Posted: October 6th, 2008, 12:40pm CEST by ganelon
Most scientists and engineers received some training in computer programming in their college days, but they (or their computer) may no longer have the capability to write or run programs in, for example, FORTRAN. This book shows how to implement numerical methods using Microsoft Excel, the most widely used spreadsheet software package.
This is a book about numerical methods. I have emphasized the methods and have kept the mathematical theory behind the methods to a minimum. In many cases, formulas are introduced with little or no description of the underlying theory. (I assume that the reader will be familiar with linear interpolation, simple calculus, regression, etc.) Other topics, such as cubic interpolation, methods for solving differential equations, and so on, are covered in more detail, and a few topics, such as Bairstow’s method for obtaining the roots of a regular polynomial, are discussed in detail.
In this book I have provided a wide range of Excel solutions to problems. In many cases I provide a series of examples that progress from a very simple implementation of the problem (useful for understanding the logic and construction of the spreadsheet or VBA code) to a more sophisticated one that is more general. Some of the VBA macros are simple “starting points” and I encourage the reader to modify them; others are (or at least I intended them to be) “finished products” that I hope users can employ on a regular basis.
Nearly 100% of the material in this book applies equally to the PC or Macintosh versions of Excel. In a few cases I have pointed out the different keystrokes requires for the Macintosh version.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 1 Introducing Visual Basic for Applications
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Programming with VBA
Chapter 3 Worksheet Functions for Working with Matrices
Chapter 4 Number Series
Chapter 5 Interpolation
Chapter 6 Differentiation
Chapter 7 Integration
Chapter 8 Roots of Equations
Chapter 9 Systems of Simultaneous Equations
Chapter 10 Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations part 2
Chapter 11 Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations part 2
Chapter 12 Partial Differential Equations
Chapter 13 Linear Regression and Curve Fitting
Chapter 14 Nonlinear Regression Using the Solver
Chapter 15 Random Numbers and the Monte Cario Method
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 4:58am CEST by ganelon
With technical insights direct from the Windows Server team, this practical introduction delivers real-world implementation scenarios and pragmatic advice for administering Windows Server in the enterprise.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Windows Server 2008 at the Beta 3 milestone. Because Beta 3 is a pre-release version of the platform, some features will likely change before release to manufacturing (RTM) occurs. So the descriptions of these features in this book might not be completely accurate. However, please be assured that the author, working together with the Windows Server 2008 product team at Microsoft, has tried very hard to ensure that the information presented in this book will still be as accurate as possible even after RTM.
The target audience for this book is IT professionals who plan on deploying Windows Server 2008 in enterprise environments, and who might therefore be testing pre-release versions of Windows Server 2008 prior to rolling it out on their production networks. The book will be distributed widely at TechEd 2007 and other Microsoft events, but it will also be available through the usual commercial channels (bookstores) for IT pros who can’t make these events and who therefore might want to purchase it.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - Usage Scenarios
Chapter 03 - Windows Server Virtualization
Chapter 04 - Managing Windows Server 2008
Chapter 05 - Managing Server Roles
Chapter 06 - Windows Server Core
Chapter 07 - Active Directory Enhancements
Chapter 08 - Terminal Services Enhancements
Chapter 09 - Clustering Enhancements
Chapter 10 - Network Access Protection
Chapter 11 - Internet Information Services 7.0
Chapter 12 - Other Features and Enhancements
Chapter 13 - Deploying Windows Server 2008
Chapter 14 - Additional Resources
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Posted: September 18th, 2008, 1:16pm CEST by ganelon
This book is not just about SQL, but also about how SQL fits into the process of creating and maintaining databases and database applications. In this book, I cover how SQL fits into the larger world of application development and how it handles data coming in from other computers, which may be on the other side of the world, or even in interplanetary space.
I assume you may want to do a few things; for example, recreate some of the examples in the book. You may even want to enter some SQL code and execute it. To do that, you need at the very least an SQL editor, and more likely a database management system of some sort. Many choices are available, both proprietary and open-source. I mention several of these at various places throughout the book. I don’t recommend any one in particular. Any product that complies with the ANSI/ISO international SQL standard should be fine.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Book 1 - SQL Concepts
Book 2 - Relational Database Development
Book 3 - SQL Queries
Book 4 - Data Security
Book 5 - SQL and Programming
Book 6 - SQL and XML
Book 7 - Database Tuning Overview
Book 8 - Appendixes
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Posted: September 13th, 2008, 5:39am CEST by ganelon
This book is an introduction to modern credit risk methodology as well a cookbook for putting credit risk models to work. We hope that the two purposes go together well. From our own experience, analytical methods are best understood by implementing them.
