The authors investigate the problem of reliable unicast transmissions in wireless ad hoc and WLAN/WiMAX networks. Currently, approaches using network coding show several-fold gain in terms of bandwidth efficiency over the traditional technique, “store and forward”. However, most of these...

Cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) are currently the two dominant Internet technologies, but cloud computing embodies the maturity of the computing field with its clear path to software generation, transmission, distribution and control. The growth and popularity of...

Energy conservation and its efficient utilization especially in cloud data centers has been a subject of discourse amongst numerous stakeholders. Advancement in information technology tools provides a solution to automating the process of electricity metering as well as remote load control...

Cloud computing has many advantages and is being used increasingly as an efficient and safe solution for web based services. This on-demnd self-service provides network access to a shared pooi of redundant computing resources. Software applications are being developed in the cloud and there are...

"This book offers new and established perspectives on architectures, services and the resulting impact of emerging computing technologies, including investigation of practical and theoretical issues in the related fields of grid, cloud, and high performance computing"--Provided by publisher.

1. Harnessing the cloud for mobile social networking applications / Juwel Rana ... [et al.] -- 2. Balanced job scheduling based on ant algorithm for grid network / Nikolaos Preve -- 3. Evaluating heuristics for scheduling dependent jobs in grid computing environments / Geoffrey Falzon and...

"This book provides insight into the current trends and emerging issues by investigating grid and cloud evolution, workflow management, and the impact new computing systems have on the education fields as well as the industries"--Provided by publisher.

Today, many institutions and corporations are involved in various grid researches that involve improvement in concepts, protocols, applications, methods, and tools. To help capture the rapid growth in grid concepts and applications and chart the future direction in this field, a resource...