The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on
data management knowledge discovery and knowledge processing which are core and hot topics
in computer science. Since the 1990s the Internet has become the main driving force behind
application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across
different sites connected through networks has led to an evolution of data- and
knowledge-management systems from centralized systems to decentralized systems enabling
large-scale distributed applications providing high scalability. Current decentralized systems
still focus on data and knowledge as their main resource. Feasibility of these systems relies
basically on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques and the support of agent systems with scaling and
decentralized control. Synergy between grids P2P systems and agent technologies is the key to
data- and knowledge-centered systems in large-scale environments. This the 41st issue of
Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems contains seven revised
extended papers selected from the 4th International Conference on Future Data and Security
Engineering FDSE 2017 which was held in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam in November December 2017.
The main focus of this special issue is on data and security engineering as well as
engineering applications.
