This is the first handbook to cover comprehensively both software engineering and knowledge engineering - two important fields that have become interwoven in recent years. Over 60 international experts have contributed to the book. Each chapter has been written in such a way that a practitioner of software engineering and knowledge...
When I started playing with the first-generation iPhone back in 2008, I was amazed by
the simplicity and versatility of the smart phone. With the iPhone in hand, I could
take pictures, navigate with GPS, tell time, and of course, play games—especially when
I was bored while waiting in line at the DMV for my license plate....
"Modeling" has become one of the primary concerns in modern Software
Engineering. The reason is simple: starting development processes from clear
and succinct models has proven to foster not only quality but also productivity.
With the advance of modeling there also came a desire for automatic code
generation from models....
The combination of PHP and MySQL is the most convenient approach to dynamic,
database-driven web design, holding its own in the face of challenges from integrated
frameworks—such as Ruby on Rails—that are harder to learn. Due to its open source
roots (unlike the competing Microsoft .NET framework), it is...
This book identifies test procedures used within sectors of the solid/liquid separation equipment industry, providing practical explanations for test data and their uses when faced with a new application to assess. With a strong practical emphasis, this book is ideal for use as a reference text for engineers concerned with applications...
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Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces version 4.2 of the popular and productive Oracle Application Express development platform. Called APEX for short, the platform enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4.2 brings extensive new...
This book presents as its main subject new models in mathematical neuroscience. A wide range of neural networks models with discontinuities are discussed, including impulsive differential equations, differential equations with piecewise constant arguments, and models of mixed type. These models involve discontinuities, which are natural...
This handbook oers a fresh approach to computer vision. The whole
vision process from image formation to measuring, recognition, or reacting
is regarded as an integral process. Computer vision is understood
as the host of techniques to acquire, process, analyze, and understand
complex higher-dimensional data from our environment...
Get up to speed on Cocoa and Objective-C, and start developing applications on the iOS and OS X platforms. If you don’t have experience with Apple’s developer tools, no problem! From object-oriented programming to storing app data in iCloud, the fourth edition of this book covers everything you need to build apps for the...
The simplest way to learn Oracle's ADF is to follow an enterprise development process from start to finish, which is exactly what this book does. Combining theory with real-world examples, it's the ultimate guide for Oracle and J2EE developers.