Digital copyright is still a developing area, and is a potential minefield for information professionals. In the UK there is no Act of Parliament specifically addressing copyright for materials in digital form. Rather the profession is reliant on the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and how this relates to machine-readable content. This book examines in depth how digital content is treated differently from hard-copy material. The second edition includes a new chapter that takes an in-depth look at digital rights management (DRM). It takes account of the All Party Internet Group’s findings of their public inquiry into DRM, published in June 2006; and the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property of December 2006. It also offers a new section on copyright clearance for digital content; current examples of the penalties imposed for file sharing, piracy and counterfeiting; and additional case law examples.This title covers topics such as: database right; the application of copyright to websites and intranets; the use of screenshots in presentations; hyperlinking and deep linking; how the copyright exceptions apply to digital content; licences, contracts, or a set of terms and conditions; the interface between copyright law and contract law; model licence agreements; The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003: including the newoffences, particularly relating to the removal or alteration of rightsmanagement information; and the question of circumventing technical protection measures such as DRM systems; digital signatures; relevant legal cases; and, further reading. This essential guide will help all information professionals find out what needs to be done to stay within the law in our increasingly digital environment.

Readers will be able to build and program their own 8088 single-board computer by applying the interfacing concepts and techniques presented in this book. Coverage begins with the software architecture of the 80×86 family, including the software model, instruction set and flags, and addressing modes. Abundant examples illustrate basic programming concepts such as the use of data structures, numeric conversion, string handling, and arithmetic. Hardware details of the entire 80×86 family are then examined, from pin and signal descriptions to memory and input/output system design. Advanced topics, including protected mode, WIN32 and Linux programming, and MMX technology are also introduced.

Guide to UNIX using Linux, 4th ed.

Written with a clear, straightforward writing style and packed with step-by-step projects for direct, hands-on learning, Guide to UNIX Using Linux, 4E is the perfect resource for learning UNIX and Linux from the ground up. Through the use of practical examples, end-of-chapter reviews, and interactive exercises, novice users are transformed into confident UNIX/Linux users who can employ utilities, master files, manage and query data, create scripts, access a network or the Internet, and navigate popular user interfaces and software. The updated 4th edition incorporates coverage of the latest versions of UNIX and Linux, including new versions of Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, and Uuntu Linux. A new chapter has also been added to cover basic networking utilities, and several other chapters have been expanded to include additional information on the KDE and GNOME desktops, as well as coverage of the popular OpenOffice.org office suite. With a strong focus on universal UNIX and Linux commands that are transferable to all versions of Linux, this book is a “must-have” for anyone seeking to develop their knowledge of these systems.

MATLAB : an introduction with applications, 3rd ed.

Master MATLAB(r)!
If you want a clear, easy-to-use introduction to MATLAB(r), this book is for you! The Third Edition of Amos Gilat’s popular MATLAB(r), An Introduction with Applications requires no previous knowledge of MATLAB and computer programming as it helps you understand and apply this incredibly useful and powerful mathematical tool.
Thoroughly updated to match MATLAB(r)’s newest release, MATLAB(r) 7.3 (R2007b), the text takes you step by step through MATLAB(r)’s basic features–from simple arithmetic operations with scalars, to creating and using arrays, to three-dimensional plots and solving differential equations. You’ll appreciate the many features that make it easy to grasp the material and become proficient in using MATLAB(r), including:
* Sample and homework problems that help you hands-on practice solving the kinds of problems you’ll encounter in future science and engineering courses
* New coverage of the Workspace Window and the save and load commands, Anonymous Functions, Function Functions, Function Handles, Subfunctions and Nested Functions
* In-depth discussions of script files, 2-D and 3-D plotting, function files, programming (flow control), polynomials, curve fitting, interpolation, and applications in numerical analysis
By showing you not just how MATLAB(r) works but how to use it with real-world applications in mathematics, science, and engineering, MATLAB(r), An Introduction with Applications, Third Edition will turn you into a MATLAB(r) master faster than you imagined.

