Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach



Debra Dalgleish “Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach"
Apress | 2007-12-10 | ISBN:1590599209 | 272 pages | PDF | 2,9 Mb

Debra Dalgleish, Microsoft Office Excel MVP since 2001, and an expert and trainer in Excel, brings together a one-stop resource for anyone curious about representing, analyzing, and using their data with PivotTables and PivotCharts. You’ll find this book inimitable when facing any new or difficult problem in PivotTables, covering the entire breadth of situations you could ever encounter, from planning and creating, to formatting and extracting data, to maximizing performance and troubleshooting.
The author presents tips and techniques in this collection of recipes that can’t be found in Excel’s Help section, while carefully explaining the most confusing features of PivotTables to help you realize their powerful potential.
The chapters in this book have been organized into a collection of recipes to take you step by step from the problem you are experiencing to the solution you are aiming for. Without fuss, you’ll find clear and precise information to help you assess your situation, whether common or unique, and solve your problem. Working examples of complex PivotTables and numerous PivotTable programming examples will help you solve problems quickly, without the need to digest heavy content.

Designing Smart Homes: The Role of Artificial Intelligence



Juan Carlos Augusto, Chris D. Nugent “Designing Smart Homes: The Role of Artificial Intelligence"
Springer | 2006-07-28 | ISBN:354035994X | 183 pages | PDF | 3,3 Mb


The area of smart homes is fast developing as an emergent area which attracts the synergy of several areas of science. This volume offers a collection of contributions addressing how artificial intelligence (AI), one of the core areas of computer science, can bring the growing area of smart homes to a higher level of functionality where homes can truly realize the long standing dream of proactively helping their inhabitants in an intelligent way.

After an introductory section to describe a smart home scenario and to provide some basic terminology, the following 9 sections turn special attention to a particular exemplar application scenario (provision of healthcare and safety related services to increase the quality of life) exploring the application of specific areas of AI to this scenario.

Power Aware Design Methodologies



Massoud Pedram, Jan M. Rabaey “Power Aware Design Methodologies"
Springer | 2002-06-30 | ISBN:1402071523 | 544 pages | PDF | 16,6 Mb

Power Aware Design Methodologies is on power-awareness in design. The difference between low-power design and power-awareness in design is that whereas low-power design refers to minimizing power with or without a performance constraint, power-aware design refers to maximizing some other performance metric, subject to a power budget (even while reducing power dissipation).

Crystal Reports Professional Results



George Peck, "Crystal Reports Professional Results"
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | Number Of Pages: 408 | 2003-07-17 | 5 MB | PDF | ISBN: 0072229519

Create presentation-quality reports and complex, interactive analysis documents both on and off the Web with help from this thorough resource. Learn to use this powerful reporting tool to develop and design reports, make maps, tables, and charts, and much more. Produce visually appealing reports quickly and effectively, extract and present data from SQL databases, download ready-to-use sample report templates. Get the information, advice, and tools you’ll need to conquer the learning curve and produce winning reports and report-based applications.

Learning Language in Logic



James Cussens, Saso Dzeroski “Learning Language in Logic"
Springer | 2000-11-27 | ISBN:3540411453 | PDF | 301 pages | 2,2 Mb

This book provides a self-contained introduction to Learning Language in Logic (LLL) and, at the same time, competently surveys the current state of the art of research in the area. The book has its origin in the first LLL workshop which took place in Bled, Slovenia in June 1999. Beyond revised workshop papers, a number of additional chapters were solicited from leading researchers in order to achieve complete coverage of all current aspects and to introduce the new area to a broader audience.
As the first book devoted to LLL, this thoroughly cross-reviewed state-of-the-art survey will become a valuable source of reference for researchers active in the area. Newcomers or professionals interested in advanced LLL applications will find this book an ideal guide to an exciting new field.

Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM



This book teaches Business Analysts to model business processes in JBoss jBPM and generate workflow application code from their models without Java coding expertise. It is a full toolkit for anyone wanting to implement Business Process Management correctly, covering tasks common to all BPM implementations, although it is focused on popular, free, open-source jBPM, with its flexible, scalable process engine, pluggable modular architecture, and easy programming model (jPDL) blending the best of Java and declarative techniques. The practical approach with step-by-step instructions uses a realistic case study to explore and explain BPM, model creation, and implementation. It covers: efficient, standards-friendly mapping of business processes; using the jBPM toolset to work with business process maps, analyze process execution data, and for ongoing process improvement; setting up business rules: task assignments, escalation points; process variables; automating activities and decisions.

