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To master the fundamentals of image registration, there is no more comprehensive source than 2-D and 3-D Image Registration

In addition to delving into the relevant theories of image registration, the author presents their underlying algorithms

You'll also discover cutting-edge techniques to use in remote sensing, industrial, and medical applications

Part of a series of pocket guides aimed at enabling the reader to learn a new skill in just 30 minutes, this text is a practical guide to the Internet basics needed to make the most of this business resource

For businesses that are either planning to launch a new e-business or increase the profits of an existing one, this book provides techniques and methods to increase effectiveness and growth

Approaches to viewing a company's foundation introspectively through products, services, branding, target markets, online objectives, and budget are discussed, as is how to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of a website

Proven online marketing techniques such as link strategy, mail lists, content site advertising, newsgroup marketing, viral marketing, RSS, blogvertising, behavioral advertising, and emerging techniques are outlined

ENGAGE YOUR WARPED SENSE OF HUMOR WITH HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL GAG DEVICES YOU BUILD YOURSELF!

Give your friends and family the shock of their lives! 51 High-Tech Practical Jokes for the Evil Genius has everything you need to pull devastatingly funny (and safe!

A bibliography that contains over 270 book notations and over 250 periodical notations

It is the most extensive bibliography available on the history of the personal computer and the industry

It also contains a reprint of a periodical article by the author entitled `What Was The First Personal Computer?

The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization

As towns and communities evolved there was a need for increasingly sophisticated calculations

This book traces the evolution of computation, from early civilisations 3000 B

This practical guide provides a succinct treatment of the general concepts of cell biology, furnishing the computer scientist with the tools necessary to read and understand current literature in the field

The book explores three different facets of biology: biological systems, experimental methods, and language and nomenclature

After a brief introduction to cell biology, the text focuses on the principles behind the most-widely used experimental procedures and mechanisms, relating them to well-understood concepts in computer science

Bypass the limitations of synchronous design and create low power, higher performance circuits with shorter design times using this practical guide to asynchronous design

The fundamentals of asynchronous design are covered, as is a large variety of design styles, while the emphasis throughout is on practical techniques and real-world applications

Covers important topics such as phasors and tuning forks, the wave equation, sampling and quantizing, feedforward and feedback filters

Paper

DLC: Signal processing - digital techniques

Addresses the specific needs of the IT expert witness

Focuses on how digital evidence and computer forensics are altering litigation

Your guide to the complicated forensic landscape that awaits the expert technical witness

This extensive library of computer programs-written in C language-allows readers to solve numerical problems in areas of linear algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations, optimization, parameter estimation, and special functions of mathematical physics

The library is based on NUMAL, the program assemblage developed and used at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, one of the world's leading research centers

The important characteristic of the library is its modular structure

News of the Web's demise has been greatly exaggerated

The Internet continues to impact our lives and how we do business

It has the power to transform entire industries and create new ones, challenge industry leaders, and enable businesses in entirely new ways

Use Trusted Computing to Make PCs Safer, More Secure, and More Reliable

Every year, computer security threats become more severe

Software alone can no longer adequately defend against them: what?s needed is secure hardware

Distributed and communicating objects are becoming ubiquitous

In global, Grid and peer-to-peer computing environments, extensive use is made of objects interacting through method calls

So far, no general formalism has been proposed for the foundation of such systems

First published seven years ago-just before the World Wide Web exploded into dominance in the software world-About Face rapidly became a bestseller

While the ideas and principles in the original book remain as relevant as ever, the examples in About Face 2

0 are updated to reflect the evolution of the Web

This book contends that accessing and browsing information and communication are multidimensional and consequential aspects of the information user?s entire experience and of general human behavior

Problems in information creation, processing, transmittal, and use often arise from an incomplete conceptualization of the `information seeking` process, where information seeking is viewed as the intentional finding of specific information

Features a broad introduction to adaptive control techniques and background for their use, and a deeper coverage of adaptive control theory from deterministic and stochastic viewpoints

DLC: Adaptive control systems



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Adaptive filtering is a topic of immense practical and theoretical value, having applications in areas ranging from digital and wireless communications to biomedical systems

This book enables readers to gain a gradual and solid introduction to the subject, its applications to a variety of topical problems, existing limitations, and extensions of current theories

The book consists of eleven partseach part containing a series of focused lectures and ending with bibliographic comments, problems, and computer projects with MATLAB solutions

With adaptive, complex networks, the evolution of the network topology and the dynamical processes on the network are equally important and often fundamentally entangled

Recent research has shown that such networks can exhibit a plethora of new phenomena which are ultimately required to describe many real-world networks

Some of those phenomena include robust self-organization towards dynamical criticality, formation of complex global topologies based on simple, local rules, and the spontaneous division of `labor` in which an initially homogenous population of network nodes self-organizes into functionally distinct classes

Adaptive Nonlinear System Identification: The Volterra and Wiener Model Approaches introduces engineers and researchers to the field of nonlinear adaptive system identification

The book includes recent research results in the area of adaptive nonlinear system identification and presents simple, concise, easy-to-understand methods for identifying nonlinear systems

These methods use adaptive filter algorithms that are well known for linear systems identification

This book gives readers proven methods for overcoming common BSP development challenges

Every chapter provides step-by-step instruction and practical guidance on issues that many developers face in their everyday work

Insider know-how on the essentials of BSP programming, exclusive hints on measuring and boosting performance, and in-depth troubleshooting advice all come together to make this book an indispensable addition to your technical library

The globalization of manufacturing industries leads to a thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in advanced design and manufacturing

Both industry and academia have an urgent need to equip themselves of the latest knowledge and trends relating to design and manufacture

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Learn the latest techniques in programming sophisticated simulation systems

This cutting-edge text presents the latest techniques in advanced simulation programming for interactive modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, such as aerospace vehicles, control systems, and biological systems

The author, a leading authority in the field, demonstrates computer software that can handle large simulation studies on standard personal computers

Readers can run, edit, and modify the sample simulations from the text with the accompanying CD-ROM, featuring the OPEN DESIRE program for Linux and Windows

This book - in conjunction with the two volumes LNCS 4681 and LNAI 4682 - constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2007, held in Qingdao, China in August 2007

The intelligent computing technology includes a range of techniques such as artificial intelligence, perceptual and pattern recognition, evolutionary and adaptive computing, informatics theories and applications, computational neuroscience and bioscience, soft computing, case based and constrained reasoning, agents, networking and computer supported co-operative working, human computer interface issues

ICIC theme unifies the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications

This book brings together research articles by active practitioners and leading researchers reporting recent advances in the field of knowledge discovery

An overview of the field, looking at the issues and challenges involved is followed by coverage of recent trends in data mining

This provides the context for the subsequent chapters on methods and applications

Information and knowledge in databases is usually hidden & our ability to extract it is limited

The development of techniques to assist in knowledge discovery & validation is becoming increasingly important due to the explosion in internet use & development of powerful sensors resulting in routine generation of terabytes of data needing to be analyzed in order to extract useful knowledge & information

Knowledge, as well as data, plays an important role in every aspect of scientific research

Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the latest research findings dealing with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology organizations

It aims to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics

In addition, it educates organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools needed to gather, process, disseminate and manage this valuable resource

Advanced Topics in Global Information Management includes original material concerned with all aspects of global information management in three areas: Global Information Systems in Business Functions, Information Technology in Specific Regions of the World, and Management of Global Information Resources and Applications

The focus of volume two is to disseminate the evolving knowledge in these three broad categories while examining a variety of aspects of global information management

*Note: This book is part of a new series entitled `Advanced Topics in Global Information Management`

Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the most current research findings in all aspects of information resources management

From successfully implementing technology change to understanding the human factors in IT utilization, this important volume addresses many of the managerial and organizational applications to and implications of information technology in organizations

Volume three will prove to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management while educating organizations on how they can benefit from and improve their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage this valuable resource

`Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management` is a series of books that features the most current research findings in all aspects of information resources management

From successfully implementing technology change to understanding the human factors in IT utilization, these volumes address many of the managerial and organizational applications and implications of information technology in organizations

`Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Volume 5` is a part of this series

Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research is a series of books which features the most current research findings in all aspects of IT standardization research, from a diversity of angles, traversing the traditional boundaries between individual disciplines

Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research, Volume 1 is a part of this series

Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research, Volume 1 presents a collection of chapters addressing a variety of aspects related to IT standards and the setting of standards

`As chip size and complexity continues to grow exponentially, the challenges of functional verification are becoming a critical issue in the electronics industry

It is now commonly heard that logical errors missed during functional verification are the most common cause of chip re-spins, and that the costs associated with functional verification are now outweighing the costs of chip design

To cope with these challenges engineers are increasingly relying on new design and verification methodologies and languages

The conference proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA 05), International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe 05) and International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 05) include a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of: Industrial Electronics, Technology and Automation, Telecommunications, Networking, Engineering Education, Instructional Technology and e-Learning

The three conferences, (IETA 05, TENE 05 and EIAE 05) were part of the International Joint Conference on Computer, Information, and System Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2005)

CISSE 2005, the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet

This volume of Advances in Computers is number 66 in the series that began back in 1960

This series presents the ever changing landscape in the continuing evolution of the development of the computer and the field of information processing

Each year three volumes are produced presenting approximately 20 chapters that describe the latest technology in the use of computers today

This volume is number 67 in the series Advances in Computers that began back in 1960

This is the longest continuously published series of books that chronicles the evolution of the computer industry

Each year three volumes are produced presenting approximately 20 chapters that describe the latest technology in the use of computers today

Embedded systems are meanwhile in the focus of industry in quite different application domains such as automotive, avionics, telecom, and consumer products

The need for a shift in design methodologies towards system level design is widely recognised and design flows aimed to an integration of software and hardware specification and implementation approaches are being developed

Standardization efforts, such as SystemC Transaction Level Modelling and Model Driven Architecture of the OMG, provide the foundations of these new design flows

A comprehensive, coherent, and in depth presentation of the state of the art in fuzzy clustering

Fuzzy clustering is now a mature and vibrant area of research with highly innovative advanced applications

Encapsulating this through presenting a careful selection of research contributions, this book addresses timely and relevant concepts and methods, whilst identifying major challenges and recent developments in the area

This book contains a selection of the best papers given at the Advanced Computer Systems Conference in October 2006 in Poland

The book is partitioned into four topical areas:

The Artificial Intelligence section includes papers on Humatronics, Fuzzy Logic, Robotics, Cell, Genetic and Probabilistic Algorithms, Incomplete Data and Similarity Relations, and Fast Neural Networks

The Computer Security and Safety section covers a wide range of issues, from Error Detection in Block Ciphers to Visual Cryptography Methods

The process of inductive inference?to infer general laws and principles from particular instances?is the basis of statistical modeling, pattern recognition, and machine learning

Advances in Natural Multimodal Dialogue Systems

Edited by

Jan van Kuppevelt, The Netherlands

Laila Dybkjær Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory (NISLab)

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Niels Ole Bernsen Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory (NISLab)

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

TEXT, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY SERIES

The main topic of this volume is natural multimodal interaction

The book is unique in that it brings together a great many contributions regarding aspects of natural and multimodal interaction written by many of the important actors in the field

It is a timely update of Multimodality in Language and Speech Systems by Björn Granström, David House and Inger Karlsson and, at the same time, it presents a much broader overview of the field

Networked learning is learning in which information and communications technology (ICT) is used to promote connections: between one learner and other learners; between learners and tutors; between a learning community and its learning resources

Networked learning is an area which has great practical and theoretical importance

It is a rapidly growing area of educational practice, particularly in higher education and the corporate sector

The conference proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering include a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Systems Engineering and Sciences

The International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS 2005) was part of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering (CISSE 2005)

CISSE 2005, the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet

The development and availability of new computing and communication devices, and the increased connectivity between these devices, thanks to wired and wireless networks, are enabling new opportunities for people to perform their operations anywhere and anytime

This technological expansion has developed a multitude of challenges that demand further research

,b>Advances in Ubiquitous Computing: Future Paradigms and Directions investigates the technology foreground of ubiquitous computing, the emerging applications and services, as well as certain social issues that are vital for the successful deployment of a ubiquitous computing application, through a multi-perspective analytical lens

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the two International Workshops on Agent Communication, AC 2005 and AC 2006, held in Utrecht, Netherlands in July 2005, and in Hakodate, Japan in May 2006 as associated events of AAMAS 2005/2006, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems

The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected - they represent the best papers from the Agent Communication workshops of 2005 and 2006, enriched with a few revised agent communication papers from the AAMAS conference

The papers are organized in topical sections on semantics of agent communication, commitments in agent communication, protocols and strategies, as well as reliability and overhearing

Solving complex problems in real-world contexts, such as financial investment planning or mining large data collections, involves many different sub-tasks, each of which requires different techniques

To deal with such problems, a great diversity of intelligent techniques are available, including traditional techniques like expert systems approaches and soft computing techniques like fuzzy logic, neural networks, or genetic algorithms

These techniques are complementary approaches to intelligent information processing rather than competing ones, and thus better results in problem solving are achieved when these techniques are combined in hybrid intelligent systems

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems, held in Melbourne, Australia in July 2003 at AAMAS 2003 and in Chicago, IL, USA in October 2003 at ER 2003

The revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from a total of 36 submissions

The papers are organized in topical sections on information systems and applications; methodologies; and modeling, analysis, and simulation

To lead change, you need to expand your toolkit, and this book gives you the tools you need to make the transition from agile practitioner to agile coach



Agile Coaching is all about working with people to create great agile teams

You'll learn how to build a team that produces great software and has fun doing it

Business Process Management has recently become a real `hype` topic

Too often, however, the technical aspects are being focused upon

IDS Scheer AG, leading IT and Consulting company in this business field for more than 20 years, supports a holistic approach

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It might seem completely dated with all its examples written in the now outmoded Pascal programming language (well, unless you are one of those Delphi zealot trying to resist to the Java/

NET dominance), but it is still highly recommended

Financial services institutions like international banks and insurance companies frequently need to adapt to changes in their environments, yet manage risk and ensure regulatory compliance

The author Hans Wegener reveals how metadata can be used to achieve a successful and technological evolution

This unique approach is divided into three parts to: Explain how metadata can be used to increase an organization's ability to adopt changes Outline the peculiarities of financial corporations and how they affect value creation and solution design Present the practical side of effectively managing metadata and sustaining long term success

Wegener firstly illustrates the peculiarities of both metadata management and the financial services industry

An Application Science For Multi-Agent Systems addresses the complexity of choosing which multi-agent control technologies are appropriate for a given problem domain or a given application

Without such knowledge, when faced with a new application domain, agent developers must rely on past experience and intuition to determine whether a multi-agent system is the right approach, and if so, how to structure the agents, how to decompose the problem, and how to coordinate the activities of the agents, and so forth

This unique collection of contributions, written by leading international researchers in the agent community, provides valuable insight into the issues of deciding which technique to apply and when it is appropriate to use them

The authors use a refreshing and novel ?workbook? writing style which gives the book a very practical and easy to use feel

The relatively recent increase in computational power available for mathematical modeling and simulation raises the possibility that modern numerical methods can play a significant role in the analysis of complex particulate flows

This introductory monograph focuses on basic models and physically based computational solution strategies for the direct and rapid simulation of flowing particulate media

Its emphasis is primarily on fluidized dry particulate flows in which there is no significant interstitial fluid, although fully coupled fluid-particle systems are discussed as well

This concise, accessible text provides a thorough introduction to quantum computing - an exciting emergent field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in these disciplines, the text is technically detailed and is clearly illustrated throughout with diagrams and exercises

Some prior knowledge of linear algebra is assumed, including vector spaces and inner products

Analog Behavioral Modeling With The Verilog-A Language provides the IC designer with an introduction to the methodologies and uses of analog behavioral modeling with the Verilog-A language

In doing so, an overview of Verilog-A language constructs as well as applications using the language are presented

In addition, the book is accompanied by the Verilog-A Explorer IDE (Integrated Development Environment), a limited capability Verilog-A enhanced SPICE simulator for further learning and experimentation with the Verilog-A language

Analog-Baseband Architectures and Circuits reviews the fundamentals and studies the state-of-the-art multistandard transceivers before describing novel architectural and circuit techniques for implementing multimode and wideband (tens of MHz) baseband analog front-ends under low-voltage constraints

Techniques developed on architecture level for efficient system-in-package (SiP) integration, testability and multi-standardability; and on circuit level for reducing the required supply voltage, power and area, are generally applicable for most wireless systems, and are somewhat independent to technology scaling

Experimental 1-V baseband building blocks (i

Discover all of the unique capabilities of Anime Studio, a 2D animation software program with some amazing advanced features such as the ability to move the camera in 3D, a bone-based rigging system for manipulating 2D images and vectors, particle systems, dynamic bones, and the ability to import and view 3D models with textures

`Anime Studio?: The Official Guide` shows first-time animators, hobbyists, and digital enthusiasts how to create, render, and animate characters and even entire scenes that can be exported to various video, TV, and web formats for viewing and sharing

Now that you can record eight simultaneous tracks with it, GarageBand 2 really does turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio

To start taking advantage of it immediately, you (and your band-mates) need this Apple-certified guide from composer and master trainer Mary Plummer (who's also an Apple Certified Trainer)

Through 20 hours of step-by-step lessons coupled with ample visual aids and loads of real-world tips, this book/DVD combo offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of GarageBand 2

The confluence of decades of computer science and computer engineering research in multimodal interaction (e

g

, speech and gesture recognition), machine learning (e

`Intelligent agent technology is emerging as one of the most important and rapidly advancing areas

Researchers are developing a number of agent-based applications and multi-agent systems in a variety of fields, such as: electronic commerce, supply chain management, resource allocation, intelligent manufacturing, mass customization, industrial control, information retrieval and filtering, collaborative work, mobile commerce, decision support, and computer games

Application of Agents and Intelligent Information Technologies presents an outstanding collection of the latest research associated with intelligent agents and information technologies

The scope of the proposed book is to identify and emphasize the successful link between computational materials modeling as a simulation and design tool and its synergistic application to experimental research and alloy development

Compared to other areas in science where computational modeling has made substantial contributions to the development and growth of a particular field, computational materials modeling has been rather limited in its ability to insert itself as a major tool in materials design

The impression that computational modeling is simply an intellectual pursuit with no real life application has, in the long run, hindered the more widespread use of computational materials procedures by the mainstream materials community

The morphology of Arabic poses special challenges to computational natural language processing systems

The exceptional degree of ambiguity in the writing system, the rich morphology, and the highly complex word formation process of roots and patterns all contribute to making computational approaches to Arabic very challenging

Indeed many computational linguists across the world have taken up this challenge over time, and many of the researchers with a track record in this research area have contributed to this book

Agent-oriented design has become on of the most active areas in the field of software engineering

Although great advances have been made in the study of the architectural design of agent systems, the complexity and multi-disciplinary approaches of this constantly growing field are currently of a premature nature compared to where they should be

Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques provides a compilation of advanced research results focusing on architecture and modeling issues of multi-agent systems

This book provides a comprehensive description of the architetural techniques to tackle the soft error problem

It covers the new methodologies for quantitative analysis of soft errors as well as novel, cost-effective architectural techniques to mitigate them

To provide readers with a better grasp of the broader problem deffinition and solution space, this book also delves into the physics of soft errors and reviews current circuit and software mitigation techniques

As dot

com companies grapple with rigid market conditions and we keep hearing how the big technology players are being punished on Wall Street, it becomes easy to think of the Internet as a fad

The Internet frenzy may have subsided, but interest in the Internet as a business and marketing tool is still strong

Artificial Cognition Systems presents recent research efforts in artificial intelligence about building artificial systems capable of performing cognitive tasks

Such study relies on modeling and simulating cognitive processes and therefore constructs experimental labs to evaluate hypothesis and theories about cognition

Artificial Cognition Systems offers contributions from researchers with different backgrounds applying diverse perspectives in cognitive processes modeling and simulation, and brings forth an important and open discussion in artificial intelligence: how cognitive processes can be meaningful to artificial systems

This book provides simultaneously a design blueprint, user guide, research agenda, and communication platform for current and future developments in artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to systems biology

It places an emphasis on the molecular dimension of life phenomena and in one chapter on anatomical and functional modeling of the brain

As design blueprint, the book is intended for scientists and other professionals tasked with developing and using AI technologies in the context of life sciences research

The technology which once produced the first synthetic human today includes the simulation of human behaviour processes, associated with consciousness and the emotions

When a computer creates artificial life, its synthetic creatures demonstrate the behaviour patterns of real living beings

This book investigates the technological advances which allow artificial life to be placed within a virtual setting, where the human user can meet and interact with synthetic beings?