“The coverage is unparalleled in both depth and breadth. No other text that I have seen offers a better complete overview of modern robotic manipulation and robot control.”
– Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy
Based on the highly successful classic, Robot Dynamics and Control, by Spong and Vidyasagar (Wiley, 1989), Robot Modeling and Control offers a thoroughly up-to-date, self-contained introduction to the field. The text presents basic and advanced material in a style that is at once readable and mathematically rigorous.
Key Features
* A step-by-step computational approach helps you derive and compute the forward kinematics, inverse kinematics, and Jacobians for the most common robot designs.
* Detailed coverage of vision and visual servo control enables you to program robots to manipulate objects sensed by cameras.
* An entire chapter on dynamics prepares you to compute the dynamics of the most common manipulator designs.
* The most common motion planning and trajectory generation algorithms are presented in an elementary style.
* The comprehensive treatment of motion and force control includes both basic and advanced methods.
* The text’s treatment of geometric nonlinear control is more readable than in more advanced texts.
* Many worked examples and an extensive list of problems illustrate all aspects of the theory.
About the authors
Mark W. Spong is Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Spong is the 2005 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society and past Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
Seth Hutchinson iscurrently a Professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and a senior editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. He has published extensively on the topics of robotics and computer vision.
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar is currently Executive Vice President in charge of Advanced Technology at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT firm. Dr. Vidyasagar was formerly the director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), under Government of India’s Ministry of Defense.

CMOS : mixed signal circuit design

An important continuation to “CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation”

The power of mixed-signal circuit designs, and perhaps the reason they are replacing analog-only designs in the implementation of analog interfaces, comes from the marriage of analog circuits with digital signal processing. This book builds on the fundamental material in the author’s previous book, “CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation,” to provide a solid textbook and reference for mixed-signal circuit design. The coverage is both practical and in-depth, integrating experimental, theoretical, and simulation examples to drive home the why and the how of doing mixed-signal circuit design. Some of the highlights of this book include: A practical/theoretical approach to mixed-signal circuit design with an emphasis on oversampling techniques An accessible and useful alternative to hard-to-digest technical papers without losing technical depth Coverage of delta-sigma data converters, custom analog and digital filter design, design with submicron CMOS processes, and practical at-the-bench deadbug prototyping techniques Hundreds of worked examples and questions covering all areas of mixed-signal circuit design

A helpful companion Web site, http: //cmosedu.com, provides worked solutions to textbook problems, SPICE simulation netlist examples, and discussions concerning mixed-signal circuit design.

CMOS circuit design, layout, and simulation, 2nd ed.

Winner of the Frederick Emmons Terman Award

CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Revised Second Edition covers the practical design of both analog and digital integrated circuits, offering a vital, contemporary view of a wide range of analog/digital circuit blocks, the BSIM model, data converter architectures, and much more. This edition takes a two-path approach to the topics: design techniques are developed for both long- and short-channel CMOS technologies and then compared. The results are multidimensional explanations that allow readers to gain deep insight into the design process. Features include: Updated materials to reflect CMOS technology’s movement into nanometer sizes Discussions on phase- and delay-locked loops, mixed-signal circuits, data converters, and circuit noise More than 1,000 figures, 200 examples, and over 500 end-of-chapter problems In-depth coverage of both analog and digital circuit-level design techniques Real-world process parameters and design rules

The book’s Web site, CMOSedu.com, provides: solutions to the book’s problems; additional homework problems without solutions; SPICE simulation examples using HSPICE, LTspice, and WinSpice; layout tools and examples for actually fabricating a chip; and videos to aid learning

Ultra-low energy wireless sensor networks in practice : theory, realization and deployment

Finally a book on Wireless Sensor Networks that covers real world applications and contains practical advice!

Kuorilehto et al. have written the first “practical” guide to wireless sensor networks. The authors draw on their experience in the development and field-testing of autonomous wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to offer a comprehensive reference on fundamentals, practical matters, limitations and solutions of this fast moving research area.

“Ultra Low Energy Wireless Sensor Networks in Practice”:

Explains the essential problems and issues in real wireless sensor networks, and analyzes the most promising solutions.

Provides a comprehensive guide to applications, functionality, protocols, and algorithms for WSNs.

Offers practical experiences from new applications and their field-testing, including several deployed networks.

Includes simulations and physical measurements for energy consumption, bit rate, latency, memory, and lifetime.

