Posted: June 26th, 2008, 3:15am CEST by namanhem
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 3:14am CEST by namanhem
John Chambers has been the principal designer of the S language since its beginning, and in 1999 received the ACM System Software award for S, the only statistical software to receive this award. He is author or coauthor of the landmark books on S. Now he turns to R, the enormously successful open-source system based on the S language. R's international support and the thousands of packages and other contributions have made it the standard for statistical computing in research and teaching. This book guides the reader through programming with R, beginning with simple interactive use and progressing by gradual stages, starting with simple functions. More advanced programming techniques can be added as needed, allowing users to grow into software contributors, benefiting their careers and the community. R packages provide a powerful mechanism for contributions to be organized and communicated. The techniques covered include such modern programming enhancements as classes and methods, namespaces, and interfaces to spreadsheets or data bases, as well as computations for data visualization, numerical methods, and the use of text data. Download Here
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 3:08am CEST by tech-geek
Web applications no longer need be powered by any one individual's data, and they don't need to be confined to the desktop. Developers can draw on a wealth of publicly available content, from providers such as Flickr, Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Last.fm, and combine it for use in their own applications. Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) makes it simple to bring previously web-only applications to the desktop, allowing them to run alongside traditional applications on an end user's computer.
In this book, you'll learn how to create mashup applications from the vast array of web services, feeds, and APIs using Adobe Flash and Flex together with HTML and JavaScript (Ajax). You'll be introduced to the various sources of information and the tools necessary to gather and reuse that information, and then you'll learn how to combine that content in a variety of ways.
You'll learn how to have desktop applications interact with online services such as Flickr, you'll learn how to use Amazon S3 for enterprise-level data storage, and you'll embrace technologies such as OpenID. In addition, you'll create abstract visualizations based on music sourced from Last.fm and consume Twitter content via RSS. You will also see how to use the Flash-native data format SWX along with PHP to create a Yahoo! weather widget.
You'll discover just why you may want to build a widget or a desktop application rather leaving things web-based; then you'll create an application using Flex Builder and AIR and learn how best to distribute it. With so many tools and so much data available, the possibilities for mashup creation are endless. Creating Mashups with Adobe Flex and AIR provides all you need to get you up and running quickly, while also giving you a solid understanding of the technologies involved so you can take things further—to a place limited only by your imagination.
In this book you'll learn
- how to use Flex 3 in conjunction with ActionScript 3.0 to build powerful applications;
- how you can use Adobe AIR to take your application from the Web and onto the
desktop;
- the differences between developing for the Web and for the desktop;
- how you can use the APIs of popular web services such as Flickr, Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Last.fm as data sources for your application; and
- how to optimize your applications for fast and efficient performance.
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 3:06am CEST by Crimson
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) revolutionizes the way Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are deployed. AIR supports two primary technologies, Flash and HTML/Ajax, in order to make desktop development something that every web developer can do. This book shows you how to set up a practical development environment and then walks you through eleven fully implemented AIR applications with source code that you can use as they currently exist or customize.
Each project begins by providing a discussion of architecture and design, followed by code implementation. You'll get hands-on knowledge of AIR application design and development that you can then use to build dynamic RIAs.
What you will learn from this book
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How to communicate with the computer file system
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Techniques for using and customizing the native windowing API
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How to read from and locate mp3 files on a local machine to assemble a music library
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Ways to interact with HTML and JavaScript® content within a Flex-based application
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How to use the native drag-and-drop API for opening and saving image files
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How to play H.264- and FLV-encoded video
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Techniques for restyling an HTML page off the Internet locally
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How to communicate with a local database and expand upon occasional connectivity
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 2:59am CEST by ganelon
The importance of quality of service (QoS) has risen with the recent evolution of telecommunication networks, which are characterised by a great heterogeneity. While many applications require a specific level of assurance from the network; communication networks are characterized by different service providers, transmission means and implementer solutions such as asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4), IPv6 and MPLS.
Providing comprehensive coverage of QoS issues within heterogeneous network environments, “QoS Over Heterogeneous Networks” looks to find solutions to questions such as does QoS fit within heterogeneous networks and what is the impact on performance if information traverses different network portions that implement specific QoS schemes.