We have chosen Excel as our primary tool because it is a universal and very flexible tool that offers elegant solutions to many problems. Even Excel freaks may admit that it is not their first choice for some problems. But even then, it is nonetheless great for demonstrating how to put models at work, given that implementation strategies are mostly transferable to other programming environments.
We also assume that the reader is somehow familiar with concepts from elementary statistics (e.g. probability distributions) and financial economics (e.g. discounting, options). Nevertheless, we explain basic concepts when we think that at least some readers might benefit from it. For example, we include appendices on maximum likelihood estimation or regressions.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Estimating Credit Scores with Logit
Chapter 02 - The Structural Approach to Default Prediction and Valuation
Chapter 03 - Transition Matrices
Chapter 04 - Prediction of Default and Transition Rates
Chapter 05 - Modeling and Estimating Default Correlations with the Asset Value Approach
Chapter 06 - Measuring Credit Portfolio Risk with the Asset Value Approach
Chapter 07 - Validation of Rating Systems
Chapter 08 - Validation of Credit Portfolio Models
Chapter 09 - Risk-Neutral Default Probabilities and Credit Default Swaps
Chapter 10 - Risk Analysis of Structured Credit: CDOs and First-to-Default Swaps
Chapter 11 - Basel II and Internal Ratings
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Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:42pm CEST by ganelon
This book talks about networks in everyday-and often irreverent-terms. The language is friendly; you don’t need a graduate education to get through it. And the occasional potshot helps unseat the hallowed and sacred traditions of networkdom, bringing just a bit of fun to an otherwise dry subject. The goal is to bring the lofty precepts of networking down to earth, where you can touch them and squeeze them and say, “What’s the big deal? I can do this!”
This isn’t the kind of book you pick up and read from start to finish, as if it were a cheap novel. If I ever see you reading it at the beach, I’ll kick sand in your face. This book is more like a reference, the kind of book you can pick up, turn to just about any page, and start reading. It has 29 chapters, each one covering a specific aspect of networking-such as printing on the network, hooking up network cables, or setting up security so that bad guys can’t break in. Just turn to the chapter you’re interested in and start reading.
This book works like a reference. Start with the topic you want to find out about. Look for it in the table of contents or in the index to get going. The table of contents is detailed enough that you should be able to find most of the topics you’re looking for. If not, turn to the index, where you can find even more detail. After you find your topic in the table of contents or the index, turn to the area of interest and read as much as you need or want. Then close the book and get on with it. Of course, this book is loaded with information, so if you want to take a brief excursion into your topic, you’re more than welcome. If you want to know the big security picture, read the whole chapter on security. If you just want to know how to create a decent password, read just the section on passwords. You get the idea.
Is this book useful for Macintosh users? Absolutely. Although the bulk of this book is devoted to showing you how to link Windows-based computers to form a network, you can find information about how to network Macintosh computers as well. Windows Vista? Gotcha covered. You’ll find plenty of information about how to network with the latest and greatest Microsoft operating system.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Networks Will Not Take Over the World, and Other Network Basics
Chapter 02 - Life on the Network
Chapter 03 - More Ways to Use Your Network
Chapter 04 - Planning Your Network
Chapter 05 - Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave-Cables, Adapters, and Other Stuff
Chapter 06 - Dealing with TCP/IP
Chapter 07 - Setting Up a Server
Chapter 08 - Configuring Windows XP and Vista Clients
Chapter 09 - Wireless Networking
Chapter 10 - Connecting Your Network to the Internet
Chapter 11 - Running a Mail Server
Chapter 12 - Creating an Intranet
Chapter 13 - Is It a Phone or a Computer? (Or, Understanding VoIP and Convergence)
Chapter 14 - Connecting from Home
Chapter 15 - Welcome to Network Management
Chapter 16 - Managing User Accounts with Active Directory
Chapter 17 - Managing Network Storage
Chapter 18 - Network Performance Anxiety
Chapter 19 - Solving Network Problems
Chapter 20 - How to Stay on Top of Your Network and Keep Its Users Off Your Back
Chapter 21 - Backing Up Your Data
Chapter 22 - Securing Your Network
Chapter 23 - Hardening Your Network
Chapter 24 - Networking with Linux
Chapter 25 - Macintosh Networking
Chapter 26 - More Than Ten Big Network Mistakes
Chapter 27 - Ten Networking Commandments
Chapter 28 - Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet
Chapter 29 - Layers of the OSI Model
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Posted: September 5th, 2008, 7:57pm CEST by ganelon
Creating a good presentation is much more than just clicking a few dialog boxes and typing some text. It requires knowledge and planning-lots of it. With the PowerPoint 2007 Bible you will not only be able to build a presentation with PowerPoint, but you’ll also be able to explain why you made the choices you did, and you’ll deliver that presentation smoothly and with confidence.