Covers embedded resource-limited operating systems, middleware and application software.

“Ultra Low Energy Wireless Sensor Networks in Practice” will prove essential reading for Research Scientists, advanced students in Networking, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as Product Managers and Design Engineers.

Wireless sensor networks : signal processing and communications perspectives

A wireless sensor network (WSN) uses a number of autonomous devices to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions via a wireless network. Since its military beginnings as a means of battlefield surveillance, practical use of this technology has extended to a range of civilian applications including environmental monitoring, natural disaster prediction and relief, health monitoring and fire detection. Technological advancements, coupled with lowering costs, suggest that wireless sensor networks will have a significant impact on 21st century life.

The design of wireless sensor networks requires consideration for several disciplines such as distributed signal processing, communications and cross-layer design. “Wireless Sensor Networks: Signal Processing and Communications” focuses on the theoretical aspects of wireless sensor networks and offers readers signal processing and communication perspectives on the design of large-scale networks. It explains state-of-the-art design theories and techniques to readers and places emphasis on the fundamental properties of large-scale sensor networks.

“Wireless Sensor Networks: Signal Processing and Communications”:

Approaches WSNs from a new angle - distributed signal processing, communication algorithms and novel cross-layer design paradigms.

Applies ideas and illustrations from classical theory to an emerging field of WSN applications.

Presents important analytical tools for use in the design of application-specific WSNs.

“Wireless Sensor Networks” will be of use to signal processing and communications researchers and practitioners in applying classical theory to network design. It identifies researchdirections for senior undergraduate and graduate students and offers a rich bibliography for further reading and investigation.

Spatial audio processing : MPEG surround and other applications

Provides a comprehensive coverage of spatial audio coding, which is an important technology for the optimization of advanced applications in home entertainment, communications, signal processing and military fields. Bringing together information on the processing, acquisition, mixing, playback, and perception of spatial audio, with the latest coding techniques, this text is an ideal reference for practising engineers working in the field. Faller starts with an introduction to the subject, reviewing psychoacoustics (the relationship between physical measures of sound and the perception of them) and spatial audio sound formats and reproduction systems. He also discusses conventional coding techniques for spatial audio, including matrixing, ambisonics and perceptual audio coding. Next, the author moves on to discuss the most recent developments in spatial audio coding, examining new classes of algorithms and techniques for channel number reduction and efficient perceptual audio coding. Principles of MP3 Surround and MPEG Surround are analysed in detail, along with other applications of these techniques, such as matrix decoding and advanced rendering of ambisonics signals.

Voice and audio compression for wireless communications, 2nd ed.

Voice communications remains the most important facet of mobile radio services, which may be delivered over conventional fixed links, the Internet or wireless channels. This all-encompassing volume reports on the entire 50-year history of voice compression, on recent audio compression techniques and the protection as well as transmission of these signals in hostile wireless propagation environments.

“Audio and Voice Compression for Wireless and Wireline Communications, Second Edition” is divided into four parts with Part I covering the basics, while Part II outlines the design of analysis-by-synthesis coding, including a 100-page chapter on virtually all existing standardised speech codecs. The focus of Part III is on wideband and audio coding as well as transmission. Finally, Part IV concludes the book with a range of very low rate encoding techniques, scanning a range of research-oriented topics. Fully updated and revised second edition of “Voice Compression and Communications,” expanded to cover Audio features Includes two new chapters, on narrowband and wideband AMR coding, and MPEG audio coding Addresses the new developments in the field of wideband speech and audio compression Covers compression, error resilience and error correction coding, as well as transmission aspects, including cutting-edge turbo transceivers Presents both the historic and current view of speech compression and communications.

Covering fundamental concepts in a non-mathematical way before moving to detailed discussions of theoretical principles, future concepts and solutions to various specific wireless voice communication problems, this book will appeal to both advanced readers and those with abackground knowledge of signal processing and communications.

