For many reasons, few books survive to reach their eighth edition. Authors and publishers who let the success of their
earlier work produce the comfort of complacency usually pay the price of watching the marketplace dismantle their creations.
This database systems book has been successful through seven editions because we–the...
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010, continued
the bi-annual series of top-flight international conferences on the use of advanced
educational technologies that are adaptive to users or groups of users. These highly
interdisciplinary conferences bring together researchers in the learning sciences,...
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010, continued
the bi-annual series of top-flight international conferences on the use of advanced
educational technologies that are adaptive to users or groups of users. These highly
interdisciplinary conferences bring together researchers in the learning sciences,...
CALCO, the International Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer
Science, is a high-level, bi-annual event formed by joining CMCS (the International
Workshop on Coalgebraic Methods in Computer Science) and WADT
(the Workshop on Algebraic Development Techniques). CALCO aims to bring
together researchers and practitioners with...
Image data compression is concerned with minimization of the number of information
carrying units used to represent an image. Image compression schemes can
be divided into two broad classes: lossless compression schemes and lossy compression
schemes. Lossless compression techniques, as their name implies aim at
exact reconstruction...
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...
Where do program ideas come from? How are concepts developed into saleable productions? Who do you talk to about getting a show produced? How do you schedule shows on the lineup? What do you do if a series is in trouble? The answers to these questions, and many more, can be found in this comprehensive, in-depth look at the roles and...
A major thrust of computer science is the design, analysis, implementation, and scicntific
evaluation of algorithms to solve critical problems. In addition, new challenges are being
offered to computer scientists in the field of computational science and engineering, which
includes challenging problems in computational biology,...
On behalf of the PROFES Organizing Committee we are proud to present the
proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Product-Focused Software
Process Improvement (PROFES 2011), held in Torre Canne, Italy. Since 1999
PROFES has grown in the software engineering community and has become a
premium conference that brings together...
Your resume and cover letter, as well as a digital portfolio, business card and mailers, will function as the first contact and impression you make. These items will work to get your "foot in the door." Ultimately, however, it will be your portfolio book or online portfolio website that will land you the job. The creation of your...
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 32nd International Conference
on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency
(PETRI NETS 2011). The Petri Net conferences serve as annual meeting places
to discuss the progress in the field of Petri nets and related models of concurrency.
They provide a forum for...
This book originates from the desire to perpetuate expertise in the field of
performance evaluation, particularly for telecommunication systems and
networks. It is obviously impossible to translate into a single work all the
facets of an activity which encompasses many systems and a great variety of
domains such as standardization,...