Understanding ASPs: The new Internet business



Application Service Providers (ASPs) appeal to small businesses by offering a wide variety of web-hosted software programs including e-commerce, communications, project management, financial, word processing and human resourse applications

ASPs offer inexpensive use of software and the ability to share access among people in different locations

In this monograph the basic theory of interior point algorithms is explained

For researchers or graduate students in optimization or related fields, who wish to learn about the theory and applications of semidefinite programming

The Asset Protection and Security Management Handbook is a must for all professionals involved in the protection of assets

For those new to the security profession, the text covers the fundamental aspects of security and security management providing a firm foundation for advanced development

For the experienced security practitioner, it provides the tools necessary for developing effective solutions and responses to the growing number of challenges encountered by today's security professionals

As individual needs have arisen in the fields of physics, electrical engineering and computational science, each has created its own theories of information to serve as conceptual instruments for advancing developments

This book provides a coherent consolidation of information theories from these different fields

The author gives a survey of current theories and then introduces the underlying notion of symmetry, showing how information is related to the capacity of a system to distinguish itself

HERE ARE SOME SOUND IDEAS

Wonder what would happen if the Big Band sound crashed into heavy metal? Or what the offspring of a balladeer and a rapper might sound like?

Praise for Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing

`Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing is the most comprehensive book about auditing that I have ever seen

There is something in this book for everyone

New auditors will find this book to be their bible-reading it will enable them to learn what the role of auditors really is and will convey to them what they must know, understand, and look for when performing audits

New technology has brought with it new tools for learning, and research has shown that the educational potential of video games resonates with scholars, teachers, and students alike

In Augmented Learning, Eric Klopfer describes the largely untapped potential of mobile learning games?games played on such handheld devices as cell phones, Game Boys, and Sony PSPs?

An easy-to-understand synopsis of identification systems, presenting in simple language the process of fingerprint identification, from the initial capture of a set of finger images, to the production of a Rapsheet

No other single work exists which reviews this important identification process from beginning to end

We examine the identification process for latent (crime scene) prints and how they are identified with these systems

Contrary to perhaps common belief, even after several decades of research, automatic fingerprint recognition is not a solved problem

New fingerprint sensing technologies, algorithmic advances, and abundant computing power continue to drive advances in this area and to open up new realms of possibility

`Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems` thoroughly surveys and examines advances in fingerprint sensing devices and in algorithms for fingerprint image analysis and matching

Automatic Indexing and Abstracting of Document Texts summarizes the latest techniques of automatic indexing and abstracting, and the results of their application

It also places the techniques in the context of the study of text, manual indexing and abstracting, and the use of the indexing descriptions and abstracts in systems that select documents or information from large collections

Important sections of the book consider the development of new techniques for indexing and abstracting

?Automatic Program Development? is a tribute to Robert Paige (1947-1999), our accomplished and respected colleague, and moreover our good friend, whose untimely passing was a loss to our academic and research community

A Clear Outline of Current Methods for Designing and Implementing Automotive Systems

Highlighting requirements, technologies, and business models, the Automotive Embedded Systems Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of existing and future automotive electronic systems

It presents state-of-the-art methodological and technical solutions in the areas of in-vehicle architectures, multipartner development processes, software engineering methods, embedded communications, and safety and dependability assessment

Divided into four parts, the book begins with an introduction to the design constraints of automotive-embedded systems

Autonomic Computing and Networking presents introductory and advanced topics on autonomic computing and networking with emphasis on architectures, protocols, services, privacy & security, simulation and implementation testbeds

Autonomic computing and networking are new computing and networking paradigms that allow the creation of self-managing and self-controlling computing and networking environments using techniques such as distributed algorithms and context-awareness to dynamically control networking functions without human interventions

Autonomic networking is characterized by recovery from failures and malfunctions, agility to changing networking environment, self-optimization and self-awareness

The complexity of modern computer networks and systems, combined with the extremely dynamic environments in which they operate, is beginning to outpace our ability to manage them

Taking yet another page from the biomimetics playbook, the autonomic computing paradigm mimics the human autonomic nervous system to free system developers and administrators from performing and overseeing low-level tasks

Surveying the current path toward this paradigm, Autonomic Computing: Concepts, Infrastructure, and Applications offers a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research and implementations in this emerging area

Distributed applications are difficult to write as programmers need to adhere to specific distributed systems programming conventions and frameworks, which makes distributed systems development complex and error prone and ties the resultant application to the distributed system because the application's code is tangled with the crosscutting concern distribution

This book introduces the concept of a domain-specific aspect language called a Distribution Definition Language that generalises the distribution and distribution recovery concerns by describing the classes and methods of an existing application to be made remote, the distributed system to use to make them remote and the recovery mechanism to use in the event of an error

A software tool in the form of the RemoteJ compiler/generator that uses information contained in the Distribution Definition Language to generate the recovery and distributed system specific code and apply it to the application using bytecode manipulation and generation techniques is introduced

AUTONOMY ORIENTED COMPUTING is a comprehensive reference for scientists, engineers, and other professionals concerned with this promising development in computer science

It can also be used as a text in graduate/undergraduate programs in a broad range of computer-related disciplines, including Robotics and Automation, Amorphous Computing, Image Processing, Programming Paradigms, Computational Biology, etc

Part One describes the basic concepts and characteristics of an AOC system and enumerates the critical design and engineering issues faced in AOC system development

Avatars at Work and Play brings together contributions from leading social scientists and computer scientists who have conducted research on virtual environments used for collaboration and online gaming

They present a well-rounded and state-of-the-art overview of current applications of multi-user virtual environments, ranging from highly immersive virtual reality systems to internet-based virtual environments on personal computers

The volume is a follow-up to a previous essay collection, ?

This books deals with computer-mediated cooperation and communication scenarios in teaching and learning situations, leisure activities (e

g

laypersons looking for expert information on the internet), and net-based communication at work

This second edition has been completely updated to include new studies, new computer applications and an additional chapter on problems and issues that can arise when carrying out content analysis in four major categories: measurement, indication, representation and interpretation

Basic Content Analysis continues to offer an introduction to content analysis methods from a social science perspective and focuses on the reliability and validity of these coding procedures and their associated category schemes

The popularity of the first edition sprung to a great extent from the author's emphasis on two key standards: that in order for a text to be reliable different people should code the same text in the same way and that the classification procedure must generate variables that are valid so that it measures what the researcher intends it to

Probabilistic networks, also known as Bayesian networks and influence diagrams, have become one of the most promising technologies in the area of applied artificial intelligence, offering intuitive, efficient, and reliable methods for diagnosis, prediction, decision making, classification, troubleshooting, and data mining under uncertainty

Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams: A Guide to Construction and Analysis provides a comprehensive guide for practitioners who wish to understand, construct, and analyze intelligent systems for decision support based on probabilistic networks

Intended primarily for practitioners, this book does not require sophisticated mathematical skills or deep understanding of the underlying theory and methods nor does it discuss alternative technologies for reasoning under uncertainty

Beating IT Risks is the essential guide for anyone at risk from information technology failure

The book provides proven models and evaluation tools that will guide board members, senior management, IT leaders and business unit managers in decision-making, monitoring and negotiation roles

Featuring real-world PA Consulting Group case studies along with the authors' own direct experience in managing IT risks, this book will sit above more specialist titles to help you develop an integrated and comprehensive understanding of different IT risks and how to combat them

In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be

Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video



With Beautiful Data, you will: Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web Learn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups Discover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel Learn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research Understand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data Learn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data

That's only small sample of what you'll find in Beautiful Data

Great management is difficult to see as it occurs

It's possible to see the results of great management, but it's not easy to see how managers achieve those results

Great management happens in one-on-one meetings and with other managers---all in private

Despite the exponential growth of computing and communications technology, the inertia of old business technology management practices still drives most investment decisions in this area

Companies spend too much money on new technology, while their business models and processes underutilize the resources they already have

Written in a compelling, conversational manner, Best Practices in Business Technology Management advises those who buy, install, and support all types of computing and communications technology, empowering them to optimize their systems in new and innovative ways

The computer's metaphorical desktop, with its onscreen windows and hierarchy of folders, is the only digital work environment most users and designers have ever known

Yet empirical studies show that the traditional desktop design does not provide sufficient support for today's real-life tasks involving collaboration, multitasking, multiple roles, and diverse technologies

In Beyond the Desktop Metaphor, leading researchers and developers consider design approaches for a post-desktop future

The two-volume set LNCS 4527 and LNCS 4528 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2007, held in La Manga del Mar Menor, Spain in June 2007

The 126 revised papers presented are thematically divided into two volumes; the first includes all the contributions mainly related with theoretical, conceptual and methodological aspects linking AI and knowledge engineering with neurophysiology, clinics and cognition

The second volume contains all the contributions connected with biologically inspired methods and techniques for solving AI and knowledge engineering problems in different application domains

The enormous growth in the field of biotechnology necessitates the utilization of information technology for the management, flow and organization of data

The field continues to evolve with the development of new applications to fit the needs of the biomedicine

From molecular imaging to healthcare knowledge management, the storage, access and analysis of data contributes significantly to biomedical research and practice

This book provides practitioners with an overview of the principles & methods needed to build reliable biometric systems

It covers 3 main topics: key biometric technologies, testing & management issues, & the legal and system considerations of biometric systems for personal verification/identification

It focuses on the 4 most widely used technologies - speech, fingerprint, iris & face recognition

Share your home movies or download new software

Find safe files to download, create your own, and use BitTorrent for business

There's certainly a torrent of interest in BitTorrent! But while it enables you to download all kinds of cool files and to distribute your own creative efforts, it also carries some risks

This book not only shows you how to acquire BitTorrent, but also how to use it without picking up worms, viruses, and lawsuits

BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motion?s innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry

This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the world?

Blended eLearning is a must have book for trainers, managers, and learning consultants

The book has a critical mass of powerful information about eLearning theories, methods, and applications

The case studies alone make this book worthwhile to have on every bookshelf

?If you want to understand the future before it happens, you?ll love this book

The Latest Tips and Techniques for Getting the Maximum from Blu-ray Technology

Blu-ray Disc Demystified provides the most current information and applications available for this popular high-definition optical disc format

Written by a team of experts with a wide range of experience in DVD and high-definition production, this thorough, skill-building guide details Blu-ray's many features, formats, and applications

Blu-ray Disc Demystified provides exhaustive coverage of the multitude of production and authoring processes, while explaining how the standard and high-definition DVD specifications dovetail and/or clash with related digital media standards

Expert techniques for designing your system to achieve maximum availability and predictable downtime

With your company?s reputation and profits at stake, downtime on your 24/7 web site is not an option, nor is poor application performance

Now in its second edition, this authoritative book provides you with the design blueprints to maximize your system availability

Do you wish you could play your favorite blues music on guitar? Even if you don?t read music, it?

This is a *different* book on change management

Using commonsense and practical advice tested in their work with hundreds of organizations, the authors walk the reader through clear guidelines and checklists to implement change that works


Readers will develop a change management strategy
that starts by diagnosing the current culture and organization, then prepares for change carefully, addresses resistance to change, develops the change strategy, measures results, builds momentum for further change, and prevents deterioration and reversion

Optimize the use of the BSP extensions HTMLB, XHTMLB, and PHTMLB, using the expert guidance found in this unique technical guide - the first in the SAP PRESS Essentials series

First, benefit from detailed advice on the practical implementation of each of the various elements

Then, after designing a BSP application with its pages and page fragments, learn how to develop the numerous functions such as hierarchical navigation, table selection, detail display, comprehensive search templates, easyto-use input administration and much more

Wow! If you've got the time and inclination, there isn't anything that cannot be automated in your home

This one-stop resource shows you step-by-step how to plan and install smart home systems using clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations

The organization, functioning, and the role of libraries in university communities continue to change dramatically

While academic research libraries continue to acquire information, organize it, make it available, and preserve it, the critical issues for their management teams in the twenty-first century are to formulate a clear mission and role for their library, particularly as libraries transition to meet the new information needs of their university constituents

Building a Virtual Library addresses these issues by providing insight into the current changes and developments within the area of library science

A complete set of best practices, tools, and techniques for turning conversations into a rich source of business information
Many organizations are now recognizing that the untapped knowledge of their members can be used to benefit every aspect of their business, from making smarter and faster decisions to improving products and efficiency

This book offers a clear-cut road map for building a successful knowledge management system to capture and fully exploit the knowledge exchanged in conversations


Written by two of the foremost experts in online communities, this book covers a set of best practices, tools, and techniques for using conversation and online interaction to provide affordable and effective knowledge-based benefits and solutions

Every year, nearly one in five businesses suffers a major disruption to its data or voice networks or
communications systems

Since 9/11 it has become increasingly important for companies to implement a
plan for disaster recovery

This comprehensive book addresses the operational and day-to-day security
management requirements of business stability and disaster recovery planning specifically tailored for the needs and requirements of an Information Security Officer

Increase Your Company's Odds of Surviving a Major Disaster

Powerful Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Pacific

Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall in the Gulf Coast

Avalanche Buries Highway in Denver

Praise for Business Continuity Planning for Data Centers and Systems: A Strategic Implementation Guide

`Continuity is a primary business driver

This timely book offers a refreshingly honest road map to informed decision making by one of the mission critical industry's foremost real estate experts

It is a must-read for anyone thinking about 7x24

People have a hard time communicating, and also have a hard time finding business knowledge in the environment

With the sophistication of search technologies like Google, business people expect to be able to get their questions answered about the business just like you can do an internet search

The truth is, knowledge management is primitive today, and it is due to the fact that we have poor business metadata management

Provides a comprehensive method for implementing and maintaining business processes that help IT professionals and software engineers improve software quality, reduce time to market, quickly respond to changes in requirements, and more precisely, specify the reuse of software components

DLC: Management information systems

Business process management is usually treated from two different perspectives: business administration and computer science

While business administration professionals tend to consider information technology as a subordinate aspect for experts to handle, by contrast computer scientists often consider business goals and organizational regulations as terms that do not deserve much thought but require the appropriate level of abstraction

Mathias Weske argues that the communities involved need to share a common understanding of the principles underlying business process management

This business guide presents theoretical and empirical research on the business value of information technology (IT) and introduces strategic opportunities for using IT management to increase organizational performance

Implementation management is addressed with attention to customer relationship outsourcing, decision support systems, and information systems strategic planning

Domestic, international, and multinational business contexts are covered

This book contains selected papers on the language, applications, and environments of CafeOBJ, which is a state-of -the-art algebraic specification language

The authors are speakers at a workshop held in 1998 to commemorate a large industrial/academic project dedicated to CafeOBJ

The project involved more than 40 people from more than 10 organisations, of which 6 are industrial

Bad things can come in small packages

Have you ever innocently opened a vicious email? Have you ever wondered how some spammers have acquired your email address?

Expert guidance on exploring and choosing a career in computers

Ideal if you are a college-bound student or are thinking about making a career change, Careers in Computers offers necessary information needed to explore the profession and then narrow it down to a job that suits you

It details the responsibilities, education and training required, and employment outlooks for dozens of satisfying careers in the computer field

This volume is the latest addition to the Cases on Information Technology Series, a series which provides a collection of case studies focusing on IT implementation in organizations

The cases included in Cases on Information Technology: Lessons Learned, Volume 7 cover a variety of IT initiatives, including enterprise systems, wireless technologies, rebuilding operating systems after destruction, and implementation within non-profit organizations

Each case includes integral information regarding organizations working with IT, including key individuals involved, intelligent steps taken or perhaps overlooked, and the final project outcomes

Causal Mapping for Research in Information Technology provides an introduction to causal mapping for IS researchers and practitioners and goes further to provide IS researchers and practitioners everything they need to use causal mapping for both research and application

This revision of the classic book on CCTV technology, CCTV Surveillance, provides a comprehensive examination of CCTV, covering the applications of various systems, how to design and install a system, and how to choose the right hardware

Taking into account the ever-changing advances in technology using digital techniques and the Internet, CCTV Surveillance, Second Edition, is completely updated with the recent advancements in digital cameras and digital recorders, remote monitoring via the Internet, and CCTV integration with other security systems



Continuing in the celebrated tradition of the first edition, the second edition is written to serve as a useful resource for the end-user as well as the technical practitioner

When teaching in the area of Information Technology, it is necessary to constantly update curriculum, to deal with new challenges brought forth by students, and to modify teaching methods to accommodate these new situations

Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century strives to address a variety of pertinent questions surrounding the rapidly changing area of IT education, such as: What topics are important for the 21st Century? How does the Internet change the task of teaching?

This innovative book brings together two disciplines science and art and enables readers to produce their own computer-generated displays

44 colour plates and 200 black and white pictures showcase the diagrams that can easily be reproduced using the accompanying CD-ROM

It is possible to create diagrams that indicate predictability or unpredictability of physical, chemical, ecological, mathematical or economic systems

Nonnative English speakers will improve their knowledge and understanding of core computing technology with this workbook that includes self-study exercises and practical classroom activities, making it easy to revise classroom knowledge at home

A variety of productive and engaging activities such as word games, crosswords, speaking exercises, and group games make learning, revising, and testing English easy and fun

The format is simple to use, with clear instructions and an answer key, and this fully updated edition gives readers the latest necessary terminology in a fast-paced industry

Children's Learning in a Digital World presents exciting and challenging new ideas from international scholars on the impact of computers, the Internet, and video games on children's learning



Features exciting new research which reassesses the threats posed by technology to the social, emotional, and physical development of children
Examines the impact of technology in both formal and informal learning contexts, covering a range of technologies relevant to students and researchers, as well as professional educators
Presents key information on the social and cultural issues that affect technology use, in addition to the impact on children?

