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Dependence Analysis for Supercomputing (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988): Utpal Banerjee Dependence Analysis for Supercomputing (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
Utpal Banerjee
R1,374 Discovery Miles 13 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book is on dependence concepts and general methods for dependence testing. Here, dependence means data dependence and the tests are compile-time tests. We felt the time was ripe to create a solid theory of the subject, to provide the research community with a uniform conceptual framework in which things fit together nicely. How successful we have been in meeting these goals, of course, remains to be seen. We do not try to include all the minute details that are known, nor do we deal with clever tricks that all good programmers would want to use. We do try to convince the reader that there is a mathematical basis consisting of theories of bounds of linear functions and linear diophantine equations, that levels and direction vectors are concepts that arise rather natu rally, that different dependence tests are really special cases of some general tests, and so on. Some mathematical maturity is needed for a good understand ing of the book: mainly calculus and linear algebra. We have cov ered diophantine equations rather thoroughly and given a descrip of some matrix theory ideas that are not very widely known. tion A reader familiar with linear programming would quickly recog nize several concepts. We have learned a great deal from the works of M. Wolfe, and K. Kennedy and R. Allen. Wolfe's Ph. D. thesis at the University of Illinois and Kennedy & Allen's paper on vectorization of Fortran programs are still very useful sources on this subject."

Information Systems Development - Advances in Methodologies, Components, and Management (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Information Systems Development - Advances in Methodologies, Components, and Management (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Marite Kirikova, Janis Grundspenkis, Wita Wojtkowski, W. Gregory Wojtkowski, Stanislaw Wrycza, …
R1,488 Discovery Miles 14 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book is the result of the 11 th International Conference on Information Systems Development -Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice, held in Riga, Latvia, September 12-14,2002. The purpose of this conference was to address issues facing academia and industry when specifying, developing, managing, reengineering and improving information systems. Recently many new concepts and approaches have emerged in the Information Systems Development (ISD) field. Various theories, methodologies, methods and tools available to system developers also created new problems, such as choosing the most effective approach for a specific task, or solving problems of advanced technology integration into information systems. This conference provides a meeting place for ISD researchers and practitioners from Eastern and Western Europe as well as from other parts of the world. Main objectives of this conference are to share scientific knowledge and interests and to establish strong professional ties among the participants. The 11th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'02) continues the tradition started with the first Polish-Scandinavian Seminar on Current Trends in Information Systems Development Methodologies, held in Gdansk, Poland in 1988. Through the years this Seminar has evolved into the International Conference on Information Systems Development. ISD'02 is the first ISD conference held in Eastern Europe, namely, in Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries.

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming (Paperback, 1st ed.): Ole Henry Halvorsen, Douglas Clarke OS X and iOS Kernel Programming (Paperback, 1st ed.)
Ole Henry Halvorsen, Douglas Clarke
R2,056 Discovery Miles 20 560 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming combines essential operating system and kernel architecture knowledge with a highly practical approach that will help you write effective kernel-level code. You'll learn fundamental concepts such as memory management and thread synchronization, as well as the I/O Kit framework. You'll also learn how to write your own kernel-level extensions, such as device drivers for USB and Thunderbolt devices, including networking, storage and audio drivers. OS X and iOS Kernel Programming provides an incisive and complete introduction to the XNU kernel, which runs iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Mac OS X servers and clients. Then, you'll expand your horizons to examine Mac OS X and iOS system architecture. Understanding Apple's operating systems will allow you to write efficient device drivers, such as those covered in the book, using I/O Kit. With OS X and iOS Kernel Programming, you'll: Discover classical kernel architecture topics such as memory management and thread synchronization Become well-versed in the intricacies of the kernel development process by applying kernel debugging and profiling tools Learn how to deploy your kernel-level projects and how to successfully package them Write code that interacts with hardware devices Examine easy to understand example code that can also be used in your own projects Create network filters

