Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Computer science

The Computing collection presents a range of foundational and applied content across computer and data science, including fields such as Artificial Intelligence; Computational Modelling; Computer Networks, Computer Organization & Architecture, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Data Management; Embedded Systems & Computer Engineering; HCI/User Interface Design; Information Security; Machine Learning; Network Security; Software Engineering.

BooksJournals

    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook

      • 1st Edition
      • April 9, 2007
      • Ken England + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 5 5 5 5 8 3 1 9 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 5 5 4 0 8 2
      Database professionals will find that this new edition aids in mastering the latest version of Microsoft’s SQL Server. Developers and database administrators (DBAs) use SQL on a daily basis in application development and the subsequent problem solving and fine tuning. Answers to SQL issues can be quickly located helping the DBA or developer optimize and tune a database to maximum efficiency.Basic questions are easily located on the topics of filtering, sorting, operators, conditionals, pseudo columns, single row functions, joins, grouping functions, sub queries, composite queries, hierarchies, flashback queries, parallel queries, expressions and regular expressions. Assistance on DML, data types (including collections), XML, DDL for basic database objects such as tales, views and indexes, partitioning, and security is also considered.

    • IPv6 Advanced Protocols Implementation

      • 1st Edition
      • April 6, 2007
      • Qing Li + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 3 7 0 4 7 9 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 8 9 3 0 8
      IPv6 Advanced Protocols Implementation is the second installment of a two-volume series on IPv6 and the KAME implementation. This book discusses those protocols that are found in more capable IPv6 devices, are commonly deployed in more complex IPv6 network environments, or are not specific to IPv6 but are extended to support IPv6. Specifically, this book engages the readers in advanced topics such as routing, multicasting, DNS, DHCPv6, mobility, and security. This two-volume series covers a wide spectrum of the IPv6 technology, help the readers establish solid and empirical understanding on IPv6 and the KAME reference implementation paralleled by none. Key Features: Extensive code listings with meticulous line-by-line explanation of rationale and use for KAME snapshot implementations on advanced IPv6 related protocols, including: Unicast and multicast routing and DNS client based on KAME snapshot dated April 2003, which are a base of more recent versions of BSD variants Mobile IPv6 based on KAME snapshot dated July 2004, a predecessor version of the "SHISA" implementation DHCPv6 based on KAME snapshot dated May 2005, a base of the WIDE-DHCPv6 implementation available at SourceForge today Numerous diagrams and illustrations help in visualizing the implementation In-depth discussion of the standards provides intrinsic understanding of the specifications An introduction to the IP security protocols along with the use of the racoon key exchange daemon Two CD-ROMs filled with the complete KAME IPv6 protocol stack and FreeBSD software

    • Network Routing

      • 1st Edition
      • March 29, 2007
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 0 8 8 5 8 8 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 7 4 9 7 7
      Network routing can be broadly categorized into Internet routing, PSTN routing, and telecommunication transport network routing. This book systematically considers these routing paradigms, as well as their interoperability. The authors discuss how algorithms, protocols, analysis, and operational deployment impact these approaches. A unique feature of the book is consideration of both macro-state and micro-state in routing; that is, how routing is accomplished at the level of networks and how routers or switches are designed to enable efficient routing.In reading this book, one will learn about 1) the evolution of network routing, 2) the role of IP and E.164 addressing in routing, 3) the impact on router and switching architectures and their design, 4) deployment of network routing protocols, 5) the role of traffic engineering in routing, and 6) lessons learned from implementation and operational experience. This book explores the strengths and weaknesses that should be considered during deployment of future routing schemes as well as actual implementation of these schemes. It allows the reader to understand how different routing strategies work and are employed and the connection between them. This is accomplished in part by the authors' use of numerous real-world examples to bring the material alive.

    • If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed

      • 1st Edition
      • March 22, 2007
      • Lisa K. Simone
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 5 0 6 8 2 1 8 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 9 4 1 7 5 2
      If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed manages the unthinkable- it conveys crucial technical information to engineers without boring them to tears! In this unique reference, expert embedded designer Lisa Simone provides the solutions to typical embedded software debugging problems from a fresh new perspective. She introduces a team of engineers who readers will recognize from their own workplaces, and then confronts them with real-world debugging scenarios of progressive complexity, drawing the reader into the “mysteries” with their new fictional colleagues, and guiding them step-by-step toward successful solutions.

    • Physical Database Design

      • 1st Edition
      • March 21, 2007
      • Sam S. Lightstone + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 3 6 9 3 8 9 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 5 5 2 3 1 6
      The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration. Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety of DBMSs and configurations. Something as simple as improving the table index design has a profound impact on performance. Every form of relational database, such as Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Enterprise Resource Management (ERP), Data Mining (DM), or Management Resource Planning (MRP), can be improved using the methods provided in the book.

