Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and Data Guard (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

W W Norton, 2019

National Bestseller • New York Times “100 Notable Books of the Year” • NPR “Favorite Books of 2019” • Guardian “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award

From the best-selling,...

Embedded Systems for Smart Appliances and Energy Management

Springer, 2012

The short answer to the question is “yes!” – provided that we can satisfy a key requirement: we must achieve the widespread deployment of intelligent, low-cost, distributed communications that operate down to the level of individual household and office appliances. To understand why we need such a communications...

Intelligent Data Analysis

Springer, 2007

This monograph is a detailed introductory presentation of the key classes of intelligent data analysis methods. The ten coherently written chapters by leading experts provide complete coverage of the core issues.

The first half of the book is devoted to the discussion of classical statistical issues, ranging from the basic concepts of...

Nanoscale Thermoelectrics (Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology)

Springer, 2013

For the efficient utilization of energy resources and the minimization of environmental damage, thermoelectric materials can play an important role by converting waste heat into electricity directly. Nanostructured thermoelectric materials have received much attention recently due to the potential for enhanced properties associated with size...

The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

Oxford University Press, 2008

"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works...

Looseleaf for Criminal Investigation

McGraw-Hill, 2018

Swanson's Criminal Investigation, Twelfth Edition, is widely recognized as the most accurate and comprehensive text in the field. This practical, step-by-step introduction to criminal investigation gives students a logical framework for understanding the investigative process. Major sections cover current issues, such as...