Experienced PowerPoint presenters will find the book full of coverage of Microsoft’s new Office user interface for PowerPoint, including the innovative Ribbon. Anyone using PowerPoint will appreciate the advice on how to avoid really bad PowerPoint, get beyond bullet points, and engage the audience by creating PowerPoint presentations that don’t suck.
As you probably guessed by the heft of the book, this is not a quick-fix shortcut to PowerPoint expertise. Instead, it’s a thoughtful, thorough educational tool that can be your personal trainer now and your reference text for years to come. That’s because this book covers PowerPoint from “cradle to grave.” No matter what your current expertise level with PowerPoint, this book brings you up to the level of the most experienced and talented PowerPoint users in your office. You might even be able to teach those old pros a thing or two!
But this book doesn’t stop with PowerPoint procedures. Creating a good presentation is much more than just clicking a few dialog boxes and typing some text. It requires knowledge and planning-lots of it. That’s why this book includes a whole chapter on planning a presentation, and another whole chapter on the practical issues involved in presenting one.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - A First Look at PowerPoint
Chapter 02 - What Makes a Great Presentation?
Chapter 03 - Creating and Saving Presentation Files
Chapter 04 - Creating Slides and Text Boxes
Chapter 05 - Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters
Chapter 60 - Formatting Text
Chapter 07 - Formatting Paragraphs and Text Boxes
Chapter 08 - Correcting and Improving Text
Chapter 09 - Creating and Formatting Tables
Chapter 10 - Drawing and Formatting Objects
Chapter 11 - Creating SmartArt Diagrams
Chapter 12 - Using and Organizing Clip Art
Chapter 13 - Working with Photographic Images
Chapter 14 - Working with Charts
Chapter 15 - Incorporating Data from Other Programs
Chapter 16 - Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks
Chapter 17 - Incorporating Motion Video
Chapter 18 - Creating Animation Effects and Transitions
Chapter 19 - Creating Support Materials
Chapter 20 - Preparing for a Live Presentation
Chapter 21 - Designing User-Interactive or Self-Running Presentations
Chapter 22 - Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution
Chapter 23 - Sharing and Collaborating
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Posted: September 5th, 2008, 11:09am CEST by ganelon
Secure Your Wireless Networks the Hacking Exposed Way. Including vital details on new, previously unpublished attacks alongside real-world countermeasures, this book offers tactical security information that will help you defend against the latest pervasive and devastating wireless attacks.
Defend against the latest pervasive and devastating wireless attacks using the tactical security information contained in this comprehensive volume. Hacking Exposed Wireless reveals how hackers zero in on susceptible networks and peripherals, gain access, and execute debilitating attacks. Find out how to plug security holes in Wi-Fi/802.11 and Bluetooth systems and devices. You’ll also learn how to launch wireless exploits from Metasploit, employ bulletproof authentication and encryption, and sidestep insecure wireless hotspots. The book includes vital details on new, previously unpublished attacks alongside real-world countermeasures.
This book is split into three different parts. Readers with a background in wireless fundamentals may feel comfortable skipping the first section. The second section contains the bulk of the content and is focused on attacks that are readily available today. More advanced readers will enjoy the third section, which explores specific attacks in greater detail and also covers the emerging threats to wireless users.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Wireless Security Overview
Chapter 02 - Radio Frequency
Chapter 03 - Introduction to 802.11
Chapter 04 - 802.11 Discovery
Chapter 05 - Scanning and Enumerating 802.11 Networks
Chapter 06 - Attacking 802.11 Networks
Chapter 07 - Attacking WPA-Protected 802.11 Networks
Chapter 08 - 802.11 Defense
Chapter 09 - Hacking Hotspots
Chapter 10 - The Potential Threat of Bluetooth
Chapter 11 - Advanced Attacks
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Posted: September 1st, 2008, 5:49pm CEST by ganelon
The objective of this book is to present and discuss new approaches to designing next-generation digital work environments. Currently the most pervasive computer systems, such as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, are based on the desktop metaphor. For many users and designers, these are the only digital work environments they have ever known. It is all too easy to assume that the desktop metaphor will always determine our experience of computer systems. The present book challenges this assumption.
Future systems may further develop, modify, or even abandon the metaphor. The book is an attempt to systematically explore a range of issues related to the design of inter active environments of the future, with a special focus on new design solutions, concepts, and approaches that could be employed in “postdesktop” systems.
