Security and fire alarm systems Books

Book Synopsis1. Intelligence and protection of key (critical) infrastructure objects.- 2. Examination of UV radiation during inert gas arc welding.- 3. Current legal challenges related to social networking sites.- 4. Cyber Threats to Consumers and Other Risks in the Field of E-commerce Security.- 5. Space Weather Effects on Critical Infrastructure.- 6. Exploring the Nexus Between Critical Infrastructure, Fragility and Peace Operations.- 7. Terrorist threats to African hospitals.- 8. Surface Modification of Metallic Materials using Laser and Plasma Technologies.- 9. Threats and Vulnerabilities in Web Applications and How to Avoid them.- 10. Managing climate change risks in critical infrastructure protection with examples from the European financial sector.- 11. Bionic Hand with Phalanx built-in servos.- 12. Review of the Maintenance Strategies, and Failures in the Aspects of the Reliability.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the concept of integrated planning for maintenance and production taken into account quality and safety for high global socio-economic impact. It provides insight into the planning process at a global level starting from the business level and ending with the operational level where the plan is implemented and controlled.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Maintenance in Manufacturing Environment: An Overview.- Integrated Maintenance Planning.- Health, Safety and Sustainability in Maintenance.- Ethics in Maintenance.- Recent and Future Trends in Maintenance.

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Book SynopsisThis book fills a clear gap in the literature for a technically-focused book covering nuclear proliferation and related issues post-9/11. Using a concept-led approach which serves a broad readership, it provides detailed overview of nuclear weapons, nuclear proliferation and international nuclear policy. The author addresses topics including offensive and defensive missile systems, command and control, verification, weapon effects, and nuclear testing. A chronology of nuclear arms is presented including detailed discussion of the Cold War, proliferation, and arms control treaties. The book is tailored to courses on nuclear proliferation, and the general reader will also find it a fascinating introduction to the science and strategy behind international nuclear policy in the modern era. Trade Review“Finally, a spritely, accessible overview of the nuclear world in historical context from someone who has both seen it from the U.S. State Department and Congressional policy trenches and taught it for 43 years. A gift to both concerned citizens and interested students.”Frank von Hippel, Prof. Public and International Affairs (emeritus), Princeton University“The threat of nuclear weapons has been with the world community for a long time. Global destruction was narrowly avoided three or four times or more during the Cold War with the use of such weapons remaining an immediate threat in some parts of the world, such as Northeast Asia and South Asia. Since the end of the Cold War the risk of terrorist acts committed with a nuclear weapon in addition has increased significantly. Lastly new militarily useable weapons such as cyber weapons have been added to the dangers that confront us. In order to develop workable policies to deal with this situation the threat must be understood from many perspectives: overall security policy, diplomatic, military, technical and so forth. David Hafmeister's outstanding new book provides the reader this essential review of the threat, taking into account its many manifestations in a careful and thorough way. It should not be missed.”Thomas Graham, Jr., former Special Representative of the President for Arms Controland Non-proliferation“Hafemeister's Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism contains a wealth of information about nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. The reader -- whether professionally involved with these weapons or a citizen seeking to become better informed -- will come away with a sober appreciation of the dangers, and with increased insight into how the world seeks to eliminate them.”Pierce Corden, former Admin. Exec. Officer, Comprehensive Nuclear–Test–Ban Treaty Commission“For more than 70 years since August 9, 1945, nuclear weapons have not been detonated in war, and terrorists have yet to acquire these weapons. Will humanity be so fortunate for the next 70 years? To learn what can and should be done to further reduce the risks of these and other dangers, read David Hafemeister’s excellent book.”Charles D. Ferguson, President, Federation of American ScientistsTable of Contents1. History of the Atomic Age. 1.1. Survey of Events. 