In a rapidly changing world, we rely upon experts to assess the promise and risks ofnew technology. But how do these experts make sense of a highly uncertain future? InArguments that Count, Rebecca Sl
Undergraduate and graduate students often engage in research activities with little or no guidance on how to begin their research or how they should proceed. What they need are plans, methods, and a r
"This book is a comprehensive text for the design of safety critical, hard real-time embedded systems. It offers a splendid example for the balanced, integrated treatment of systems and software engi
Today almost every aspect of life for which data exists can be rendered as a network.Financial data, social networks, biological ecologies: all are visualized in links and nodes, linesconnecting dots.
Computing and information and communications technology (ICT) has dramatically changed how we work and live, has had profound effects on nearly every sector of society, has transformed whole industrie
Wafer-scale integration has long been the dream of system designers. Instead of chopping a wafer into a few hundred or a few thousand chips, one would just connect the circuits on the entire wafer. Wh
Building on the existing Handbook of Data Communications and Networks, and The Complete Handbook of the Internet, this book covers every aspect of computer and network security. Includes an analysis o
A complete review and overview of the field, this handbook explores benefits, challenges, and the latest thinking about the major topics of this emerging discipline. It provides, in 40 chapters writte
As the availability of fossils fuels becomes more limited, the negative impact of their consumption becomes an increasingly relevant factor in our choices with regards to primary energy sources. The e
Rapid advances in silicon and other computer technologies are making high speed, parallel image processing computers a reality. These processors will increasingly be massively parallel and embedded in
Provides a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. This title covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social impli
Fully revised and updated, this new edition includes more than 10,000 entries explaining the full spectrum of terms used in our digital world. This dictionary covers nearly aspect of terminology asso
Networks can provide a useful model and graphic image useful for the description of a wide variety of web-like structures in the physical and man-made realms, e.g. protein networks, food webs and the
Over the last decade, the study of complex networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields. Increasingly, science is concerned with the structure, behavior, and evolution of complex systems ra
The burgeoning use and transformative impact of global electronic networks are widely recognized to be defining features of contemporary world affairs. Less often noted has been the increasing import
Cities can be considered to be among the largest and most complex artificial networks created by human beings. Due to the numerous and diverse human-driven activities, urban network topology and dynam
Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) promises a world of cooperating services loosely connected, creating dynamic business processes and agile applications that span organizations and platforms. As a com
This text offers an introduction to quantum computing, with a special emphasis on basic quantum physics, experiment, and quantum devices. Unlike many other texts, which tend to emphasize algorithms,
Christy Constantakopoulou examines the history of the Aegean islands and changing concepts of insularity, with particular emphasis on the fifth century BC. Islands are a prominent feature of the Aegea
Can online support networks provide the same benefits of face-to-face social support while avoiding conventional limitations of material resources, proximity, and temporality? Bambina (Center on Organ
Trafficking in women has become a severe human rights problem in the European Union. Cur-rently the trade in human beings generates higher profits than trafficking drugs or weapons. The book describes
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Internet Protocol (IP) networks increasingly mix traditional data assets with traffic related to voice, entertainment, industrial process controls, metering, and more. Due to this convergence of conte
In the early days of computer science, the interactions of hardware, software, compilers, and operating system were simple enough to allow students to see an overall picture of how computers worked. W
This work analyzes the interactions and international connections of the "civil rights" and "pro-order" coalitions of state and societal actors in the two countries. The author demonstrates that in de
Although military operations have dominated media coverage of the war on terrorism, amuch broader array of policy options may hold the key to reducing the appeal of global terroristnetworks, particula
The Internet revolution. Once, the public was delighted with 14.4 modem access and fascinated by low-tech Web site content. But not for long. Technology has raced to keep up with users' calls for high
While neuroscientists garner success in identifying brain regions and in analyzing individual neurons, ground is still being broken at the intermediate scale of understanding how neurons combine to en
Fundamentals of Building Energy Dynamics assesses how and why buildings use energy,and how energy use and peak demand can be reduced. It provides a basis for integrating energyefficiency and solar app
Parallel Algorithms for Regular Architectures is the first book to concentrate exclusively on algorithms and paradigms for programming parallel computers such as the hypercube, mesh, pyramid, and mesh
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) offer an efficient method for finding optimal cleanup strategies for hazardous plumes contaminating groundwater by allowing hydrologists to rapidly search through mil
