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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827735903321

Titolo

Homeland security technology challenges : from sensing and encrypting to mining and modeling / / Giorgio Franceschetti, Marina Grossi, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Artech House, c2008

ISBN

1-59693-290-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Artech House intelligence and information operations series

Altri autori (Persone)

FranceschettiGiorgio

GrossiMarina

Disciplina

363.350973 22

Soggetti

National security - United States - 21st century

Terrorism - Prevention

Telecommunication - Security measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic reference (p. 275-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Homeland Security Technology ChallengesFrom Sensing and Encrypting to Mining and Modeling; Contents; Preface; 1 The Homeland Security Scenario; 2 Embedded Wireless Sensor Networks; 3 Visual Detection and Classification of Humans, Their Pose, and Their Motion; 4 Cyber Security Basic Defenses and Attack Trends; 5 Mining Databases and Data Streams; 6 Private Information Retrieval: Single-Database Techniques and Applications; 7 Tapping Vehicle Sensors for Homeland Security; 8 Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Networked Systems; 9 Large Systems Modeling and Simulation; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This practical book offers you expert guidance on sensors and the preprocessing of sensed data, the handling of sensed data with secure and safe procedures, and the design, modeling and simulation of complex HS systems. You learn how to store, encrypt and mine sensitive data. Further, the book shows how data is transmitted and received along wired or wireless networks, operating on electromagnetic channels.