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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.

  • The Handbook of Global User Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Schumacher
    • English
    User research is global – yet despite its pervasiveness, practitioners are not all well equipped to work globally. What may have worked in Nigeria may not be accepted in Russia, may be done differently in Brazil, may partly work in China, and may completely fail in Kuwait. And what often goes less noticed, but can be equally vexing are technical, logistical and planning issues such as hiring qualified translators, payment procedures, travel issues, setting up facilities and finding test participants.The Handbook of Global User Research is the first book to focus on global user research. The book collects insight from UX professionals from nine countries and, following a typical project timeline, presents practical insights into the preparation, fieldwork, analysis and reporting, and overall project management for global user research projects. Any user experience professional that works on global projects -- including those new to the field, UX veterans who need information on this expanding aspect of user research, and students -- will need this book to do their job effectively.

  • Human-Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence

    • 1st Edition
    • Hamid Aghajan + 2 more
    • English
    To create truly effective human-centric ambient intelligence systems both engineering and computing methods are needed. This is the first book to bridge data processing and intelligent reasoning methods for the creation of human-centered ambient intelligence systems. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book covers topics such as multi-modal interfaces, human-computer interaction, smart environments and pervasive computing, addressing principles, paradigms, methods and applications. This book will be an ideal reference for university researchers, R&D engineers, computer engineers, and graduate students working in signal, speech and video processing, multi-modal interfaces, human-computer interaction and applications of ambient intelligence. Hamid Aghajan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering (consulting) at Stanford University, USA. His research is on user-centric vision applications in smart homes, assisted living / well being, smart meetings, and avatar-based social interactions. He is Editor-in-Chief of "Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments", has chaired ACM/IEEE ICDSC 2008, and organized workshops/sessions/t... at ECCV, ACM MM, FG, ECAI, ICASSP, CVPR. Juan Carlos Augusto is a Lecturer at the University of Ulster, UK. He is conducting research on Smart Homes and Classrooms. He has given tutorials at IJCAI’07 and AAAI’08. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Book Series on "Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments" and the "Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments". He has co-Chaired ICOST’06, AITAmI’06/07/08, and is Workshops Chair for IE’09. Ramón López-Cózar Delgado is a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications of the University of Granada, Spain. His research interests include speech recognition and understanding, dialogue management and Ambient Intelligence. He is a member of ISCA (International Speech Communication Association), SEPLN (Spanish Society on Natural Language Processing) and AIPO (Spanish Society on HCI).

  • IT Manager's Handbook: The Business Edition

    • 1st Edition
    • Bill Holtsnider + 1 more
    • English
    IT Manager’s Handbook: The Business Edition is a MUST-HAVE guide for the advancing technology professional who is looking to move up into a supervisory role, and is ideal for newly-promoted IT managers who needs to quickly understand their positions. It uses IT–related examples to discuss business topics and recognizes the ever-changing and growing demands of IT in today’s world as well as how these demands impact those who work in the field. Specific attention is paid to the latest issues, including the challenges of dealing with a mobile and virtual workforce, managing Gen-X/Yers, and running an IT organization in a troubled economy. Rich with external references and written in-easy-to-read sections, IT Manager’s Handbook: The Business Edition is the definitive manual to managing an IT department in today’s corporate environment.

  • SOA and Web Services Interface Design

    Principles, Techniques, and Standards
    • 1st Edition
    • James Bean
    • English
    In SOA and Web Services Interface Design, data architecture guru James Bean teaches you how to design web service interfaces that are capable of being extended to accommodate ever changing business needs and promote incorporation simplicity. The book first provides an overview of critical SOA principles, thereby offering a basic conceptual summary. It then provides explicit, tactical, and real-world techniques for ensuring compliance with these principles. Using a focused, tutorial-based approach the book provides working syntactical examples - described by Web services standards such as XML, XML Schemas, WSDL and SOAP - that can be used to directly implement interface design procedures, thus allowing you immediately generate value from your efforts. In summary, SOA and Web Services Interface Design provides the basic theory, but also design techniques and very specific implementable encoded interface examples that can be immediately employed in your work, making it an invaluable practical guide to any practitioner in today's exploding Web-based service market.

