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Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts

Springer, 2009

From object technology pioneer and ETH Zurich professor Bertrand Meyer, winner of the Jolt award and the ACM Software System Award, a revolutionary textbook that makes learning programming fun and rewarding. Meyer builds his presentation on a rich object-oriented software system supporting graphics and multimedia, which students can use to produce...

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009

Due to their design and construction, high-rise buildings are unique structures with specialized needs. To protect the lives and property of the multitudes of people who daily use these facilities, it is essential that high-rise security and fire life safety programs be well planned and executed. Useful reference materials for commercial real...

Turbopumps and Pumping Systems

Springer, 2007

This book covers most of the subjects that are requested by engineers, those who are directly involved in design and manufacturing the pumps to those who operate the pumps in industrial units. The authors have worked for many years teaching the subject, conducting research, and implementing pump and pump station designs in different academic...

Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Fourth Edition

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006

This best-selling book provides the reader with a complete text and reference to the design, construction and operation of the many and varied components of modern motor vehicles, equipping them with the knowledge they need to deal with their servicing and repair. Covering both cars and heavier vehicles and featuring over 1000 illustrations, this...

The Fuzzy Systems Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide to Building, Using, and Maintaining Fuzzy Systems/Book and Disk

Academic Press, 1994

My 1965 paper on fuzzy sets was motivated in large measure by the conviction that traditional methods of systems analysis are unsuited for dealing with systems in which relations between variables do not lend themselves to representation in terms of differential or difference equations. Such systems are the norm in biology, sociology, economics...

Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

Elsevier Limited, 2001

Hardbound. Following on from the International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, held in Cape Town in April 2001, this book contains the Proceedings, in two volumes. There are over 170 papers written by Authors from around 40 countries worldwide. The contributions include 6 Keynote Papers and 12 Special Invited...

Design of Structural Steelwork

Routledge, 1998

This second edition of Design of Structural Steelwork presents the essential design aspects of steel as a structural material. It has been carefully revised and updated to provide a modern introduction to the subject, assuming only a basic knowledge of structural analysis and solid mechanics.

Instruction in structural design has...

SCJA Sun Certified Java Associate Study Guide (Exam CX-310-019) (Certification Press)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

The best fully integrated study system available for Exam CX-310-019

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, SCJA Sun Certified Java Associate Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

100% complete coverage of...

Goal Directed Project Management: Effective Techniques and Strategies

Kogan Page, 2009

This book deals with project management and presents the requirements for successful projects. We show you how to use proven methods and tools to guide your projects towards their goals, thereby significantly increasing your probability of achieving project success.

The book is written for project managers and everyone participating in...

The Prehistory of Language (Studies in the Evolution of Language)

Oxford University Press, 2009

'When, why, and how did language evolve?' 'Why do only humans have language?' This book looks at these and other questions about the origins and evolution of language. It does so via a rich diversity of perspectives, including social, cultural, archaeological, palaeoanthropological, musicological, anatomical, neurobiological, primatological, and...

Evaluating Project Decisions: Case Studies in Software Engineering

Addison Wesley, 2009

Effective decisions are crucial to the success of any software project, but to make better decisions you need a better decision-making process. In Evaluating Project Decisions, leading project management experts introduce an innovative decision model that helps you tailor your decision-making...

Interactive Environments with Open-Source Software: 3D Walkthroughs and Augmented Reality for Architects with Blender 2.43, DART 3.0 and ARToolKit 2.72

Springer, 2008

Wolfgang, an architecture software specialist, shows you how to use freeware correctly for architecture visualizations in Interactive Ambient. The book begins with an overview of real-time visualization possibilities before showing the reader how to work with three free software packages. The guide describes the appropriate hardware and the...

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