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Intelligent Decision Systems in Large-Scale Distributed Environments

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Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 362)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Task Allocation Oriented Users Decisions in Computational Grid

    • Joanna Kołodziej, Fatos Xhafa
    Pages 1-24
  3. Efficient Hierarchical Task Scheduling on GRIDS Accounting for Computation and Communications

    • Johnatan E. Pecero, Frederic Pinel, Bernabé Dorronsoro, Grégoire Danoy, Pascal Bouvry, Albert Y. Zomaya
    Pages 25-47
  4. Multi-objective Cooperative Coevolutionary Evolutionary Algorithms for Continuous and Combinatorial Optimization

    • Bernabé Dorronsoro, Grégoire Danoy, Pascal Bouvry, Antonio J. Nebro
    Pages 49-74
  5. Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms for Energy Aware Scheduling

    • Yacine Kessaci, Mohand Mezmaz, Nouredine Melab, El-Ghazali Talbi, Daniel Tuyttens
    Pages 75-100
  6. Advanced Planning in Vertically Integrated Supply Chains

    • Maksud Ibrahimov, Arvind Mohais, Sven Schellenberg, Zbigniew Michalewicz
    Pages 125-148
  7. Efficient Data Sharing over Large-Scale Distributed Communities

    • Juan Li, Samee Ullah Khan, Qingrui Li, Nasir Ghani, Nasro Min-Allah, Pascal Bouvry et al.
    Pages 149-164
  8. Hierarchical Multi-Agent System for Heterogeneous Data Integration

    • Aleksander Byrski, Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki, Jacek Dajda, Grzegorz Dobrowolski, Edward Nawarecki
    Pages 165-186
  9. Emerging Cooperation in the Spatial IPD with Reinforcement Learning and Coalitions

    • Ana Peleteiro, Juan C. Burguillo, Ana L. Bazzan
    Pages 187-206
  10. Evolutionary and Economic Agents in Complex Decision Systems

    • Stephan Otto, Christoph Niemann
    Pages 207-229
  11. On Reconfiguring Embedded Application Placement on Smart Sensing and Actuating Environments

    • Nikos Tziritas, Samee Ullah Khan, Thanasis Loukopoulos
    Pages 231-250
  12. Distributed Evolutionary Algorithm Using the MapReduce Paradigm – A Case Study for Data Compaction Problem

    • Doina Logofătu, Manfred Gruber, Dumitru Dan Dumitrescu
    Pages 279-291
  13. Virtual Accelerated Life Testing of Complex Systems

    • Michael T. Todinov
    Pages 293-314
  14. Alvis – Modelling Language for Concurrent Systems

    • Marcin Szpyrka, Piotr Matyasik, Rafał Mrówka
    Pages 315-341
  15. Back Matter

About this book

One of the most challenging issues for the intelligent decision systems is to effectively manage the large-scale complex distributed environments such as computational clouds, grids, ad hoc and P2P networks, under the different types of users, their relations, and real-world uncertainties. In this context the IT resources and services usually belong to different owners (institutions, enterprises, or individuals) and are managed by different administrators. These administrators conform to different sets of rules and configuration directives, and can impose different usage policies on the system users. Additionally,  uncertainties are presented in various types of information that are incomplete, imprecise, fragmentary or overloading, which hinders the full and precise determination of the evaluation criteria, their subsequent and selection, the assignment scores, and eventually the final integrated decision result.

This book presents new ideas, analysis, implementations and evaluation of the next generation intelligent techniques for solving complex decision problems in large-scale distributed systems. In 15 chapters several important formulations of the decision problems in heterogeneous environments are identified and a review of the recent approaches, from game theoretical models and computational intelligent techniques, such as genetic, memetic and evolutionary algorithms, to intelligent multi-agent systems and networking are presented. We believe that this volume will serve as a reference for the students, researchers and industry practitioners working in or are interested in joining interdisciplinary works in the areas of intelligent decision systems using emergent distributed computing paradigms. It will also allow newcomers to grasp key concerns and potential solutions on the selected topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Computer Science and Communications Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Pascal Bouvry

  • School of Computing and IDEAS Research Institute, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Horacio González-Vélez

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

    Joanna Kołodziej

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Intelligent Decision Systems in Large-Scale Distributed Environments

  • Editors: Pascal Bouvry, Horacio González-Vélez, Joanna Kołodziej

  • Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21271-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21270-3Published: 19 June 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50686-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21271-0Published: 19 June 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1860-949X

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-9503

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 345

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

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