{"product_id":"9780470936887","title":"Large Scale Network-Centric Distributed Systems","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLarge Scale Network-Centric Distributed Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHamid Sarbazi-Azad | Albert Y. Zomaya\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Computer Engineering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly accessible reference offering a broad range of topics and insights on large scale network-centric distributed systems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolving from the fields of high-performance computing and networking, large scale network-centric distributed systems continues to grow as one of the most important topics in computing and communication and many interdisciplinary areas. Dealing with both wired and wireless networks, this book focuses on the design and performance issues of such systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarge Scale Network-Centric Distributed Systems \u003c\/i\u003eprovides in-depth coverage ranging from ground-level hardware issues (such as buffer organization, router delay, and flow control) to the high-level issues immediately concerning application or system users (including parallel programming, middleware, and OS support for such computing systems). Arranged in five parts, it explains and analyzes complex topics to an unprecedented degree:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 1: \u003c\/b\u003eMulticore and Many-Core (Mc) Systems-on-Chip\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 2: \u003c\/b\u003ePervasive\/Ubiquitous Computing and Peer-to-Peer Systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 3: \u003c\/b\u003eWireless\/Mobile Networks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 4: \u003c\/b\u003eGrid and Cloud Computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 5: \u003c\/b\u003eOther Topics Related to Network-Centric Computing and Its Applications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarge Scale Network-Centric Distributed Systems\u003c\/i\u003e is an incredibly useful resource for practitioners, postgraduate students, postdocs, and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHAMID SARBAZI-AZAD, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology and heads the School of Computer Science at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) in Tehran, Iran. His research interests include high-performance computing architectures and networks, SoC and NoCs, and memory\/storage systems. He has been the editor-in-chief of the \u003ci\u003eCSI Journal on Computer Science \u0026amp; Engineering,\u003c\/i\u003e and associate editor\/editor\/guest editor of several related journals including \u003ci\u003eIEEE Transactions on Computers.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the Khwarizmi International Award and the TWAS Young Scientist Award in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALBERT Y. ZOMAYA, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing \u0026amp; Networking in the School of Information Technologies at The University of Sydney. He is also the Director of the Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing. Professor Zomaya is the author\/coauthor of seven books, more than 450 publications in technical journals and conference proceedings, and the editor of fourteen books and nineteen conference volumes. 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