This book is intended for designers who are serious about their craft. It is ideal for students who
desire an approach to instruction that focuses on software proficiency. It is an excellent choice
for instructors and industry trainers who have been looking for a comprehensive textbook that
includes handouts, projects, syllabi, and...
The availability of geographic and geo-spatial information and services, especially
on the openWeb, has become abundant in the last several yearswith the proliferation
of online maps, geo-coding services, geospatial Web services and geospatially enabled
applications. Concurrently, the need for geo-spatial reasoning has significantly...
Anticipatory optimization for dynamic decision making relies on a number of different
scientific disciplines. On a general level, the foundations of the field may be
localized at the intersection of operations research, computer science and decision
theory. Closer inspection reveals the important role of branches such as simulation,...
The Internet has had and will continue to have a profound effect
on society. It is hard to imagine life without such technologies as
computers, cell phones, gaming devices, and so on. The Internet,
World Wide Web, and their associated technologies have altered
our social and personal experience of the world. In no other time in...
The data collected by organizations is growing in volume and complexity. As such, businesses are
abandoning traditional methods and relying more heavily on enterprise information systems to aid in
the analysis and utilization of time-sensitive data and organizational knowledge. Enterprise information
systems have gained in popularity...
The role of the Chief Information Security Officer has evolved enormously in recent years in response to security threats and a challenging business environment. Instead of being primarily a master technician, today s CISO has to be a trusted advisor to senior management. Read this pocket guide and ...
With the dramatic changes in computing power and wider availability of software
tools for design and production, engineers are now using CAD/CAM/CAE systems
for everyday tasks, not just for demonstrations. International competition, de-
creased availability of skilled labor, and increased emphasis on quality are also
forcing...
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,...
This book is written for those who are about to use their fi rst home computer or
those who have yet to explore the wider opportunities afforded by a computer
beyond searching the Internet and sending the occasional email message. You
have my word that there will be very few acronyms and those that do appear will
be fully explained in...
BECAUSE YOU ARE READING THIS, I assume that you share my interest for Microsoft SharePoint. In
my case it is more than an interest, it is a passion! For more than 30 years, I have been working with
computers, from assembler programming to complex software solutions. For more than 10 years my
whole world was e - mail (my personal car...
A complete guide to Pentaho Kettle, the Pentaho Data lntegration toolset for ETL
This practical book is a complete guide to installing, configuring, and managing Pentaho Kettle. If you’re a database administrator or developer, you’ll first get up to speed on Kettle basics and how to apply Kettle to create ETL...
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...
