<P>Continuing a bestselling tradition, An Introduction to Cryptography, Second Edition provides a solid foundation in cryptographic concepts that features all of the requisite background material on number theory and algorithmic complexity as well as a historical look at the field...

The papers included in this book draw from a rich empirical background including studies in healthcare, homecare, software-development, architectural design, marine insurance industry and learning in university settings...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Natural Language Generation, INLG 2004, held in Brockenhurst, UK in July 2004...

A comprehensive introduction to deploying, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Unity <ul> <li>Discover the various Cisco Unity integration and deployment solutions, as well as the environmental differences between PBX and IP telephony-based telephone systems <li>Learn the pitfalls of existing systems integration and how to avoid downtime <li>Maintain a Cisco unified messaging solution by using the book's examples, including setups, additions, message sourcing applications, and error reporting <li>Perform the proper installation, upgrade, and back up of Cisco Unity systems <li>Monitor performance and troubleshoot a Cisco Unity system using the proper tools and utilities that help you ensure high availability <li>Choose the proper Cisco Unity networking features to deliver messages to other voice-messaging systems </ul> Cisco Unity is the official unified messaging solution for the Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID) and complements the full range of Cisco IP-based voice solutions, including Cisco CallManager and Cisco Personal Assistant...

Official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco QOS 642-642 exam...

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3...

This second edition is not only a thorough update of the first edition, it is also a marriage of the best-known RISC architecture--MIPS--with the best-known open-source OS--Linux...

Building on widespread use of the C++ programming language in industry and education, this book provides a broad-based and case-driven study of data structures -- and the algorithms associated with them -- using C++ as the language of implementation...

Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here...

<ul> <li>Covering Microsoft's brand-new SQL 2005 administrator exam, this study guide walks readers through setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting database solutions <li>Reviews key topics such as defining high-availability solutions, automating administrative tasks, defining security solutions, monitoring and troubleshooting the database server, and designing and executing deployments <li>Candidates must first complete the requirements for the MCTS exam and have three or more years dedicated to database work; then they may earn their MCITP by passing two exams <li>The CD-ROM features leading-edge exam prep software with an assessment test, test engine of case study practice questions, and electronic flashcards </ul>

Simulating physics helps cutting-edge games distinguish themselves by making virtual objects behave as we expect them to in the real world...

<P>The primary goal of this work is the methodical analysis of the potential, limitations, advantages, and drawbacks of anti-spam measures...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Smart Graphics, SG 2003, held in Heidelberg, Germany in July 2003...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Learning Theory, COLT 2004, held in Banff, Canada in July 2004...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Smart Graphics, SG 2004, held in Banff, Canada in May 2004...

Outsourcing is currently one of the hottest topics in business practices and in particular in the field of management information systems (MIS) education...

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology...

Managing Successful IT Outsourcing Relationships is a comprehensive guide on all the aspects of IT outsourcing, and is highly commendable for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and consultants alike...

The Dissimilarity Representation for Pattern Recognition: Foundations And Applications (Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence)

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision/Computer Graphics collaboration techniques involving image analysis/synthesis approaches MIRAGE 2007, held in Rocquencourt, France, in March 2007...

<P>This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Engineering Self-Organising Applications, ESOA 2006, held in Hakodate, Japan in May 2006 as an associated event of AAMAS 2006, the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems...

This coherently written book is the final report on the IPSEN project on Integrated Software Project Support Environments devoted to the integration of tools for the development and maintenance of large software systems...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2006, held in Hobart, Australia in December 2006...

<P>This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 7th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems, AOIS 2005, held in Utrecht, Netherlands, in July 2005 and in Klagenfurt, Austria, in October 2005...

<P>This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed research papers contributed to a research project on the `General Theory of Information Transfer and Combinatorics' that was hosted from 2001-2004 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) of Bielefeld University and also papers of several incorporated meetings thereof...

<P>Parallel and distributed computer systems are built to close the gap between the demand for high-performance computing and the computing power available using standalone single-processor machines...

<P>This book constitutes the seventh official archival publication devoted to RoboCup...

<P>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the international Tutorial and Research Workshop on Affective Dialogue Systems, ADS 2004, held in Kloster Irsee, Germany in June 2004...