The starting point in the formulation of any numerical problem is to take an intuitive idea about the problem in question and to translate it into precise mathematical language. This book provides step-by-step descriptions of how to formulate numerical problems so that they can be solved by existing software. It examines various types of...
Learn to engage your B2B customers through effective virtual sales meetings and presentations
The global COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed how business-to-business companies interact with their customers. The traditional face-to-face meeting has quickly become a thing of the past—the virtual customer...
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This new edition of The Photographic Image in Digital Culture explores the condition of photography after some 20 years of remediation and transformation by digital technology.
Through ten especially commissioned essays, by some of the leading scholars in the field of contemporary photography studies, a range of key topics...
This book is a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional foundation of long-term economic growth from the perspective of state-market and central-local relations. The book argues that, in order to safeguard sustainable market development, it is necessary to centralize certain functions of the state to overcome local predatory...
Without the “invisible” support of a home-based partner that backed Industrial Age workers, today’s employee can no longer focus solely on work but must simultaneously manage work and personal responsibilities. This dual-focus employee, whose knowledge or service work requires mind and heart as well as hands, is the new human...
Nuclear power has, in recent years, undergone a major transformation, resulting in major technical developments and a new generation of nuclear scientists and engineers. A comprehensive book that reflects the latest nuclear technologies has been lacking—until now.
The Nuclear Engineering Handbook is a response to...
A collection of the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training written by international experts
The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions...
This text contains a comprehensive discussion of continuous and discrete time signals and systems with many examples from MATLAB—software used to write efficient, compact programs to solve electrical and computer engineering problems of varying complexity. Intended for junior- and senior-level electrical engineering students and for...
Coincidence? Or perhaps not! Standing as we are on the threshold of a new era, the first dawning of a new age, there is an air of expectancy of things imminent and better. In a certain sense this has psychologically programmed us with a willingness to embrace new concepts, to inaugurate and accept far-reaching change. It is also a time to reflect...
DTS (Data Transformation Services) helps you create a transactional system to load and transform your data from and to a wide variety of sources. SQL Server DTS was introduced in the release of SQL Server 7.0; SQL Server 2000 sees the functionality and power of this outstanding and incredibly useful tool greatly increased. DTS can be used to...
Modern computer architectures designed with high-performance microprocessors offer tremendous potential gains in performance over previous designs. Yet their very complexity makes it increasingly difficult to produce efficient code and to realize their full potential. This landmark text from two leaders in the field focuses on the pivotal role...
