Policy-based management of computer systems, computer networks and devices is a critical
technology especially for present and future systems characterized by large-scale systems …

Background subtraction is a crucial step in many automatic video content analysis
applications. While numerous acceptable techniques have been proposed so far for …

This paper traces the history of policy-based management and how it evolved from the first
security models dating back to the late 1960's until today's more elaborate frameworks …

Despite several research studies, the effective analysis of policy based systems remains a
significant challenge. Policy analysis should at least (i) be expressive (ii) take account of …

Future e‐Health systems will consist of low‐power on‐body wireless sensors attached to
mobile users that interact with an ubiquitous computing environment to monitor the health …

Policy-based management provides the ability to (re-) configure differentiated services
networks so that desired quality of service (QoS) goals are achieved. Relevant configuration …

Firewalls remain the main perimeter security protection for corporate networks. However,
network size and complexity make firewall configuration and maintenance notoriously …

Policy refinement is meant to derive lower-level policies from higher-level ones so that these
more specific policies are better suited for use in different execution environments. Although …

Policy-based dynamic resource management may involve interaction between independent
decision-making components which can lead to conflicts. For example, conflicts can occur …

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) permits centralizing part of the decision-logic in
controller devices. Thus, controllers can have an overall view of the network, assisting …