The intention of this book is to discern the analysis and design of integrated digital work environments as a distinct area of HCI research and to support the consolidation of this emerging field. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of the most relevant research and makes an attempt to facilitate the coordination of this research.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - Beyond Lifestreams
Chapter 03 - Haystack
Chapter 04 - Explorations in Task Management on the Desktop
Chapter 05 - Personal Role Management
Chapter 06 - Soylent and ContactMap
Chapter 07 - Supporting Activity in Desktop and Ubiquitous Computing
Chapter 08 - From Desktop Task Management to Ubiquitous Activity-Based Computing
Chapter 09 - Users’ Theories of the Desktop Metaphor
Chapter 10 - Toward Integrated Work Environments
Chapter 11 - Beyond the Desktop Metaphor in Seven Dimensions
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Posted: August 26th, 2008, 12:14pm CEST by ganelon
This book is intended for analysts who wish to construct stochastic financial models, and anyone else interested in learning how to use Crystal Ball. Instructors with a practical bent may also find it useful as a supplement for courses in finance, management science, or industrial engineering.
The first six chapters of this book cover the features of Crystal Ball and OptQuest. Several examples are used to illustrate how these programs can be used to enhance deterministic Excel models for stochastic financial analysis and planning. The remaining seven chapters provide more detailed examples of how Crystal Ball and OptQuest can be used in financial risk analysis of investments in securities, derivatives, and real options.
The technical appendices provide details about the methods used by Crystal Ball in its algorithms, and a description of some methods of variance reduction that can be employed to increase the precision of your simulation estimates. All of the models described in the book are available on the accompanying CD-ROM, as is a link to a Web site from which a trial version of Crystal Ball may be downloaded.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - Analyzing Crystal Ball Forecasts
Chapter 03 - Building a Crystal Ball Model
Chapter 04 - Selecting Crystal Ball Assumptions
Chapter 05 - Using Decision Variables
Chapter 06 - Selecting Run Preferences
Chapter 07 - Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return
Chapter 08 - Modeling Financial Statements
Chapter 09 - Portfolio Models
Chapter 10 - Value at Risk
Chapter 11 - Simulating Financial Time Series
Chapter 12 - Financial Options
Chapter 13 - Real Options
Appendix A - Crystal Ball’s Probability Distributions
Appendix B - Generating Assumption Values
Appendix C - Variance Reduction Techniques
Appendix D - About the Download
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:52pm CEST by ganelon
I am going to show you how to customize almost every aspect of Windows Vista. By the time you are finished with this book, your Windows Vista will look and feel as if Microsoft designed it just for you.
Performance is a major component of your Windows Vista experience. Windows Vista demands more out of your hardware than ever before. After all, when you add many new features, various types of automation, and a slick 3D user interface, you are going to need something more powerful than a computer that barely runs Windows XP. However, you also do not need to go out and buy a completely new computer. In this book, I show you how to fine-tune the settings and features in Windows Vista to make it run faster on hardware that is not exactly the cutting edge anymore.
Hundreds of new security features protect your computer from all types of threats. This book shows you how to take advantage of the new security features as well as how to tame some of the more annoying features such as User Account Control while still benefiting from the feature’s protection.
This book is intended for all Windows Vista users who are interested in customizing the operating system, improving the performance, and using the latest security features and tools to secure Windows Vista. Previous Windows experience is necessary for this book. Most of the topics in this book are geared toward a more advanced Windows user, but every section is written in a way that even beginner Windows users can understand.
Windows Vista Ultimate is required to perform all tweaks and hacks mentioned in this book. You can use other versions of Windows Vista but you may find that certain sections do not work because that particular feature of Windows Vista is not in your version.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Customizing the Look of the Startup
Chapter 02 - Customizing User Navigation
Chapter 03 - Hacking the Desktop
Chapter 04 - Customizing the Appearance of the Windows Interface
Chapter 05 - Hacking Windows Explorer
Chapter 06 - Customizing IE7
Chapter 07 - Customizing Windows Media
Chapter 08 - Analyzing Your System
Chapter 09 - Speeding Up the System Boot
Chapter 10 - Making Your Computer Log On Faster
Chapter 11 - Speeding Up Windows Explorer
Chapter 12 - Optimizing Windows Core Components
Chapter 13 - Speeding Up Your Web Browser and Network Connection
Chapter 14 - Windows Security
Chapter 15 - Internet Security
Chapter 16 - Protecting Your Privacy
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:51pm CEST by ganelon
Written by a team of Oracle insiders, this authoritative book provides you with the most current coverage of the Oracle data warehousing platform as well as the full suite of business intelligence tools. You’ll learn how to leverage Oracle features and how those features can be used to provide solutions to a variety of needs and demands. Plus, you’ll get valuable tips and insight based on the authors’ real-world experiences and their own implementations.
