Speculation plays an ever-increasing role in optimizing the execution of programs in computer architecture. Speculative decision-makers are typically required to have high speed and small size, thus limiting their complexity and capability. Because of these restrictions, predictors often...

Adopting advanced information technologies within the present broad application fields requires precise security. However, security problems regarding information privacy have occurred frequently over the last 5 years despite the contribution of these technologies. To respond to the need for...

In distributed systems users often need to share sensitive data with other usersbased on the latter's ability to satisfy various policies. In many cases the data ownermay not even know the identities of the data recipients, but deems it crucial that theyare legitimate; i.e., satisfy the policy....

Data aggregation is an important efficiency mechanism for large scale, resource constrained networks such as wireless sensor networks (WSN). Security and privacy are central for many data aggregation applications: (1) entities make decisions based on the results of the data aggregation, so the...

As the primary vehicle for most organized cybercrimes, malicious software (or malware) has become one of the most serious threats to computer systems and the Internet. With the recent advent of automated malware development toolkits, it has become relatively easy, even for marginally skilled...

Future helicopters will require all-weather capability for stabilized flight through severe atmospheric turbulence. This requirement has brought into focus the effect of turbulence on handling qualities. Accordingly, there is renewed interest in modeling and simulating turbulence and predicting...

Distribution centers and warehouses are becoming more and more dependent on advanced computer technologies to establish and maintain competitiveness in a global economy. Neural network represent a new technology with a wide scope of potential warehouses applications, ranging from planning and...

Innovation has flourished at the edge of the Internet; however, the core has experienced a slower pace of innovation. This lag is impacting the pace of innovation at the edge and threatening quality as ad hoc solutions are implemented to overcome core network barriers to innovation. Active...

This thesis presents a model designed to optimize the allocation of corporate resources required for the success of a product in the marketplace. The product development resources used in the model are: market research, applied research, product design, cost reduction and advertising.