About the Book
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- New chapter on satellite positioning systems.
- New photographs and instrument profiles, highlighting the latest equipment.
- New revised material throughout, including coverage of the surveying of existing buildings.
- New improved style and presentation to increase the text's clarity and accessibility.
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- Shows why operating systems are needed and what they do, in great detail.
- Written at a pace and level that is appropriate for introductory-level students, including numerous illustrations to visually reinforce concepts.
- Uses the most current versions of popular operating systems, such as WIndows XP, WIndows 2003, Linux, Macintosh OS X, and Novell.
- New chapter on Macintosh OS X internals.
- Less focus on mainframe operating systems to allow for more coverage on common PC operating systems.
- Material on IBM/OS JCL from previous editions has been condensed into a new appendix. These chapters are still available online at http://aw-bc.com/davis.
- Network operating system coverage has been revised to provide the state-of-the-art in this important area. It progresses from how the Internet infrastructure works, to client-server systems, to examples from common operating systems.
- All new thought provoking exercises added to the end of each chapter for multiple practice opportunities
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- Integrates discussion of the science and practice of clinical psychology throughout the text.
- “Focus on Ethics” sections appear in every chapter and the “2002 Ethics Code” is reprinted in the appendix, giving this text a stronger emphasis on ethics than any other Clinical Psychology text available.
- Chapter 4, “Biological Models in Psychology,” is entirely devoted to discussing biological models and their influence on clinical psychology.
- Chapter 10, “Psychotherapy: Research Issues and Efficacy,” discusses research methods in psychotherapy, since an understanding on how evidence is gathered is crucial to understanding the workings of contemporary clinical psychology.
- Case examples throughout the text help students develop an appreciation of clinical psychology as an applied science.
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- Motivates theoretical developments by connecting them to practical issues
- Introduces every result and proof with an informal overview to build intuition
- Introduces models through finite automata, then builds to universal models, including recursion theory
- Emphasizes complexity theory, beginning with a detailed discussion of resource use in computation
- Includes large numbers of examples and illustrates abstract ideas through diagrams
- Gives informal presentation of difficult recent results with profound implications for computing
About the Authors
Bernard Moret is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Moret received the University’s Graduate Teacher of the Year award, the College of Engineering’s Teaching Excellence award, and the Student’s Faculty Recognition award. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithms. In this capacity and through his research, he has worked to bridge the gap between theory and applications, emphasizing the need for grounding theoretical developments upon problems of practical importance. Dr. Moret also co-authored Algorithms from P to NP, Volume I: Design and Efficiency, published by Benjamin/Cummings in 1991.Features
- Embraces all of the main subject areas associated with multimedia communications in a single textbook;
- Extensive use of details diagrams and worked examples as an aid to understanding each major topic;
- End of chapter exercises associated with all topics covered.
About the Authors
Fred Halsall is a Professor of Communications Engineering at the University of Wales, Swansea. Professor Halsall has been involved in research and education in the field of computer networking for the past 30 years. He has published over 50 refereed journal and conference papers. His four textbooks include the successful Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems. He is a Fellow of the IEE and a member of the IEEE.Features
- New!
Offers fully updated material- New!
Strategies for using the Internet as a promotional tool- New!
Day in the Life sidebars
- New!
Video cases
- A focus on profitability
- An emphasis on the three elements of “The Meal Experience”
- Strong coverage of marketing and promotions
- Three chapters devoted to selecting, training and motivating employees
- Quick Bites
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- A wealth of tried-and-tested Discussion Questions, Exercises, Problems, and the more rigorous Challenge Problems cover quantitative and qualitative aspects of all key concepts and integrate real-life situations.
- The ISEE (Identify, Set Up, Execute, Evaluate) problem-solving strategy is used consistently throughout the text to help students build their problem-solving skills.
- Problem-Solving Strategy Boxes coach the students in how to approach specific types of problems. All employ the ISEE strategy.
- The popular Caution Paragraphs focus on typical misconceptions and student problem areas.
