Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 3540223487
Paperback: 608 pages
Data: Feb 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This book puts numerical methods into action for the purpose of solving concrete problems arising in quantitative finance. Part one develops a comprehensive toolkit including Monte Carlo simulation, numerical schemes for partial differential equations, stochastic optimization in discrete time, copula functions, transform-based methods and quadrature techniques. The content originates from class notes written for courses on numerical methods for finance and exotic derivative pricing held by the authors at Bocconi University since the year 2000. Part two proposes eighteen self-contained cases covering model simulation, derivative valuation, dynamic hedging, portfolio selection, risk management, statistical estimation and model calibration. It encompasses a wide variety of problems arising in markets for equity, interest rates, credit risk, energy and exotic derivatives. Each case introduces a problem, develops a detailed solution and illustrates empirical results. Proposed algorithms are implemented using either Matlab® or Visual Basic for Applications® in collaboration with contributors.

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 3540221492
Paperback: 981 pages
Data: Sep 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The 2nd edition of this successful book has several new features. The calibration discussion of the basic LIBOR market model has been enriched considerably, with an analysis of the impact of the swaptions interpolation technique and of the exogenous instantaneous correlation on the calibration outputs. A discussion of historical estimation of the instantaneous correlation matrix and of rank reduction has been added, and a LIBOR-model consistent swaption-volatility interpolation technique has been introduced.

The old sections devoted to the smile issue in the LIBOR market model have been enlarged into several new chapters. New sections on local-volatility dynamics, and on stochastic volatility models have been added, with a thorough treatment of the recently developed uncertain-volatility approach. Examples of calibrations to real market data are now considered.

The fast-growing interest for hybrid products has led to new chapters. A special focus here is devoted to the pricing of inflation-linked derivatives.

The three final new chapters of this second edition are devoted to credit. Since Credit Derivatives are increasingly fundamental, and since in the reduced-form modeling framework much of the technique involved is analogous to interest-rate modeling, Credit Derivatives — mostly Credit Default Swaps (CDS), CDS Options and Constant Maturity CDS - are discussed, building on the basic short rate-models and market models introduced earlier for the default-free market. Counterparty risk in interest rate payoff valuation is also considered, motivated by the recent Basel II framework developments.

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 0387948392
Paperback: 422 pages
Data: Sep 2001
Format: PDF
Description: Written by two of the best-known researchers in mathematical finance, this book presents techniques of practical importance as well as advanced methods for research. Contingent claim pricing and optimal consumption/investment in both complete and incomplete markets are discussed, as well as Brownian motion in financial markets and constrained consumption and investment. This book treats these topics in a unified manner and is of practical importance to practitioners in mathematical finance, especially for pricing exotic options.

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 1402060726
Paperback: 352 pages
Data: 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This volume aims to provide the fundamental knowledge to appreciate the advantages of the J-matrix method and to encourage its use and further development. The J-matrix method is an algebraic method of quantum scattering with substantial success in atomic and nuclear physics. The accuracy and convergence property of the method compares favourably with other successful scattering calculation methods. Despite its thirty-year long history new applications are being found for the J-matrix method.

This book gives a brief account of the recent developments and some selected applications of the method in atomic and nuclear physics. New findings are reported in which experimental results are compared to theoretical calculations. Modifications, improvements and extensions of the method are discussed using the language of the J-matrix.

The volume starts with a Foreword by the two co-founders of the method, E.J. Heller and H.A. Yamani and it contains contributions from 24 prominent international researchers.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 3527313133
Paperback: 204 pages
Data: Mar 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This book describes the fascinating wealth of activities as they occur in the design, construction and commissioning of a chemical plant - a jigsaw puzzle of the work of chemical engineers, chemists, constructors, architects, electrical engineers, process automation engineers, economists and legal staff.
The author first takes the reader through the conceptual phase, in which the economic relevance and environmental impact need to be considered and supplemented by accurate estimates of capital requirements and profitability.
This phase ends with the choice of an appropriate engineering firm and the conclusion of the contract, after which the reader is guided through all aspects of the implementation phase from the engineering of the chemical plant to commissioning, equipment and material procurement, the erection phase and the successful test run, after which the new facility is handed over to its owner.
The book also illustrates many potential sources of errors by means of examples from practice, and how, aside professional skills, teamwork and communication are also absolutely essential to keep such a complex project on track.

