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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 An overview of future cyber security applications using AI and blockchain technology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Previous work extent -- 1.3 Using blockchain technologies in cyber security -- 1.4 Blockchain applications in cybersecurity -- 1.5 The application of artificial intelligence technologies in cyber security -- 1.6 The benefits of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity -- 1.7 Here are a few advantages and applications of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- 2 A survey of issues, possibilities, and solutions for a blockchain and AI-powered Internet of things -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The volume of prior work -- 2.3 Internet of things driven by 6G -- 2.4 What is blockchain, anyway? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.1.4 Quadratic Mean Continuity and Integration -- 9.2 Orthogonal Process Representations on Bounded Domains -- 9.2.1 Compact Operators and Covariances -- 9.2.2 Orthogonal Representations for Random Processes and Fields -- 9.2.3 Stationary Periodic Processes and Fields on Bounded Domains -- 9.3 Gaussian Fields on the Continuum -- 9.4 Sobolev Spaces, Green's Functions, and Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces -- 9.4.1 Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces -- 9.4.2 Sobolev Normed Spaces -- 9.4.3 Relation to Green's Functions -- 9.4.4 Gradient and Laplacian Induced Green's Kernels -- 9.5 Gaussian Processes Induced via Linear Differential Operators -- 9.6 Gaussian Fields in the Unit Cube -- 9.6.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Fields: Generalized ARMA Modelling -- 9.6.2 Small Deformation Vector Fields Models in the Plane and Cube -- 9.7 Discrete Lattices and Reachability of Cyclo-Stationary Spectra -- 9.8 Stationary Processes on the Sphere -- 9.8.1 Laplacian Operator Induced Gaussian Fields on the Sphere -- 9.9 Gaussian Random Fields on an Arbitrary Smooth Surface -- 9.9.1 Laplace-Beltrami Operator with Neumann Boundary Conditions -- 9.9.2 Smoothing an Arbitrary Function on Manifolds by Orthonormal Bases of the Laplace-Beltrami Operator -- 9.10 Sample Path Properties and Continuity -- 9.11 Gaussian Random Fields as Prior Distributions in Point Process Image Reconstruction -- 9.11.1 The Need for Regularization in Image Reconstruction -- 9.11.2 Smoothness and Gaussian Priors -- 9.11.3 Good's Roughness as a Gaussian Prior -- 9.11.4 Exponential Spline Smoothing via Good's Roughness -- 9.12 Non-Compact Operators and Orthogonal Representations -- 9.12.1 Cramer Decomposition for Stationary Processes -- 9.12.2 Orthogonal Scale Representation -- 10 Metrics Spaces for the Matrix Groups -- 10.1 Riemannian Manifolds as Metric Spaces…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.1 Elements of a Decision Problem8.2 Bayes Risk and Bayes Decisions; 8.3 Nonnegative Loss Functions; 8.4 Concavity of the Bayes Risk; 8.5 Randomization and Mixed Decisions; 8.6 Conve Sets; 8.7 Decision Problems in Which ~ 2 and D Are Finite; 8.8 Decision Problems with Observations; 8.9 Construction of Bayes Decision Functions; 8.10 The Cost of Observation; 8.11 Statistical Decision Problems in Which Both O and D Contain Two Points; 8.12 Computation of the Posterior Distribution When the Observations Are Made in More Than One Stage; Exercises; Chapter 9. CONJUGATE PRIOR DISTRIBUTIONS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…State Objectives for the Lesson -- Review Previously Learned Material or Identify Prior Knowledge -- How Much Content Is Too Much Content? …”