About the Authors
Hugh D. Young is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Carnegie Mellon for both undergraduate and graduate study and earned his Ph.D. in fundamental particle theory under the direction of the late Richard Cutkosky. He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1956 and has also spent two years as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
Prof. Young is an enthusiastic skier, climber, and hiker. He also served for several years as Associate Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh, and has played numerous organ recitals in the Pittsburgh area. Prof. Young and his wife Alice usually travel extensively in the summer, especially in Europe and in the desert canyon country of southern Utah.
Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Freedman was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles, and did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. He came to UCSB in 1981 after three years teaching and doing research at the University of Washington.
At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy. When not in the classroom or slaving over a computer, Dr. Freedman can be found either flying (he holds a commercial pilot’s license) or driving with his wife, Caroline, in their 1960 Nash Metropolitan convertible.
A. Lewis Ford is Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University. He received a B.A. from Rice University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. After a one-year postdoc at Harvard University, he joined the Texas A&M physics faculty in 1973 and has been there ever since. Professor Ford’s research area is theoretical atomic physics, with a specialization in atomic collisions. At Texas A&M he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, but primarily introductory physics.Features
- Rewritten material on satellites—Includes their history; orbits; elevation categories; orbital patterns; and antenna look angles.
- Materials in the Fundamentals chapters on AM envelopes—Produced by complex nonsinusoidal signals, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, noise limiters and blankers, alternate signal-to-noise measurements, single-sideband suppressed carrier, frequency division multiplexing, double-sideband suppressed carrier, quadrature multiplexing, microstrip, and stripline.
- Material in the Advanced chapters—On trellis encoding, CCITT modem recommendations, PCM line speed, extended superframe format, wavelength division multiplexing, Kepler's laws, Clark orbits, limits of visibility, Satellite Radio Navigation and Navstar GPS.
- Optical fiber communications has been moved from Chapter 20 to Chapter 11—Includes new sections on light sources, optical power, optical sources and link budget.
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- Over 1,000 objective questions
- More than 300 short-answer questions
- Over 50 formulae for ready reference
- Short answer questions, MCQs, true/false statements, and review questions
- Problems from university and competitive examinations
- A step-by-step approach to solving problems
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- Increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process
- It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy
About the Authors
Andy Hunt is an avid woodworker and musician, but, curiously, he is more in demand as a consultant. He has worked in telecommunications, banking, financial services, and utilities, as well as in more exotic fields, such as medical imaging, graphic arts, and Internet services. Andy specializes in blending tried-and-true techniques with leading-edge technologies, creating novel--but practical--solutions. Andy owns his own consulting business in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dave Thomas likes to fly single-engine airplanes and pays for his habit by finding elegant solutions to difficult problems, consulting in areas as diverse as aerospace, banking, financial services, telecommunications, travel and transport, and the Internet. Before moving to the United States in 1994, Dave founded an ISO9001-certified English software company that delivered sophisticated, custom software projects throughout the world. Dave is now an independent consultant based in Dallas, Texas.Features
- Comprehensive Coverage—Offers extensive coverage on C++ programming concepts.
- Provides students with the fundamentals of C++.
- Object-Oriented Programming—Uses the C++ language.
- Explains object-oriented programming to students through the C++ language.
- Emphasis on why these concepts exist and how to utilize them to create efficient applications.
- Teaches students the background behind the concepts and how to make them work more effectively.
- Tutorial-style.
- Gives the students a “hands-on” approach to object-oriented programming.
- Increased coverage of UML—Illustrates program structure and flow.
- Helps students comprehend important concepts.
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- integrated with detailed examples which illustrate key concepts and enlarge the theory. Every major section of the text includes at least one example of a design-oriented problem where the theory is applied.
- Presents an overview of digital communication systems and the concept of information.
- Includes a brief introduction to the application of information theory to cryptography.
- Makes extensive use of explicit examples that illustrate the methods and theory throughout the text.
