Agent Technology for e-Commerce

Agents are computational systems that are capable of autonomous, reactive and proactive behaviour, and are also able to interact with each other. The application of agents in e-Commerce is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting areas of computer sci...

 Introduction to Business Information

This book introduces the reader to the fundamentals of business information systems providing a quick and thorough overview. After describing the functions of the PC and the role of computers in local and global networks the authors explain fundamentals o...

 The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication

Provides an introduction to microelectronic processing to a wide audience Makes use of the process simulation package SUPREM, showing students how to use it to predict impurity profiles of practical interest The Science and Engineering of Microelectro...

 Unix in a Nutshell

This quick reference has been reworked to present you with the current state of Unix. Featuring chapter overviews, in-depth command coverage, and specific examples, it's the perfect supplement for Unix users and programmers. New topics include package man...

  Creating Content Management Systems in Java

In today's fast-paced, information-packed world, it's critical for businesses to organize and manipulate the data gathered from customers, sales, and product responses, etc. into usable information. Content Management Systems (CMS) can do this for your bu...

 Press On Principles of Interaction Programming

Interactive systems and devices, from mobile phones to office copiers, do not fulfill their potential for a wide variety of reasons--not all of them technical. Press On shows that we can design better interactive systems and devices if we draw on sound co...

 High Performance MySQL Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More

High Performance MySQL is the definitive guide to building fast, reliable systems with MySQL. Written by noted experts with years of real-world experience building very large systems, this book covers every aspect of MySQL performance in detail, and focus...

 Programming Microsoft Office Business Applications

Build composite solutions that connect back-end systems with the people on the front line. Get practical guidance for creating custom applications by using the capabilities of the Microsoft Office platform. This hands-on reference illustrates how to ...

  Operating Systems Design and Implementation

In this update of the 1997 and 1987 editions, computer scientists Tannenbaum (Vrije U., Amsterdam) and Woodhull (Hampshire College, Amherst) aim to provide a better balance of theory and practice than other texts on operating systems (OS). Covering both t...

 Object Recognition Fundamentals and Case Studies

This volume introduces the fundamental concepts and tools involved in the design and implementation of object recognition systems. Divided into three parts, it first introduces the topic and covers the acquisition of images, then details 3-D object recons...

 Classical and Quantum Orthogonal Polynomials in One Variable

This is first modern treatment of orthogonal polynomials from the viewpoint of special functions. The coverage is encyclopaedic, including classical topics such as Jacobi, Hermite, Laguerre, Hahn, Charlier and Meixner polynomials as well as those (e.g. As...

 Robust Industrial Control Systems Optimal Design Approach for Polynomial Systems

Robust Industrial Control Systems: Optimal Design Approach for Polynomial Systems presents a comprehensive introduction to the use of frequency domain and polynomial system design techniques for a range of industrial control and signal processing applicat...

 Max Plus at Work Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and Its Applications

Trains pull into a railroad station and must wait for each other before leaving again in order to let passengers change trains. How do mathematicians then calculate a railroad timetable that accurately reflects their comings and goings? One approach is to...

 Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming

Synchronization is needed in all systems and environments where several processors (or processes) can be active at the same time. This is the case for operating systems, distributed systems, database systems, distributed computing, and multi-threading and...

 Between Human and Machine Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics

Today, we associate the relationship between feedback, control, and computing with Norbert Wiener's 1948 formulation of cybernetics. But the theoretical and practical foundations for cybernetics, control engineering, and digital computing were laid earlie...

 Understanding Understanding Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition

In these essays Heinz von Foerster discusses some of the fundamental principles that govern how we know the world and how we process the information from which we derive that knowledge. Included are path- breaking articles concerning the principles of com...

 Information Systems Project Management hox to Deliver Function and Value in Information Technology Projects

An up-to-the-minute look at delivering function and value in IT projects. It's common in the IT industry to hear of project disasters: overdue products, blown budget estimates, and dismal results. And the root cause of most of these commonplace dis...

 Communications Systems and Networks

A comprehensive overview of today's networked world, offering just the right amount of technical detail. Now updated to cover the latest wireless and broadband technologies, this lucid overview describes today's communications systems and networks–...

 La pratique de la climatisation

Réalisé par deux spécialistes du génie climatique et frigorifique, ce recueil de fiches publiées dans la Revue Clim Pratique regroupe les connaissances utiles aux professionnels et aux étudiants du domaine, sous une forme accessible et facile à consulter....

 Safety, Comfort and Convenience Systems Function, regulation and components - With communication systems

The subjects covered in this book are widely diversified and very varied, providing an overview of these systems and how they work together. It includes descriptions of many systems; for example, with the antilock braking system (ABS) by Bosch, vehicles r...

