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Computer networking : a top-down approach

Kurose, James F.,|e Author

Unique among computer networking texts, the 8th Edition, Global Edition, of the popular Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach builds on the authors’ long tradition of teaching this complex subject through layered approach in a “top-down manner.” The text works its way from the application layer down toward the physical layer, motivating students bye posing them to important concepts early in their study of networking.Focusing on the Internet and the fundamentally important issues of networking,this text provides an excellent foundation for students in computer science and electrical engineering, without requiring extensive knowledge of programming or mathematics. The 8th Edition, Global Edition, has been updated to reflect the most important and exciting recent advances in networking,including the importance of software-defined networking (SDN) and the rapid adoption of 4G/5G networks and the mobile applications they enable.

Date Published:2021

A first course in differential equations with applications

Zill, Dennis G., 1940-

Accompanied by a 4 3/4 inches computer disc. This popular text was created for a one-year undergraduate course or beginning graduate course in partial differential equations, including the elementary theory of complex variables. It employs a framework in which the general properties of partial differential equations, such as characteristics, domains of independence, and maximum principles, can be clearly seen. The only prerequisite is a good course in calculus.

Date Published:1989

A first course in complex analysis with applications

Zill, Dennis G., 1940-

Includes index. Complex numbers and the complex plane -- Complex functions and mappings -- Analytic functions -- Elementary functions -- Integration in the complex plane -- Series and residues -- Conformal mappings. The new Second Edition of A First Course in Complex Analysis with Applications is a truly accessible introduction to the fundamental principles and applications of complex analysis. Designed for the undergraduate student with a calculus background but no prior experience with complex variables, this text discusses theory of the most relevant mathematical topics in a student-friendly manner. With Zill's clear and straightforward writing style, concepts are introduced through numerous examples and clear illustrations. Students are guided and supported through numerous proofs providing them with a higher level of mathematical insight and maturity. Each chapter contains a separate section on the applications of complex variables, providing students with the opportunity to develop a practical and clear understanding of complex analysis.

Date Published:2010

Atomic habits : an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones : tiny changes, remarkable results

Clear, James, 11/08/2024.

Introduction: My story -- The fundamentals: Why tiny changes make a big difference -- The 1st law: Make it obvious -- The 2nd law: Make it attractive -- The 3rd law: Make it easy -- The 4th law : Make it satisfying -- Advanced tactics: How to go from being merely good to being truly great -- Conclusion: The secret to results that last. "In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of habit stacking, the unexpected power of the two minute rule, or the trick to entering the goldilocks zone), and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. Along the way, he tells inspiring stories of olympic gold medalists, leading CEOs, and distinguished scientists who have used the science of tiny habits to stay productive, motivated, and happy. These small changes will have a revolutionary effect on your career, your relationships, and your life." -- provided by publisher. Summary:"No matter your goals, Atomic habits offers a proven framework for getting 1% better every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. In Atomic habits, you'll get a plan that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be readily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to vault to the top of their fields. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are an athlete looking to win a championship, an leader hoping to optimize and organization, or an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, and achieve success that lasts."--Container .

Date Published:2018

Artificial intelligence

Usmani, Zeeshan Ul Hassan,

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Continuous Deployment : Enable Faster Feedback, Safer Releases, and More Reliable Software

Servile, Valentina,

Methods of delivering software are constantly evolving in order to increase speed to market without sacrificing reliability and stability. Mastering development end to end, from version control to production, and building production-ready code is now more important than ever. Continuous deployment takes it one step further. This method for delivering software automates the final step to production and enables faster feedback and safer releases. Based on years of work with medium to large organizations at Thoughtworks, author Valentina Servile explains how to perform safe and reliable deployments with no manual gate to production. You'll learn a framework to perform incremental, safe releases during everyday development work, structured exclusively around the challenges of continuous deployment in nontrivial, distributed systems. Complete with interviews and case studies from fellow industry professionals. Close the feedback loop and leverage the production environment to manage your end-to-end development lifecycle efficiently. This book helps you: Take observability, performance, test automation, and security into account when splitting work into increments Create a daily development plan that takes immediate deployments to production into account Deploy work in progress to production incrementally without causing regressions Use patterns to refactor live functionality and alter persistence layers Test and release features in production using different feature toggle configurations.

