Horizons in Computer Science Research

This book presents original results on the leading edge of computer science research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include the deformation of materials from macroto nanoscale and numerical modeling; enabling end-to-end QoS guarantees in the next generation internet with service overlay networks; neuro-fuzzy systems for autonomous mobile robots; semantic technologies to model and control the composability of complex systems; load-distribution algorithm for grid computing with heterogeneous tasks; a hybrid approach for robot policy adaptation; using mobile web applications as a multiplatform mechanism to communicate users with embedded devices; genetic programming as a solver to challenging reinforcement learning problems; design and implementation of a system for interactive high-dimensional vector field visualization; and Routley-Star and informational interpretation.