An ideal book for graduate students, researchers and lecturers. System designers, developers and engineers will also find “QoS Over Heterogeneous Networks” a valuable reference.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - What is QoS
Chapter 02 - QoS-based Networks
Chapter 03 - QoS-Oriented Technologies
Chapter 04 - Network Control Issues
Chapter 05 - QoS Over Heterogeneous Networks
Chapter 06 - QoS Architectures
Chapter 07 - Signalling Over QoS Architectures
Chapter 08 - Vertical QoS Mapping
Chapter 09 - Algorithm For Vertical QoS Mapping
Chapter 10 - QoS Gateways For Satellite And Radio Communication
Chapter 11 - Bandwidth Allocation for Satellite Environment
Chapter 12 - Transport Layer Over Satellite
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 2:57am CEST by ganelon
This book is a fairly comprehensive resource on writing VBA code to exchange data among the main Office applications (Access, Word, Excel, and Outlook), using Access as the central application for storing data, and using the other applications for producing attractively formatted documents of various types.
By the time you have completed the Access 2007 VBA Bible, you will be well-prepared to write VBA Automation code that uses your Access data to produce Word letters, mailing labels and other documents (without the overhead of mail merge), to create Excel worksheets and PivotCharts, and to create Outlook appointments, mail messages, contacts, and journal items, with or without attachments. Additionally, you will be able to synchronize contact data (both ways) between Access and Outlook.
The book is written for the Access/Office developer or power user who is familiar with working with Office applications (particularly Access) in the interface, and has at least a basic familiarity with writing VBA code, but needs more information on how to write Automation code to work with Word, Excel, and Outlook objects, so as to be able to use each Office application for creating the documents that are its specialty, while storing most of the data in Access databases.
To run the sample code in this book, you need a computer capable of running at least Windows XP, and of course you need Office 2007. Because Office 2007 runs fine on Windows XP, you don’t need Windows Vista, but Office 2007 works even better on Vista.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Storing and Displaying Data in Access
Chapter 02 - Creating Word Documents from Access
Chapter 03 - Analyzing Data with Excel
Chapter 04 - Organizing and Communicating with Outlook
Chapter 05 - Working with Access Data
Chapter 06 - Working with Word Documents and Templates
Chapter 07 - Working with Excel Worksheets
Chapter 08 - Working with Outlook Items
Chapter 09 - Working with Files and Folders
Chapter 10 - Working with External Data
Chapter 11 - Synchronizing Access and Outlook Contacts
Chapter 12 - Going Beyond the Basics
Chapter 13 - Creating COM Add-ins with Visual Basic 6
Chapter 14 - Creating Access Add-ins
Chapter 15 - Customizing the Ribbon with XML in Access Databases and Add-ins
Chapter 16 - Customizing the Access Ribbon with a Visual Studio 2005 Shared Add-in
Chapter 17 - Creating Standalone Scripts with Windows Script Host
Chapter 18 - Working with SQL Server Data
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Everything you need to create a 21st-century public relations strategy, with international case studies from companies in the US, Spain, South Africa, Indonesia and Russia, including Royal Caribbean, Edelman Public Relations, 3M Scotch and the Marriott Hotel Group. Contents include
Find out what it takes to become a puzzle master. More than 500 IQ brainteasers–some of the most devious ever published–offer a challenge that will stretch anyones analytic and lateral thinking abilities to the limit. The requirements for cracking these puzzles include a sharp mind, keen mathematical skill, and a supremely logical approach. Go through a group of grids, determine the logic in their organization, and decipher the missing pattern in the final one. Check out the time on four different watches, and then figure out what hour the fifth watch should read. Look at dominoes lined up side by side, and calculate what number should appear on the last domino to complete the series. Every puzzle is brainy fun.
Bad pricing is a great way to destroy your company’s value, revenue, and profits. With ten simple rules, this book shows you how to deliver both healthy profit margins and robust revenue growth while kicking the dreaded discounting habit. The authors destroy the conventional wisdom that you have to trade margins for revenues and show you how to fully exploit the value your company offers customers. This is a proven plan for increasing sales without sacrificing profits.