All geographic information systems (GIS) are built using formal models that describe how things are located in space. A formal model is an abstract and well-defined system of concepts. It defines the vocabulary that we can use to describe and reason about things. A geographic data model defines the vocabulary for describing and reasoning...
In this textbook Harvey Cragon provides a clear introduction to computer architecture and implementation. He interweaves two important themes throughout: the major concepts and design philosophies of computer architecture and organization, and analytic modeling of computer performance. The author begins by describing the classic von Neumann...
There is a definite need by many users and practitioners for documented case studies and examples that demonstrate the first-hand use of Object Data Management in realworld applications and systems. During the past few years, we have seen tremendous interest in Java. There has been an important shift from using Java just on the clientside to the...
Most of today's mid-size to large business enterprises and governmental agencies use electronic data interchange, or EDI, to interact with one another. EDI is a highly structured data communications system that is used to exchange commercial documents including purchase orders, invoices, electronic catalogs, and bid documents. Demystifying EDI is...
Step-by-step field guide for fiber optic cable installation. Bob Chomycz's put-it-in-your-pocket-and-go Fiber Optic Installer's Field Manual explains fiber optic cable installation via an extremely effective, heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach. This easy-look-up compendium gives you diagrams and procedures you can count on, whether you're...
From seasoned developer Budi Kurniawan comes Internet Programming with Visual Basic, which teaches experienced Visual Basic programmers how to successfully combine two key Microsoft technologies used to drive the Web: Visual Basic and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). This book covers what you as a...
The Rational Unified Process is a software engineering process developed and marketed by Rational Software. It is a disciplined approach to assigning and managing tasks and responsibilities in a development organization. The goal of this process is to produce, within a predictable schedule and budget, high-quality software that meets...
Get ready for your future today! Cisco's new Support exam is a requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) program. With full coverage of all exam objectives, you'll learn techniques and strategies for baselining and troubleshooting an environment using Cisco routers and switches for multiprotocol client hosts and servers. The...
Social constructivists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Or, more provocatively, are scientific facts--is everything--constructed? Social Constructivism and the Philosophy ofScience is a clear assessment of this critical and...
"This reference for students and professionals covers the design, operation, and maintenance of fixed wireless access and wireless local loop networks." (SciTech Book News Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)
Fixed wireless access networks and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) technology are effective and efficient means for rapidly...
This reference and text treats the Smalltalk programming system and the web of object-oriented ideas within and around it. Thus it is more than a guide to the language; it also examines Smalltalk in its technical and historical setting, and along the way addresses the questions that every Smalltalk developer sooner or later naturally wonders about....
For professionals and hobbyists alike, Lee Purcell's CD-R/DVD: Digital Recording to Optical Media is the first and last word on this subject. YouAEll find expert and thorough explanations of CD-R and DVD-RAM technology, including inhouse CD duplication, labeling and printing systems, and Web sites...
