Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

A comprehensive study in efficient multi-rate teletraffic loss models used for designing, performance analysis, and optimization of systems and networks Efficient Multirate Teletraffic Loss Models Bey

Higher Education has become a central institution of society, building individual knowledge, skills, agency, and relational social networks at unprecedented depth and scale. Within a generation there

The emergence of social networks, OpenCourseWare, Massive Open Online Courses, informal remote learning and connectivist approaches to learning has made the analysis and evaluation of Digital Learning

Patterns of Strategy explains the influence that the interplay between organizations, other organizations, networks and supply chains have on the development and realisation of strategy. Although trad

Patterns of Strategy explains the influence that the interplay between organizations, other organizations, networks and supply chains have on the development and realisation of strategy. Although trad

Across the global networks of heritage sites, museums, and galleries, the importance of communities to the interpretation and conservation of heritage is increasingly being recognised. Meaningful comm

This book examines geographical names, place-names, and toponymy from philosophical and cultural evolutionary perspectives. Geographical name-tracking-networks (Geo-NTNs) are posited as tools for trac

This collection of research papers by the author and unidentified collaborators is on the connection between student relationship networks and student achievement. The papers consider different theori

This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960. Contributors investigate how women united to support

Leading-edge VoIP technologies, tools, and standardsEfficiently deliver voice, data, and multimedia content over today's always-on broadband networks with guidance from this fully updated resource. Ca

Through detailed intricate histories of illicit Internet piracy networks, Digital Culture Industry goes beyond the Napster creation myth and illuminates the unseen individuals, conflict and code behin

Global logistics entails tradeoffs in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling of deliveries by different modes of travel (e.g., air, water, truck, rail), procurement, and

'Human Cities: Celebrating Public Space' combines theoretical, practical and artistic approaches related to public space. The first part - Public for place - concentrates on networks and actions peopl

This book explores women’s organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960.? Contributors investigate how women united to suppor

The economic principles that underpin commercial transactions via electronic networks, and the many associated economic issues and controversies that e-commerce generates, are dizzying in their comple

Christopher Hewitt's comprehensive book surveys the characteristics and causes of terrorism and governmental responses to it. He also examines the organizational structure of terrorist networks, how t

This comprehensive survey of advanced digital and electro-optic techniques covers the design, operations, diagnostics, and testing of electrical insulation in high-voltage power networks. Examines the

Identifies the importance of New Deal conflicts, policy networks politics, and ruthless domination as critical events in the creation and early development of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

This third edition of Braun and Murdoch's bestselling textbook now includes discussion of the use and design principles of the tidyverse packages in R, including expanded coverage of ggplot2, and R Markdown. The expanded simulation chapter introduces the Box–Muller and Metropolis–Hastings algorithms. New examples and exercises have been added throughout. This is the only introduction you'll need to start programming in R, the computing standard for analyzing data. This book comes with real R code that teaches the standards of the language. Unlike other introductory books on the R system, this book emphasizes portable programming skills that apply to most computing languages and techniques used to develop more complex projects. Solutions, datasets, and any errata are available from www.statprogr.science. Worked examples - from real applications - hundreds of exercises, and downloadable code, datasets, and solutions make a complete package for anyone working in or learning practical data

Acta Numerica is a high-impact factor, prestigious annual publication containing invited surveys by leading researchers in numerical mathematics and scientific computing. The surveys present overviews of developments in their area and provide techniques and analyses. It is essential reading for practitioners and researchers. This volume was originally published in 2007.

Acta Numerica is a high-impact factor, prestigious annual publication containing invited surveys by leading researchers in numerical mathematics and scientific computing. The surveys present overviews of developments in their area and provide techniques and analyses. It is essential reading for practitioners and researchers. This volume was originally published in 2007.

