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Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics)

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Written by a computer scientist for computer scientists, this book teaches topology from a computational point of view, and shows how to solve real problems that have topological aspects involving computers. Such problems arise in many areas, such as computer graphics, robotics, structural biology, and chemistry. The author starts from the basics...

Value-Based Software Engineering

Springer, 2005

The IT community has always struggled with questions concerning the value of an organization’s investment in software and hardware. It is the goal of value-based software engineering (VBSE) to develop models and measures of value which are of use for managers, developers and users as they make tradeoff decisions between, for example,...

Foundation Rails 2

Friends of Ed, 2008

I wrote this book with the goal of providing an introduction to Rails for people who have some passing familiarity with other scripting languages such as JavaScript or PHP. That being said, the main requirement for success with this book is simply going to be motivation and curiosity. Readers with an abundance of both, who are willing to go beyond...

The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (Brookings FOCUS Book)

Brookings Institution Press, 2011

The digital revolution is in full force but many public and private sector leaders are stymied: How can they maximize the full potential of digital technology? This hesitancy puts a brake on the transformational power of digital technology and means private companies and governmental bodies fall well behind other digital pioneers....

Yii Application Development Cookbook - Second Edition

Packt Publishing, 2013

This book is the perfect way to add the capabilities of Yii to your PHP5 development skills. Dealing with practical solutions through real-life recipes and screenshots, it enables you to write applications more efficiently.

Overview

Learn how to use Yii even more efficiently

Full of...

Congenital and Perinatal Infections (Infectious Disease)

Humana Press, 2005

A concise clinical reference that facilitates the diagnosis of intrauterine and perinatally acquired infections was the goal in creating the Congenital and Perinatal Infections: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis. Information about the natural history, m- agement, and outcome of these infections is well detailed in many other sources and so has not...

C Programming - A Beginner's Course

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Comments posted online for C Programming – A Beginner's Course: "The text does a great job of explaining concepts and the examples are pretty good." "It covers a lot of ideas and concepts that are left out of the other beginner books." "This book does such a good job at explaining the fundamentals of the...

Mechanical Trading Systems: Pairing Trader Psychology with Technical Analysis

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

In 1987 my father and I purchased a seat on the New York Futures Exchange
for $100 and established a trading account with $25,000. The goal, he explained,
was to make $2,500 a week. Although this seemed like an extraordinary
annualized return on investment, I had heard of legendary traders
who had taken meager sums and...

The Hidden Power of Photoshop CS

Sybex, 2004

AlthoughI wasn’t really thinking about it at the time, in a way, I really started writing this book in 1992 when I first started using Photoshop professionally (with Photoshop 2). At the time I wasn’t planning to write a book, but I had already been involved with scanning and editing digital artwork for several years. I had become...

Professional Office Business Application Development: Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and VSTO

Wrox Press, 2008

Office Business Applications (OBAs) are a bit of a mystery to some; developers often find it difficult to see Office as a true development platform. Nevertheless, Office has evolved quite a bit in the past few years into a strong platform that offers a number of rich technologies. Combine this with the ability to leverage the Microsoft...

Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference

O'Reilly, 2001

Oracle database administration is a complex and stressful job. In a series of easy-to-use checklists, this concise pocket reference summarizes the enormous number of tasks an Oracle DBA must perform. Each section takes a step-by-step "cookbook" approach to presenting DBA quick-reference material. The book is divided into three major...

Handbook of Spanish Language Media

Routledge, 2009

With the rise of Spanish language media around the world, no reference work is available that provides an overview of the field or its emerging issues. The Handbook of Spanish Language Media is intended to fill that need. The goal is to establish a Handbook that will become the definitive source for scholars interested in this...

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