Whether you're a hobbyist, student, or professional engineer, turn to OS X andiOS Kernel Programming and find the knowledge you need to start developing What you'll learn OS X and iOS common core architecture How to write extremely efficient code by exploiting kernel details Coding kernel-level extensions How to write device drivers How to program the I/O Kit framework Key mobile device topics like power management driversand video capture modules To understand OS X memory management and threads To parse kernel debug messages and package projects ready for deployment Who this book is for

This book is suited for Intermediate and advanced iPhone and OS X programmers ready for the next step Kernel-level programmers interested in how OS X and iOS function Open source programmers with a background in Linuxor BSD, OS X and iOS Programmers interested in application performance System administrators running OS X clusters Table of Contents Operating System Fundamentals Mac OS X and iOS Xcode and the Kernel Development Environment The I/O Kit Framework Interacting with Drivers fromApplications Memory Management Synchronisation and Threading USB Drivers PCI and Thunderbolt Power Management Serial Port Drivers Core Audio Network Drivers Storage Drivers and Filesystems User-Space Drivers Debugging and Profiling Advanced Kernel Programming Deployment

Specification and Analysis of Concurrent Systems - The COSY Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Specification and Analysis of Concurrent Systems - The COSY Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Ryszard Janicki, Peter E. Lauer
R2,724 Discovery Miles 27 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Concurrent systems abound in human experience but their fully adequate conceptualization as yet eludes our most able thinkers. The COSY (ConcurrentSystem) notation and theory was developed in the last decade as one of a number of mathematical approaches for conceptualizing and analyzing concurrent and reactive systems. The COSY approach extends theconventional notions of grammar and automaton from formal language and automata theory to collections of "synchronized" grammars and automata, permitting system specification and analysis of "true" concurrency without reduction to non-determinism. COSY theory is developed to a great level of detail and constitutes the first uniform and self-contained presentationof all results about COSY published in the past, as well as including many new results. COSY theory is used to analyze a sufficient number of typical problems involving concurrency, synchronization and scheduling, to allow the reader to apply the techniques presented tosimilar problems. The COSY model is also related to many alternative models of concurrency, particularly Petri Nets, Communicating Sequential Processes and the Calculus of Communicating Systems.

Parallel Language and Compiler Research in Japan (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995): Lubomir Bic,... Parallel Language and Compiler Research in Japan (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
Lubomir Bic, Alexandru Nicolau, Mitsuhisa Sato
R5,208 Discovery Miles 52 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Parallel Language and Compiler Research in Japan offers the international community an opportunity to learn in-depth about key Japanese research efforts in the particular software domains of parallel programming and parallelizing compilers. These are important topics that strongly bear on the effectiveness and affordability of high performance computing systems. The chapters of this book convey a comprehensive and current depiction of leading edge research efforts in Japan that focus on parallel software design, development, and optimization that could be obtained only through direct and personal interaction with the researchers themselves.

Architecture of Computing Systems -- ARCS 2013 - 26th International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, February 19-22, 2013... Architecture of Computing Systems -- ARCS 2013 - 26th International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, February 19-22, 2013 Proceedings (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Hana Kubatova, Christian Hochberger, Martin Danek, Bernhard Sick
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2013, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in February 2013. The 29 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. The topics covered are computer architecture topics such as multi-cores, memory systems, and parallel computing, adaptive system architectures such as reconfigurable systems in hardware and software, customization and application specific accelerators in heterogeneous architectures, organic and autonomic computing including both theoretical and practical results on self-organization, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and self-protection techniques, operating systems including but not limited to scheduling, memory management, power management, RTOS, energy-awareness, and green computing.

Security and Trust Management - 6th International Workshop, STM 2010, Athens, Greece, September 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected... Security and Trust Management - 6th International Workshop, STM 2010, Athens, Greece, September 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2011)
Jorge Cuellar, Javier Lopez, Gilles Barthe, Alexander Pretschner
R1,744 Discovery Miles 17 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management, STM 2010, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2010.
The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. Focusing on high-quality original unpublished research, case studies, and implementation experiences, STM 2010 encouraged submissions discussing the application and deployment of security technologies in practice.

