Linear-quadratic optimization is one of the most exciting topics in the con trol engineering literature of recent decades. The interest in linear optimal dynamical systems, and especially in those with quadratic cost functional, can be explained by both the richness of properties these systems possess, and the pragmatic value and physical...
This book explores the W3C Geolocation API, a specification that provides scripted
access to geographical location information associated with a hosted device.* This API
defines objects that can be used in JavaScript to ascertain the position of the device on
which the code is executed.
The important role that discrete structures plays in computer science is gaining recognition.
Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001), the latest curriculum recommendation for computer-
related education, was a joint undertaking of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic
Engineers/Computer Society (IEEE/CS) and the Association for...
SharePoint 2010 is a complex product, and a diverse skill set is required to administer it. You have to be part database administrator (DBA), part web developer, part network administrator, and part server administrator to fully wrap your mind around this product. This book was written to help you do just that.
With the increasing focus on IT Security comes a higher demand for identity management
in the modern business. This requires a flexible, scalable, and secure authentication
method. Identity control is made mandatory by many public standards, such as PCI, and
PKI is an essential component to set up authentication in many technologies,...
It is appropriate that I first acknowledge my appreciation to Professor Leo Grigsby for inviting me to
prepare the chapter on power transformers for the first edition (2001) of his now very popular Electric
Power Engineering Handbook. From this evolved the recognition that two chapters from the 2001
Handbook, those for (1) substations...
Welcome to Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out. This book is your comprehensive Project
2010 reference, in which you can learn not only the essentials, but also the intermediate
topics and advanced techniques for using Project 2010 like a power user.
Conquer Microsoft Project 2010—from the inside out!
Acid rain, ozone photochemistry, long-range transport of pollutants, greenhouse
gas emissions and aerosols dominated tropospheric air pollution research
in the last 30 years of the 20^^ century. At the start of the 2V^ century,
acid rain is subject to planned improvement in Europe and North America,
but is a growing problem in Asia....
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was carried out between 2001
and 2005 to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being
and to establish the basis for actions needed to enhance the conservation and
sustainable use of ecosystems and their contributions to human well-being.
The MA was originally conceived as a...
Environmental reporting is still in its infancy, having emerged only in the latter part of
the 1980s. Companies are under increasing pressure to be transparent and accountable
in the whole spectrum of their business. In recent years, a number of companies
have seen the need to introduce environmental reporting, placing environmental...
Business process management (BPM) is an established research domain for computer
science, information systems, and management scholars. The record number
and wide scope of submissions to the eighth installation of the International
Conference on Business Process Management was an indication of the vibrancy
of the area and the varied...
Historically, computer security is related to both cryptography and access
control in operating systems. Cryptography, although mostly applied in
the military and diplomacy, was used to protect communication channels
and storage facilities (especially the backups). In the seventies there was a
breakthrough in cryptography - the...
