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News 8/2012 Computer Science 51 M. R. Berthold, University of Constance, Germany (Ed) Bisociative Knowledge Discovery An Introduction to Concept, Algorithms, Tools, and Applications Modern knowledge discovery methods enable us- ers to discover complex patterns of various types in large information repositories. However, the underlying assumption has always been that the data to which the methods are applied to origi- nates from one domain. e focus of this book, and the BISON project from which the contribu- tions are originating, is a network based integra- tion of various types of data repositories and the development of new ways to analyse and explore the resulting gigantic information networks. Instead of finding well defined global or local pat- terns they wanted to find domain bridging asso- ciations which are, by definition, not well defined since they will be especially interesting if they are sparse and have not been encountered before. e 32 contributions presented in this state-of-the- art volume together with a detailed introduction to the book are organized in topical sections on bisociation; representation and network creation; network analysis; exploration; and applications and evaluation. Features 7 Presents the highlights of the BISON proj- ect 7 Serves as a great basis for future work in data mining Fields of interests Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet) Target groups Research Discount group Professional Non-Medical Due July 2012 2012. IX, 485 p. 146 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 7250) Softcover 7 $95.00 ISBN 978-3-642-31829-0 9<HTOGPC=dbicja> H. L. Bodlaender, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; R. Downey, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; F. V. Fomin, University of Bergen, Norway; D. Marx, Computer and Automation Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary (Eds) The Multivariate Algorithmic Revolution and Beyond Essays Dedicated to Michael R. Fellows on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday Contents Fixed-Parameter Tractability, A Prehistory.- e Birth and Early Years of Parameterized Complex- ity.- Crypto Galore!.- Flyby: Life Before, During, and Aſter Graduate Studies with Mike Fel- lows.- e Impact of Parameterized Complexity to Interdisciplinary Problem Solving.- Vertex Cover, Dominating Set and My Encounters with Param- eterized Complexity and Mike Fellows.- Mike Fellows: Weaving the Web of Mathematics and Adventure.- Passion Plays: Melodramas about Mathematics.- A Basic Parameterized Complex- ity Primer.- Kernelization – Preprocessing with a Guarantee.- Parameterized Complexity and Subexponential-Time Computability.- Fixed- Parameter Tractability of Treewidth and Path- width.- Graph Minors and Parameterized Algo- rithm Design.- Constraint Satisfaction Problems Parameterized above or below Tight Bounds: A Survey.- Backdoors to Satisfaction.- Studies in Computational Aspects of Voting: A Parameter- ized Complexity Perspective.- A Parameterized Halting Problem.- Computer Science Unplugged and Related Projects in Math and Computer Sci- ence Popularization.- FPT Suspects and Tough Customers: Open Problems of Downey and Fel- lows.- What’s Next? [...] Fields of interests Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science; Com- putation by Abstract Devices Target groups Research Discount group Professional Non-Medical Available 2012. XXII, 506 p. 32 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, Volume 7370) Softcover 7 $107.00 ISBN 978-3-642-30890-1 9<HTOGPC=daijab> H. Bordihn, Universität Potsdam, Germany; M. Kutrib, Universität Giessen, Germany; B. Truthe, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany (Eds) Languages Alive Essays dedicated to Jürgen Dassow on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday Features 7 Up-to-date-results in formal languag- es 7 State-of-the-art-research 7 Honorary volume Contents Peptide Computers.-On the Power of Randomness Versus Advice in Online Computation.-Relevance of Entities in Reaction Systems.-Generalized Random Context Picture Grammars: e State of the Art.-Cooperating Distributed Tree Automata.- A Note on Combined Derivation Modes For Cooperating Distributed Grammar Systems.- Equations in the Partial Semigroup of Words with Overlapping Products.-On CD-Systems of State- less Deterministic Two-Phase RR(1)-Automata.- e Boolean Formula Value Problem as Formal Language.-Hairpin Lengthening and Shorten- ing of Regular Languages.-One-Sided Random Context Grammars with Leſtmost Derivations.- Earley‘s Parsing Algorithm and k-Petri Net Controlled Grammars.-Descriptional Complexity of Input-Driven Pushdown Automata.-Towards \ Fypercomputations“ (in Membrane Computing).- Undecidability of State Complexities Using Mirror Images.-Asymptotic Subword Complexity.-On Grammars Controlled by Parikh Vectors.-On the Nonterminal Complexity of Tree Controlled Grammars.-One-Way Finite Automata With Quantum and Classical States. Fields of interests eory of Computation; Computation by Abstract Devices; Mathematical Logic and Formal Lan- guages Target groups Research Discount group Professional Non-Medical Due July 2012 2012. X, 291 p. 29 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, Volume 7300) Softcover 7 $83.00 ISBN 978-3-642-31643-2 9<HTOGPC=dbgedc>
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M. R. Berthold, University of Constance, Germany (Ed)

