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Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering

Author : Kyandoghere Kyamakya
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642377815
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering by : Kyandoghere Kyamakya

Download or read book Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering written by Kyandoghere Kyamakya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a collection of recent advanced contributions in the field of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization, including selected applications in the area of theoretical electrical engineering. The present book is divided into twenty-one chapters grouped in five parts. The first part focuses on theoretical issues related to chaos and synchronization and their potential applications in mechanics, transportation, communication and security. The second part handles dynamic systems modelling and simulation with special applications to real physical systems and phenomena. The third part discusses some fundamentals of electromagnetics (EM) and addresses the modelling and simulation in some real physical electromagnetic scenarios. The fourth part mainly addresses stability concerns. Finally, the last part assembles some sample applications in the area of optimization, data mining, pattern recognition and image processing.

Distributed Control of Robotic Networks

Author : Francesco Bullo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400831474
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Distributed Control of Robotic Networks by : Francesco Bullo

Download or read book Distributed Control of Robotic Networks written by Francesco Bullo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This self-contained introduction to the distributed control of robotic networks offers a distinctive blend of computer science and control theory. The book presents a broad set of tools for understanding coordination algorithms, determining their correctness, and assessing their complexity; and it analyzes various cooperative strategies for tasks such as consensus, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation. The unifying theme is a formal model for robotic networks that explicitly incorporates their communication, sensing, control, and processing capabilities--a model that in turn leads to a common formal language to describe and analyze coordination algorithms. Written for first- and second-year graduate students in control and robotics, the book will also be useful to researchers in control theory, robotics, distributed algorithms, and automata theory. The book provides explanations of the basic concepts and main results, as well as numerous examples and exercises. Self-contained exposition of graph-theoretic concepts, distributed algorithms, and complexity measures for processor networks with fixed interconnection topology and for robotic networks with position-dependent interconnection topology Detailed treatment of averaging and consensus algorithms interpreted as linear iterations on synchronous networks Introduction of geometric notions such as partitions, proximity graphs, and multicenter functions Detailed treatment of motion coordination algorithms for deployment, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, and boundary estimation

Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-agent Systems

Author : Fei Chen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030395367
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-agent Systems by : Fei Chen

Download or read book Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-agent Systems written by Fei Chen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a systematic study of an emerging field in the development of multi-agent systems. In a wide spectrum of applications, it is now common to see that multiple agents work cooperatively to accomplish a complex task. The book assists the implementation of such applications by promoting the ability of multi-agent systems to track — using local communication only — the mean value of signals of interest, even when these change rapidly with time and when no individual agent has direct access to the average signal across the whole team; for example, when a better estimation/control performance of multi-robot systems has to be guaranteed, it is desirable for each robot to compute or track the averaged changing measurements of all the robots at any time by communicating with only local neighboring robots. The book covers three factors in successful distributed average tracking: algorithm design via nonsmooth and extended PI control; distributed average tracking for double-integrator, general-linear, Euler–Lagrange, and input-saturated dynamics; and applications in dynamic region-following formation control and distributed convex optimization. The book presents both the theory and applications in a general but self-contained manner, making it easy to follow for newcomers to the topic. The content presented fosters research advances in distributed average tracking and inspires future research directions in the field in academia and industry.

2014 International Conference on Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation Engineering (MDMAE2014)

Author : D. P. Yasin
Publisher : DEStech Publications, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1605951560
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis 2014 International Conference on Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation Engineering (MDMAE2014) by : D. P. Yasin

Download or read book 2014 International Conference on Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation Engineering (MDMAE2014) written by D. P. Yasin and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Automation Engineering (MDMAE2014) is to provide a platform for all researchers in the field of Mechanical, Manufacture, Automation and Material Engineering to share the most advanced knowledge from both academic and industrial world, and to communicate with each other about their experiences and the most up-to-date research achievements, discussing forward issues and future prospects, seeking a better way to solve practical problems in this fields. As the first international conference on MDMAE, consisting of five main topics: Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, Materials Engineering and Measurement and Test, which offer attendees free space to present their inspiring works and academic achievements mixed with the atmosphere of industry and academia, it has attracted many scholars, researchers and practitioners in these fields from various countries to get together in this conference, sharing their latest research achievements with each other , enriching their professional knowledge and broadening their horizons as well.