Date Published:2024

Cost and management accounting : an introduction

Drury, Colin

Previous ed.: International Thomson Publishing, 1998. Accompanying material: Students' manual. The aim of this established and best-selling textbook is to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of cost and management accounting. The book is intended primarily for accounting students who are pursuing a one or two semester basic introductory cost and management accounting course. It covers the basic topics needed on an introductory course in management accounting. Costing: An Introduction is a companion volume to Management and Cost Accounting, which includes more advanced topics not suitable for introductory courses. Overall, the book is a rigorous, clear and easy-to understand introduction to management accounting, with a tried and tested successful format that has enabled literally thousands of students to pass their exams.

Date Published:2003

Engineering circuit analysis

Hayt, William H., (William Hart), 1920-1999.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Overview of Text -- 1.2.Relationship of Circuit Analysis to Engineering -- 1.3.Analysis and Design -- 1.4.Computer-Aided Analysis -- 1.5.Successful Problem-Solving Strategies -- Reading Further -- ch. 2 Basic Components And Electic Circuits -- 2.1.Units and Scales -- 2.2.Charge, Current, Voltage, and Power -- 2.3.Voltage and Current Sources -- 2.4.Ohm's Law -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 3 Voltage And Current Laws -- 3.1.Nodes, Paths, Loops, and Branches -- 3.2.Kirchhoffs Current Law -- 3.3.Kirchhoffs Voltage Law -- 3.4.The Single-Loop Circuit -- 3.5.The Single-Node-Pair Circuit -- 3.6.Series and Parallel Connected Sources -- 3.7.Resistors in Series and Parallel -- 3.8.Voltage and Current Division -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 4 Basic Nodal And Mesh Analysis -- 4.1.Nodal Analysis -- 4.2.The Supernode -- 4.3.Mesh Analysis -- 4.4.The Supermesh -- 4.5.Nodal vs. Mesh Analysis: A Comparison -- 4.6.Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 5 Handy Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 5.1.Linearity and Superposition -- 5.2.Source Transformations -- 5.3.Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits -- 5.4.Maximum Power Transfer -- 5.5.Delta-Wye Conversion -- 5.6.Selecting an Approach: A Summary of Various Techniques -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 6 The Operational Amplifier -- 6.1.Background -- 6.2.The Ideal Op Amp: A Cordial Introduction -- 6.3.Cascaded Stages -- 6.4.Circuits for Voltage and Current Sources -- 6.5.Practical Considerations -- 6.6.Comparators and the Instrumentation Amplifier -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 7 Capacitors And Inductors -- 7.1.The Capacitor -- 7.2.The Inductor -- 7.3.Inductance and Capacitance Combinations -- 7.4.Consequences of Linearity -- 7.5.Simple Op Amp Circuits with Capacitors -- 7.6.Duality -- 7.7.Modeling Capacitors and Inductors with PSpice -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 8 Basic Rl And Rc Circuits -- 8.1.The Source-Free RL Circuit -- 8.2.Properties of the Exponential Response -- 8.3.The Source-Free RC Circuit -- 8.4.A More General Perspective -- 8.5.The Unit-Step Function -- 8.6.Driven RL Circuits -- 8.7.Natural and Forced Response -- 8.8.Driven AC Circuits -- 8.9.Predicting the Response of Sequentially Switched Circuits -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 9 The Rcl Circuit -- 9.1.The Source-Free Parallel Circuit -- 9.2.The Overdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.3.Critical Damping -- 9.4.The Underdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.5.The Source-Free Series RLC Circuit -- 9.6.The Complete Response of the RLC Circuit -- 9.7.The Lossless LC Circuit -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis -- 10.1.Characteristics of Sinusoids -- 10.2.Forced Response to Sinusoidal Functions -- 10.3.The Complex Forcing Function -- 10.4.The Phasor -- 10.5.Impedance and Admittance -- 10.6.Nodal and Mesh Analysis -- 10.7.Superposition, Source Transformations and Thevenin's Theorem -- 10.8.Phasor Diagrams -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 11 Ac Circuit Power Analysis -- 11.1.Instantaneous Power -- 11.2.Average Power -- 11.3.Effective Values of Current and Voltage -- 11.4.Apparent Power and Power Factor -- 11.5.Complex Power -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 12 Polyphase Circuits -- 12.1.Polyphase Systems -- 12.2.Single-Phase Three-Wire Systems -- 12.3.Three-Phase Y-Y Connection -- 12.4.The Delta (A) Connection -- 12.5.Power Measurement in Three-Phase Systems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits -- 13.1.Mutual Inductance -- 13.2.Energy Considerations -- 13.3.The Linear Transformer -- 13.4.The Ideal Transformer -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 14 Complex Frequency And The Laplace Transform -- 14.1.Complex Frequency -- 14.2.The Damped Sinusoidal Forcing Function -- 14.3.Definition of the Laplace Transform -- 14.4.Laplace Transforms of Simple Time Functions -- 14.5.Inverse Transform Techniques -- 14.6.Basic Theorems for the Laplace Transform -- 14.7.The Initial-Value and Final-Value Theorems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 15 Circuit Analysis In The s-Domain -- 15.1.Z(s) and Y(s) -- 15.2.Nodal and Mesh Analysis in the s-Domain -- 15.3.Additional Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 15.4.Poles, Zeros, and Transfer Functions -- 15.5.Convolution -- 15.6.The Complex-Frequency Plane -- 15.7.Natural Response and the s Plane -- 15.8.A Technique for Synthesizing the Voltage Ratio H(s) = V out/V in -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 16 Frequency Response -- 16.1.Parallel Resonance -- 16.2.Bandwidth and High-Q Circuits -- 16.3.Series Resonance -- 16.4.Other Resonant Forms -- 16.5.Scaling -- 16.6.Bode Diagrams -- 16.7.Basic Filter Design -- 16.8.Advanced Filter Design -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 17 Two-Port Networks -- 17.1.One-Port Networks -- 17.2.Admittance Parameters -- 17.3.Some Equivalent Networks -- 17.4.Impedance Parameters -- 17.5.Hybrid Parameters -- 17.6.Transmission Parameters -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 18 Fourier Circuit Analysis -- 18.1.Trigonometric Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.2.The Use of Symmetry -- 18.3.Complete Response to Periodic Forcing Functions -- 18.4.Complex Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.5.Definition of the Fourier Transform -- 18.6.Some Properties of the Fourier Transform -- 18.7.Fourier Transform Pairs for Some Simple Time Functions -- 18.8.The Fourier Transform of a General Periodic Time Function -- 18.9.The System Function and Response in the Frequency Domain -- 18.10.The Physical Significance of the System Function -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises. The hallmark feature of this classic text is its focus on the student - it is written so that students may teach the science of circuit analysis to themselves. Terms are clearly defined when they are introduced, basic material appears toward the beginning of each chapter and is explained carefully and in detail, and numerical examples are used to introduce and suggest general results. Simple practice problems appear throughout each chapter, while more difficult problems appear at the end of chapters, following the order of presentation of text material. This introduction and resulting repetition provide an important boost to the learning process. Hayt's rich pedagogy supports and encourages the student throughout by offering tips and warnings, using design to highlight key material, and providing lots of opportunities for hands-on learning. The thorough exposition of topics is delivered in an informal way that underscores the authors' conviction that circuit analysis can and should be fun.

