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Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.8.1 Customer Verifications -- 1.8.2 Safeguarding Data -- 1.8.3 Data Violation, Loss, and Destruction -- 1.8.4 Storage Topography -- 1.8.5 Public Cloud versus Private Cloud -- 1.8.6 Version Awareness and Backup Execution -- 1.8.7 Security of Data and Encoding -- 1.9 Potential Hazards of Cloud BI Adoption -- 1.9.1 Security Difficulties -- 1.9.2 Threats and Risks in Cloud Computing -- 1.9.3 Privacy and Security -- 1.10 Discussion and Open Research -- 1.11 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Resource Allocation in Volunteered Cloud Computing and Battling COVID-19 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Comparison to Other Surveys -- 2.1.2 Scope of the Paper and Contributions -- 2.2 Roles of Any Entity in the Cloud -- 2.2.1 Provider -- 2.2.2 User -- 2.2.3 Vendor -- 2.3 Resources in Cloud Volunteer Computing -- 2.3.1 Storage-Based Resource -- 2.3.1.1 Network Storage -- 2.3.1.2 Hard Disk -- 2.3.2 Network-Based Resource -- 2.3.2.1 Reliable Communications -- 2.3.2.2 Efficient Communications -- 2.3.2.3 Virtual Networking -- 2.3.3 Service Model as a Resource -- 2.3.3.1 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) -- 2.3.3.2 Software as a Service (IaaS) -- 2.3.3.3 Platform as a Service (PaaS) -- 2.3.4 Server as a Resource -- 2.3.4.1 Cloud Server -- 2.3.4.2 Dedicated Server -- 2.3.5 MapReduce as a Resource -- 2.3.6 Intelligence and Resource Allocation -- 2.3.6.1 Supervised Learning -- 2.3.6.2 Unsupervised Learning -- 2.3.6.3 Reinforcement Learning (Semi-Supervised) -- 2.4 Scheduling of Resources in the Cloud -- 2.4.1 Cloud Service Scheduling -- 2.4.2 Customer Side Scheduling -- 2.4.3 Static and Dynamic Scheduling -- 2.4.4 Heuristic Scheduling -- 2.4.5 Workflow Scheduling -- 2.4.6 Real-Time Scheduling -- 2.4.7 Dynamic Dedicated Server Scheduling (DDSS) -- 2.5 Algorithms of Resource Allocation -- 2.5.1 Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm -- 2.5.2 Bees Algorithm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN AUTOMATION, CONTROL AND ROBOTICS -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 Maintenance Today -- 1.2 The Path to Proactive Maintenance -- 1.3 Why to Read this Book -- References -- Chapter 2 - Business Drivers of a Collaborative, Proactive Maintenance Solution -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 CBM-based PM in Industry -- 2.1.2 CBM-based PM in Service Business -- 2.1.3 Life Cycle Cost and Overall Equipment Effectiveness -- 2.1.4 Integrating IoT with Old Equipment -- 2.1.5 CBM Strategy as a Maintenance Business Driver -- 2.2 Optimization of Maintenance Costs -- 2.3 Business Drivers for Collaborative Proactive Maintenance -- 2.3.1 Maintenance Optimisation Models -- 2.3.2 Objectives and Scope -- 2.3.3 Maintenance Standards -- 2.3.4 Maintenance-related Operational Planning -- 2.4 Economic View of CBM-based PM -- 2.5 Risks in CBM Plan Implementation -- 2.5.1 Technology -- 2.5.2 People -- 2.5.3 Processes -- 2.5.4 Organizational Culture -- References -- Chapter 3 - The MANTIS Reference Architecture -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 MANTIS Platform Architecture Overview -- 3.2 The MANTIS Reference Architecture -- 3.2.1 Related Work and Technologies -- 3.2.1.1 Reference architecture for the industrial internet of things -- 3.2.1.2 Data processing in Lambda -- 3.2.1.3 Maintenance based on MIMOSA -- 3.2.2 Architecture Model and Components -- 3.2.2.1 Edge tier -- 3.2.2.2 Platform tier -- 3.2.2.3 Enterprise tier -- 3.2.2.4 Multi stakeholder interactions -- 3.3 Data Management -- 3.3.1 Data Quality Considerations -- 3.3.2 Utilization of Cloud Technologies -- 3.3.3 Data Storages in MANTIS -- 3.3.4 Storage Types -- 3.3.4.1 Big data file systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 3.8.3 Components of a QoS Security Framework -- 3.8.3.1 Authentication -- 3.8.3.2 Authorization -- 3.8.3.3 Network -- 3.8.3.4 Trust Management -- 3.9 Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 - Internet of Things Application Scenarios, Pilots and Innovation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 IoT Projects -- 4.2.1 ALMANAC -- 4.2.1.1 Application Areas -- 4.2.1.2 Pilots and Demonstrators -- 4.2.1.2.1 SmartWaste Collection Field Trial -- 4.2.1.2.2 SmartWater Capillary Network -- 4.2.1.2.3 Collaborative Citizen-centric application -- 4.2.2 ClouT -- 4.2.2.1 Application Areas -- 4.2.2.2 Pilots and Demonstrators -- 4.2.2.2.1 Fujisawa field trial: Surfboard + Smile Coupon -- 4.2.2.2.2 Mitaka field trial: Paw collection -- 4.2.2.2.3 Genova field trial: "I don't risk" (SEM1 application context) -- 4.2.2.2.4 Santander field trial:Traffic Mobility Management -- 4.2.2.2.5 Sensorized garbage collection cars -- 4.2.2.2.6 Pace of the city -- 4.2.3 OSMOSE -- 4.2.3.1 Application Areas -- 4.2.3.2 Pilots and Demonstrators -- 4.2.3.2.1 OSMOsis applications for Aerospace