Relatively new research ?elds such as ambient intelligence, intelligent envir- ments, ubiquitous computing, and wearable devices have emerged in recent years. These ?elds are related by a common theme: making use of novel technologies to enhance user experience by providing user-centric intelligent environments, - moving computers from the desktop and making computing available anywhere and anytime. It must be said that the concept of intelligent environments is not new and beganwithhomeautomation. Thechoiceofnameforthe?eldvariessomewhatfrom continent to continent in the English-speaking...

There is a growing interest in the development and deployment of intelligent surveillance systems in public and private locations. This book consists of a coherent selection of extended versions of presentations made in two successful symposia on intelligent distributed surveillance systems (IDSS) and brings together in the latest developments in the field.

This book is a continuation of our previous volumes on Innovations in Defence Support Systems. This book includes a sample of recent advances in intelligent monitoring. The contributions include: * Data fusion in modern surveillance * Distributed intelligent surveillance systems modeling for performance evaluation * Incremental learning on trajectory clustering * Pedestrian speed profiles from video sequence * System-wide tracking of individuals * A scalable approach based on normality components for intelligent surveillance * Distributed camera overlap estimation * Multi-robot team...