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Adaptive User Support

Ergonomic Design of Manually and Automatically Adaptable Software

Edited by Reinhard Oppermann ...

Series series Computers, Cognition, and Work Series
The potential of software applications to solve an array of office and administrative problems is increasing faster than the ability of users to exploit it. We need to make systems easier to learn and more comfortable to use. This book reports a major advance in the effort to accomplish both goals.Flexcel enables users to modify access and dialog dynamics to their specific requirements. Relying on ... Read more

$94.99 USD

The potential of software applications to solve an array of office and administrative problems is increasing faster than the ability of users to exploit it. We need to make systems easier to learn and more comfortable to use. This book reports a major advance in the effort to accomplish both goals.Flexcel enables users to modify access and dialog dynamics to their specific requirements. Relying on
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Test-Driven Development

An Empirical Evaluation of Agile Practice

by Lech Madeyski ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Agile methods are gaining more and more interest both in industry and in research. Many industries are transforming their way of working from traditional waterfall projects with long duration to more incremental, iterative and agile practices. At the same time, the need to evaluate and to obtain evidence for different processes, methods and tools has been emphasized.Lech Madeyski offers the first ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Agile methods are gaining more and more interest both in industry and in research. Many industries are transforming their way of working from traditional waterfall projects with long duration to more incremental, iterative and agile practices. At the same time, the need to evaluate and to obtain evidence for different processes, methods and tools has been emphasized.Lech Madeyski offers the first
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Software Engineering

The Current Practice

by Vaclav Rajlich ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Innovations in Software Engineering and Software Development Series
This text teaches students basic software engineering skills and helps practitioners refresh their knowledge and explore recent developments in the field, including software changes and iterative processes of software development. The book discusses the software change and its phases, including concept location, impact analysis, refactoring, actualization, and verification. It then covers the most ... Read more

$132.99 USD

This text teaches students basic software engineering skills and helps practitioners refresh their knowledge and explore recent developments in the field, including software changes and iterative processes of software development. The book discusses the software change and its phases, including concept location, impact analysis, refactoring, actualization, and verification. It then covers the most
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Testing Code Security

by Maura A. van der Linden ...

The huge proliferation of security vulnerability exploits, worms, and viruses place an incredible drain on both cost and confidence for manufacturers and consumers. The release of trustworthy code requires a specific set of skills and techniques, but this information is often dispersed and decentralized, encrypted in its own jargon and terminology, and can take a colossal amount of time and data ... Read more

$69.99 USD

The huge proliferation of security vulnerability exploits, worms, and viruses place an incredible drain on both cost and confidence for manufacturers and consumers. The release of trustworthy code requires a specific set of skills and techniques, but this information is often dispersed and decentralized, encrypted in its own jargon and terminology, and can take a colossal amount of time and data
... Read more
Intelligent Control and Design of Converters for Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicle Applications

Edited by Ravi Raushan, Md Waseem Ahmad, Ranjan Kumar Behera, Ramani Kannan, Anubrata Das ...

Series series Power Electronics
The book discusses aspects such as converter design, control techniques, and other functionality augmented in the controllers mandated by the grid. It further explains how the power from renewable energy is converted to electrical energy and integrated into the grid smoothly. It showcases how an electrical motor powered by a battery is controlled in electric vehicles.Features:Incorporates the ... Read more

$179.99 USD

The book discusses aspects such as converter design, control techniques, and other functionality augmented in the controllers mandated by the grid. It further explains how the power from renewable energy is converted to electrical energy and integrated into the grid smoothly. It showcases how an electrical motor powered by a battery is controlled in electric vehicles.Features:Incorporates the
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Practical Microservices with Dapr and .NET

A developer's guide to building cloud-native applications using the Dapr event-driven runtime

by Davide Bedin ...

Use the new, enticing, and highly portable event-driven runtime to simplify building resilient and scalable microservices for cloud and edge applicationsKey FeaturesBuild resilient, stateless, and stateful microservice applications that run on the cloud and edgeSolve common distributed systems such as low latency and scaling using any language and frameworkUse real-time and proactive monitoring ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use the new, enticing, and highly portable event-driven runtime to simplify building resilient and scalable microservices for cloud and edge applicationsKey FeaturesBuild resilient, stateless, and stateful microservice applications that run on the cloud and edgeSolve common distributed systems such as low latency and scaling using any language and frameworkUse real-time and proactive monitoring
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Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Jasper Livingstone, Artificial intelligence ...

