The size and complexity of modern computer networks are progressively increasing, as a
consequence of novel architectural paradigms such as the Internet of Things and network …

This book gives a thorough knowledge of cognitive radio concepts, principles, standards,
spectrum policy issues and product implementation details. In addition to 16 chapters …

Current industry standards for describing Web Services focus on ensuring interoperability
across diverse platforms, but do not provide a good foundation for automating the use of …

This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide
Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions …

With the fast-growing Internet technology, several service-based interactions are prevalent
and appear in several forms such as e-commerce, content provider, Virtual Organizations …

Several research groups have grappled with the problem of characterizing and developing
practical approaches for implementing adjustable autonomy and mixed-initiative interaction …

This paper proposes a system enforcing content-based message filtering for On-line Social
Networks (OSNs). The system allows OSN users to have a direct control on the messages …

Wireless connectivity and widespread diffusion of portable devices offer novel opportunities
for users to share resources anywhere and anytime, and to form ad-hoc coalitions. Resource …

In a dynamic service oriented environment it is desirable for service consumers and
providers to offer and obtain guarantees regarding their capabilities and requirements. WS …

As fragments of first-order logic, Description logics (DLs) do not provide nonmonotonic
features such as defeasible inheritance and default rules. Since many applications would …