This book is inspired by boredom and fascination: boredom with the usual presentation of data structures and algorithms, and fascination with complex
systems. The problem with data structures is that they are often taught without a motivating context; the problem with complexity science is that it is
usually not taught at...
Desktop virtualization is a very broad topic, which can encompass various virtualization technologies.
This book is aimed at specifically addressing how to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
solution using Citrix XenDesktop.
This book is not meant as a definitive guide to any one of the technologies...
Using the WordPress Content Management System, you can create a beautiful, dynamic, and amazing website. WordPress is a flexible and powerful tool that's ideal for creating both blog and non-blog websites. Are you feeling limited with WordPress, or are you wondering how popular blogs do a certain kind of thing that you can't?
D atabases have become an integral part of our modern day life. We are an information -
driven society. Database technology has a direct impact on our daily lives. Decisions are
routinely made by organizations based on the information collected and stored in databases.
A record company may decide to market certain albums in...
PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language) is Oracle Corporation's procedural extension
language for SQL and the Oracle relational database. Server-side PL/SQL is stored and compiled in the Oracle Database and runs within the Oracle executable. With this guide Oracle developers can work towards...
This book is the ideal companion for web designers and developers wanting to create
mobile experiences using jQuery Mobile.
jQuery Mobile has appeared in the market to solve one problem: dozens of mobile
platforms and browsers and the need to create compatible interfaces for all of them.
This book...
This book is broken into three parts. The first introduces the three projects that will be
used throughout this book, the second introduces some of the most common themes
in creating interaction in designs and applications, and the third introduces some of
the more advanced topics that you may want to explore further. Also...
We describe in this book, hybrid intelligent systems using type-2 fuzzy logic and
modular neural networks for pattern recognition applications. Hybrid intelligent
systems combine several intelligent computing paradigms, including fuzzy logic,
neural networks, and bio-inspired optimization algorithms, which can be used to
produce...
The New Perspectives Series’ critical-thinking, problem-solving approach is the ideal way
to prepare students to transcend point-and-click skills and take advantage of all that
Microsoft Office 2010 has to offer.
In developing the New Perspectives Series, our goal was to create books that give students
the software...
Animation as both an art form and popular entertainment has existed for
almost a century now. The early attempts were received enthusiastically
more for their novelty than for the quality of their craft. That even holds
true today: animated movies often make it through the studio process not
because of their true entertainment value,...