Bisociative Knowledge DiscoveryAn Introduction to Concept, Algorithms, Tools, and Applications

Modern knowledge discovery methods enable us-ers to discover complex patterns of various types in large information repositories. However, the underlying assumption has always been that the data to which the methods are applied to origi-nates from one domain. The focus of this book, and the BISON project from which the contribu-tions are originating, is a network based integra-tion of various types of data repositories and the development of new ways to analyse and explore the resulting gigantic information networks. Instead of finding well defined global or local pat-terns they wanted to find domain bridging asso-ciations which are, by definition, not well defined since they will be especially interesting if they are sparse and have not been encountered before. The 32 contributions presented in this state-of-the-art volume together with a detailed introduction to the book are organized in topical sections on bisociation; representation and network creation; network analysis; exploration; and applications and evaluation.

Features 7 Presents the highlights of the BISON proj-ect 7 Serves as a great basis for future work in data mining

Fields of interestsArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due July 2012

2012. IX, 485 p. 146 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 7250) Softcover7 $95.00ISBN 978-3-642-31829-0

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H. L. Bodlaender, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; R. Downey, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; F. V. Fomin, University of Bergen, Norway; D. Marx, Computer and Automation Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary (Eds)

The Multivariate Algorithmic Revolution and BeyondEssays Dedicated to Michael R. Fellows on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

Contents Fixed-Parameter Tractability, A Prehistory.- The Birth and Early Years of Parameterized Complex-ity.- Crypto Galore!.- Flyby: Life Before, During, and After Graduate Studies with Mike Fel-lows.- The Impact of Parameterized Complexity to Interdisciplinary Problem Solving.- Vertex Cover, Dominating Set and My Encounters with Param-eterized Complexity and Mike Fellows.- Mike Fellows: Weaving the Web of Mathematics and Adventure.- Passion Plays: Melodramas about Mathematics.- A Basic Parameterized Complex-ity Primer.- Kernelization – Preprocessing with a Guarantee.- Parameterized Complexity and Subexponential-Time Computability.- Fixed-Parameter Tractability of Treewidth and Path-width.- Graph Minors and Parameterized Algo-rithm Design.- Constraint Satisfaction Problems Parameterized above or below Tight Bounds: A Survey.- Backdoors to Satisfaction.- Studies in Computational Aspects of Voting: A Parameter-ized Complexity Perspective.- A Parameterized Halting Problem.- Computer Science Unplugged and Related Projects in Math and Computer Sci-ence Popularization.- FPT Suspects and Tough Customers: Open Problems of Downey and Fel-lows.- What’s Next? [...]

Fields of interestsAlgorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science; Com-putation by Abstract Devices

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Available

2012. XXII, 506 p. 32 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, Volume 7370) Softcover7 $107.00ISBN 978-3-642-30890-1

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H. Bordihn, Universität Potsdam, Germany; M. Kutrib, Universität Giessen, Germany; B. Truthe, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany (Eds)

Languages AliveEssays dedicated to Jürgen Dassow on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Features 7 Up-to-date-results in formal languag-es 7 State-of-the-art-research 7 Honorary volume