  • Thoughts on Interaction Design

    • 1st Edition
    • Jon Kolko
    • English
    Thoughts on Interaction Design explores the theory behind the field of Interaction Design in a new way. It aims to provide a better definition of Interaction Design that encompasses the intellectual facets of the field and the particular methods used by practitioners in their day-to-day experiences. It also attempts to provide Interaction Designers with the vocabulary necessary to justify their existence to other team members. The book positions Interaction Design in a way that emphasizes the intellectual facets of the discipline. It discusses the role of language, argument, and rhetoric in the design of products, services, and systems. It examines various academic approaches to thinking about Design, and concludes that the Designer is a liberal artist left to infuse empathy in technologically driven products. The book also examines the tools and techniques used by practitioners. These include methods for structuring large quantities of data, ways of thinking about users, and approaches for thinking about human behavior as it unfolds over time. Finally, it introduces the idea of Interaction Design as an integral facet of the business development process.

  • Website Visibility

    The Theory and Practice of Improving Rankings
    • 1st Edition
    • Melius Weideman
    • English
    The quest to achieve high website rankings in search engine results is a prominent subject for both academics and website owners/coders. Website Visibility marries academic research results to the world of the information practitioner and contains a focused look at the elements which contribute to website visibility, providing support for the application of each element with relevant research. A series of real-world case studies with tested examples of research on website visibility elements and their effect on rankings are reviewed.

  • TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Practice Exams: Microsoft Exam 70-649

    • 1st Edition
    • Mark Horninger
    • English

  • TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Quick Test: Microsoft Exam 70-649

    • 1st Edition
    • Mark Horninger
    • English

  • Joe Celko's Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL

    • 1st Edition
    • Joe Celko
    • English
    Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern - a frightening lack of consistency between their individual encoding schemes and those of the industries in which they operate. This translates into a series of incompatible databases, each one an island unto itself that is unable to share information with others in an age of internationalization and business interdependence. Such incompatibility severely hinders information flow and the quality of company data.Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL reveals the shift these programmers need to make to overcome this deadlock. By collecting and detailing the diverse standards of myriad industries, and then giving a declaration for the units that can be used in an SQL schema, Celko enables readers to write and implement portable data that can interface to any number of external application systems! This book doesn't limit itself to one subject, but serves as a detailed synopsis of measurement scales and data standards for all industries, thereby giving RDBMS programmers and designers the knowledge and know-how they need to communicate effectively across business boundaries.

  • Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs

    Architecture and EDA
    • 1st Edition
    • Hassan Hassan + 1 more
    • English
    Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs Architecture and EDA is an invaluable reference for researchers and practicing engineers concerned with power-efficient, FPGA design. State-of-the-art power reduction techniques for FPGAs will be described and compared. These techniques can be applied at the circuit, architecture, and electronic design automation levels to describe both the dynamic and leakage power sources and enable strategies for codesign.

  • User Experience Re-Mastered

    Your Guide to Getting the Right Design
    • 1st Edition
    • Chauncey Wilson
    • English
    User Experience Re-Mastered: Your Guide to Getting the Right Design provides an understanding of key design and development processes aimed at enhancing the user experience of websites and web applications. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 deals with the concept of usability, covering user needs analysis and card sorting—a tool for shaping information architecture in websites and software applications. Part 2 focuses on idea generation processes, including brainstorming; sketching; persona development; and the use of prototypes to validate and extract assumptions and requirements that exist among the product team. Part 3 presents core design principles and guidelines for website creation, along with tips and examples on how to apply these principles and guidelines. Part 4 on evaluation and analysis discusses the roles, procedures, and documents needed for an evaluation session; guidelines for planning and conducting a usability test; the analysis and interpretation of data from evaluation sessions; and user interface inspection using heuristic evaluation and other inspection methods.

