This book provides an economic analysis of the earliest Islamic society, focusing on the policies of the Messenger of Islam (Sawa) and his successors during the first four formative decades of Islam. Two institutions of great importance – the market and the public treasury (Baitul Mal) – and their roles in the development of the private and public sectors are particularly emphasized in this…
A concise account of various classic theories of fluids and solids, this book is for courses in continuum mechanics for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Thoroughly class-tested in courses at Stanford University and the University of Warwick, it is suitable for both applied mathematicians and engineers. The only prerequisites are an introductory undergraduate knowledge of basic lin…
The book investigates classical and more recent methods of study for the asymptotic behavior of dissipative continuous dynamical systems with applications to ordinary and partial differential equations, the main question being convergence (or not) of the solutions to an equilibrium. After reviewing the basic concepts of topological dynamics and the definition of gradient-like systems on a metri…
This book explains how major world economies are recognizing the need for a major push in cyber policy environments. It helps readers understand why these nations are committing substantial resources to cybersecurity, and to the development of standards, rules and guidelines in order to address cyber-threats and catch up with global trends and technological developments. A key focus is on speci…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the CAiSE Forum from the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2014. The CAiSE 2014 Forum was a place to present and discuss new ideas, emerging topics, and controversial positions, and to demonstrate innovative tools and systems related to information systems engineer…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the CAiSE Forum from the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2014. The CAiSE 2014 Forum was a place to present and discuss new ideas, emerging topics, and controversial positions, and to demonstrate innovative tools and systems related to information systems engineer…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2015, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in June/July 2015. The 28 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully revised and selected from 112 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on symmetric cryptanalysis; public key cryp…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2014, held in Seoul, South Korea in December 2014. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 91 submissions during two rounds of reviewing. The papers provide the latest results in research, development and applicati…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2014, held in Beijing, China, in December 2014. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on privacy and anonymity, multiparty and outsourc…
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 11.2 International Conference(formerly Workshop) on Information Security Theory and Practices, WISTP 2015, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in August 2015. The 14 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented together were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. WISTP 2015 sought original submissions from acade…