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Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Language: English
ISBN: 0821841262
Paperback: 282 pages
Data: Dec 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This book is aimed to provide an introduction to local cohomology which takes cognizance of the breadth of its interactions with other areas of mathematics. It covers topics such as the number of defining equations of algebraic sets, connectedness properties of algebraic sets, connections to sheaf cohomology and to de Rham cohomology, Grbner bases in the commutative setting as well as for $D$-modules, the Frobenius morphism and characteristic $p$ methods, finiteness properties of local cohomology modules, semigroup rings and polyhedral geometry, and hypergeometric systems arising from semigroups. The book begins with basic notions in geometry, sheaf theory, and homological algebra leading to the definition and basic properties of local cohomology. Then it develops the theory in a number of different directions, and draws connections with topology, geometry, combinatorics, and algorithmic aspects of the subject.

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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Language: English
ISBN: 9775945097
Paperback: 896 pages
Data: 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Smart Antennas—State of the Art brings together the broad expertise of 41 European experts in smart antennas. They provide a comprehensive review and an extensive analysis of the recent progress and new results generated during the last years in almost all fields of smart antennas and MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) transmission. The following represents a summarized table of content.
Receiver: space-time processing, antenna combining, reduced rank processing, robust beamforming, subspace methods, synchronization, equalization, multi-user detection, iterative methods.
Channel: propagation, measurements and sounding, modeling, channel estimation, direction-of-arrival estimation, subscriber location estimation.
Transmitter: space-time block coding, channel side information, unified design of linear transceivers, ill-conditioned channels, MIMO-MAC strategies.
Network Theory: channel capacity, network capacity, multihop networks.
Technology: antenna design, transceivers, demonstrators and testbeds, future air interfaces.
Applications and Systems: 3G system and link level aspects, MIMO HSDPA, MIMO-WLAN/UMTS implementation issues.
This book serves as a reference for scientists and engineers who need to be aware of the leading edge research in multiple-antenna communications, an essential technology for emerging broadband wireless systems.

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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
ISBN: 9812707891
Paperback: 276 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a competition for high school students. China has taken part in IMO twenty times since 1985 and has won the top ranking for countries thirteen times, with a multitude of golds for individual students. The 6 students China sent every year were selected from 20 to 30 students among approximately 130 students who take part in the China Mathematical Competition during the winter months. This volume comprises a collection of original problems with solutions that China used to train their Olympiad team in the years from 2003 to 2006.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0470092254
Paperback: 1056 pages
Data: Aug 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice covers the theory and practice of Corporate Finance from a truly European perspective. It shows how to use financial theory to solve practical problems and is written for students of corporate finance and financial analysis and practising corporate financiers. Corporate Finance is split into four sections and covers the basics of financial analysis; the basic theoretical knowledge that you will need to value a firm; the major types of financial securities: equity, debt & options and finally financial management which shows you how to organise a company’s equity capital, buying and selling companies, M&A, bankruptcy and cash flow management.

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A section on financial analysis – a Corporate Financier must understand a company based on a detailed analysis of its accounts. Large numbers neglected this approach during the last stock market bubble and were caught in the crash that inevitably followed. How many investors took the trouble to read Enron’s annual report? Those who did found that it spoke volumes!
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End of Chapter Summary, Questions and Answers, Glossary, European Case Studies

* A supporting Website http://www.vernimmen.com with free access to statistics, a glossary & lexicon; articles, notes on financial transactions, basic financial figures for more than 10,000 European and US listed companies, thesis topics, a bibliography; case studies, Q&A; A letter box for your questions to the authors – a reply guaranteed within 72 hours!
* A free monthly newsletter on Corporate Finance sent out to subscribers to the site.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0470083603
Paperback: 544 pages
Data: Mar 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Updated with the latest developments in the accounting and hospitality fields, Hospitality Financial Accounting, Second Edition covers the basics of financial accounting and then walks you through analyzing financial statements and dealing with the daily issues you’ll face on the job. In this Second Edition, the authors have provided engaging new coverage and features that includes new case studies, an expanded section on ethics, new “Accounting in Action” vignettes, applied exercises, and new coverage of casinos, spas, and purveyors.

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Publisher: Pfeiffer
Language: English
ISBN: 0787987220
Paperback: 224 pages
Data: Feb 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Communication and Implementation is the sixth of six books in the Measurement and Evaluation Series from Pfeiffer. The proven ROI Methodology—developed by the ROI Institute—provides a practical system for evaluation planning, data collection, data analysis, and reporting. All six books in the series offer the latest tools, most current research, and practical advice for measuring ROI in a variety of settings.

