Chapter 1 Parallel and Distributed Environments ; A.Esposito .

1. 
   

   Introduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   basic concepts.

   
   


3. 
   

   parallel programming. 3.1 Introduction. 3.1.1 MPI . 3.2 Performance assessment.

   
   


4. 
   

   distributed systems. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 RPC. 4.3 Mobile agent framework.

   
   


5. 
   

   The Web. 5.1 XML. 5.1.1 Introduction. 5.1.2 XML fundamentals. 5.1.3 Namespaces. 5.1.4 XML schema. 5.1.5 Applications.

   
   

Chapter 2 Object Oriented Technologies ; A.Esposito

1. 
   

   Introduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   OO programming. 2.1 Basic concepts. 2.2 Java.

   
   

3.oo distributed frameworks. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Java mobile agents.

Chapter 3 The Semantic Web ; A.Esposito

1. 
   

   Introduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   Description Logics. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 A model for reality: the Tbox. 2.3 The ABox. 2.4 Reasoners.

   
   


3. 
   

   tools for the Semantic Web. 3.1 Languages. 3.2 Reasoners. 3.3 Tools for building ontologies.

   
   

Chapter 4 Web Services ; A.Esposito

1. 
   

   Introduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   basic concepts. 2.1 Web Services Architecture.

   
   


3. 
   

   web services description: wsdl.

   
   


4. 
   

   Automatic discovery of web services. 4.1 UDDI. 4.2 The Semantic Web Services.

   
   

Chapter 5 Grid Computing ; A.Esposito

1. 
   

   Introduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   GC basic concepts.

   
   


3. 
   

   the globus toolkit. 3.1 GT and Web Services.

   
   


4. 
   

   GT components.

   
   


5. 
   

   job management. 5.1 GC for HPC .

   
   


6. 
   

   information services.

   
   


7. 
   

   data management.

   
   

Chapter 6 Complex Computational Electromagnetics using Hybridisation Techniques; Raed A. Abd-Alhameed and P.S.Excell

1. 
   

   Introduction. 1.1 Integral equation methods. 1.2 Differential equation methods. 1.3 The advantages and disadvantages of the methods. 1.4 Hybrid Methods. 1.5 Literature Review.

   
   


2. 
   

   Outline of theory and implementation of hybrid method. 2.1 Hybrid Treatment for Homogeneous Multiple Elements.

   
   


3. 
   

   Incident Wave Excitations in the FDTD Method. 3.1Total/Scattered Field Formulation in Three Dimensions.

   
   


4. 
   

   Modified Total/Scattered Field Formulation for the Hybrid Technique.

   
   


5. 
   

   Validation of Total/Scattered Field Formulation Implementation using Homogeneous FDTD in Multiple Regions.

   
   


6. 
   

   Hybrid MoM/FDTD Technique Algorithm. 6.1 Theoretical Formulation. 6.2 Multiple-Source Scattering Problems.

   
   


7. 
   

   NEC/FDTD Hybrid Program.

   
   


8. 
   

   Far Field Calculations using the Hybrid Code.

   
   


9. 
   

   Numerical Examples using the Hybrid MoM/FDTDTechnique.

   
   


10. 
    

    Summary.Chapter 7 Enhanced EM software for Planar Circuits ; D. Vande Ginste, F. Olyslager, D. De Zutter, and E. Michielssen

    
    


11. 
    

    Introduction. 1.1 Setting and definition of the research topic. 1.2 Methodology. 1.3 Outline.

    
    


12. 
    

    Classical solution technique for microstrip structures. 2.1 Geometry of the problem. 2.2 The EFIE description. 2.3 The Green's dyadic . 2.4 The Method of Moments.

    
    


13. 
    

    Perfectly matched layer based Green's functions for layered media. 3.1 The Perfectly Matched Layer concept. 3.2 Closure of open microstrip substrates. 3.3 Series expansion for the Green's dyadic .

    
    


14. 
    

    A PML-MLMFA for the modeling of large planar microstrip structures. 4.1 Introduction and outline. 4.2 Formulation of the technique. 4.3 Implementation of the technique. 4.4 Some important remarks about the complexity of the PML-MLFMA. 4.5 Numerical results.

    
    


15. 
    

    Extensions and conclusions. 5.1 Extensions. 5.2 Conclusions.

    
    

Chapter 8 Parallel Grid-enabled FDTD for the Characterization of Metamaterials; L .Catarinucci, G.Monti, P.Palazzari and L.Tarricone

1. 
   

   Itroduction.

   
   


2. 
   

   Introduction to metamaterials. 2.1 DNG Metamaterials.

   
   


3. 
   

   Negative Refraction.

   
   


4. 
   

   How to Synthesize a DNG Medium.

   
   


5. 
   

   DNG Media Applications.

   
   


6. 
   

   Modulated Signals in a DNG medium. 6.1 Dispersion. 6.2 Gaussian Pulse in a DNG slab.

   
   


7. 
   

   Numerical Methods for Metamaterials. 7.1 Bases for the FDTD method. 7.2 Parallel Grid-Enabled FDTD using MPI. 7.3 Efficient Subgridding Technique for Parallel FDTD Algorithms: Variable Mesh FDTD. 7.4 FDTD methods and DNG materials. 7.5 DNG Slabs: reflection by and propagation in a DNG slab.

   
   

Chapter 9 A Software Tool for Quasi-Opt