Are you a seasoned information technology (IT) executive looking for options available on leadership structures within your IT organization?   Look no further

  Now in a Second Edition, CIO Best Practices is an invaluable resource that provides a comprehensive, practical guide for CIOs and their executive team peers giving real-world examples of CIOs who have succeeded in mastering the blend of business and technology responsibilities and giving their companies a sound return on investment of technology dollars

User review
Solid Overview of Issues Facing IT Leadership
A very good overview of various core issues that senior IT leaders (not just CIO's) face and how they can been approached

The notion of complexity is an important contribution of logic to theoretical computer science and mathematics

This volume attempts to approach complexity in a holistic way, investigating mathematical properties of complexity hierarchies at the same time as discussing algorithms and computational properties

A main focus of the volume is on some of the new paradigms of computation, among them Quantum Computing and Infinitary Computation

If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services



While analysts hotly debate the advantages and risks of cloud computing, IT staff and programmers are left to determine whether and how to put their applications into these virtualized services

Cloud Application Architectures provides answers -- and critical guidance -- on issues of cost, availability, performance, scaling, privacy, and security

The easy way to understand and implement cloud computing technology written by a team of experts

Cloud computing can be difficult to understand at first, but the cost-saving possibilities are great and many companies are getting on board

If you've been put in charge of implementing cloud computing, this straightforward, plain-English guide clears up the confusion and helps you get your plan in place

You'll learn how cloud computing enables you to run a more green IT infrastructure, and access technology-enabled services from the Internet (`in the cloud`) without having to understand, manage, or invest in the technology infrastructure that supports them

Leverage the power of the Azure Services Platform for cloud computing

With the Azure Services Platform, processing and storing data moves from individual corporate servers and Web sites to larger, more reliable, and more secure data centers

Roger Jennings, author of more than 30 books on Microsoft technologies, shows you how to leverage the power of Azure and its related services for cloud computing

The book begins with a look at the differences between cloud computing and application hosting and examines the various issues that

`The promise of cloud computing is here

These pages provide the 'eyes wide open' insights you need to transform your business

` --Christopher Crowhurst, Vice President, Strategic Technology, Thomson Reuters

A Down-to-Earth Guide to Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach provides a comprehensive look at the emerging paradigm of Internet-based enterprise applications and services

Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security provides an understanding of what cloud computing really means, explores how disruptive it may become in the future, and examines its advantages and disadvantages

It gives business executives the knowledge necessary to make informed, educated decisions regarding cloud initiatives

The authors first discuss the evolution of computing from a historical perspective, focusing primarily on advances that led to the development of cloud computing

You may regard cloud computing as an ideal way for your company to control IT costs, but do you know how private and secure this service really is? Not many people do

With Cloud Security and Privacy, you'll learn what's at stake when you trust your data to the cloud, and what you can do to keep your virtual infrastructure and web applications secure

Chip multiprocessors - also called multi-core microprocessors or CMPs for short - are now the only way to build high-performance microprocessors, for a variety of reasons

Large uniprocessors are no longer scaling in performance, because it is only possible to extract a limited amount of parallelism from a typical instruction stream using conventional superscalar instruction issue techniques

In addition, one cannot simply ratchet up the clock speed on today's processors, or the power dissipation will become prohibitive in all but water-cooled systems

Run a world-class business from home

Today's home office is much more than a desk and a computer

In this easy-to-follow guide, you'll find out how to set up a connected, collaborative, portable, and secure digital workspace in your home

Produced in conjunction with CNET

*Page 26: How can I avoid off-by-one errors? *Page 143: Are Trojan Horse attacks for real? *Page 158: Where should I look when my application can't handle its workload?

This book is a unique and essential reference that focuses upon the reading and comprehension of existing software code

While code reading is an important task faced by the vast majority of students, it has been virtually ignored as a discipline by existing references

The book fills this need with a practical presentation of all important code concepts, form, structure, and syntax that a student is likely to encounter

The `alarming and impassioned`* book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law, now reissued as the first popular book revised online by its readers (*New York Times)

There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control

Code, first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong

It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be unregulable; cyberspace has no `nature

Fraud and piracy of products and ideas have become common in the early twenty-first century, as opportunities to commit them expand, and technology makes fraud and piracy easy to carry out

In `Combating Piracy: Intellectual Property Theft and Fraud`, Jay S

Albanese and his contributors provide new analyses of intellectual property theft and how perpetrators innovate and adapt in response to shifting opportunities

Feather (information science, Loughbough U

, UK) presents a descriptive study of the current structure of the publishing industry

The consolidation of the industry, the structure of international publishing trade, and issues of intellectual property are discussed in the opening chapter

The awareness of the ideas characterized by Communicating Processes Architecture and their adoption by industry beyond their traditional base in safety-critical systems and security is growing

The complexity of modern computing systems has become so great that no one person - maybe not even a small team - can understand all aspects and all interactions

The only hope of making such systems work is to ensure that all components are correct by design and that the components can be combined to achieve scalability

New technologies, although developed with optimism, often fall short of their predicted potential and create new problems

Communications technologies are no different

Their utopian proponents claim that universal access to advanced communications technologies can help to feed the hungry, cure the sick, educate the illiterate, improve the global standard of living, and ultimately bring about world peace

The book offers two themes: one is about Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learning, the other is about social informatics approaches

First, in order to facilitate designing effective learning environments both online and offline, this book calls attention to the importance of CoPs to facilitate informal learning as part of professional development

Communities of Practice are informal networks that support a group of practitioners to develop a shared meaning and engage in knowledge building among the members

As technology advances, the demand and necessity for seamless connectivity and stable access to servers and networks is increasing exponentially

Unfortunately the few books out there on remote access focus on Cisco certification preparation, one aspect of network connectivity or security

This text covers both-the enabling technology and how to make remote access secure

Computer and communication networks are among society's most important infrastructures

The internet, in particular, is a giant global network of networks with central control or administration

It is a paradigm of a complex system, where complexity may arise from different sources: topological structure, network evolution, connection and node diversity, and /or dynamical evolution

One of the challenges facing today?s management is to develop theories and practices that address the dynamics of business networks

Complexity theory has much to contribute to this purpose

Yes, you can turn those great melodies and smokin? grooves in your head into stunning digital music! And you don?

One of the biggest challenges in chip and system design is determining whether the hardware works correctly

That is the job of functional verification engineers and they are the audience for this comprehensive text from three top industry professionals



As designs increase in complexity, so has the value of verification engineers within the hardware design team

Computational models can be found everywhere in present day science and engineering

In providing a logical framework and foundation for the specification and design of specification languages, Raymond Turner uses this framework to introduce and study computable models

In doing so he presents the first systematic attempt to provide computational models with a logical foundation

The book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of morphology, syntax, computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP)

It provides a critical and practical guide to computational techniques for handling morphological and syntactic phenomena, showing how these techniques have been used and modified in practice


The authors discuss the nature and uses of syntactic parsers and examine the problems and opportunities of parsing algorithms for finite-state, context-free and various context-sensitive grammars

This book is a significant contribution to the state of the art in the field of computational bioengineering - from the need for a living human database to meshless methods in biomechanics, from computational mechanobiology to the evaluation of stresses in hip prosthesis replacement, from lattice Boltzmann methods for analyzing blood flow to the analysis of fluid movement in long bones, among other interesting topics treated herein

Well-known international experts in bioengineering have contributed to the book, giving it a unique style and cutting-edge material for graduate students, academic researchers and design bioengineers, as well as those interested in getting a better understanding of such complex and fascinating human and living processes

This book offers a comprehensive perspective to modern topics in complexity theory, which is a central field of the theoretical foundations of computer science

It addresses the looming question of what can be achieved within a limited amount of time with or without other limited natural computational resources

Can be used as an introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as either a textbook or for self-study, or to experts, since it provides expositions of the various sub-areas of complexity theory such as hardness amplification, pseudorandomness and probabilistic proof systems

This well-accepted introduction to computational geometry is a textbook for high-level undergraduate and low-level graduate courses

The focus is on algorithms and hence the book is well suited for students in computer science and engineering

Motivation is provided from the application areas: all solutions and techniques from computational geometry are related to particular applications in robotics, graphics, CAD/CAM, and geographic information systems

In Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods, the path-breaking investigators who founded the field review the principles and key techniques available to begin the creation of anatomically accurate and complete models of the brain

Combining the vast, data-rich field of anatomy with the computational power of novel hardware, software, and computer graphics, these pioneering investigators lead the reader from the subcellular details of dendritic branching and firing to system-level assemblies and models

A companion CD-ROM includes software used in computational neuroanatomy, sample data files animations of the results reported in the book, high-resolution color illustrations, and links to useful websites

Comprehensive text on the fundamentals of modeling flow and sediment transport in rivers treating both physical principles and numerical methods for various degrees of complexity

Includes 1-D, 2-D (both depth- and width-averaged) and 3-D models, as well as the integration and coupling of these models

Contains a broad selection of numerical methods for open-channel flows, such as the SIMPLE(C) algorithms on staggered and non-staggered grids, the projection method, and the stream function and vorticity method

The four-volume set LNCS 3036, LNCS 3037, LNCS 3038 and LNCS 3039 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2004, held in Kraków, Poland in June 2004

The four volumes present more than 550 reviewed contributed and invited papers of the main conference and its 30 workshops

The papers span the whole range of computational science, from foundational and methodological issues in computer science and algorithmic mathematics to advanced applications in virtually all sciences making use of computational techniques

This book amalgamates geometric modelling, analysis and optimization, the three important aspects in Computer Aided Engineering Design

While the three subjects are well developed by themselves, a detailed discussion on engineering visualization (transformations and projections) and mathematical background of free form, parametric and piecewise design of curves and surfaces is provided

A topological basis is given when discussing wireframe, boundary representation and constructive solid geometry as solid modelling techniques

Modern computer algebra systems are revolutionizing the teaching and learning of mathematically intensive subjects in science and engineering, enabling students to explore increasingly complex and computationally intensive models that provide analytic solutions, animated numerical solutions, and complex two- and three-dimensional graphic displays

This self-contained text benefits from a spiral structure that regularly revisits the general topics of graphics, symbolic computation, and numerical simulation with increasing intricacy at each turn

The text is built around a large number of computer algebra worksheets or `recipes` that have been designed using MAPLE to provide tools for problem solving and to stimulate critical thinking

Describes the main computer modeling techniques that constitute the framework of modern power system analysis

After describing the main computational and transmission system developments influencing power system analysis, the book covers load or power flow, AC system faults and the electromechanical behavior of power systems

Dynamic models of power system plants and their use in multi-machine transient stability analysis are discussed

As industry adopts a consumer focus in its product development strategy, it offers broader product ranges, shorter model lifetimes, and the ability to process orders in arbitrary lot sizes

This offers the ability to conduct early product design and development trade-off analysis among these competing objectives

The use of information technologies and networking capabilities is essential in the dissemination of product knowledge in order to integrate the decision-making process among heterogeneous and distributed partners / units

Bioengineering is a broad-based engineering discipline that applies engineering principles and design to challenges in human health and medicine, dealing with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems

Applications that benefit from bioengineering include medical devices, diagnostic equipment and biocompatible materials, amongst others

Computer Modeling in Bioengineering offers a comprehensive reference for a large number of bioengineering topics, presenting important computer modeling problems and solutions for research and medical practice

Malware attacks are increasing both in frequency and sophistication, thus posing a serious threat to the Internet economy and to national security

This book is a first step toward addressing the threat of malware in a comprehensive, global manner

It informs readers about malware -- its growth, evolution and countermeasures to combat it; presents new research into the economic incentives driving cyber-security decisions; and makes specific suggestions on how the international community can better work together to address the problem

Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces IV gathers the latest research of experts, research teams and leading organisations involved in computer-aided design of user interactive applications supported by software, with specific attention for platform-independent user interfaces and context-sensitive or aware applications

This includes: innovative model-based and agent-based approaches, code-generators, model editors, task animators, translators, checkers, advice-giving systems and systems for graphical and multimodal user interfaces

It also addresses User Interface Description Languages

The use of computers has opened up remarkable opportunities for innovative design, improved productivity, and greater efficiency in the use of materials

Uniquely, this book focuses on the practical use of computers for clothing pattern design and product development

Readers are introduced to the various computer systems which are suitable for the industry, the principles and techniques of pattern design applied to computer systems are explained, and readers are shown how product data management can be used in clothing product development

Internationally there is a growing number of professionals administering psychological tests by computer

Computer Based Testing and The Internet highlights four main themes that define current issues, technical advances and applications: advances in computer based testing, including test designs; operational issues, including security and legal issues; new uses for tests in employment and credentialing; and future of computer based testing

Each contributor addresses issues of control, quality, security and technology within the subject matter of their particular chapters providing an excellent overview

The recent, rapid emergence of the virtual organization has added new dynamics and challenges to the context of relationships between organizational managers and their employees, customers, and other constituents

Computer-Mediated Relationships and Trust: Managerial and Organizational Effects provides an exhaustive collection of leading research on trust within the context of computer-mediated relationships through review of the existent work on trust from multiple scholarly disciplines, and introduces trust in a third dimension

Addressing a complete set of issues and challenges intrinsic to the virtual-organization domain such as managing remote workers, selling products to unseen consumers, technology-mediated relationships with other organizations, and more this book provides libraries with an authoritative reference to the most pressing issues facing organizations as they strive to establish trust in virtual environments

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education provides a resource for researchers and practitioners in the area of computer-supported collaborative learning (also known as CSCL); particularly those working within a tertiary education environment

It includes articles of relevance to those interested in both theory and practice in this area

It attempts to answer such important current questions as: how can groups with shared goals work collaboratively using the new technologies?

Modern computer technology has opened up several new possibilities for optimizing the administration of educational and psychological tests

In computer adaptive testing (CAT), tests are automatically tailored to the proficiency level of the individual examinees

Currently, nearly all large-scale testing programs in the western world are already adaptive or in the process of becoming so

This volume contains a selection of papers covering the latest research and experiences on the application of Information and Communication Technologies in the field of Education, especially in the Ibero-American space

Areas covered include:

- Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational environments
- Web based courses, tools and resources
- ICT in special education
- Collaborative learning
- Distance learning supported by ICT
- E-Learning in Higher Education
- Innovative experiments using ICT in educational context
- Teacher training on the utilization of ICT in education
- Methodologies for ICT use in educational context
- Social aspects of the utilization of ICT in education
- Educational applications of ubiquous computing

An important book for researchers and practitioners in e-learning, computer-based education, educational software, distributed learning, lifelong learning and open and distance learning; as well as developers and users of educational software and computer-mediated educational tools

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) create potentials for considerable productivity gains and for higher economic growth

However, ICTs also pose varied challenges to firms in order to benefit from these potentials

Highlighting the importance of innovations, firm-sponsored training, and recruitment of high-skilled workers, this monograph analyses why and to what extent firms differ in their capabilities to make ICT work productively

Computers and the Law provides readers with an introduction to the legal issues associated with computing - particularly in the massively networked context of the Internet

Assuming no previous knowledge of the law or any special knowledge of programming or computer science, this textbook offers undergraduates of all disciplines and professionals in the computing industry an understanding of basic legal principles and an awareness of the peculiarities associated with legal issues in cyberspace

This book introduces readers to the fundamental workings of the law in physical space and suggests the opportunity to create new types of laws with nontraditional goals

Here?s the easiest guide ever to computers ? a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work

Both versions cover all introductory IT concepts topics and are appropriate for a full semester course, with or without a lab component

The comprehensive version offers more depth on business systems and societal issues

Designed to accommodate the computer competency needs of students from a broad spectrum of disciplines and interests, this best-selling text/supplements package provides an exceptionally well-illustrated overview of computing concepts and IT applications-all in a format that allows instructors the flexibility to meet their courses' education objectives

Human Language Technology (HLT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems have typically focused on the `factual` aspect of content analysis

Other aspects, including pragmatics, opinion, and style, have received much less attention

However, to achieve an adequate understanding of a text, these aspects cannot be ignored

Computing for the Older & Wiser is a simple-to-follow user friendly guide aimed at the older generation introducing the basics of mastering a computer

Covering the latest release of Windows Vista Home Premium(TM) and Windows XP(TM), this book is designed for people who want straightforward instructions on how to use their home PC

Written in plain English, using no unintelligible 'computer speak' Adrian guides you step-by-step through the basics of computing including chapters on: Use of the keyboard and mouse Email and the Internet Customising your desktop Word processing Digital photography Useful websites and much more

Useful tips and tricks and a question and answer revision section in each chapter will build your confidence, get you up-to-date and technologically savvy in no time!