Communication and Implementation explores two important topics that are vital to the ROI Methodology—reporting results and sustaining the process. The authors show how to report results that will ensure that the audience has the information needed so that the improvement processes will be implemented successfully. The book explores the range of reporting methods, including face-to-face meetings, brief reports, one-page summaries, routine communication, mass-audience techniques, and electronic communications. The authors offer suggestions for determining the best methods to employ. In addition, Communication and Implementation contains information on how to keep the ROI process going for the long haul and how to make it a valued process for any organization.

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Language: English
ISBN: 0071544194
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: If you’re going to play the stock market, play to win by using a fundamental strategy of most hedge fund managers-trend trading. In Trend Trading for a Living, the trading coach and hedge fund manager known on Wall Street as “Dr. Stoxx” shares his personal strategies for analyzing markets, picking stocks, and knowing when to buy and sell.

This step-by-step book offers a practical road map to get yourself familiarized with the stock market and into the driver’s seat of your financial future. In five progressive parts, Trend Trading for a Living helps you:
Configure your platform: setup your home computer to trade online with the best brokers
Learn the basics: understand trend trading, select stocks to watch, and interpret market signs
Get in the game: select the most profitable bullish and bearish stocks and pick your entry and exit prices
Leverage your portfolio: learn how to trade with options to increase your financial rewards
Turn pro: with patience, determination, and a strategy grounded in fundamentals, you can “trade for a living”

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0470099305
Paperback: 224 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: “Don Peebles is an example of what entrepreneurs are all about. In this engaging and witty book, Peebles shares insights from his own success in the world of high- powered real estate. What makes this book different is Peebles doesn’t just focus on the positive, he discusses the failures too—something every entrepreneur can expect in his journey to success. This book should be on every aspiring business- person’s bookshelf to be read again and again.”
—Robert L. Johnson, Founder, BET and Owner, Charlotte Bobcats
“The Peebles Principles provides a fun read and a bird’s-eye view of the ever- changing world of a real estate entrepreneur. It is a good gut check for would-be entrepreneurs to ask if they have what it takes.”
—Dr. Peter D. Linnemann, Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
“Wow! What magnificent inspiration The Peebles Principles is for anyone seeking to be involved in business. The ground rules found in each chapter are absolute gems, and those alone make the book worth buying.”
—Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson, Radio One, Inc.
“This book is a brilliant example of entrepreneurship, creativity, and principles. Peebles walks you through many of his successful deals, from their inception to their completion. Once you start the book you won’t be able to put it down until you’ve finished the last page.”
—Dr. Sanford L. Ziff, Founder and Chairman, Sunglass Hut International Inc.

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Publisher: For Dummies
Language: English
ISBN: 0470186267
Paperback: 792 pages
Data: Feb 2008
Format: PDF
Description: High-Powered Investing All-in-One For Dummies offers readers a wealth of information on investment techniques and options ranging from stocks and bonds to hedge funds to dabbling in exchange-traded funds. It covers virtually every kind of investing. This hands-on guide to profitable investing educates investors by offering a succinct framework and advice to confidently invest in the marketplace.

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Publisher: Kogan Page
Language: English
ISBN: 0749450371
Paperback: 240 pages
Data: May 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Presentations are required in a hugely diverse range of situations, and effective speakers must be able to get their messages across clearly, succinctly and without boring their audience. The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook will help anyone become prepared for and confident about giving presentations. Straightforward and authoritative, this book is a guide to giving the right presentation to an audience. It covers all the questions anyone should ask themselves before giving a presentation. It presents a checklist that enables readers to tailor their presentations to their own circumstances.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0470049472
Paperback: 416 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Trading is a battle between you and the market. And while you might not be a financial professional, that doesn’t mean you can’t win this battle. Through interviews with twelve ordinary individuals who have worked hard to transform themselves into extraordinary traders, Millionaire Traders reveals how you can beat Wall Street at its own game.

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this book introduces you to a dozen successful traders-some who focus on equities, others who deal in futures or foreign exchange-and examines the paths they’ve taken to capture considerable profits.

With this book as your guide, you’ll quickly become familiar with a variety of strategies that can be used to make money in today’s financial markets. Those that will help you achieve this goal include:
Tyrone Ball: trades Nasdaq stocks almost exclusively, and his ability to change with the times has enabled him to prosper during some of the most treacherous market environments in recent history.
AShkan Bolour: one of the earliest entrants into the retail forex market, he trades in the direction of the major trend, rather than trying to find reversals.
Frank Law: a technician at heart, identifies a trading zone, commits to it, and scales down as long as the zone holds.
Paul Willette: has mastered a method that allows him to harvest some profits right away, while ensuring that he can still benefit from an occasional extension run in his favor.
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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0470057556
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Our market system has evolved in line with capitalist philosophy, and at its heart is profit. But while profit can be a powerful motive, it is not always used responsibly and, in the worst cases, this can have damaging effects at a wider level. The calls for a corporate conscience grow louder, but no one has yet suggested an alternative to profit that people find as compelling. Profit is here and now.
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Publisher: AUERBACH
Language: English
ISBN: 1420062271
Paperback: 304 pages
Data: Dec 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Structured innovation is a key goal for every organization whereby they more effectively meet the needs of customers and operate more efficiently. Insourcing Innovation demonstrates how to transform business using the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ) along with applicable tools and techniques. Providing a practical framework, this book presents the tactical and strategic aspects of TRIZ, its methodology, and its components. Real-world case studies illustrate how TRIZ can be applied in an organization. It also discusses how structured innovation is part of total performance excellence, examining key aspects of business excellence and how they are related.

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596514549
Paperback: 406 pages
Data: Nov 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Oracle is an enormous system, with myriad technologies, options, and releases. Most users-even experienced developers and database administrators-find it difficult to get a handle on the full scope of the Oracle database. And, as each new Oracle version is released, users find themselves under increasing pressure to learn about a whole range of new technologies. The latest challenge is Oracle Database 11g.

This book distills an enormous amount of information about Oracle into a compact, easy-to-read volume filled with focused text, illustrations, and helpful hints. It contains chapters on:
Oracle products, options, data structures, and overall architecture for Oracle Database 11g, as well as earlier releases (Oracle Database 10g, Oracle9i, and Oracle8i)
Installing, running, managing, monitoring, networking, and tuning Oracle, including Enterprise Manager (EM) and Oracle’s self-tuning and management capabilities; and using Oracle security, auditing, and compliance (a new chapter in this edition)
Multiuser concurrency, data warehouses, distributed databases, online transaction processing (OLTP), high availability, and hardware architectures (e.g., SMP, clusters, NUMA, and grid computing)
Features beyond the Oracle database: Oracle Application Express, Fusion Middleware (including Oracle Application Server), and database SOA support as a Web services provider
The latest Oracle Database 11g features: query result set caching, Automatic Memory Management, the Real Application Testing, Advanced Compression, Total Recall, and Active Data Guard Option Options, changes to the OLAP Option (transparently accessed and managed as materialized views), the Flashback transaction command, transparent data encryption, the Support Workbench (and diagnosability infrastructure), and partitioning enhancements (including interval and new composite types)

For new Oracle users, DBAs, developers, and managers, Oracle Essentials provides an invaluable, all-in-one introduction to the full range of Oracle features and technologies, including the just-released Oracle Database 11g features. But even if you already have a library full of Oracle documentation, you’ll find that this compact book is the one you turn to, again and again, as your one-stop, truly essential reference.

“Oracle Essentials gives a clear explanation of the key database concepts and architecture underlying the Oracle database. It’s a great reference for anyone doing development or management of Oracle databases.”

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Publisher: O’Reilly
Language: English
ISBN: 0596101058
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: May 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Learning Perl, better known as “the Llama book”, starts the programmer on the way to mastery. Written by three prominent members of the Perl community who each have several years of experience teaching Perl around the world, this edition has been updated to account for all the recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.8. Perl is the language for people who want to get work done. It started as a tool for Unix system administrators who needed something powerful for small tasks.

