Fully updated to comply with MATLAB 2008, Engineering Computation with MATLAB® Second Edition introduces the power of computing to engineering students with no programming experience. Professor and trained engineer, David Smith, places the fundamental tenets of computer programming into the context of MATLAB 2008, employing hands-on exercises, examples from the engineering industry, and a vari…
New edition of one of the most influential books on managing software and hardware testing In this new edition of his top-selling book, Rex Black walks you through the steps necessary to manage rigorous testing programs of hardware and software. The preeminent expert in his field, Mr. Black draws upon years of experience as president of both the International and American Software Testing Quali…
Learn to build human-interactive Android apps, starting with device sensors This book shows Android developers how to exploit the rich set of device sensors—locational, physical (temperature, pressure, light, acceleration, etc.), cameras, microphones, and speech recognition—in order to build fully human-interactive Android applications. Whether providing hands-free directions or checking yo…
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 fifth edition is used as a standard reference for software engineers. This book provides explanations of all the important topics in software engineering and enhances them with diagrams, examples, exercises, and references.
The fifth edition of Numerical Methods for Engineers with Software and Programming Applications continues its tradition of excellence. The revision retains the successful pedagogy of the prior editions. Chapra and Canale's unique approach opens each part of the text with sections called Motivation, Mathematical Background, and Orientation, preparing the student for what is to come in a motivati…
This book is written for students and teachers engaged in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) design projects, primarily in the senior year. It guides students and faculty through the steps necessary for the successful execution of design projects. The objective of the text is to provide a treatment of the design process in ECE with a sound academic basis that is integrated with practical…
How Scrum and Agile methods can help game developers deliver better games faster, on budget - and start making money and having fun again! Why game development is in crisis - and how Agile methods can bring stability and predictability back to the process.
Oracle Application Express is an easy-to-use application development environment built on the Oracle technology stack. There are two aspects of that previous sentence that you may find jarring—that Oracle, a company widely known for its database technology, has an application development environment, and that Oracle, a company thought of as delivering high-end, enterprise-ready technology, ha…
The book Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (Seventh International Edition) by Randall D. Knight belongs to the field of general physics for science and engineering students. It covers topics such as mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.
Ethics in Engineering provides an introduction to the issues in engineering ethics by placing those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge. The goal is to stimulate reasoning and to provide the conceptual tools necessary for responsible decision making. Appendix : page 292-297. Index : page 298-317.
The sixth edition retains the successful instructional techniques of earlier editions. Chapra and Canale's unique approach opens each part of the text with sections called Motivation, Mathematical Background, and Orientation. This prepares the student for upcoming problems in a motivating and engaging manner.
Martin and Schinzinger's Ethics in Engineering, now in its fourth edition, is for use in courses devoted to engineering ethics, either at the introductory level or at the senior level. Current and thorough, it promotes critical thinking and discussion about moral and ethical issues that engineers face. The up-to-date content provides real world examples and cases and, by offering a framework fo…
How the tools of design research can involve designers more directly with objects, products and services they design; from human-centered research methods to formal experimentation, process models, and application to real world design problems. The tools of design research, writes Brenda Laurel, will allow designers "to claim and direct the power of their profession." Often neglected in the var…
For use as a supplement in Principles of Accounting and Introduction to Financial Accounting courses. Perfect for any accounting course where analyzing financial statements and understanding financial ratios is important. This activity workbook helps students analyze real company financial statement information. Each activity concentrates on only one aspect of the analysis and uses data from we…
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering is a comprehensive survey text for biomedical engineering courses. It is the most widely adopted text across the BME course spectrum, valued by instructors and students alike for its authority, clarity and encyclopedic coverage in a single volume. Biomedical engineers need to understand the wide range of topics that are covered in this text, including basi…
Guru and Hiziroglu have produced an accessible and user-friendly text on electromagnetics that will appeal to both students and professors teaching this course. This lively book includes many worked examples and problems in every chapter, as well as chapter summaries and background revision material where appropriate. The book introduces undergraduate students to the basic concepts of electrost…
Manual of Engineering Drawing: British and International Standards, Fifth Edition, chronicles ISO and British Standards in engineering drawings, providing many examples that will help readers understand how to translate engineering specifications into a visual medium. The book includes 6 introductory chapters which provide foundational theory and contextual information regarding the broader con…