Verilog for digital design

Ideal as either a standalone introductory guide or in tandem with Vahid’s Digital Design to allow for greater language coverage, this is an accessible introductory guide to hardware description language

* Verilog is a hardware description language used to model electronic systems (sometimes called Verilog HDL) and this book is helpful for anyone who is starting out and learning the language

* Focuses on application and use of the language, rather than just teaching the basics of the language

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Real-time and embedded systems are essential to our lives, from controlling car engines and regulating traffic lights to monitoring plane takeoffs and landings to providing up-to-the-minute stock quotes. Bringing together researchers from both academia and industry, the Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems provides comprehensive coverage of the most advanced and timely topics in the field.

The book focuses on several major areas of real-time and embedded systems. It examines real-time scheduling and resource management issues and explores the programming languages, paradigms, operating systems, and middleware for these systems. The handbook also presents challenges encountered in wireless sensor networks and offers ways to solve these problems. It addresses key matters associated with real-time data services and reviews the formalisms, methods, and tools used in real-time and embedded systems. In addition, the book considers how these systems are applied in various fields, including adaptive cruise control in the automobile industry.

With its essential material and integration of theory and practice, the Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems facilitates advancements in this area so that the services we rely on can continue to operate successfully.

Handbook of software engineering & knowledge engineering, vol. 1

This is the first handbook to cover comprehensively both software engineering and knowledge engineering — two important fields that have become interwoven in recent years. Over 60 international experts have contributed to the book. Each chapter has been written in such a way that a practitioner of software engineering and knowledge engineering can easily understand and obtain useful information. Each chapter covers one topic and can be read independently of other chapters, providing both a general survey of the topic and an in-depth exposition of the state of the art. Practitioners will find this handbook useful when looking for solutions to practical problems. Researchers can use it for quick access to the background, current trends and most important references regarding a certain topic.

Volume One covers the basic principles and applications of software engineering and knowledge engineering.

Handbook of software engineering & knowledge engineering, vol. 2

This is the first handbook to cover comprehensively both software engineering and knowledge engineering — two important fields that have become interwoven in recent years. Over 60 international experts have contributed to the book. Each chapter has been written in such a way that a practitioner of software engineering and knowledge engineering can easily understand and obtain useful information. Each chapter covers one topic and can be read independently of other chapters, providing both a general survey of the topic and an in-depth exposition of the state of the art. Practitioners will find this handbook useful when looking for solutions to practical problems. Researchers can use it for quick access to the background, current trends and most important references regarding a certain topic.

Volume One covers the basic principles and applications of software engineering and knowledge engineering.

This book focuses on Least Squares Support Vector Machines (LS-SVMs) which are reformulations to standard SVMs. LS-SVMs are closely related to regularization networks and Gaussian processes but additionally emphasize and exploit primal-dual interpretations from optimization theory. The authors explain the natural links between LS-SVM classifiers and kernel Fisher discriminant analysis. Bayesian inference of LS-SVM models is discussed, together with methods for imposing spareness and employing robust statistics.

The framework is further extended towards unsupervised learning by considering PCA analysis and its kernel version as a one-class modelling problem. This leads to new primal-dual support vector machine formulations for kernel PCA and kernel CCA analysis. Furthermore, LS-SVM formulations are given for recurrent networks and control. In general, support vector machines may pose heavy computational challenges for large data sets. For this purpose, a method of fixed size LS-SVM is proposed where the estimation is done in the primal space in relation to a Nystrom sampling with active selection of support vectors. The methods are illustrated with several examples.

Multiagent systems : a modern approach to distributed artificial intelligence

This is the first comprehensive introduction to multiagent systems and contemporary distributed artificial intelligence that is suitable as a textbook.

Principles of artificial neural networks, 2nd ed.

The book should serve as a text for a university graduate course or for an advanced undergraduate course on neural networks in engineering and computer science departments. It should also serve as a self-study course for engineers and computer scientists in the industry. Covering major neural network approaches and architectures with the theories, this text presents detailed case studies for each of the approaches, accompanied with complete computer codes and the corresponding computed results. The case studies are designed to allow easy comparison of network performance to illustrate strengths and weaknesses of the different networks.

Principles of quantum computation and information

Quantum computation and information is a new, rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. Its fundamental concepts and central results may not be easily understood without facing numerous technical details. Building on the basic concepts introduced in Vol I, this second volume deals with various important aspects, both theoretical and experimental, of quantum computation and information in depth. The areas include quantum data compression, accessible information, entanglement concentration, limits to quantum computation due to decoherence, quantum error-correction, and the first experimental implementations of quantum information protocols. This volume also includes a selection of special topics: chaos and quantum to classical transition, quantum trajectories, quantum computation and quantum chaos, and the Zeno effect.

