Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

From her work in dance and choreography to her films and writings, Yvonne Rainer (born 1934) has established herself as one of the America's greatest living artists. This first collection of her poems

Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History offers a framework for understanding globalization over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime infrastructure made modern production and consumer societies possible. He argues that the combination of overseas connections and close ties to home ports contributed to globalization. Miller also explains how the ability to manage merchant shipping's complex logistics was central to the outcome of both world wars. He chronicles transformations in hierarchies, culture, identities and port city space, all of which produced a new and different maritime world by the end of the century.

This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and thepeople who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines,inventors, or entrepre

The latest inventions in internet technology influence most of business and daily activities. Internet security, internet data management, web search, data grids, cloud computing, and web-based applic

Process Control Systems (PCS) are distributed control systems (DCS) that are specialized to meet the requirements of the process industries. Many processes and plants of that domain have high safety a

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2012, held in Huangshan, China, in July 2012.The 242 revised full papers presented in

Anne Tyng (born 1920) explores the potentials of geometry through her architectural and teaching practices. Since the 1950s, when she worked closely with Louis Kahn and independently pioneered space-f

The use of open-source software (OSS)--readable software source code that can becopied, modified, and distributed freely--has expanded dramatically in recent years. The number ofOSS projects hosted on

Published by the British Institute at Ankara and distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co., this two-volume set represents the findings of a multi-season survey project. (The dates of t

DOUBLE FAULT is the 2nd book in The Vortex Series where Cassie and Trent’s problems have only just begun. As they fight through the repercussions of creating a parallel world, other dangers are lurkin

This attractive clothbound monograph surveys the career of Vancouver artist Elspeth Pratt, whose colorful sculptures using "poor" materials such as cardboard, polystyrene, balsa wood and vinyl occupy

As the power of computing has grown over the past few decades, the field of machinelearning has advanced rapidly in both theory and practice. Machine learning methods are usuallybased on the assumptio

In 1963 the Dona Ana County Historical Society initiated the publication of a historical journal to chronicle the rich and varied history of Southern New Mexico. The annually distributed SOUTHERN NEW

While fifteen-year-old Ellie tries to find her missing eleven-year-old brother, Danny, in alternating chapters Danny dreams of a parallel quest in a fantasy world of dragons and shapeshifters that he

Matlab® is a high-performance technical computing language with an incredibly rich variety of functions and enormous programming capabilities, and Simulink is a software package for modeling,

This book guides students through an exploration of the idea that thinking might beunderstood as a form of computation. Students make the connection between thinking and computing bylearning to write

With contributions from prominent researchers, this is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art architectures, protocols, technologies and applications in pervasive computing and wireless networking

Blending theoretical results with practical applications, this book provides an introduction to random matrix theory and shows how it can be used to tackle a variety of problems in wireless communications. The Stieltjes transform method, free probability theory, combinatoric approaches, deterministic equivalents and spectral analysis methods for statistical inference are all covered from a unique engineering perspective. Detailed mathematical derivations are presented throughout, with thorough explanation of the key results and all fundamental lemmas required for the reader to derive similar calculus on their own. These core theoretical concepts are then applied to a wide range of real-world problems in signal processing and wireless communications, including performance analysis of CDMA, MIMO and multi-cell networks, as well as signal detection and estimation in cognitive radio networks. The rigorous yet intuitive style helps demonstrate to students and researchers alike how to choose

Vision is a massively parallel computational process, in which the retinal image istransformed over a sequence of stages so as to emphasize behaviorally relevant information (such asobject category an

Dark magic, unknown enemies, monsters of every stripe--FBI profiler Jace Valchek has seen it all. In this bizarre parallel universe, shape-shifting werewolves and blood-thirsty vampires don't even war

Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged-from bridge clubs to Civil War reenactments. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties af

Digital production tools and online networks have dramatically increased the generalvisibility, accessibility, and diversity of pornography. Porn can be accessed for free, anonymously,and in a seeming

Autonomous sensors transmit data and power their electronics without using cables. They can be found in e.g. wireless sensor networks (WSNs) or remote acquisition systems. Although primary batteries p

New media thrives on cycles of obsolescence and renewal: from celebrations of cyber-everything to Y2K, from the dot-com bust to the next big things--mobile mobs, Web 3.0, cloud computing. In Programm

Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" ofcomputing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp ischaracterized by small and powerf

GAME DEVELOPMENT WITH MICROSOFT DIRECTCOMPUTE teaches the theories behind parallel computing and computing on the graphics card, and provides hands-on examples of real tasks that could be solved using

Shares uplifting guidelines for building strong and enduring bonds with others for improved relationships and community networks, counseling readers on topics ranging from communication and etiquette

In a revealing study, a noted biblical scholar traces the life of Judah, the first historical messianic figure, whose life reflected a remarkable parallel to that of Jesus, and discusses his prophecie

Steeb (scientific computing, U. of Johannesburg, South Africa) sets out all the basic concepts in the closely connected fields, together with the definitions, theorems, and algorithms, which are imple

We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware and software products from different manufacturers can exchange data within local networks and around the world using the Internet. The competitio

《求解代數特征值問題模板實用指南(影印版)》內容簡介：large-scale problems of engineering and scientific computing often require solutions of eigenvalue and related problems. this book gives a unified overview of theory, algori

The subject of data-driven modeling has been addressed in various disciplines such as statistics, pattern recognition, signal processing, genomics, artificial neural networks, machine learning, and d

Today’s publishing infrastructure is rapidly changing. As electronic journals, digital libraries, collaboratories, logic servers, and other knowledge infrastructures emerge on the internet, the key as

The satisfiability (SAT) problem is central in mathematical logic and computing theory, representing a core of computationally intractable NP-complete problems. It is a fundamental hurdle in solving

This three volume set LNCS 6352, LNCS 6353, and LNCS 6354 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2010, held in Thessaloniki, Gre

Lady Gaga is caught in a parallel universe and finds herself saving her little monsters she knows and loves. There are so many pondering questions on whom could be hurting her precious monsters. She t

The series "Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing" contains publications on various areas within the so-called soft computing which include fuzzy sets, rough sets, neural networks, evolutionary comp

This book offers a state-of-the-art introduction to the mathematical theory of supply chain networks, focusing on those described by partial differential equations. The authorsdiscuss modeling of comp