eBooks List For Item Artificial Intelligence
Physical Database Design: the database professional's guide to exploiting indexes, views, storage, and more (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
- ISBN:
- 0123693896
- Authors:
- Sam S. Lightstone, Toby J. Teorey, Tom Nadeau
The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration. Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety...
Network programming in .NET: C# & Visual Basic .NET
- ISBN:
- 1555583156
- Authors:
- Fiach Reid
The purpose of this book is to provide tools to design and implement network-orientated applications in .NET. It is also a guide for software designers to choose the best and most efficient way to implement mission critical solutions. The book addresses real-world issues facing professional developers, such as using third-party components as opposed in-house development. It differentiates itself from existing .NET publications because it is...
Building a Cisco Wireless LAN
- ISBN:
- 192899458X
- Authors:
- Syngress
Enable enterprise-wide information access using Cisco wireless networks Wireless networks are rapidly becoming a viable alternative to traditional wired LANs (Local Area Networks), mainly because of the convenience they provide. By implementing a wireless network, companies eliminate the need and expense of installing fixed cables, outlet ports or patch panels. Building a Cisco Wireless LAN is for individuals designing and supporting a Cisco...
Principles of Synthetic Intelligence PSI: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)
- ISBN:
- 0195370678
- Authors:
- Joscha Bach
From the Foreword: "In this book Joscha Bach introduces Dietrich Dörner's PSI architecture and Joscha's implementation of the MicroPSI architecture. These architectures and their implementation have several lessons for other architectures and models. Most notably, the PSI architecture includes drives and thus directly addresses questions of emotional behavior. An architecture including drives helps clarify how emotions could arise. It also...
Nortel Guide to VPN Routing for Security and VoIP
- ISBN:
- 0471781274
- Authors:
- James Edwards, Richard Bramante, Al Martin
Here's your handbook to Nortel VPN Router If you're a beginning-to-intermediate-level networking professional, this guide lays the groundwork you need to establish and manage your network with VPN Router. Everything is here-hardware, software, laboratory set-ups, real-world examples, and, most importantly, advice gleaned from the authors' first-hand experiences. From understanding the equipment to deployment strategies, management and...
Network Security Principles and Practices (CCIE Professional Development)
- ISBN:
- 1587050250
- Authors:
- Saadat Malik
Expert solutions for securing network infrastructures and VPNs Build security into the network by defining zones, implementing secure routing protocol designs, and building safe LAN switching environmentsUnderstand the inner workings of the Cisco PIX Firewall and analyze in-depth Cisco PIX Firewall and Cisco IOS Firewall features and conceptsUnderstand what VPNs are and how they are implemented with protocols such as GRE, L2TP, and IPSecGain a...
Understanding IPv6, Second Edition
- ISBN:
- 0735624461
- Authors:
- Joseph Davies
Now updated for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, this guide delivers in-depth technical information on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 greatly improves on IPv4, the current protocol, by vastly increasing the number of available addresses and by adding enhancements for security, multimedia traffic management, routing, and network configuration. Written by a popular author and networking expert, this reference details the protocol,...
Computer Network Security
- ISBN:
- 0387204733
- Authors:
- Joseph M. Kizza
A comprehensive survey of computer network security concepts, methods, and practices. This authoritative volume provides an optimal description of the principles and applications of computer network security in particular, and cyberspace security in general. The book is thematically divided into three segments: Part I describes the operation and security conditions surrounding computer networks; Part II builds from there and exposes readers to...
Ambient Intelligence: A Novel Paradigm
- ISBN:
- 0387229906
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is an integrating technology for supporting a pervasive and transparent infrastructure for implementing smart environments. Such technology is used to enable environments for detecting events and behaviors of people and for responding in a contextually relevant fashion. AmI proposes a multi-disciplinary approach for enhancing human machine interaction. Ambient Intelligence: A Novel Paradigm is a compilation of edited...
Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining (Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations)
- ISBN:
- 0387243526
- Authors:
- Andreas L. Symeonidis, Pericles A. Mitkas
Knowledge, hidden in voluminous data repositories routinely created and maintained by today’s applications, can be extracted by data mining. The next step is to transform this discovered knowledge into the inference mechanisms or simply the behavior of agents and multi-agent systems. Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining addresses this issue, as well as the arguable challenge of generating intelligence from data while transferring it to a...
Kindling 6 (Advances in Behavioral Biology) (v. 6)
- ISBN:
- 0387243801
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Kindling. Speakers at the conference will write chapters summarizing their current cutting-edge research on the kindling of seizures and related phenomena in epilepsy. The Kindling Conferences and the books arising from them (Kindling, Kindling 2-Kindling 5) have provided valuable summaries of the ongoing research on seizure development, with an emphasis on mechanisms, consequences, and...
Secure Data Management in Decentralized Systems (Advances in Information Security)
- ISBN:
- 0387276947
The research scope of database security has expanded greatly, due to the rapid development of the global inter-networked infrastructure. Databases are no longer stand-alone systems that are only accessible to internal users of organizations. Instead, allowing selective access from different security domains has become a must for many business practices. New data services are emerging everyday, which also brings new challenges to protect data...
Methods and Procedures for the Verification and Validation of Artificial Neural Networks
- ISBN:
- 0387282882
Neural networks are members of a class of software that have the potential to enable intelligent computational systems capable of simulating characteristics of biological thinking and learning. Currently no standards exist to verify and validate neural network-based systems. NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility has contracted the Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. to perform research on this topic and develop a...
Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Sensory Neurochemistry (Springer Reference)
- ISBN:
- 0387303499
Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle
- ISBN:
- 0393021262
- Authors:
- Steven Vogel
The story—and the science—of nature's greatest engine. Whether we blink an eye, lift a finger, throw a spear or a ball, walk, run, or merely breathe, we are using muscle. Although muscles differ little in appearance and performance across the animal kingdom, they accomplish tasks as diverse as making flies fly, rattlesnakes rattle, and squid shoot their tentacles. Our everyday activities turn on the performance of nature's main engine: we...
Brain Mystery Light and Dark: The Rhythm and Harmony of Consciousness
- ISBN:
- 0415180503
- Authors:
- Charl Don Keyes
Brain Mystique Light and Dark bridges the gap between neuroscience, brain evolution and consciousness by examining scientific models of how the brain becomes conscious.
The Nuclear Envelope: vol 56 SEB Symposium
- ISBN:
- 0415346452
- Authors:
- J. Bryant
The Nuclear Envelope brings together major current topics in nuclear envelope structure, transport, transcriptional regulation and cell signaling. The volume is divided into four sections: 1. Proteins of the nuclear envelope, including nuclear envelope proteomics, structure and function. 2. Nuclear pores and transport at the nuclear envelope, including pore complex structure, assembly and function, and import and export pathways. 3. Nuclear...
Bioanalytical Separations, Volume 4 (Handbook of Analytical Separations)
- ISBN:
- 0444506586
Bioanalytical Separations is volume 4 of the multi-volume series, Handbook of Analytical Separations , providing reviews of analytical separation methods and techniques used for the determination of analytes across a whole range of applications. The theme for this volume is bioanalysis, in this case specifically meaning the analysis of drugs and their metabolites in biological fluids. - Discusses new developments in instrumentation and methods...
New Comprehensive Biochemistry: Chromatin Structure and Dynamics: State-Of-The-Art
- ISBN:
- 0444515941
Biological processes that replicate, preserve and use the genetic information encoded in DNA must operate in the context of chromatin, a highly organized complex of DNA and proteins. These proteins do not merely package the DNA in the tiny volume of the nucleus, but impart the structure the ability to change according to the requirements of the specific process the DNA is involved in. Moreover, chromatin structure is used by the cell to control...
Beyond VoIP Protocols: Understanding Voice Technology and Networking Techniques for IP Telephony
- ISBN:
- 0470023627
- Authors:
- Olivier Hersent, Jean-Pierre Petit, David Gurle
In 1999-2000, VoIP (Voice-over-IP) telephony was one of the most successful buzzwords of the telecom bubble era. However, in 2001-2003, VoIP faced a very tough reality check. Now, manufacturers and service providers are drawing on what they have learnt from past experience in order to prepare to participate in the next major challenge faced by the telecommunications industry. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the issues to solve in...
