The deployment of a fleet of autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs) allows for the
parallelisation of missions, intervehicle support for longer deployment times, adaptability …

In the past few years, the implementation of blockchain technology for various applications
has been widely discussed in the research community and the industry. There are sufficient …

With the pervasive use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean principles, digital
technologies, and offsite construction, the industry is at the cusp of this transformation. The …

At the core of the economic logic of cryptocurrencies lies the problem of surmounting the
double-spending problem, which poses an accounting and accountability challenge that …

Distributed machine learning algorithms enable learning of models from datasets that are
distributed over a network without gathering the data at a centralized location. While efficient …

Roman Obermaisser is a full professor for embedded systems at the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Siegen in Germany. He studied …

Machine learning has begun to play a central role in many applications. A multitude of these
applications typically also involve datasets that are distributed across multiple computing …

Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers presents the essential
elements of computer system dependability. The book describes a comprehensive …

Blockchain, known as the 'Trust Protocol', is the amalgamation of technologies for secure
decentralized data management and value transaction, with characteristics that provide …

The process of reaching an agreement on a value within a distributed network, known as a
consensus problem, is a defining feature of blockchain. This consensus problem can be …