Contents Peptide Computers.-On the Power of Randomness Versus Advice in Online Computation.-Relevance of Entities in Reaction Systems.-Generalized Random Context Picture Grammars: The State of the Art.-Cooperating Distributed Tree Automata.-A Note on Combined Derivation Modes For Cooperating Distributed Grammar Systems.-Equations in the Partial Semigroup of Words with Overlapping Products.-On CD-Systems of State-less Deterministic Two-Phase RR(1)-Automata.-The Boolean Formula Value Problem as Formal Language.-Hairpin Lengthening and Shorten-ing of Regular Languages.-One-Sided Random Context Grammars with Leftmost Derivations.-Earley‘s Parsing Algorithm and k-Petri Net Controlled Grammars.-Descriptional Complexity of Input-Driven Pushdown Automata.-Towards \Fypercomputations“ (in Membrane Computing).-Undecidability of State Complexities Using Mirror Images.-Asymptotic Subword Complexity.-On Grammars Controlled by Parikh Vectors.-On the Nonterminal Complexity of Tree Controlled Grammars.-One-Way Finite Automata With Quantum and Classical States.

Fields of interestsTheory of Computation; Computation by Abstract Devices; Mathematical Logic and Formal Lan-guages

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due July 2012

2012. X, 291 p. 29 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, Volume 7300) Softcover7 $83.00ISBN 978-3-642-31643-2

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G. A. Boy, Florida Institute of Technology, FL, USA

Orchestrating Human-Centered DesignThe time has come to move into a more human-istic approach of technology and to understand where our world is moving to in the early twenty-first century. The design and development of our future products needs to be orchestrated, whether they be conceptual, technical or organizational. Orchestrating Human-Centered Design presents an Orchestra model that attempts to articulate technology, organizations and people. Human-centered design (HCD) should not be limited to local/short-term/linear engineering, but actively focus on global/long-term/non-linear design, and constantly identify emergent properties from the use of artifacts. Orchestrating Human-Centered Design results from incremental syntheses of courses the author has given at the Florida Insti-tute of Technology in the HCD PhD program.

Features 7 Guy André Boy has over 30 years experience in the field of human-centered design 7 Contains reflections and real-world examples from practice in both industry and academia 7 Human-cen-tered design is a necessary approach to modern engineering design

Contents Preface.- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- The Orchestra Model.- Cognitive Engineering.- Life-Critical Systems.- The Making of Complex Systems.- Organization Design and Management.- Modeling and Simulation.- Advanced Interaction Media.- Conclusion.- Subject Index.

Fields of interestsUser Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Engineering Design; Cognitive Psychology

Target groupsGraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2013. I, 232 p. 51 illus. Hardcover7 $69.95ISBN 978-1-4471-4338-3

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M. J. Burge, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA; K. W. Bowyer, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (Eds)

Handbook of Iris RecognitionThis authoritative collection introduces the reader to the state of the art in iris recognition technol-ogy.

Features 7 The first book of its kind, providing complete coverage of the key subjects in iris recognition, from sensor acquisition to matching 7 With contributions from numerous experts in iris bio-metrics from government, industry and academia, the definitive source of iris biometric informa-tion 7 Provides an authoritative presentation of the business decisions involved in developing and fielding an iris biometric system

Contents Introduction to the Handbook of Iris Recogni-tion.- A Survey of Iris Biometrics Research: 2008-2010.- Standard Iris Storage Formats.- Iris Quality Metrics for Adaptive Authentication.- Quality and Demographic Investigation of ICE 2006.- Iris Recognition with Taylor Expansion Features.- A Theoretical Model For Describing Iris Dynamics.- Iris Recognition in the Visible Wavelength.- Multispectral Iris Fusion and Cross-spectrum Matching.- Robust and Secure Iris Recognition.- Template Aging in Iris Biometrics.- Fusion of Face and Iris Biometrics.- Methods for Iris Segmentation.- Introduction to the IrisCode Theory.- Application of Correlation Filters for Iris Recognition.- Reverse Engineering the Daugman Feature Encoding Scheme.- Optics of Iris Imaging Systems.