  • Computer Animation Complete

    All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques
    • 1st Edition
    • Rick Parent + 14 more
    • English
    A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning and versatile images. Animators will be able to master myriad modeling, rendering, and texturing procedures with advice from MK's best and brightest authors. Divided into five parts (Introduction to Computer Animation and Technical Background, Motion Capture Techniques, Animating Substances, Alternate Methods, and Animating with MEL for MAYA), each one focusing on specific substances, tools, topics, and languages, this is a MUST-HAVE book for artists interested in proficiency with the top technology available today! Whether you're a programmer developing new animation functionality or an animator trying to get the most out of your current animation software, Computer Animation Complete: will help you work more efficiently and achieve better results. For programmers, this book provides a solid theoretical orientation and extensive practical instruction information you can put to work in any development or customization project. For animators, it provides crystal-clear guidance on determining which of your concepts can be realized using commercially available products, which demand custom programming, and what development strategies are likely to bring you the greatest success.

  • The Internet, Power and Society

    Rethinking the Power of the Internet to Change Lives
    • 1st Edition
    • Marcus Leaning
    • English
    An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important ‘cultural’ assumptions are in how we understand technology. The Internet, Power and Society argues that the way in which we view technology such as the internet owes much to older, historic views of the media and to ‘issues’ in contemporary society. Such perspectives are deeply rooted in a Western view of technology and the book concludes by offering a radically new perspective as to how the internet can change a society that is truly global in its application.

  • Optical Networks

    A Practical Perspective
    • 3rd Edition
    • Rajiv Ramaswami + 2 more
    • English
    Optical Networks, Third Edition continues to be the authoritative source for information on optical networking technologies and techniques. Componentry and transmission are discussed in detail with emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks. New updates in this rapidly changing technology are introduced. These updates include sections on pluggable optical transceivers, ROADM (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer), and electronic dispersion compensation. Current standards updates such as G.709 OTN, as well as, those for GPON, EPON, and BPON are featured. Expanded discussions on multimode fiber with additional sections on photonic crystal and plastic fibers, as well as expanded coverage of Ethernet and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). This book clearly explains all the hard-to-find information on architecture, control and management. It serves as your guide at every step of optical networking-- from planning to implementation through ongoing maintenance. This book is your key to thoroughly understanding practical optical networks.

  • A Practical Guide to SysML

    The Systems Modeling Language
    • 1st Edition
    • Sanford Friedenthal + 2 more
    • English
    A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language is a comprehensive guide to SysML for systems and software engineers. It provides an advanced and practical resource for modeling systems with SysML. The source describes the modeling language and offers information about employing SysML in transitioning an organization or project to model-based systems engineering. The book also presents various examples to help readers understand the OMG Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Certification Program. The text is organized into four parts. The first part provides an overview of systems engineering. It explains the model-based approach by comparing it with the document-based approach and providing the modeling principles. The overview of SYsML is also discussed. The second part of the book covers a comprehensive description of the language. It discusses the main concepts of model organization, parametrics, blocks, use cases, interactions, requirements, allocations, and profiles. The third part presents examples that illustrate how SysML supports different model-based procedures. The last part discusses how to transition and deploy SysML into an organization or project. It explains the integration of SysML into a systems development environment. Furthermore, it describes the category of data that are exchanged between a SysML tool and other types of tools, and the types of exchange mechanisms that can be used. It also covers the criteria that must be considered when selecting a SysML. Software and systems engineers, programmers, IT practitioners, experts, and non-experts will find this book useful.

  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Networking in Windows Vista

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Upgrading to Windows Vista and Restoring User Settings

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Implementing Network Infrastructure Services

    Exams: 70-640, 642, 643
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Implementing Active Directory Identities and Access in Windows Server 2008

    Exams: 70-640, 642, 643
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Maintaining and Optimizing Windows Vista

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Security

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Implementing Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008

    Exams: 70-640, 642, 643
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance Practice Exams: Microsoft Exam 70-432

    • 1st Edition
    • Mark Horninger
    • English
    Leave no doubt that you're ready for exam day by using these realistic practice exams closely matched to the Microsoft exam. This Practice Exam includes practice tests with full explanations. Our diagnostic tool identifies strengths and weaknesses and tells you where to focus your preparation.

  • SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance Quick Test: Microsoft Exam 70-432

    • 1st Edition
    • Mark Horninger
    • English
    We know you don't have time to waste. Use the Quick Test to quickly assess what you need to do to pass the 70-432 cert exam. The Quick Test identifies your strengths and weaknesses and gives you a roadmap of where to focus your test prep efforts.

  • Administering Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008

    Exams: 70-640, 642, 643
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Fundamentals of Windows Vista TCP/IP Connectivity

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Examining Windows Vista Client Security

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Configuring Windows Vista Productivity Applications

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Configuring and Managing File Systems in Windows Vista

    Exam: 70-620
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Implementing Windows Server 2008 Security

    Exams: 70-640, 642, 643
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Syngress vLabs let you learn on live systems in a safe, secure staging environment. You will learn more effectively by experiencing real-world situations and getting immediate feedback. You will be more certain to pass your certification exams because you've studied specific scenarios that you'll see on exam day.

  • Wireless Networking Complete

    • 1st Edition
    • Pei Zheng + 3 more
    • English
    Wireless Networking Complete is a compilation of critical content from key Morgan Kaufmann titles published in recent years on wireless networking and communications. Individual chapters are organized into one complete reference giving a 360-degree view from our bestselling authors. From wireless application protocols, to Mesh Networks and Ad Hoc Sensor Networks, to security and survivability of wireless systems – all of the elements of wireless networking are united in a single volume. The book covers both methods of analysis and problem-solving techniques, enhancing the reader’s grasp of the material and ability to implement practical solutions. This book is essential for anyone interested in new and developing aspects of wireless network technology.

  • Scalable VoIP Mobility

    Integration and Deployment
    • 1st Edition
    • Joseph Epstein
    • English
    Provides practical advice on breaking down the implementation and deployment of voice mobility networks within the office, across the campus, and on the road. Offers a complete primer on enterprise-grade Wi-Fi networking for voice mobility at scale, whether as a single-mode or dual-mode network, including information on the newest 802.11n standard and how these standards directly impact voice mobility. Includes methods of integrating existing or new VoIP networks with 3G+, CDMA 2000, WCDMA, HSPA, and WiMAX cellular networks using fixed/mobile convergence (FMC). This book provides a comprehensive examination of IP-based voice mobility, covering every step in deploying multimodal voice mobility networks. Each segment of the entire voice mobility solution is described with an eye towards the inherent problems of high-scale mobility, from wired infrastructure to end device, across multiple networks and technologies. Voice mobility is introduced and defined at a basic level before the book examines the high-level components of a scalable voice mobility solution. Chapters focus on several types of transport networks in greater depth, including voice quality metrics and testing, high-density enterprise Wi-Fi voice networks, cellular networks, and high-level networking technologies. The security of VoIP networks is also considered. The book explores standalone VoIP networks and finally provides an investigation of the current and upcoming set of fixed/mobile convergence approaches. This book is an invaluable guide for anyone looking towards voice mobility as a solution to real-world business problems: IT managers and executives looking to understand the potential for converting offices to all-wireless; network designers and architects planning on rolling out a fully-mobile voice network; and administrators operating or troubleshooting voice mobility networks.

  • Building Library 3.0

    Issues in Creating a Culture of Participation
    • 1st Edition
    • Woody Evans
    • English
    Written for information professionals and librarians trying to implement and manage Web 2.0 in their physical and online collections, Building Library 3.0 pays careful attention to the implementation of social web applications, mobile computing, and RFID and QR Code technology. The book details both how to make these technologies work for libraries and also explores why libraries must gain ground in the important new territories of Web 2.0. The changing relationships between information seekers, the information being sought, and the professional information gatekeepers is of great importance in this change, and this book explains both the use of the technology to reach information seeking communities, and the profound ways in which such relationships will change the nature of librarianship.

