The kingdom reached its zenith under a particular kind-hearted and just king who was also an able administrator. This king had two sons. These young princes were named Shahriar and Shahzaman. They loved each other very much. After some years, the just king died of old age and soon enough, Shahriar, the elder son took up the throne. He declared Shahzaman to be the king of great territory which was an area of the Persian Empire.In due time, Sultan Shahriar took a beautiful woman to b...

The Smart Cyber Ecosystem for Sustainable DevelopmentAs the entire ecosystem is moving towards a sustainable goal, technology driven smart cyber system is the enabling factor to make this a success, and the current book documents how this can be attained.The cyber ecosystem consists of a huge number of different entities that work and interact with each other in a highly diversified manner. In this era, when the world is s...

What will you get out of this Book?• Basics of Retail Banking• Basics of the Retail Foreign Exchange & Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Deals• Core Banking Solution Implementation & Business Continuity Planning• Prudential Norms on the Asset Classification, Income Recognition & Provisioning and Bad Bank• Landscape of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing• Cyber-Crime & Security Landscape• Risks that Banks and Financial Institutio...

This book presents applications of machine learning techniques in processing multimedia large-scale data. Multimedia such as text, image, audio, video, and graphics stands as one of the most demanding and exciting aspects of the information era. The book discusses new challenges faced by researchers in dealing with these large-scale data and also presents innovative solutions to address several potential research problems, e.g., enabling comprehensive visual classification to fill the sema...

This book offers comprehensive knowledge on, and the applications of, the rapidly evolving financial technology landscape. Authored by seasoned experts, it serves as a vital resource for both students and practitioners in the fintech sector.Covering the evolution of cryptocurrencies to the rise of Neobanks and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), this volume delves into critical topics such as blockchain, PayTech, LendTech, WealthTech, InsurTech, RegTech and artificial intellig...

This book provides insights in the field of cyber-physical systems (CPS), which tightly integrates computation, networking, and physical processes. It has transformed the technological landscape across sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, energy, transportation, and defence. However, there is an urgent need to develop and deploy next-generation networking paradigms that can meet stringent requirements for reliability, latency, scalability, and security. This book brings together lead...

With the help of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics, the internet of things (IoT) is creating partnerships within industry where machines, processes, and humans communicate with one another. As this radically changes traditional industrial operations, this results in the rapid design, cheap manufacture, and effective customization of products. Answering the growing demand of customers and their preferences has become a challenge for such partnerships. Industr...

This book presents a broad overview of the field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and delivers examples of applications in various fields. It offers a basic to advanced level study of the emerging, developing, and growing nanotechnology field by highlighting the key fundamentals and application of advanced nanotechnology in real-life applications.The book looks at nanotechnology applications in a variety of fields, including health care, pharmaceutical sciences and dr...

This book caters to a wide range of readers, including professionals in the healthcare and IT sectors, as well as security practitioners. This resource provides valuable perspectives on the risks and difficulties currently faced by the healthcare industry and presents practical recommendations for effectively managing these risks and enhancing security and reliability. This book is beneficial for anyone seeking to enhance their understanding of the risks, security, and reliability challeng...

An up-to-date guide to an overview of authentication in the Internet of Things (IoT)The Internet of things (IoT) is the network of the countless physical devices that have the possibility to connect and exchange data. Among the various security requirements, authentication to the IoT is the first step to prevent the impact of attackers. IoT Security offers an important guide into the development of the many authentication mechanisms that provide IoT authen...

Machine Learning, Big Data, and IoT for Medical Informatics focuses on the latest techniques adopted in the field of medical informatics. In medical informatics, machine learning, big data, and IOT-based techniques play a significant role in disease diagnosis and its prediction. In the medical field, the structure of data is equally important for accurate predictive analytics due to heterogeneity of data such as ECG data, X-ray data, and image data. Thus, this book focuses on the usability...

Many wild varieties of mushrooms are consumed by people around the world, yet many species remain unexplored, their nutritional as well as pharmacological significance yet to be discovered for many of them. Wild Mushrooms: Characteristics, Nutrition, and Processing informs readers about different unexplored wild mushrooms, their methods of cultivation, nutritional values, pharmaceutical values, and possible utilization for human wellbeing.The book represen...