Fields of interestPattern Recognition

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2013. XX, 432 p. 183 illus., 92 in color. (Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) Hardcover7 $129.00ISBN 978-1-4471-4401-4

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M. Chang, Athabasca University, AB, Canada; M. Zhang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Eds)

Transactions on Edutainment VIIIEditors-in-chief: Z. Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, China; A. D. Cheok, National University of Singapore, Singapore; W. Müller, University of Education, Weingarten, Germany

Contents Analysis of Brainwave Characteristics for Playing Heterogeneous Computer Games.-Exploitation in Context-Sensitive Affect Sensing from Improvi-sational Interaction.-Hybrid Document Match-ing Method for Page Identification of Digilog Books.-Game Design Considerations When Using Non-touch Based NaturalUser Interface.-Effects of the Sequence of Game-Play and Game-Design on Novices’ Motivation, Flow, and Performance.-Behavioral Traits of the Online Parent-Child Game Players: A Case Study and Its Inspirations.-Towards an Open Source Game Engine for Teaching and Research.-Designing a Mixed Digital Signage and Multi-touch Interaction for Social Learning.-Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: Exploring Effective Strategies to Facilitate Somato-sensory Video Games for Institutionalized Older Veterans.-Effects of Multi-symbols on Enhancing Virtual Reality Based Collaborative Task.-Particle Filter with Affine Transformation for Multiple Key Points Tracking.-Meshless Simulation of Plastic Deformation and Crack.-Lossless Visible Three-Dimensional Watermark of Digital Elevation Model Data.-3D Articulated Hand Tracking Based on Behavioral Model.-SPIDAR-Pen: A 2T1R Pen-Based Interface with Co-located Haptic-Visual Display. [...]

Fields of interestsComputers and Education; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Computer Imag-ing, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Available

2012. Approx. 280 p. 144 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Transactions on Edutainment, Volume 7220) Softcover7 $98.00ISBN 978-3-642-31438-4

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M. G. Coutinho, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Guide to Dynamic Simulations of Rigid Bodies and Particle SystemsThis book introduces the techniques needed to produce realistic simulations and animations of particle and rigid-body systems. The text focuses on both the theoretical and practical aspects of developing and implementing physically based dy-namic-simulation engines. Each chapter examines numerous algorithms, describing their design and analysis in an accessible manner, without sacrific-ing depth of coverage or mathematical rigor.

Features 7 Presents a comprehensive introduction to the techniques needed to produce realistic simula-tions and animations of particle and rigid-body systems 7 Written in an accessible style that nevertheless maintains depth of coverage and mathematical rigor 7 Concludes each chapter with exercises

Contents Dynamic Simulations.- Hierarchical Representa-tion of 3D Polyhedra.- Particle Systems.- Rigid-Body Systems.- Articulated Rigid-Body Systems.- Useful 3D Geometric Constructions.- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations of Motion Quaternions.- Rigid-Body Mass Proper-ties.- Useful Time Derivatives.- Convex Decom-position of 3D Polyhedra.- Constructing Signed Distance Fields for 3D Polyhedra.- Conservative Time Advancement for Convex Objects.- The Linear-Complementarity Problem.

Fields of interestSimulation and Modeling

Target groupsProfessional/practitioner

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due November 2012

2013. XVI, 451 p. 170 illus. (Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications) Hardcover7 $79.95ISBN 978-1-4471-4416-8

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J. Cowley, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Communications and NetworkingAn Introduction

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communica-tions technologies. Revised and updated, this new edition retains the step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter.

Features 7 Introductory textbook in this area, sufficient for undergraduates but also accessible for busi-ness professionals 7 Second edition revised and updated with new content 7 Supported by downloadable exercises with solutions, and teach-ing slides

Contents Introduction.- Communications Technolo-gies.- Networking Models and Standards.- Local Area Networks.- Wide Area Networks.- Network Protocols.- Internet Application Layer Protocols.- Network Security.- Network Management.- Wire-less Networks.

