Learn IT - Books tags measurement

New Directions in Project Management (Best Practices)

Auerbach Publications, 2001

Organizations that rely on computing technology for survival understand the critical importance of managing projects that meet strategic goals and objectives. The diversity of business globalization and electronic commerce combined with the unceasing pace of technical change continues to challenge efforts for more proficient project management...

The Art of Capacity Planning: Scaling Web Resources

O'Reilly, 2008

Success on the web is measured by usage and growth. Web-based companies live or die by the ability to scale their infrastructure to accommodate increasing demand. This book is a hands-on and practical guide to planning for such growth, with many techniques and considerations to help you plan, deploy, and manage web application...

Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics

Springer, 2009

The most outstanding feature of "Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics" is the demonstration of the practicality of biomechanics, when applied to lower limb prosthetics. Several original concepts are described, one of which, "rolling technology," has been implemented in prosthetic devices, while the principle of...

Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

A unified treatment of the vulnerabilities that exist in real-world network systems—with tools to identify synergies for mergers and acquisitions

Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World presents a comprehensive study of network systems and the roles these systems play...

Carrier Scale IP Networks: Designing and Operating Internet Networks (Bt Communications Technology Series, 1)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2001

Communications networks are now dominated by Internet protocol (IP) technologies. This book comprehensively reviews the design, provision and operations of carrier-scale Internet networks. Every aspect of networking, from access to the core network to the surrounding operational support systems has been radically affected by the rapid development...

Introduction to Thermoelectricity (Springer Series in Materials Science)

Springer, 2009

Introduction to Thermoelectricity is the latest work by Professor Julian Goldsmid drawing on his 55 years experience in the field. The theory of the thermoelectric and related phenomena is presented in sufficient detail to enable researchers to understand their observations and develop improved thermoelectric materials. The methods for the...

Managing It Outsourcing Performance

Business Science, 2009

Information technology outsourcing – the practice of transferring IT assets, leases, staff, and management responsibility for delivery of services from internal IT functions to third party vendors – has become an undeniable trend. In recent years, private and public sector organizations worldwide have outsourced significant portions of...

Fiber Optics Engineering (Optical Networks)

Springer, 2009

The book covers the area of fiber optics from an engineering perspective. Emphasis is placed on data conversion between electrical and optical domains and the way limitations in each domain affect the other domain. Techniques to improve the fidelity of this conversion (both from electrical to optical domain, and vise versa) are also covered....

IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Advance praise for

IQ A Smart History of a Failed Idea

"An up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and men."
—Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons

"The good news is that you won't be...

Design, Measurement and Management of Large-Scale IP Networks: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Designing efficient Internet Protocol (IP) networks and maintaining them effectively poses a range of challenges, but in this highly competitive industry it is crucial that these are overcome. Weaving together theory and practice, this title sets out the design and management principles of large-scale IP networks, and the need for tasks to be...

Imaging Dopamine

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Since its discovery 50 years ago, brain dopamine has been implicated in the control of movement and cognition, and is concerned with diverse brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and drug addiction. This book is an illustrated biography of the dopamine molecule, from its synthesis in the brain to its signalling mechanisms and...

Development of Professional Expertise: Toward Measurement of Expert Performance and Design of Optimal Learning Environments

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Professionals such as medical doctors, airplane pilots, lawyers, and technical specialists find that some of their peers have reached high levels of achievement that are difficult to measure objectively. In order to understand to what extent it is possible to learn from these expert performers for the purpose of helping others improve their...

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