PC Viruses - Detection, Analysis and Cure (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): Alan Solomon PC Viruses - Detection, Analysis and Cure (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Alan Solomon
R1,421 Discovery Miles 14 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

PC viruses are not necessarily a major disaster despite what is sometimes written about them. But a virus infection is at the very least a nuisance, and potentially can lead to loss of data. Quite often it is the user's panic reaction to discovering a virus infection that does more than the virus itself. This book demystifies PC viruses, providing clear, accurate information about this relatively new PC problem. It enables managers and PC users to formulate an appropriate response; adequate for prevention and cure, but not `over the top'. Over 100 PC viruses and variants are documented in detail. You are told how to recognise each one, what it does, how it copies itself, and how to get rid of it. Other useful and relevant technical information is also provided. Strategies for dealing with potential and actual virus outbreaks are described for business, academic and other environments, with the emphasis on sensible but not unreasonable precautions. All users of IBM PC or compatible computers - from single machines to major LAN's - will find this book invaluable. All that is required is a working knowledge of DOS. Dr. Alan Solomon has been conducting primary research into PC viruses since they first appeared, and has developed the best-selling virus protection software Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit.

Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies - 9th International Symposium, APPT 2011, Shanghai, China, September 26-27, 2011,... Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies - 9th International Symposium, APPT 2011, Shanghai, China, September 26-27, 2011, Proceedings (Paperback, 2011)
Olivier Temam, Pen-Chung Yew, Binyu Zang
R1,721 Discovery Miles 17 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies, APPT 2011, held in Shanghai, China, in September 2011. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on parallel distributed system architectures, architecture, parallel application and software, distributed and cloud computing.

iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Rory Lewis, Chad Mello iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Rory Lewis, Chad Mello
R1,852 Discovery Miles 18 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don't you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C and Cocoa touch? The answer is that you don't need to know any of those things Anybody can start building simple apps for the iPhone and iPad, and this book will show you how. This update of an Apress bestseller walks you through creating your first app, using plain English and practical examples using the iOS 6 software development platform and more. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad app development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. * Teaches iPhone and iPad apps development in language anyone can understand * Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, using iOS 6 * Offers bonus videos from the author that enable you to follow along--it's like your own private classroom The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple's online marketplace for iPhone apps.Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next bestselling iPhone app--that's why you're reading this now And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow. What you'll learn * Get both yourself and your computer set up for iPhone and iPad application development * Start by making small changes to existing applications to build your knowledge and experience before creating your own applications * Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately * Style your application so that it looks good and users can easily navigate through it * Make use of the iPhone's touch screen and accelerometer * Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way Who this book is for If you have a great idea for an iPhone or iPad app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. You don't need to have any previous computer programming skills--as long as you have a desire to learn, and you know which end of the mouse is which, you'll be fine.

Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing - 16th International Workshop, JSSPP 2012, Shanghai, China, May 25, 2012.... Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing - 16th International Workshop, JSSPP 2012, Shanghai, China, May 25, 2012. Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Walfredo Cirne, Narayan Desai, Eitan Frachtenberg, Uwe Schwiegelshohn
R1,294 Discovery Miles 12 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2012, which was held in Shanghai, China, in May 2012. The 14 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: parallel batch scheduling; workload analysis and modeling; resource management system software studies; and Web scheduling.

Euro-Par 2011 Parallel Processing - 17th International Euro-ParConference, Bordeaux, France, August 29 - September 2, 2011,... Euro-Par 2011 Parallel Processing - 17th International Euro-ParConference, Bordeaux, France, August 29 - September 2, 2011, Proceedings, Part II (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Emmanuel Jeannot, Raymond Namyst, Jean Roman
R1,461 Discovery Miles 14 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The two-volume set LNCS 6852/6853 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Euro-Par Conference held in Bordeaux, France, in August/September 2011.The 81 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 271 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on support tools and environments; performance prediction and evaluation; scheduling and load-balancing; high-performance architectures and compilers; parallel and distributed data management; grid, cluster and cloud computing; peer to peer computing; distributed systems and algorithms; parallel and distributed programming; parallel numerical algorithms; multicore and manycore programming; theory and algorithms for parallel computation; high performance networks and mobile ubiquitous computing.

