Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

This book, by a leading thinker with 30 years experience in the field, is the first devoted to fibrous composites in biology. It tackles a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells? Fibrous composites occur in all skeletal systems including plant cell walls, insect cuticles, moth eggshells, bone and cornea. They function like man-made fibreglass, with fibres set in a matrix. The fibrous molecules are long, extracellular and water-insoluble and to be effective they must be orientated strategically. The underlying hypothesis of this book is that the fibres are orientated by self-assembly just outside the cells during a mobile liquid crystalline phase prior to stabilization. The commonest orientations of the fibres are plywood laminates (orthogonal and helicoidal), and as parallel fibres. These may be imitated in vitro by liquid crystalline chemicals. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach and will be relevant to biologist

In 1773, Samuel Johnson and James Boswell travelled around the coast of Scotland, and both wrote accounts of the 83-day journey. Here, for the first time, are the two accounts in parallel texts on fac

An essential guide to the new political moment indicated by the new networks created in Barack Obama's revolutionary election campaign.

Concurrent Constraint Programming introduces a new and rich class of programming languages based on the notion of computing with partial information, or constraints, that synthesize and extend work on

Concurrent Constraint Programming introduces a new and rich class of programming languages based on the notion of computing with partial information, or constraints, that synthesize and extend work on

Features parallel Spanish and English texts of nine short stories by writers from Mexico, Cuba, South America, and Spain

An easy reading format of the New Testament; introductions to each book, notes to the reader, single-column text, boldfaced subheading, cross-reference to parallel passages, verse numbers in the margi

Two parallel texts, on facing pages, run through this unique volume. The left-hand text is Zwicky's exploration of the definition of a work as "philosophy," and a discussion of the notion of lyric. Th

In Rain of Gold, Victor Villasenor weaves the parallel stories of two families and two countries…bringing us the timeless romance between the volatile bootlegger who would become his father and the be

A detailed study of neural networks offers an informative look at the operation and uses of these systems, discussing their role in the development of artificial intelligence, as well as their applica

How do groups of neurons interact to enable the organism to see, decide, and move appropriately? What are the principles whereby networks of neurons represent and compute? These are the central questi

A source on the rapidly changing field of optical computing. Readers are taken through the relevant concepts of classical and Fourier optics, digital logic and digital image processing. In addition to

Explores measures being taken by large telecommunications, banking, and brokerage firms to minimize the risk to their telecommunications and computer networks from natural disaster, sabotage, and huma

Since the publication of the first edition of Fundamentals of Digital Switching in 1983, there has been substantial improvement in digital switching technology and in digital networks. Packet switchin

Computers and Thought provides a unified, self-contained introduction to artificial intelligence for readers with little or no computing background.

Embodiments of Mind, first published more than two decades ago, teems with intriguing concepts about the mind/brain that are highly relevant to current developments in neuroscience and neural networks

Presents a large number of recent research results previously unavailable in book form. Initially deals with the wee-known computation models, and goes on to special types of circuits, parallel comput

The transition from sequential to parallel computation is an area of critical concern in today's computer technology, particularly in architecture, programming languages, systems, and artificial intel

Secondary analysis has assumed a central position in social science research as existing survey data and statistical computing programmes have become increasingly available. This volume presents strat

Fantasy permits its readers a certain distance from pragmatic affairs and offers them a clearer insight into them. It offers a parallel reality, which gives us a renewed awareness of what we already k

Random variation over space and time is one of the few attributes that might safely be predicted as characterizing almost any given complex system. Random fields or "distributed disorder systems" conf

Possibly the largest interconnected systems in the world are telecommunications networks for public and private use. The principles underlying the design of the transmission and terminal components in

There is a curious parallel between the philosophy of science and psychiatric theory. The so-called demarcation question, which has exercised philosophers of science over the last decades, posed the p

Using Information Technology,4/e integrates solid,practical coverage of communications and the Internet/WWW throughout while covering the fundamental computing concepts surrounding the digital age inc

Suitable for international computer networks students, this title presents an accessible approach to data communications and networking. It contains 830 figures and 150 tables to provide a visual and

For network administrators and network engineers who need to understand, configure, design, and troubleshoot, on a variety of networks using Cisco products. After introducing LAN and WAN protocols, th

A thorough guide to Java Servlets demonstrates how to use them to develop distributed, Internet-based applications, explaining how o create servlets and integrate them with other Java technologies, s

The past, present, and future of wireless telecom technology -- explained in one volumeThe convergence of current cellular and PC voice networks with the new wireless networks means anyone working in

"Herb Schildt tells his programmers what they want and need to know--simply, clearly, concisely, and authoritatively." --ACM Computing Review World-renowned programming author Herb Schildt brings you

Provides detailed explanations of PC operation, from both a hardware and software perspective, and detailed coverage of all interfaces, including parallel port, serial port (RS 232), the USB, I/O buse

Negnevitsky shows students how to build intelligent systems drawing on techniques from knowledge-based systems, neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation and now also intelligent agents

This concordance to the complete extant works of Livy was compiled at the Harvard Computing Center and contains approximately 500,000 entries. The Oxford Text was used for Books I–XXXV, the Teubner fo