Understanding AI's Future: A Guide to Shaping What Comes NextArtificial Intelligence is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace. The real question isn't whether AI will change the future—it's how we choose to shape it.Understanding AI's Future is a practical, accessible guide to the opportunities, challenges, and decisions that will define the next era of AI. Whether you're a business ... Read more

$14.49 USD

Understanding AI's Future: A Guide to Shaping What Comes NextArtificial Intelligence is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace. The real question isn't whether AI will change the future—it's how we choose to shape it.Understanding AI's Future is a practical, accessible guide to the opportunities, challenges, and decisions that will define the next era of AI. Whether you're a business
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How To Be An Agile Business Analyst

by Kent J McDonald ...

How To Be An Agile Business Analyst is about applying your business analysis skills in an agile manner. You’ll still see the term agile business analyst, but the agile here describes how you approach business analysis.This book helps business analysts be an effective member of a team working in an agile fashion. It explains how to add value to your team and how to apply your business analysis ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

How To Be An Agile Business Analyst is about applying your business analysis skills in an agile manner. You’ll still see the term agile business analyst, but the agile here describes how you approach business analysis.This book helps business analysts be an effective member of a team working in an agile fashion. It explains how to add value to your team and how to apply your business analysis
... Read more
Grundkurs Mobile Kommunikationssysteme

LTE-Advanced Pro, UMTS, HSPA, GSM, GPRS, Wireless LAN und Bluetooth

by Martin Sauter ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Der Mobilfunk ist nach wie vor einer der sich am schnellsten entwickelnden Zweige der Telekommunikation und so erscheint nun schon die 7. Auflage des umfangreichen Nachschlagewerks. Detailliert und praxisnah aufbereitet liefert es grundlegendes Wissen zu den gängigen mobilen Kommunikationssystemen.Klar und verständlich erläutert der Autor die Technik der verschiedenen Standards für die mobile ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Der Mobilfunk ist nach wie vor einer der sich am schnellsten entwickelnden Zweige der Telekommunikation und so erscheint nun schon die 7. Auflage des umfangreichen Nachschlagewerks. Detailliert und praxisnah aufbereitet liefert es grundlegendes Wissen zu den gängigen mobilen Kommunikationssystemen.Klar und verständlich erläutert der Autor die Technik der verschiedenen Standards für die mobile
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Learning by Doing with National Instruments Development Boards

by Jivan Shrikrishna Parab, Ingrid Anne Nazareth, Rajendra S. Gad, Gourish Naik ...

Learning by Doing with National Instruments Development Boards starts with a brief introduction to LabVIEW programming, which is required to explore the National Instrument platform, an introduction that includes detailed installation and licensing setup. Further, it gives the features and configuration setup of NI SPEEDY-33, NI ELVIS and myRIO boards. The focus of the book is on worked-out case ... Read more

$72.99 USD

Learning by Doing with National Instruments Development Boards starts with a brief introduction to LabVIEW programming, which is required to explore the National Instrument platform, an introduction that includes detailed installation and licensing setup. Further, it gives the features and configuration setup of NI SPEEDY-33, NI ELVIS and myRIO boards. The focus of the book is on worked-out case
... Read more
Testing Complex and Embedded Systems

by Kim H. Pries, Jon M. Quigley ...

Many enterprises regard system-level testing as the final piece of the development effort, rather than as a tool that should be integrated throughout the development process. As a consequence, test teams often execute critical test plans just before product launch, resulting in much of the corrective work being performed in a rush and at the last minute.Presenting combinatorial approaches for ... Read more

$135.99 USD

Many enterprises regard system-level testing as the final piece of the development effort, rather than as a tool that should be integrated throughout the development process. As a consequence, test teams often execute critical test plans just before product launch, resulting in much of the corrective work being performed in a rush and at the last minute.Presenting combinatorial approaches for
... Read more
Anonymous Communication Networks

Protecting Privacy on the Web

by Kun Peng ...