Handbook of Granular Computing
- ISBN:
- 0470035544
Although the notion is a relatively recent one, the notions and principles of Granular Computing (GrC) have appeared in a different guise in many related fields including granularity in Artificial Intelligence, interval computing, cluster analysis, quotient space theory and many others. Recent years have witnessed a renewed and expanding interest in the topic as it begins to play a key role in bioinformatics, e-commerce, machine learning,...
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions
- ISBN:
- 0470412925
- Authors:
- Jay R. Fiske, Corinne A. Fiske
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions is the ultimate step-by-step handbook on how to plan and have a successful and effective auction. Auction committees will find it an invaluable reference as it provides all the tools they will need for complete auction planning and management. From setting the goal for the event, to organizing the committee, procuring auction items, building the audience, preparing the catalog and through auction night cashiering...
Building Service Provider Networks
- ISBN:
- 0471099228
- Authors:
- Howard C. Berkowitz
To be competitive, service providers cannot customize every installation but must simultaneously offer services that meet a wide range of perceived customer needs. This guide shows commercial service providers and equipment vendors how to build competitive service offerings for enterprise-specific needs. * Provides vital technical and business guidance to the service provider marketplace * Explains how to satisfy the customer's specific needs in...
Juniper and Cisco Routing: Policy and Protocols for Multivendor IP Networks
- ISBN:
- 0471215929
- Authors:
- Walter J. Goralski
* Discusses how network traffic flow is complicated by the fact that each routing vendor has its own propietary implementation or extension to the routing protocols. * Covers both Juniper and Cisco routing, and touches on other vendor implementations. * Focuses on routing policy, covering Border Gateway Protocol in depth. * Includes real-world multivendor configuration examples.
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups
- ISBN:
- 0471405590
- Authors:
- Stuart C. Gilson
Praise for Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring "A helpful reference guide for managers facing the complex operational and financial issues raised in today’s competitive environment. Gilson’s case studies provide a real-world context against which corporate leaders can plan their restructuring strategies."–Arthur B. Newman, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group "Stuart Gilson’s analytical case studies have demystified...
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Word 2003 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0471784885
- Authors:
- Elaine Marmel
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something -- and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 125 Word 2003 tasks. Each task-based spread includes these great features to get you up and running on Word 2003 in no time: * Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks *...
Art Nouveau Motifs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)
- ISBN:
- 0486995194
- Authors:
- Dover
black-and-white motifs depict languid ladies, enchanting florals, and other designs that add panache to any print project. All rendered in the sensuous, curvilinear style of Art Nouveau, these enchanting designs can also be adapted for use as borders or cornerpieces for a virtually unlimited number of art and craft uses. Disk contains all items in book.
Architecture in Europe Since 1968: Memory and Invention
- ISBN:
- 0500279489
- Authors:
- Alexander Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre
Winner of an American Institute of Architects Award, this book surveys twenty years of a period characterized by conflict between tradition and invention, modern and anti-modern, and by an abundance of disparate design solutions. The epoch begins with the completion in 1972 of the first commissions embodying the ideas that sprang out of the events of 1968--a year when student unrest and political upheaval crystallized new intellectual and...
Quantum Fields in Curved Space (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0521233852
- Authors:
- N. D. Birrell, P. C. W. Davies
This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe. The last decade has witnessed a phenomenal growth in this subject. This is the first attempt to collect and unify the vast literature that has contributed to this development....
Affine Lie Algebras and Quantum Groups: An Introduction, with Applications in Conformal Field Theory (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0521415934
- Authors:
- Jürgen A. Fuchs
This is an introduction to the theory of affine Lie algebras and to the theory of quantum groups. It is unique in discussing these two subjects in a unified manner, which is made possible by discussing their respective applications in conformal field theory. The description of affine algebras covers the classification problem, the connection with loop algebras, and representation theory including modular properties. The necessary background from...
