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Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory (Foundations and Trends(r) in Theoretical Computer Science)

Now Publishers, 2008

Data sets in large applications are often too massive to fit completely inside the computer's internal memory. The resulting input/output communication (or I/O) between fast internal memory and slower external memory (such as disks) can be a major performance bottleneck. Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory surveys the state of...

Jakarta Struts for Dummies

For Dummies, 2004

Reduce development time, increase maintainability, and take charge of your code

Find out how Jakarta Struts can support your pages and keep the Java hot!

You’ll know more than beans about Jakarta Struts after you’ve spent a little time with this book! It’ll get you up and running with the popular open source...

Enhancing the Performance of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks with Smart Antennas

Auerbach Publications, 2006

A large portion of the network capacity of an ad hoc network can be wasted by the medium access mechanisms of omni-directional antennas. To overcome this problem, researchers propose the use of directional or adaptive antennas that largely reduce radio interference, improving the utilization of wireless medium and the resulting network throughput....

Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems: A Petri Net Structural Approach (Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications)

Birkhauser, 2006

Increasing complexity in engineering projects raises difficult challenges in industry and requires effective tools for correct-by-construction design or design verification. This book addresses the design of such tools for correct-by-construction synthesis of supervisors for systems and specifications represented in the discrete-event framework....

Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis (Disaster Risk Management)

World Bank Publications, 2005

Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, emergency loans, and development aid are expended annually. Yet efforts to reduce the risks of...

Plants and BioEnergy (Advances in Plant Biology)

Springer, 2013

A country's vision for developing renewable and sustainable energy resources is typically propelled by three important drivers – security, cost, and environmental impact. The U.S. currently accounts for a quarter of the world’s total oil consumption, with domestic demands necessitating – at an ever growing cost – a...

Managing with Humor: A Novel Approach to Building Positive Employee Emotions and Psychological Resources

Springer, 2019

This book focuses on an emerging area of study in management: managerial humor and its impact on employees' outcomes. Drawing from theoretical work that advocates humor as a managerial tool and building on existing theory and documented evidence on humor, the book explores how managers can use humor to positively affect...

Citrix MetaFrame For Windows Server 2003: The Official Guide

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Design and deploy an enterprise-level server-based computing (SBC) environment on Windows Server 2003 using Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite. Authorized by Citrix Systems, Inc., this invaluable guide shows you how to maximize the suite components to enable and manage secure access to applications and data across the Internet, intranets,...

Implementing Application Frameworks: Object-Oriented Frameworks at Work

John Wiley & Sons, 1999

This book is for anyone who wants to implement large-scale software reuse through object-oriented (00) application frameworks. Its purpose is to help the reader understand one of the hottest technologies related to software reuse-frameworks-and provide guidelines for making decisions about this technology. Decision makers such as...

Writing and Querying MapReduce Views in CouchDB

O'Reilly, 2011

If you are reading this book, then you likely have already installed CouchDB, explored the Futon web administration console, and created a few documents using the cURL command-line tool. You may even have created a CouchApp or other type of application that accesses documents stored in a CouchDB database. However, to use CouchDB for...

Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Much of the U.S. economy is now based on services rather than manufacturing. Yet the majority of books on Six Sigma and Lean--today's major quality improvement initiatives--explain only how to implement these techniques in a manufacturing environment.

Lean Six Sigma for Services fills the need for a service-based approach,...

Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications

Springer, 2011

One of the most debated consequences regarding the increased availability and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially since the early 1990s, have been their impact on economic growth. Generally speaking, ICT can serve to reduce transaction costs at all levels of a commercial transaction. With the emergence...

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