 Principles of Measurement Systems

Measurement is an essential activity in every branch of technology and science and as such forms part of degree, diploma and certificate courses in engineering and applied science. The fourth edition of this respected and successful text has been ext...

 Into the Cool Energy Flow Thermodynamics and Life

Scientists, theologians, and philosophers have all sought to answer the questions of why we are here and where we are going. Finding this natural basis of life has proved elusive, but in the eloquent and creative Into the Cool, Eric D. Schneider and Dorio...

 From Energetics to Ecosystems The Dynamics and Structure of Ecological Systems

Ecosystems are complex and enigmatic entities that are ultimately our life support systems. Understanding these systems to the point of being able to predict their behaviour in the face of perturbations requires that researchers adopt a number of strategi...

 Modeling Complex Systems

This book explores the process of modeling complex systems in the widest sense of that term, drawing on examples from such diverse fields as ecology, epidemiology, sociology, seismology, as well as economics. It also provides the mathematical tools for st...

 Instrumentation and Control Systems

In a clear and readable style, Bill Bolton addresses the basic principles of modern instrumentation and control systems, including examples of the latest devices, techniques and applications. Unlike the majority of books in this field, only a minimal prio...

 Statistical Mechanics of Disordered Systems A Mathematical Pespective

Our mathematical understanding of the statistical mechanics of disordered systems is going through a period of stunning progress. This self-contained book is a graduate-level introduction for mathematicians and for physicists interested in the mathematica...

 Interfacial Convection in Multilayer Systems

This book contains a systematic investigation of the convection in systems with interfaces. For the first time, it classifies all of the known types of convective instabilities in such systems, and discusses the peculiarities of multilayer systems. The bo...

 Robust Control The Parameter Space Approach

New results, fresh ideas and new applications in automotive and flight control systems are presented in this second edition of Robust Control. The book presents parametric methods and tools for the simultaneous design of several representative operating c...

 Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems A Petri Net Structural Approach

Increasing complexity in engineering projects raises difficult challenges in industry and requires effective tools for correct-by-construction design or design verification. This book addresses the design of such tools for correct-by-construction synthesi...

 Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems

This authoritative work offers a timely, unified analysis of the various satellite navigation technologies, applications, and services in operation or development, and of the challenges that lie ahead in this rapidly evolving field. Including hundreds of ...

 Probabilistic Structural Dynamics

Presenting powerful new methods for analyzing uncertainties in the performance of designed systems, Probabilistic Structural Dynamics offers unparalleled tools for predicting the performance of new designs with new materials. In this text, pioneering engi...

 Sound System Engineering

Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete and concise working tool for all those involved in audio engineering. This fully updated third edition runs the complete range of sound system design from the simplest all-analog paging system to the...

 Man and river system Interactions among rivers, their watersheds and the sociosystem

This book gathers the extended abstracts of the presentations given at the international symposium "Man and River Systems II; Interactions among Rivers, their Watersheds and the Sociosystem", Paris, December 4-6, 2006. The symposium was organised by the P...

 Deploying Voice over Wireless LANs

The definitive guide to planning, architecting, deploying, supporting, and creating Voice over Wireless LAN solutions Recent advances make it possible to deliver high-quality voice and video communications over a wireless LAN (WLAN), replacing cost...

 Release It ! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

In Release It!, Michael T. Nygard shows you how to design and architect your application for the harsh realities it will face. You'll learn how to design your application for maximum uptime, performance, and return on investment. Mike explains that man...

 General Theory of Algebraic Equations

This book provides the first English translation of Bezout's masterpiece, the General Theory of Algebraic Equations. It follows, by almost two hundred years, the English translation of his famous mathematics textbooks. Here, Bézout presents his approach t...

  Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers Principles and Applications

This book is a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of embedded system design using the PIC microcontroller. Packed with helpful examples and illustrations, it gives an in-depth treatment of microcontroller design, programming in both asse...

 Channel Adaptive Technologies and Cross Layer Designs for Wireless Systems with Multiple Antennas Theory and Applications

This innovative book sets forth two promising wireless approaches that support high-quality, high-speed data and multimedia service-multiple antenna technologies and cross layer transmitter adaptation designs-while highlighting the relationships and inter...

 Mobile radio networks Networking protocols and traffic performance

Offers a comprehensive and detailed description of services and protocols of the systems. Particular attention is paid to the radio-related specifics required for establishment of a mobile communication system. All systems described have been implemented ...

 Dichotomies and stability in nonautonomous linear systems

Linear nonautonomous equations arise as mathematical models in mechanics, chemistry and biology. This monograph is a detailed study of the application of Lyapunov functions with variable signs expressed as quadratic forms to the solution of a range of pro...