Turing Machines with Sublogarithmic Space



Andrzej Szepietowski “Turing Machines with Sublogarithmic Space "
Springer | 1994-09-29 | ISBN: 3540583556 | 115 pages | PDF | 5,8 Mb

This comprehensive monograph investigates the computational power of Turing machines with sublogarithmic space. The studies are devoted to the Turing machine model introduced by Stearns, Hartmanis, and Lewis (1965) with a two-way read-only input tape and a separate two-way read-write work tape. The book presents the key results on space complexity, also as regards the classes of languages acceptable, under the perspective of a sublogarithmic number of cells used during computation. It originates from courses given by the author at the Technical University of Gdansk and Gdansk University in 1991 and 1992. It was finalized in 1994 when the author visited Paderborn University and includes the most recent contributions to the field.

Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor



Richard Coyne “Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor"
The MIT Press | 1995-09-28 | ISBN:0262032287 | PDF | 408 pages | 1,8 Mb

Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age puts the theoretical discussion of computer systems and information technology on a new footing. Shifting the discourse from its usual rationalistic framework, Richard Coyne shows how the conception, development, and application of computer systems is challenged and enhanced by postmodern philosophical thought. He places particular emphasis on the theory of metaphor, showing how it has more to offer than notions of method and models appropriated from science.
Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophical thinking -- including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction -- comparing them and showing how they differ in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications, computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia. He also probes the claims made of information technology, including its presumptions of control, its so-called radicality, even its ability to make virtual worlds, and shows that many of these claims are poorly founded.
Among the writings Coyne visits are works by Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Gadamer, Derrida, Habermas, Rorty, and Foucault. He relates their views to information technology designers and critics such as Herbert Simon, Alan Kay, Terry Winograd, Hubert Dreyfus, and Joseph Weizenbaum. In particular, Coyne draws extensively from the writing of Martin Heidegger, who has presented one of the most radical critiques of technology to date.

101 Reasons To Switch to The Mac



Mark McElroy “101 Reasons To Switch to The Mac "
Que | October 19, 2006 | ISBN:0768668727 | CHM | 60 pages | 4,6 Mb


You've seen lots of "how to" information...but 101 Reasons to Switch to a Mac offers the "why to"! Inside, instead of tech-talk and speed tests, 101 Reasons to Switch to the Mac offers true stories and unbiased advice from a long-time Windows user who, along with a million others in 2005, made the switch to a Mac.
The chapters explore the benefits of working with a Mac, the power of the Mac OS X operating system, and the advantages of owning a computer that "just works." The comprehensive software guide recommends great applications that make short work of everyday tasks like surfing the web, ripping music, watching movies, retouching photos, laying out brochures, and much more. You'll also find pointers to great websites packed with resources for switchers and new Mac owners alike.
Already a Mac user? This Short Cut makes the perfect gift for friends and family who haven't yet discovered the joy of switching. The next time a PC user says, "Give me one good reason to switch!" you'll be prepared...with 101 Reasons to Switch to a Mac.

Here are just a few of the 101 reasons!
Why Mac OS X is the World's Coolest OS
Yes, you can have it all Macs Do Windows
Powerful Bundled Software has everything you'll need or want
Find out why wireless networking is easier with a Mac
The Macs fast performance makes it all worthwhile
How the Mac protects you from viruses and hackers

The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling




Patrick Grim, Gary Mar, Paul St “The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling"
The MIT Press | 1998-05-01 | ISBN:0262071851 | PDF | 333 pages | 3,7 Mb


Philosophical modeling is as old as philosophy itself; examples range from Plato's Cave and the Divided Line to Rawls's original position. What is new are the astounding computational resources now available for philosophical modeling. Although the computer cannot offer a substitute for philosophical research, it can offer an important new environment for philosophical research.
The authors present a series of exploratory examples of computer modeling, using a range of computational techniques to illuminate a variety of questions in philosophy and philosophical logic. Topics include self-reference and paradox in fuzzy logics, varieties of epistemic chaos, fractal images of formal systems, and cellular automata models in game theory. Examples in the last category include models for the evolution of generosity, possible causes and cures for discrimination, and the formal undecidability of patterns of social and biological interaction.
The cross-platform CD-ROM provided with the book contains a variety of working examples, in color and often operating dynamically, embedded in a text that parallels that of the book. Source code of all major programs is included to facilitate further research.