Date Published:2012

Digital design : with an introduction to the Verilog HDL

Mano, M. Morris, 1927-

Includes index. Accompanied by a 4 3/4 inches computer disc. Digital Design, fifth edition is a modern update of the classic authoritative text on digital design. This book teaches the basic concepts of digital design in a clear, accessible manner. The book presents the basic tools for the design of digital circuits and provides procedures suitable for a variety of digital applications.

Date Published:2014

Data science from scratch : first principles with Python

Grus, Joel,

Introduction A crash course in Python Visualizing data Linear algebra Statistics Probability Hypothesis and inference Gradient descent Getting data Working with data Machine learning k-Nearest neighbors Naive bayes Simple linear regression Multiple regression Logistic regression Decision trees Neural networks Deep learning Clustering Natural language processing Network analysis Recommender systems Databases and SQL MapReduce Data ethics Go forth and do data science. Data science libraries, frameworks, modules, and toolkits are great for doing data science, but they're also a good way to dive into the discipline without actually understanding data science. With this updated second edition, you'll learn how many of the most fundamental data science tools and algorithms work by implementing them from scratch. If you have an aptitude for mathematics and some programming skills, author Joel Grus will help you get comfortable with the math and statistics at the core of data science, and with hacking skills you need to get started as a data scientist. Today's messy glut of data holds answers to questions no one's even thought to ask. This book provides you with the know-how to dig those answers out.