  • Mobile IPv6

    Protocols and Implementation
    • 1st Edition
    • Qing Li + 2 more
    • English
    Mobile IPv6 has become the key enabling technology for mobile data and multimedia services and devices worldwide (i.e., cellular systems, VoIP handovers over LAN, multi-access network handovers, location privacy, enterprise mobile networking, etc.).This book covers the IPv6 host mobility protocol known as "mobile IPv6" and begins with a basic description of mobile IPv6 and then details protocol specifications and data structures as well as actual implementation. A sample configuration for a real Mobile IPv6 operation is provided at the end of the book.

  • Relational Database Design and Implementation

    Clearly Explained
    • 3rd Edition
    • Jan L. Harrington
    • English
    Fully revised, updated, and expanded, Relational Database Design and Implementation, Third Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to the subject available for IT/IS professionals interested in honing their skills in database design, implementation, and administration. This book provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance, regardless of experience level or choice of DBMS.The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of databases and database design, then briefly reviews the SQL one would use to create databases. Topics such as the relational data model, normalization, data entities and Codd's Rules (and why they are important) are covered clearly and concisely but without resorting to "Dummies"-style talking down to the reader.Supporting the book's step-by-step instruction are three NEW case studies illustrating database planning, analysis, design, and management practices. In addition to these real-world examples, which include object-relational design techniques, an entirely NEW section consisting of three chapters is devoted to database implementation and management issues.

  • Brain Machine Interfaces for Space Applications: enhancing astronaut capabilities

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 86
    • Dario Izzo + 1 more
    • English
    Among the most interesting fields in research are the emerging possibilities to interface the human brain directly with machines, e.g. with computers and robotic interfaces. The European Space Agency's Advanced Concept team as a multidisciplinary team from engineering, artificial intelligence, and neural engineering has been working on the cutting edge of exploring brain machine interfaces for application in space as solutions to limitations astronauts face in space, and this book for the first time presents the state-of-the-art-coh...

  • IPv6 Socket API Extensions: Programmer's Guide

    • 1st Edition
    • Qing Li + 2 more
    • English
    IPv6 Socket API Extensions: Programmer's Guide covers the IPv6 applicaton programming interfaces (API) extensions and enhancements that have been made to the socket APIs. The book begins with a brief overview of the API specifications along with sample code usage. Then an explanation of the internal kernel implementation that realizes the services offered by the API sets is detailed. Also descriptions of several standard user libraries that have been extended or created to support IPv6 are reviewed. Includes various examples which illustrate how to write portable applications that can run on either IPv4 or IPv6 networks. Succinct treatment of everything you need to know to get up and running with IPv6 socket programming in one affordable volume.

  • Advances in Computers

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 77
    • Marvin Zelkowitz
    • English
    This is volume 77 of Advances in Computers. Since 1960, annual volumes are produced containing chapters by some of the leading experts in the field of computers today. For 50 years these volumes offer ideas and developments that are changing our society. This volume presents eight different topics covering many different aspects of computer science. A wide range of subjects are covered from insights into the different ways individuals can interact with electronic devices to how common law is adapting to and impacting on the Internet.

  • Combinatory Logic

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 65
    • Lev D. Beklemishev
    • English

  • Logic Colloquium 76, Proceedings of a conference

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 87
    • Lev D. Beklemishev
    • English

  • Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Proceeding of the 1960 International Congress

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 44
    • Lev D. Beklemishev
    • English