Graph algorithms and applications 2

This book contains Volumes 4 and 5 of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA). The first book of this series, Graph Algorithms and Applications I, published in March 2002, contains Volumes 1-3 of JGAA. JGAA is a peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to the publication of high-quality research papers on the analysis, design, implementation, and applications of graph algorithms. Areas of interest include computational biology, computational geometry, computer graphics, computer-aided design, computer and interconnection networks, constraint systems, databases, graph drawing, graph embedding and layout, knowledge representation, multimedia, software engineering, telecommunications networks, user interfaces and visualization, and VLSI circuit design. The journal is supported by distinguished advisory and editorial boards, has high scientific standards, and takes advantage of current electronic document technology. The electronic version of JGAA is available on the Web at http: //www.cs.brown.edu/publications/jgaa/. Graph Algorithms and Applications 2 presents contributions from prominent authors and includes selected papers from the Dagstuhl Seminar on Graph Algorithms and Applications and the Symposium on Graph Drawing in 1998. All papers in the book have extensive diagrams and offer a unique treatment of graph algorithms focusing on the important applications.

Geometric computation

This book contains tutorial surveys and original research contributions in geometric computing, modeling, and reasoning. Highlighting the role of algebraic computation, it covers: surface blending, implicitization, and parametrization; automated deduction with Clifford algebra and in real geometry; and exact geometric computation. Basic techniques, advanced methods, and new findings are presented coherently, with many examples and illustrations. Using this book the reader will easily cross the frontiers of symbolic computation, computer-aided geometric design, and automated reasoning. The book is also a valuable reference for people working in other relevant areas, such as scientific computing, computer graphics, and artificial intelligence.

Bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult challenges in control engineering. Most books treat the subject from a quasi-static perspective, overlooking the hybrid nature of bipedal mechanics. Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion is the first book to present a comprehensive and mathematically sound treatment of feedback design for achieving stable, agile, and efficient locomotion in bipedal robots. In this unique and groundbreaking treatise, expert authors lead you systematically through every step of the process, including: -Mathematical modeling of walking and running gaits in planar robots -Analysis of periodic orbits in hybrid systems -Design and analysis of feedback systems for achieving stable periodic motions -Algorithms for synthesizing feedback controllers -Detailed simulation examples -Experimental implementations on two bipedal test beds The elegance of the authors’ approach is evident in the marriage of control theory and mechanics, uniting control-based presentation and mathematical custom with a mechanics-based approach to the problem and computational rendering. Concrete examples and numerous illustrations complement and clarify the mathematical discussion. A supporting Web site offers links to videos of several experiments along with MATLAB(R) code for several of the models. This one-of-a-kind book builds a solid understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of truly dynamic locomotion in planar bipedal robots.

Practical and experimental robotics

Taking a completely hands-on approach, using cheap and easily available robotics kits, Practical and Experimental Robotics provides a detailed exploration of the construction, theory, and experiments for different types of robots. With topics ranging from basic stamp microcontrollers to biped and propeller based robots, the text contains laboratory experiments, examples with solutions, and case studies. The authors begin with a review of the essential elements of electronics and mechanics. They describe the basic mechanical construction and electrical control of the robot, then give at least one example of how to operate the robot using microcontrollers or software. The book includes a reference chapter on Basic Stamp Microcontollers with example code pieces and a chapter completely devoted to PC interfacing. Each chapter begins with the fundamentals, then moves on to advanced topics, thus building a foundation for learning from the ground up. Building a bridge between technicians who have hands-on experience and engineers with a deeper insight into the workings, the book covers a range of machines, from arm, wheel, and leg robots to flying robots and robotic submarines and boats. Unlike most books in this field, this one offers a complete set of topics from electronics, mechanics, and computer interface and programming, making it an independent source for knowledge and understanding of robotics.

