Different kinds of objects containing data are found on the Internet, including structured (e.g., relational) databases, collections of documents, and search engines. On the one hand, creating, storing, manipulating, and retrieving Internet documents can benefit from techniques known from the databases and data modeling...

The technology of voice over IP provides for making telephone calls over data networks such as the Internet and it has now reached critical mass. I know this because as a technology instructor I spend more and more time teaching Voice over IP or “VoIP.” I wrote this book because I couldn’t find any material suitable...

Every year ESWC brings together researchers and practitioners dealing with different aspects of semantic technologies. Following a successful re-launch in 2010 as a multi-track conference, the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference built on the success of the ESWC conference series initiated in 2004. Through its extended concept this...

Designed for courses in Creativity and Three-Dimensional Design, Launching the Imagination offers a comprehensive framework on which students, teachers, and administrators can build. The approach in this third edition is refined, distilled, and updated, using over 375 examples drawn from traditional and contemporary sources. Interviews...

Java EE 6, the latest version of the Java EE specification, adds several new features to simplify enterprise application development. New versions of existing Java EE APIs have been included in this latest version of Java EE. JSF 2.0 greatly simplifies web application development. JPA 2.0 features a new criteria API and several other...

Our interest in human–computer interaction started with our participation in the TT2 project (“Trans–Type-2”, 2002–2005—http://www.tt2.atosorigin.es), funded by the European Union (EU) and coordinated by Atos Origin, which dealt with the development of statistical-based technologies for computer...

The third edition of Engineering Noise Control has been thoroughly revised, updated and extended. Each chapter contains new material, much of which is not available elsewhere. The result is a comprehensive discussion of the theoretical principles and concepts of acoustics and noise control, a detailed discussion of the hearing...