1.2. Conflict Literature. 1.2. Nuclear Arms Chronology. 2. Nuclear Weapons. 2.1. The Nuclear Age. 2.2. Nuclear Proliferation. 2.3. Fission Energy. 2.4. Critical Mass. 2.5. Neutron Generations, Yield. 2.6. Plutonium Implosion Weapons. 2.7. Boosted Primaries, H–Bombs. 2.8. Neutron Bomb. 2.9. Exotic Weapons. 2.10. Nuclear Weapon Effects. 2.11. EMP Attack on Power Grid. 2.12. Stockpile Stewardship. 3. Nuclear Reactors and Radiation. 3.1. Nuclear Reactors. 3.2. Nuclear Safety. 3.3. New Reactor Designs. 3.4. Low–Dose Radiation. 3.5. Radiation Standards. 3.6. Weapon Accidents and Indoor Radon. 4. Missiles and War Games. 4.1. Rocket Motion. 4.2. ICBM Accuracy. 4.3. Kill Probability. 4.4. Launch on Warning? 4.5. Nuclear Conflict and MAD. 4.6. Conventional Conflict. 5. Ballistic Missile Defense. 5.1. ABM History. 5.2. Target Interactions. 5.3. Nuclear ABMs. 5.4. Particle Beam Weapons. 5.5. Laser Weapons. 5.6. Orbital Chemical Lasers. 5.7. Earth-Based Lasers. 5.8. Nuclear Explosion X-ray Laser. 5.9. Kinetic Kill Vehicles. 5.10. Airborne Laser. 5.11. Anti-Satellite Weapons. 6. Verification and Arms Control Treaties. 6.1. Verification Context. 6.2. Arms Control Treaties. 6.3. Optical Reconnaissance. 6.4. Radar Monitoring. 6.5. How Much Verification is Enough? 7. Winding Down the Cold War. 7.1. Then and Now. 7.2. Controls on Warheads and Fissile Materials. 7.3. Warhead Monitoring in INF and START. 7.4. Post Cold–War Initiatives. 7.5. Initiatives to Limit Fissile Materials. 7.6. Warhead Monitoring after START. 7.7. Quo Vadis after Cold War. 8. Nuclear Proliferation. 8.1. Proliferation History. 8.2. The NPT. 8.3. Non-Proliferation Policy. 9. Proliferation Technologies. 9.1. Special Nuclear Material. 9.2. Uranium Enrichment. 9.3. Uranium Details. 9.4. Plutonium Details. 9.5. Missile Technologies. 9.6. Safeguard Technologies. 10. Proliferated States. 10.1. Technology Transfer. 10.2. Five P–5 NWS. 10.3. Four Defacto NWS. 10.4. Iran, a Work in Progress. 10.5. Nine NNWS Successes. 10.6. Eight more NNWS Successes. 11. Nuclear Testing and the NPT. 11.1. Comprehensive Nuclear–Test–Ban Treaty. 11.2. NPT–CTBT Connection. 11.3. Nuclear Tests in Atmosphere and Space. 11.4. Underground Nuclear Tests. 11.5. National Academy on CTBT Monitoring. 11.6. Covert Cavity Tests. 12. Terrorism. 12.1. Terrorism in 21st Century. 12.2. Attack of 11 September 2001. 12.3. Long–Term Response. 12.4. Vulnerability to Terrorism. 12.5. Insider Threats. 13. Nuclear Terrorism. 13.1. Improvised Devices. 13.2. Improvised Nuclear Devices. 13.3. Dirty Bombs. 13.4. Nuclear Industry. 13.5. Drones. 14. Cyber Terrorism. 14.1. Cyber Introduction. 14.2. Stuxnet. 14.3. Cyber Details. 14.4. Cyber Governance. 14.5. Cyber Diplomacy. 15. Biological and Chemical Weapons.15.1. BW History. 15.2. BW Control with BWC. 15.3. CW History. 15.4. CW Control with CWC. A. Reflections on Nuclear Arms Control. A.1. Soviet–American Back-Channel. A.2. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. A.3. Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. A.4. Cold War Ends. A.5. Soviet Union’s Final Days. A.6. Monitoring Warhead Destruction. A.7. Ratification of START. A.8. Verification Standard for START. A.9. Nuclear Test Ban Treaties. B. Reflections on Nuclear Proliferation. B.1. Selected Proliferation History. B.2. Nuclear Proliferation Policy. B.3. Nuclear Export Legislation. B.4. Sanctions Legislation. B.5. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues. B.6. End of US Plutonium Economy. B.7. Response to US Non–Proliferation Policy. C. Glossary. D. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the ways that disciplinary convergence and technological advance are transforming systems engineering to address gaps in complex systems engineering: Transdisciplinary Systems Engineering (TSE). TSE reaches beyond traditional disciplines to find connections—and this book examines a range of new methods from across such disparate areas of scholarship as computer science, social science, human studies, and systems design to reveal patterns, efficiencies, affordances, and pathways to intuitive design. Organized to serve multiple constituencies, the book stands as an ideal textbook supplement for graduate courses in systems engineering, a reference text for program managers and practicing engineers in all industries, and a primary source for researchers engaged in multidisciplinary research in systems engineering and design.Table of Contents21st Century Imperatives.- Thinking Different.- Disciplinary Convergence.- Disruptive Collaboration.- From Models to Stories.- Generating Novel Options.- Human Performance Enhancement.- Design Elegance and Systems Engineering.- Affordable Resilience.- Autonomous System-Of-Systems.- Looking To The Future.

