The term 'Big Data'has spread rapidly in the framework of Data Mining and Business
Intelligence. This new scenario can be defined by means of those problems that cannot be …

The internet has become embedded into our daily lives, no longer an esoteric phenomenon,
but instead an unremarkable way of carrying out our interactions with one another. Online …

It is already true that Big Data has drawn huge attention from researchers in information
sciences, policy and decision makers in governments and enterprises. As the speed of …

Data Grids have been adopted as the next generation platform by many scientific
communities that need to share, access, transport, process, and manage large data …

This collection of dialogues is the only textbook of its kind. Internet Inquiry: Conversations
About Method takes students into the minds of top internet researchers as they discuss how …

In this paper we suggest that the full scientific potential of workflows will be achieved through
mechanisms for sharing and collaboration, empowering scientists to spread their …

Big Data Analytics is an emerging field since massive storage and computing capabilities
have been made available by advanced e-infrastructures. Earth and Environmental …

Modelling and simulation (M&S) techniques are frequently used in Operations Research
(OR) to aid decision-making. With growing complexity of systems to be modelled, an …

Today there are so much data being available from sources like sensors (RFIDs, Near Field
Communication), web activities, transactions, social networks, etc. Making sense of this …

Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a develo** technology that will increasingly make our
everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires …