This highly readable volume examines: computer science and engineering as a discipline - how computer scientists and engineers are pushing back the frontiers of their field; how CS&E must change to meet the challenges of the future; the influence of strategic investment by federal agencies in CS&E research; recent structural changes that affect the interaction of academic CS&E and the business environment; and specific ...

This new edition describes current best practices in requirements engineering with a focus primarily on software systems but also on systems that may contain other elements such as hardware or people. The text consists of original papers, written by experts in the fields, plus reprints of survey articles on many aspects of requirements engineering. The book begins with an introduction to current issues and the basic terminology of the software ...

This text presents an approach to the study of information technology covering information technology, information systems components and development as well as an introduction on how organizations function, how they provide an understanding of the role of information technology in managing organizations and how information systems enable organizations to function more efficiently, effectively and competitively. Case studies and assignments are ...

A word processor can be used to balance the checkbook, issue a newsletter, store recipes, and create an address database. O'Hara shows how to accomplish these tasks, and more, in easy, ten-minute lessons. ...

"One of the pioneers of neural computers that borrow heavily on the brain's design" (NEW SCIENTIST) unravels the debate on replicating human consciousness ...

A workshop on "Texture Analysis in Machine Vision" was held at the University of Oulu, Finland, in 1999, providing a forum for presenting research results and for discussing how to make progress in order to increase the usefulness of texture in practical applications. This book contains extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the workshop. The first part of the book deals with texture analysis methodology, while the second part ...

The contributions in Toward Learning Robots address the question of how a robot can be designed to acquire autonomously whatever it needs to realize adequate behavior in a complex environment. ...

From the field's top experts comes the most comprehensive reference of its kind ever published Here is the comprehensive, authoritative reference on parallel and distributed systems that everyone who works with or follows this rapidly advancing technology has long needed. Featuring contributions from a stellar team of international experts--and reviewed by an equally elite group of editorial advisors--the Handbook is packed with the type of ...

Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.<P>These new middle ...

Major features are: <BR>*Installation and configuration of dbccdb<BR>*Reporting fron dbccdb<BR>*Execution of checkstorage and analysis of the statistics generated<BR>*Description of ASE storage structures and record layouts<BR>*Troubleshooting reported consistency problems<BR>*Structured approach to analysing and fixing consistency problems<BR>*Unsupported dbcc commands ...