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- Integrating Data Mining and Agent Based Modeling and Simulation
- This paper introduces an integration study which combines Data Mining DM and Agent Based Modeling and Simulation ABMS. This study, as a new paradigm for DM/ABMS, is concerned with two approaches: applying DM techniques in ABMS investigation, and inversely, utilizing ABMS results in DM research. Detailed description of each approach...
- Tags: Agent, Springer Science+Business Media, Modeling, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-01
- A First Look at Media Conferencing Traffic in the Global Enterprise
- Many enterprise networks have grown far beyond a single large site to span tens to hundreds of branch offices across the globe, each connected over VPNs or leased lines. With the emergence of the globally-connected enterprise and the trend towards enterprise all-IP convergence, including transitioning the enterprise PBX to VoIP...
- Tags: Media, Springer Science+Business Media, Enterprise, Telephony, VOIP, VPNs, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2009-02-04
- Implementation and Use of Transactional Memory With Dynamic Separation
- The paper introduces the design and implementation of Dynamic Separation DS as a programming discipline for using transactional memory. The approach is based on the programmer indicating which objects can be updated in transactions, which can be updated outside transactions, and which are read-only. The paper introduces explicit operations that...
- Tags: Paper, Memory, Springer Science+Business Media, Flash Memory, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2009-01-27
- Towards a Single-Chip, Implantable RFID System: Is a Single-Cell Radio Possible?
- This paper presents an overview of progress towards single-chip RFID solutions. To date heterogeneous integration has been appropriate for non-biological systems. However, for in-vivo sensors and even drug delivery systems, a small form factor is required. The paper discusses fundamental limits on the size of the form factor, the effect...
- Tags: Springer Science+Business Media, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2009-01-24
- An MTIDD Based Firewall: Using Decision Diagrams for Packet Filtering
- This paper explores the use of Multi-Terminal Interval Decision Diagrams MTIDDs as the central structure of a firewall packet filtering mechanism. This is done by first relating the packet filtering problem to predicate logic, then implementing a prototype which is used in an empirical evaluation. The main benefits of the...
- Tags: Packet, Springer Science+Business Media, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2009-01-06
- Fragmentation and Encryption to Enforce Privacy in Data Storage
- Privacy requirements have an increasing impact on the realization of modern applications. Technical considerations and many significant commercial and legal regulations demand today that privacy guarantees be provided whenever sensitive information is stored, processed, or communicated to external parties. It is therefore crucial to design solutions able to respond to...
- Tags: Data Storage, Fragmentation, Storage, Privacy, Springer Science+Business Media, Encryption, Security
- White papers 2008-12-12
- Evaluating the Wisdom of Crowds in Assessing Phishing Websites
- Phishing is the process of enticing people to visit fraudulent websites and persuading them to enter identity information such as usernames and passwords. The information is then used to impersonate victims in order to empty their bank accounts, run fraudulent auctions, launder money, and so on. Researchers have proposed many...
- Tags: Web Site, Springer Science+Business Media, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Web Site Development, Spam, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet
- White papers 2008-10-15
- Workload Characterization of a Lightweight SSL Implementation Resistant to Side-Channel Attacks
- Ever-growing mobility and ubiquitous wireless Internet access raise the need for secure communication with devices that may be severely constrained in terms of processing power, memory capacity and network speed. This paper describes a lightweight implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer SSL protocol with a focus on small code size...
- Tags: SSL, Springer Science+Business Media, Attack, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-10-11
- Weaknesses in BankID, a PKI-Substitute Deployed by Norwegian Banks
- BankID is a PKI-substitute widely deployed by Norwegian banks to provide digital signatures and identification on the internet. The paper has performed a reverse-engineering of part of the BankID system and analysed the security protocols and the implementation of certain cryptographic primitives. The paper has found cryptographic weaknesses that may...
- Tags: Springer Science+Business Media, BankID, Security, Digital Signatures
- White papers 2008-06-27
- Adapting the Fitness Function in GP for Data Mining
- This paper describes how the Stepwise Adaptation of Weights saw technique can be applied in genetic programming. The sawing mechanism has been originally developed for and successfully used in EAs for constraint satisfaction problems. Here the paper identifies the very basic underlying ideas behind sawing and point out how it...