    • Text Entry Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • March 12, 2007
      • I. Scott MacKenzie + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 3 7 3 5 9 1 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 8 9 7 9 7
      Text Entry Systems covers different aspects of text entry systems and offers prospective researchers and developers global guidelines for conducting research on text entry, in terms of design strategy, evaluation methodology, and requirements; a discussion of the history and current state of the art of entry systems; and specific guidelines for designing entry systems for a specific target, depending on devices, modalities, language, and different physical conditions of users. Text entry has never been so important as it is today. This is in large part due to the phenomenal, relatively recent success of mobile computing, text messaging on mobile phones, and the proliferation of small devices like the Blackberry and Palm Pilot. Compared with the recent past, when text entry was primarily through the standard "qwerty" keyboard, people today use a diverse array of devices with the number and variety of such devices ever increasing. The variety is not just in the devices, but also in the technologies used: entry modalities have become more varied and include speech recognition and synthesis, handwriting recognition, and even eye-tracking using image processing on web-cams. Statistical language modeling has advanced greatly in the past ten years and so therein is potential to facilitate and improve text entry — increasingly, the way people communicate.

    • Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for Multiservice Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • March 9, 2007
      • John William Evans + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 3 7 0 5 4 9 5
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 4 0 5 4 5 8 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 8 8 6 8 4
      QoS, short for “quality of service,” is one of the most important goals a network designer or administrator will have. Ensuring that the network runs at optimal precision with data remaining accurate, traveling fast, and to the correct user are the main objectives of QoS. The various media that fly across the network including voice, video, and data have different idiosyncrasies that try the dimensions of the network. This malleable network architecture poses an always moving potential problem for the network professional.The authors have provided a comprehensive treatise on this subject. They have included topics such as traffic engineering, capacity planning, and admission control. This book provides real world case studies of QoS in multiservice networks. These case studies remove the mystery behind QoS by illustrating the how, what, and why of implementing QoS within networks. Readers will be able to learn from the successes and failures of these actual working designs and configurations.

    • Computer Networks

      • 4th Edition
      • March 8, 2007
      • Larry L. Peterson + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 7 6 6 7 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 3 8 5 9 1 0 5
      Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, continues to provide an enduring, practical understanding of networks and their building blocks through rich, example-based instruction. This expanded and completely updated edition covers the why of network design, focusing not just the specifications comprising today's systems but how key technologies and protocols actually work in the real world to solve specific problems. It is the only introductory computer networking book written by authors who have had first-hand experience with many of the protocols discussed in the text, who have actually designed some of them as well, and who are still actively designing the computer networks today. The book makes less use of computer code to explain protocols than earlier editions. Moreover, this new edition shifts the focus somewhat higher in the protocol stack where there is generally more innovative and exciting work going on at the application and session layers than at the link and physical layers. Other new features are: increased accessibility by clearly separating the advanced material from more fundamental via special headings and boxed features; the material is structured in such a way as to make it easier to teach top-down. Furthermore, the book outstrips the competitors in offering a more robust ancillary package for student and instructor support. The text is complemented with figures as well as links to networking resources on the Web and links to author-created materials on author-maintained Web site. Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, will be an invaluable resource for networking professionals and upper level undergraduate and graduate students in CS, EE, and CSE programs.

    • Digital Design and Computer Architecture

      • 1st Edition
      • March 2, 2007
      • David Harris + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 5 4 7 0 6 0
      Digital Design and Computer Architecture is designed for courses that combine digital logic design with computer organization/archite... or that teach these subjects as a two-course sequence. Digital Design and Computer Architecture begins with a modern approach by rigorously covering the fundamentals of digital logic design and then introducing Hardware Description Languages (HDLs). Featuring examples of the two most widely-used HDLs, VHDL and Verilog, the first half of the text prepares the reader for what follows in the second: the design of a MIPS Processor. By the end of Digital Design and Computer Architecture, readers will be able to build their own microprocessor and will have a top-to-bottom understanding of how it works--even if they have no formal background in design or architecture beyond an introductory class. David Harris and Sarah Harris combine an engaging and humorous writing style with an updated and hands-on approach to digital design.

    • Fault-Tolerant Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • March 1, 2007
      • Israel Koren + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 4 0 5 4 3 4 9
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 0 8 8 5 2 5 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 9 2 6 8 1
      Fault-Tolerant Systems is the first book on fault tolerance design with a systems approach to both hardware and software. No other text on the market takes this approach, nor offers the comprehensive and up-to-date treatment that Koren and Krishna provide. This book incorporates case studies that highlight six different computer systems with fault-tolerance techniques implemented in their design. A complete ancillary package is available to lecturers, including online solutions manual for instructors and PowerPoint slides. Students, designers, and architects of high performance processors will value this comprehensive overview of the field.

Related subjects

Applications

Artificial intelligence

Business intelligence

Computer systems organization

Computer vision and pattern recognition

Computing milieux

Data

Graphics cad hci

Hardware and architecture

Information systems

Internet and web technology

Software

Theory and mathematics