Business Intelligence and Big Data: Drivers of Organizational Success examines how the success of an organization largely depends on the ability to anticipate and quickly respond to challenges from the market, customers, and other stakeholders. Success is also associated with the potential to process and analyze a variety of information and the means to use modern information and communication …
The tenth edition of Operating System Concepts has been revised to keep it fresh and up-to-date with contemporary examples of how operating systems function, and to improve learning and the student's experience with the material. It combines instruction on concepts with real-world applications so that students can understand the practical usage of the content.
The new fifth edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of IT governance, controls, auditing applications, systems development, and operations. It is aligned with and suppoing COBIT, filled with exercises, review questions, section summaries, and references for further reading.
Develop a strong understanding of IT project management as you learn to apply today’s most effective project management tools and techniques with the unique approach found in Schwalbe's INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 9E. Examine the latest developments and skills as you prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exams.…
This edited collection explores the distinctive contributions of postphenomenological perspectives toward imaging in science, medicine, and everyday life. With its original empirical investigations of imaging across a variety of fields, the book expands our conceptual framework for understanding images
Beginner's Guide to Creating Characters in Blender gives those interested in this versatile, expansive tool all the information they need to enter 3D.
The objective of this book is to provide a collection of solved problems on control systems, with an emphasis on practical problems. System functionality is described, the modeling process is explained, the problem solution is introduced, and the derived results are discussed. Each chapter ends with a discussion on applying MATLAB(R), LabVIEW, and/or Comprehensive Control to the previously intr…
This journal explores the latest theoretical and practical issues, including database systems, management information systems, system analysis and development, system project management information, programming, mobile information system, and other topics related to Information Systems
This journal explains about current theoretical and practical issues, including Edge Computing, Internet-of-Things, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Control System, Network and Communication, System Integration, as well as other topics in the field of Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Modern Operating Systems, Fourth Edition, is intended for introductory courses in Operating Systems in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering programs. The widely anticipated revision of this worldwide best-seller incorporates the latest developments in operating systems (OS) technologies. The Fourth Edition includes up-to-date materials on relevant OS. Tanenbaum als…
H20: The Ultimate Water Preparedness Guide is described as a handbook offering step-by-step instructions for finding, treating, and storing water for off-grid or emergency situations.
Respected as a classic in the field, this text provides a clear introduction to the fundamentals of instructional design and the concepts and procedures necessary for designing, developing, and evaluating instruction for all delivery formats KEY TOPICS: Introduction to instructional design, identifying instructional goals using front-end analysis, conducting a goal analysis, identifying subordi…
For one-semester, advanced undergraduate/graduate-level Multimedia courses in departments of Computer Science, Engineering, CIS, and IT.This text fills a gap in the rapidly growing field of multimedia by introducing advanced programming students to the basic concepts of multimedia. Written by experienced teachers, this text evolved from materials used in class and forms the basis for all of the…
Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, known to professors, students, and developers worldwide as the "Dragon Book," is available in a new edition. Every chapter has been completely revised to reflect developments in software engineering, programming languages, and computer architecture that have occurred since 1986, when the last edition published. The authors, recognizing that few reade…
= This book takes the unique approach of combining both thefundamentals of information systems and technologywith theessentials of business operation and management.Early chapters offering business background provide readers with a solid foundation to then understand the need for and structure of information systems. A broad view of information systems takes a look at individual, interorganizat…
The goal of Introduction to Information Systems is to teach undergraduate business majors how to use information technology to master their current or future jobs. To accomplish this goal, this text helps you become an informed user; that is, someone knowledgeable about information systems and information technology. The content concentrates on placing information systems in the context of busi…
The only hands-on book devoted to mastering Maya's dynamics tools for water, wind, and fire In the world of animation, the ability to create realistic water, wind, and fire effects is key. Autodesk Maya software includes powerful dynamics tools that have been used to design breathtaking effects for movies, games, commercials, and short films. This professional guide teaches you the primary tech…
As enterprise integration typically consumes huge portions of IT budgets, companies increasingly turn to component technologies such as Enterprise JavaBeans and CORBA to streamline business processes for corporate-wide decision support. Taking readers from business objectives to computer code in a series of detailed, practical examples, this book shows developers how to use component technologi…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2014, held in Seoul, Korea, in September 2014. The 70 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. They address topics such as knowledge integration, data mining for collective processing, fuzzy, modal and collective systems, nature inspired sy…