- Tags: Springer Science+Business Media, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2007-10-09
- An Approach to a Trustworthy System Architecture Using Virtualization
- This paper presents a system architecture for trusted transactions in highly sensitive environments. This architecture takes advantage of techniques provided by the Trusted Computing Group TCG to attest the system state of the communication partners, to guarantee that the system is free of malware and that its software has not...
- Tags: Attestation, Springer Science+Business Media, Trusted Platform Module, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2007-08-11
- Architectural Decisions and Patterns for Transactional Workflows in SOA
- An important architectural style for constructing enterprise applications is to use transactional workflows in SOA. In this setting, workflow activities invoke distributed services in a coordinated manner, using transaction context-propagating messages, coordination protocols, and compensation logic. Designing such transactional workflows is a time-consuming and error-prone task requiring deep subject matter...
- Tags: Compensation, SOA, Workflow, Springer Science+Business Media, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Process Improvement, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-07-31
- High-Performance Agent System for Intrusion Detection in Backbone Networks
- This paper presents a design of high-performance agent-based intrusion detection system designed for deployment on high-speed network links. To match the speed requirements, wire-speed data acquisition layer is based on hardware-accelerated NetFlow like probe, which provides overview of current network traffic. The data is then processed by detection agents that...
- Tags: Backbone, Intrusion Detection, Network, Agent, High-performance, Springer Science+Business Media, Real Estate, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-07-27
- Extending Ruby on Rails for Semantic Web Applications
- This paper extends the Ruby on Rails framework towards a more complete Semantic Web application framework. The SWORD plugin pro-vides developers with a set of tools and libraries for managing Semantic Web data and rapid Semantic Web Application development. This paper describes the functionality of the SWORD plugin and demonstrates...
- Tags: Ruby, Springer Science+Business Media, Semantic Web, Ruby On Rails, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2007-05-26
- Application of Visual Programming to Web Mash Up Development
- The ongoing adoption of the latest Web development patterns such as AJAX is helping to enhance the user experience on the Web. Moreover, there is now API-based support from various vendors that allow seamless fusion of disparate data sources into a single application. However, the barrier for Web designers to...
- Tags: Web, Web Application, Springer Science+Business Media, Programming, Channel Management, Marketing
- White papers 2007-05-03
- Self-Management of Lambda-Connections in Optical Networks
- This paper presents a new idea for the management of lambda-connections in optical networks. The idea consists of making multi-service optical switches responsible for automatically detecting IP flows at the packet-level, creating lambda-connections for them, and moving them to the optical-level. In addition to that, they are also in charge...
- Tags: Optical Network, Springer Science+Business Media, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Efficient XML Query Processing in RDBMS Using GUI-Driven Prefetching in a Single-User Environment
- This paper addresses the problem of efficient processing of XQueries in single-user relational environment where the queries are formulated using a user-friendly GUI. The paper takes a novel and non-traditional approach to improving query performance by prefetching data during the formulation of a query. The latency offered by GUI-based query...
- Tags: Formulation, XML, GUI, Springer Science+Business Media, RDBMS, XML Query
- White papers 2007-02-16
- TCP Over CDMA2000 Networks: A Cross-Layer Measurement Study
- Modern cellular channels in 3G networks incorporate sophisticated power control and dynamic rate adaptation which can have a significant impact on adaptive transport layer protocols, such as TCP. Though there exists studies that have evaluated the performance of TCP over such networks, they are based solely on observations at the...
- Tags: Network, TCP, Springer Science+Business Media, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-09
- SBQ: A Simple Scheduler for Fair Bandwidth Sharing Between Unicast and Multicast Flows
- This paper proposes a simple scheduler called SBQ (Service-Based Queuing) to share the bandwidth fairly between unicast and multicast flows according to a new definition of fairness referred as the inter-service fairness. The paper utilizes the recently proposed active queue management mechanisms MFQ Multicast Fair Queuing to fairly share the...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Springer Science+Business Media, Fairness
- White papers 2007-01-01
- An Expressive Avatar for Instant Messaging Endowed With Emotional Intelligence
- This paper proposes to endow a graphical representation of a user in Instant Messaging - an avatar - with the ability to recognize and to express emotions and to play social nonverbal behaviour, on the basis of textual affect sensing and interpretation of communicative functions conveyed by online conversations. The...
- Tags: Avatar, IM, Springer Science+Business Media, Instant Messaging, Emotional Intelligence, Internet, Online Communications, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-01-01
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