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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.

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    • Concurrency Control in Distributed Database Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3
      • June 28, 2014
      • W. Cellary + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Distributed Database Systems (DDBS) may be defined as integrated database systems composed of autonomous local databases, geographically distributed and interconnected by a computer network.The purpose of this monograph is to present DDBS concurrency control algorithms and their related performance issues. The most recent results have been taken into consideration. A detailed analysis and selection of these results has been made so as to include those which will promote applications and progress in the field. The application of the methods and algorithms presented is not limited to DDBSs but also relates to centralized database systems and to database machines which can often be considered as particular examples of DDBSs.The first part of the book is devoted to basic definitions and models: the distributed database model, the transaction model and the syntactic and semantic concurrency control models. The second discusses concurrency control methods in monoversion DDBSs: the locking method, the timestamp ordering method, the validation method and hybrid methods. For each method the concept, the basic algorithms, a hierarchical version of the basic algorithms, and methods for avoiding performance failures are given. The third section covers concurrency control methods in multiversion DDBSs and the fourth, methods for the semantic concurrency model. The last part concerns performance issues of DDBSs.The book is intended primarily for DDBMS designers, but is also of use to those who are engaged in the design and management of databases in general, as well as in problems of distributed system management such as distributed operating systems and computer networks.

    • Reasoning About Plans

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • James Allen + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This book presents four contributions to planning research within an integrated framework. James Allen offers a survey of his research in the field of temporal reasoning, and then describes a planning system formalized and implemented directly as an inference process in the temporal logic. Starting from the same logic, Henry Kautz develops the first formal specification of the plan recognition process and develops a powerful family of algorithms for plan recognition in complex situations. Richard Pelavin then extends the temporal logic with model operators that allow the representation to support reasoning about complex planning situations involving simultaneous interacting actions, and interaction with external events. Finally, Josh Tenenberg introduces two different formalisms of abstraction in planning systems and explores the properties of these abstraction techniques in depth.

    • High Performance Servers

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • Architecture Technology Architecture Technology Corpor
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Please note this is a Short Discount publication.LANs have gone through stages. Early LANs connected asychronous terminals to minicomputers. With the advent of the IBM PC the focus on technology changed to that of PCs connected to some type of 'file server'. After a number of years, the battle over file servers turned into a battle of network operating systems. With the advent of the client server model, and high performance workstations, one direction the battle has been taking is to develop a high performance server engine.The general strategy in this arena is to attempt to remove bottlenecks in the processing of service requests to the various networks operating. Several consortiums of venture capitalists have poured amounts of money in the range of $20m into developing the ultimate high performance server. With Novell shipping thousands of copies of NetWare 386 per month, this lucrative market is about to undergo intense long term competition.This report describes the general approaches that can be used to develop a high performance server and several of the key products in the area including products from several start up ventures.

    • Virtual Reality Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • R. A. Earnshaw
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This volume brings together a number of the leading practitioners and exponents in the field of virtual reality (VR), and explores some of the main issues in the area and its associated hardware and software technology. The main components of the current generation of virtual reality systems are outlined, and major developments of VR systems are discussed.

    • Minisupercomputers

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • Architecture Technology Architecture Technology Corpor
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Please note this is a Short Discount publication.A new category of product has been developed which needs to be considered by any purchaser of a high performance machine: minisupercomputers. Thoroughly revised and updated this years report compares in–depth, these computers to parallel processors, supercomputers, mainframe, superminicomputers and workstations. With an explosion of manufacturers announcing such computers, the choice and usage of these high performance systems is a key issue for the potential user.As the computer market continues to become more competitive, users continue their search for cost effective solutions to the point that most manufacturers are now providing alternative architectures for consideration by customers. The minisupercomputer technology is an international one with vendors such as BBN, Convex, IPS, AMT, and NCube filling market needs.Thoroughly revised and updated, this year's report is essential reading for any purchaser, or potential purchaser, of a high performance machine. By discussing the rapid increase in the use of minisupercomputers, as well as technology and market size, this report presents all the necessary information for a thorough understanding of these computer systems.

    • Machine Learning Proceedings 1995

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • Armand Prieditis + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Machine Learning: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Machine Learning covers the papers presented at the Twelfth International Conference on Machine Learning (ML95), held at the Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, California on July 9-12, 1995. The book focuses on the processes, methodologies, principles, and approaches involved in machine learning, including inductive logic programming algorithms, neural networks, and decision trees. The selection first offers information on the theory and applications of agnostic PAC-learning with small decision trees; reinforcement learning with function approximation; and inductive learning of reactive action models. Discussions focus on inductive logic programming algorithm, collecting instances for learning, residual gradient algorithms, direct algorithms, and learning curves for decision trees of small depth. The text then elaborates on visualizing high-dimensional structure with the incremental grid growing neural network; empirical support for winnow and weighted-majority based algorithms; and automatic selection of split criterion during tree growing based on node location. The manuscript takes a look at learning hierarchies from ambiguous natural language data, learning with rare cases and small disjuncts, learning by observation and practice, and learning collection fusion strategies for information retrieval. The selection is a valuable source of data for mathematicians and researchers interested in machine learning.

    • Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems 1988

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • J. Ranta
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the development and future use of man-machine systems in all aspects of business and industry. The papers cover such topics as human-computer interaction, system design, and the impact of automation in general, and also by the use of case studies describe a wide range of applications in such areas as office automation, transportation, power plants, machinery and manufacturing processes and defence systems. Contains 73 papers.

    • Digital Picture Processing

      • 2nd Edition
      • Volume 2
      • June 28, 2014
      • Azriel Rosenfeld
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Computer Science and Applied Mathematics: Digital Picture Processing, Second Edition, Volume 2 focuses on picture or image processing, which is concerned with the manipulation and analysis of pictures by computer. This book emphasizes the three major subareas in picture processing—digitizat... and compression; enhancement, restoration, and reconstruction; and matching, description, and recognition. This volume is organized into four chapters. Chapter 9 discusses registration and matching, while Chapter 10 considers segmentation into parts. The representation of parts and geometric property measurement is elaborated in Chapter 11. The last chapter is devoted to the non-geometric properties, picture descriptions, and models for classes of pictures. This publication is suitable for specialists and professionals working in the field of digital picture processing.

    • Operational Expert System Applications in Canada

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • Ching Y. Suen + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This book is part of a new series on operational expert systems worldwide. Expert systems are now widely used in different parts of the world for various applications. The past four years have witnessed a steady growth in the development and deployment of expert systems in Canada. Research in this field has also gained considerable momentum during the past few years. However, the field of expert systems is still young in Canada. This book contains 13 chapters contributed by 31 experts from both universities and industries across Canada covering a wide range of applications related to electric power and circuit boards, health and medicine, the legal field, transportation and decision making.

    • Natural and Artificial Intelligence

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • A. de Callataÿ
      • English
      • eBook
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      How does the mind work? How is data stored in the brain? How does the mental world connect with the physical world? The hybrid system developed in this book shows a radically new view on the brain. Briefly, in this model memory remains permanent by changing the homeostasis rebuilding the neuronal organelles. These transformations are approximately abstracted as all-or-none operations. Thus the computer-like neural systems become plausible biological models. This illustrated book shows how artificial animals with such brains learn invariant methods of behavior control from their repeated actions. These robots can make decisions in any circumstances and reason by analogy whenever possible.This new and expanded edition includes a prologue exploring the problems which have stopped the development of fully fledged brain models. The causes of these deadlocks are listed as potential misconceptions about brain principles, neural networks, nervous systems, robotics, programming and decision logic.

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