Fields of interestComputer Systems Organization and Communi-cation Networks

Target groupsLower undergraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due September 2012

2nd ed. 2013. XVIII, 275 p. 172 illus., 97 in color. (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science) Softcover7 $49.95ISBN 978-1-4471-4356-7

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B. George, Oracle Inc., Nashua, NH, USA; S. Kim, Esri, Redlands, CA, USA

Spatio-temporal NetworksModeling and Algorithms

Spatio-temporal networks (STN)are spatial net-works whose topology and/or attributes change with time. These are encountered in many critical areas of everyday life such as transportation networks, electric power distribution grids, and social networks of mobile users. STN modeling and computations raise significant challenges. The model must meet the conflicting requirements of simplicity and adequate support for efficient algorithms. Another challenge is to address the change in the semantics of common graph operations, such as, shortest path computation assuming different semantics, or when temporal dimension is added. Also paradigms (e.g. dynamic programming) used in algorithm design may be ineffective since their assumptions (e.g. stationary ranking of candidates) may be violated by the dy-namic nature of STNs. In recent years, STNs have attracted attention in research. New representa-tions have been proposed along with algorithms to perform key STN operations, while account-ing for their time dependence. Designing a STN database would require the development of data models, query languages, and indexing methods to efficiently represent, query, store, and manage time-variant properties of the network.

Contents Spatio-temporal Networks: An Introduction.- Time Aggregated Graph - A model for Spatio-temporal Networks.- Shortest Path Algorithms for a Fixed Start Time.- Best Start Time Journeys.- Spatio-temporal Network Applications.

Fields of interestsDatabase Management; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Graph Theory

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2013. X, 85 p. 47 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science) Softcover7 $39.95ISBN 978-1-4614-4917-1

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A. Herout, M. Dubská, J. Havel, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Real-Time Detection of Lines and GridsBy PClines and Other Approaches

This text provides a survey of the latest research into the Hough transform for line detection and its contemporary developments. Written with stu-dents in mind, this work can serve as a condensed textbook and as a reference for practitioners working in computer vision. The text also presents an overview and detailed elaboration of recent re-search related to PClines – a line parameterization based on parallel coordinates. A detailed analysis of the concept is given, including implementation details and measurements.

Features 7 Analyzes the state of the art in PClines and its implementation, and surveys the latest research on HT-related line detection algorithms 7 Presents a fresh summary of line-detection algorithms, in a condensed textbook style 7 Discusses the latest work on the detection of vanishing points, parallel lines, chessboard-like structures and grids (e.g., 2D barcodes)

Contents Introduction.- Review of Hough Transform for Line Detection.- Variants of the Hough Trans-form for Straight Line Detection.- PClines - Line Parameterization Based on Parallel Coordinates.- Vanishing Points, Parallel Lines, Grids.- Efficient Implementation of PClines.- Conclusion.- PClines Octave Implementation.- Cross-Ratio in Matrix Form.- Horizon Orientation and Resampling Function.- Proof of the Equation for the Grid Lines.

Fields of interestPattern Recognition

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2013. VI, 94 p. 33 illus., 9 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science) Softcover7 $39.95ISBN 978-1-4471-4413-7

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M. Jakobsson, PayPal, San Jose, CA, US

Mobile AuthenticationProblems and Solutions

Mobile Authentication: Problems and Solutions looks at human-to-machine authentication, with a keen focus on the mobile scenario. Human-to-machine authentication is a startlingly complex issue. In the old days of computer security-before 2000, the human component was all but disre-garded. It was either assumed that people should and would be able to follow instructions, or that end users were hopeless and would always make mistakes. The truth, of course, is somewhere in between, which is exactly what makes this topic so enticing. We cannot make progress with human-to-machine authentication without understanding both humans and machines. Mobile security is not simply security ported to a handset. Handsets have different constraints than traditional comput-ers, and are used in a different way. Text entry is more frustrating, and therefore, it is tempting to use shorter and less complex passwords. It is also harder to detect spoofing. We need to design with this in mind. We also need to determine how exactly to integrate biometric readers to reap the maximum benefits from them. This book ad-dresses all of these issues, and more.

Contents The Big Picture.- The Benefits of Understanding Passwords.- Your Password is Your New PIN.- Like Passwords - But Faster, Easier and More Secure.- Improved Visual Preference Authentica-tion.- How to Kill Spoofing.- Can Biometrics Replace Passwords?.- Legacy Servers: Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks.