Date Published:2019

Linear algebra and its applications

Lay, David C.

Includes index (12 p.). Linear algebra is relatively easy for students during the early stages of the course, when the material is presented in a familiar, concrete setting. But when abstract concepts are introduced, students often hit a brick wall. Instructors seem to agree that certain concepts (such as linear independence, spanning, subspace, vector space, and linear transformations), are not easily understood, and require time to assimilate. Since they are fundamental to the study of linear algebra, students' understanding of these concepts is vital to their mastery of the subject. Lay introduces these concepts early in a familiar, concrete Rn setting, develops them gradually, and returns to them again and again throughout the text. Finally, when discussed in the abstract, these concepts are more accessible. .

Date Published:2003

Object-oriented software design in C++

Mak, Ronald, 1953-,

Object-Oriented Software Design in C++ introduces object-oriented design principles, practices, and patterns in clear, jargon-free language. The instantly familiar before-and-after examples highlight the benefits of good design. Each chapter is full of friendly conversations that anticipate your questions and help point out the subtleties you might overlook. Along the way, you'll pick up tips about idiomatic C++ style that will set your code apart.

Date Published:2024

Introduction to autonomous mobile robots

Siegwart, Roland.

Mobile robots range from the Mars Pathfinder mission's teleoperated Sojourner to the cleaning robots in the Paris Metro. This text offers students and other interested readers an introduction to the fundamentals of mobile robotics, spanning the mechanical, motor, sensory, perceptual, and cognitive layers the field comprises. The text focuses on mobility itself, offering an overview of the mechanisms that allow a mobile robot to move through a real world environment to perform its tasks, including locomotion, sensing, localization, and motion planning. It synthesizes material from such fields as kinematics, control theory, signal analysis, computer vision, information theory, artificial intelligence, and probability theory. The book presents the techniques and technology that enable mobility in a series of interacting modules. Each chapter treats a different aspect of mobility, as the book moves from low-level to high-level details. It covers all aspects of mobile robotics, including software and hardware design considerations, related technologies, and algorithmic techniques. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with 130 pages of new material on such topics as locomotion, perception, localization, and planning and navigation. Problem sets have been added at the end of each chapter. Bringing together all aspects of mobile robotics into one volume, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots can serve as a textbook or a working tool for beginning practitioners. Curriculum developed by Dr. Robert King, Colorado School of Mines, and Dr. James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, to accompany the National Instruments LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit, are available. Included are 13 (6 by Dr. King and 7 by Dr. Conrad) laboratory exercises for using the LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit to teach mobile robotics concepts.

Date Published:2011

Modern control design : with MATLAB and SIMULINK

Tewari, Ashish

Preface. Introduction. Linear Systems and Classical Control. State-Space Representation. Solving the State-Equations. Control System Design in State-Space. Linear Optimal Control. Kalman Filters. Digital Control Systems. Advanced Topics in Modern Control. Appendix A: Introduction to MATLAB, SIMULINK and the Control System Toolbox. Appendix B: Review of Matrices and Linear Algebra. Appendix C: Mass, Stiffness, and Control Influence Matrices of the Flexible Spacecraft. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index. In this book, Tewari emphasizes the physical principles and engineering applications of modern control system design. Instead of detailing the mathematical theory, MATLAB examples are used throughout.

Date Published:2002

Discrete stochastic processes and optimal filtering

Bertein, Jean-Claude.

"First published in France in 2005 by Hermes Science/Lavoisier entitled "Processus stochastiques discrets et filtrages optimaux"." Optimal filtering applied to stationary and non-stationary signals provides the most efficient means of dealing with problems arising from the extraction of noise signals. Moreover, it is a fundamental feature in a range of applications, such as in navigation in aerospace and aeronautics, filter processing in the telecommunications industry, etc. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this area, discussing random and Gaussian vectors, outlining the results necessary for the creation of Wiener and adaptive filters used for stationary signals, as well as examining Kalman filters which are used in relation to non-stationary signals. Exercises with solutions feature in each chapter to demonstrate the practical application of these ideas using Matlab.

Date Published:2007

Digital and Kalman Filtering : an Introduction to Discrete-Time Filtering and Optimum Linear Estimation.