Synchronization in Real-Time Systems - A Priority Inheritance Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Synchronization in Real-Time Systems - A Priority Inheritance Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Ragunathan Rajkumar
R2,627 Discovery Miles 26 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Real-time computing systems are vital to a wide range of applications. For example, they are used in the control of nuclear reactors and automated manufacturing facilities, in controlling and tracking air traffic, and in communication systems. In recent years, real-time systems have also grown larger and become more critical. For instance, advanced aircraft such as the space shuttle must depend heavily on computer sys tems Carlow 84]. The centralized control of manufacturing facilities and assembly plants operated by robots are other examples at the heart of which lie embedded real-time systems. Military defense systems deployed in the air, on the ocean surface, land and underwater, have also been increasingly relying upon real-time systems for monitoring and operational safety purposes, and for retaliatory and containment measures. In telecommunications and in multi-media applications, real time characteristics are essential to maintain the integrity of transmitted data, audio and video signals. Many of these systems control, monitor or perform critical operations, and must respond quickly to emergency events in a wide range of embedded applications. They are therefore required to process tasks with stringent timing requirements and must perform these tasks in a way that these timing requirements are guaranteed to be met. Real-time scheduling al gorithms attempt to ensure that system timing behavior meets its specifications, but typically assume that tasks do not share logical or physical resources. Since resource-sharing cannot be eliminated, synchronization primitives must be used to ensure that resource consis tency constraints are not violated."

Intelligent Integration of Information - A Special Double Issue of the Journal of Intelligent Information Sytems Volume 6,... Intelligent Integration of Information - A Special Double Issue of the Journal of Intelligent Information Sytems Volume 6, Numbers 2/3 May, 1996 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Gio Wiederhold
R5,121 Discovery Miles 51 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Intelligent Integration of Information presents a collection of chapters bringing the science of intelligent integration forward. The focus on integration defines tasks that increase the value of information when information from multiple sources is accessed, related, and combined. This contributed volume has also been published as a special double issue of the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS), Volume 6:2/3.

Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing - 7th International Conference, GPC 2012, Hong Kong, China, May 11-13, 2012,... Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing - 7th International Conference, GPC 2012, Hong Kong, China, May 11-13, 2012, Proceedings (Paperback)
Ruixuan Li, Jiannong Cao, Julien Bourgeois
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing, GPC 2012, held in Hong Kong, China, in May 2012. The 9 revised full papers and 19 short papers were carefully revised and selected from 55 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on cloud computing, grid and service computing, green computing, mobile and pervasive computing, scheduling and performance, and trust and security. Also included are 4 papers presented at the 2012 International Workshop on Mobile Cloud and Ubiquitous Computing (Mobi-Cloud 2012) held in conjunction with GPC 2012.

Beginning Android Web Apps Development - Develop for Android using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (Paperback, 1st ed.): Jon... Beginning Android Web Apps Development - Develop for Android using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (Paperback, 1st ed.)
Jon Westfall, Rocco Augusto, Grant Allen
R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