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines the development of safety and cybersecurity, threats and activities in automotive vehicles. This book discusses the automotive vehicle applications and technological aspects considering its cybersecurity issues. Each chapter offers a suitable context for understanding the complexities of the connectivity and cybersecurity of intelligent and autonomous vehicles. A top-down strategy was adopted to introduce the vehicles’ intelligent features and functionality. The area of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications aims to exploit the power of ubiquitous connectivity for the traffic safety and transport efficiency. The chapters discuss in detail about the different levels of autonomous vehicles, different types of cybersecurity issues, future trends and challenges in autonomous vehicles. Security must be thought as an important aspect during designing and implementation of the autonomous vehicles to prevent from numerous security threats and attacks. The book thus provides important information on the cybersecurity challenges faced by the autonomous vehicles and it seeks to address the mobility requirements of users, comfort, safety and security. This book aims to provide an outline of most aspects of cybersecurity in intelligent and autonomous vehicles. It is very helpful for automotive engineers, graduate students and technological administrators who want to know more about security technology as well as to readers with a security background and experience who want to know more about cybersecurity concerns in modern and future automotive applications and cybersecurity. In particular, this book helps people who need to make better decisions about automotive security and safety approaches. Moreover, it is beneficial to people who are involved in research and development in this exciting area. As seen from the table of contents, automotive security covers a wide variety of topics. In addition to being distributed through various technological fields, automotive cybersecurity is a recent and rapidly moving field, such that the selection of topics in this book is regarded as tentative solutions rather than a final word on what exactly constitutes automotive security. All of the authors have worked for many years in the area of embedded security and for a few years in the field of different aspects of automotive safety and security, both from a research and industry point of view. Table of Contents1. Introduction to Automotive Cybersecurity1.1 Overview1.2 Introduction1.2.1. Security and Its Impact1.3. Cybersecurity in Automotive Technology1.3.1 The Rising Threat1.4. Vehicular Ransomware Attack1.4.1. Vehicle Ransomware Attack Scheme1.5. Overview of Topics1.5.1 Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicle1.5.2 Cybersecurity and Privacy in Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles1.5.3 In-Vehicle communication and Cyber Security1.5.4 AUTOSAR Embedded Security in Vehicles1.5.5 Inter-vehicle Communication and Cyber Security1.5.6 Internet of Vehicles, Vehicular Social Networks, and Security Issues1.5.7 V2X Current Security Issues, Standards, Challenges, Use cases and Future Trends 2. Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles2.1 Overview2.2 History of Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicle2.3 Classification of Autonomous vehicle driving levels2.3.1 SAE and NHTS classification:2.4 State-of-the-art Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicle Technologies2.4.1 Autonomous Vehicle2.4.1.1 In-vehicle Communication2.4.1.2. In-Vehicle Networking Types2.4.2 Connected Vehicle Technology2.4.2.1 Inter-vehicle communication2.5 Battle for Adoption2.6 Market demand of Automotive Cyber security2.7 Summary3. Security and Privacy in Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles3.1 Overview3.2 Cryptography Introduction3.3 Cryptography Objective3.3.1 Confidentiality3.3.2 Data Integrity3.3.3 Authentication3.3.4 Non-Repudiation3.4 Cryptographic Primitives3.4.1 Symmetric Key or Secret Key encryption3.4.2 Asymmetric Key or Public Key encryption3.4.3 Digital Signatures3.4.4 Homomorphic Encryption3.5 Cyber Security in Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles3.5.1. Cyber Security Framework3.5.2. Cybersecurity Layers by Design3.5.3. Threat Modelling Method (TMM)3.5.4. HARA and TARA Safety and Security Methods3.5.5 Security & Privacy Threats in Vehicular Networks3.5.6 Autonomous Vehicle Cyber Security3.5.7 Connected Vehicle Security3.5.7.1 Components of IAV3.5.7.2 Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Vulnerabilities3.5.7.3 Privacy in VANET3.5.8. Trust Management in VANET3.5.6. Blockchain as a security in VANET3.6. Summary4. In-vehicle Communication and Cyber Security4.1 Overview4.2. In-Vehicle System4.2.1 Vehicle Electrical and Electronic System4.2.1.1 Body electronics4.2.1.2 Chassis Electronics4.3. In-Vehicle