This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the fourth International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2012, held in Paris, France, in October 2012. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from 43 submissions. These – and 6 invited papers now cover and even broader scope, referring to many types of autonomous wireless networks des…
In 2013, the International Conference on Advance Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) turns 25. Initially launched in 1989, for all these years the conference has provided a broad forum for researchers working in the area of Information Systems Engineering. To reflect on the work done so far and to examine prospects for future work, the CAiSE Steering Committee decided to present a selection…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2012, held in Vilamoura, Portugal, in February 2012. The 28 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 292 submissions. The papers are organized in two topical sections on artifici…
The two volumes IFIP AICT 414 and 415 constitute the refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2013, held in University Park, PA, USA, in September 2013. The 133 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the two volumes. They are organized in 4 parts: sustainable production, sustainable sup…
S-BPM stands for “subject-oriented business process management†and focuses on subjects that represent the entities (people, programs etc.) that are actively engaged in processes. S-BPM has become one of the most widely discussed approaches for process professionals. Its potential particularly lies in the integration of advanced information technology with organizational and manager…
This volume presents the refereed proceedings of the 8th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm 2012, held in Padua, Italy, in September 2012. The 21 revised papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. Topics covered include crypto and electronic money; wireless security; web security; intrusion det…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International IFIP Working Conference on Enterprise Interoperability (IWEI 2013), held in Enschede, The Netherlands, during March 27–28, 2013. The theme for IWEI 2013 was “Information Services and Processes for the Interoperable Economy and Society.†The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully selected from 35…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed, selected papers on Cyber Security and Privacy EU Forum 2013, held in Belgium, in April 2013. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on cloud computing, security and privacy management, security and privacy technology, security and privacy policy.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2012, held in Bradford, UK, in March 2012. The 22 revised full papers presented together with 4 poster sessions were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers cover topics such as radio resource management; spectrum/i…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2012, held in Yaounde, Cameroon, in November 2012. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of info…