Data warehouses are the core technology that businesses use to capture, store, and analyze vast amounts of business data, and Oracle has emerged as the leading database platform. Its business intelligence tools make it considerably easier to analyze data to support marketing, sales, and other initiatives. Written by a team of Oracle insiders, this authoritative book provides you with the most current coverage of the Oracle data warehousing platform as well as the full suite of business intelligence tools.
You’ll learn how to leverage Oracle features and how those features can be used to provide solutions to a variety of needs and demands. Plus, you’ll get valuable tips and insight based on the authors’ real-world experiences and their own implementations.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Oracle Business Intelligence
Chapter 02 - Oracle’s Transactional Business Intelligence
Chapter 03 - Introduction to Oracle Data Warehousing
Chapter 04 - Choosing a Platform
Chapter 05 - Designing for Usability
Chapter 06 - Business Intelligence Tools
Chapter 07 - Data Loading
Chapter 08 - Managing the Oracle Data Warehouse
Chapter 09 - Data Warehouse Performance Tuning and Monitoring
Chapter 10 - Scoping the Effort and an Approach for Success
Chapter 11 - Understanding Business Needs
Chapter 12 - Justifying Projects and Claiming Success
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:49pm CEST by ganelon
This handy guide helps you analyze the information you work with in your job to make better decisions. From grabbing external data to working with PivotCharts, database functions, and regression analysis, it shows you step by step how Excel can turn raw data into intelligible information.
Using Excel for data analysis is what this book is all about. This book assumes that you want to use Excel to learn new stuff, discover new secrets, and gain new insights into the information that you’re already working with in Excel — or the information stored electronically in some other format, such as in your accounting system.
This book isn’t meant to be read cover to cover like a Dan Brown page-turner. Rather, it’s organized into tiny, no-sweat descriptions of how to do the things that must be done. Hop around and read the chapters that interest you.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introducing Excel Tables
Chapter 02 - Grabbing Data from External Sources
Chapter 03 - Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
Chapter 04 - Working with PivotTables
Chapter 05 - Building PivotTable Formulas
Chapter 06 - Working with PivotCharts
Chapter 07 - Customizing PivotCharts
Chapter 08 - Using the Database Functions
Chapter 09 - Using the Statistics Functions
Chapter 10 - Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 11 - Inferential Statistics
Chapter 12 - Optimization Modeling with Solver
Chapter 13 - Almost Ten Things You Ought to Know about Statistics
Chapter 14 - Almost Ten Tips for Presenting Table Results and Analyzing Data
Chapter 15 - Ten Tips for Visually Analyzing and Presenting Data
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:48pm CEST by ganelon
By data mining the Web, we refer to the application of data mining methodologies, techniques, and models to the variety of data forms, structures, and usage patterns that comprise the World Wide Web. As the subtitle indicates, we are interested in uncovering patterns and trends in the content, structure, and use of the Web.
A good definition of data mining is that in Principles of Data Mining by David Hand, Heikki Mannila, and Padhraic Smyth (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001): “Data mining is the analysis of (often large) observational data sets to find unsuspected relationships and to summarize the data in novelways that are both understandable and useful to the data owner.” Data Mining the Web: Uncovering Patterns in Web Content, Structure, and Usage demonstrates how to apply data mining methods and models toWeb-based data forms.
The book provides the reader with models and techniques to uncover hidden nuggets of information in Webbased data, insight into how web mining algorithms really work, and finaly with experience of actually performing web mining on real-world data sets.
The book continues the coverage of data mining as a process. The particular standard process used is the CRISP-DM framework: the cross-industry standard process for data mining. CRISP-DM demands that data mining be seen as an entire process, from communication of the business problem through data collection and management, data preprocessing, model building, model evaluation, and finally, model deployment. Therefore, this book is not only for analysts and managers, but also for data management professionals, database analysts, decision makers, and others whowould like to leverage their repositories of Web-based data.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 1 - Information Retrieval Anad Web Search
Chapter 2 - HyperlinkK-Based Ranking
Chapter 3 - Clustering
Chapter 4 - Evaluating Clustering
Chapter 5 - Classification
Chapter 6 - Introduction To Web Usage Mining
Chapter 7 - Preprocessing For Web Usage Mining
Chapter 8 - Exploratory Data Analysis For Web Usage Mining
Chapter 9 - Modeling For Web Usage Mining
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Posted: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CEST by ganelon
This book covers elementary concepts in creating and manipulating 2D and 3D graphical objects, covering topics from classic graphics algorithms to perspective drawings and hidden-line elimination.