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2007, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in November 2007

The 37 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 submissions

The papers are organized in topical sections on data warehousing and data mining, design methodologies and tools, information and database integration, information modelling concepts and ontologies, integrity constraints, logical foundations of conceptual modelling, patterns and conceptual meta-modelling, requirements elicitation, reuse and reengineering, semi-structured data and XML, as well as Web information systems and XML

Zero-knowledge proofs are fascinating and extremely useful constructs

Their fascinating nature is due to their seemingly contradictory definition; zero-knowledge proofs are convincing and yet yield nothing beyond the validity of the assertion being proved

Their applicability in the domain of cryptography is vast

`This book is the answer to hundreds of CIOs who have asked me how IT can be used to disrupt their market and change the rules of competition

If you live in a hypercompetitive world, CIOs will find this book an invaluable resource

` -Richard A

Contemporary Issues in End User Computing brings a wealth of end user computing information to one accessible location

This collection includes empirical and theoretical research concerned with all aspects of end user computing including development, utilization, and management

Contemporary Issues in End User Computing is divided into three sections, covering Web-based end user computing tools and technologies, end user computing software and trends, and end user characteristics and learning

Information technology has produced new ethical challenges and concerns in dealing with issues about privacy, security, piracy and professional ethics

Contemporary Issues in Ethics and Information Technology discusses these issues as well as other important ethical issues such as the outsourcing of high-level jobs and the value of IT itself

The main framework for ethical problems used in Contemporary Issues in Ethics and Information Technology is derived from the work of the late philosopher John Rawls

Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media offers concise and accurate information for engineers and technicians tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications

Without adequate fundamental knowledge of the core technologies, products could be flawed or even fail

John Watkinson has provided a definitive professional guide, designed as a standard point of reference for engineers, whether you are from an audio, video, computer or communications background

This book describes the vast opportunity created by unifying science and integrating technology, and recommends transforming ideas for individuals and society

We stand at the threshold of a new renaissance in knowledge based on the structure and behavior of matter from the nanoscale up to the most complex system yet discovered, the human brain

Unification of science based on unity in nature and its holistic investigation will lead to technological convergence and a more efficient societal structure for reaching human goals

The paradigm of ?multi-agent? cooperative control is the challenge frontier for new control system application domains, and as a research area it has experienced a considerable increase in activity in recent years

The papers included in this book draw from a rich empirical background including studies in healthcare, homecare, software-development, architectural design, marine insurance industry and learning in university settings

They integrate different theoretical foundations and conceptual frameworks to further the understanding of cooperative work, build advanced conceptual frameworks, derive design implications for information systems and present new technological concepts for cooperative systems

This publication brings together researchers who contribute to the design of cooperative systems and their integration into organizational settings

`Svend Frølund has made major progress in introducing novel high-level language constructs for coordination, based on the Actor computation model

Both researchers and practitioners working on distributed objects should read this book

` -- Akinori Yonezawa, Professor, Department of Information Science, University of Tokyo

Coordinating Distributed Objects presents a novel object-oriented methodology to simplify the construction of distributed software systems

Correlative Learning: A Basis for Brain and Adaptive Systems provides a bridge between three disciplines: computational neuroscience, neural networks, and signal processing

First, the authors lay down the preliminary neuroscience background for engineers

The book also presents an overview of the role of correlation in the human brain as well as in the adaptive signal processing world; unifies many well-established synaptic adaptations (learning) rules within the correlation-based learning framework, focusing on a particular correlative learning paradigm, ALOPEX; and presents case studies that illustrate how to use different computational tools and ALOPEX to help readers understand certain brain functions or fit specific engineering applications

While the weight of a structure constitutes a significant part of the cost, a minimum weight design is not necessarily the minimum cost design

Little attention in structural optimization has been paid to the cost optimization problem, particularly of realistic three-dimensional structures

Cost optimization is becoming a priority in all civil engineering projects, and the concept of Life-Cycle Costing is penetrating design, manufacturing and construction organizations

Now in the 4th edition, Cracking the Coding Interview gives you the interview preparation you need to get the top software developer jobs

This book provides:

* 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions: From binary trees to binary search, this list of 150 questions includes the most common and most useful questions in data structures, algorithms, and knowledge based questions



* Ten Mistakes Candidates Make -- And How to Avoid Them: Don't lose your dream job by making these common mistakes

Harness the Power of Social Networking with Facebook Applications: Everything you need to know to build a Facebook application, If you are interested in or getting started with building Facebook applications, then this book is for you

Facebook is taking the world by storm! With more than 100 million connected users and an open platform that allows developers to have full access to those users, you now have one of the most powerful opportunities ever to put your web app in front of thousands, even millions in little time

Remote web-based experimentation, enabling students and researchers to access the laboratory anytime via the Internet, is becoming an increasingly attractive way to complement or even replace traditional laboratory sessions

Placing a video camera & microphone before the equipment & apparatus to capture what is actually happening in the laboratory allows the images & audio data to be streamed to the client side

Researchers in different countries can share equipment and conduct research cooperatively and remotely

The internet has the potential to increase the number of cross-border disputes between a wide range of different users

For many internet disputes, the use of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) becomes critical

ODR uses information technology (such as expert systems) and internet communication applications (such as webforms or web filing platforms) to resolve disputes outside the courts

There has been a growing interest in crowd simulation particularly in the commercial sector where it is used in security, defence, entertainment and the movie industry

This field is now reaching maturity and there is a need for a book that focuses entirely on methods and techniques for crowd simulation, this book fills that gap

The topics covered include: Modelling of populations, Virtual Human Animation, Behavioural Animation of Crowds, Crowd Rendering, Populated Environments

Freedom's not dead in cyberspace

That's the premise of philosopher Peter Ludlow and most of the contributors to his Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias, and it's hard to argue otherwise after reading it

Deliberately freeing the volume from the shackles of academic rigor (and jargon), Ludlow draws deeply from the cyber-underground and mixes classic rants with post-millennial realism

As global enterprise grows increasingly reliant on electronic data, processes, and procedures, studies of the management of organizational knowledge are emergin at the forefront of critical research

Current Issues in Knowledge Management combines cutting-edge research on the cultural, technical, organizational, and human issues surrounding the creation, capture, transfer, and use of knowledge in todays organizations

Providing foremost information on topics such as organizational memory, knowledge management in enterprises, enablers and inhibitors of knowledge sharing and transfer, and emerging technologies of knowledge management, this estimable reference offers vital research information to practitioners and scholars in a variety of settings

Cyber Terrorism: Political and Economic Implications is a cyber terrorism brief that outlines many of the recent terrorist activities, political objectives, and their use of cyberspace

Much of this book is dedicated to illustrating the use of the global information infrastructure by terrorists for the communication and coordination of distributed terrorist cells, the gathering of target intelligence, and the use of cyber criminal activities as a force multiplier for both physical attacks and infrastructure destabilization

This book identifies the underlying technologies of the global information infrastructure as a means for presenting how critical this emerging domain has become

Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook documents the history of computer hacking from free long distance phone calls to virtual espionage to worries of a supposed `cyber apocalypse,` and provides accessible information everyone should know

How can a person's identity be stolen? What exactly is a `hacker`?

In the extension of digital media from optional means to central site of activity, the domains of language, art, learning, play, film, and politics have been subject to radical reconfigurations as mediating structures

This book examines how this changed relationship has in each case shaped a new form of discourse between self and culture and illustrates explicitly the character of mediated agency beyond the formal separateness from lived experience that was once conveniently termed the virtual and which has come to influence common assumptions about creative expression itself

Cyberspace security is a critical subject of our times

On the one hand the development of Internet, mobile communications, distributed computing, computer software and databases storing essential enterprise information has helped to conduct business and personal communication between individual people

On the other hand it has created many opportunities for abuse, fraud and expensive damage

Computers were once thought of as number-crunching machines; but for most of us it is their ability to create worlds and process words that have made them into a nearly indispensable part of life

As Jacques Leslie puts it, if computers are everywhere, it is because they have grown into `poetry machines

` The term `cyberspace` captures the growing sense that beyond - or perhaps on - the computer screen lies a `New Frontier` both enticing and forbidding, a frontier awaiting exploration, promising discovery, threatening humanistic values, hatching new genres of discourse, and alerting our relation to the written word

The book presents new developments in data analysis, classification and multivariate statistics, and in their algorithmic implementation

The more methodologically oriented reader will find contributions to the theory of clustering and discrimination, multidimensional data analysis, data mining, and robust statistics with a special emphasis on the novel Forward Search approach

Many papers also provide significant contributions in a wide range of fields of application

Security and privacy are paramount concerns in information processing systems, which are vital to business, government and military operations and, indeed, society itself

Meanwhile, the expansion of the Internet and its convergence with telecommunication networks are providing incredible connectivity, myriad applications and, of course, new threats

Data and Applications Security XVII: Status and Prospects describes original research results, practical experiences and innovative ideas, all focused on maintaining security and privacy in information processing systems and applications that pervade cyberspace

New technology is always evolving and companies must have appropriate security for their businesses to be able to keep up to date with the changes

With the rapid growth of the internet and the world wide web, data and applications security will always be a key topic in industry as well as in the public sector, and has implications for the whole of society

Data and Applications Security covers issues related to security and privacy of information in a wide range of applications, including:

+ Electronic Commerce, XML and Web Security; + Workflow Security and Role-based Access Control; + Distributed Objects and Component Security; + Inference Problem, Data Mining and Intrusion Detection; + Language and SQL Security; + Security Architectures and Frameworks; + Federated and Distributed Systems Security; + Encryption, Authentication and Security Policies

A truly groundbreaking volume, this fully revised and updated edition of Data Broadcasting presents an exhaustive overview of the specific data broadcasting and bordering technologies concerned

Answering a wealth of questions, it describes this new technology in detail, examining how it differs from established technologies, and for what means it can be used

It also analyses data broadcasting from the perspectives of both the medium and business

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Data Integration in the Life Sciences, DILS 2006, held in Hinxton, UK in July 2006

The 19 revised full papers and 4 revised short papers presented together with 2 keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 initial submissions

All current issues in data integration from the life science point of view are adressed

Failure to appreciate the full dimensions of data protection can lead to poor data protection management, costly resource allocation issues, and exposure to unnecessary risks

Data Protection: Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance explains how to gain a handle on the vital aspects of data protection

The author begins by building the foundation of data protection from a risk management perspective

This volume provides new methodological developments in data analysis and classification

A wide range of topics is covered that includes the measurement of similarity and dissimilarity, methods for classification and clustering, network and graph analyses, analysis of symbolic data, and web mining

Apart from structural and theoretical results the book shows how to apply the proposed to a variety of problems, for example in medicine, microarray analysis, social network structures, and music

Our world is being revolutionized by data-driven methods: access to large amounts of data has generated new insights and opened exciting new opportunities in commerce, science, and computing applications

Processing the enormous quantities of data necessary for these advances requires large clusters, making distributed computing paradigms more crucial than ever

MapReduce is a programming model for expressing distributed computations on massive datasets and an execution framework for large-scale data processing on clusters of commodity servers

This unique text provides an overview of the current status of database annotation and discusses what is required for future progress, both in terms of the skill set required and training requirements for new entrants to the field

Forget the common cold for a moment

Instead, consider the rise of `false data syndrome,` a deceptive method of identification derived from numbers rather than more recognizable human traits

Simson Garfinkel couples this idea with concepts like `data shadow` and `datasphere` in Database Nation, offering a decidedly unappealing scenario of how we have overlooked privacy with the advent of advanced technology

The book presents state of the art knowledge about Decision-Making Support Systems (DMSS)

Its main goals are to help diffuse knowledge about effective methods and strategies for successfully designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating decision-making support systems, and to create an awareness among academicians and practitioners about the relevance of decision-making support systems in the current dynamic management environment

Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade is a comprehensive compilation of DMSS thought and vision, dealing with issues such as decision making concepts in organizations

Along with a simplified explanation of Boolean logic and how it is used for online searching, this guide offers reproducible worksheets that lead students through powerful strategic techniques for decision-making and researching

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies, DALT 2006, held in Hakodate, Japan in May 2006 as an associated event of AAMAS 2006, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems

The 12 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited talk and 3 invited papers - fully revised to incorporate reviewers' comments and discussions at the workshop - were carefully selected for inclusion in the book

The papers combine declarative and formal approaches with engineering and technology aspects of agents and multiagent systems, thus gaining more and more attention in important application areas such as the semantic Web, Web services, security, and electronic contracting

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Applications of Declarative Programming and Knowledge Management, INAP 2005, held in Fukuoka, Japan, in October 2005

The 13 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks and 1 invited tutorial were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book

The papers address all current aspects of declarative programming, constraint processing and knowledge management as well as their use for distributed systems and the Web

Learn how to design and deploy utility computing systems to save costs and improve the value that IT delivers

The economic downturn that occurred after the

com boom and bust has put the cost of IT in the spotlight

Most of today's mid-size to large business enterprises and governmental agencies use electronic data interchange, or EDI, to interact with one another

EDI is a highly structured data communications system that is used to exchange commercial documents including purchase orders, invoices, electronic catalogs, and bid documents

Demystifying EDI is for two distinct audiences: those without a deep technical knowledge who want to know more about EDI and how it works, and those who may have some background in EDI implementation, transactions, and systems who wish to know more about EDI software for Windows-based desktop and network-connected PCs

Early approaches to accelerated testing were based on the assumption that there was a simple acceleration factor dependent on stress that would correspond to a linear scaling of time from the operating stress to the accelerating stress

This corresponds to the simplest physical model of the kinetics governing the underlying degradation

This book provides theory and methods for recognizing and handling the more complicated cases that quite often occur in practice

Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of fault-tolerant mobile systems, and fault tolerance and analysis, this book tackles the current issues of reliability-based optimization of computer networks, fault-tolerant mobile systems, and fault tolerance and reliability of high speed and hierarchical networks

The book is divided into six parts to facilitate coverage of the material by course instructors and computer systems professionals

The sequence of chapters in each part ensures the gradual coverage of issues from the basics to the most recent developments

Design for Emergence investigates spontaneous, unpredictable uses of technology that are driven by social contexts and collaborative processes, based on our ability to communicate our presence, both virtual and physical, in symbolic ways

In light of the fact that social dynamics and unexpected uses of technology can inspire innovation, this book proposes a research model of design for emergence, focusing on emergent phenomena as part of an iterative design process

By providing playful, technology-mediated experiences with minimal structure, unpredictable user behaviors can emerge through exploration, resulting in a richer and more complex, social experience

As engineering systems become more and more complex, industry has recognized the importance of system and product reliability and places ever increasing emphasis on it during the design phase

Despite its efforts, however, industry continues to lose billions of dollars each year because of unexpected system failures

Therefore, it becomes increasingly important for designers and engineers to have a solid grounding in reliability engineering and keep abreast of new developments and research results

Design research promotes understanding of advanced, cutting-edge information systems through the construction and evaluation of these systems and their components

Since this method of research can produce rigorous, meaningful results in the absence of a strong theory base, it excels in investigating new and even speculative technologies, offering the potential to advance accepted practice



Design Science Research Methods and Patterns presents innovative research methods that help break new ground by applying patterns, reuse, and design science to research

The Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference celebrated in 2007 its tenth anniversary

As a tribute to the chip and system-level design and design technology community, this book presents a compilation of the three most influential papers of each year

This provides an excellent historical overview of the evolution of a domain that contributed substantially to the growth and competitiveness of the circuit electronics and systems industry

In recent years there has been a resurgence in the use of video in teaching and training contexts, due to technological advances that enable good quality moving pictures through CD-Rom, DVD and broadband Internet

This book offers advice and assistance to a growing group of teachers and trainers, technical and support staff in the most effective deployment of video and multimedia in open and distance learning


A bridge between research and practice, Designing Video and Multimedia for Open and Flexible Learning discusses:
· what to teach on video and how to teach it
· when to choose and how to use other media for teaching
· a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia
· practical development advice for interactive multimedia
With insights into the comprehensive process of designing, developing and managing distance learning materials, this book will appeal to readers with varying interests and responsibilities, including course development, educational Video, Audiovision and interactive Multimedia design, as well as to students of general video and multimedia production

Designing Effective Web Surveys is a practical guide to designing Web surveys, based on empirical evidence and grounded in scientific research and theory

It is designed to guide survey practitioners in the art and science of developing and deploying successful Web surveys

It is not intended as a `cook book`; rather it is meant to get the reader to think about why we need to pay attention to design

`Designing for Networked Communications: Strategies and Development explains how to plan, use, and understand the products and the dynamic social processes and tasks some of the most vital innovations in the knowledge society depend upon social as well as technological

Focusing on various forms of design, implementation and integration of computer mediated communication, this book bridges the academic fields of computer science and communication studies

Designing for Networked Communications: Strategies and Development uses an interdisciplinary approach, and presents results from recent and important research in a variety of forms for networked communications

Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology is a must-have book for anyone developing user interfaces (UI)

The authors define a seemingly simple goal, the Cooperative Principle for Technology: `[T]hose who are designing, building, or managing the development of technology should teach their products to follow the same basic rules of cooperation that people use with each other

`

In the first section, they show lots of good and bad UI examples from different devices (PC, PDA, photocopier, even a dashboard)

Designing a good interface isn't easy

Users demand software that is well-behaved, good-looking, and easy to use

Your clients or managers demand originality and a short time to market

Discusses the current status of portals in higher education by providing insight into the role portals play in an institution's business and educational strategy, by taking the reader through the processes of conceptualization, design, and implementation of the portals (in different stages of development) at major universities and by offering insight from three producers of portal software systems in use at institutions of higher learning and elsewhere

Portals present strategic challenges in the academic environment

Their conceptualization and design requires the input of campus constituents who seldom interact and whose interests are often different

Developing and maintaining a VR system is a very difficult task, requiring in-depth knowledge in many disciplines

The difficulty lies in the complexity of having to simultaneously consider many system goals, some of which are conflicting

This book is organized so that it follows a spiral development process for each stage, describing the problem and possible solutions for each stage

An excellent introduction to the design theories involved in the creation of user interfaces

Instead of the usual examples and pictures of computer screens and application menus, Mullet approaches the concept of UI from its `outside world` roots

With examples ranging from street signs to corporate logos to the map of the London Underground, each section attacks the issues of interface design from the ground up, appealing first to the eye and then to the mind

As Ambient Intelligence (AmI) ecosystems are rapidly becoming a reality, they raise new research challenges

Unlike predefined static architectures as we know them today, AmI ecosystems are bound to contain a large number of heterogeneous computing, communication infrastructures and devices that will be dynamically assembled

Architectures will be sensitive, adaptive, context-aware and responsive to users?

Virtual Reality has turned the corner from being a mere laboratory novelty to become a valuable tool with practical applications in many fields

From best-selling VR guru Bill Sherman comes Developing Virtual Reality Applications - a comprehensive compendium that examines over 50 unique and foundational VR applications in Business, Science, Medicine, Education, Spatial Studies, Public Safety, and Entertainment industries

Each chapter contains one or more key applications that are explored in depth, as well as examples of these applications in their most recent form and the most current research being conducted

`Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era

This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we have in mind anything remotely resembling what we do when we add numbers

In the computer's case, the mechanics of addition involve no motivation, no consciousness of the task, no mobilization of the will, no metabolic activity, no imagination

This is a collection of 43 essays about the economics and management of information technology markets

The first part of the book focuses on events, notable birth dates and longstanding trends

The unifying theme revolves around the role of human economic behavior in the face of uncertainty and confusion

The more than 10,000 entries in this computer reference provide comprehensive coverage of computer terms, including those related to hardware and software applications, programming languages, networks and communications, the Internet, and e-commerce

Quotations from computer magazines and newspapers offer examples of usage in this updated edition

Digital Accounting: The Effects of the Internet and ERP on Accounting provides a foundation in digital accounting by covering fundamental topics such as accounting software, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), and EDI

The effects of the Internet and ERP on accounting are classified and presented for each accounting cycle, along with a comprehensive discussion of online controls

Digital Accounting: The Effects of the Internet and ERP on Accounting provides a conceptual approach to handling the latest developments at the intersection of the accounting and IT fields

The effects of digital technology on the security industry require constant vigilance by security distributors, sales staff, and installation professionals

Today and for the foreseeable future, all security professionals must have at least a basic understanding of digital technology

Digital CCTV addresses this new challenge

Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole

Digital citizenship, or the ability to participate in society online, promotes social inclusion

But statistics show that significant segments of the population are still excluded from digital citizenship

The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is collected, stored and accessed

There are three principal reasons why this is happening reducing cost, increasing quality, and increasing bandwidth

Moore s Law results in ever-decreasing costs of processing, storage, and transmission

How to plan your future strategy for efficient, cost-saving data management

Businesses have historically treated data protection as an afterthought, as simply making an occasional copy of data that could be used in the future

Today, this attitude is changing rapidly

The ever-increasing amount of data, along with the emphasis on continuous availability, necessitates changes in the approach to data integrity, which results in management and protection becoming much more closely aligned

The reproduction of nature via computer has fascinated scientists in computer graphics and artists, ever since synthetic imaging was thought to be possible

This book illustrates and exemplifies methods for the creation of artificial plant models, and the application of these methods within areas such as simulation, virtual reality, botany, landscaping, and architecture

The models are combined to create gardens, parks, and even entire landscapes

Foundation Title

This newly revised text blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems

The text covers the fundamental building blocks of digital design across several levels of abstraction, from CMOS gates to hardware design languages

Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it effect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for energy use, transport and the future shape of out cities?

