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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.

  • Disaster Recovery for Archives, Libraries and Records Management Systems in Australia and New Zealand

    • 1st Edition
    • February 28, 1997
    • Judith Doig
    • English
    Floods, fires or earthquakes can cause critical damage to books and to records. A recovery effort which is well-intentioned but ill-informed or hasty may make the damage far worse. What should be done? What should not be done? This is the first book on disaster recovery specifically tailored for the Australasian market. The book discusses factors which should be considered by managers before setting up a disaster recovery plan, including prevention and insurance. It covers, in detail, the content and development of a disaster plan and considers training programs for those staff who are involved. There is an account of the history of disaster recovery with special attention given to disasters occurring in Australia and New Zealand and to the recovery efforts which have been mounted.

  • Neural Systems for Control

    • 1st Edition
    • February 12, 1997
    • Omid Omidvar + 1 more
    • English
    Control problems offer an industrially important application and a guide to understanding control systems for those working in Neural Networks. Neural Systems for Control represents the most up-to-date developments in the rapidly growing aplication area of neural networks and focuses on research in natural and artifical neural systems directly applicable to control or making use of modern control theory. The book covers such important new developments in control systems such as intelligent sensors in semiconductor wafer manufacturing; the relation between muscles and cerebral neurons in speech recognition; online compensation of reconfigurable control for spacecraft aircraft and other systems; applications to rolling mills, robotics and process control; the usage of past output data to identify nonlinear systems by neural networks; neural approximate optimal control; model-free nonlinear control; and neural control based on a regulation of physiological investigation/blood pressure control. All researchers and students dealing with control systems will find the fascinating Neural Systems for Control of immense interest and assistance.

  • Parallel Processing for Artificial Intelligence 3

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • February 10, 1997
    • J. Geller + 2 more
    • English
    The third in an informal series of books about parallel processing for Artificial Intelligence, this volume is based on the assumption that the computational demands of many AI tasks can be better served by parallel architectures than by the currently popular workstations. However, no assumption is made about the kind of parallelism to be used. Transputers, Connection Machines, farms of workstations, Cellular Neural Networks, Crays, and other hardware paradigms of parallelism are used by the authors of this collection.The papers arise from the areas of parallel knowledge representation, neural modeling, parallel non-monotonic reasoning, search and partitioning, constraint satisfaction, theorem proving, parallel decision trees, parallel programming languages and low-level computer vision. The final paper is an experience report about applications of massive parallelism which can be said to capture the spirit of a whole period of computing history.This volume provides the reader with a snapshot of the state of the art in Parallel Processing for Artificial Intelligence.

  • Handbook of Logic and Language

    • 1st Edition
    • December 11, 1996
    • J. van Benthem + 1 more
    • English
    This Handbook documents the main trends in current research between logic and language, including its broader influence in computer science, linguistic theory and cognitive science.The history of the combined study of Logic and Linguistics goes back a long way, at least to the work of the scholastic philosophers in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of this century, the subject was revitalized through the pioneering efforts of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Polish philosophical logicians such as Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz. Around 1970, the landmark achievements of Richard Montague established a junction between state-of-the-art mathematical logic and generative linguistic theory. Over the subsequent decades, this enterprise of Montague Grammar has flourished and diversified into a number of research programs with empirical and theoretical substance.This appears to be the first Handbook to bring logic-language interface to the fore. Both aspects of the interaction between logic and language are demonstrated in the book i.e. firstly, how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs and secondly, how mathematical theory arises in this process and how it affects subsequent linguistic theory.The Handbook presents concise, impartial accounts of the topics covered. Where possible, an author and a commentator have cooperated to ensure the proper breadth and technical content of the papers.The Handbook is self-contained, and individual articles are of the highest quality.

  • Theoretical Issues in Stimulus-Response Compatibility

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 118
    • December 11, 1996
    • B. Hommel + 1 more
    • English
    This book gathers together 10 important integrative theoretical approaches to stimulus-response compatibility, a field of special interest for the more general question of how human perception and action interact. The approaches, presented by their most active and influential proponents, as well as the sharp and critical commentaries also included in the book, cover a wide range of theoretical schools of thought and a rich body of empirical data.These highly stimulating papers and sharp comments offer both the theoretically interested professional and the student reader not only a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, but excellent insights into work in progress as well. This volume is an important contribution to the deeper understanding of the sensory-motor interface.

  • Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics '96

    Algorithms and Results Using Advanced Computers
    • 1st Edition
    • December 9, 1996
    • P. Schiano + 3 more
    • English
    In the last decade parallel computing has been put forward as the only computational answer to the increasing computational needs arising from very large and complex fluid dynamic problems. Considerable efforts are being made to use parallel computers efficiently to solve several fluid dynamic problems originating in aerospace, climate modelling and environmental applications.Paralle... CFD Conferences are international and aim to increase discussion among researchers worldwide.Topics covered in this particular book include typical CFD areas such as turbulence, Navier-Stokes and Euler solvers, reactive flows, with a good balance between both university and industrial applications. In addition, other applications making extensive use of CFD such as climate modelling and environmental applications are also included.Anyone involved in the challenging field of Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics will find this volume useful in their daily work.

  • Newnes Data Communications Pocket Book

    • 3rd Edition
    • December 4, 1996
    • Mike Tooley
    • English
    This latest edition of the Newnes Data Communications Pocket Book has been substantially updated to keep abreast with the rapid pace of developments in data communications technology. New topics have been introduced - data compression, the Internet and World-Wide Web, HyperText Mark-up Language - existing material has been updated and expanded.Despite the complexity of subject, this wealth of information is presented succinctly and in such a way, using tables, diagrams and brief explanatory text, as to allow the user to locate information quickly and easily. Thus the book should be invaluable to those involved with the installation, commissioning and maintenance of data communications equipment, as well as the end user. Mike Tooley is the well known author of many books including the Newnes Computer Engineer's Pocket Book, now in its fourth edition.

  • Using C-Kermit

    • 2nd Edition
    • November 20, 1996
    • Frank da Cruz + 1 more
    • English
    The world's most portable communications software, C-Kermit runs on computers ranging from desktop PCs to colossal supercomputers as a serial and modem communications package as well as a TCP/IP network client and server. It offersautomatic dialing, terminal sessions, fast and reliable file transfer, a powerful script programming language, and international character-set translation-all in a consistent, cross-platform manner.Using C-Kermit: Communication Software, Second Edition is the new and definitve reference for C-Kermit 6.0, expanded and updated to describe fully all of its new features with brand-new tutorials on today's high-speed modems and how to get the most out of them.Some noteworthy features of this reference are:- The most sophisticated discussion of modems, telephones numbers, dialing directories, and dialing available anywhere- New techniques for achieving faster and faster file transfer- A new chapter on external protocols such as XMODEM, YMODEM, and ZMODEM- Expanded coverage of TCP/IP, X.25, DECnet, NETBIOS, and other networks- Automatic client/server features- Support for many new platforms - most notably Windows 95, Windows NT, and Stratus VOS- Support for many new character sets- Massive improvements in the power and usability of the script languageLike the first edition, the second edition of Using C-Kermit includes complete reference material: character tables, tables of escape sequences, an "acronym decoder," an excellent index, and an extensive bibliography.Frank da Cruz is manager of Communications Software Development at Columbia University. He was the leader of the group that invented the Kermit file transfer protocol and wrote the first Kermit programs. He is the author of Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol, published by Digital Press.Christine M. Gianone is manager of the Kermit Project at Columbia University. She was a major contributor to the design of the Kermit file transfer protocol and to the design of MS-DOS Kermit and C-Kermit. She is the author of Using MS-DOS Kermit, published by Digital Press. Frank and Christine "are" Kermit: they manage all of the functions of the Kermit group at Columbia, from helping users to putting out new products.

  • High Performance Cluster Configuration System Management

    • 1st Edition
    • November 16, 1996
    • James Gursha
    • English
    High Performance Cluster Configuration System Management is a must-have book for system managers, cluster managers and application designers/developers who need to understand how to optimize the use of their available computer resources.High Performance Cluster Configuration Systems Management covers the latest technical information available for VAX and Alpha clusters for the Open VMS environment and addresses cluster functionality through Open VSM 6.2 including SCSI clusters. All cluster interconnections and possible configuration scenarios are explored with an emphasis on efficient resource use and the ability to maximize processing power. Because efficient movement and storage of data is important in the design of high performance systems, this book also addresses effective storage management using the latest Storageworks solutions such as fibre and HSJ controller configurations. Part of designing a high performance cluster is keeping it operating at peak efficiency. This book details the different performance tools that are available and goes through multiple tuning scenarios offering guidance and commentary.

  • Local Area Networks

    An Introduction to the Technology
    • 2nd Edition
    • November 2, 1996
    • John McNamara
    • English
    Local Area Networks, Second Edition, serves as an introduction for students, managers, and others who want a thorough and unbiased study of LANs without the challenge of a 400 page text. Starting with a quick survey of LAN applications, the book introduces the protocols necessary to support these applications, from FTP, Telnet, and TCP/IP to topologies, access methods, and media. Additional chapters deal with the extension of networks via repeaters, bridges, routers, and gateways, plus network management and administration. A review of popular network protocols such as Appletalk, NetWare, DECnet, OSI, and TCP/IP concludes the book.

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