In today's interactive network environment, where various types of organizations are eager to monitor and track Internet use, anonymity is one of the most powerful resources available to counterbalance the threat of unknown spectators and to ensure Internet privacy.Addressing the demand for authoritative information on anonymous Internet usage, Ano ... Read more

$69.99 USD

In today's interactive network environment, where various types of organizations are eager to monitor and track Internet use, anonymity is one of the most powerful resources available to counterbalance the threat of unknown spectators and to ensure Internet privacy.Addressing the demand for authoritative information on anonymous Internet usage, Ano
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Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution

Toward Converged Network Services

by Vijay K. Gurbani, Xian-He Sun ...

Series series Informa Telecoms & Media
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) uses services as the baseline for developing new architectures and applications, as networks are built specifically to satisfy service requirements. Most services are currently handled over different networks, but newer services will soon require cross-network support. Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) uses services as the baseline for developing new architectures and applications, as networks are built specifically to satisfy service requirements. Most services are currently handled over different networks, but newer services will soon require cross-network support. Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution
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Continuous Architecture in Practice

Software Architecture in the Age of Agility and DevOps

by Eoin Woods, Murat Erder, Pierre Pureur ...

Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Vernon)
Update Your Architectural Practices for New Challenges, Environments, and Stakeholder Expectations"I am continuously delighted and inspired by the work of these authors. Their first book laid the groundwork for understanding how to evolve the architecture of a software-intensive system, and this latest one builds on it in some wonderfully actionable ways."--Grady Booch, Chief Scientist for ... Read more

$38.69 USD

Update Your Architectural Practices for New Challenges, Environments, and Stakeholder Expectations"I am continuously delighted and inspired by the work of these authors. Their first book laid the groundwork for understanding how to evolve the architecture of a software-intensive system, and this latest one builds on it in some wonderfully actionable ways."--Grady Booch, Chief Scientist for
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Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement

by Louis Poulin ...

Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement recommends the critical practices that aid in the successful delivery of software products and services. The author describes the observations that he made over a period of ten years in IT projects and organizations. He focuses on the areas of software development and maintenance, highlighting the most frequently encountered problems that occur due ... Read more

$159.99 USD

Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement recommends the critical practices that aid in the successful delivery of software products and services. The author describes the observations that he made over a period of ten years in IT projects and organizations. He focuses on the areas of software development and maintenance, highlighting the most frequently encountered problems that occur due
... Read more
Images, Photos and Videos in iOS 11

Learn how to work with images and video in iOS 11 with Swift 4 and Xcode 9

by J.D Gauchat ...

Learn how to incorporate images, video and audio into your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to display images, how to create the app's icons and launching screen, how to play video and audio, how to manage the user's Photos Library, how to record video and audio from the camera and the microphone, and how to apply filters with Core Image.Table of ContentsIMAGESUsing ... Read more

$2.84 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to incorporate images, video and audio into your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to display images, how to create the app's icons and launching screen, how to play video and audio, how to manage the user's Photos Library, how to record video and audio from the camera and the microphone, and how to apply filters with Core Image.Table of ContentsIMAGESUsing
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Scroll Views in iOS 11

Learn how to scroll content in iOS 11 with Swift 4

by J.D Gauchat ...

Learn how to incorporate Scroll Views into your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to create and configure a Scroll View, how to zoom in and out its content, how to divide it into pages, and how to define the user interface inside a Scroll View to allow the user to scroll it.Table of ContentsSCROLL VIEWSScroll ViewsScrollingZoomingPagesScrolling the InterfaceQUICK ... Read more

$2.84 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to incorporate Scroll Views into your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to create and configure a Scroll View, how to zoom in and out its content, how to divide it into pages, and how to define the user interface inside a Scroll View to allow the user to scroll it.Table of ContentsSCROLL VIEWSScroll ViewsScrollingZoomingPagesScrolling the InterfaceQUICK
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SwiftUI Framework

Quick Guides for Masterminds

by J.D Gauchat ...

Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need.DescriptionWith this guide, you will learn how to create user interfaces using SwiftUI.After reading this guide, you will know how to define views with SwiftUI, how to keep the ... Read more

$4.36 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need.DescriptionWith this guide, you will learn how to create user interfaces using SwiftUI.After reading this guide, you will know how to define views with SwiftUI, how to keep the
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The Laws of Software Process

A New Model for the Production and Management of Software

by Phillip G. Armour ...