Communication4.3.1 In-vehicle Sensing Technologies4.3.2 In-Vehicle Network (IVN) Systems4.2.1.3 Comfort Electronics4.2.1.4 Electronic Control Units (ECUs):4.2.1.5 Infotainment Electronics:4.2.1.6 Sensor Technology4.2.1.7 Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)4.3. In-vehicle communication4.3.1 In-Vehicle Sensing Technologies4.3.1.1. Sensor Technologies4.3.1.2 Vision Technologies4.3.1.3 Positioning Technologies4.3.2 In-Vehicle Network (IVN) Systems4.3.2.1 Controller Area Network (CAN)4.3.2.2 FlexRay4.3.2.3 Local Interconnect Network (LIN)4.3.2.4 Automotive Ethernet (AE)4.3.2.5 Media Oriented Serial Transport (MOST)4.3.2.6 Single Edge Nibble Transmission SENT (SENT)4.3.2.7 Other BUS protocols4.4 In-Vehicle Network Architecture and Topology4.5 Functional Safety and Cybersecurity4.6 In-Vehicle Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges4.6.1 Challenges of IVN architecture4.6.1.1 Bandwidth4.6.1.2 Latency4.6.1.3 Reliability4.6.2 In-Vehicle Onboard Ports, Threats and Countermeasures4.6.2.1 OBD-II ports4.6.2.2 USB port:4.6.2.3 Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging port4.6.2.4 Countermeasures to port threats4.7 Cyber Security in In-Vehicle Network4.7.1 In-Vehicle Network (IVN) Security Threats4.7.1.1 CAN Security4.7.1.2 FlexRay Security Threats4.7.1.3 LIN Security Threats4.7.1.4 AE Security4.7.1.5 MOST Security Threats4.7.2 Cyber Security protection Layers4.7.3 Cyber security for ECU4.7.3.1 On communication4.7.3.2 On Exposed Functions4.7.3.3 Non-Invasive4.7.3.4 Semi-Invasive4.7.3.5 Invasive4.8 Summary5 AUTOSAR Embedded Security in Vehicles5.1 Overview5.2 Introduction5.2.1 Background5.2.1.1 TARA5.2.1.2 STRIDE5.2.1.3 AUTOSAR5.3 Threat models for the automotive domain5.3.1 Adaptation of TARA5.3.2 Adaptation of STRIDE5.4 Applying the Adapted Threat Models to the Automotive Domain5.4.1 TARA5.4.2 STRIDE5.5 Results5.5.1 TARA5.5.2 STRIDE5.5.3 Related Work5.5.4 Discussion and Future Work5.6 Conclusion6. Connected Vehicle Technology and Cyber Security6.1 Overview6.2 Connected Vehicles6.2.1 VANET Technology Overview6.2.2 Types of communications Technology in Connected Vehicle6.3 State-of-the-art Technologies in VANET6.3.1 DSRC based V2X6.3.2 Cellular based V2X6.3.2.1 Advancement in Cellular V2X6.3.3 Hybrid V2X Technology6.3.4 C-V2X applications and requirements6.4 Role of Edge computing and SDN in V2X communication6.5 Connected Vehicle Cyber Security6.5.1. WAVE Communication Cybersecurity6.5.2. Security and Privacy in V2X communication6.6. Trust management in V2X communication6.7. Homomorphic Encryption in V2X communication6.8. Blockchain in V2X communication6.9. Safety Standards for IAV6.10. Summary7. Internet of Vehicles, Vehicular Social Networks, and Cybersecurity7.1 Overview7.2 IoT in VANET (IoV)7.2.1 IoV Network Model7.2.1.1 Cloud network7.2.1.2 Communication Network7.2.1.3 Vehicles7.2.2 IoV Layered Architecture7.2.3 Security in IoV7.2.4 IoV security requirements and attacks7.2.5 Challenges in IoV7.2.6 IoV Applications7.3 Machine Learning in Vehicular Networks7.3.1 Types of Machine Learning Techniques7.3.2 Machine Learning as a Cybersecurity Solutions in Vehicular Networks7.3.3 Application of Machine Learning in Vehicular Networks7.4 Security based on ML in Vehicular Networks7.4.3 ML to detect Misbehaviour Detection7.4.4 ML to detect DoS and DDoS Attacks7.4.5 ML to detect Intrusion attack7.4.6 ML to detect Smart Jamming Attack7.5 Vehicular Social Network7.5.1 Applications of VSN7.5.2 Security Issues7.5.3 Privacy Issues7.6 Summary8. V2X Standards, Regulations, Security Issues, Use Cases and Future Trends8.1 Overview8.2. Standards, regulations and legal issues8.2.1 International Cybersecurity Standardization in Automotive industry8.2.2 Standardization for V2X Communication and Frequency Allocation8.2.2.1 International V2X Standardization8.2.3 ITS Spectrum Recommendation and Regulation Consideration8.2.4 Cyber Security Standardization in V2X8.3 Competition over V2X technology Adoption8.3.1 Challenges for DSRC V2X and Cellular V2X8.4 V2X Use Cases8.4.1 Smart mobility8.4.1.1 Smart Mobility and Security Issues8.4.2 V2X Testbed8.5 Current Trends and Future of Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles8.5.1 Trends in Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles8.5.2 Autonomous Electric Vehicle and Challenges8.5.3 Cyber-attacks in Future Autonomous Vehicles8.5.2.1 Protection of Future Autonomous Vehicle from Cyber attacks8.5.2.2. Cybersecurity of Future Vehicles and Machine Learning Techniques8.5.4 Challenges in Future Autonomous Vehicles8.5.5 Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle Improves Environment8.6 Summary