Global Networks: Computers and International Communication



Linda M. Harasim “Global Networks: Computers and International Communication"
The MIT Press | 1993-08-02 | ISBN:0262082225 | PDF | 424 pages | 1,7 Mb


Global Networks takes up the host of issues raised by the new networking technology that now links individuals, groups, and organizations in different countries and on different continents. The twenty-one contributions focus on the implementation, application, and impact of computer-mediated communication in a global context.

Previously limited to scientific research, global networks now have an impact on social, educational, and business communications. Individuals with a personal computer, a modem, and some simple software can join a new social community that is based on interest, not location. Global Networks, which was written largely with the assistance of the internet, provides an understanding of the issues, opportunities, and pitfalls of this new social connectivity. It looks at how -networking technology can support and augment communication and collaboration from such perspectives as policy constraints and opportunities, language differences, cross-cultural communication, and social network design.

Linda M. Harasim is a Professor in the Department ofCommunications at Simon Fraser University.

The Computer Contradictionary: 2nd Edition



Stan Kelly-Bootle “The Computer Contradictionary: 2nd Edition"
The MIT Press | 1995-04-10 | ISBN:0262611120 | PDF | 260 pages | 1,2 Mb


"Ascertain the meaning before consulting this dictionary," warns the author of this collection of deliberately satirical misdefinitions.

New computer cultures and their jargons have burgeoned since this book's progenitor, The Devil's DP Dictionary, was published in 1981. This updated version of Stan Kelly-Bootle's romp through the data processing "laxicon" is a response to the "Unix pandemic" that has swept academia and government, to the endlessly hyped panaceas offered to the MIS, and to the PC explosion that has brought computer terminology to a "hugely bewildered, lay audience."

The original dictionary, an urbane and witty pastiche of Ambrose Bierce's famous work, parried chiefly the mainframe and mini-folklore of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. This long-awaited revision adds over 550 new entries and enhances many of the original definitions. Key targets are "a host of new follies crying out for cynical lexicography [including] the GUI-Phooey iconoclasts, object orienteering, and the piping of BLObs down the Clinton-Gore InfoPike."

A+ Certification Study Guide, Fifth Edition (Certification Press)



After reading through this book, I have decided to destroy it rather than donate it to the local library.
The amount of misinformation included here is almost dangerous in its scope. About half way through the book I realized that the inconsistencies would be obvious even to someone not experienced with computer technology

The preface is dedicated to MCSE instead of A+ exams.

On page 194 he claims that the original Pentiums

The book is riddled with this kind technical inaccuracy, making it unusable.

Sure, some of the information is useful - but what is the point of even trying to use it, if you have to double-check everything with another source because you can’t trust the author?

The next A+ book I read, I hope the author gets the FACTS right.. include 16KB L1 Cache. On page 195, he claims they support up to 512KB L1 Cache.

The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide



Christopher Breen “The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide (2nd Edition)"
Peachpit Press | 2006-11-13 | ISBN:0321486145 | PDF | 240 pages | 1,4 Mb

iPod users want to start using their devices as soon as they get their hands on them, and this guide shows them how. In these pages, trusted gadget teacher Christopher Breen reveals the secrets to using the leading portable player. This handy guide offers the quickest way to learn how to use the iTunes Store (including the new movie store!), import songs from CDs, and how to pick the right accessories. Readers will also find thorough coverage of the entire iPod family, including the iPod shuffle ($79-1GB; the world's smallest MP3 player), iPod nano ($149-2GB; $199-4GB; $249-8GB), and the updated iPod ($249-30GB and $349-80GB, which holds up to 20,000 songs or 100 hours of video). Along the way, Christopher offers hints for burning CDs, tips for making the most of the device's storage capabilities,and troubleshooting advice for when the gadgets become uncooperative.

Model Driven Architecture Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing



David S. Frankel,«Model Driven Architecture Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing»
John Wiley | ISBN: 0471319201 | 1,26 MB | PDF | 352 Pages | 2003 Year

Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a new methodologyf rom OMG that uses modeling languages like UML along with programming languages like Java to build software architectures
PriceWatersCoopers' prestigious Technology Center just predicted that MDA will be one of the most important methodologies in the next two years
Written by the lead architect of the specification who provides inside information on how MDA has worked in the real world
Describes MDA in detail and demonstrates how it can work with existing methodologies and technologies such as UML,MOF, CWM, and Web services