Because of the growing reliance on software, growing concerns are how reliable a system is before it is commissioned for use, how high is the level in the system, how many vulnerabilities exist in the system before its operationalization. Equally pressing issues concern how to secure the system from internal and external security threats that may exist in the face of resident vulnerabilities. The two problems are considered increasingly important because it necessitates the development of tools and techniques capable of analyzing the dependability, and security aspects of a system. These concerns become more pronounced in the cases of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. System Reliability and Security: Techniques and Methodologies focuses on the use of soft computing techniques and analytical techniques in the modelling and analysis of dependable and secure systems. It examines systems and applications having complex distributed or networked architectures in such fields as Nuclear energy Ground transportation systems Air traffic control Healthcare and medicine Communications System reliability engineering is a multidisciplinary field that uses computational methods for estimating or predicting reliability aspects of a system and analyzing failure data obtained from real-world projects. System security is a related field that ensures that even a reliable system is secure against accidental or deliberate intrusions and free of vulnerabilities. This book covers the tools and techniques, cutting-edge research topics, and methodologies in the areas of system reliability, and security. It examines prediction models and methods as well as how to secure a system as it is being develop.

Because of the growing reliance on software, growing concerns are how reliable a system is before it is commissioned for use, how high is the level in the system, how many vulnerabilities exist in the system before its operationalization. Equally pressing issues concern how to secure the system from internal and external security threats that may exist in the face of resident vulnerabilities. The two problems are considered increasingly important because it necessitates the development of tools and techniques capable of analyzing the dependability, and security aspects of a system. These concerns become more pronounced in the cases of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. System Reliability and Security: Techniques and Methodologies focuses on the use of soft computing techniques and analytical techniques in the modelling and analysis of dependable and secure systems. It examines systems and applications having complex distributed or networked architectures in such fields as Nuclear energy Ground transportation systems Air traffic control Healthcare and medicine Communications System reliability engineering is a multidisciplinary field that uses computational methods for estimating or predicting reliability aspects of a system and analyzing failure data obtained from real-world projects. System security is a related field that ensures that even a reliable system is secure against accidental or deliberate intrusions and free of vulnerabilities. This book covers the tools and techniques, cutting-edge research topics, and methodologies in the areas of system reliability, and security. It examines prediction models and methods as well as how to secure a system as it is being develop.

This book addresses the use of food hydrocolloids as agents for encapsulating biological active ingredients. It details the challenges of poorly-controlled rate of hydration, thickness, decrease in viscosity upon storage, and susceptibility to microbial contamination. Food Hydrocolloids as Encapsulating Agents in Delivery Systems briefly describes various emerging biomaterials including food gums, starches, beta glucans, and proteins for their potential role as wall material in the development of nutraceutical delivery systems. Further, it describes different techniques of fabrication of nanodelivery systems. Features: Provides an introduction to food hydrocolloids as encapsulating agents Covers starches and their derivatives as delivery systems Includes gum-based delivery systems Discusses the classification, isolation, and purification of protein delivery systems This book would be helpful to food scientists and pharmaceutical scientists working in areas including nanotechnology, polymer chemistry, and nutraceutical delivery, as well as regulators and government researchers in US FDA, USDA, and UK FSA regulatory agencies.