Frontiers of Remote Sensing Information Processing

An Extended Entity-Relationship Model: Fundamentals and Pragmatics (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 1994

Studying modern database languages one recognizes that there is a gap between language features and theoretical foundations:

* Studies of the formal foundations exist for the relational data model but not for the Entity-Relationship model, which is a model used by numerous practical people. Also, most extensions of...

High Performance Computing on Vector Systems 2005: Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, March 2005

Springer, 2006

In March 2005 about 40 scientists from Europe, Japan and the US came together the second time to discuss ways to achieve sustained performance on supercomputers in the range of Teraflops. The workshop held at the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) was the second of this kind. The first one had been held in May 2004. At both...

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

New Riders Publishing, 2012

A unified content strategy is about much more than just content. It’s about how you create content once and how you publish many times from that content. It’s about pulling together the best practices, guidelines, and content structure your organization needs to enable you to rapidly design, build, test, and deliver a...

Advances in Bio-inspired Computing for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (Intelligent Systems Reference Library)

Springer, 2013

"Advances in Bio-inspired Combinatorial Optimization Problems" illustrates several recent bio-inspired efficient algorithms for solving NP-hard problems.

Theoretical bio-inspired concepts and models, in particular for agents, ants and virtual robots are described. Large-scale optimization problems, for example: the...

Tools of Radio Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)

Springer, 2013

This 6th edition of “Tools of Radio Astronomy”, the most used introductory text in radio astronomy, has been revised to reflect the current state of this important branch of astronomy. This includes the use of satellites, low radio frequencies, the millimeter/sub-mm universe, the Cosmic Microwave Background and the increased...

Java(TM) Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design

Course Technology PTR, 2011

Welcome to Java Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition. Designed for a first Computer Science (CS1) Java course, this text will provide a breath of fresh air to you and your students. The CS1 course serves as the cornerstone of the Computer Science curriculum. My primary goal is to motivate and excite all...