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Utilizing Information Technology Systems Across Disciplines: Advancements in the Application of Computer Science (Premier Reference Source)

Information Science Publishing, 2009

In the information technology age coupled with computer advances, information systems have become an integral part of many disciplines; accordingly, business, marketing, medicine, communication, banking, geography, physics, chemistry, aviation, pilots, forensics, agriculture, and even traf.c lights have one thing in common called...

Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

Portfolio Hardcover, 2011

By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning.

In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business,...

Web Analytics Action Hero: Using Analysis to Gain Insight and Optimize Your Business

Adobe Press, 2011

This astounding declaration was made by the former PepsiCo executive and Apple CEO John Sculley, the same visionary responsible for ousting Steve Jobs in 1985. While some traditional marketers might still agree with his statement, today most marketing executives recognize data-driven decisions will shape the future of...

Applied Numerical Methods W/MATLAB: for Engineers & Scientists

McGraw-Hill, 2011

This book is designed to support a one-semester course in numerical methods. It has been written for students who want to learn and apply numerical methods in order to solve problems in engineering and science. As such, the methods are motivated by problems rather than by mathematics. That said, sufficient theory is provided so...

Text, Speech and Dialogue: 13th International Conference, TSD 2010, Brno, Czech Republic, September 6-10

Springer, 2010

The annual Text, Speech and Dialogue Conference (TSD), which originated in 1998, is now starting its second decade. So far more than 1,000 authors from 45 countries have contributed to the proceedings. TSD constitutes a recognized platform for the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art technology and recent achievements in...

A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security

No Starch Press, 2011

Welcome to A Bug Hunter’s Diary. This book describes the life cycles of seven interesting, real-life software security vulnerabilities I found over the past several years. Each chapter focuses on one bug. I’ll explain how I found the bug, the steps I took to exploit it, and how the vendor...

Machine Learning for Email: Spam Filtering and Priority Inbox

O'Reilly, 2011

To explain the perspective from which this book was written, it will be helpful to define the terms machine learning and hackers.

What is machine learning? At the highest level of abstraction, we can think of machine learning as a set of tools and methods that attempt to infer patterns and extract...

Financial Simulation Modeling in Excel, + Website: A Step-by-Step Guide (Wiley Finance)

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Regardless of where I work, simulation has crept into my financial career. After nearly a decade of working with it in many capacities I’ve found it to be a mixed blessing. In many investment companies when the term simulation is simply brought up there are a variety of reactions. The two most visible camps of thought...

Automated Deduction in Geometry: Second International Workshop, ADG'98, Beijing

Springer, 1999

The Second International Workshop on Automated Deduction in Geometry (ADG ’98) was held in Beijing, China, August 1–3, 1998. An increase of interest in ADG ’98 over the previous workshop ADG ’96 is represented by the notable number of more than 40 participants from ten countries and the strong technical...

High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication

O'Reilly, 2012

We wrote this book to serve the needs of not just the MySQL application developer but also the MySQL database administrator. We assume that you are already relatively experienced with MySQL. We also assume some experience with general system administration, networking, and Unix-like operating systems.

The second edition of...

Griffon in Action

Manning Publications, 2012

As soon as I heard about Griffon in Action, I was eager to get it into my hands. What I expected was a typical Manning In Action book: providing an easy jump start, working from actionable examples, and providing lots of insight about the technology at hand. It turned out that this book not only lived up to my...

Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook

Packt Publishing, 2012

Have you ever set foot in the kitchen with a certain hunger and found that you had no clue as to how to make that dish? At such a time a cookbook is a wonderful thing. That's why I appreciate this concept of a cookbook for workflows and services. At Microsoft when we build products they are often chocked full of little known...

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