Few developments have had broader consequences for the public sector than the introduction of the Internet and digital technology

In this book, Darrell West discusses how new technology is altering governmental performance, the political process, and democracy itself by improving government responsiveness and increasing information available to citizens

Using multiple methods--case studies, content analysis of over 17,000 government Web sites, public and bureaucrat opinion survey data, an e-mail responsiveness test, budget data, and aggregate analysis--the author presents the most comprehensive study of electronic government ever undertaken

The contributors to this volume view digital libraries (DLs) from a social as well as technological perspective

They see DLs as sociotechnical systems, networks of technology, information artifacts, and people and practices interacting with the larger world of work and society

As Bruce Schatz observes in his foreword, for a digital library to be useful, the users, the documents, and the information system must be in harmony

Currently in a state of cultural transition, global society is moving from a literary society to digital one, adopting widespread use of advanced technologies such as the Internet and mobile devices

Digital media has an extraordinary impact on society s formative processes, forcing a pragmatic shift in their management and organization

Digital Literacy: Tools and Methodologies for Information Society strives to define a conceptual framework for understanding social changes produced by digital media and creates a framework within which digital literacy acts as a tool to assist younger generations to interact critically with digital media and their culture, providing scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners a technological and sociological approach to this cutting-edge topic from an educational perspective

Analyzing the complex interaction between the material and immaterial aspects of new digital technologies, this book draws upon a mix of theoretical approaches (including sociology, media theory, cultural studies and technological philosophy), to suggest that the ?Matrix? of science fiction and Hollywood is simply an extreme example of how contemporary technological society enframes and conditions its citizens

In a world where anyone can become a media producer, everyone should know something about media law ? both to protect their own rights and to avoid violating the rights of others

  Digital Media Law is the first media law text to respond to digitalization and globalization--the two most significant agents of change in the 21st century

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Digital Rights Management, DRM 2002, held in Washington, DC, USA, in November 2002, in conjunction with ACM CCS-9

The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book

Among the topics addressed are DES implementation for DRM applications, cryptographic attacks, industrial challenges, public key broadcast encryption, fingerprinting, copy-prevention techniques, copyright limitations, content protection, watermarking systems, and theft-protected proprietary certificates

Digital rights management (DRM) is a type of server software developed to enable secure distribution - and perhaps more importantly, to disable illegal distribution - of paid content over the Web

DRM technologies are being developed as a means of protection against the online piracy of commercially marketed material, which has proliferated through the widespread use of Napster and other peer-to-peer file exchange programs



With the flourish of these file exchange programs, content owners, creators and producers need to have a plan to distribute their content digitally and protect it at the same time-a seemingly impossible task

Digital Signage Broadcasting is a perfect introduction to this new world of opportunities for media professionals in all areas

Whether you are in engineering, IT, advertising, or management, you will gain knowledge on the operations of digital signage systems, content gathering, customer billing, and much more on this new exciting media



This book includes coverage of basic elements, examples of advanced digital signage applications, as well as traffic capacity calculations that may be guidance when choosing means of distribution as physical media, broadband or satellite

Now in a new edition?the most comprehensive, hands-on introduction to digital signal processing

The first edition of Digital Signal Processing and Applications with the TMS320C6713 and TMS320C6416 DSK is widely accepted as the most extensive text available on the hands-on teaching of Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Now, it has been fully updated in this valuable Second Edition to be compatible with the latest version (3

Consumer electronics engineers, technicians, and managers, embedded engineers, system engineers, product designers & developers, network engineers and managers, programmers, marketing and sales personnel, and providers of content to electronic device end users

* Presents best practices for selecting, integrating, and using storage devices to achieve higher performance, greater reliability and lower cost
* Teardown photos provide rare visuals of the `guts` of the devices discussed
* Covers hot topics including flash memory, DVRs, Apple iPods, home networks, and automotive electronics, from basic layouts to standards, advanced features, and exciting growth opportunities

User review
An Insider's Look at Storage for Consumer Electronics
Tom Coughlin is a well-known analyst of the data storage industry

He shares the considerable breadth and depth of his experience in this book, Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics



The first chapters present a helpful look inside magnetic, optical, and flash storage devices

Digital Television is as an authoritative and complete overview that describes the technology of digital television broadcasting

It gives you a thorough technical description of the underlying principles of the DVB standard and the various steps of signal processing

Also included is a complete technical glossary of terms, abbreviations, and expressions that gives you quick reference

The TeX and LaTeX typesetting systems have become the de facto standard for preparing complex technical documents in print and electronic form

`Digital Typography Using LaTeX` collects together the most frequently required 'how to' information and tools

The book describes recent developments in multilingual typesetting using TeX that make it easy for users to prepare documents in their own languages and alphabets

A large number of cultural heritage objects around the world are deteriorating or being destroyed due to the work of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, and human-inflicted destruction, such as war and vandalism

In the wake of these threats, 3D data becomes a critical component to permanently recording the shapes of these important objects so that they might be passed down to future generations

Digitally Archiving Cultural Objects describes thorough research and methods for preserving cultural heritage objects through the use of 3D digital data

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, teaches artists a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories

They will learn classic visual storytelling techniques such as conveying meaning with images and directing the viewer's eye

Glebas also teaches how to spot potential problems before they cost time and money, and he offers creative solutions on how to solve them

Information is power - you know that

But, how do you research the best Disaster Recovery strategies, without spending too much of your time (and money) on it? The average person earns $ 1100 per week, which equates to $ 27 per hour

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2002, held in Lubeck, Germany, in November 2002

The 17 revised full papers and 27 revised short papers presented together with 5 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions

The papers are organized in topical sections on applications of discovery science to natural science, knowledge discovery from unstructured and semi-structured data, metalearning and analysis of machine learning algorithms, combining machine learning algorithms, neural networks and statistical learning, new approaches to knowledge discovery, and knowledge discovery from text

DAPSYS (International Conference on Distributed and Parallel Systems) is an international biannual conference series dedicated to all aspects of distributed and parallel computing

DAPSYS 2008, the 7th International Conference on Distributed and Parallel Systems was held in September 2008 in Hungary

Distributed and Parallel Systems: Desktop Grid Computing, based on DAPSYS 2008, presents original research, novel concepts and methods, and outstanding results

In today?s world, services and data are integrated in ever new constellations, requiring the easy, flexible and scalable integration of autonomous, heterogeneous components into complex systems at any time

Event-based architectures inherently decouple system components

Agent technology is evolving as a leading field of research connected to diverse areas such as A

I

, E-commerce, robotics and information retrieval

Future requirements for computing speed, system reliability, and cost-effectiveness entail the development of alternative computers to replace the traditional von Neumann organization

As computing networks come into being, one of the latest dreams is now possible - distributed computing

Distributed computing brings transparent access to as much computer power and data as the user needs for accomplishing any given task - simultaneously achieving high performance and reliability

Technological advances and changes in the global economy are increasing the geographic distribution of work in industries as diverse as banking, wine production, and clothing design

Many workers communicate regularly with distant coworkers; some monitor and manipulate tools and objects at a distance

Work teams are spread across different cities or countries

From novice to nightclub -- without the nightmares

Whether you're a bedroom DJ looking to improve, or an accomplished amateur making the transition to playing live, DJing For Dummies has the accessible information you need

From what to buy (and what not to buy), mastering the beat, and reading a crowd, to all the tricks, techniques, and flourishes of a pro DJ, you'll be turning noise into notoriety in no time

Do-All Computing for Distributed Systems: Cooperation in the Presence of Adversity studies algorithmic issues associated with cooperative execution of multiple independent tasks by distributed computing agents including partitionable networks

Recent results have shed light on the understanding of how adversity affects efficiency, by presenting failure-sensitive upper and lower bounds for Do-All in several models for computation

The ability to cooperatively perform a collection of tasks is key to solving a broad array of computation problems ranging from distributed search to distributed simulation and multi-agent collaboration which is introduced within this book

The DocBook SGML specification allows publishers to mark up text content to be used in traditional print as well as on the Web

DocBook: The Definitive Guide examines and catalogs the entirety of the DocBook specification and will be useful to anyone who uses SGML to publish documents

DocBook uses SGML to structure the contents of a book, identifying such elements as authors, chapters, headings, and so on

The Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life

This book is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the methodological issues that arise when one tries to study and understand the social processes occurring within it

The contributors offer original responses in the search for, and critique of, methods with which to study the Internet and the social, political, economic, artistic, and communicative phenomena occurring within and around it

Dr

Tom and Debra Shinder have become synonymous with Microsoft's flagship firewall product ISA Server, as a result of Tom's prominent role as a member of the beta development team, and Tom and Deb's featured placement on both Microsoft's ISA Server Web site and ISAserver

org

Dynamic Epistemic Logic is the logic of knowledge change

This is not about one logical system, but about a whole family of logics that allows us to specify static and dynamic aspects of multi-agent systems

This book provides various logics to support such formal specifications, including proof systems

The application of machine vision to autonomous vehicles is an increasingly important area of research with exciting applications in industry, defense, and transportation likely in coming decades

Dynamic Vision for Perception and Control of Road Vehicles has been written by the world's leading expert on autonomous road-following vehicles and brings together twenty years of innovation in the field by Professor Dickmanns and his colleagues at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich

The book uniquely details an approach to real-time machine vision for the understanding of dynamic scenes, viewed from a moving platform that begins with spatio-temporal representations of motion for hypothesized objects whose parameters are adjusted by well-known prediction error feedback and recursive estimation techniques

`E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance` is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology

Managers need to have an understanding of strategy development for IS/IT that covers e-business strategy, sourcing of service, and governance of IS/IT decision rights

`E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance` presents emerging perspectives that influence IS/IT strategy work, such as new e-business models, the growing number of sourcing options and revised models for governance of IS/IT

The Internet has created new business areas for the graphic arts industry: Information is formatted to be published both on paper and on-line and new forms of cooperation with customers and co-producers develop

The author gives a broad review of new services and processes, the Internet has made possible

The reader gains insight into the existing diversity of notions and concepts

E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Project combines comprehensive research related to e-collaboration in modern organizations, emphasizing topics relevant to those involved in initiating and managing distributed projects

Providing authoritative content to scholars, researchers, and practitioners, this book specifically describes conceptual and theoretical issues that have implications for distributed project management, implications surrounding the use of e-collaborative environments for distributed projects, and emerging issues and debate related directly and indirectly to e-collaboration support for distributed project management

Discover the process of e-discovery and put good practices in place

Electronic information involved in a lawsuit requires a completely different process for management and archiving than paper information

With the recent change to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure making all lawsuits subject to e-discovery as soon as they are filed, it is more important than ever to make sure that good e-discovery practices are in place

One of the hottest topics in computer forensics today, electronic discovery (e-discovery) is the process by which parties involved in litigation respond to requests to produce electronically stored information (ESI)

According to the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey, it is now a $2 billion industry, a 60% increase from 2004, projected to double by 2009

The core reason for the explosion of e-discovery is sheer volume; evidence is digital and 75% of modern day lawsuits entail e-discovery

Virtual technology is increasingly prevalent in all spheres of daily life, including infiltration into governmental policies, processes, infrastructures, and frameworks

E-Government Research: Policy and Management provides scholars and practitioners with a critical mass of research on the integration, management, implications, and application of e-government

Covering such issues as e-government adoption and diffusion; social and performance issues of e-government; and information security, privacy, and policy, this book is an essential resource to any library collection

`Information systems are shaped by the environment in which they operate, and e-Procurement in Emerging Economies: Theory and Cases explains how e-procurement is shaped in emerging economies

Contributors from Italy, China, India, Turkey, Slovenia, Australia, and UK have submitted case studies and theoretical insights on e-procurement and its implications for emerging economies, covering a gamut of issues that are relevant to understand how Web-based function and services effect buyer supplier interactions in emerging economies

e-Procurement in Emerging Economies: Theory and Cases presents issues such as legal, technical, cultural and social analysis on e-procurement, and offers technical and managerial solutions to professionals in different emerging economies and industries

This volume presents the best papers of the special issue `E-Services` of the Journal of Value Chain Management

In association with Marketing Center Muenster (University of Muenster, Germany) and the Center for Services Marketing and Management (Florida Atlantic University, USA), the volume provides a thorough introduction and systematic overview of the new and emerging field `E-Services`

Could information and communication technology (ICT) become the transformative tool for a new style of global development? Could ICT promote knowledge-based, innovation-driven, and smart, adaptive, participatory development? As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way organizations have learned to use ICT to transform their business models and strategies

A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems

For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst

?Richard and Kevin introduce us to a reality that?s often neglected in our industry: the problem of evolving legacy systems, a domain they call ?

Today, identity is more than anything, economic

The technology used to create, utilize and protect identities is increasingly ill-matched to the economics and uses of identities

Identity theft is the misuse of private authenticating information to steal money

Effective Functional Verification is organized into 4 parts

The first part contains 3 chapters designed appeal to newcomers and experienced people to the field

There is a survey of various verification methodologies and a discussion of them

IT service management (ITSM) is the group of processes and functions that oil the wheels of the IT machine

Without ITSM, every IT project and system would deteriorate over time until failure

ITIL is the recognized best-practice standard for ITSM, and has been around since the late 1980s, with ITIL version 3 published just recently

This field-tested guidebook helps teachers develop skills for integrating best teaching practices with technology and includes case studies, examples of student work, and Web links

Our universities are facing immense pressures from within because of the increase in the ?publish or perish? syndrome

In this monograph, the authors propose a systematic and rigorous treatment of electromagnetic field representations in complex structures

The architecture suggested in this book accommodates use of different numerical methods as well as alternative Green's function representations in each of the subdomains resulting from a partitioning of the overall problem

The subdomains are regions of space where electromagnetic energy is stored and are described in terms of equivalent circuit representations based either on lumped element circuits or on transmission lines

The evolution from network-centric commerce (EDI) to e-commerce and e-business up to e-enterprise and virtual enterprise is traced and explained in this discussion of the transformation of a business enterprise from an industrial into an information model

Addressed are the strategy and architecture of an e-enterprise, emphasizing the integration issues and solutions of enterprise information infrastructure, its applications layer, and the whole enterprise

Discussed are the benefits to a company of transformation into an electronic enterprise, such as a better competitive position and increased profitability and productivity

While not specifically defined, electronic goverment has become a common term to describe all of the processes, administrative and democratic, that combine to constitute public sector operations

This text examines the changes faced by the public sector, as the use of IT significantly increases

The book strives to examine the challenges and opportunites involved in the implementation and use of IT into organizations

A pronounced move from print subscriptions to electronic resources in all types of libraries has fundamentally impacted the library and its users

With the influx of resources such as e-journals; e-books; index, abstract, and/or full-text databases; aggregated databases; and others, the shift to electronic resources is rapidly changing library operational and organizational procedures

Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Research and Practice provides comprehensive coverage of the issues, methods, theories, and challenges connected with the provision of electronic resources in libraries, with emphasis on strategic planning, operational guidelines, and practices

The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material

The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction

Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory



All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including entropy, data compression, channel capacity, rate distortion, network information theory, and hypothesis testing

'Elements of Quantum Information' introduces the reader to the fascinating field of quantum information processing, which lives on the interface between computer science, physics, mathematics, and engineering

This interdisciplinary branch of science thrives on the use of quantum mechanics as a resource for high potential modern applications

With its wide coverage of experiments, applications, and specialized topics - all written by renowned experts - 'Elements of Quantum Information' provides an indispensable up-to-date account of the state of the art of this rapidly advancing field and takes the reader straight up to the frontiers of current research

In Detail

Elgg is an open-source social web application licensed under GPL version 2, and runs on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) or WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) platform

It offers a networking platform combining elements of blogging, e-portfolios, news feed aggregation, file sharing, and social networking

Elgg has its own plug-in architecture, and can use plug-ins to provide a calendar and a wiki

If the idea of starting an email marketing campaign overwhelms you, the authors of Email Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to email marketing basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track and measure results

  Case studies, step-by-step guides, checklists, quizzes and hands-on tutorials will help you execute an email marketing campaign in just one hour a day

  When you feel comfortable with the basics, learn how to use video and audio enabled email, implement tools like mobile devices and leverage social networks

Most innovations in the car industry are based on software and electronics, and IT will soon constitute the major production cost factor

It seems almost certain that embedded IT security will be crucial for the next generation of applications

Yet whereas software safety has become a relatively well-established field, the protection of automotive IT systems against manipulation or intrusion has only recently started to emerge

In this book, you will learn where the Open Source movement comes from and what motivates its adherents

You will be introduced to the culture that fuels the movement, as well as the personalities and organizations that promote its growth

You will also understand the strengths of the Open Source movement and how it changes the way in which software is written

Project infrastructure and software repositories are now widely available at low cost with easy extraction, providing a foundational base to conduct detailed cyber-archeology at a scale not open to researchers before

Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices provides a collection of empirical research acting as a focal point to the status of these repositories and infrastructures along with the F/OSS project

Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices presents a framework and state-of-the-art references on F/OSS projects, reporting on past and on-going case studies of projects covering a wide range of F/OSS applications and domains

The field of information technology continues to impact more organizations worldwide as new technologies and applications are implemented to strengthen everyday business processes

Individuals within these organizations continue to face the challenge of developing and implementing the latest innovative programs that successfully apply information technology applications within various types and sizes of companies and businesses

`Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management` presents the latest issues surrounding the management of information technology in organizations, and explains how these issues are addressed and used for the benefit of practitioners and educators around the world

This book describes the technical architecture and components that can be integrated in order to provide a comprehensive and robust infrastructure on which to build successful e-Business

It is essential reading for technical and functional team leaders and strategists, who analyse the options, limitations and possibilities for new technology and place them alongside the business requirements

Whyte intends to broaden the knowledge of specialists in computing, telecommunications, internet and electronic business

The Encyclopedia of Digital Government offers the most comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of digital government (or electronic government)

The challenges and future prospects faced by governments at different institutional levels and in different parts of the world are described in explicit detail in this commanding encyclopedia

With over 250 detailed articles, this three-volume set provides a broad basis for understanding the issues, theories, and applications faced by public administrations and public organizations as they strive for more effective government through the use of emerging technologies

As more and more universities, schools, and corporate training organizations develop technology plans to ensure technology will directly benefit learning and achievement, the demand is increasing for an all-inclusive, authoritative reference source on the infusion of technology into curriculums worldwide

The Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration (2-volume set) amasses a comprehensive resource of concepts, methodologies, models, architectures, applications, enabling technologies, and best practices for integrating technology into the curriculum at all levels of education

Compiling over 150 articles from the world s leading experts on information technology, this authoritative reference strives to supply innovative research aimed at improving academic achievement, teaching and learning, and the application of technology in schools and training environments

The Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management is the most comprehensive source of coverage related to the past, present, and emerging directions of knowledge management

Edited by the well-respected knowledge management researcher, Professor David Schwartz of Bar Ilan University (Israel), the Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management provides a broad basis for understanding the issues, technologies, theories, applications, opportunities and challenges being faced by researchers and organizations today in their quest for knowledge management

Hundreds of contributors and advisors from around the world have conferred their expertise to this publication, making this encyclopedia a single source of reliable and modern-day research in the field of knowledge management

The goal of the Encyclopedia of Optimization is to introduce the reader to a complete set of topics that show the spectrum of research, the richness of ideas, and the breadth of applications that has come from this field

In 2000, the first edition was widely acclaimed and received high praise

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Advances in information technologies have allowed end users to become a fundamental element in the development and application of computing technology and digital information

End User Computing Challenges & Technologies: Emerging Tools & Applications examines practical research and case studies on such benchmark topics as biometric and security technology, protection of digital assets and information, multilevel computer self-efficacy, and end-user Web development

This book offers library collections a critical mass of research into the advancement, productivity, and performance of the end user computing domain

Praise for Engage!