With Beginning Android Web Apps Development, you'll learn how to apply HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax and other Web standards for use on the Android mobile platform, by building a variety of fun and visually stimulating games and other web applications If you've done some basic web development, and you want to build your skills to create exceptional web apps, you'll find everything you seek in the discussions and examples in this book. Each application you'll build in Beginning Android Web Application Development will show you solutions that you can apply to many of your own projects. Each example shares techniques and coding solutions that will inspire your own work. You'll learn how to tie your Android apps into Twitter through two apps that you'll build: Who's that Tweet? , a quiz game based on celebrity accounts, and I Love Ham, a coding investigation into search phrases and rhyming. Your Android web app development skills will then proceed in another direction, as you discover the power of HTML5 in two game apps: Scavenger Hunt, which introduces you to the HTML5 GPS location API, and Spies , a location-based application that shows you how to use CSS3, Ajax, and HTML5 within multi-player environments. You'll also create an Android web application which checks the arrival time of buses and light-rails through the use of Portland, Oregon's open Tri-Met data API This app is a great template for other apps you may want to build in the future, and showcases the important techniques for incorporating cloud-based apps into web games. After reading Beginning Android Web Apps Development, you will have built real apps and developed along the way the skills you'll need to create highly interactive, professional web applications...and, your journey will be engaging and enjoyable What you'll learn * Coding solutions that you can use time and again in your own Android web apps * Key methods and techniques for contemporary Android web app development * How to take full advantage of CSS3 in the mobile environment and how to handle a multitude of screen resolutions * How to build feature-rich user interfaces with navigation, colors, and professional styling * How to add audio and video for highly interactive sites * How to optimize Ajax within your site * How to access and use the HTML location API * How to integrate JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks into your site Who this book is for For anyone starting out in Android web app development who wants to build feature-rich web apps that are optimized for the Android mobile platform. If you've got basic web development skills, you'll find the code samples and discussions in this book will take your techniques to a completely different level. Table of Contents1. Harnessing the Power of Mobile Web 2. Twitter Application: Who's That Tweet? 3. Twitter Application: I Love Ham 4.Creating a Mobile Strategy and Structuring your Code 5. Handling Multiple Screen Resolutions with CSS 3 6. Handling Different Browser Platforms 7. Providing an Impressive User Experience with jQuery Mobile 8. Building Visually Rich Internet Applications 9. HTML5 Location-Based Applications 10. Using Cloud Services: A Transport Application 11. Pushing the Limits with Audio and Video 12. Ajax and Extreme User Interfaces 13. Packaging Your Applications

Dependable Networks and Services - 6th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and... Dependable Networks and Services - 6th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2012, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 4-8, 2012, Proceedings (Paperback)
Ramin Sadre, Jiri Novotny, Pavel Celeda, Martin Waldburger, Burkhard Stiller
R1,376 Discovery Miles 13 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2012, held in Luxembourg in June 2012. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They cover autonomic and distributed management, network security, network monitoring, and special environments and Internet of Things. In addition, this book contains 9 workshop papers which were selected from 18 submissions. They deal with high-speed networks and network management, intrusion detection, and network monitoring and security.

A System Administrator's Guide to Sun Workstations (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): George... A System Administrator's Guide to Sun Workstations (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
George Becker, Kathy Slattery
R1,434 Discovery Miles 14 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This Guide to Sun Administration is areference manual written by Sun administrators for Sun administrators. The book is not in tended to be a complete guide to UNIX Systems Administration; instead it will concentrate on the special issues that are particular to the Sun environment. It will take you through the basic steps necessary to install and maintain a network of Sun computers. Along the way, helpful ideas will be given concerning NFS, YP, backup and restore procedures, as well as many useful installation tips that can make a system administrator's job less painful. Spe cifically, SunGS 4.0 through 4.0.3 will be studied; however, many ofthe ideas and concepts presented are generic enough to be used on any version of SunGS. This book is not intended to be basic introduction to SunGS. It is assumed thatthe reader will have at least a year ofexperience supporting UNIX. BookOverview The firstchaptergives adescription ofthe system types thatwill be discussed throughout the book. An understanding of all of the system types is needed to comprehend the rest ofthe book. Chapter 2 provides the information necessary to install a workstation. The format utility and the steps involved in the suninstall process are covered in detail. Ideas and concepts about partitioning are included in this chapter. YP is the topic of the third chapter. A specific description of each YPmap and each YPcommand ispresented, along with some tips about ways to best utilize this package in your environment.