Bio-inspired emergent control of locomotion systems

This book deals with locomotion control of biologically inspired robots realized through an analog circuital paradigm as cellular nonlinear networks. It presents a general methodology for the control of bio-inspired robots and several case studies, as well as describes a new approach to motion control and the related circuit architecture. “Bio-inspired Emergent Control of Locomotion Systems provides researchers with a guide to the fundamentals of the topics. Moreover, neuro-biologists and physiologists can use the book as a starting point to design artificial structures for testing their biological hypotheses on the animal model.

Hands-on ZigBee : implementing 802.15.4 with microcontrollers

Since its recent introduction, the ZigBee protocol has created an enormous amount of buzz in venues from magazine covers to trade show floors to water coolers. Its promise of providing a simpler, cheaper, more power-efficient WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) alternative to WiFi and Bluetooth has opened up new data collection possibilities in application areas from industrial controls to medical devices to intruder alarms. Yet, despite this widespread interest, there is still little information available that goes beyond detailing the spec itself. Missing from the current ZigBee lexicon is practical, application-oriented guidance from an expert, specifically geared to aid engineers in implementing this new technology. Enter respected designer and popular columnist Fred Eady! With his new book, he provides the only comprehensive how-to ZigBee guide available.
-The ONLY one-stop Zigbee resource available- from basics to sniffers to specs
-7 easy-to-assemble ZigBee projects allow the reader to follow along…hands-on!
-Working hardware and software examples included in every chapter

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A comprehensive guide to business incubation

The book’s four main sections and 71 chapters cover fundamentals of incubator development, best practices in incubator management, working with clients and special topics in business incubation. Whether you’re new to the industry or think you’ve seen it all, this book will introduce you to new people, new programs, and new ideas for helping your incubation program achieve its full potential.

The incubation edge : how incubator quality and regional capacity affect technology company performance

This in-depth study is the first to sort out what effects business incubation versus environment have on company success. Using technology incubators as a test group, researcher David Lewis uncovers information that has implications for incubator programming and regional policy.

Forging the incubator : how to design and implement a feasibility study for business incubation programs

This book discusses the need to conduct a feasibility study and the steps in creating plans and the primary tracks such as fact-finding and orientation; creating a format for the prelominary plan; focus on facilities and services; funding/finances and preparations for implementation.

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Incubating technology businesses : a national benchmarking study

Technology-based entrepreneurial firms are an integral part of the knowledge economy, and business incubation programs focused on technology-based companies play a crucial role in accelerating the growth of these firms. NBIA performed a national benchmarking analysis to gain a better understanding of technology business incubation best practices. Cases studies, data on incubator characteristics, descriptions of community factors and more provide valuable information for incubator developers, managers and stakeholders.

Will It Sell?: How to Determine If Your Invention Is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a Patent)

This book provides some useful information for inventors (and prospective inventors) but it is also both an advertisement for and an offer of services. (1st line in About this book page)

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The book that can turn any I.T. rep into a one-person selling machine!

Information technology products continue to be the fastest-selling industry in the world. Today, about 7 million people worldwide are involved in selling I.T. solutions, and the number is growing by an astonishing 60 percent a year!

But many I.T. sales recruits discover that selling technology solutions can be far more challenging than traditional sales. I.T. Sales Boot Camp gets soldiers ready for the front lines, arming them with techniques on how to:

– Understand and explain intimidating techie jargon

– Score overseas customers

– Communicate with highly informed, techno-savvy customers

– Adjust to a constantly changing market

– Adapt to various needs from customer to customer

I.T. Sales Boot Camp does far more than just basic training. Drill sergeant and author Brian Giese also offers a “secret weapon” for pushing sales way over the top and ensuring satisfied customers every single time!

Technology management : developing and implementing effective technology licensing programs

Licensing is an important source of revenue, especially in technologically-driven industries. This book takes inventors and corporate managers from original idea to final deal. In practical, down-to-earth terms, it outlines the step-by-step process of developing and implementing effective technology licensing programs, including market research and market strategies; licensing strategies; deal-making; and managing ongoing relationships between licensee and licensor-quality control, maintenance, and reversion of rights.

Ruby programming for the absolute beginner

Targeting the novice, this guide teaches the basics of computer programming with Ruby through the creation of simple computer games. Not only will this “learn by doing” approach provide programmers with an instant sense of accomplishment, but its also a fun way to learn.

