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Dependability problems of complex information systems
This monograph presents original research results on selected problems of dependability in contemporary Complex Information Systems (CIS). The ten chapters are concentrated around the following three aspects: methods for modelling of the system and its components, tasks? or in more generic and more adequate interpretation, functionalities? accomplished by the system and conditions for their cor…
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- 9783319089645
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- x, 189 pages
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- 004.6
The Unicode cookbook for linguists : Managing writing systems using orthograp…
This text is a practical guide for linguists, and programmers, who work with data in multilingual computational environments. We introduce the basic concepts needed to understand how writing systems and character encodings function, and how they work together at the intersection between the Unicode Standard and the International Phonetic Alphabet. Although these standards are often met with fru…
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- 401 CYS u
Dependable Software Engineering: Theories, Tools, and Applications : First In…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Dependable Software Engineering: Theories, Tools, and Applications, SETTA 2015, held in Nanjing, China, in November 2015. The 20 full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized on topical sections on probabilistic systems; …
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- 9783319259420
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- xix, 317 pages
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- 005
Design and implementation of the MTX operating system
This course-tested textbook describes the design and implementation of operating systems, and applies it to the MTX operating system, a Unix-like system designed for Intel x86 based PCs. Written in an evolutional style, theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems are presented as the design and implementation of a complete operating system is demonstrated. Throughout the text, comple…
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- 9783319175751
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- xxi, 539 pages
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- 005.3
The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education
This book presents perspectives for and by teachers, school and university administrators and educational researchers regarding the great impact pen and tablet technology can have on classrooms and education. presents three distinctly valuable threads of research: Emerging technologies and cutting-edge software invented by researchers and evaluated through real classroom deployments. Fir…
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- 978-3-319-15594-4
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- XXXIV, 387, 24 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour
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- Human–Computer Interaction Series
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Design for teaching and learning in a networked world : 10th European Confere…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2015, held in Toledo, Spain, in September 2015. The 27 full papers, 19 short papers, 9 demo papers and 23 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 176 submissions. They address topics such as blended learning; self-regulated and self directed learning; reflective learn…
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- 9783319242583
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- xviii, 624 pages
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- 004.6
IT Security Risk Management in the Context of Cloud Computing: Towards an Und…
This work adds a new perspective to the stream of organizational IT security risk management literature, one that sheds light on the importance of IT security risk perceptions. Based on a large-scale empirical study of Cloud providers located in North America, the study reveals that in many cases, the providers’ decision makers significantly underestimate their services’ IT security risk ex…
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- 978-3-658-11339-1
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- XXII, 167
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- 004 LOS
Anti-Jamming Transmissions in Cognitive Radio Networks
This SpringerBrief examines anti-jamming transmissions in cognitive radio networks (CRNs), including several recent related research topics within this field. The author introduces the transmissions based on uncoordinated spread spectrum to address smart jammers in CRNs. The author applies game theory to investigate the interactions between secondary users and jammers while providing game th…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-24292-7
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- VIII, 76
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- 004.6 XIA a
Business Cycles in the Run of History
This book analyzes the development of economic cycles in the run of history. The focus is on the development of cycle theory, with maximum emphasis upon ideas. Chapter 1 delivers an overview of the debate about cycles before the 1970s. Chapter 2 completes this survey by presenting the main empirical investigations since that time. Finally, Chapters 3 and 4 illustrate the discourse, by presentin…
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- 978-3-319-19027-3
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- 004.01
Android Quick APIs Reference
The Android Quick APIs Reference is a condensed code and APIs reference for the new Google Android 5.0 SDK. It presents the essential Android APIs in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a software development kit and APIs reference…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-4842-0523-5
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- XVI, 280
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- 003.5 CIN a
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