Generative artifical intelligence (AI) technologies are reshaping the way we create, communicate, and compute, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and profound challenges. As these systems increasingly influence decisions that shape our lives, it becomes clear that performance metrics alone cannot define their success. A deeper understanding of the intersection between technical innovation and human values is essential to navigate this transformative era.The Art and Eth...

This book highlights the state-of-the-art research on data usage, security, and privacy in the scenarios of the Internet of Things (IoT), along with related applications using Machine Learning and Big Data technologies to design and make efficient Internet-compatible IoT systems.ICT and Data Sciences brings together IoT and Machine Learning and provides the careful integration of both, along with many examples and case studies. It illustrates the merging of two technologies while p...

Businesses today are faced with a highly competitive market and fast-changing technologies. In order to meet demanding customers’ needs, they rely on high quality software. A new field of study, soft computing techniques, is needed to estimate the efforts invested in component-based software.Component-Based Systems: Estimating Efforts Using Soft Computing Techniques is an important resource that uses computer-based models for estimating efforts of software...