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Heuristic and Optimization for Knowledge Discovery

Idea Group Publishing, 2002

With the large amount of data stored by many organizations, capitalists have observed that this information is an intangible asset. Unfortunately, handling large databases is a very complex process and traditional learning techniques are expensive to use. Heuristic techniques provide much help in this arena, although little is known about heuristic...

Windows Vista For Dummies

For Dummies, 2006

Create music CDs and photo DVDs or even watch TV

Move your files to a new computer, or get your old PC ready for Vista

The thing that's made Windows For Dummies so successful is that it's packed with the basics you need to make Windows work. This book gets you through all the...

Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century

Idea Group Publishing, 2002

When teaching in the area of Information Technology, it is necessary to constantly update curriculum, to deal with new challenges brought forth by students, and to modify teaching methods to accommodate these new situations. Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century strives to address a variety of pertinent questions...

Smalltalk, Objects, and Design

Iuniverse Inc, 2000

This reference and text treats the Smalltalk programming system and the web of object-oriented ideas within and around it. Thus it is more than a guide to the language; it also examines Smalltalk in its technical and historical setting, and along the way addresses the questions that every Smalltalk developer sooner or later naturally wonders about....

Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology

Springer, 2006

"The best single book on cryptology today." --Cryptologia (from a review of a previous edition)

"It is an outstanding book that assumes only elementary mathematical knowledge and is interspersed with many exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology."
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Digital Design of Nature: Computer Generated Plants and Organics (X.media.publishing)

Springer, 2005

What is computer graphics and what are the conceptual tasks of research in this area? To the average person the term still conveys more or less the design of logos and the manipulation of pictures with the help of image-editing programs. However, during the past four decades, computer graphics has evolved into an innovative multifaceted field of...

Evolvable Machines: Theory & Practice (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

Springer, 2004

"Evolutionary algorithms are one of the very promising developments in Computer Science that can solve difficult problems … . The presented book is an excellent example for the successful application of these methods to the Design of Machines … . A very interesting book, highly recommendable for scientists interested in evolvable...

Genetic Systems Programming: Theory and Experiences (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2006

Designing complex programs such as operating systems, compilers, filing systems, data base systems, etc. is an old ever lasting research area. Genetic programming is a relatively new promising and growing research area. Among other uses, it provides efficient tools to deal with hard problems by evolving creative and competitive solutions. Systems...

Enterprise Knowledge Infrastructures

Springer, 2005

Success of an organization is increasingly dependent on its capability to create an environment to improve the productivity of knowledge work. This book focuses on the concepts, models and technologies that are used to design and implement such an environment. It develops the vision of a modular, yet highly integrated enterprise knowledge...

Extending the Scalability of Linkage Learning Genetic Algorithms: Theory & Practice (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

Springer, 2005

Genetic algorithms (GAs) are powerful search techniques based on principles of evolution and widely applied to solve problems in many disciplines. However, most GAs employed in practice nowadays are unable to learn genetic linkage and suffer from the linkage problem. The linkage learning genetic algorithm (LLGA) was proposed to tackle the linkage...

An Introduction to Distributed Algorithms

MIT Press, 1996

"Barbosa makes the otherwise difficult subject of distributed algorithms very enjoyable and attractive to both students and researchers. The leading intuitive discussion of each algorithm is so very well organized and clearly written that a reader can, without the slightest effort, have a clear picture of it. An ideal textbook for an...

Bioinformatics Technologies

Springer, 2005

Solving modern biological problems requires advanced computational methods. Bioinformatics evolved from the active interaction of two fast-developing disciplines, biology and information technology. The central issue of this emerging field is the transformation of often distributed and unstructured biological data into meaningful information....

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