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596519222
Paperback: 242 pages
Data: Feb 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This book is for busy programmers who want a succinct and yet readable guide to C# 3.0 and LINQ. C# 3.0 Pocket Reference tells you exactly what you need to know, without long introductions or bloated samples. Despite its conciseness, this book doesn’t skimp on depth or detail, and embraces the conceptual challenges in learning C# 3.0 and LINQ. Tightly focused and highly practical, this pocket reference covers more ground than many of the big books on C#. C# 3.0 Pocket Reference includes plenty of illustrations and code examples to explain: Features new to C# 3.0, such as lambda expressions, anonymous types, automatic properties, and more All aspects of C# syntax, predefined types, expressions, and operators Creating classes, structs, delegates and events, enums, generics and constraints, exception handling, and iterators The subtleties of boxing, operating overloading, delegate covariance, extension method resolution, interface reimplementation, nullable types, and operating lifting LINQ, starting with the principles of sequences, deferred execution and standard query operators, and finishing with a complete reference to query syntax-including multiple generators, joining, grouping, and query continuations Consuming, writing, and reflecting on custom attributes You’ll also find chapters on unsafe code and pointers, preprocessor directives, XML documentation, and a framework overview. If you’re already familiar with Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#, C# 3.0 Pocket Reference is an ideal choice. No other book or online resource can get you up to speed so quickly.

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596519249
Paperback: 172 pages
Data: Feb 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Ready to take advantage of LINQ with C# 3.0? This guide has the detail you need to grasp Microsoft’s new querying technology, and concise explanations to help you learn it quickly. And once you begin to apply LINQ, the book serves as an on-the-job reference when you need immediate reminders

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596527624
Paperback: 641 pages
Data: Jan 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Windows Vista may be the next big thing, but it still contains enough quirks and unaccountable behaviors to vex anyone. This unique guide not only discusses the most irritating features of the latest Microsoft operating system and how to get around them, but also explains how to improve Windows and do more with the software than Microsoft intended.

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Language: English
ISBN: 0672329549
Paperback: 320 pages
Data: Nov 2007
Format: CHM
Description: Mac OS X Leopard Phrasebook gives you the complete command phrases you need to take full advantage of the Leopard’s hidden and undocumented power underneath the graphical user interface: time-saving solutions for effectively working with files, folders, the Finder, Spotlight, text files, servers, disks, CDs/DVDs, permissions, printing, applications, Exposé, networking, security, and much more.

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Language: English
ISBN: 1847191096
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: Jan 2008
Format: PDF
Description: BIRT, which stands for Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools, is an Eclipse-based open-source reporting system for Java and J2EE based web applications. Including the word “Tools” in the acronym is appropriate, since BIRT is in fact a collection of development tools and technologies used for developing reports utilizing the BIRT runtime framework component on your application server. BIRT isn’t essentially a product, but a series of core technologies on top of which products and solutions are built, similar in fashion to the Eclipse framework. This book has a fast-paced, task-driven, tutorial style, which provides understanding and structure, not just lists of steps to follow. The focus is on the most visible and familiar product built with the BIRT framework, which is the BIRT Report Designer. The BIRT Report Designer is an Eclipse plug-in that utilizes BIRT technologies to allow users to design reports in the BIRT document format. Also covered is the BIRT charting engine, which lets you add charts to your application.

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Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 1847192483
Paperback: 148 pages
Data: Dec 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This concise handbook targeted at Linux administrators and virtualization enthusiasts is ideal for professionals wanting an easy-to-navigate reference when working with Xen and virtualization. It offers bite-sized practical walkthroughs and experiential solutions for many common virtualization tasks using Xen. Using Fedora Core as host operating system, it shows how to add Xen support and create guest domains running different operating systems, then dissects a range of common virtualization tasks. Originally developed in 2003 at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Xen is an open-source paravirtualization technology allowing multiple operating systems to run on one physical hardware resource with near native performance.

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Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 1847192548
Paperback: 252 pages
Data: Nov 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This book gets you started with LINQ and shows how it will make your programming life easier by making use of new features from the .NET Framework 3.0. This book is split into seven chapters, each of which is dedicated to presenting a feature of LINQ and its usage in real-life scenarios. Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new feature in Visual Studio 2008 that extends its query capabilities, using C# and Visual Basic. Visual Studio 2008 comes with LINQ provider assemblies that enable the use of LINQ with data sources such as in-memory collections, SQL relational databases, ADO.NET Datasets, XML documents, etc. In Visual Studio 2008, Visual C# and Visual Basic are the languages that implement the LINQ language extensions. LINQ language extensions use the new standard query operators API, which is the query language for any collection that implements IEnumerable.

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596510578
Paperback: 416 pages
Data: Nov 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Learning Dreamweaver CS3 is like having access to a top-notch team of your very own instructors. Written by product experts and trainers who have produced many of Adobe’s training titles, the book takes you step-by-step through the process of learning to use Dreamweaver X like a pro.

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