1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing -- 1.2 Types of Computing Environments -- 1.3 Units of Computation -- 1.4 Principles Underlying Resource Management -- 1.5 Evolution of Distributed Systems -- 1.6 Summary -- 2 Characterization of Parallelism in Applications -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Precedence Graph Model -- 2.3 Graph-Based Characteristics -- 2.4 Single-Point Characteristics -- 2.5 Performance Metrics -- 2.6 Impact of Parallelism Characteristics on Performance -- 2.7 Energy Performance Trade-Off -- 2.8 Summary -- 3 Resource Management Techniques for Distributed Computing Systems -- 3.1 Resource Allocation -- 3.2 Task/Process Scheduling -- 3.3 Grid Scheduling with Deadlines -- 3.4 Scheduling on Client-Server Systems -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Resource Management on Systems Subjected to Uncertainties Associated with Workload and System Parameters -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Handling Errors Associated with User Estimates of Job Execution Times -- 4.3 Underestimation of Job Execution Times -- 4.4 Handling Uncertainties Associated with the Local Scheduling Policy -- 4.5 Any Schedulability Criterion -- 4.6 Matchmaking in the Dark: AS Criterion-Based Matchmaking -- 4.7 Soft Advance Reservation Requests -- 4.8 Summary -- 5 Resource Auto-Scaling -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Request Characteristics -- 5.3 Horizontal Auto-Scaling -- 5.4 Hybrid Auto-Scaling -- 5.5 Summary -- 6 Resource Management for Systems Running MapReduce Jobs -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 MapReduce -- 6.3 Resource Management Techniques for MapReduce Job Requests to be Satisfied on a Best Effort Basis -- 6.4 Resource Management Techniques for MapReduce Job Requests with Service Level Agreements -- 6.5 The Constraint Programming-Based MapReduce Resource Management Technique -- 6.6 Errors Associated with User Estimates of Task Execution times -- 6.7 Summary -- 7 Energy Aware Resource Management -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 DVFS-Based Resource Management Techniques -- 7.3 The EAMR-RM Algorithm -- 7.4 Configurable Resource Manager for Processing a Batch of MapReduce Jobs -- 7.5 Performance Analysis of CRM -- 7.6 Reducing the Number of Active Servers -- 7.7 Summary -- 8 Streaming Data and Complex Event Processing -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Management of Streaming Data -- 8.3 Dynamic Priority-Based Scheduling -- 8.4 Data-Driven Priority Scheduler (DDPS) -- 8.5 Multitennant Systems -- 8.6 Complex Event Processing -- 8.7 Remote Patient Monitoring System -- 8.8 Summary -- 9 Data Indexing and Filtering Techniques for Big Data Systems -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Harnessing Big Data -- 9.3 Data Indexing -- 9.4 Inverted Index -- 9.5 Graph-Based Indexing -- 9.6 Boolean AND Queries -- 9.7 Performance Analysis -- 9.8 Data Filtering -- 9.9 Parallel Processing Platforms -- 9.10 Motivations for Data Reduction -- 9.11 Data Filtering -- 9.12 Performance Analysis -- 9.13 Streaming Data -- 9.14 Handling User Preferences Comprising Keywords Connected by Boolean Operators -- 9.15 Summary -- 10 Sensor-Based Systems -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Middleware Services -- 10.3 Sensor-Based Bridge Management -- 10.4 Research Collaboration Platform for Management of Sensor-Based Smart Facilities -- 10.5 Resource Management on Wireless Sensor Networks -- 10.6 Scheduling on WSNs -- 10.7 Sensor Allocation -- 10.8 Summary -- 11 Summary -- 11.1 Chapter Entitled Introduction -- 11.2 Chapter Entitled Characterization of Parallelism in Applications -- 11.2.1 Graph-Based Characteristics -- 11.3 Chapter Entitled Resource Management Techniques for Distributed Computing Systems -- 11.4 Chapter Entitled Resource Management on Systems Subjected to Uncertainties Associated with Workload and System Parameters -- 11.5 Chapter Entitled Resource Auto-Scaling -- 11.6 Chapter Entitled Resource Management on Systems Running MapReduce Jobs -- 11.7 Chapter Entitled Energy-Aware Resource Management -- 11.8 Chapter Entitled Streaming Data and Complex Event Processing -- 11.9 Chapter Entitled Data Indexing and Filtering Techniques for Big Data Systems -- 11.10 Chapter Entitled Sensor-Based Systems -- Index.