edited by Jian Ping Li (Logistical Engineering University, P R China), Jing Zhao (Logistical Engineering University, P R China), Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong), Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan), & John Yen (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

This book captures the essence of the current state of research in active media technology and identifies the new changes and opportunities — both current and future — in the field. Distinguished researchers such as Prof Ning Zhong from the Maebashi Institute of Technology, Prof John Yen from the Pennsylvania State University, and Prof Sanker K Pal from the Indian Statistical Institute present their research papers.

• Web Intelligence — A New Paradigm for Developing E-Business Intelligence (N Zhong)
• On Modeling and Simulating Agent Teamwork in Cast (J Yen et al.)
• Properties of Clustering Coefficient in Random Agent Networks (X Jing & J Liu)
• Research of the Radar Transmitter Power Measurement Based on Virtual Instrument (H Li et al.)
• Electroencephalogram Experiments of Human Visual and Auditory Calculation for Designing Brain Computer Interface in an Active Computer System (J Wu et al.)
• Behavior and Security Extensions to FIPA Architecture and Specifications (V S Alagar & J Holliday)
• Mobile Agent-Based Digital City Spatial Information Service (X Zhang et al.)
• A Built-in Data Security Scheduling in Distributed Real-Time Control System (F Zhang et al.)
• An Effective Method for Constructing Hopfield Neural Network in Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer Design (S Zhang et al.)
• A Signal Processing Application for Non Destructive Testing of Material Structures (V H Tu & K Siljeg)
• An Embedded Web Media Development Platform (Y Wang et al.)
• Mixed Feature Extracting Approaches for License-Plate Recognition (H Dong & P Wang)
• and other papers