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- All new CCNA Security coverage from the No. 1 selling CCNA product line
- Includes coverage of all CCNA Security topics on the test, as well as a CD testing engine for exam practice and preparation
- Expert guidance from best-selling author Kevin Wallace and Michael Watkins reinforces conceptual knowledge, hones configuration skills, and better prepares you for the CCNA Security exam
About the Authors
Michael Watkins, CCNA/CCNP/CCVP/CCSP, is a full-time senior technical instructor with SkillSoft Corporation. With 13 years of network management, training, and consulting experience, he has worked with organizations such as Kraft Foods, Johnson and Johnson, Raytheon, and the U.S. Air Force to help them implement and learn about the latest network technologies. In addition to holding more than 20 industry certifications in the areas of networking and programming technologies, he holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wabash College.
Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945, is a certified Cisco instructor working full time for SkillSoft, where he teaches courses in the Cisco CCSP, CCVP, and CCNP tracks. With 19 years of Cisco networking experience, he has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He is also a CCVP, CCSP, CCNP, and CCDP, with multiple Cisco security and IP communications specializations.
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- Extensive use of modern computer simulation methods and examples—Integrated into each chapter.
- Early, broad exposure to a complete chip manufacturing process.
- Examples of modern manufacturing practice.
- Historical perspective and introduction.
- An integrated view of silicon technology—with an emphasis on modern computer simulation.
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- Illustrated concepts for students with relevant programming examples, many written in Visual C++ with embedded assembly language code.
- Coverage of how to develop software to control application interfaces to the microprocessor.
- Coverage of how to program the microprocessor using the popular Microsoft Visual C programming environment with embedded assembly language to control personal computers.
- Descriptions of how to use real mode (DOS) and protected mode (Windows) of the microprocessor.
- Explanation of the operation of a real-time operating system (RTOS) in an embedded environment.
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- SI units used throughout
- Includes all major developments in single-mode fibers
- Contains a wealth of worked examples, problems and exercises
- Has broadest coverage of optical amplifiers and optic devices
- Coverage of advanced systems and techniques
- Extensive references throughout the text
- Worked examples illustrate applications
- Coverage of op amps and soliton systems
- Updated and expanded coverage of optical networks
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- Numerous case studies, more specifically Indian scenarios, making it relevant for Indian students
- Detailed discussion and studies of ethics practiced in Indian businesses
- Simple and lucid language to explain concepts and theories of business ethics and corporate governance
- Plenty of contextually relevant cases that show ethics in practice in large and small real-world companies
- Exhaustive references of books, journals and magazines to facilitate research
- A comparative study of how various countries approach corporate governance
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- A CD-ROM containing MS Excel and Minitab data file for all the problems presented in the book.
- Research in Action confers the readers with the ability to link concepts in the chapter with the real time practices of the industry.
- The inclusion of Indian case studies provides a relatable and comprehendible platform for the students to apply in actual industrial situations.
- Multivariate analysis computation difficulties are minimized by implementing solutions through software’s.
- Extensive use of explanatory dialog boxes reinforces critical concepts providing simple descriptions for complex theories.
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- Based on the latest syllabus of the GATE, IES and PSUs.
- Over 3,000 MCQs as well as a mock tests based on the real PSU, GATE and IES examinations
- Three levels set in these books depending on the structure of the examination pattern
- Includes diagrams, tables, step-wise listing of key concepts to help the students to clear the doubts.
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- Alignment with the new civil services preliminary examination (CSAT) pattern that is coverage as per the format of Paper I and Paper II
- Dynamic CSAT Dashboard – a dynamic library of useful content for CSAT 2012
- Provides four colour comprehensive map booklet
- Special chapter “Aptitude Building for the CSAT” provides useful tips, strategies and activities on building the aptitude
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- This book is mapped to the WBUT syllabus.
- A roadmap to the syllabus facilitates easy location of topics.
- More than 150 solved examples and 350 practice problems will help students prepare for their exams.
- This book includes a solved university question paper.
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- The topic flow of this book exactly matches that of the GTU syllabus
- Includes last year’s GTU question paper with suggested answers
- Important points are highlighted in boxes to give clarity of concepts and help quick recapitulation from the exam point of view
- Review questions at the end of each chapter help with self assessment
- End-of-chapter summaries aid quick revision
- Contains model question papers with hints
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Management and Organizations
- Management History
- Organizational Structure and Design
- Organizational Culture and Environment
- Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
