (NETCON) for Quality of Service, Security and Mobility, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and organized by IFIP TC6 Working Group 6.7 (Smart Networks). The conference convened in Paris, France in October 2002.

Economics and Artificial Intelligence
Economics and Artificial Intelligence

Author: Jean-Louis Roos

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-05-09

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1483191060

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Economics and Artificial Intelligence documents the proceedings of the IFAC/IFORS/IFIP/IASC/AFCET Conference held in Aix-en-Provence, France on September 2-4, 1986. This book discusses the design of intelligent dialogue in D.S.S. qualitative modeling of economic studies; basic propositions for intelligent systems design methods; and expert systems for confirmatory data analysis. The artificial intelligence for transaction cost economizing; knowledge-based evaluation of strategic investments; and reasoning system for the guidance of technological transfer are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the A.I. impacts on the process of the division of labor; using automated techniques to generate expert systems for R&D project monitoring; and intelligent support to decision making process. This compilation is a good reference for students and researchers conducting work on the nature of economics and artificial intelligence.