Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Coverage and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks (pp. 1-10)
Yanping Zhang, Yun Wang, Zhifeng Xiao, Jing Liu and Patrick Mosca (Department of Computer Science, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, USA, and others)

Chapter 2 – Computer Networks, the Internet and Green IT: Effectively Managing Computer Network Resources (pp. 11-18)
Chetan Kumar (Department of Management Information Systems College of Business Administration, California State University San Marcos, USA)

Chapter 3 – Security in Wireless Sensor Networks: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 19-44)
Zhifeng Xiao, Yun Wang and Yanping Zhang (Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College Erie, PA, USA, and others)

Chapter 4 – Performance of a Tree Routing Topology for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Different Platforms (pp. 45-72)
S. Aparicio, J. Ranz, M. Molero, M. G. Hernández and J. J. Anaya (Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información “Leonardo Torres Quevedo”, ITEFI (CSIC), Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 5 – Location Estimation in Modern Mobile Computing Environments (pp. 73-140)
Mohamed Maher Atia (Research Associate and Deputy Director of Navigation and Instrumentation Research Lab, Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, On, Canada)

Chapter 6 – Towards a Gender-Focused Programming Performance Model (pp. 141-152)
Wilfred W. F. Lau and Allan H. K. Yuen (Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China)

Chapter 7 – A Methodologies and Processes Language for the Software Industry (pp. 153-182)
Sandro J. Bolaños, Rubén A. González, Carlos A. Arismendi and Edwin J. Castañeda (Faculty of Engineering, Distrital Francisco José de Caldas University, Bogotá, Colombia, and others)

Chapter 8 – Design of Luria Memory Test for Older Adults on Mobile Devices (pp. 183-198)
Amilcar Meneses Viveros, Erika Hernández Rubio and J. A. Hijar Miranda (Departamento de Computación, CINVESTAV-IPN., México, and others)
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Chapter 9 – Synchronizing Nods of a Computer-Generated Character and a Speaker Using Thermal Image Processing (pp. 199-224)
Yasunari Yoshitomi, Ryota Kato, Taro Asada and Masayoshi Tabuse (Division of Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan)

Chapter 10 – Evaluation of Effective Parameters of Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks (pp. 225-250)
Ali Norouzi, Ahmet Sertbas and A. Halim Zaim (Computer Engineering Dept, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, and others)

Chapter 11 – Computer Aided-Thermal Module Design (pp. 251-284)
Jung-Chang Wang (Department of Marine Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan)

Chapter 12 – hFAT: A High Performance Hybrid FAT32 File System (pp. 285-300)
Wasim Ahmad Bhat and S. M. K. Quadri (Department of Computer Sciences, University of Kashmir, India)

Index