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Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering

CRC Press, 2005

This book was written by pioneers in the field and offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex technology. … It seems destined to become a classic in the field.
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In the nine compact chapters of Joint Cognitive Systems (JCS), two recognized figures in the field of human factors provide an...

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance

Idea Group Publishing, 2005

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control, and benefits of information technology. Managers need to have an understanding of strategy development, including the current...

Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development

IGI Global, 2006

This book assembles semiotics and artificial intelligence techniques in order to design new kinds of intelligence systems; it changes the research field of artificial intelligence by incorporating the study of meaning processes (semiosis), from the perspective of formal sciences, linguistics, and philosophy.

Sometimes, in order to...

RESTful Web Services

O'Reilly, 2007

"Every developer working with the Web needs to read this book." -- David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Rails framework

"RESTful Web Services finally provides a practical roadmap for constructing services that embrace the Web, instead of trying to route around it." -- Adam Trachtenberg, PHP author and...

Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice)

O'Reilly, 2007

How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed solutions to high-profile projects. You will be able to look over the shoulder of major coding and design experts to see problems through their...

Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience

O'Reilly, 2007

Thoroughly rewritten for today's web environment, this bestselling book offers a fresh look at a fundamental topic of web site development: navigation design. Amid all the changes to the Web in the past decade, and all the hype about Web 2.0 and various "rich" interactive technologies, the basic problems of creating a good web navigation...

ECAI 2006, 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Volume 141 Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

IOS Press, 2006

In the summer of 1956, John McCarthy organized the famous Dartmouth Conference which is now commonly viewed as the founding event for the field of Artificial Intelligence. During the last 50 years, AI has seen a tremendous development and is now a well-established scientific discipline all over the world. Also in Europe AI is in excellent shape, as...

Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

O'Reilly, 2007

Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages...

ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (Computer Architecture and Design)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2004

This book has a place on the desk of every engineer developing software for the ARM processor; it is a thorough introduction for newcomers, and a useful reference for the ARM expert. I have been using this book since reviewing the first draft, and I can recommend it to anyone who wants the get the most out of their ARM powered products.
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Intelligent Databases: Technologies and Applications

IGI Global, 2006

Computer-based information technologies have been extensively used to help many organizations, private companies, and academic and education institutions manage their processes and information systems hereby become their nervous center. Information systems are used to manage data. The explosion of massive data sets created by businesses, science...

Statistical Methods in Counterterrorism: Game Theory, Modeling, Syndromic Surveillance, and Biometric Authentication

Springer, 2006

"Counterterrorism is an important research area for national security and defense, and an area where statisticians can provide insights and tools to improve the standard practice. As funding and governmental interest in these areas continues to grow, this book will provide a stepping stone for those interested in this emerging area of...

Satisficing Games and Decision Making: With Applications to Engineering and Computer Science

Cambridge University Press, 2003

We constantly make decisions which are simply "good enough" rather than optimal--a type of decision for which Wynn Stirling has adopted the word "satisficing". Most computer decision making algorithms, however, seek only the optimal solution based on rigid criteria and reject others. Outlining an alternative approach, this...

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