  • Why Programs Fail

    A Guide to Systematic Debugging
    • 2nd Edition
    • Andreas Zeller
    • English
    Why Programs Fail: A Guide to Systematic Debugging is proof that debugging has graduated from a black art to a systematic discipline. It demystifies one of the toughest aspects of software programming, showing clearly how to discover what caused software failures, and fix them with minimal muss and fuss. The fully updated second edition includes 100+ pages of new material, including new chapters on Verifying Code, Predicting Erors, and Preventing Errors. Cutting-edge tools such as FindBUGS and AGITAR are explained, techniques from integrated environments like Jazz.net are highlighted, and all-new demos with ESC/Java and Spec#, Eclipse and Mozilla are included. This complete and pragmatic overview of debugging is authored by Andreas Zeller, the talented researcher who developed the GNU Data Display Debugger(DDD), a tool that over 250,000 professionals use to visualize the data structures of programs while they are running. Unlike other books on debugging, Zeller's text is product agnostic, appropriate for all programming languages and skill levels. The book explains best practices ranging from systematically tracking error reports, to observing symptoms, reproducing errors, and correcting defects. It covers a wide range of tools and techniques from hands-on observation to fully automated diagnoses, and also explores the author's innovative techniques for isolating minimal input to reproduce an error and for tracking cause and effect through a program. It even includes instructions on how to create automated debugging tools. The text includes exercises and extensive references for further study, and a companion website with source code for all examples and additional debugging resources is available.

  • Principles of Transaction Processing

    • 2nd Edition
    • Philip A. Bernstein + 1 more
    • English
    Principles of Transaction Processing is a comprehensive guide to developing applications, designing systems, and evaluating engineering products. The book provides detailed discussions of the internal workings of transaction processing systems, and it discusses how these systems work and how best to utilize them. It covers the architecture of Web Application Servers and transactional communication paradigms.The book is divided into 11 chapters, which cover the following: Overview of transaction processing application and system structureSoftware abstractions found in transaction processing systemsArchitecture of multitier applications and the functions of transactional middleware and database serversQueued transaction processing and its internals, with IBM's Websphere MQ and Oracle's Stream AQ as examplesBusiness process management and its mechanismsDescriptio... of the two-phase locking function, B-tree locking and multigranularity locking used in SQL database systems and nested transaction lockingSystem recovery and its failuresTwo-phase commit protocolComparison between the tradeoffs of replicating servers versus replication resourcesTransaction... middleware products and standardsFuture trends, such as cloud computing platforms, composing scalable systems using distributed computing components, the use of flash storage to replace disks and data streams from sensor devices as a source of transaction requests. The text meets the needs of systems professionals, such as IT application programmers who construct TP applications, application analysts, and product developers. The book will also be invaluable to students and novices in application programming.

  • Developing Virtual Reality Applications

    Foundations of Effective Design
    • 1st Edition
    • Alan B. Craig + 2 more
    • English
    Virtual Reality systems enable organizations to cut costs and time, maintain financial and organizational control over the development process, digitally evaluate products before having them created, and allow for greater creative exploration. In this book, VR developers Alan Craig, William Sherman, and Jeffrey Will examine a comprehensive collection of current,unique, and foundational VR applications in a multitude of fields, such as business, science, medicine, art, entertainment, and public safety among others.An insider’s view of what works, what doesn’t work, and why, Developing Virtual Reality Applications explores core technical information and background theory as well as the evolution of key applications from their genesis to their most current form. Developmental techniques are cross-referenced between different applications linking information to describe overall VR trends and fundamental best practices. This synergy, coupled with the most up to date research being conducted, provides a hands-on guide for building applications, and an enhanced, panoramic view of VR development. Developing Virtual Reality Applications is an indispensable one-stop reference for anyone working in this burgeoning field.

  • Up and Running with Autodesk Inventor Simulation 2010

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Engineering Design Solutions
    • 1st Edition
    • Wasim Younis
    • English
    Inventor Simulation is an essential part of the Autodesk Digital Prototyping process. It allows engineers and designers to explore and test components and products virtually, visualizing and simulating real-world performance. Up and Running with Autodesk Inventor Simulation 2010 is dedicated to the requirements of Inventor users who need to quickly learn or refresh their skills, and apply the dynamic simulation, assembly analysis and optimization capabilities of Inventor Simulation 2010.

