Mobile devices (MDs), represented by smartphones, have been widely used in various
industries. However, MDs are constrained by their limited resources and cannot execute …

In recent times, the functioning of various aspects of modern society—ranging from the
various infrastructural utilities such as electrical power, water to socio-economical aspects …

In the wake of the development of mobile devices, how to provide low-latency mobile
services with the limited battery power is attracting more and more attention. A novel …

The evaluation of dependability or performance of general systems is not a trivial task.
Therefore, the assistance of software tools to obtain the wanted metrics is of utmost …

Rising aggressive virus pandemics urge to conduct studies on dependability and security of
modern computing systems to secure autonomous and continuous operations of healthcare …

During the past years, sending data to the cloud servers was a prominent trend, making the
cloud computing paradigm dominate the technology landscape. However, the internet of …

Our world is being transformed by connectivity and technology as time goes by, which
requires continuous improvement of quality of service (QoS) levels in the systems. Currently …

This textbook intends to be a comprehensive and substantially self-contained two-volume
book covering performance, reliability, and availability evaluation subjects. The volumes …

Abstract The Internet of Things has the potential of transforming health systems through the
collection and analysis of patient physiological data via wearable devices and sensor …

E-health systems can be used to monitor people in real-time, offering a range of multimedia-
based health services, at the same time reducing the cost since cheaper devices can be …