In the not too distant future, every researcher and professional in science and engineering fields will have to understand parallel and distributed computing. With hyperthreading in Intel processors, hypertransport links in AMD processors, multi-core silicon in today's high-end microprocessors from IBM and emerging cluster and grid computing, parallel and distributed computers have moved into the mainstream of computing. To fully exploit these advances in computer architectures, researchers and professionals must start to design parallel or distributed software, systems and algorithms for...

Focuses on the evolving design methodologies and analytical models of wireless networks. This book is a reference for design methodology and analytical models that can be used to design and analyse wireless network systems. It can be useful to researchers,

A MANET is an autonomous system of mobile nodes. This book attempts to give the reader developments in MANETs and wireless sensor networks. It contains 14 invited chapters from researchers working in this area around the world. It presents research in the

In response to demand for next generation wireless and mobile communication systems, this book provides a reference of the activities and findings in the relevant technical fields. It addresses the key technical issues pertaining to the integrated systems

The efforts, made to provide the infrastructures and models for parallel and distributed computing, have addressed many underlying complex problems and have thus resulted in new tools and paradigms for effectively realising parallel and distributed systems

The rapid development of wireless digital communication technology and the corresponding network software systems have created new horizons for communication beyond the Internet realising the connected society. Among them, the field of mobile ad hoc networ

Wireless networks are undergoing developments and changes in the underlying technologies, in order to cope with the difficulties posed by the scarce wireless resource. This book reviews developments and results, explores research and discuss strategies for

Wireless technologies and applications are becoming one of the fastest growing areas. This title provides overviews to the classic medium access control algorithms and the related protocols, as well as their applications in various wireless data networks e

Reserving data authenticity in a hostile environment, where the sensor nodes may be compromised, is a critical security issue for wireless sensor networks. This book explains such attacks and that which can be roughly categorized as isolated attacks by eac

This text examines the decision making process and health seeking patterns of low-income young women in Thailand with unplanned pregnancies who opted for abortion, putting the baby up for adoption, or keeping the baby.