Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Networked Systems

Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Networked Systems
Author: S. Butenko
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-06-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1614993912

Modern critical infrastructure is characterized by complex, heterogeneous and dynamically evolving networks. But these can be vulnerable to component failure, and this is a problem which must be addressed by realistic mathematical models. This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure Networks, held in Kiev, Ukraine, in June 2013. Contributions were from workshop participants as well as invited experts in the field, and cover topics including: mathematical models; probability-based risk measures; algorithms for the design and detection of robust structures; identification of critical network components and case studies. This book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and graduate students in the fields of mathematics, computer science and engineering.

Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Networked Systems

Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Networked Systems
Author: S. Butenko
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781306903066

Modern critical infrastructure is characterized by complex, heterogeneous and dynamically evolving networks. But these can be vulnerable to component failure, and this is a problem which must be addressed by realistic mathematical models. This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Examining Robustness and Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure Networks, held in Kiev, Ukraine, in June 2013. Contributions were from workshop participants as well as invited experts in the field, and cover topics including: mathematical models; probability-based risk measures; algorithms for the design and detection of robust structures; identification of critical network components and case studies. This book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and graduate students in the fields of mathematics, computer science and engineering.

Queueing Theory 1

Queueing Theory 1
Author: Vladimir Anisimov
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2021-03-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1119755417

The aim of this book is to reflect the current cutting-edge thinking and established practices in the investigation of queueing systems and networks. This first volume includes ten chapters written by experts well-known in their areas. The book studies the analysis of queues with interdependent arrival and service times, characteristics of fluid queues, modifications of retrial queueing systems and finite-source retrial queues with random breakdowns, repairs and customers' collisions. Some recent tendencies in the asymptotic analysis include the average and diffusion approximation of Markov queueing systems and networks, the diffusion and Gaussian limits of multi-channel queueing networks with rather general input flow, and the analysis of two-time-scale nonhomogenous Markov chains using the large deviations principle. The book also analyzes transient behavior of infinite-server queueing models with a mixed arrival process, the strong stability of queueing systems and networks, and applications of fast simulation methods for solving high-dimension combinatorial problems.

Unsupervised Learning Algorithms

Unsupervised Learning Algorithms
Author: M. Emre Celebi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319242113

This book summarizes the state-of-the-art in unsupervised learning. The contributors discuss how with the proliferation of massive amounts of unlabeled data, unsupervised learning algorithms, which can automatically discover interesting and useful patterns in such data, have gained popularity among researchers and practitioners. The authors outline how these algorithms have found numerous applications including pattern recognition, market basket analysis, web mining, social network analysis, information retrieval, recommender systems, market research, intrusion detection, and fraud detection. They present how the difficulty of developing theoretically sound approaches that are amenable to objective evaluation have resulted in the proposal of numerous unsupervised learning algorithms over the past half-century. The intended audience includes researchers and practitioners who are increasingly using unsupervised learning algorithms to analyze their data. Topics of interest include anomaly detection, clustering, feature extraction, and applications of unsupervised learning. Each chapter is contributed by a leading expert in the field.

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes HPSC 2018

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes HPSC 2018
Author: Hans Georg Bock
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030552403

This proceedings volume highlights a selection of papers presented at the 7th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing, which took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, during March 19-23, 2018. The conference has been organized by the Institute of Mathematics of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) of Heidelberg University and the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics. The contributions cover a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of scientific computing and showcase recent advances in theory, methods, and practical applications. Subjects covered include numerical simulation, methods for optimization and control, machine learning, parallel computing and software development, as well as the applications of scientific computing in mechanical engineering, airspace engineering, environmental physics, decision making, hydrogeology, material science and electric circuits.

The Great Power Competition Volume 3

The Great Power Competition Volume 3
Author: Adib Farhadi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3031045866

For millennia, humans waged war on land and sea. The 20th century opened the skies and the stars, introducing air and space as warfare domains. Now, the 21st century has revealed perhaps the most insidious domain of all: cyberspace, the fifth domain. A realm free of physical boundaries, cyberspace lies at the intersection of technology and psychology, where one cannot see one’s enemy, and the most potent weapon is information. The third book in the Great Power Competition series, Cyberspace: The Fifth Domain, explores the emergence of cyberspace as a vector for espionage, sabotage, crime, and war. It examines how cyberspace rapidly evolved from a novelty to a weapon capable of influencing global economics and overthrowing regimes, wielded by nation-states and religious ideologies to stunning effect. Cyberspace: The Fifth Domain offers a candid look at the United States’ role in cyberspace, offering realistic prescriptions for responding to international cyber threats on the tactical, strategic, and doctrinal levels, answering the questions of how can we respond to these threats versus how should we respond? What are the obstacles to and consequences of strategic and tactical response options? What technological solutions are on the horizon? Should the U.S. adopt a more multi-domain offensive posture that eschews the dominant “cyber vs. cyber” paradigm? To answer these questions, experts examine the technological threats to critical infrastructure; cyber operations strategy, tactics, and doctrine; information influence operations; the weaponization of social media; and much more.

Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Systems

Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Systems
Author: Trung Q. Duong
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030144135

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, QShine 2018, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in December 2018. The 13 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in tracks, starting with security and privacy, telecommunication systems and networks, networks and applications.

Vulnerability of Wireline and Cellular Telecommunications Networks to High Power Radio Frequency Fields

Vulnerability of Wireline and Cellular Telecommunications Networks to High Power Radio Frequency Fields
Author: Perry Wilson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437905595

High level magnetic fields can upset and damage electronics, as well as disrupt or disable computer software. Thus, high power radio frequency (RF) fields pose a threat to electronics and software dependent systems. Critical infrastructures such as telecomm. could be targeted. This report examines the general vulnerability of public and emergency telecomm. networks to high power RF fields. The following primary questions are addressed: (1) Can the loss of a node (e.g., a switching station or a wireless base station), or nodes, cascade through the telecomm. network, causing a large-scale system blackout or crash?; (2) Can a high power RF device disrupt or disable a node? What vulnerable equipment is located a various nodal types? Charts and tables.