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Effective Surveillance for Homeland Security: Balancing Technology and Social Issues provides a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art methods and tools for the surveillance and protection of citizens and critical infrastructures against natural and deliberate threats. Focusing on current technolo...

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Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Flammini, Francesco, Setola, Roberto, Franceschetti, Giorgio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.
Series:Multimedia computing, communication and intelligence.
Subjects:
Electronic surveillance.
Video surveillance.
Privacy, Right of.
National security.
Surveillance électronique.
Vidéosurveillance.
Electronic surveillance
National security
Privacy, Right of
Video surveillance
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1
  • An Ethics for the New (and Old) Surveillance; Chapter 2
  • Trust Networks among Human Beings: Analysis, Modeling, and Recommendations; Chapter 3
  • Art of Balancing Utilities: Privacy and Video Surveillance in Sweden; Chapter 4
  • Perceived Threat: Determinants and Consequences of Fear of Terrorism in Germany; Chapter 5
  • Preserving and Managing Privacy Information in Video Surveillance Systems
  • Chapter 6
  • Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Content-Based Privacy Protection of Face Images in Video Surveillance Systems Using JPEG XRChapter 7
  • Event Representation in Multimedia Surveillance Systems; Chapter 8
  • Challenges and Emerging Paradigms for Augmented Surveillance; Chapter 9
  • Pervasive Surveillance System Management; Chapter 10
  • Moving from Measuring to Understanding: Situation Awareness in Homeland Security; Chapter 11
  • Ergonomic Design and Evaluation of Surveillance Systems; Chapter 12
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Reduction of Web Application Vulnerability
  • Chapter 13
  • Distributed Framework for Cybersecurity of Critical InfrastructuresChapter 14
  • Modeling and Counteracting Virus Diffusion in Sensor Networks for Net-Centric Surveillance Systems; Chapter 15
  • GEPSUS GEOINT Applications for Homeland Security; Chapter 16
  • Omnidirectional Human Intrusion Detection System Using Computer Vision Techniques; Chapter 17
  • Wireless Sensor Networks and Audio Signal Recognition for Homeland Security; Chapter 18
  • Dynamic Bayesian Multitarget Tracking for Behavior and Interaction Detection
  • Chapter 19
  • Imaging Tunnels and Underground Facilities Using Radio-Frequency TomographyChapter 20
  • Surveillance Framework for Ubiquitous Monitoring of Intermodal Cargo Containers; Chapter 21
  • Model-Based Control of Building Evacuation Using Feedback from Sensor and Actuator Wireless Networks; Back Cover