A SCI-FI FANTASY OPERA!In a parallel universe, the existence of a sweet, life-like android called Noa, a Sky Doll, has been turned upside down. After fleeing her tyrannical creator and flung to the fa

Parallel stories set in different times, one told in prose and one in pictures, converge as a girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door. 1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute F

In the Vegas Underworld, magic is money and henchmen wield magic. H is a mob enforcer for the highest-ranking capo in the Vegas Underworld–a city that coexists in a parallel plane with Las Vegas

Do you want fries with your hellfire? Being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe...only to land smack in the middle of bustli

We spend more time in organizations than we do with our loved ones and friends. Yet we treat them as a parallel universe where the rules of being human only apply loosely. This is detrimental to peopl

Dee I always thought it would be cool to escape into another world. I never believed I'd find one in my reflection. But there I was, falling through the mirror into a parallel life-Samara's life. And

The first title from the original webcomics imprint of DC Comics!South of the Mason-Dixon Line lies a strange land of gods and monsters; a world parallel to our own, born from centuries of slavery, ci

Dana investigates a mystery involving the old Kansas house that her parents have turned into a bed and breakfast business; in a parallel story, a Quaker boy living in the house in 1857 sets out to hel

In this paean to the pleasures of language, Gass equates his text with the body of Babs Masters, the lonesome wife of the title, to advance the conceit that a parallel should exist between a woman and

From games and graphics to networks and virtual reality, computers are all around us. Today's computers can draw pictures, play games, send emails, and even land space probes on Mars. But that wasn't

Learn how to set up and configure networks to create robust connections, and how to quickly diagnose and repair problems should something go wrong. Whatever version of Windows you are using, you will

An Emmy Award-winning historian and documentary producer for the History Channel and A&E Networks presents a history of American food that introduces lost traditions and traces the origins of 100

Theories of Democratic Network Governance aims to renew and refocus the political and scholarly debate on the use of governance networks in public policy making by raising and answering a series of qu

Teaches students how to solve ethical dilemmas in the field of computing, taking a philosophical, rather than a legal, approach to the topic. It first examines the principles of Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, and Philosophical Analysis, explaining how each of them might be adopted as a basis for solving computing dilemmas. The book then presents a worksheet of key questions to be used in solving dilemmas. Twenty-nine cases, drawn from the real-life experiences of computer professionals, are included in the book as a means to let students experiment with solving ethical dilemmas and identify the philosophical underpinnings of the solutions.

Teaches students how to solve ethical dilemmas in the field of computing, taking a philosophical, rather than a legal, approach to the topic. It first examines the principles of Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, and Philosophical Analysis, explaining how each of them might be adopted as a basis for solving computing dilemmas. The book then presents a worksheet of key questions to be used in solving dilemmas. Twenty-nine cases, drawn from the real-life experiences of computer professionals, are included in the book as a means to let students experiment with solving ethical dilemmas and identify the philosophical underpinnings of the solutions.

This excellent resource synthesizes the theory and practice of PLC, providing a straightforward introduction to the fundamentals of PLC, as well as an exhaustive review of the performance, evaluation, security, and heterogeneous network that combine PLC with other means of communications. It advances the groundwork on power-line communication (PLC), a tool which has the potential to boost the performance of local networks, and provides useful worked practical problems on, for example, PLC protocol optimization. Covering the PHY and MAC layers of the most popular PLC specifications, including tutorials and experimental frameworks, and featuring many examples of real-world applications and performance, it is ideal for university researchers and professional engineers designing and maintaining PLC or hybrid devices and networks.

Covering the new OS X 10.9, Mac Basics in easy steps shows the reader how to get up and running on a Mac with minimal time and effort. Useful for anyone new to the world of Mac computing, such as thos

Covering the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Mac Basics in Easy Steps shows readers how to get up and running on a Mac with minimum time and effort. Useful for anyone new to the world of Mac computing, su

Nationalism, in China as much as elsewhere, is today adopted, filtered, transformed, enhanced, and accelerated through digital networks. And as we have increasingly seen, nationalism in digital sphere