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide new research methods, theories and applications from various areas of industrial economics and engineering. In detail, the included scientific papers analyse and describe communication processes in the fields of industrial economics, industrial system, industrial security and engineering and other related areas. The variety of the papers delivers added value for both scholars and practitioners. This book is the documentation of the IEIS 2021 conference. The book covers a great deal of research achievements in industrial restructuring strategy, industrial organization, industrial policy, departmental economic research, industrial competitiveness, regional industrial structure, national industrial economic security theory and empirical research, and it emphasizes on combining theory with practice. The book aims to discuss the issues in industrial economics and industrial security theories and practices. It is the documentation of IEIS 2021 conference, which took place at Shandong University. Due to the impact of COVID-19, it took place online as a virtual conference.Table of ContentsThe Evaluation System of Publishing Industry’s Competitiveness in Overseas Market.- Economic research on regional poverty alleviation and prevention of return to poverty.- Sustainable Performance of Rural Banking: A Heterogeneity Study in the Coastal Regions of China.- Research of New Energy Vehicles Eco-business Model and Its Influence on Brand Competitiveness.- Equity Diversification and Capital Allocation Efficiency: Evidence from China’s mixed ownership reform.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Cybersecurity with AI, ML, and Blockchain.- Opportunities and Challenges in New Generation Cyber Security Applications using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Block Chain.- AI and Blockchain for Secure Data Analytics.- Synergizing Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.- Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts: Technical and Usage Aspects.- An Impact of Cyber Security and Blockchain in Healthcare Industry: an implementation through AI.- Deep Learning and Blockchain Applications in Healthcare Sector using Imaging Data.- Healthcare Data Security using AI and Blockchain: Safeguarding Sensitive Information for a Safer Society.- The Future of Electronic Healthcare Management: Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Integration.- Impact of Neural Network on Malware Detection.- Evaluating different malware detection neural network architectures.- Protecting Your Assets: Effective Use of Cybersecurity Measures in Banking Industries.- Revolutionizing Banking with Blockchain:Opportunities and Challenges Ahead.- Leveraging AI and Blockchain for Enhanced IoT Cybersecurity.- Dissecting the Role of Women in Cybersecurity and Information Technology: A Medical Perspective.- A Comprehensive Exploration of Advancements and Applications of Digital Watermarking.- Optimizing Drug Discovery: Molecular Docking with Glow-worm Swarm Optimization.- Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Security: An Investigation of Blended Learning Systems and Ransomware Detection.- Ethical Considerations in AI-based Cybersecurity.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the risk modeling, analysis and control of multi-energy systems considering cross-sectorial failure propagation. Both models and methods have been addressed with engineering practice. This is accomplished by doing a thorough investigation into the modeling of system physics and reliabilities in both long- and short-term phases. Different models and methods to evaluate the risk of multi-energy systems considering various disturbances, e.g., component failures, load uncertainties and extreme weather, are studied in detail. Furthermore, several risk control strategies for multi-energy systems, such as long-term capacity planning and integrated demand response, are analyzed in this book, which is especially suited for readers interested in system risk management. The book can benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, energy engineering, complex network and control engineering, etc.Table of ContentsMulti-energy systems and risk issues.- A Framework for Risk Modeling of Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems Utilizing Universal Generating Function Techniques.- Short-Term Risk Evaluation of Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems Considering Dynamics of Gas Flow.- Risk Evaluation of Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems Considering Cascading Effects.- Definitions and Risk Modelling of Two-Interdependent-Performance Multi-State System and its Application for CHP units.- Operational Risk Assessment of Integrated Electricity and Heating Systems with CHP units.- Operational Risk of Multi-Energy Customers Considering Service-Based Self-Scheduling.- Multi-phase Risk Modelling and Evaluation of Multi-energy Systems under Windstorms.- Long-term Reserve Expansion of Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems for Risk Mitigation.- Operational Risk Assessment of Integrated Electricity and Heating Systems with CHP units.