Domain -- 4.2.3.2.2 OSMOsis applications for Automotive Domain -- 4.2.4 RERUM -- 4.2.4.1 Application Areas…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Software Engineering for Embedded Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Software Engineering for Embedded and Real-Time Systems -- 1 Software Engineering -- 2 Embedded Systems -- 2.1 Embedded Systems Are Reactive Systems -- 3 Real-Time Systems -- 3.1 Types of Real-Time Systems-Soft and Hard -- 3.2 Differences Between Real-Time and Time-Shared Systems -- 4 Example of a Hard Real-Time System -- 4.1 Based on Signal Sample, Time to Perform Actions Before Next Sample Arrives -- 4.2 Hard Real-Time Systems -- 5 Real-Time Event Characteristics -- 5.1 Real-Time Event Categories -- 5.2 Efficient Execution and the Execution Environment -- 5.2.1 Efficiency Overview -- 5.2.2 Resource Management -- 6 Challenges in Real-Time System Design -- 6.1 Response Time -- 6.2 Recovering From Failures -- 7 The Embedded System's Software Build Process -- 8 Distributed and Multiprocessor Architectures -- 9 Software for Embedded Systems -- 9.1 Super Loop Architecture -- 9.2 Power-Saving Super Loop -- 9.3 Window Lift Embedded Design -- 10 Hardware Abstraction Layers for Embedded Systems -- 2 Software Development Process -- 1 Getting Started -- 1.1 Project Planning -- 1.2 Risk Management -- 1.3 Kicking Off the Project -- 2 Requirements -- 2.1 User Requirements -- 2.2 System Requirements -- 3 Architecture -- 3.1 Safety-Critical Elements -- 3.2 Operating Performance -- 3.3 Security -- 3.4 Reliability and Availability -- 4 Design -- 4.1 Object-Oriented Programming -- 4.1.1 System Context -- 4.1.2 Class Identification -- 4.1.3 Design Modeling -- 4.2 Real-Time Design -- 5 Implementation -- 6 Testing -- 6.1 Validation and Verification -- 6.2 Integration Testing -- 6.3 Release Testing -- 6.4 Performance Testing -- 7 Rolling It Together: Agile Development…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 9.2 Model Selection Strategies -- 9.3 Types of Model Selection -- 9.3.1 Methods of Re-Sampling -- 9.3.2 Random Separation -- 9.3.3 Time Divide -- 9.3.4 K-Fold Cross-Validation -- 9.3.5 Stratified K-Fold -- 9.3.6 Bootstrap -- 9.3.7 Possible Steps -- 9.3.8 Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) -- 9.3.9 Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) -- 9.3.10 Minimum Definition Length (MDL) -- 9.3.11 Building Risk Reduction (SRM) -- 9.3.12 Excessive Installation (Overfitting) -- 9.4 The Principle of Parsimony -- 9.5 Examples of Model Selection Criterions -- 9.6 Other Popular Properties -- 9.7 Key Considerations -- 9.8 Model Validation -- 9.8.1 Why is Model Validation Important? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Security design -- 2.1 Overview of security challenges -- 2.1.1 Assessing and managing security risks -- 2.1.2 Evolving with emerging technologies and trends -- 2.2 Finding the right level of security for your enterprise…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Implementing a firewall -- 13.1 Network services and vulnerability -- 13.1.1 Minimizing security risk: Introducing the firewall…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Author -- Part I Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology -- 1 The Cellular System and the Code of Life -- 1.1 The Cellular Challenge -- 1.2 How Cells Meet the Challenge -- 1.3 Molecules in Cells -- 1.4 Intracellular Structures Or Spaces -- 1.4.1 Nucleus -- 1.4.2 Cell Membrane -- 1.4.3 Cytoplasm -- 1.4.4 Endosome, Lysosome, and Peroxisome -- 1.4.5 Ribosome -- 1.4.6 Endoplasmic Reticulum -- 1.4.7 Golgi Apparatus -- 1.4.8 Cytoskeleton -- 1.4.9 Mitochondrion -- 1.4.10 Chloroplast -- 1.5 The Cell as a System -- 1.5.1 The Cellular System -- 1.5.2 Systems Biology of the Cell -- 1.5.3 How to Study the Cellular System -- References -- 2 DNA Sequence: The Genome Base -- 2.1 The DNA Double Helix and Base Sequence -- 2.2 How DNA Molecules Replicate and Maintain Fidelity -- 2.3 How the Genetic Information Stored in DNA Is Transferred to Protein -- 2.4 The Genomic Landscape -- 2.4.1 The Minimal Genome -- 2.4.2 Genome Sizes -- 2.4.3 Protein-Coding Regions of the Genome -- 2.4.4 Non-Coding Genomic Elements -- 2.5 DNA Packaging, Sequence Access, and DNA-Protein Interactions -- 2.5.1 DNA Packaging -- 2.5.2 Sequence Access -- 2.5.3 DNA-Protein Interactions -- 2.6 DNA Sequence Mutation and Polymorphism -- 2.7 Genome Evolution -- 2.8 Epigenome and DNA Methylation -- 2.9 Genome Sequencing and Disease Risk -- 2.9.1 Mendelian (Single-Gene) Diseases -- 2.9.2 Complex Diseases That Involve Multiple Genes -- 2.9.3 Diseases Caused By Genome Instability -- 2.9.4 Epigenomic/Epigenetic Diseases -- References -- 3 RNA: The Transcribed Sequence -- 3.1 RNA as the Messenger -- 3.2 The Molecular Structure of RNA -- 3.3 Generation, Processing, and Turnover of RNA as a Messenger -- 3.3.1 DNA Template -- 3.3.2 Transcription of Prokaryotic Genes…”