IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

The IFIP AICT series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; ICT and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction.

Edited volumes and proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research.

The principal aim of the IFIP AICT series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Tutorialscomprise textbooks (also in preliminary version), textbook-like monographs, andcoherently integrated collections of lectures given at advanced IFIP courses,seminars, schools, etc. The level ranges from advanced undergraduate topostgraduate. Manuscripts to be published as Tutorials must clearly serveeducational purposes.

Volumes in this subline treat topics in an authoritative way. Theyare aimed at graduates or postgraduates. This subline is open for monographsand for edited volumes, which must be homogeneous in style of presentation andterminology and must provide complete and complementary coverage of allrelevant aspects of the topic.