Implementations of Logic Programming Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994): Evan Tick, Giancarlo... Implementations of Logic Programming Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi
R2,648 Discovery Miles 26 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In conjunction with the 1993 International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP'93), held in Budapest Hungary, two workshops were held concerning the implementations of logic programming systems: Practical Implementations and Sys- tems Experience in Logic Programming Systems, and Concurrent, Distributed, and Parallel Implementations of Logic Programming Systems. This collection presents 16 research papers in the area of the implementation of logic programming systems. The two workshops aimed to bring together sys- tems implementors for discussing real problems coming from their direct experience, therefore these papers have a special emphasis on practice rather than on theory. This book will be of immediate interest to practitioners who seek understanding of how to efficiently manage memory, generate fast code, perform sophisticated static analyses, and design high-performance runtime features. A major theme, throughout the papers, is how to effectively leverage host imple- mentation systems and technologies to implement target systems. Debray discusses implementing Janus in SICStus Prolog by exploiting the delay primitive, which is fur- ther expounded by Meier in his discussion of various ECRC systems implementations of delay primitives. Hausman discusses implementing Erlang in C, and Czajkowski and Zielinski discuss embedding Linda primitives in Strand. Denti et ai. discuss implementing object-oriented logic programs within SICStus Prolog, a theme also explored and compared to a WAM-based implementation by Bugliesi and Nardiello.

Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000): Stephen J. Hegner, Paul Mc... Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
Stephen J. Hegner, Paul Mc Kevitt, Peter Norvig, Robert L. Wilensky
R2,696 Discovery Miles 26 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In this international collection of papers there is a wealth of knowledge on artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science (CS) techniques applied to the problem of providing help systems mainly for the UNIX operating system. The research described here involves the representation of technical computer concepts, but also the representation of how users conceptualise such concepts. The collection looks at computational models and systems such as UC, Yucca, and OSCON programmed in languages such as Lisp, Prolog, OPS-5, and C which have been developed to provide UNIX help. These systems range from being menu-based to ones with natural language interfaces, some providing active help, intervening when they believe the user to have misconceptions, and some based on empirical studies of what users actually do while using UNIX. Further papers investigate planning and knowledge representation where the focus is on discovering what the user wants to do, and figuring out a way to do it, as well as representing the knowledge needed to do so. There is a significant focus on natural language dialogue where consultation systems can become active, incorporating user modfelling, natural language generation and plan recognition, modelling metaphors, and users' mistaken beliefs. Much can be learned from seeing how AI and CS techniques can be investigated in depth while being applied to a real test-bed domain such as help on UNIX.

Foundations of Real-Time Computing: Formal Specifications and Methods (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Foundations of Real-Time Computing: Formal Specifications and Methods (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Andre M.Van Tilborg, Gary M. Koob
R4,021 Discovery Miles 40 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains a selection of papers that focus on the state-of the-art in formal specification and verification of real-time computing systems. Preliminary versions of these papers were presented at a workshop on the foundations of real-time computing sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in October, 1990 in Washington, D. C. A companion volume by the title Foundations of Real-Time Computing: Scheduling and Resource Management complements this hook by addressing many of the recently devised techniques and approaches for scheduling tasks and managing resources in real-time systems. Together, these two texts provide a comprehensive snapshot of current insights into the process of designing and building real time computing systems on a scientific basis. The notion of real-time system has alternative interpretations, not all of which are intended usages in this collection of papers. Different communities of researchers variously use the term real-time to refer to either very fast computing, or immediate on-line data acquisition, or deadline-driven computing. This text is concerned with the formal specification and verification of computer software and systems whose correct performance is dependent on carefully orchestrated interactions with time, e. g., meeting deadlines and synchronizing with clocks. Such systems have been enabled for a rapidly increasing set of diverse end-uses by the unremitting advances in computing power per constant-dollar cost and per constant-unit-volume of space. End use applications of real-time computers span a spectrum that includes transportation systems, robotics and manufacturing, aerospace and defense, industrial process control, and telecommunications."

