According to the TIOBE Programming Community Index, PHP is the most popular programming language after C/C++ and Java.1 Gartner predicts that dynamic programming languages will be critical to the success of many next-generation application development efforts and sees PHP as one of the strongest representatives of this type of...

Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 is the fourth incarnation of the popular collaboration and content management platform from Microsoft. With each release, the reach and capabilities of SharePoint products and technologies have grown, offering new tools to organizations and new opportunities to developers. With SharePoint 2010, you...

Welcome to MCTS 70-680 Exam Cram: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring! Whether this book is your first or your fifteenth Exam Cram series book, you’ll find information here that will help ensure your success as you pursue knowledge, experience, and certification. This book aims to help you get ready to take and pass the Microsoft...

Game playing is a powerful metaphor that fits many situations where interaction between autonomous agents plays a central role. Numerous tasks in computer science, such as design, synthesis, verification, testing, query evaluation, planning, etc. can be formulated in game-theoretic terms. Viewing them abstractly as games reveals the...

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If you’ve picked up a copy of this book, it’s likely that you’ve dabbled to some degree in HTML and...

The first edition of Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications (1995) was the first classroom text for undergraduates in the field. Now updated for the second time, this new edition features the latest advances in the field including material on expansion of the MLFE method using genetic algorithms, cognitive mapping, fuzzy agent-based...

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Layout concerns the placement of text and image elements within a design. How these elements are positioned, both in relation to one another and within the overall design scheme, will affect how the content is viewed and received by the readers, as well as their emotional reaction towards it. Layout can help or hinder the receipt of...

Stable and dependable IT services and infrastructures are nowadays of paramount importance not only for modern enterprises but also for home users. However, as distributed information infrastructures continue to spread and grow, resulting in Internet-based, wireless and mobile systems, traditional solutions for managing and...

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