  • Principles of Computer System Design

    An Introduction
    • 1st Edition
    • Jerome H. Saltzer + 1 more
    • English
    Principles of Computer System Design is the first textbook to take a principles-based approach to the computer system design. It identifies, examines, and illustrates fundamental concepts in computer system design that are common across operating systems, networks, database systems, distributed systems, programming languages, software engineering, security, fault tolerance, and architecture.Through carefully analyzed case studies from each of these disciplines, it demonstrates how to apply these concepts to tackle practical system design problems. To support the focus on design, the text identifies and explains abstractions that have proven successful in practice such as remote procedure call, client/service organization, file systems, data integrity, consistency, and authenticated messages. Most computer systems are built using a handful of such abstractions. The text describes how these abstractions are implemented, demonstrates how they are used in different systems, and prepares the reader to apply them in future designs.The book is recommended for junior and senior undergraduate students in Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Distributed Operating Systems and/or Computer Systems Design courses; and professional computer systems designers.

  • Advances in Computers

    Social Net Working and the Web
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 76
    • Marvin Zelkowitz
    • English
    This is volume 76 of the Advances in Computers. Since 1960, annual volumes are produced containing chapters by some of the leading experts in the field of computers today. For almost 50 years these volumes present ideas and developments that are radically changing our society. One of the most important ideas sweeping though society today is the social networking website. Names like Wikipedia, Flickr, Second Life, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup, MySpace, LinkedIn, among others, are becoming common parlance as the youth, and a growing segment of the adult population, now view such websites as alternatives to the corner convenience store or coffee shop and critically important avenues for social interactions. In this volume we explore this phenomenon to describe the development of some of these ideas as well as developments in web technology that enable this to occur. This volume contains seven chapters divided into two parts. The first three chapters describe the social networking phenomenon and provide insights into the technology and influences on our culture. The last four chapters provide details of the underlying technology that allows the web to expand to include these social networking sites, as well as other new applications for information dissemination, accessing, and sharing.

  • SQL Injection Attacks and Defense

    • 1st Edition
    • Justin Clarke-Salt
    • English
    Winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009 award! "SQL injection is probably the number one problem for any server-side application, and this book is unequaled in its coverage." Richard Bejtlich, http://taosecurity.b... SQL injection represents one of the most dangerous and well-known, yet misunderstood, security vulnerabilities on the Internet, largely because there is no central repository of information to turn to for help. This is the only book devoted exclusively to this long-established but recently growing threat. It includes all the currently known information about these attacks and significant insight from its contributing team of SQL injection experts.

  • Computer and Information Security Handbook

    • 1st Edition
    • John Vacca
    • English
    Presents information on how to analyze risks to your networks and the steps needed to select and deploy the appropriate countermeasures to reduce your exposure to physical and network threats. Also imparts the skills and knowledge needed to identify and counter some fundamental security risks and requirements, including Internet security threats and measures (audit trails IP sniffing/spoofing etc.) and how to implement security policies and procedures. In addition, this book covers security and network design with respect to particular vulnerabilities and threats. It also covers risk assessment and mitigation and auditing and testing of security systems as well as application standards and technologies required to build secure VPNs, configure client software and server operating systems, IPsec-enabled routers, firewalls and SSL clients. This comprehensive book will provide essential knowledge and skills needed to select, design and deploy a public key infrastructure (PKI) to secure existing and future applications.

  • Embedded Systems and Software Validation

    • 1st Edition
    • Abhik Roychoudhury
    • English
    Modern embedded systems require high performance, low cost and low power consumption. Such systems typically consist of a heterogeneous collection of processors, specialized memory subsystems, and partially programmable or fixed-function components. This heterogeneity, coupled with issues such as hardware/software partitioning, mapping, scheduling, etc., leads to a large number of design possibilities, making performance debugging and validation of such systems a difficult problem. Embedded systems are used to control safety critical applications such as flight control, automotive electronics and healthcare monitoring. Clearly, developing reliable software/systems for such applications is of utmost importance. This book describes a host of debugging and verification methods which can help to achieve this goal.

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