Multicasting on the Internet and its Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998): Sanjoy Paul Multicasting on the Internet and its Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Sanjoy Paul
R4,055 Discovery Miles 40 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book covers the entire spectrum of multicasting on the Internet from link- to application-layer issues, including multicasting in broadcast and non-broadcast links, multicast routing, reliable and real-time multicast transport, group membership and total ordering in multicast groups. In-depth consideration is given to describing IP multicast routing protocols, such as, DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM and CBT, quality of service issues in network-layer using RSVP and ST-2, as well as the relationship between ATM and IP multicast. These discussions include coverage of key concepts using illustrative diagrams and various real-world applications. The protocols and the architecture of MBone are described, real-time multicast transport issues are addressed and various reliable multicast transport protocols are compared both conceptually and analytically. Also included is a discussion of video multicast and other cutting-edge research on multicast with an assessment of their potential impact on future internetworks.Multicasting on the Internet and Its Applications is an invaluable reference work for networking professionals and researchers, network software developers, information technology managers and graduate students.

Operating Systems and Services (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999): Ragunathan Rajkumar Operating Systems and Services (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
Ragunathan Rajkumar
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Operating Systems and Services brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. Operating Systems and Services serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.

Real-Time UNIX (R) Systems - Design and Application Guide (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): Borko... Real-Time UNIX (R) Systems - Design and Application Guide (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Borko Furht, Dan Grostick, David Gluch, Guy Rabbat, John Parker, …
R4,003 Discovery Miles 40 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A growing concern of mine has been the unrealistic expectations for new computer-related technologies introduced into all kinds of organizations. Unrealistic expectations lead to disappointment, and a schizophrenic approach to the introduction of new technologies. The UNIX and real-time UNIX operating system technologies are major examples of emerging technologies with great potential benefits but unrealistic expectations. Users want to use UNIX as a common operating system throughout large segments of their organizations. A common operating system would decrease software costs by helping to provide portability and interoperability between computer systems in today's multivendor environments. Users would be able to more easily purchase new equipment and technologies and cost-effectively reuse their applications. And they could more easily connect heterogeneous equipment in different departments without having to constantly write and rewrite interfaces. On the other hand, many users in various organizations do not understand the ramifications of general-purpose versus real-time UNIX. Users tend to think of "real-time" as a way to handle exotic heart-monitoring or robotics systems. Then these users use UNIX for transaction processing and office applications and complain about its performance, robustness, and reliability. Unfortunately, the users don't realize that real-time capabilities added to UNIX can provide better performance, robustness and reliability for these non-real-time applications. Many other vendors and users do realize this, however. There are indications even now that general-purpose UNIX will go away as a separate entity. It will be replaced by a real-time UNIX. General-purpose UNIX will exist only as a subset of real-time UNIX.

Energy-Efficient High Performance Computing - Measurement and Tuning (Paperback, 2013 ed.): James H. Laros III, Kevin Pedretti,... Energy-Efficient High Performance Computing - Measurement and Tuning (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
James H. Laros III, Kevin Pedretti, Suzanne M. Kelly, Wei Shu, Kurt Ferreira, …
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In this work, the unique power measurement capabilities of the Cray XT architecture were exploited to gain an understanding of power and energy use, and the effects of tuning both CPU and network bandwidth. Modifications were made to deterministically halt cores when idle. Additionally, capabilities were added to alter operating P-state. At the application level, an understanding of the power requirements of a range of important DOE/NNSA production scientific computing applications running at large scale is gained by simultaneously collecting current and voltage measurements on the hosting nodes. The effects of both CPU and network bandwidth tuning are examined, and energy savings opportunities without impact on run-time performance are demonstrated. This research suggests that next-generation large-scale platforms should not only approach CPU frequency scaling differently, but could also benefit from the capability to tune other platform components to achieve more energy-efficient performance.

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