The Internet of Things (IoT) connects smart devices to enable various intelligent services.
The deployment of IoT encounters several challenges, such as difficulties in controlling and …

Road transportation is the backbone of modern economies, albeit it annually costs 1.25
million deaths and trillions of dollars to the global economy, and damages public health and …

Several factors are motivating the development of preventive, personalized, connected,
virtual, and ubiquitous healthcare services. These factors include declining public health …

Abstract Carriers find Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and multi-cloud computing a
potent combination for deploying their network services. The resulting virtual network …

A smart communications hub can enable management of driverless and/or autonomous
vehicles. Separating current wireless data from driverless vehicle sensor data can allow for …

Deployment of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) over multiple clouds accentuates its
advantages like flexibility of virtualization, proximity to customers and lower total cost of …

Network bandwidth capacity and processing performances have increased due to the
increasing availability of affordable, expandable and energy-efficient networking …

Single cloud management platform technology has reached maturity and is quite successful
in information technology applications. Enterprises and application service providers are …

In this chapter, we discuss software development methodologies. These are adaptive
process frameworks adjustable to software product size and scope. They usually include a …

Agriculture is the most basic kind of human activity, encompassing both crop production and
animal domestication [1]. Efficient farming systems can fully exploit and utilize limited …