Completely revised and updated throughout, the second edition of this highly popular textbook contains a host of ready-to-run-programs and worked examples, illuminating general principles and geometric techniques. Ideal for classroom use or self-study, it provides a perfect foundation for programming computer graphics using Java.
Over the past few years, Java has evolved into more powerful programming environments. The most notable development related to computer graphics is its support for 3D graphics. Many application examples illustrated in this book could be readily implemented using Java 3D without any understanding of the internal working of the implementation, which we consider undesirable for computer science students. We therefore believe that this textbook continues to serve as an indispensable introduction to the foundation of computer graphics, on which many application program interfaces (APIs) and graphics libraries could be developed, and more importantly, how they are developed.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Elementary Concepts
Chapter 02 - Applied Geometry
Chapter 03 - Geometrical Transformations
Chapter 04 - Some Classic Algorithms
Chapter 05 - Perspective
Chapter 06 - Hidden-Line Elimination
Chapter 07 - Hidden-Face Elimination
Chapter 08 - Fractals
Appendix A - Linear Interpolation of 1/z
Appendix B - A Note on Event Handling
Appendix C - File Obj3D.java
Appendix D - Class CvHLines.java
Appendix E - Some Applications
Appendix F - Hints and Solutions to Exercises
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Posted: August 15th, 2008, 5:11am CEST by ganelon
Software Testing presents one of the first comprehensive guides to testing activities, ranging from test planning through test completion for every phase of software under development, and software under revision. Real life case studies are provided to enhance understanding as well as a companion website with tools and examples.
Software Testing: Testing Across the Entire Lifecycle provides the fundamental concepts and approaches to software testing. The topic is important for two reasons. First, according to US Government surveys there has been an estimated $59.5B in business losses since 2000 due to poor quality software. Second, based on the authors’ inability to find experienced software testers to address some of the estimated $22.2B testing opportunity, the current pool of experienced software testers is already gainfully employed.
The topic merits a book because in the authors’ opinion there is no single, comprehensive software testing textbook available that gives novice testers the whole picture. There are a large number of narrowly scoped, deep textbooks that are excellent for experienced testers, but they tend to leave the novice tester confused and discouraged. Our task is to provide the novice tester with a complete coverage of software testing as it is practiced today, as it will be practiced in the future, and as a viable career option.
This book takes a four-fold approach. First, it examines the general mind-set of a tester using non-technical examples like buying a car. Second, it examines the structured approach that emphasizes test planning. Third, it examines the choices of software testing approaches and when during the software development cycle they are normally used. Finally, it walks the reader through a software development project from end to end, demonstrating appropriate use of the software testing approaches previously discussed on an individual basis.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Overview of Testing
Chapter 02 - The Software Development Lifecycle
Chapter 03 - Overview of Structured Testing
Chapter 04 - Testing Strategy
Chapter 05 - Test Planning
Chapter 06 - Static Testing
Chapter 07 - Functional Testing
Chapter 08 - Structural (Non-functional) Testing
Chapter 09 - Performance Testing
Chapter 10 - The Testing Environment
Chapter 11 - Automated Testing Tools
Chapter 12 - Analyzing and Interpreting Test Results
Chapter 13 - A Full Software Development Lifecycle Testing Project
Chapter 14 - Testing Complex Applications
Chapter 15 - Future Directions in Testing. References
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Posted: August 1st, 2008, 6:13pm CEST by ganelon
This book is aimed at spreadsheet users who already have some familiarity with previous versions of Microsoft Excel and who want an overview of the modifications and new features being introduced with Microsoft Office 2007. The book is also intended to be a practical guide to anyone wishing to update their Excel skills and progress to the more advanced features of this essential spreadsheet application.
Many experienced users may initially find Excel 2007 rather disorientating. But Excel 2007: Beyond the Manual will introduce those who are already familiar with Excel basics to more advanced features, like consolidation, what-if analysis, PivotTables, sorting and filtering, and some commonly used functions.
You’ll learn how to maximize your efficiency at producing professional-looking spreadsheets and charts and become competent at analyzing data using a variety of tools. The book includes practical examples to illustrate advanced features. It also covers new features of Excel 2007 along with ways to access old features. You’ll even gain timesaving tips and shortcuts.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - What’s New in Excel 2007?
