With this book, software engineers, project managers, and tool builders will be able to better understand the role of analysis and design in the object-oriented (OO) software development process. This book presents a minimum set of notions and shows the reader how to use these notions for OO software construction. The emphasis is on development principles and implementation. ...

In this follow-up to "Extending SAS Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research," the theory and methods of survival analysis and SAS procedures used to implement the methods are fully described. The new features, along with several useful macros and numerous examples, make this edition a suitable textbook for a course in survival analysis for biostatistics majors and majors in related fields. ...

The 61 easy-to-follow, fully illustrated recipes in this book demonstrate how to use Photoshop CS2 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects--without knowing Photoshop inside and out. ...

A part of the Practical series, this text offers a hands-on interactive CD and companion book to teach the essentials of how to use the Internet. ...

Digital scrapbooking has numerous advantages over the glue and paper alternative. It's cheaper; less messy; easier to store, share, and replicate; and, once you get the hang of it, more fun. And you probably already have a big head start: The average household has nearly a gigabyte of photographs stored in their PCs! "Digital Scrapbooking in Easy Steps" lives up to its title claim. In compact, easy-to-understand tutorials, this full color ...

This guide is the point-of-entry document for understanding the basics of the SAS Intelligence Platform. It discusses the benefits of the SAS Intelligence Platform to businesses, describes the architecture of the SAS Intelligence Platform, and provides an overview of each software component in the platform. ...

This supplement describes the SAS/ACCESS features and options that are available for DB2 under z/OS. When you use this supplement along with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Relational Databases: Reference, you will have a comprehensive guide to SAS/ACCESS software for your database management system (DBMS). This supplement explains how SAS/ACCESS software has been customized to accommodate the particular requirements and capabilities of your DBMS. This ...

A Beginner's Guide. Covers Crystal Reports Versions 8.0 and 8.5
aus der Reihe Essential Skills for First-Time Crystal Reports Users'> This is a dependable series that will show even complete novices the means to develop report-writing, mapping, grouping, and exporting solutions. "Crystal Reports" is a leading report-writing and analysis tool in the industry, with more than 10 million licenses. It gives new users solid working familiarity with the 150 software products bundled with "Crystal Reports" - including Visual Basic and BackOffice Sound product knowledge. Author David ...

Hollywood film and broadcast editors have been using Avid systems for years, but the hefty price tag has made it off-limits to anyone without a studio bankroll to fall back on ...until now. With the release of the sub-$2,000 Avid Xpress DV 3.5, independent filmmakers and committed amateur editors can now use virtually the same software that the pros use to edit their work, as an increasing number are doing. With Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Editing the ...

This book provides an introduction to statistical pattern theory and techniques, with material drawn from a wide range of fields, including the areas of engineering, statistics, computer science and the social sciences. It provides a valuable link between the application areas - such as database design, artificial neural networks, and decision support - and the more diverse theoretical topics available to the practitioner or researcher. Each ...