Within one generation, software has become one of the principal sources of wealth in the world. The development and use of software has grown faster than for any artifact in the history of the world. Probably no topic or subject in history has accelerated in its rate of practice as software has. Software development now needs to mature into a disciplined activity to overcome the difficulties that ... Read more

$126.99 USD

Within one generation, software has become one of the principal sources of wealth in the world. The development and use of software has grown faster than for any artifact in the history of the world. Probably no topic or subject in history has accelerated in its rate of practice as software has. Software development now needs to mature into a disciplined activity to overcome the difficulties that
... Read more
Smart Card Security

Applications, Attacks, and Countermeasures

by Brij B. Gupta, Megha Quamara ...

Series series Security, Privacy, and Trust in Mobile Communications
Smart Card Security: Applications, Attacks, and Countermeasures provides an overview of smart card technology and explores different security attacks and countermeasures associated with it. It covers the origin of smart cards, types of smart cards, and how they work. It discusses security attacks associated with hardware, software, data, and users that are a part of smart card–based systems.The ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Smart Card Security: Applications, Attacks, and Countermeasures provides an overview of smart card technology and explores different security attacks and countermeasures associated with it. It covers the origin of smart cards, types of smart cards, and how they work. It discusses security attacks associated with hardware, software, data, and users that are a part of smart card–based systems.The
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Systems Engineering Tools and Methods

Edited by Ali K. Kamrani, Maryam Azimi ...

Series series Engineering and Management Innovation
Waste, inadequate system performance, cost overruns, and schedule problems often result from failure to apply advanced systems engineering early in project development. Systems engineering is a systematic method to manage the formulation, analysis, and interpretation of what a system will produce and whether the outcome is the one that is desired. This book provides detailed discussions on ... Read more

$171.99 USD

Waste, inadequate system performance, cost overruns, and schedule problems often result from failure to apply advanced systems engineering early in project development. Systems engineering is a systematic method to manage the formulation, analysis, and interpretation of what a system will produce and whether the outcome is the one that is desired. This book provides detailed discussions on
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Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide - AWS edition

A complete exam prep guide with practical examples, best practices, and real-world Terraform skills

by Mattias Fjellström ...

Prepare for the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification with hands-on labs, real-world workflows, and practical Infrastructure as Code guidanceKey FeaturesMaster Terraform workflows through practical lab-based examplesStrengthen HCL, AWS, and Infrastructure as Code skillsPrepare for real certification scenarios with hands-on exercisesPurchase of the print or Kindle book ... Read more

$32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Prepare for the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification with hands-on labs, real-world workflows, and practical Infrastructure as Code guidanceKey FeaturesMaster Terraform workflows through practical lab-based examplesStrengthen HCL, AWS, and Infrastructure as Code skillsPrepare for real certification scenarios with hands-on exercisesPurchase of the print or Kindle book
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Database and Applications Security

Integrating Information Security and Data Management

by Bhavani Thuraisingham ...

This is the first book to provide an in-depth coverage of all the developments, issues and challenges in secure databases and applications. It provides directions for data and application security, including securing emerging applications such as bioinformatics, stream information processing and peer-to-peer computing. Divided into eight sections, ... Read more

$187.99 USD

This is the first book to provide an in-depth coverage of all the developments, issues and challenges in secure databases and applications. It provides directions for data and application security, including securing emerging applications such as bioinformatics, stream information processing and peer-to-peer computing. Divided into eight sections,
... Read more
Leadership Principles for Project Success

by Thomas Juli ...

This book is about project success and the secret to achieving this success, effective project leadership. Filled with samples, templates, and guidelines, it covers the five principles of effective project leadership: building vision, nurturing collaboration, promoting performance, cultivating learning, and ensuring results. Using nontechnical language, this practical guide explains how to ... Read more

$120.99 USD

This book is about project success and the secret to achieving this success, effective project leadership. Filled with samples, templates, and guidelines, it covers the five principles of effective project leadership: building vision, nurturing collaboration, promoting performance, cultivating learning, and ensuring results. Using nontechnical language, this practical guide explains how to
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