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Book SynopsisThe third edition traces the trajectory of video surveillance technology from its roots to its current state and into its potential future role in security and beyond. For the reader, it is an opportunity to explore what the latest technology has to offer, as well as to gain some insight into the direction that surveillance will take us in the years ahead.The revised edition of Intelligent Network Video is more comprehensive in every area than the first and second editions, printed in over 25,000 copies. There is also a new chapter on cybersecurity, as well as thoroughly revised chapters on cloud and analytics. The book takes the reader on a tour through the building blocks of intelligent network video from imaging to network cameras and video encoders, through the IT technologies of network and storage and into video management, analytics, and system design.Table of Contents Evolution of video surveillance systems Components of network video Network cameras Camera technologies Thermal cameras Video compression technologies Audio technologies Video encoders Networking technologies Wired networks Wireless networks Cybersecurity Servers and storage Video management Cloud-based video solutions Video analytics Video analytics applications System design considerations

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Book Synopsis A spy is suddenly aware she's being stalked through the streets of an overseas city. A special ops soldier intuitively recognizes something's 'off' during a high-risk mission. In these life-threatening situations experts know exactly how to use their senses and what actions to take. At the intersection of The Gift of Fear and Make Your Bed, The Power of Awareness will make sure you will, too.   In his empowering book, Dan Schilling shares how to identify and avoid threats using situational awareness and intuition just like the pros. Told with wit and wisdom, this compelling guide uses harrowing stories from Dan's special operations career and those of other experts to outline six easily implemented rules you can apply anywhere to improve your personal safety.   It incorporates exercises to understand how situational awareness works in real life, how to better listen to your intuition, and when confronted by a criminal how to make a plan and take action with confidence—so you can escape the threat before it's too late.   He also includes tools on how to secure your home or hotel room, use public transportation, plan international travel, and reduce your criminal target appeal and exposure, in addition to how to escape an active shooter situation. As a bonus, you'll even learn how to survive a date without getting murdered.   By the last page you'll know that your own Power of Awareness can save your life.

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Book SynopsisBelonging to the wider academic field of computer vision, video analytics has aroused a phenomenal surge of interest since the current millennium. Video analytics is intended to solve the problem of the incapability of exploiting video streams in real time for the purpose of detection or anticipation. It involves analyzing the videos using algorithms that detect and track objects of interest over time and that indicate the presence of events or suspect behavior involving these objects. The aims of this book are to highlight the operational attempts of video analytics, to identify possible driving forces behind potential evolutions in years to come, and above all to present the state of the art and the technological hurdles which have yet to be overcome. The need for video surveillance is introduced through two major applications (the security of rail transportation systems and a posteriori investigation). The characteristics of the videos considered are presented through the cameras which enable capture and the compression methods which allow us to transport and store them. Technical topics are then discussed – the analysis of objects of interest (detection, tracking and recognition), “high-level” video analysis, which aims to give a semantic interpretation of the observed scene (events, behaviors, types of content). The book concludes with the problem of performance evaluation.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiii Jean-Yves DUFOUR and Phlippe MOUTTOU Chapter 1. Image Processing: Overview and Perspectives 1 Henri MAÎTRE 1.1. Half a century ago 1 1.2. The use of images 3 1.3. Strengths and weaknesses of image processing 4 1.3.1. What are these theoretical problems that image processing has been unable to overcome? 5 1.3.2. What are the problems that image processing has overcome? 5 1.4. What is left for the future? 6 1.5. Bibliography 9 Chapter 2. Focus on Railway Transport 13 Sébastien AMBELLOUIS and Jean-Luc BRUYELLE 2.1. Introduction. 13 2.2. Surveillance of railway infrastructures 15 2.2.1. Needs analysis 15 2.2.2. Which architectures? 