Book Description:
This book presents original results on the leading edge of computer science research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include the deformation of materials from macro- to nanoscale and numerical modeling; enabling end-to-end QoS guarantees in the next generation internet with service overlay networks; neuro-fuzzy systems for autonomous mobile robots; semantic technologies to model and control the composability of complex systems; load-distribution algorithm for grid computing with heterogeneous tasks; a hybrid approach for robot policy adaptation; using mobile web applications as a multiplatform mechanism to communicate users with embedded devices; genetic programming as a solver to challenging reinforcement learning problems; design and implementation of a system for interactive high-dimensional vector field visualization; and Routley-Star and informational interpretation. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-x

Deformation of Materials from Macro- to Nanoscale: Aspects of Numerical Modeling
(A. G. Mamalis, A. K. Vortselas, Project Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Engineering, NCSR “Demokritos”, Paraskevi, Athens, Greece)pp. 1-46

Enabling End-To-End QoS Guarantees in the Next Generation Internet with Service Overlay Networks
(Ngok Lam, Zbigniew Dziong, Lorne G. Mason, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and others)pp. 47-66

Neuro-Fuzzy Systems for Autonomous Mobile Robots
(Takashi Kuremoto, Masanao Obayashi, Kunikazu Kobayashi, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, and others)pp. 67-90

Semantic Technologies to Model and Control the “Composability” of Complex Systems: A Case Study
(Andrea Fiaschetti, Vincenzo Suraci, Francesco Delli Priscoli, Andrea Taglialatela, University of Rome “La Sapienza” , Roma, Italy, and others)pp. 91-110

Load-Distribution Algorithm for Grid Computing with Heterogeneous Tasks
(Abderezak Touzene, Khaled Day, Department of Computer Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman)pp. 111-124

A Hybrid Approach for Robot Policy Adaptation
(Genci Capi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Eng., Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama, Japan)pp. 125-138

Using Mobile Web Applications as a Multiplatform Mechanism to Communicate Users with Embedded Devices
(Jordán Pascual Espada, Oscar Sanjuán Martínez, B. Cristina Pelayo G-Bustelo, Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle, Department of Computer Science, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)pp. 139-144

Genetic Programming as a Solver to Challenging Reinforcement Learning Problems
(Dimitris C. Dracopoulos, Dimitrios Effraimidis, Barry D. Nichols, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom)pp. 145-174

Design and Implementation of a System for Interactive High-Dimensional Vector Field Visualization
(Zhenmin Peng, Zhao Geng, Robert S. Laramee, The Department of Computer Science, Swansea University, United Kingdom)pp. 175-200

Routley-Star and Informational Interpretation
(Norihiro Kamide, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)pp. 201-210

Index pp. 211-217