Substantially revised and updated, Computer Methods for Engineering with MATLAB® Applications, Second Edition presents equations to describe engineering processes and systems. It includes computer methods for solving these equations and discusses the nature and validity of the numerical results for a variety of...
Unlike other books on theoretical computer science, this textbook organizes approximation algorithms into chapters based on the design techniques for the algorithms. This allows the reader to study approximation algorithms of the same nature together.
Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, 5e,is ideal for introductory courses in Java/Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Programming and for beginning programmers.
This is the only introductory programming textbook that uses the BlueJ integrated development environment...
Software modernisation or re-engineering as a concept lacksuniversal clarity. System Building with APL + Win seeks toclarify this problem by identifying the solution to the long termsurvival of the APL application as the elimination of APL specificconsiderations in the choice of a development tool. The authorshows how to deploy...
This is the most affordable printed OpenStax book available. As an OpenStax Partner we print all OpenStax textbooks with a unique soft cover and B&W interior pages. The textbook content is exactly the same as the OpenStax book (Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-13-5 and Hardcover Print ISBN-13: 978-1-938168-02-4). This textbook is available...
Data mining can be defined as the process of selection, exploration and modelling of large databases, in order to discover models and patterns. The increasing availability of data in the current information society has led to the need for valid tools for its modelling and analysis. Data mining and applied statistical methods are the...
This is the most affordable printed OpenStax book available. As an OpenStax Partner we print all OpenStax textbooks with a unique soft cover and B&W interior pages. The textbook s content is exactly the same as the OpenStax book (Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-16-6 and Hardcover Print ISBN-13: 978-1-938168-07-9). This textbook is available...
In "Faith", the theologian Theo Hobson explores the notion of faith and the role it plays in our lives. He unpacks the concept to ask whether faith is dependent on religion or whether it is also a general secular phenomenon. In exploring this question Hobson ranges widely over theology, philosophy, politics and psychology and...
We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what information is. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the world's leading authorities on the philosophy of information and on information ethics, Luciano Floridi, offers an illuminating exploration of information as it relates to both...
A practical and concise book that teaches XML from the ground up. This tutorial style presents various XML methodologies and techniques in an easy to understand way, building a basis for further exploration.
XML is essentially an enabling technology, dry and boring on its own. As a result, most books on the market are...
In its 4th edition, this book remains focused on increasing public awareness of the nature and motives of cyber vandalism and cybercriminals, the weaknesses inherent in cyberspace infrastructure, and the means available to protect ourselves and our society. This new edition aims to integrate security education and awareness with discussions...
Choosing the proper boundaries between functions is perhaps the primary activity of the
computer system designer. Design principles that provide guidance in this choice of function
placement are among the most important tools of a system designer. This paper discusses one
class of function placement argument that has been used for...
