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Optical Fiber Telecommunications V B, Fifth Edition: Systems and Networks (Optics and Photonics Series)

Academic Press, 2008

Optical Fiber Telecommunications V (A&B) is the fifth in a series that has chronicled the progress in the research and development of lightwave communications since the early 1970s. Written by active authorities from academia and industry, this edition not only brings a fresh look to many essential topics but also focuses on network...

Optimal Traffic Control: Urban Intersections

CRC Press, 2007

Despite traffic circles, four-way stop signs, lights regulated by timers or sensors, and other methods, the management of urban intersections remains problematic. Consider that transportation systems have all the features of so-called complex systems: the great number of state and control variables, the presence of uncertainty and indeterminism,...

Oracle Database Programming Using Java and Web Services

Digital Press, 2006

The traditional division of labor between the database (which only stores and manages SQL and XML data for fast, easy data search and retrieval) and the application server (which runs application or business logic, and presentation logic) is obsolete. Although the books primary focus is on programming the Oracle Database, the concepts and...

Architectures for E-Business Systems: Building the Foundation for Tomorrow's Success

Auerbach Publications, 2001

As dot.com companies grapple with rigid market conditions and we keep hearing how the big technology players are being punished on Wall Street, it becomes easy to think of the Internet as a fad. The Internet frenzy may have subsided, but interest in the Internet as a business and marketing tool is still strong. It will continue to impact...

Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) (GOAL Series)

Prentice Hall, 2007

A presentation of the basics of both distributed and single-processor computer systems, this book reflects real-world experience that provides practical, hands- on information in constructing and understanding modern operating systems. This book discusses the key principles of both kinds of systems — including MS- DOS, UNIX, Amoeba, and...

The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows

Addison Wesley, 2007

Why does Windows work the way it does? Why is Shut Down on the Start menu? (And why is there a Start button, anyway?) How can I tap into the dialog loop? Why does the GetWindowText function behave so strangely? Why are registry files called "hives"?

Many of Windows' quirks have perfectly logical explanations, rooted in...

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

The first text and reference on this sea change in the computer industry

This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the principles and tools available for programming multiprocessor machines. It is of immediate use to programmers working with the new architectures. For example, the next generation of computer game...

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

Morgan Kaufmann, 1991

Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating...

Analysis of Computer and Communication Networks

Springer, 2008

This new work presents the mathematical theory and techniques for analyzing and modeling high-performance global communication networks, with a focus on software employed at the end nodes and intermediate switches.

Topics include, but are not limited to Markov chains and queuing analysis, traffic modeling, interconnection networks, and switch...

iExec Enterprise Essentials Companion Guide

Cisco Press, 2008

iExec Enterprise Essentials Companion Guide is the official print companion to the Cisco® Entrepreneur Institute’s new iExec Enterprise Essentials curriculum—innovative IT-related business education designed to help you transform organizations through the strategic use of IT and Internet applications. Working...

Video Coding with Superimposed Motion-Compensated Signals: Applications to H.264 and Beyond

Springer, 2004

Video Coding with Superimposed Motion-Compensated Signals: Applications to H.264 and Beyond captures recent advances in motion compensation for efficient video compression. This book investigates linearly combined motion compensated signals, and generalizes the well known superposition for bidirectional prediction in B-pictures....

Internationalizing the Internet: The Co-evolution of Influence And Technology (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the Internet’s adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over competing standards and methods for achieving a global information infrastructure. The author...

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