`It's no longer an era of business as usual

Executives and entrepreneurs must embrace new media in order to not only compete for the future, but for mind share, market share, and, ultimately, relevance

Despite pressures of economic slowdown and the e-commerce bubble burst, moving towards e-services is a compelling necessity for todays organizations

Companies that are reluctant to adopt a service oriented architecture in their IT systems will be missing out on unprecedented opportunities to create business value with relatively small IT investments

Engineering Service Oriented Systems: A Model-Driven Approach combines concepts from systems theory, model driven software engineering, and ontologies for software engineering into a systematic method for engineering service oriented systems while integrating both business and software perspectives

Social software has taken the Internet by storm, fuelling huge growth in collaborative authoring platforms (such as blogs, wikis and podcasts) and massive expansion in social networking communities

These technologies have generated an unprecedented level of consumer participation and it is now time for businesses to embrace them as part of their own information and knowledge management strategies

`Enterprise 2

With the fast pace of change in today?s business environment, the need to transform organizations into agile enterprises that can respond quickly to change has never been greater

Methods and computer technologies are needed to enable rapid business and system change, and this practical book shows professionals how to achieve this agility

Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT is a one-stop resource of methodology and best practices for this dynamic and relevant information platform, packed with charts, reports, visual indicators, and alert mechanisms, all consolidated in a rich computer interface

This powerful book is both a guide and a handbook

It helps business leaders understand dashboarding while considering dashboards for their information needs and outlines a tested and proven, step-by-step implementation framework

Is the Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) knowledge management's killer app? Leading expert Joseph M

Firestone, the first author to formulate the idea of the Enterprise Knowledge Portal, breaks new ground and looks to the future with a practical, but comprehensive approach to enterprise portals and their relationship to knowledge management

Success of an organization is increasingly dependent on its capability to create an environment to improve the productivity of knowledge work

This book focusses on the concepts, models and technologies that are used to design and implement such an environment

It develops the vision of a modular, yet highly integrated enterprise knowledge infrastructure and presents an ideal architecture replete with current technologies and systems

This volume provides organizations with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and features involved in effective enterprise backups

Rather than focusing on any individual backup product, this book recommends corporate procedures and policies that need to be established for comprehensive data protection

It provides relevant information to any organization, regardless of what operating systems or applications are deployed, what backup system is in place, or what planning has been done for business continuity

As the information revolution continues to accelerate, the environment remains high on public and political agendas around the world

These two topics are rarely connected, but information - its collection, processing, accessibility and verification - is crucial in dealing with environmental challenges such as climate change, unsustainable consumption, biodiversity conservation and waste management

The information society (encompassing entities such as the internet, satellites, interactive television and surveillance cameras) changes the conditions and resources which are involved in environmental governance: old modes and concepts are increasingly being replaced by new, informational ones

Today's managers must be just as comfortable with the basics of information technology (IT) as they are with accounting techniques and marketing principles

This guide demystifies the IT revolution, defining in accessible language the terms and concepts that are directly relevant to managers and explaining the impact of IT on all aspects of business

Solving multi-objective problems is an evolving effort, and computer science and other related disciplines have given rise to many powerful deterministic and stochastic techniques for addressing these large-dimensional optimization problems

Evolutionary algorithms are one such generic stochastic approach that has proven to be successful and widely applicable in solving both single-objective and multi-objective problems

This textbook is a second edition of Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems, significantly expanded and adapted for the classroom

This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the field of evolutionary computation: the use of evolutionary systems as computational processes for solving complex problems

Over the past decade, the field has grown rapidly as researchers in evolutionary biology, computer science, engineering, and artificial life have furthered our understanding of evolutionary processes and their application in computational systems

Although many excellent books have covered specific areas of evolutionary computations, this one is noteworthy for approaching genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, genetic programming, and so on as specific instances of a more general class of evolutionary algorithms

Evolutionary Computation for Optimization and Modeling is an introduction to evolutionary computation, a field which includes genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, and genetic programming

The text is a survey of some application of evolutionary algorithms

 It introduces mutation, crossover, design issues of selection and replacement methods, the issue of populations size, and the question of design of the fitness function

This second edition of `Evolving Connectionist Systems` presents generic computational models and techniques that can be used for the development of evolving, adaptive modelling systems, as well as new trends including computational neuro-genetic modelling and quantum information processing related to evolving systems

New applications, such as autonomous robots, adaptive artificial life systems and adaptive decision support systems are also covered

The models and techniques used are connectionist-based and, where possible, existing connectionist models have been used and extended

Your organization can save and thrive in the cloud with this first non-technical guide to cloud computing for business leaders

In less than a decade Google, Amazon, and Salesforce

com went from unknown ideas to powerhouse fixtures in the economic landscape; in even less time offerings such as Linkedin, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and many others also carved out important roles; in less than five years Apple's iTunes became the largest music retailer in North America

They all share one key strategic decision ?

Despite the considerable, growing interest in online education, most studies have focused only on the students perspective

Merely a handful of studies have attempted to address the teachers perspectives and little has been published on the online teaching experience itself

Expectations and Demands in Online Teaching: Practical Experiences offers a better understanding of how teachers experience the online environment by exploring various dimensions of online teaching, including class preparation, process effectiveness and quality, and technology utilization

Experimentation is necessary - a purely theoretical approach is not reasonable

The new experimentalism, a development in the modern philosophy of science, considers that an experiment can have a life of its own

It provides a statistical methodology to learn from experiments, where the experimenter should distinguish between statistical significance and scientific meaning

With the rise of the knowledge economy, the knowledge content of goods and services is going up just as their material content is declining

Economic value is increasingly seen to reside in the former - that is, in intangible assets - rather than in the latter

Yet we keep wanting to turn knowledge back into something tangible, something with definite boundaries which can be measured, manipulated, appropriated, and traded

The eServer pSeries is IBM's strategic family of UNIX computers

This updated overview and reference discusses the latest pSeries models, options, disk storage, printers, tape drives, UNIX operating system enhancements, e-business software, displays, network stations, and much more

Also addressed are business issues such as leasing versus purchasing, maintenance strategies, cost justification, and office ergonomics

There are many applications in which the reliability of the overall system must be far higher than the reliability of its individual components

In such cases, designers devise mechanisms and architectures that allow the system to either completely mask the effects of a component failure or recover from it so quickly that the application is not seriously affected

This is the work of fault-tolerant designers and their work is increasingly important and complex not only because of the increasing number of `mission critical` applications, but also because the diminishing reliability of hardware means that even systems for non-critical applications will need to be designed with fault-tolerance in mind

More and more, software systems involve autonomous and distributed software components that have to execute and interact in open and dynamic environments, such as in pervasive, autonomous, and mobile applications

The requirements with respect to dynamics, openness, scalability, and decentralization call for new approaches to software design and development, capable of supporting spontaneous configuration, tolerating partial failures, or arranging adaptive reorganization of the whole system

Inspired by the behaviour of complex natural systems, scientists and engineers have started to adjust their mechanisms and techniques for self-organization and adaption to changing environments

Fieldwork for Design looks at why ethnographic approaches have been turned to in the design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere

It presents a history of ethnography, both as it was practiced before computer science picked it up and since, most especially in the CSCW and HCI domains

It examines, further, the various ethnographic or ?

Forensic computing is becoming of primary importance as computers increasingly figure prominently as sources of evidence in all sorts of criminal investigations

However, in order for such evidence to be legally useful, it is vital that it be collected and processed according to rigorous principles

In the second edition of this very successful book, Tony Sammes and Brian Jenkinson show how information held in computer systems can be recovered when it has been hidden or subverted by criminals, and how to insure that it is accepted as admissible evidence in court

?This book comprehensively discusses design considerations for the truly energy efficient data center

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Scott Davis, Chief Data Center Architect, Office of the CTO, VMware, Inc

For would-be entrepreneurs, innovation managers or just anyone fascinated by the special chemistry and drive that created some of the best technology companies in the world, this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights?straight from the source

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For would?be entrepreneurs, innovation managers or just anyone fascinated by the special chemistry and drive that created some of the best technology companies in the world, this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights?straight from the source

Provides readers with a listing of some of the most useful business and industry information sources available freely on the Internet Covers: sources of useful free business and industry information, sections on different industrial sectors, business information portals

Looks at things from the point of view of people doing business in the United Kingdom and also from the perspective of UK exporters with alphabetical listing of organisations, information providers, subject index and glossary

How can you make best use of patient data to improve health outcomes? More and more information about patients? health is stored on increasingly interconnected computer systems

From a desktop, e-mail provides a quick, reliable and cost-effective link to the world at large, changing a traditional `workplace` into a `workspace` that crosses even international boundaries



In developing areas of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America, e-mail lists are currently outgrowing all other Internet-based technologies because of their convenience and power

In these and other regions of the world, however, experienced users of e-mail lists are few and far between

From Writing to Computers takes as its central theme the issue of a unifying intellectual principle to connect books and computers

Julian Warner uses an approach based on semiotics, but also draws on linguistics, information science, cognitive science, philosophy and automata studies

Covering a range of topics--from the relations between speech and writing, to transitions from orality to literacy and claims for a transition to an information society--the author aims throughout to render complex ideas intelligible without loss of rigor

Functional Verification Coverage Measurement and Analysis addresses the subject of coverage measurement and analysis, a means of quantitatively assessing functional verification progress

In the absence of this process, design verification engineers (and their management) are left guessing whether or not they have completed verifying the device they are designing

Using the techniques described in this book, they will learn how to build a toolset which, when applied to the verification of their device, allows them to know how close they are to functional closure

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to complex variable theory and its applications to current engineering problems and is designed to make the fundamentals of the subject more easily accessible to readers who have little inclination to wade through the rigors of the axiomatic approach

Modeled after standard calculus books--both in level of exposition and layout--it incorporates physical applications throughout, so that the mathematical methodology appears less sterile to engineers

It makes frequent use of analogies from elementary calculus or algebra to introduce complex concepts, includes fully worked examples, and provides a dual heuristic/analytic discussion of all topics

Only recently that enough knowledge has been gathered to establish computational neuroscience as a scientific discipline in its own right

Given the complexity of the topic, and its increasing importance in progressing our understanding of how the brain works, there has long been a need for an introductory text on this complex topic

This book is one of the first introductory books on this topic

The multi-billion dollar industry of digital imaging technology is an active research area with applications in our everyday lives in products such as digital cameras, scanners, printers and display systems

This book presents an introduction to the fundamentals of digital imaging, with emphasis on the basic operations of image capture and display of monochrome and colour images

The authors balance the mathematical description of real problems with practical examples

All the expert guidance you need to understand, build, and operate GPS receivers

The Second Edition of this acclaimed publication enables readers to understand and apply the complex operation principles of global positioning system (GPS) receivers

Although GPS receivers are widely used in everyday life to aid in positioning and navigation, this is the only text that is devoted to complete coverage of their operation principles

The author, one of the foremost authorities in the GPS field, presents the material from a software receiver viewpoint, an approach that helps readers better understand operation and that reflects the forecasted integration of GPS receivers into such everyday devices as cellular telephones

One of the attractions of fuzzy logic is its utility in solving many real engineering problems

As many have realised, the major obstacles in building a real intelligent machine involve dealing with random disturbances, processing large amounts of imprecise data, interacting with a dynamically changing environment, and coping with uncertainty

Neural-fuzzy techniques help one to solve many of these problems

This book is devoted to the study of fuzzy reasoning as applied to decision making and control processes

It contains a collection of important contributions covering a wide well-selected range of topics within the field

The book contains twenty-one papers, written by thirty-four distinguished contributors and is divided into five parts

Nearly all early learning happens during play, and new technology has added video games to the list of ways children learn interaction and new concepts

Although video games are everywhere, on Web sites, in stores, streamed to the desktop, on television, they are absent from the classroom

Computer-based simulations, a form of computer games, have begun to appear, but they are not as wide-spread as email, discussion threads, and blogs

This book presents a current research scope and perspective of Simulation and Gaming

Theoretical problems of Simulation and Gaming will be examined with a view to improving the social sciences through the introduction of the techniques and concepts of Simulation and Gaming

The fields of economics, political science, psychology and business management can all be radically improved by introducing such techniques of Simulation and Gaming as the Agent-Based Modelling

Gender and Computers presents evidence that shows that girls and young women are being left behind on the road to information technology

This book not only documents the digital divide but also provides guideposts to overcoming it

Social psychological theories and data are brought to bear on understanding the societal and environmental roots of the divide

Genetic Programming Theory and Practice IV was developed from the fourth workshop at the University of Michigan?s Center for the Study of Complex Systems to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information related to the rapidly advancing field of Genetic Programming (GP)

Contributions from the foremost international researchers and practitioners in the GP arena examine the similarities and differences between theoretical and empirical results on real-world problems

This is the first book written on the OpenID system and it provides comprehensive information to beginners and mid level programmers of OpenID

The book includes topics like: o Introduction to identity management o Creating OpenID identities o Using OpenID to login to web sites o Understanding the OpenID protocol o Structure of OpenID messages o OpenID extensions o Creating OpenID enabled web sites o Running OpenID server o Using OpenID in the corporate environment o OpenID security and privacy considerations o OpenID and Windows CardSpace If you are interested in getting to know the OpenID system, develop OpenID enabled web sites, or use OpenID in a corporate environment, this book will assist you in getting started

GET PAID TO PLAY! 30 years in the making, the first book to offer everything you need to go from rags to riches in the fabulous videogame industry is here - are you ready to nail the ultimate high score? A must-have for anyone seeking a career in game art, design, audio, programming, marketing, journalism and sales!

The secrets to grabbing a share of one of today's hottest markets!

You don't have to be a computer whiz to make a killing in the apps market

All you need is about $1,000 and the business advice in this book

Provides a full description of the Microsoft Windows Distributed Internet Applications Architecture (DNA), its purpose, and its proper use for Internet applications development

DLC: Microsoft Windows (Computer file)

There are huge disparities in the global access and use of information technologies, and these disparities are not likely to be removed in the near future unless a concerted action is taken at the national, regional and the international levels

The 2005 edition of the Report presents an assessment of the countries according to their state of e-government readiness and the extent of e-participation worldwide

Like its predecessors, it ranks the 191 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure and human resource endowment

Interest in e-government, both in industry and in academia, has grown rapidly over the past decade, and continues to grow

Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking is written by experts from academia and industry, examining the practices of e-government in developing and developed countries, presenting recent theoretical research in e-government, and providing a platform to benchmark the best practices in implementing e-government programs

Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking provides helpful examples from practitioners and managers involving real-life applications, while academics and researchers in the fields of information systems and e-government contribute theoretical insights

Global Information Society: Operating Information Systems in a Dynamic Global Business Environment addresses the importance of information technology management and issues in operating information systems in the global dynamic business environment

It embraces discussions of the global information technology theory, frameworks and IT architecture, discovery of global knowledge management, improvement of the global information systems development methodologies, and applications of the latest technologies such as mobile technology and Web services in global information systems development and operations

Global Information Society: Operating Information Systems in a Dynamic Global Business Environment is a collection of new ideas, latest technology applications and experiences in global information systems development and operations

Intellectual property rights such as patents can reduce access to knowledge in genetics, health, agriculture, education, and information technology, particularly for people in developing countries

Global Intellectual Property Rights shows how the new global rules of intellectual property have been the product of the strategic behavior of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue

The final section of the book suggests strategies aimed at developing more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons

Global IT Management presents a practical approach for initiating and reinforcing global IT, focusing on the mechanisms that need to be put in place to effectively manage IT architecture, strategy, standards, and control across sites in a multinational firm

Key considerations are explained for each domain together with concrete recommendations for core organisation, processes and deliverables

The approach fits cleanly into established best practices for IT such as the CobiT® framework for IT management

The only comprehensive guide to Kalman filtering and its applications to real-world GPS/INS problems

Written by recognized authorities in the field, this book provides engineers, computer scientists, and others with a working familiarity with the theory and contemporary applications of Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Inertial Navigational Systems, and Kalman filters

Throughout, the focus is on solving real-world problems, with an emphasis on the effective use of state-of-the-art integration techniques for those systems, especially the application of Kalman filtering

To that end, the authors explore the various subtleties, common failures, and inherent limitations of the theory as it applies to real-world situations, and provide numerous detailed application examples and practice problems, including GPS-aided INS, modeling of gyros and accelerometers, and WAAS and LAAS

An updated guide to GNSS and INS, and solutions to real-world GPS/INS problems with Kalman filtering

Written by recognized authorities in the field, this second edition of a landmark work provides engineers, computer scientists, and others with a working familiarity with the theory and contemporary applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Inertial Navigational Systems (INS), and Kalman filters

Throughout, the focus is on solving real-world problems, with an emphasis on the effective use of state-of-the-art integration techniques for those systems, especially the application of Kalman filtering

To that end, the authors explore the various subtleties, common failures, and inherent limitations of the theory as it applies to real-world situations, and provide numerous detailed application examples and practice problems, including GNSS-aided INS, modeling of gyros and accelerometers, and SBAS and GBAS

Global modelling and validation is required to master the design of systems made of heterogeneous components

These systems are now omnipresent in our life, and they may be found in several domains such as communications (ex

mobile terminals, optical switches), health (e

Get cracking! Here's the hardware hacker's guide to banishing boring beige boxes ExtremeTech readers aren't timid about cracking the case and voiding the warranty, and they'll love these detailed instructions for PC extreme makeovers that add lights, shapes, windows on the works, and more individuality to standard PC cases Modding is hot; a multimillion dollar industry has grown up around the hobbyists who modify their computer cases with way-out windows, neon and lighting displays, custom cooling systems, and more Modding is also mainstream-major computer retailers now stock light kits and fan kits, while some PC vendors offer out-of-the-box cases with personality Written by a serious modder who took a Dremel to a computer case long before it was fashionable, the book provides materials lists, identifies necessary tools, and supplies all the directions for over a dozen cool case mods

User review
All the skills you need, plus 9 cool projects
If you are tired of your boring beige box, then this is the perfect guide to tricking out your PC

Russ Caslis - the guy behind those cool mods you have seen online like the Millennium Falcon and Aircraft Carrier mods (both included in the book, by the way) has written an excellent guide that is broken into 2 main parts

Text describes how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment

Softcover, hardcover available

DLC: Knowledge management

A surprising array of sophisticated electronic applications that have no need for a tethering umbilical cord are already transforming the way we live, work, and play

Going Wireless analyzes many of these personal, professional, and leisure-time operations now in use by organizations ranging from Sears to the Dave Matthews Band to the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, and projects ways their descendants could become even more ubiquitous

Jaclyn Easton, a Los Angeles Times columnist who profiled e-commerce pioneers in StrikingItRich

A free alternative to Microsoft Office? Google Apps gives you that plus plenty of bonus reasons to switch: collaborate on documents with others at the same time; whip up a Web page stocked with downloadable files; and work on it all from any Web-connected computer

