Recent Advances in Multi-state Systems Reliability

Recent Advances in Multi-state Systems Reliability
Author: Anatoly Lisnianski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2017-08-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319634232

This book addresses a modern topic in reliability: multi-state and continuous-state system reliability, which has been intensively developed in recent years. It offers an up-to-date overview of the latest developments in reliability theory for multi-state systems, engineering applications to a variety of technical problems, and case studies that will be of interest to reliability engineers and industrial managers. It also covers corresponding theoretical issues, as well as case studies illustrating the applications of the corresponding theoretical advances. The book is divided into two parts: Modern Mathematical Methods for Multi-state System Reliability Analysis (Part 1), and Applications and Case Studies (Part 2), which examines real-world multi-state systems. It will greatly benefit scientists and researchers working in reliability, as well as practitioners and managers with an interest in reliability and performability analysis. It can also be used as a textbook or as a supporting text for postgraduate courses in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Operations Research.

Computational Optimization Techniques and Applications

Computational Optimization Techniques and Applications
Author: Muhammad Sarfraz
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2021-08-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1839687657

Computational optimization is an active and important area of study, practice, and research today. It covers a wide range of applications in engineering, science, and industry. It provides solutions to a variety of real-life problems in the fields of health, business, government, military, politics, security, education, and many more. This book compiles original and innovative findings on all aspects of computational optimization. It presents various examples of optimization including cost, energy, profits, outputs, performance, and efficiency. It also discusses different types of optimization problems like nonlinearity, multimodality, discontinuity, and uncertainty. Over thirteen chapters, the book provides researchers, practitioners, academicians, military professionals, government officials, and other industry professionals with an in-depth discussion of the latest advances in the field.

Moving Target Defense

Moving Target Defense
Author: Sushil Jajodia
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2011-08-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461409772

Moving Target Defense: Creating Asymmetric Uncertainty for Cyber Threats was developed by a group of leading researchers. It describes the fundamental challenges facing the research community and identifies new promising solution paths. Moving Target Defense which is motivated by the asymmetric costs borne by cyber defenders takes an advantage afforded to attackers and reverses it to advantage defenders. Moving Target Defense is enabled by technical trends in recent years, including virtualization and workload migration on commodity systems, widespread and redundant network connectivity, instruction set and address space layout randomization, just-in-time compilers, among other techniques. However, many challenging research problems remain to be solved, such as the security of virtualization infrastructures, secure and resilient techniques to move systems within a virtualized environment, automatic diversification techniques, automated ways to dynamically change and manage the configurations of systems and networks, quantification of security improvement, potential degradation and more. Moving Target Defense: Creating Asymmetric Uncertainty for Cyber Threats is designed for advanced -level students and researchers focused on computer science, and as a secondary text book or reference. Professionals working in this field will also find this book valuable.

Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency

Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
Author: Shannon Caudill
Publisher: Military Bookshop
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2014-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781782666851

This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from a US Air Force pilot and a Canadian air force officer. The authors examine lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as they relate to securing air bases and sustaining air operations in a high-threat counterinsurgency environment. The essays review the capabilities, doctrine, tactics, and training needed in base defense operations and recommend ways in which to build a strong, synchronized ground defense partnership with joint and combined forces. The authors offer recommendations on the development of combat leaders with the depth of knowledge, tactical and operational skill sets, and counterinsurgency mind set necessary to be effective in the modern asymmetric battlefield.

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
Author: Richard Kissel
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1437980090

This glossary provides a central resource of definitions most commonly used in Nat. Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) information security publications and in the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS) information assurance publications. Each entry in the glossary points to one or more source NIST publications, and/or CNSSI-4009, and/or supplemental sources where appropriate. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.