MySQL : language reference

With more than 4 million active installations, MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database.

Known for its speed, high reliability, and ease of use, MySQL is rapidly becoming a low-cost alternative to high-priced, high-maintenance database systems from Oracle, IMB and Microsoft-and it already has more users than any of these more established proprietary databases.

The “MySQL Language Reference” is the only official guide to the MySQL language and programming APIs.

Written by the creators of MySQL, and edited by the highly respected MySQL authors, the “MySQL Language Reference” is designed for database administrators and programmers who need a reliable, detailed reference to every part of the MySQL language and all the available APIs.

New perspectives on XML : comprehensive

Updated to teach the most current XML standards, this book uses real-world case studies and a practical, step-by-step approach to teach XML. It provides extensive coverage of DTDs, namespaces, schemas, Cascading Style Sheets, XSLT, XPath, and programming with the WSC document object model.

Applications of membrane computing

Membrane computing is a branch of natural computing which investigates computing models abstracted from the structure and functioning of living cells and from their interactions in tissues or higher-order biological structures. The models considered, called membrane systems (P systems), are parallel, distributed computing models, processing multisets of symbols in cell-like compartmental architectures. In many applications membrane systems have considerable advantages a” among these are their inherently discrete nature, parallelism, transparency, scalability and nondeterminism.

In dedicated chapters, leading experts explain most of the applications of membrane computing reported so far, in biology, computer science, computer graphics and linguistics. The book also contains detailed reviews of the software tools used to simulate P systems.

The calculus of computation : decision procedures with applications to verification

Computational logic is a fast-growing field with applications in artificial intelligence, constraint solving, and the design and verification of software and hardware systems. Written with graduate and advanced undergraduate students in mind, this textbook introduces computational logic from the foundations of first-order logic to state-of-the-art decision procedures for arithmetic, data structures, and combination theories.

This textbook also presents a logical approach to engineering correct software. The increasing ubiquity of computers makes implementing correct systems more important than ever. Verification exercises develop the reader’s facility in specifying and verifying software using logic. The treatment of verification concludes with an introduction to the static analysis of software, an important component of modern verification systems.

For readers interested in learning more about computational logic, decision procedures, verification, and other areas of formal methods, the final chapter outlines courses of further study.

Management information systems, 9th ed.

This book provides thorough coverage of the principles, application and design of management information systems in both private and public organisations. Suitable for students on professional and academic courses in Management and in Systems Analysis, this text covers all of the major topics including; systems; concepts; organisational structures and behaviour; management; leadership; planning; decision-making and information technology in general. This text can be used of HE and professional courses in the following Information Strategy for CIMA Systems and project management Organisational Management Business Strategy Performance management Information systems ACCA Business information management

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Information technology project management, 5th ed.

The author explains the foundations of project management - project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement - using the experiences of real-life businesses.

Discovering computers 2008 : complete

Discovering Computers 2008 provides a current and thorough introduction to computers by integrating usage of the World Wide Web with the printed text. This Shelly Cashman Series text offers a complete and engaging solution to successfully teach basic computer concepts with new exercises, case studies, and online tools on the Online Companion. Updated for currency, the latest trends in technology and computer concepts are covered.

This textbook is intended to serve as a practical guide for the design of complex digital logic circuits such as digital control circuits, network interface circuits, pipelined arithmetic units, and RISC microprocessors. It is an advanced digital logic design textbook that emphasizes the use of synthesizable VHDL code and provides numerous fully worked-out practical design examples including a Universal Serial Bus interface, a pipelined multiply-accumulate unit, and a pipelined microprocessor for the ARM THUMB architecture.