Complex Sciences

Author : Jie Zhou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642024661
Total Pages : 1219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Complex Sciences by : Jie Zhou

Download or read book Complex Sciences written by Jie Zhou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-26 with total page 1219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was invited to join the Organizing Committee of the First International Conference on Complex Sciences: Theory and Applications (Complex 2009) as its ninth member. At that moment, eight distinguished colleagues, General Co-chairs Eugene Stanley and Gaoxi Xiao, Technical Co-chairs János Kertész and Bing-Hong Wang, Local Co-chairs Hengshan Wang and Hong-An Che, Publicity Team Shi Xiao and Yubo Wang, had spent hundreds of hours pushing the conference half way to its birth. Ever since then, I have been amazed to see hundreds of papers flooding in, reviewed and commented on by the TPC members. Finally, more than 200 contributions were - lected for the proceedings currently in your hands. They include about 200 papers from the main conference (selected from more than 320 submissions) and about 33 papers from the five collated workshops: Complexity Theory of Art and Music (COART) Causality in Complex Systems (ComplexCCS) Complex Engineering Networks (ComplexEN) Modeling and Analysis of Human Dynamics (MANDYN) Social Physics and its Applications (SPA) Complex sciences are expanding their colonies at such a dazzling speed that it - comes literally impossible for any conference to cover all the frontiers.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2019

Author : Zhongliang Jing
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811517738
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2019 by : Zhongliang Jing

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2019 written by Zhongliang Jing and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2019), held in Toronto, Canada, on July 30–August 1, 2019, and jointly organized by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ICASSE 2019 provided a forum that brought together experts on aeronautics and astronautics to share new ideas and findings. These proceedings present high-quality contributions in the areas of aerospace system science and engineering, including topics such as trans-space vehicle system design and integration, air vehicle systems, space vehicle systems, near-space vehicle systems, aerospace robotics and unmanned systems, communication, navigation and surveillance, aerodynamics and aircraft design, dynamics and control, aerospace propulsion, avionics systems, optoelectronic systems, and air traffic management.

Coordination Control of Distributed Systems

Author : Jan H. van Schuppen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319104071
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Coordination Control of Distributed Systems by : Jan H. van Schuppen

Download or read book Coordination Control of Distributed Systems written by Jan H. van Schuppen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how control of distributed systems can be advanced by an integration of control, communication, and computation. The global control objectives are met by judicious combinations of local and nonlocal observations taking advantage of various forms of communication exchanges between distributed controllers. Control architectures are considered according to increasing degrees of cooperation of local controllers: fully distributed or decentralized control, control with communication between controllers, coordination control, and multilevel control. The book covers also topics bridging computer science, communication, and control, like communication for control of networks, average consensus for distributed systems, and modeling and verification of discrete and of hybrid systems. Examples and case studies are introduced in the first part of the text and developed throughout the book. They include: control of underwater vehicles, automated-guided vehicles on a container terminal, control of a printer as a complex machine, and control of an electric power system. The book is composed of short essays each within eight pages, including suggestions and references for further research and reading. By reading the essays collected in the book Coordination Control of Distributed Systems, graduate students and post-docs will be introduced to the research frontiers in control of decentralized and of distributed systems. Control theorists and practitioners with backgrounds in electrical, mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering will find in the book information and inspiration to transfer to their fields of interest the state-of-art in coordination control.

Proceedings of 2016 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference

Author : Yingmin Jia
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811023387
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Proceedings of 2016 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference by : Yingmin Jia

Download or read book Proceedings of 2016 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference written by Yingmin Jia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings present selected research papers from CISC’16, held in Xiamen, China. The topics include Multi-agent system, Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Complex systems, Computation intelligence and soft computing, Intelligent control, Advanced control technology, Robotics and applications, Intelligent information processing, Iterative learning control, Machine Learning, and etc. Engineers and researchers from academia, industry, and government can get an insight view of the solutions combining ideas from multiple disciplines in the field of intelligent systems.