Fields of interestsSystems and Data Security; Biometrics; Computer Communication Networks

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XIV, 114 p. 48 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science) Softcover7 $39.95ISBN 978-1-4614-4877-8

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O. Lemon, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; O. Pietquin, SUPELEC, Metz, France (Eds)

Data-Driven Methods for Adaptive Spoken Dialogue SystemsComputational Learning for Conversational Interfaces

Data driven methods have long been used in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis and have more re-cently been introduced for dialogue management, spoken language understanding, and Natural Language Generation.

Features 7 One of the first books to specifically address adaptive techniques used in dialogue system development 7 Practical examples developed by the editors and colleagues will be included 7 The book will be based on dialogue systems freely available for academic use

Contents Chapter 1. Conversational Interfaces.- Chapter 2. Developing Dialogue Managers from Lim-ited Amounts of Data.- Chapter 3. Data-Driven Methods for Spoken Language Understanding.- Chapter 4. User Simulation in the Development of Statistical Spoken Dialogue Systems.- Chapter 5. Optimisation for POMDP-based Spoken Dialogue Systems.- Chapter 6. Statistical Approaches to Adaptive Natural Language Generation.- Chapter 7. Metrics and Evaluation of Spoken Dialogue Systems.- Chapter 8. Data-Driven Methods in Industrial Spoken Dialog Systems.- Chapter 9. Future Research Directions.

Fields of interestsUser Interfaces and Human Computer Interac-tion; Computational Linguistics; Signal,Image and Speech Processing

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2012. XII, 184 p. 98 illus., 17 in color. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-1-4614-4802-0

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T. Li, S. Chen, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Traffic Measurement on the InternetTraffic Measurement on the Internet presents sev-eral novel online measurement methods that are compact and fast. Traffic measurement provides critical real-world data for service providers and network administrations to perform capacity plan-ning, accounting and billing, anomaly detection, and service provision. Statistical methods play important roles in many measurement functions including: system designing, model building, formula deriving, and error analyzing. One of the greatest challenges in designing an online mea-surement function is to minimize the per-packet processing time in order to keep up with the line speed of the modern routers. This book also intro-duces a challenging problem – the measurement of per-flow information in high-speed networks, as well as, the solution. The last chapter discusses origin-destination flow measurement.

Contents Introduction.- Per-Flow Size Estimators.- Spreader Classification.- Origin-Destination Flow Measure-ment.

Fields of interestsComputer Communication Networks; Informa-tion Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Com-munications Engineering, Networks

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2013. VI, 86 p. 24 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science) Softcover7 $39.95ISBN 978-1-4614-4850-1

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R. M. Losee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Information from ProcessesAbout the Nature of Information Creation, Use, and Representation

Information is an important concept that is studied extensively across a range of disciplines, from the physical sciences to genetics to psychol-ogy to epistemology. Information continues to increase in importance, and the present age has been referred to as the “Information Age.” One may understand information in a variety of ways. For some, information is found in facts that were previously unknown. For others, a fact must have some economic value to be considered informa-tion. Other people emphasize the movement through a communication channel from one location to another when describing information. In all of these instances, information is the set of characteristics of the output of a process. Yet Information has seldom been studied in a consis-tent way across different disciplines. Information from Processes provides a discipline-independent and precise presentation of both information and computing processes.

Features 7 Provides a discipline-independent model of in-formation creation and information use 7 Com-bines theoretical and empirical methods as well as psychological, mathematical, philosophical, and economic techniques 7 Complemented by  the website www.informationfromprocesses.org, which includes the CHIPL programming language

Contents Information.- Processes.- Representation.- Im-proving the Informative.- Words and Knowledge.- Economic Value.- Information Redux.

Fields of interestsModels and Principles; Epistemology; Communi-cation Studies

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XVII, 240 p. 67 illus. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-3-642-31189-5

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J. McCormack, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; M. d’Inverno, University of London, UK (Eds)

