One of the most important things an architect can do is reflection. That is, examine systems, organizations, people and ask “What alternatives were considered and why was that particular decision made?” Thinking about the response gives an architect insight into the motivations and decision processes that others have used...

Michael’s current and former students often like to tell stories about their experience with Michael as...

Project management is more than merely parceling out work assignments to individuals and hoping that they will somehow accomplish a desired result. In fact, projects that could have been successful often fail because of such take-itfor- granted approaches. Individuals need hard information and real skills to work successfully in a...

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We are excited to publish the third edition of Ethics in Information Technology. This new edition builds on the success of the previous editions and meets the need for a resource that helps readers understand many of the legal, ethical, and societal issues associated with IT. We have responded to the feedback from our first and second...

We all know that society is less than perfect and that crime could easily touch us all. If yon talk to friends and neighbours you will usually find that most of them have cither been the victim of crime or know somebody who has. People tear crime, they feel helpless because they think that there is nothing they can do to protect themselves,...

Yowza! The point I'm trying to get across is this. The broader mobile and device industry has finally gone mainstream. Why...

This book has evolved from class notes for the undergraduate Automation and Robotics course at the National Taiwan University. The course was originally designed for senior students in the Department of Civil Engineering, enhancing their understanding of robotics technology and its potential. As this course does not have any...

More than fifteen years ago, I was faced with the following problem in an assignment for a class in computer science. A brewery had to deliver beer to five stores, and the task was to write a computer program for determining the shortest route for the truck driver to visit all stores and return to the brewery. All my attemps to find a...

Don’t feel bad—I’ve given you an impossible exercise, but I promise the book will be filled with practical instead of ridiculous exercises from here on out. That’s because we’re going to...

Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice is a collection of classical and contemporary writing associated with learning and systemic change in contexts ranging from cities, to rural development to education to nursing to water management to public policy. It is likely to be of interest to anyone trying to understand how to think...

This is not a book about algorithms . Certainly, it is full of algorithms , but that 's not what this book is about . This book is about possibilities . Its purpose is to present you not only with the prerequisite mandatory knowledge of the available problem-solving techniques , but more importantly to expand your ability to frame...