Advances in Parallel Distributed Computing: First International Conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing Technologies and Applications, PDCTA 2011, Tirunelveli, India, September 23-25, 2011. Proceedings

✍ Scribed by B. Baranidharan, B. Shanthi (auth.), Dhinaharan Nagamalai, Eric Renault, Murugan Dhanuskodi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 713
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science 203
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Parallel, Distributed Computing Technologies and Applications, PDCTA 2011, held in Tirunelveli, India, in September 2011.
The 64 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from over 400 submissions. Providing an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of parallel, distributed computing the papers address all current issues in this field with special focus on algorithms and applications, computer networks, cyber trust and security, wireless networks, as well as mobile computing and bioinformatics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
An Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol Using Minimum Spanning Tree for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 1-11
DOA Estimation for Rectangular Linear Array Antenna in Frequency Non Selective Slow Fading MIMO Channels....Pages 12-24
AGRO-ELECTRONICS....Pages 25-30
Vector Quantization Based Face Recognition Using Integrated Adaptive Fuzzy Clustering....Pages 31-43
Transformation of Active Reference Graph into Passive Reference Graph for Distributed Garbage Collection....Pages 44-52
Face Recognition Using Fuzzy Neural Network Classifier....Pages 53-62
Impulse Noise Removal from Grayscale Images Using Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm....Pages 63-75
A Fourier Transform Based Authentication of Audio Signals through Alternation of Coefficients of Harmonics (FTAT)....Pages 76-85
Infrared Source Tracking Robot with Computer Interface....Pages 86-90
An Evolutionary Algorithm Based Performance Analysis of Multiprocessor Computers through Energy and Schedule Length Model....Pages 91-101
A Novel Technique for Removal of Random Valued Impulse Noise Using All Neighbor Directional Weighted Pixels (ANDWP)....Pages 102-111
Critical Aware Community Based Parallel Service Composition Model for Pervasive Computing Environment....Pages 112-121
Staggered Checkpointing and Recovery in Cluster Based Mobile Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 122-134
An O(1/n) Protocol for Supporting Distributed Mutual Exclusion in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 135-147
Reliability Estimation of Mobile Agents for Service Discovery in MANET....Pages 148-157
Mobile Agent Security in MANET Using Reputation....Pages 158-168
A State-of-the-Art Survey on IDS for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless Mesh Networks....Pages 169-179
LPC VOCODER Using Instants of Significant Excitation and Pole Focusing....Pages 180-190
An Enhanced DSR Caching Scheme Based on Cross Layer Information....Pages 191-203
The Design and Performance of a Checkpointing Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 204-212
A Reliable Distributed Grid Scheduler for Mixed Tasks....Pages 213-223
Performance Evaluation of Weighted Associative Classifier in Health Care Data Mining and Building Fuzzy Weighted Associative Classifier....Pages 224-237
A Parallel AES Encryption Algorithm Based on PCA....Pages 238-246
Maintaining Shortest Path Tree in Dynamic Digraphs Having Negative Edge-Weights....Pages 247-257
Comparison of MAC Layer Performance of Reactive and Proactive Protocols for Different Mobility Conditions in WSN....Pages 258-269
Manipulating Objects through Hand Gesture Recognition in Virtual Environment....Pages 270-281
Greedy Heuristic Based Energy Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Network....Pages 282-292
Algorithms for Efficient Web Service Selection with Different Constraints....Pages 293-300
Efficient ID-Based Signature Scheme from Bilinear Map....Pages 301-306
Sleep Scheduler Protocol for Network Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 307-311
Mobility and Battery Power Prediction Based Job Scheduling in Mobile Grid Environment....Pages 312-322
Cell Range and Capability Analysis of WiMAX and LTE Network....Pages 323-333
A Parallel Task Assignment Using Heuristic Graph Matching....Pages 334-343
Automatic Caricature Generation Using Text Based Input....Pages 344-356
A Novel and Efficient Technique to Generate Secured Biometric Key Using Cryptography....Pages 357-365
Rootkit Detection Mechanism: A Survey....Pages 366-374
Efficiency Enhanced Association Rule Mining Technique....Pages 375-384
An Improved Approach towards Network Forensic Investigation of HTTP and FTP Protocols....Pages 385-392
Indexing and Retrieval of Medical Images Using CBIR Approach....Pages 393-403
Personalized Mobile Assistant Applications Using Cognitive Techniques....Pages 404-409
Intrusion Detection System for Detecting Malicious Nodes in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 410-419
TDMA Based Low Energy Consuming MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks in Environmental Monitoring Applications....Pages 420-427
Extending Temporal and Event Based Data Modeling for RFID Databases....Pages 428-438
Performance Analysis of Mammographic Image Enhancement Techniques for Early Detection of Breast Cancer....Pages 439-448
Extremely Opportunistic Routing with Expected Transmission Count to Improve QoS in Hybrid Wireless Networks....Pages 449-458
Integrating Grid Environment with Private Cloud and Storage Cluster and Provision for Dynamic Clustering and VO....Pages 459-472
An Overview and Comparative Study of Segmentation Techniques for Extraction of Tongue Region for Computerized Tongue Diagnosis....Pages 473-483
Efficient Broadcasting in Parallel Networks Using Network Coding....Pages 484-494
A Fast Adaptive Replication Placement for Multiple Failures in Distributed System....Pages 495-502
A Distributed Algorithm for Power-Efficient Data Gathering in Randomly-Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 503-512
Mobile Computing with Cloud....Pages 513-522
Implementation of AAA Server for PMIPv6 in NS-2....Pages 523-531
Cloud Based Application Development for Mobile Devices for Accessing LBS....Pages 532-543
B-SPECS: An Optic Based Recognition Tool for Blind....Pages 544-551
Parameter-Free Minimum Spanning Tree (PFMST) Based Clustering Algorithm....Pages 552-560
State of Software Metrics to Forecast Variety of Elements in the Software Development Process....Pages 561-569
A Recent Survey on DDoS Attacks and Defense Mechanisms....Pages 570-580
CSPR: Column Only SPARSE Matrix Representation for Performance Improvement on GPU Architecture....Pages 581-595
Quantization of Social Data for Friend Advertisement Recommendation System....Pages 596-614
Fidelity Index Based on Demand (FBOD) Secure Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Network....Pages 615-627
Optimization of Dynamic Channel Allocation Scheme for Cellular Networks Using Genetic Algorithim....Pages 628-637
Analysis of Feature Recognition of Neural Network Method in the String Recognition....Pages 638-647
Load Balancing in Distributed Systems Using Network Transferable Computer....Pages 648-664
A Simulation of Performance of Commit Protocols in Distributed Environment....Pages 665-681
Biomedical Informatics Data Modeling of the 911 Call Center at Newark, New Jersey, USA....Pages 682-691
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Information Storage and Retrieval; Software Engineering