Distributed Consensus with Visual Perception in Multi-Robot Systems

Author : Eduardo Montijano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319156993
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Distributed Consensus with Visual Perception in Multi-Robot Systems by : Eduardo Montijano

Download or read book Distributed Consensus with Visual Perception in Multi-Robot Systems written by Eduardo Montijano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph introduces novel responses to the different problems that arise when multiple robots need to execute a task in cooperation, each robot in the team having a monocular camera as its primary input sensor. Its central proposition is that a consistent perception of the world is crucial for the good development of any multi-robot application. The text focuses on the high-level problem of cooperative perception by a multi-robot system: the idea that, depending on what each robot sees and its current situation, it will need to communicate these things to its fellows whenever possible to share what it has found and keep updated by them in its turn. However, in any realistic scenario, distributed solutions to this problem are not trivial and need to be addressed from as many angles as possible. Distributed Consensus with Visual Perception in Multi-Robot Systems covers a variety of related topics such as: • distributed consensus algorithms; • data association and robustness problems; • convergence speed; and • cooperative mapping. The book first puts forward algorithmic solutions to these problems and then supports them with empirical validations working with real images. It provides the reader with a deeper understanding of the problems associated to the perception of the world by a team of cooperating robots with onboard cameras. Academic researchers and graduate students working with multi-robot systems, or investigating problems of distributed control or computer vision and cooperative perception will find this book of material assistance with their studies.

Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks

Author : Wei Ren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0857291696
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Book Synopsis Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks by : Wei Ren

Download or read book Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks written by Wei Ren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks introduces problems, models, and issues such as collective periodic motion coordination, collective tracking with a dynamic leader, and containment control with multiple leaders, and explores ideas for their solution. Solving these problems extends the existing application domains of multi-agent networks; for example, collective periodic motion coordination is appropriate for applications involving repetitive movements, collective tracking guarantees tracking of a dynamic leader by multiple followers in the presence of reduced interaction and partial measurements, and containment control enables maneuvering of multiple followers by multiple leaders.

Consensus and Synchronization in Complex Networks

Author : Ljupco Kocarev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642333591
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Consensus and Synchronization in Complex Networks by : Ljupco Kocarev

Download or read book Consensus and Synchronization in Complex Networks written by Ljupco Kocarev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book for the first time two scientific fields - consensus formation and synchronization of communications - are presented together and examined through their interrelational aspects, of rapidly growing importance. Both fields have indeed attracted enormous research interest especially in relation to complex networks. In networks of dynamic systems (or agents), consensus means to reach an agreement regarding a certain quantity of interest that depends on the state of all dynamical systems (agents). Consensus problems have a long history in control theory and computer sciences, and form the foundation of the field of distributed computing. Synchronization, which defines correlated-in-time behavior between different processes and roots going back to Huygens to the least, is now a highly popular, exciting and rapidly developing topic, with applications ranging from biological networks to mathematical epidemiology, and from processing information in the brain to engineering of communications devices. The book reviews recent finding in both fields and describes novel approaches to consensus formation, where consensus is realized as an instance of the nonlinear dynamics paradigm of chaos synchronization. The chapters are written by world-known experts in both fields and cover topics ranging from fundaments to various applications of consensus and synchronization.

Advances in Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control—Theory and Applications

Author : Shihua Li
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319628968
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control—Theory and Applications by : Shihua Li

Download or read book Advances in Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control—Theory and Applications written by Shihua Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the latest developments in variable structure systems (VSS) and sliding mode control (SMC), highlighting advances in various branches of the VSS/SMC field, e.g., from conventional SMC to high-order SMC, from the continuous-time domain to the discrete-time domain, from theories to applications, etc. The book consists of three parts and 16 chapters: in the first part, new VSS/SMC algorithms are proposed and their properties are analyzed, while the second focuses on the use of VSS/SMC techniques to solve a variety of control problems; the third part examines the applications of VSS/SMC to real-time systems. The book introduces postgraduates and researchers to the state-of-the-art in VSS/SMC field, including the theory, methodology, and applications. Relative academic disciplines include Automation, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrument Science and Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Transportation Engineering, Energy and Power Engineering, etc.

On Distributed and Cooperative Control Design for Networks of Dynamical Systems

Author : Georg Seyboth
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3832542590
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis On Distributed and Cooperative Control Design for Networks of Dynamical Systems by : Georg Seyboth

Download or read book On Distributed and Cooperative Control Design for Networks of Dynamical Systems written by Georg Seyboth and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis contributes to the development of a cooperative control theory for homogeneous and heterogeneous multi-agent systems consisting of identical and non-identical dynamical agents, respectively. The goal is to explain fundamental effects of non-identical agent dynamics on the behavior of a distributed system and, primarily, to develop suitable control design methods for a wide range of multi-agent coordination problems. Output synchronization problems as well as cooperative disturbance rejection and reference tracking problems in multi-agent systems are investigated. Suitable controller design methods for networks consisting of identical or non-identical linear time-invariant systems, linear parameter-varying systems, and selected classes of nonlinear systems are developed. These controller design methods provide a solution to a wide variety of distributed coordination and cooperative control scenarios.

Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development

Author : Mohammad Ilyas
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351831771
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development by : Mohammad Ilyas

Download or read book Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development written by Mohammad Ilyas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent advances in technology and manufacturing have made it possible to create small, powerful, energy-efficient, cost-effective sensor nodes for specialized telecommunication applications—nodes "smart" enough to be capable of adaptation, self-awareness, and self-organization. Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development examines sensor network technologies that increase the quality of human life and encourage societal progress with minimal effect on the earth’s natural resources and environment. Organized as a collection of articles authored by leading experts in the field, this valuable reference captures the current state of the art and explores applications where sensor networks are used for sustainable development in: Agriculture Environment Energy Healthcare Transportation Disaster management Beneficial to designers and planners of emerging telecommunication networks, researchers in related industries, and students and academia seeking to learn about the impact of sensor networks on sustainable development, Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development provides scientific tutorials and technical information about smart sensor networks and their use in everything from remote patient monitoring to improving safety on the roadways and beyond.

Microeconomic Principles and Problems

Author : Geoffrey Schneider
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429678770
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Microeconomic Principles and Problems written by Geoffrey Schneider and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microeconomic Principles and Problems offers a comprehensive introduction to all major perspectives in modern economics, including mainstream and heterodox approaches. Through providing multiple views of markets and how they work, it will leave readers better able to understand and analyse the complex behaviours of consumers, firms, and government officials, as well as the likely impact of a variety of economic events and policies. Most principles of microeconomics textbooks cover only mainstream economics, ignoring rich heterodox ideas. They also lack material on the great economists, including the important ideas of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. Mainstream books neglect the kind of historical analysis that is crucial to understanding trends that help us predict the future. Moreover, they focus on abstract models more than existing economic realities. This engaging book addresses these inadequacies. Including explicit coverage of the major heterodox schools of thought, it allows the reader to choose which ideas they find most compelling in explaining modern economic realities. Written in an engaging style focused on real world examples, this ground-breaking book brings economics to life. It offers the most contemporary and complete package for any pluralistic microeconomics class.

Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems

Author : Huaqing Li
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0323901328
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems by : Huaqing Li

Download or read book Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems written by Huaqing Li and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems focuses on the characteristics and features of second-order agents, communication networks, and control protocols/algorithms in continuous consensus of multi-agent systems. The book provides readers with background on consensus control of multi-agent systems and introduces the intrinsic characteristics of second-order agents' behavior, including the development of continuous control protocols/algorithms over various types of underlying communication networks, as well as the implementation of computation- and communication-efficient strategies in the execution of protocols/algorithms. The book's authors also provide coverage of the frameworks of stability analysis, algebraic criteria and performance evaluation. On this basis, the book provides an in-depth study of intrinsic nonlinear dynamics from agents' perspective, coverage of unbalanced directed topology, random switching topology, event-triggered communication, and random link failure, from a communication networks' perspective, as well as leader-following control, finite-time control, and global consensus control, from a protocols/algorithms' perspective. Finally, simulation results including practical application examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and the practicability of the control protocols and algorithms proposed in this book. - Introduces the latest and most advanced protocols and algorithms in second-order consensus of continuous time, multi-agent systems with various characteristics - Provides readers with in-depth methods on how to construct the frameworks of stability analysis, algebraic criteria, and performance evaluation, thus helping users develop novel consensus control methods - Includes systematic introductions and detailed implementations on how control protocols and algorithms solve problems in real world, second-order, multi-agent systems, including solutions for engineers in related fields

Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems IX

Author : Abdelkader Hameurlain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642400698
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)

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Book Synopsis Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems IX by : Abdelkader Hameurlain

Download or read book Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems IX written by Abdelkader Hameurlain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected through networks has led to an evolution of data- and knowledge-management systems from centralized systems to decentralized systems enabling large-scale distributed applications providing high scalability. Current decentralized systems still focus on data and knowledge as their main resource. Feasibility of these systems relies basically on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques and the support of agent systems with scaling and decentralized control. Synergy between grids, P2P systems, and agent technologies is the key to data- and knowledge-centered systems in large-scale environments. This, the ninth issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains five revised selected regular papers focusing on the following topics: top-k query processing in P2P systems, self-stabilizing consensus average algorithms in distributed sensor networks, recoverable encryption schemes, xml data in a multi-system environment, and pairwise similarity for cluster ensemble problems.