About the only thing Google doesn't offer is a guide like Google Apps: The Missing Manual--the authoritative and reader-friendly way to break free of Office

Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades

However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from more diverse users, are making it difficult for data centers to maintain the record of environmental change

This workshop report focuses on technological approaches that could enhance the ability of environmental data centers to deal with these challenges, and improve the ability of users to find and use information held in data centers

User review
Clear, a pleasure to read for a beginner
The writing is excellent

I got an introduction to graph theory from Mark Allen Weiss' `Data structures and algorithm analysis in C++`

That was a very good start and led me to think I could use graph theory to solve a problem

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Graph Transformation, ICGT 2004, held in Rome, Italy in September/October 2004

The 26 revised full papers presented together with three invited contributions and summaries of 2 tutorials and 5 workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions

The papers are organized in topical sections on integration technology, chemistry and biology, graph transformation concepts, DPO theory for high-level structures, analysis and testing, graph theory and algorithms, application conditions and logic, transformation of special structures, and object-orientation

Graphical models are of increasing importance in applied statistics, and in particular in data mining

Providing a self-contained introduction and overview to learning relational, probabilistic, and possibilistic networks from data, this second edition of Graphical Models is thoroughly updated to include the latest research in this burgeoning field, including a new chapter on visualization

The text provides graduate students, and researchers with all the necessary background material, including modelling under uncertainty, decomposition of distributions, graphical representation of distributions, and applications relating to graphical models and problems for further research

Graphics are great for exploring data, but how can they be used for looking at the large datasets that are commonplace to-day? This book shows how to look at ways of visualizing large datasets, whether large in numbers of cases or large in numbers of variables or large in both

Data visualization is useful for data cleaning, exploring data, identifying trends and clusters, spotting local patterns, evaluating modeling output, and presenting results

This book is a crystallization of the authors' work over the last twenty-five years

The book covers the latest advances in grey information and systems research, providing a state-of-the-art overview of this important field

Covering the theoretical foundation, fundamental methods and main topics in grey information and systems research, this book includes all the elementary concepts: basic principles, grey numbers and their operations, grey equations and matrices, operators of sequences and generations of grey sequences, grey incidence analysis, grey clusters and grey statistical evaluations, grey systems modeling, grey combined models, grey prediction, grey decisions, grey programming, grey input and output and grey controls, etc

Grid technology offers the potential for providing secure access to remote services, thereby promoting scientific collaborations in an unprecedented scale

Grid Resource Management: Toward Virtual and Services Compliant Grid Computing presents a comprehensive account of the architectural issues of grid technology, such as security, data management, logging, and aggregation of services, as well as related technologies

After covering grid usages, grid systems, and the evolution of grid computing, the book discusses operational issues associated with web services and service-oriented architecture

Innovative uses of global and local networks of linked computers make new ways of collaborative working, learning, and acting possible

In Group Cognition Gerry Stahl explores the technological and social reconfigurations that are needed to achieve computer-supported collaborative knowledge building?group cognition that transcends the limits of individual cognition

In these days of shortened fiscal horizons and contracted time-to-market schedules, traditional approaches to capacity planning are often seen by management as tending to inflate their production schedules

Rather than giving up in the face of this kind of relentless pressure to get things done faster, Guerrilla Capacity Planning facilitates rapid forecasting of capacity requirements based on the opportunistic use of whatever performance data and tools are available in such a way that management insight is expanded but their schedules are not

A key Guerrilla concept is tactical planning whereby short-range planning questions and projects are brought up in team meetings such that management is compelled to know the answer, and therefore buys into capacity planning without recognizing it as such

A completely revised edition of this accessible guide to LATEX document preparation, bringing it up to date with the latest releases and Web and PC based developments

A Guide to LATEX covers the basics as well as advanced LATEX topics and contains numerous practical examples and handy tips for avoiding problems

More information coming soon

Tips for the practical use of debuggers, such as NuMega SoftIce, Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger, and Microsoft Kernel Debugger, with minimum binding to a specific environment are disclosed in this debugger guide

How debuggers operate and how to overcome obstacles and repair debuggers is demonstrated

Programmers will learn how to look at what is inside a computer system, how to reconstruct the operating algorithm of a program distributed without source code, how to modify the program, and how to debug drivers

* This is the `user manual` that didn't come with any of the 30 million GPS receivers currently in use, showing readers how to modify, tweak, and hack their GPS to take it to new levels!
* Crazy-cool modifications include exploiting secret keycodes, revealing hidden features, building power cords and cables, hacking the battery and antenna, protecting a GPS from impact and falls, making a screen protector, and solar-powering a GPS
* Potential power users will take the function and performance of their GPS to a whole new level by hacking into the firmware and hacking into a PC connection with a GPS
* Fear not! Any potentially dangerous mod (to the device) is clearly labeled, with precautions listed that should be taken
* Game time!

Get ready to make the most of Sony's awesome entertainment device, and hacker's dream - the PSP

Hacking the PSP covers everything you need to know to: Transfer video and DVDs to your PSP Transfer audiobooks and text Hack the games you play every day (including using the PSP as an XBox game save device) Move your TiVo and ReplayTV shows to your PSP Convert your DVDs to run on your PSP Create your own quick-charge battery packs Learn how to program the PSP Repair your PSP Create your own hacks and run homebrew software Find all the online and offline resources you need And much more!

User review
Good and interesting book
This book is really interesting and full of informations to extend the usage of this fantastic device

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide helps you harness the power of your data

Ideal for processing large datasets, the Apache Hadoop framework is an open source implementation of the MapReduce algorithm on which Google built its empire

This comprehensive resource demonstrates how to use Hadoop to build reliable, scalable, distributed systems: programmers will find details for analyzing large datasets, and administrators will learn how to set up and run Hadoop clusters

If you loved `2001: A Space Odyssey,` you'll be delighted by this book that asks `How realistic was HAL?` Contributions by various scientists include essays on supercomputer design with regard to speech synthesis, common sense reasoning, emotions, lip reading and even playing chess

As the authors explore what is science fantasy and what is technological fact, they also look at how HAL influenced technological development in the past 30 years

Modify gameplay, add textures, and integrate amazing effects

Develop intense environments, then share your design with players online

How cool would it be to build your own levels and customized weapons for Half-Life 2? This book will get you ready to mod so you can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience

You'll find out how to create your own maps, strategically place high-tech military equipment, and modify your levels for smoother play

Provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the theory and practice of real-time human disease outbreak detection, explicitly recognizing the revolution in practices of infection control and public health surveillance

Visualizing the data is an essential part of any data analysis

Modern computing developments have led to big improvements in graphic capabilities and there are many new possibilities for data displays

This new volume in the series Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics gives an overview of modern data visualization methods, both in theory and practice

In information technology, unlike many other fields, the need to support the unique perspective of technologically advanced students and deliver technology-rich content presents unique challenges

Todays IT students need the ability to interact with their instructor in near-real time, interact with their peers and project team members, and access and manipulate technology tools in the pursuit of their educational objectives

The Handbook of Distance Learning for Real-Time and Asynchronous Information Technology Education delves deep into the construct of real-time, asynchronous education through information technology, pooling experiences from seasoned researchers and educators to detail their past successes and failures, discussing their techniques, hardships, and triumphs in the search for innovative and effective distance learning education for IT programs

Enterprise architecture (EA) is the organizing logic for a firms core business processes and IT capabilities captured in a set of policies and technical choices

Handbook of Enterprise Systems Architecture in Practice provides a comprehensive and unified reference overview of practical aspects of enterprise architecture

This Premier Reference Source includes a complete analysis of EA theory, concepts, strategies, implementation challenges, and case studies

This handbook is addressed to a broad audience of applied mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, and engineers

Its purpose is to bring together under a single cover the most recent advances in the applications of geometric computing to the most important fields related to the endeavor of building perception action systems: computer vision, robotics, image processing and understanding, pattern recognition, computer graphics, quantum computers, brain theory and neural networks

There have been given increasing efforts to tackle various kinds of problems of these fields using promising geometric methods

Although the notion is a relatively recent one, the notions and principles of Granular Computing (GrC) have appeared in a different guise in many related fields including granularity in Artificial Intelligence, interval computing, cluster analysis, quotient space theory and many others

Recent years have witnessed a renewed and expanding interest in the topic as it begins to play a key role in bioinformatics, e-commerce, machine learning, security, data mining and wireless mobile computing when it comes to the issues of effectiveness, robustness and uncertainty

The Handbook of Granular Computing offers a comprehensive reference source for the granular computing community, edited by and with contributions from leading experts in the field

This is effectively the eighth edition of Aslib's flagship reference work, Handbook of Special Librarianship and Information Work, which has provided the seminal text on modern information theory, practice, and procedure since 1957

Scammell draws on a substantial background of research and best practice to provide a pragmatic approach to information management in the workplace

This volume covers strategic, legal, management, and marketing issues and highlights the importance of new web-based delivery mechanisms

This ground-breaking professional reference integrates converging views of e-business processes and offers ways to manage their inherent risks with advanced modeling techniques

Contributors from leading academic and business organizations explore state-of-the-art adaptive risk analysis systems that support business processes in project portfolio management, operations management, supply chain management, inventory control, data mining for customer relationship management, information technology security, finance, e-banking, and more



Today?

Reliable human authentication schemes are of paramount importance in our highly networked society

  Advances in  biometrics help address the myriad of problems associated with traditional human recognition methods

The performance and benefits of a biometric system can be significantly enhanced by consolidating the evidence presented by multiple biometric sources

In the years since the bestselling first edition, fusion research and applications have adapted to service-oriented architectures and pushed the boundaries of situational modeling in human behavior, expanding into fields such as chemical and biological sensing, crisis management, and intelligent buildings

Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion: Theory and Practice, Second Edition represents the most current concepts and theory as information fusion expands into the realm of network-centric architectures

It reflects new developments in distributed and detection fusion, situation and impact awareness in complex applications, and human cognitive concepts

The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available

Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field

From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and development methods, this definitive publication provides unparalleled access to the fundamentals of the discipline and its greatest minds

Individual chapters are written by the world's most renowned experts who explain, illustrate, and solve the entire field of optics

The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available

Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field

From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and development methods, this definitive publication provides unparalleled access to the fundamentals of the discipline and its greatest minds

Individual chapters are written by the world's most renowned experts who explain, illustrate, and solve the entire field of optics

Recent advances in gene sequencing technology are now shedding light on the complex interplay between genes that elicit phenotypic behavior characteristic of any given organism

In order to mediate internal and external signals, the daunting task of classifying an organisms genes into complex signaling pathways needs to be completed

The Handbook of Research on Computational Methodologies in Gene Regulatory Networks focuses on methods widely used in modeling gene networks including structure discovery, learning, and optimization

Large investments have been made by various governments for the deployment of broadband within their respective nations; however, the citizens of such countries have demonstrated a slow adoption of this technology

The Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission explores broadband adoption and the digital divide through a global perspective, providing up-to-date research on constructs such as relative advantage, utilitarian outcomes, hedonic outcomes, and service quality

Compiling cutting-edge research from over 100 noted experts in nearly 30 countries, this invaluable reference source allows policy makers, internet service providers, and others to gain multicultural insight into what factors actively influence consumers decisions to adopt broadband

The use of information technology in the public sector has been an increasingly prominent international trend

With this rapid expansion comes many issues, challenges, and concerns relating to the application of public information technology

The Handbook of Research of Public Information Technology compiles estimable research on the global trend toward the rapidly increasing use of information technology in the public sector, discussing such issues as e-government and e-commerce; project management and information technology evaluation; system design and data processing; security and protection; and privacy, access, and ethics of public information technology

After the mainframe and personal computer eras, the third major era in computer science, ubiquitous computing, describes the state of technology in which networked computers would surround every user

Ubiquitous Computing Technology for Real Time Enterprises combines the fundamental methods, algorithms, and concepts of pervasive computing with current innovations and solutions to emerging challenges

This groundbreaking resource systemically covers such salient topics as network and application scalability, wireless network connectivity, adaptability and `context-aware` computing, information technology security and liability, and human-computer interaction

At one time, the office was a physical place, and employees congregated in the same location to work together on projects

The advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web, however, not only made the unthinkable possible, it forever changed the way persons view both the office and work

The Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices compiles authoritative research from XX scholars from over XX countries, covering the issues surrounding the influx of information technology to the office environment, from choice and effective use of technologies to necessary participants in the virtual workplace

A spatial logic is a formal language interpreted over any class of structures featuring geometrical entities and relations, broadly construed

In the past decade, spatial logics have attracted much attention in response to developments in such diverse fields as Artificial Intelligence, Database Theory, Physics, and Philosophy

The aim of this handbook is to create, for the first time, a systematic account of the field of spatial logic

The central idea of Hebbian Learning and Negative Feedback Networks is that artificial neural networks using negative feedback of activation can use simple Hebbian learning to self-organise so that they uncover interesting structures in data sets

Two variants are considered: the first uses a single stream of data to self-organise

By changing the learning rules for the network, it is shown how to perform Principal Component Analysis, Exploratory Projection Pursuit, Independent Component Analysis, Factor Analysis & a variety of topology preserving mappings for such data sets

A guide to becoming computer literate

Beginning with the basics, it explains the useful terms and shortcuts that should enable you to use a computer with confidence

It includes coverage of everything you need to know to benefit from the Internet and email

Software agents are the latest advance in the trend toward smaller, modular pieces of code, where each module performs a well-defined, focused task or set of tasks

Programmed to interact with and provide services to other agents, including humans, software agents act autonomously with prescribed backgrounds, beliefs, and operations

Systems of agents can access and manipulate heterogeneously stored data such as that found on the Internet

With the large amount of data stored by many organizations, capitalists have observed that this information is an intangible asset

Unfortunately, handling large databases is a very complex process and traditional learning techniques are expensive to use

Heuristic techniques provide much help in this arena, although little is known about heuristic techniques

Companies and other organizations depend more than ever on the availability of their Information Technology, and most mission critical business processes are IT-based processes

Business continuity is the ability to do business under any circumstances and is an essential requirement modern companies are facing

High availability and disaster recovery are contributions of the IT to fulfill this requirement

The book presents the state of the art in high performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures

It covers trends in hardware and software development in general and specifically the future of vector-based systems and heterogeneous architectures

The application contributions cover among others computational fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and biology

The book presents the state of the art in high performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures

It covers trends in high performance application software development in general and specifically for parallel vector architectures

The contributions cover among others the field of computational fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, and meteorology

The book presents the state-of-the-art in high performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures

It covers trends in hardware and software development in general and specifically the future of vector-based systems and heterogeneous architectures

The application contributions cover computational fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and climate research

Designed specifically for IT professionals working in any type of consulting organization, here is a practical, real-world guide for delivering successful engagements to clients

Ready-to-use sample forms, tables, checklists, and charts are in the text and available free for download



User review
Good for who are new in the high-tech IT consulting
I found useful many parts of the book for who are starting an IT consulting business

Virtual teams constitute a relatively new knowledge area that has risen from two recent changes: the globalization of industry and markets, and advances in information communication technology tools

Continual technological advancement is set against a backdrop of international mergers, take-overs, and alliances, which invariably leads to more distributed collaboration, both formal and informal

The concept of creativity is often at the core of such proactive decisions

Higher National Computing 2e is a new edition of this extremely successful course book, updated specifically to cover the compulsory core units of the 2003 BTEC Higher National Computing schemes

Full coverage is given of the four core units for HNC, the two additional core units required at HND, and the Core Specialist Unit 'Quality Systems', common to both certificate and diploma level



Students following the HNC and HND courses will find this book essential reading, as it covers the core material they will be following through the duration of their course

This book is an essential reference for both academic and professional researchers in the field of historical computing

It is the first book in English that covers the early era of Nordic computing from the 1950s to the early 1980s

Most of the contributors are themselves pioneers in the field

How to Build a Digital Library is the only book that offers all the knowledge and tools needed to construct and maintain a digital library, regardless of the size or purpose

It is the perfectly self-contained resource for individuals, agencies, and institutions wishing to put this powerful tool to work in their burgeoning information treasuries

The Second Edition reflects new developments in the field as well as in the Greenstone Digital Library open source software

Trace your family tree and discover your roots

Fully updated and revised, this bestselling genealogy guide helps you tap into the wealth of global ancestry records and offers proven strategies for both traditional and electronic research

How to Do Everything: Genealogy, Second Edition explores basic rules of genealogical evidence, evaluation of source materials, research methods, and successful techniques for web-based research

You'll get new information on DNA-based records, social networking sites, blogs, podcasts, the latest hardware and software, and much more

Design custom web sites with NetObjects Fusion 11

Get up and running quickly on the latest version of the complete, do-it-yourself web site design software

How to Do Everything: NetObjects Fusion 11 explains how to navigate the interface, configure the toolbars and panels, create web sites and pages, position and format text, and include graphics and audio

You'll get tips for designing and structuring your site, and adding advanced functionality, such as search capability, site mapping, forms, FAQs, Guestbooks, and security

Learn to set up and take high-quality photographs with your digital camera

This easy-to-follow guide explains how to enhance and improve existing images as well as print your photos and publish them on the Web for others to see

You'll also get coverage of related equipment including editing software, hardware add-ons, and online image management tools

Scan this book! Or, read it cover-to-cover

Either way, you'll learn which scanner to purchase to suite your needs, important technical information about pixels and digital images, installation and calibration tips, and plenty of tricks to make scanning easier and more effective

The reasons that businesses have difficulty implementing enterprise-level information systems are explained in this overview of the enterprise software market

Helping software companies understand the implementation experience, this guide provides a framework for companies to build software products that are compatible with organizations, humans, and complex customer environments

Case studies on emerging companies are featured, including OpenMarket, Inc

Several times in my Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice, people asked me which framework shall I adopt or what are the benefits of the Zachman framework over TOGAF, etc

Others asked me to help them to define their own corporate EA framework

Before answering these types of questions, it is important to know what the differences and commonalities are of these frameworks and standards

The all-in-one HP ProLiant best-practice reference and HP Certified Professional AIS prep guide

Covers hardware, operating systems, storage, and much more

Authored by members of the HP ProLiant AIS and ASE exam development team

This book systematically reviews every HP ProLiant AIS exam objective and thoroughly covers technology-related exam components that are not addressed in HP's 4-day AIS and 5-day ASE courses

Even if you're not currently preparing for certification, its systematic `best practice` coverage makes it an indispensable single-source reference for deploying, optimizing, and maintaining HP ProLiant servers

Coverage includes

Assessing business needs and planning for the implementation and growth of server-based IT infrastructure Understanding the HP ProLiant product line and choosing the right servers for any application Reviewing key server subsystem technologies: system boards, processors, memory, bus, chipsets, power, racks, and more The best practices for deploying servers using HP SmartStart and the Rapid Deployment Pack Managing servers using Insight Manager and Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition (RILOE) Planning, selecting, deploying, and managing storage for ProLiant server environments Installing and configuring Windows, Linux, and NetWare operating systems on ProLiant servers Integrating, optimizing, performance tuning, and troubleshooting ProLiant servers Configuring, optimizing, and troubleshooting HP Array controllers and RAID subsystems

User review
Book is outdated and will not help to pass the AIS exam

The study of human motion dates back more than 2000 years

With the event of information technology, new areas have been added to this field

Research using computer vision and computer graphics contributes to a transformation of biomechanics into a discipline that now applies computing technology throughout; on the other hand, computer vision and computer graphics also benefit from defining goals aimed at solving problems in biomechanics

Human, Social, and Organizational Aspects of Health Information Systems offers an evidence-based management approach to issues associated with the human and social aspects of designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining health information systems across a healthcare organizationspecific to an individual, team, organizational, system, and international perspective

Integrating knowledge from multiple levels, this book will benefit scholars and practitioners from the medical information, health service management, information technology arenas

iExec Enterprise Essentials Companion Guide is the official print companion  to the Cisco® Entrepreneur Institute?s  new iExec Enterprise Essentials curriculum?innovative IT-related business education designed to help you transform organizations through the strategic use of IT and Internet applications

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition covers major applications in the field, including optical character recognition, speech classification, medical imaging, paper currency recognition, classification reliability techniques, and sensor technology

The text emphasizes algorithms and architectures for achieving practical and effective systems, and presents many examples

Practitioners, researchers, and students in computer science, electrical engineering, andradiology, as well as those working at financial institutions, will value this unique and authoritative reference to diverse applications methodologies

Over the last decade, the field of immunological computation has progressed slowly and steadily as a branch of computational intelligence

Immunological Computation: Theory and Applications presents up-to-date immunity-based computational techniques

After a brief review of fundamental immunology concepts, it examines computational models based on the negative selection process that occurs in the thymus

In situations where quality, shorter time to market and staying within budget are basic project requirements, you cannot afford to overlook digital asset management (DAM)

Anyone who has felt the pain of a poorly organized production, knows that a great DAM system isn't just desirable, it's critical



Learn how the top CG film, computer game and web development companies have saved significant time and money on their projects by optimizing a digital asset management systems and streamlining production processes

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* Offers the first comprehensive reference on the topic of backup systems for both UNIX and Windows NT
* Provides a complete tutorial on the general topic of data backup systems along with a detailed, step-by-step guide for planning and full implementation of backup systems
* Authors include personal tips and strategic and tactical advice gained from many company implementations
* Uses VERITAS NetBackup product to illustrate backup system functions

User review
implementing backup and recovery
I thought the book was a waste of money

It is for the absolute beginner, nothing of value beyond that

I would say you have more chance of learning something from blogs about storage

Practical, Real-World ITIL Configuration Management?From Start to Finish

The IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL) places the ?best practices?