Partial Differential Equations in Classical Mathematical Physics
- ISBN:
- 0521558468
- Authors:
- Isaak Rubinstein, Lev Rubinstein
This book considers the theory of partial differential equations as the language of continuous processes in mathematical physics. This is an interdisciplinary area in which the mathematical phenomena are reflections of their physical counterparts. The authors trace the development of these mathematical phenomena in different natural sciences, with examples drawn from continuum mechanics, electrodynamics, transport phenomena, thermodynamics, and...
A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics
- ISBN:
- 0521653142
- Authors:
- David P. Landau, Kurt Binder
This book describes all aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of complex physical systems encountered in condensed-matter physics and statistical mechanics, as well as in related fields, such as polymer science and lattice gauge theory. The authors give a succinct overview of simple sampling methods and develop the importance sampling method. In addition they introduce quantum Monte Carlo methods, aspects of simulations of growth phenomena and other...
Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach
- ISBN:
- 0521832438
The study of alternative reproductive tactics (the behavioural strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one of great interest to researchers. For instance, why do some males guard both nest and eggs, while others sneak into nests while pairs are spawning and fertilise those eggs? The field offers a special opportunity to study the evolution and functional causes of phenotypic...
Ecological Census Techniques: A Handbook
- ISBN:
- 0521844622
This is an updated version of the best selling first edition, Ecological Census Techniques, with updating, some new chapters and authors. Almost all ecological and conservation work involves carrying out a census or survey. This practically focussed book describes how to plan a census, the practical details and shows with worked examples how to analyse the results. The first three chapters describe planning, sampling and the basic theory...
Zooarchaeology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)
- ISBN:
- 0521857260
- Authors:
- Elizabeth J. Reitz, Elizabeth S. Wing
This book serves as an introductory text for students interested in identification and analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. This revised edition reflects developments in zooarchaeology that have occurred during the past decade. It includes new sections on enamel ultrastructure and incremental analysis, stable isotyopes and trace elements, ancient genetics and enzymes, environmental reconstruction, people as agents of...
Systems Biology: Properties of Reconstructed Networks
- ISBN:
- 0521859034
- Authors:
- Bernhard O. Palsson
Genome sequences are now available that enable us to determine the biological components that make up a cell or an organism. The new discipline of systems biology examines how these components interact and form networks, and how the networks generate whole cell functions corresponding to observable phenotypes. This textbook describes how to model networks, determine their properties, and relate these to phenotypic functions. Some knowledge of...
Phycology
- ISBN:
- 0521864089
- Authors:
- Robert Edward Lee
Phycology is the study of algae, the primary photosynthetic organisms in freshwater and marine food chains. As a food source for zooplankton and filter-feeding shellfish, the algae are an extremely important group. Since the publication of the first edition in 1981, this textbook has established itself as a classic resource on phycology. This revised edition maintains the format of previous editions, whilst incorporating the latest information...
Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)
- ISBN:
- 0521870615
Bringing together a variety of today's most accomplished dental researchers Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology covers a range of topics germane to the study of human and other primate teeth. The chapters encompass work on individuals to samples, ranging from prehistoric to modern times. The focus throughout the book is the methodology required for the study of modern dental anthropology, comprising the most up-to-date scientific...
Tinbergen's Legacy: Function and Mechanism in Behavioral Biology
- ISBN:
- 0521874785
- Authors:
- Simon Verhulst
Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen laid the foundations for the scientific study of animal behavior with his work on causation, development, function and evolution. In this book, an international cast of leading animal biologists reflect on the enduring significance of Tinbergen's groundbreaking proposals for modern behavioral biology. It includes a reprint of Tinbergen's original article on the famous "four whys" and a contemporary introduction,...
Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks
- ISBN:
- 0521884381
- Authors:
- Adnan Darwiche
This book provides a thorough introduction to the formal foundations and practical applications of Bayesian networks. It provides an extensive discussion of techniques for building Bayesian networks that model real-world situations, including techniques for synthesizing models from design, learning models from data, and debugging models using sensitivity analysis. It also treats exact and approximate inference algorithms at both theoretical and...