perspective intelligent engineering applications

books:

Innovative Concepts for Autonomic and Agent-Based Systems: Second International Workshop on Radical Agent ...

Springer, 2007

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts, WRAC 2005, held in Greenbelt, MD, USA in September 2005. The 27 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book; they are fully revised to incorporate reviewers' comments and discussions at the workshop. Topics addressed are social aspects of agents, agent architectures, autonomic ...

Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second Edition

10 reviews
Brian Caswell, Jay Beale, ...

SYNGRESS, 2004

Jay gets the job done
this is a great book on snort!!!! Very, very valuable

Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems: Second International Workshop, FAABS 2002, Greenbelt, MD, USA, ...

Springer, 2003

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems, FAABS 2002, held in Greenbelt, MD, in October 2002. The 18 revised full papers and 5 poster papers presented together with 9 panel statements and summaries were carefully selected for presentation during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. Among the topics addressed are formal models for agent ...

Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective (NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering)

Springer, 2005

The field of agent & multi-agent systems is experiencing tremendous growth whilst that of formal methods has also blossomed. The FAABS (Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems) workshops, merging the concerns of the two fields, were thus timely. This book has arisen from the overwhelming response to FAABS ’00, ’02 & ’04 and all chapters are updated or represent new research, & are designed to provide a more in-depth treatment of the ...

Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration ...

Springer, 2008

This book provides an in-depth discussion of autonomous and autonomic systems, their interdependencies, differences and similarities. Current and pending issues in these evermore increasingly important subjects are highlighted and discussed. Concepts, ideas and experiences are explored in relation to real-life NASA systems in spacecraft control and in the exploration domain.

Intrusion Prevention and Active Response: Deploying Network and Host IPS

9 reviews
Michael Rash, Angela D. Orebaugh, ...

Syngress, 2005

false positives and negatives are the problem
As malware and cracking become more potent, so too have the countermeasures. Hitherto, IDS have been popular, to detect such incursions into your network. But sterner tactics have evolved. An IDS is essentially passive. This book explores the concept of an Intrusion Prevention System. The strongest configuration is to put an IPS inline. So that it sits between the Internet and your computers. ...

Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort

9 reviews
Michael Rash

No Starch Press, 2007

One of the best technical books published in 2007
Disclaimer: I wrote the foreword for this book, so obviously I am biased. However, I am not financially compensated for this book's success. In the foreword I note that Linux Firewalls is a "great book." As a FreeBSD user, Linux Firewalls is good enough to make me consider using Linux in certain circumstances! Mike's book is exceptionally clear, organized, concise, and actionable. You ...