Providing an holistic approach to IMS technologies, IMS: A Development and Deployment Perspective explores service architecture for development and delivery of IMS services

  Approaching IMS from the perspective of the user and the service provider it examines both the current state of deployment and future trends

The book offers a realistic view of IMS deployment to operators and service providers, giving practical examples, application cases and business models

This book provides an in-depth description of the framework of inductive dependency parsing, a methodology for robust and efficient syntactic analysis of unrestricted natural language text

This methodology is based on two essential components: dependency-based syntactic representations and a data-driven approach to syntactic parsing

More precisely, it is based on a deterministic parsing algorithm in combination with inductive machine learning to predict the next parser action

The Information Management Systems group at the University of Padua, led by Maristella Agosti, has been a major contributor to information retrieval (IR) and digital libraries for nearly twenty years

This group has gained an excellent reputation in the IR community and has produced some of the best-known IR researchers, whose work spans a broad range of topics

The papers in this book deal with e

The OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of indicators for different types of communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for service throughout the OECD area

These indicators are essential for industry and for regulators who use benchmarking to evaluate policy performance

This book is based on data from the OECD Telecommunications Database 2007 , which provides time series for OECD countries from 1980 to 2005

No statistical model is `true` or `false,` `right` or `wrong`; the models just have varying performance, which can be assessed

The main theme in this book is to teach modeling based on the principle that the objective is to extract the information from data that can be learned with suggested classes of probability models

The intuitive and fundamental concepts of complexity, learnable information, and noise are formalized, which provides a firm information theoretic foundation for statistical modeling

If art is our most reliable oracle, then the future looks cool, digital, and expensive

Stephen Wilson's massive Information Arts compiles notes on and samples of the work of over 200 artists, organized loosely by scientific discipline

Artists drawing inspiration from cell cultures, GPS, robots, surveillance databases, and other technological muses receive a page or two of commentary, often including their own statements and critical reviews

Safeguard Your Organization?s Information!

Now that information has become the lifeblood of your organization, you must be especially vigilant about assuring it

Written by two INFOSEC experts, this book provides a systematic and practical approach for establishing, managing and operating a comprehensive Information Assurance program

It is designed to provide ISSO managers, security managers, and INFOSEC professionals with an understanding of the essential issues required to develop and apply a targeted information security posture to both public and private corporations and government run agencies



There is a growing concern among all corporations and within the security industry to come up with new approaches to measure an organization's information security risks and posture

This updated edition was written to help IT managers and assets protection professionals to assure the protection and availability of vital digital information and related information systems assets, and contains major updates and 3 new chapters

Bridging the gap between information security, information systems security and information warfare, it re-examines why organisations need to take information assurance seriously, and discusses the business, legal, and technical knowledge needed to secure these vital government and business assets

Key topics include:

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance

Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized

The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design

Information extraction regards the processes of structuring and combining content that is explicitly stated or implied in one or multiple unstructured information sources

It involves a semantic classification and linking of certain pieces of information and is considered as a light form of content understanding by the machine

Currently, there is a considerable interest in integrating the results of information extraction in retrieval systems, because of the growing demand for search engines that return precise answers to flexible information queries

Except from the Foreword
The stated aim of the book series `Capturing Intelligence` is to publish books on research from all disciplines dealing with and affecting the issue of understanding and reproducing intelligence artificial systems

Of course, much of the work done in the past decades in this area has been of a highly technical nature, varying from hardware design for robots, software design for intelligent agents, and formal logic for reasoning



It is therefore very refreshing to see Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing

Information operations involve the use of military information and how it is gathered, manipulated, and fused

It includes such critical functions as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, command and control, communications, and precision navigation

Separating myth from reality, this authoritative resource provides military professionals with a current and comprehensive understanding of information warfare operations planning, including offensive, defensive, and influence operations

Information Processing with Evolutionary Algorithms provides a broad sample of current information processing applications, issues and advances using evolutionary algorithms

It demonstrates how evolutionary algorithms have reached the maturity of an industrial-valuable tool, whilst still continuing to be a subject of academic research, through providing a glimpse of the large variety of problems tackled with evolutionary approximations and of the diversity of evolutionary algorithms themselves

Information Processing with Evolutionary Algorithms travels from industrial day-to-day problems and practice, to the more speculative works

Organizations today have access to vast stores of data that come in a wide variety of forms and may be stored in places ranging from file cabinets to databases, and from library shelves to the Internet

The enormous growth in the quantity of data, however, has brought with it growing problems with the quality of information, further complicated by the struggles many organizations are experiencing as they try to improve their systems for knowledge management and organizational memory

Failure to manage information properly, or inaccurate data, costs businesses billions of dollars each year

The Internet and mobile commerce bring with them ubiquitous connectivity, real-time access, and overwhelming volumes of data and information

The growth of data warehouses and communication and information technologies has increased the need for high information quality management in organizations

Information Quality Management: Theory and Applications provides solutions to information quality problems that are becoming increasingly prevalent

The recent surge of technology outsourcing has intensified the cross-cultural effects of information systems designs and constructions, as well as the potential shortage of suitable information specialists at strategic locations

Millions of dollars of investments in information systems are at risk of being underutilized or rejected by users for cultural reasons

Information Resources Management: Global Challenges addresses challenges in managing information resources in dynamic social environments across cultures, including research on key factors for social acceptance of information technology, and user adoption of information management methods

SciFinder® is rapidly becoming a preferred means to access scientific information in industry and universities worldwide

It accesses databases which span the chemical, engineering, life, medical, and physical sciences, including five Chemical Abstract Service databases and the National Library of Medicine bibliographic database Medline®

No other single information access tool has such breadth of coverage for scientific journal and patent documents

The third edition of this book will reach across disciplines and address the needs of not only those who study, evaluate, and purchase health information, but also computer and library/information scientists, information technology developers building databases, search engines, Web sites, and other systems for universities and hospitals who enthusiastically read the first two editions

The book is divided into three sections: Basic Concepts, State of the Art and Research Directories

Major changes to the this edition will include a new chapter in the State of the Art section on Digital Libraries and a new focus on areas related to information retrieval systems covering such topics as electronic publishing of journals and other scientific materials, emerging standards, open access publishing issues, digital preservation, that summarize and categorize documents to handle the vast amount of information that is now available

A strategic model for identifying, evaluating, and improving information use

`Fundamentally changes how you look at the role of information technology and takes it to the leadership level, which is the only way for business performance to be maximized in this global economy

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--Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld

`Information Revolution is truly a must-read for those who generate, support, and make decisions for their respective organizations

By the way, that would be everybody

From cell phones to Web portals, advances in information and communications technology have thrust society into an information age that is far-reaching, fast-moving, increasingly complex, and yet essential to modern life

Now, renowned scholar and author David Luenberger has produced Information Science, a text that distills and explains the most important concepts and insights at the core of this ongoing revolution

The book represents the material used in a widely acclaimed course offered at Stanford University

Brian Vickery (emeritus, U

College London; Alina Vickery died in 2001) updates the student and professional text that presents and discusses a scientific understanding of the processes of information transfer

The spiraling growth of digital information makes the ISM book a `must have` addition to your IT reference library

This exponential growth has driven information management technology to new levels of sophistication and complexity, exposing a skills gap that challenge IT managers and professionals alike

The ISM book, written by storage professionals from EMC Corporation, takes an ?

This book provides a theoretical and practical explanation of the latest advancements in information retrieval and their application to existing systems

It takes a system approach, discussing all aspects of an Information Retrieval System

The major difference between this book and the first edition is the addition to this text of descriptions of the automated indexing of multimedia documents, as items in information retrieval are now considered to be a combination of text along with graphics, audio, image and video data types

This volume reports on several important and state-of-the-art topics in information technology, including:

? Quality of Service in Information Networks ? Risk-Driven Development of Security-Critical Systems Using UMLsec ?

The area of Information Technology and Lawyers is a fascinating one

Both from a practical and an academic perspective the opportunities of applying Information Technology to law are tremendous

At the same time, however, lawyers are amongst the most conservative professionals, and traditional late adapters of technology

This text is designed to help managers who have to deal with a complex environment, and who are often presented with `ready-made` solutions as to how to best organize their firm, to best use information technology



The book presents a simple and attractive framework within which managers can analyze their firm's environment and characteristics, and reflect on the most appropriate way - for them - to `put the puzzle together

` It provides the manager and student with an integrated conceptual but pragmatic framework to analyze their situation

In this text you will explore how information systems are used in business, and, more importantly, how the role of information systems has grown as a result of the telecommunications revolution

Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives takes a global approach to the diverse ethical issues created by information and communication technologies and their possible resolutions

Comprehensive chapters describe the problems and possibilities of genuinely global information ethics, which are urgently needed as information and communication technologies continue their exponential growth

International experts from diverse backgrounds address both theoretical and culture-specific issues in explicit detail

Report aimed at spurring research in the science and technology communities to counter and respond to terrorist acts such as those experienced on September 11

Text includes chapters on nuclear and radiological threats, human and agricultural health systems, toxic chemicals and explosive materials, energy systems, transportation systems, and response of people to terrorism

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Work in the field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) has also been transformed by technology

This volume offers an overview of a variety of applications of IT in the field of LSP

It is addressed to a wide audience that includes LSP teachers and researchers, although the contents may also be relevant to applied linguists working in other fields

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion

This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed studies of a variety of developed and developing nations and regions: Argentina, Estonia, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA

The authors address a number of challenging issues such as standardization, IT in the mass media, Public Key Infrastructure, upstream connectivity and pricing, and draw out important policy implications for late-comers in this field - predominantly developing countries

This book brings together a series of country-based studies to examine, in depth, the nature and extent of IT policies as they have evolved from a complex historical interaction of politics, technology, institutions, and social and cultural factors

In doing so many key questions are critically examined

Where can we find successful examples of IT policy?

Information Theory and Statistics: A Tutorial is concerned with applications of information theory concepts in statistics, in the finite alphabet setting

The topics covered include large deviations, hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation in exponential families, analysis of contingency tables, and iterative algorithms with an `information geometry` background

Also, an introduction is provided to the theory of universal coding, and to statistical inference via the minimum description length principle motivated by that theory

In Information Tomorrow, Rachel Singer Gordon brings together 20 of today's top thinkers on the intersections between libraries and technology

They address various ways in which new technologies are impacting library services and share their ideas for using technology to meet patrons where they are

In addition to a preface by the editor, the book's foreword by Stephen Abram and 16 chapters feature insights and opinions from these library leaders, bloggers, and futurists:

* Lori Bell * Steven J

Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures; it contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities

This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective

This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework

Contemporary epistemological and cognitive studies, as well as recent trends in computer science and game theory have revealed an increasingly important and intimate relationship between Information, Interaction, and Agency

Agents perform actions based on the available information and in the presence of other interacting agents

From this perspective Information, Interaction, and Agency neatly ties together classical themes like rationality, decision-making and belief revision with games, strategies and learning in a multi-agent setting

It's a plain fact: regardless of how smart, creative, and innovative your organization is, there are more smart, creative, and innovative people outside your organization than inside

Open source offers the possibility of bringing more innovation into your business by building a creative community that reaches beyond the barriers of the business

The key is developing a web-driven community where new types of collaboration and creativity can flourish

The science of graphs and networks has become by now a well-established tool for modelling and analyzing a variety of systems with a large number of interacting components

Starting from the physical sciences, applications have spread rapidly to the natural and social sciences, as well as to economics, and are now further extended, in this volume, to the concept of innovations, viewed broadly

In an abstract, systems-theoretical approach, innovation can be understood as a critical event which destabilizes the current state of the system, and results in a new process of self-organization leading to a new stable state

Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Information Sciences

Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering includes selected papers form the conference proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS 2006) which was part of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering (CISSE 2006)

All aspects of the conference were managed on-line; not only the reviewing, submissions and registration processes; but also the actual conference

Proceedings from the 15th Annual Information Resources Management Association International Conference, held in New Orleans, LA

on May 23-26, 2004

As information resources management becomes increasingly dependent on emerging technologies to combat its challenges and decipher its effective strategies, the demand builds for a critical mass of research in this area

Innovative Technologies for Information Resources Management brings together compelling content related to the continually emerging technologies in areas of information systems such as Web services, electronic commerce, distance learning, healthcare, business process management, and software development

Focusing on the implications innovative technologies have on the managerial and organizational aspects of information resources management, this book provides academicians and practitioners with a requisite and enlightening reference source

Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom assembles into one volume a comprehensive collection of the key current thinking regarding the use of C

West Churchman?s Design of Inquiring Systems as a basis for computer-based inquiring systems design and implementation

Many of us want to understand how the technological instruments that so pervade modern society operate

This book answers questions about one of those devices: the scientific calculator

Calculator keys seem to work like magic

Instant Messaging (IM) is quickly rivaling e-mail as the electronic communications tool of choice in offices worldwide

Already used by over 100 million people globally, IM will be used more often than e-mail by 2005

Employees at 70% of U

`Some argue the big advances in our impact on design and usability will come from better methods

Some argue they will come from earlier involvement in the development process

The biggest impact, however, will come as more and more companies realize the benefits of user-centered design and embrace it

This book addresses the current challenges facing information management (IM) and presents practical solution propositions

It is divided into three parts

The first section describes six current trends and challenges to IM

Service level agreements (SLAs) offer service providers a way to distinguish themselves from their competitors in today's volatile, hypercompetitive market

This book offers an innovative approach that takes full advantage of current interface, automation, and Internet-based distribution and reporting technologies

The book offers examples of technologies providing access to corporate data and services not only from corporate workstations but also from multiple types of wired and wireless devices and Personal Digital Assistants

The author shares experiences of transforming business for e-business and extending services to the wireless world

Internet and wireless service developers will find unique recipes for creating 'integration ready' J2EE based components

`Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!` -- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society

If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling

This book is for anyone who wants to understand how the legal system deals with intellectual property rights for code and other content

Communication systems are now ubiquitous and making them more intelligent remains very challenging

  The IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems is an effort to bring together researchers and practitioners who represent the latest developments in this area

  This volume contains selected papers from the conference in the following focus areas: ad hoc networks / hybrid networks / WLAN; security, privacy and consumer protection; adaptive architectures and protocols; flexible QoS and QoS management; flexible service specification, validation, searching and querying; service composition and Web services; personal, terminal and node mobility; programmable and active networks

Discusses new approaches to telecommunication systems such as the introduction of intelligence in nodes and terminal equipment in order to manage and control the protocols, and the introduction of intelligence mobility in the global network

Intelligent assistant systems information is becoming the raw material of modern society

Access to information spaces and the capability to use them effectively and efficiently has become a key economical success factor

Intelligent Assistant Systems: Concepts, Techniques and Technologies contributes to the development of particular kinds of software and intelligent assistant systems, highlighting preliminary answers to the question, what is assistance?

Intelligent Computing Everywhere reflects the current perception in various fields that modern computing applications are becoming increasingly challenged in terms of complexity and intelligence

It investigates the relevance and relationship artificial intelligence maintains with `modern strands of computing` i

e

This monograph is a detailed introductory presentation of the key classes of intelligent data analysis methods

The twelve coherently written chapters by leading experts provide complete coverage of the core issues

The first half of the book is devoted to the discussion of classical statistical issues, ranging from the basic concepts of probability, through general notions of inference, to advanced multivariate and time series methods, as well as a detailed discussion of the increasingly important Bayesian approaches and Support Vector Machines

Collections of digital documents can nowadays be found everywhere in institutions, universities or companies

Examples are Web sites or intranets

But searching them for information can still be painful

This innovative book discusses engineering solutions for the automatic understanding of a complex scene via multi-modal arrays of sensors

It focuses on research dealing with robotic platforms that augment an environment

In particular, it considers the study of information fusion methods, the study of algorithms for ontology learning from tabula rasa information and the integration of new types of sensors into existing networks of heterogeneous sensors

This is the first resource to provide detailed coverage of advanced digital networking and intelligent video capabilities and optimization

It addresses general concepts, explains why IP-based systems provide better image quality and more scalable and flexible systems at a lower cost, and provides current information on cameras and DVRs

It also discusses frame rate control, indoor/outdoor installations, and specifications on MPEG-4 and other digital video formats

The Intelligent Techniques for Planning presents a number of modern approaches to the area of automated planning

These approaches combine methods from classical planning such as the construction of graphs and the use of domain-independent heuristics with techniques from other areas of artificial intelligence

The book presents, in detail, a number of state-of-the-art planning systems that utilize constraint satisfaction techniques in order to deal with time and resources, machine learning in order to utilize experience drawn from past runs, methods from knowledge systems for more expressive representation of knowledge and ideas from other areas such as Intelligent Agents