Cloud computing is a new business model, which represents an opportunity for users,
companies, and public organisations to reduce costs and increase efficiency, as well as an …

This work presents a generic Intrusion Detection and Diagnosis System, which implements a
comprehensive alert correlation workflow for detection and diagnosis of complex intrusion …

To maintain a reliable and stable power grid there must be balance between consumption
and production. To achieve power balance in a system with high penetration of distributed …

“The integrating potential of software has allowed designers to contemplate more ambitious
systems encompassing a broader and more multidisciplinary scope”, stated Michael Lyu in …

In evolving ubiquitous networking environments some end-nodes will rely on highly critical
end-user services in infrastructure and ad-hoc networks. As future networks will be …

Modern society has reached a point where everyday life heavily relies on the What CIs are
reliable operation and intelligent management of infrastructures such as electric power …

In an extension to research into modeling a biological network of neurons this expands the
basic characteristics of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) computational model to measure …

Modelling imperfect diagnosis performance in service reliability models can help identify
best recovery strategies and diagnosis settings. In this work, a parsimonious Markov model …

The world of desktop computing is driven by relentless technological convergence. In the
areas of computer hardware, this has enabled all of us to have Cray-1-class performance on …

This thesis would not have been possible without the support of many people over the years.
I am so thankful to every single one of you. I am deeply grateful for the unconditional support …