Chapter 02 - Customizing Excel
Chapter 03 - Excel Essentials
Chapter 04 - Styles and Formatting
Chapter 05 - Sorting and Filtering
Chapter 06 - Analyzing Data Using Subtotals, Consolidations, and Tables
Chapter 07 - Creating PivotTables and PivotCharts
Chapter 08 - Editing PivotTables and PivotCharts
Chapter 09 - What-If Analysis
Chapter 10 - Formulas and Functions
Chapter 11 - Charts
Chapter 12 - Adding Graphics to a Worksheet
Chapter 13 - Preventing and Correcting Errors
Chapter 14 - Protection and Security
Chapter 15 - Getting Data from External Sources
Chapter 16 - Sharing, Reviewing, and Distributing Data
Chapter 17 - SharePoint and Excel Services
Appendix A - Location of Popular Excel 2003 Commands in Excel 2007
Appendix B - Selecting Data in a PivotTable Report
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Posted: August 1st, 2008, 6:12pm CEST by ganelon
Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition purely and simply focuses on what you need to know to use Linux. It’s concise and to the point, aiming to re-create under Linux all the stuff you used to do under Windows, or even Apple Macintosh. But don’t think that this means Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition cuts corners. Wherever justified, this book spends time examining the topics you need to know in order to gain a complete and comprehensive understanding. For example, you’ll find a hefty chapter looking at the command-line prompt—arguably the heart of Linux and the element that gives Linux most of its power. There’s also an entire chapter discussing (and illustrating) how to initially install Ubuntu on your computer.
This book is split into seven parts, each of which contains chapters about a certain aspect of Ubuntu use. These parts can be read in sequence, or you can dip in and out of them at will. Whenever a technical term is mentioned, a reference is made to the chapter where that term is explained.
This second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to take into account improvements introduced with the 6.10 release of Ubuntu (code-named Edgy Eft). The previous edition covered the 5.10 release, and the changes introduced with the 6.10 release, though often subtle, make a dramatic difference in the Ubuntu experience.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Welcome!
Chapter 02 - A History and Politics Lesson
Chapter 03 - The Realities of Running Linux
Chapter 04 - Preinstallation Steps
Chapter 05 - Installing Ubuntu
Chapter 06 - Solving Installation Problems
Chapter 07 - Booting Ubuntu for the First Time
Chapter 08 - Getting Everything Up and Running
Chapter 09 - How to Secure Your Computer
Chapter 10 - Personalizing Ubuntu
Chapter 11 - Ubuntu Replacements for Windows Programs
Chapter 12 - Managing Your Files
Chapter 13 - Introducing the BASH Shell
Chapter 14 - Understanding Linux Files and Users
Chapter 15 - Working with Text Files
Chapter 16 - Taking Control of the System
Chapter 17 - Cool Shell Tricks
Chapter 18 - Digital Audio
Chapter 19 - Movies and Multimedia
Chapter 20 - Digital Photos
Chapter 21 - Making the Move to OpenOffice.org
Chapter 22 - OpenOffice.org Overview
Chapter 23 - In Depth: Writer
Chapter 24 - In Depth: Calc
Chapter 25 - In Depth: Impress
Chapter 26 - In Depth: Base
Chapter 27 - In Depth: Evolution
Chapter 28 - Installing and Removing Software
Chapter 29 - Managing Users
Chapter 30 - Optimizing Your System
Chapter 31 - Backing Up Data
Chapter 32 - Scheduling Tasks
Chapter 33 - Accessing Computers Remotely
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:40pm CEST by ganelon
This redbook identifies some of the basic design aspects of IP networks and explains how to deal with them when implementing new IP networks or redesigning existing IP networks. This project focuses on internetwork and transport layer issues such as address and name management, routing, network management, security, load balancing and performance, design impacts of the underlying networking hardware, remote access, quality of service, and platform-specific issues. Application design aspects, such as e-mail, gateways, Web integration, etc., are discussed briefly where they influence the design of an IP network.
After a general discussion of the aforementioned design areas, this redbook provides three examples for IP network design, depicting a small, medium and large network. You are taken through the steps of the design and the reasoning as to why things are shown one way instead of another. Of course, every network is different and therefore these examples are not intended to generalize. Their main purpose is to illustrate a systematic approach to an IP network design given a specific set of requirements, expectations, technologies and budgets.