Bozic, S. M,

This text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students provides a concise introduction to increasingly important topics in electrical engineering: digital filtering, filter design, and applications in the form of the Kalman and Wiener filters. The first half focuses on digital filtering, covering FIR and IIR filter design and other concepts. The second half addresses filtering noisy data to extract a signal, with chapters on nonrecursive (FIR Wiener) estimation, recursive (Kalman) estimation, and optimum estimation of vector signals. The treatment is presented in tutorial form, but readers are assumed to be familiar with basic circuit theory, statistical averages, and elementary matrices. Central topics are developed gradually, including both worked examples and problems with solutions, and this second edition features new material and problems.

Date Published:2018

C++ how to program

Deitel, Paul J.

H.M. Deitel's name appeared first on t.p. of earlier ed. Includes index. Accompanied by a 4 3/4 inches computer disc. For Introduction to Programming (CS1) and other more intermediate courses covering programming in C++. Also appropriate as a supplement for upper-level courses where the instructor uses a book a reference for the C++ language.This best-selling comprehensive text is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It teaches programming by presenting the concepts in the context of full working programs and takes an early-objects approach. The authors emphasize achieving program clarity through structured and object-oriented programming, software reuse and component-oriented software construction. The Seventh Edition encourages students to connect computers to the community, using the Internet to solve problems and make a difference in our world. All content has been carefully fine-tuned in response to a team of distinguished academic and industry reviewers.

Date Published:2010

C++ how to program

Deitel, Paul J.,

"Introducing the new C++14 Standard" -- title page. Includes index. . Introduction to computers and C++ -- Introduction to C++ programming, input/output and operators -- Introduction to classes, objects, member functions and string s-- Algorithm development and control statements: part I -- Control statements, part 2; logical operators -- Functions and an introduction to recursion -- Class templates array and vector; catching exceptions -- Pointers -- Classes: a deeper look -- Operator overloading; Class string -- Object-oriented programming: inheritance -- Object-oriented programming: polymorphism -- Stream input/output: a deeper look -- File processing -- Standard library containers and ilerators -- Standard library algorithms -- Exception handling: a deeper look -- Introduction to custom templates -- Custom templatized data structures -- Searching and sorting -- Class string and string stream processing: a deeper look -- Bits, characters, C strings and structs -- Operator precedence and associativity -- ASCII character set -- Fundamental types -- Number systems -- Preprocessor. C++ How to Program presents leading-edge computing technologies in a friendly manner appropriate for introductory college course sequences, based on the curriculum recommendations of two key professional organizations–the ACM and the IEEE.The best-selling C++ How to Program is accessible to readers with little or no programming experience, yet comprehensive enough for the professional programmer. The Deitels’ signature live-code approach presents the concepts in the context of full working programs followed by sample executions. The early objects approach gets readers thinking about objects immediately–allowing them to more thoroughly master the concepts. Emphasis is placed on achieving program clarity and building well-engineered software. Interesting, entertaining, and challenging exercises encourage students to make a difference and use computers and the Internet to work on problems. To keep readers up-to-date with leading-edge computing technologies, the Tenth Edition conforms to the C++11 standard and the new C++14 standard. Also available with MyLab Programming This title is also available with MyLab ™ Programming—an online learning system designed to engage students and improve results. MyLab Programming consists of a set of programming exercises correlated to the programming concepts in this book. Through hundreds of practice problems, the system automatically detects errors in the logic syntax of their code submissions and offers targeted hints that enable students to figure out what went wrong–and why. MyLab Programming improves the programming competence of beginning students who often struggle with the basic concepts and paradigms of popular high-level programming languages. For instructors, comprehensive gradebook tracks correct and incorrect answers and stores the code inputted by students for review. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Programming does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Programming, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. .

Date Published:2017

Internet of things and secure smart environments : successes and pitfalls

"The main goal of Internet of Things is to make secure, reliable, and fully automated smart environments. However, there are many technological challenges in deploying IoT. This includes connectivity and networking, timeliness, power and energy consumption dependability, security and privacy, compatibility and longevity, and network/protocol standards. Internet of Things and Secure Smart Environments: Successes and Pitfalls will provide a comprehensive overview of recent research and open problems in the area of IoT research. It covers state of the art problems, presents solutions, and open research directions for researchers and scholars in both the industry and academia"--

Date Published:2021

The prince

Machiavelli, NiccolÃ², 1469-1527.

We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.' Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims. Responsible for the widely-used phrase ?Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Date Published:2011