Digital systems design using VHDL

Written for an advanced-level course in digital systems design, DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VHDL integrates the use of the industry-standard hardware description language VHDL into the digital design process. Following a review of basic concepts of logic design in Chapter 1, the author introduces the basics of VHDL in Chapter 2, and then incorporates more coverage of VHDL topics as needed, with advanced topics covered in Chapter 8. Rather than simply teach VHDL as a programming language, this book emphasizes the practical use of VHDL in the digital design process. For example, in Chapter 9, the author develops VHDL models for a RAM memory and a microprocessor bus interface; he then uses a VHDL simulation to verify that timing specifications for the interface between the memory and microprocessor bus are satisfied. The book also covers the use of CAD tools to synthesize digital logic from a VHDL description (in Chapter 8), and stresses the use of programmable logic devices, including programmable gate arrays. Chapter 10 introduces methods for testing digital systems including boundary scan and a built-in self-test.

Embedded programming with the Microsoft .NET micro Framework

Your essential guide to developing applications for next-generation embedded devices.

Get the information you need for programming applications in the rich, managed-code environment of the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework. You’ll learn how to extend your experience with the .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C# through real-world examples, expert insights, and code samples—and efficiently build robust applications for the smallest devices.

Discover how to:
•Use an object-oriented approach for programming embedded devices
•Create input and output port objects
•Develop detailed text and graphical displays that support complex user interactions
•Add Windows SideShow functionality into your application
•Implement functionality from existing applications to embedded applications
•Bind physical hardware events to Windows Presentation Foundation elements
•Establish embedded-network connections using TCP/IP
•Use emulation techniques for rapid-prototyping, experimentation, testing, and debugging
•Optimize performance of resource-constrained devices

PLUS—Get code samples in Visual C# on the Web

CCDP : Cisco internetwork design exam notes

Summary
CCDP: Cisco Internetwork Design Exam Notes provides the fastest and most effective way to make sure you’re ready to pass the CID exam (640-025). The unique, innovative Exam Notes approach helps you gain and retain the knowledge you need, objective by objective:

• Critical Information sections provide detailed analyses of the key issues for each exam objective. Necessary Procedures sections cover the nuts and bolts of each topic with concise step-by-step instructions.
• Exam Essentials sections highlight crucial subject areas you’ll need to know for the exam.
• Key Terms and Concepts sections define the words and concepts vital to passing the exam.
• Sample Questions sections preview the types of questions found in the exam and give answers and explanations.
• Learn the Key Information for the CID Exam: Network Design Technologies IP Network Design IP Network Routing Designing AppleTalk Networks Designing Networks with Novell and IPX Designing for Windows Networking Designing for the WAN Remote Access Network Design Mainframe Networks Network Security and Firewalls Network Design Review Advanced Network Design

Bio-MEMS : technologies and applications

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are evolving into highly integrated technologies for a variety of application areas. Add the biological dimension to the mix and a host of new problems and issues arise that require a broad understanding of aspects from basic, materials, and medical sciences in addition to engineering. Collecting the efforts of renowned leaders in each of these fields, BioMEMS: Technologies and Applications presents the first wide-reaching survey of the design and application of MEMS technologies for use in biological and medical areas. This book considers both the unique characteristics of biological samples and the challenges of microscale engineering. Divided into three main sections, it first examines fabrication technologies using non-silicon processes, which use materials that are appropriate for medical/biological analyses. These include UV lithography, LIGA, nanoimprinting, injection molding, and hot-embossing. Attention then shifts to microfluidic components and sensing technologies for sample preparation, delivery, and analysis. The final section outlines various applications and systems at the leading edge of BioMEMS technology in a variety of areas such as genomics, drug delivery, and proteomics. Laying a cross-disciplinary foundation for further development, BioMEMS: Technologies and Applications provides engineers with an understanding of the biological challenges and biological scientists with an understanding of the engineering challenges of this burgeoning technology.

All students are invited to the 29th Manila International Book Fair which will be held at Halls 1-4 of the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City from September 12 to 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

This is your chance to become a part of the country’s premiere book event where non-stop excitement is packed with endless learning. As you stroll and shop in these halls, you will find more than 300 booths of both local and foreign exhibitors which offer the latest titles and hard-to-find books. You may also avail of discounts & freebies. Free admission tickets are available at the Reference Section of the UP College of Engineering Library II (limited tickets available).

For more information, please follow this URL: http://www.manilabookfair.com/. You may also contact the Reference Librarian at (02) 981-8500 local 3251-3252 or at (02) 434-8638. You may send us your email at library@engglib2.upd.edu.ph. Or you can just post your comments here.

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