This redbook will help you design, create or change IP networks implementing the basic logical infrastructures required for a successful operation of such networks. This book does not describe how to deploy corporate applications such as e-mail, e-commerce, Web server or distributed databases, just to name a few.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - The Network Infrastructure
Chapter 03 - Address, Name and Network Management
Chapter 04 - IP Routing and Design
Chapter 05 - Remote Access
Chapter 06 - IP Security
Chapter 07 - Multicasting and Quality of Service
Chapter 08 - Internetwork Design Study
Appendix A - Voice over IP
Appendix B - IBM TCP/IP Products Functional Overview
Appendix C - Special Notices
Appendix D - Related Publications
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:16am CEST by ganelon
This book describes how you can use multiple databases and both Oracle8 and Oracle7 distributed system features to best advantage. It covers design, configuration of SQL*Net/Net8, security, and Oracle’s distributed options (advanced replication, snapshots, multi-master replication, updateable snapshots, procedural replication, and conflict resolution). Includes a complete API reference for built-in packages and a diskette with many helpful scripts and utilities.
Any organization that uses the Oracle relational database management system (RDBMS) these days needs to use multiple databases. In a distributed database environment, data in two or more databases is accessible as if it were in a single database. Usually, the different databases are on different servers, which may be located at the same site or a continent away. Communication between the servers takes place via SQL*Net (for Oracle7) or Net8 (for Oracle8).
This book describes how you can use multiple databases and the distributed features of Oracle to best advantage
TABLE OF CONTENT:
01 - Introduction to Distributed Systems
02 - SQL*Net and Net8
03 - Configuration and Administration
04 - Distributed Database Security
05 - Designing a Distributed System
06 - Oracle’s Distributed System Implementation
07 - Sample Configurations
08 - Engineering Considerations
09 - Oracle Replication Architecture
10 - Advanced Replication Installation
11 - Basic Replication
12 - Multi-Master Replication
13 - Updateable Snapshots
14 - Procedural Replication
15 - Conflict Avoidance and Resolution Techniques
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:15am CEST by ganelon
With this completely up-to-date tutorial and reference, you’ll quickly learn how to develop Visual Basic (VB) programs that leverage the latest features of Vista and .NET 3.0. The tutorial section walks you through VB.NET from scratch, providing you with in-depth descriptions of the development environment, basic program syntax, and standard controls. You’ll also explore the fundamental concepts in object-oriented programming with VB.
In the comprehensive reference section, you’ll find out how to take advantage of specific VB features. Expert Rod Stephens shows you how to draw images, use GDI+ routines, and generate printed output. You’ll also discover how to build an application that interacts with its environment, save and load data in external sources, and use standard dialog controls. This approach makes it easier than ever to learn this powerful language and create your own dynamic programs.
This book is intended for programmers of all levels. It describes the Visual Basic .NET language from scratch, so you don’t need experience with previous versions of the language. The book also covers many intermediate and advanced topics. It covers topics in enough depth that even experienced developers will discover new tips, tricks, and language details. After you have mastered the language, you may still find useful tidbits throughout the book, and the reference appendixes will help you look up easily forgotten details.
The chapters move quickly through the more introductory material. If you have never programmed before and are intimidated by computers, then you might want to read a more introductory book first. If you are a beginner who’s not afraid of the computer, then you should have few problems learning Visual Basic .NET from this book.
If you have programmed in any other language, then fundamentals such as variable declarations, data types, and arrays should be familiar to you, so you should have no problem with this book. The index and reference appendices should be particularly useful in helping you translate from the languages you already know into the corresponding Visual Basic syntax.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - IDE
Chapter 02 - Controls in General
Chapter 03 - Program and Module Structure
Chapter 04 - Data Types, Variables, and Constants
Chapter 05 - Operators
Chapter 06 - Subroutines and Functions
Chapter 07 - Program Control Statements
Chapter 08 - Error Handling
Chapter 09 - Introduction to Windows Forms Controls
Chapter 10 - Forms
Chapter 11 - Database Controls and Objects
Chapter 12 - Custom Controls
Chapter 13 - Drag and Drop, and the Clipboard
Chapter 14 - UAC Security
Chapter 15 - OOP Concepts
Chapter 16 - Classes and Structures
Chapter 17 - Namespaces
Chapter 18 - Collection Classes
Chapter 19 - Generics
Chapter 20 - Drawing Basics
Chapter 21 - Brushes, Pens, and Paths
Chapter 22 - Text
Chapter 23 - Image Processing
Chapter 24 - Printing
Chapter 25 - Reporting
Chapter 26 - Windows Presentation Foundation
Chapter 27 - Configuration and Resources
Chapter 28 - Streams
Chapter 29 - File-System Objects
Chapter 30 - Windows Workflow Foundation
Chapter 31 - Windows Communication Foundation
Chapter 32 - Useful Namespaces
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