This book provides detailed recipes that describe how to use the features of Cassandra and improve its performance. Recipes cover topics ranging from setting up Cassandra...

This book provides a foundation in digital design for students in computer engineering, electrical engineering and computer science courses. It deals with digital design as an activity in a larger systems design context. Instead of focusing on gate-level design and aspects of digital design that have diminishing relevance in a...

During my experience of teaching aircraft structures, I have felt the need for a textbook written specifically for students of aeronautical engineering. Although there have been a number of excellent books written on the subject, they are now either out of date or too specialized in content to fulfill the requirements of an...

In the spring of 2004, at the Annecy International Animation Festival in France, a dear friend and I had a conversation about animation books. Interesting, we noted, that there is not a single book dedicated to classical hand-drawn special effects animation, even though it is an enormously important aspect of the animation business,...

Game consoles have evolved to become complex computer systems that may contain evidence to assist in a criminal investigation. From networking capabilities to chat, voicemail, streaming video and email, the game consoles of today are unrecognizable from complex computer systems. With over 10 million XBOX 360s sold in the United States the...

Mathematics and mathematical modelling are of central importance in computer science. For this reason the teaching concepts of mathematics in computer science have to be constantly reconsidered, and the choice of material and the motivation have to be adapted. This applies in particular to mathematical analysis, whose significance has to be...

Parallel programming truly redefines the programming model for multicore architecture, which has become commonplace. For this reason, parallel programming has been elevated to a core technology in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. In this version of the .NET Framework, the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and the System.Threading.Tasks...

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...

It doesn't matter how much time you invest in Android design, or even how careful you are when programming, mistakes are inevitable and bugs will appear. This book will help you minimize the impact of these errors in your Android project and increase your development productivity. It will show you the problems that are easily...

Moodle is an e-learning platform that has transformed the way in which many teachers deliver their subject to students. Teachers who create courses for students can now build online versions with choices and possibilities that might not previously have existed. It has made this transition to online courses a straightforward and...

This training kit is designed for information technology (IT) professionals who support or plan to support Windows Server 2008 R2 networks and who also plan to take the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) 70-643 exam. It is assumed that before you begin using this kit, you have a solid, foundation-level understanding of Windows...

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