16 2.2.3. Detection and analysis of complex events 17 2.2.4. Surveillance of outside infrastructures 20 2.3. Onboard surveillance 21 2.3.1. Surveillance of buses 22 2.3.2. Applications to railway transport 23 2.4. Conclusion 28 2.5. Bibliography 30 Chapter 3. A Posteriori Analysis for Investigative Purposes 33 Denis MARRAUD, Benjamin CÉPAS, Jean-François SULZER, Christianne MULAT and Florence SÈDES 3.1. Introduction 33 3.2. Requirements in tools for assisted investigation 34 3.2.1. Prevention and security 34 3.2.2. Information gathering 35 3.2.3. Inquiry 36 3.3. Collection and storage of data 36 3.3.1. Requirements in terms of standardization 37 3.3.2. Attempts at standardization (AFNOR and ISO) 37 3.4. Exploitation of the data 39 3.4.1. Content-based indexing 39 3.4.2. Assisted investigation tools 43 3.5. Conclusion 44 3.6. Bibliography 45 Chapter 4. Video Surveillance Cameras 47 Cédric LE BARZ and Thierry LAMARQUE 4.1. Introduction 47 4.2. Constraints 48 4.2.1. Financial constraints 48 4.2.2. Environmental constraints 49 4.3. Nature of the information captured 49 4.3.1. Spectral bands 50 4.3.2. 3D or “2D + Z” imaging 51 4.4. Video formats 53 4.5. Technologies 55 4.6. Interfaces: from analog to IP 57 4.6.1. From analog to digital 57 4.6.2. The advent of IP 59 4.6.3. Standards. 60 4.7. Smart cameras 61 4.8. Conclusion 62 4.9. Bibliography 63 Chapter 5. Video Compression Formats 65 Marc LENY and Didier NICHOLSON 5.1. Introduction 65 5.2. Video formats 66 5.2.1. Analog video signals 66 5.2.2. Digital video: standard definition 67 5.2.3. High definition 68 5.2.4. The CIF group of formats 69 5.3. Principles of video compression 70 5.3.1. Spatial redundancy 70 5.3.2. Temporal redundancy 73 5.4. Compression standards 74 5.4.1. MPEG-2 74 5.4.2. MPEG-4 Part 2 75 5.4.3. MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264 AVC 77 5.4.4. MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264 SVC 79 5.4.5. Motion JPEG 2000 80 5.4.6. Summary of the formats used in video surveillance 82 5.5. Conclusion 83 5.6. Bibliography 84 Chapter 6. Compressed Domain Analysis for Fast Activity Detection 87 Marc LENY 6.1. Introduction 87 6.2. Processing methods 88 6.2.1. Use of transformed coefficients in the frequency domain 88 6.2.2. Use of motion estimation 90 6.2.3. Hybrid approaches 91 6.3. Uses of analysis of the compressed domain 93 6.3.1. General architecture 94 6.3.2. Functions for which compressed domain analysis is reliable 96 6.3.3. Limitations. 97 6.4. Conclusion 100 6.5. Acronyms 101 6.6. Bibliography 101 Chapter 7. Detection of Objects of Interest 103 Yoann DHOME, Bertrand LUVISON, Thierry CHESNAIS, Rachid BELAROUSSI, Laurent LUCAT, Mohamed CHAOUCH and Patrick SAYD 7.1. Introduction. 103 7.2. Moving object detection 104 7.2.1. Object detection using background modeling 104 7.2.2. Motion-based detection of objects of interest 107 7.3. Detection by modeling of the objects of interest 109 7.3.1. Detection by geometric modeling 109 7.3.2. Detection by visual modeling. 111 7.4. Conclusion 117 7.5. Bibliography 118 Chapter 8. Tracking of Objects of Interest in a Sequence of Images 123 Simona MAGGIO, Jean-Emmanuel HAUGEARD, Boris MEDEN, Bertrand LUVISON, Romaric AUDIGIER, Brice BURGER and Quoc Cuong PHAM 8.1. Introduction 123 8.2. Representation of objects of interest and their associated visual features 124 8.2.1. Geometry 124 8.2.2. Characteristics of appearance 125 8.3. Geometric workspaces 127 8.4. Object-tracking algorithms 127 8.4.1. Deterministic approaches 127 8.4.2. Probabilistic approaches 128 8.5. Updating of the appearance models 132 8.6. Multi-target tracking 135 8.6.1. MHT and JPDAF 135 8.6.2. MCMC and RJMCMC sampling techniques 136 8.6.3. Interactive filters, track graph 138 8.7. Object tracking using a PTZ camera 138 8.7.1. Object tracking using a single PTZ camera only 139 8.7.2. Object tracking using a PTZ camera coupled with a static camera 139 8.8. Conclusion 141 8.9. Bibliography 142 Chapter 9. Tracking Objects of Interest Through a Camera Network 147 Catherine ACHARD, Sébastien AMBELLOUIS, Boris MEDEN,Sébastien LEFEBVRE and Dung Nghi TRUONG CONG 9.1. Introduction 147 9.2. Tracking in a network of cameras whose fields of view overlap 148 9.2.1. Introduction and applications 148 9.2.2. Calibration and synchronization of a camera network 150 9.2.3. Description of the scene by multi-camera aggregation 153 9.3. Tracking through a network of cameras with non-overlapping fields of view 155 9.3.1. Issues and applications 155 9.3.2. Geometric and/or photometric calibration of a camera network 156 9.3.3. Reidentification of objects of interest in a camera network 157 9.3.4. Activity recognition/event detection in a camera network 160 9.4. Conclusion 161 9.5. Bibliography 161 Chapter 10. Biometric Techniques Applied to Video Surveillance 165 Bernadette DORIZZI and Samuel VINSON 10.1. Introduction 165 10.2. The databases used for evaluation166 10.2.1. NIST-Multiple Biometrics Grand Challenge (NIST-MBGC) 167 10.2.2. Databases of faces 167 10.3. Facial recognition 168 10.3.1. Face detection 168 10.3.2. Face recognition in biometrics 169 10.3.3. Application to video surveillance 170 10.4. Iris recognition 173 10.4.1. Methods developed for biometrics 173 10.4.2. Application to video surveillance 174 10.4.3. Systems for iris capture in videos 176 10.4.4. Summary and perspectives 177 10.5. Research projects 177 10.6. Conclusion 178 10.7. Bibliography 179 Chapter 11. Vehicle Recognition in Video Surveillance 183 Stéphane HERBIN 11.1. Introduction 183 11.2. Specificity of the context 184 11.2.1. Particular objects 184 11.2.2. Complex integrated chains 185 11.3. Vehicle modeling 185 11.3.1. Wire models 186 11.3.2. Global textured models 187 11.3.3. Structured models 188 11.4. Exploitation of object models 189 11.4.1. A conventional sequential chain with limited performance 189 11.4.2. Improving shape extraction 190 11.4.3. Inferring 3D information. 191 11.4.4. Recognition without form extraction 192 11.4.5. Toward a finer description of vehicles 193 11.5. Increasing observability 194 11.5.1. Moving observer 194 11.5.2. Multiple observers 195 11.6. Performances 196 11.7. Conclusion 196 11.8. Bibliography 197 Chapter 12. Activity Recognition 201 Bernard BOULAY and François BRÉMOND 12.1. Introduction 201 12.2. State of the art 202 12.2.1. Levels of abstraction 202 12.2.2. Modeling and recognition of activities 203 12.2.3. Overview of the state of the art 206 12.3. Ontology 206 12.3.1. Objects of interest 207 12.3.2. Scenario models 208 12.3.3. Operators 209 12.3.4. Summary 210 12.4. Suggested approach: the ScReK system 210 12.5. Illustrations 212 12.5.1. Application at an airport 213 12.5.2. Modeling the behavior of elderly people 213 12.6. Conclusion 215 12.7. Bibliography 215 Chapter 13. Unsupervised Methods for Activity Analysis and Detection of Abnormal Events 219 Rémi EMONET and Jean-Marc ODOBEZ 13.1. Introduction 219 13.2. An example of a topic model: PLSA 221 13.2.1. Introduction 221 13.2.2. The PLSA model 221 13.2.3. PLSA applied to videos 223 13.3. PLSM and temporal models 226 13.3.1. PLSM model 226 13.3.2. Motifs extracted by PLSM 228 13.4. Applications: counting, anomaly detection 230 13.4.1. Counting 230 13.4.2. Anomaly detection 230 13.4.3. Sensor selection 231 13.4.4. Prediction and statistics 233 13.5. Conclusion 233 13.6. Bibliography 233 Chapter 14. Data Mining in a Video Database 235 Luis PATINO, Hamid BENHADDA and François BRÉMOND 14.1. Introduction 235 14.2. State of the art 236 Table of Contents xi 14.3. Pre-processing of the data 237 14.4. Activity analysis and automatic classification 238 14.4.1. Unsupervised learning of zones of activity 239 14.4.2. Definition of behaviors 242 14.4.3. Relational analysis 243 14.5. Results and evaluations 245 14.6. Conclusion 248 14.7. Bibliography 249 Chapter 15. Analysis of Crowded Scenes in Video 251 Mikel RODRIGUEZ, Josef SIVIC and Ivan LAPTEV 15.1. Introduction 251 15.2. Literature review 253 15.2.1. Crowd motion modeling and segmentation 253 15.2.2. Estimating density of people in a crowded scene 254 15.2.3. Crowd event modeling and recognition 255 15.2.4. Detecting and tracking in a crowded scene 256 15.3. Data-driven crowd analysis in videos 257 15.3.1. Off-line analysis of crowd video database 258 15.3.2. Matching 258 15.3.3. Transferring learned crowd behaviors 260 15.3.4. Experiments and results 260 15.4. Density-aware person detection and tracking in crowds 262 15.4.1. Crowd model 263 15.4.2. Tracking detections 264 15.4.3. Evaluation 265 15.5. Conclusions and directions for future research 268 15.6. Acknowledgments 268 15.7. Bibliography 269 Chapter 16. Detection of Visual Context 273 Hervé LE BORGNE and Aymen SHABOU 16.1. Introduction 273 16.2. State of the art of visual context detection 275 16.2.1. Overview 275 16.2.2. Visual description 276 16.2.3. Multiclass learning 278 16.3. Fast shared boosting 279 16.4. Experiments. 281 16.4.1. Detection of boats in the Panama Canal 281 16.4.2. Detection of the visual context in video surveillance 283 16.5. Conclusion 285 16.6. Bibliography 286 Chapter 17. Example of an Operational Evaluation Platform: PPSL 289 Stéphane BRAUDEL 17.1. Introduction 289 17.2. Use of video surveillance: approach and findings 290 17.3. Current use contexts and new operational concepts 292 17.4. Requirements in smart video processing 293 17.5. Conclusion 294 Chapter 18. Qualification and Evaluation of Performances 297 Bernard BOULAY, Jean-François GOUDOU and François BRÉMOND 18.1. Introduction 297 18.2. State of the art 298 18.2.1. Applications 298 18.2.2. Process 299 18.3. An evaluation program: ETISEO 303 18.3.1. Methodology 303 18.3.2. Metrics 305 18.3.3. Summary 307 18.4. Toward a more generic evaluation 309 18.4.1. Contrast 310 18.4.2. Shadows 312 18.5. The Quasper project 312 18.6. Conclusion 313 18.7. Bibliography 314 List of Authors 315 Index 321

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