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This book concerns peer-to-peer applications and mechanisms operating on the Internet, particularly those that are not fully automated and involve significant human interaction. So, the realm of interest is the intersection of distributed systems and online social networking. Generally, simple models are described to clarify the ideas. Beginning with short overviews of caching, graph theory and game theory, we cover the basic ideas of structured and unstructured search. We then describe a simple...

Prove your Internet savvy with i-Net+ certificationWith e-commerce now part of every companys business strategy, firms are struggling to fill over 500,000 IT jobs. Passing the vendor-neutral i-Net+ certification exam is a career step in the right direction. SyngressMedia puts you on track with its i-Net+ Certification Study Guide, covering everything you need to know to take and pass the exam. The guide is organized into manageable portions based on exam topics, with quick drills, tough topic al...

Ternary means "based on three". This book deals with reliability investigations of networks whose components subject to failures can be in three states -up, down and middle (mid), contrary to traditionally considered networks having only binary (up/down) components. Extending binary case to ternary allows to consider more realistic and flexible models for communication, flow and supply networks

This book gathers papers addressing state-of-the-art research in all areas of information and communication technologies and their applications in intelligent computing, cloud storage, data mining and software analysis. It presents the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems, which was held in Ahmedabad, India. Divided into two volumes, the book discusses the fundamentals of various data analysis techniques and algorithm...

Through a system of modular, self-paced lessons, this study guide outlines the intricacies of installing, configuring, networking, and troubleshooting personal computer systems in a professional environment. Twenty-two chapters discuss topics like electronic communication, central processing units,

Suitable for those with little or no background, this text offers an overview of networking and Internet technology. It provides a tour through all of networking, from the lowest level of data transmission and wiring to the highest levels of application software. An accompanying CD-ROM and Web site provide opportunities for a variety of hands on experiences. The CD contains copies of text figures, digitized images of network wiring and equipment, and files of data that can be used as input to st...

There is great competition to capture market share in the global communications industry. This means that professionals will be challenged to integrate some very different technologies - wireline, cellular and PCS among them. This text offers practical guidance on achieving smooth merges of all current network technologies. Covering product development standards, connectivity, performance and service and strategic planning, this book provides a one-step resource to making it all work together.

-- One Study Guide Provides Comprehensive Preparation for CCDA Exam. With the official endorsement of the Distinguished Cisco Training Partner, Global Knowledge, CCDA Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guide brings everything to the table that CCDA candidates require. This book prepares CCDA candidates to take and pass written exam 640-441 -- the only exam required for CCDA certification. -- Written components in an easy-digest form with an eye to passing the test also includes: -- Sample q...

Modern buildings are increasingly equipped with actuators and sensors, communication, visualization and control systems. This textbook provides an overview of industrial communication systems and stimulates a basic understanding of network and bus systems for the automation of buildings. After an introduction to EIB/KNX, LON und BACnet technologies, the authors illustrate how these systems can be utilized for specific applications, like air conditioning or illumination. This book assumes only a...

This volume addresses the problem of designing efficient signalling and provides a link between the areas of communication theory and modem design for amplitude constrained linear optical intensity channel. It provides practical guidelines for the design of signalling sets for wireless optical intensity channels.

Focusing on real world issues, this text explains how to leverage existing company data and integrate databases with websites for catalogue sales, data inquiries, transaction processing and delivery of goods and services. Advice is given from the basics of how to design web pages for maximum impact, to more advanced concerns such as database query, client/server connectivity, remote transaction processing and issues of security. Special coverage includes the use of Java in cyberstores. Features...

This book brings together all the latest methodologies, tools and techniques related to the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence in a single volume to build insight into their use in the sustainable living. The applications include areas such as agriculture, smart farming, healthcare, bioinformatics, self-diagnosis system, body sensor network, multimedia mining, multimedia in forensics and security. It provides a comprehensive discussion of modeling and implementation in water resourc...

Starting with the basic concepts and progressing to specifics, this handbook helps readers understand what a LAN is and does. It discusses every aspect of LAN hardware and software to help users decide if they need a LAN and, if so, how to go about purchasing, installing, and running one. Taking a detailed, objective approach, the handbook covers the strengths and weaknesses of all major vendors ...the latest wiring standards and new ways to link LANs ...new bridges and faster LANs under develop...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2014, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in October 2014. The 52 full papers, 16 short and 14 poster papers, presented in the two-volume proceedings LNCS 8786 and 8787 were carefully reviewed and selected from 196 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: Web mining, modeling and classification; Web querying and searching; Web recommendation and personalization; se...

Like the popular guides "The MX Series" and "Juniper QFX5100 Series," this practical book--written by the same author--introduces new QFX10000 concepts in switching and virtualization, specifically in the core of the data center network.The rise of cloud computing with service providers and the need to create private clouds for enterprise, government agencies, and research institutions of all shapes and sizes is creating a high demand for high-density 40GbE and 100GbE in the core of the data cen...

Providing in-depth coverage of networking fundamentals from the "Java point-of-view", this text gives consideration to JMAPI, the Java Management API. The latter offers a platform and protocol-independent method of managing all the resources on a network. In addition, the author has specialist knowlege of recent developments in this field, as he is working with Sun on the improvement of the Java Shared Data API (JDSA) - a new tool for working in collaborateve environments.

This self-contained text, intended for a first course in performance evaluation, covers all aspects of queueing theory. It starts by introducing readers to the terminology and usefulness of queueing theory. Chapter 2 then covers Markovian queues in equilibrium, Little's Law, reversibility, transient analysis and computation and the M/G/I queueing system. Chapter 3 begins with coverage of the product form solution for networks of queues. A new algebraic topological explanation of its existence is...