Software development would seem to be a quintessential example of today's Internet-enabled "knowledge work"--a global profession not bound by the constraints of geography. In Coding Places, Yuri Takhteyev looks at the work of software developers who inhabit two contexts: a geographical area--in this case, greater Rio de...

High Interstitial Stainless Austenitic Steels is of interest to all engineers and resaerchers working with stainless steel, either at universities or R&D departments in Industry. The new applications described appeal to design engineers while procees engineers find interesting challenges. These novel steels enter more and more industrial...

This Bayesian modeling book provides a self-contained entry to computational Bayesian statistics. Focusing on the most standard statistical models and backed up by real datasets and an all-inclusive R (CRAN) package called bayess, the book provides an operational methodology for conducting Bayesian inference, rather than focusing on its...

Using the tools of complexity theory, Stephen Judd develops a formal description of associative learning in connectionist networks. He rigorously exposes the computational difficulties in training neural networks and explores how certain design principles will or will not make the problems easier.

Judd looks beyond the scope...

The fourth edition of Marketing for Tourism provides an introduction to the general theory of marketing and its application in the various sectors of the travel and tourism industry. This leading text has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent changes within this dynamic and fast-moving sector. A number of in-depth case...

Brassington and Pettitt's Essentials of Marketing is the indispensable introduction to the subject for all students taking a short or one-semester Marketing module whatever their background. The second edition retains the lively writing style and authority of the authors' Principles of Marketing, and highlights the links between...

"If you've got nothing to hide," many people say, "you shouldn't worry about government surveillance." Others argue that we must sacrifice privacy for security. But as Daniel J. Solove argues in this important book, these arguments and many others are flawed. They are based on mistaken views about what it means to...

Marketing is a universal activity that is widely applicable, regardless of the political, social or economic systems of a particular country. However, this doesn't mean that consumers in different parts of the world should be satisified in the same way.

The 4th edition of International Marketing has been written...

This book introduces a visual methodology for data...