Computers and CreativityContents Part I Art.- Chap. 1 The Painting Fool: Stories from Building an Automated Painter (Simon Colton).- Chap. 2 Creative Ecosystems (Jon Mc-Cormack).- Chap. 3 Construction and Intuition: Creativity in Early Computer Art (Frieder Nake).- Chap. 4 Evaluation of Creative Aesthetics (Harold Cohen, Frieder Nake, David C. Brown, Paul Brown, Philip Galanter, Jon McCormack, Mark d’Inverno).- Part II Music.- Chap. 5 Musical Vir-tuosity and Creativity (François Pachet).- Chap. 6 Live Algorithms: Towards Autonomous Computer Improvisers (Tim Blackwell, Oliver Bown, Michael Young).- Chap. 7 The Extended Composer (Daniel Jones, Andrew R. Brown, Mark d’Inverno).- Chap. 8 Between Material and Ideas: A Process-Based Spatial Model of Artistic Creativity (Palle Dahlstedt).- Chap. 9 Computer Programming in the Creative Arts (Alex McLean, Geraint Wig-gins).- Part III Theory.- Chap. 10 Computational Aesthetic Evaluation: Past and Future (Philip Galanter).- Chap. 11Computing Aesthetics with Image Judgment Systems (Juan Romero, Penousal Machado, Adrian Carballal, João Correia).- Chap. 12 Creativity Redefined: Bypassing the Gatekeep-ers of Appropriateness and Value (Alan Dorin, Kevin B. Korb).- Chap. 13 A Formal Theory of Creativity to Model the Creation of Art (Jürgen Schmidhuber).- Chap. 14 Generative and Adaptive Creativity: A Unified Approach to Creativity in Nature, Humans and Machines (Oliver Bown).- Chap. 15 Creating New Informational Primitives in Minds and Machines (Peter Cariani).- Part IV Epilogue.- Chap. [...]

Fields of interestsArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities; Arts

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due September 2012

2012. XXXIV, 442 p. 100 illus., 50 in color. Hardcover7 $129.00ISBN 978-3-642-31726-2

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G. J. Pace, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

Mathematics of Discrete Structures for Computer ScienceMathematics plays a key role in computer science, some researchers would consider computers as nothing but the physical embodiment of math-ematical systems. And whether you are designing a digital circuit, a computer program or a new programming language, you need mathematics to be able to reason about the design -- its correct-ness, robustness and dependability. This book covers the foundational mathematics necessary for courses in computer science. The common ap-proach to presenting mathematical concepts and operators is to define them in terms of properties they satisfy, and then based on these definitions develop ways of computing the result of applying the operators and prove them correct.

Features 7 Author takes an unusual approach, starts by defining ways of calculating operators and then proves that they satisfy various proper-ties 7 Treatment is largely self-contained, and even students without prior advanced mathemat-ics should be able to learn from the text 7 Au-thor has considerable experience teaching this course to undergraduate students

Contents Why Mathematics?.- Propositional Logic.- Predi-cate Calculus.- Sets.- Relations.- Classifying Rela-tions.- More Discrete Structures.- Defining New Structured Types.- Numbers.- Reasoning About Programs.- Index.

Fields of interestsMathematics of Computing; Theory of Computa-tion; Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Target groupsGraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XVI, 294 p. 21 illus. Hardcover7 $59.95ISBN 978-3-642-29839-4

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J. Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK; S. Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany; U. Aßmann, Technical University of Dresden, Germany; J. Ebert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany; Y. Zhao, University of Aberdeen, UK (Eds)

Ontology-Driven Software DevelopmentFeatures 7 Explains the use of ontologies and reasoning technologies in domain AND software model-ing 7 Combines Semantic Web technologies with software development 7 Introduces a novel platform for ontology-driven software develop-ment 7 Complemented by the website http://www.odsd.eu/Book/ODSD with additional teach-ing material and further information

Contents Introduction.- Part I Ontology and Software Tech-nologies.- Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD).- Ontology Languages and Description Logics.- Case Studies for Marrying Ontology and Software Technologies.- Part II Foundational Technologies for Ontology-Driven Software Development.- Scalable Ontology Reasoning Ser-vices.- Traceability.- Metamodelling and Ontolo-gies.- Part III Consistency Checking in Ontology Driven Software Development (ODSD).- On-tology and Bridging Technologies.- Ontology Reasoning for Consistency-Preserving Structural Modelling.- Ontology Reasoning for Process Models.- Part IV Ontology Driven Software Development (ODSD) with Process Guidance.- Ontology-Driven Metamodeling for Ontology-Integrated Modelling.- A Platform for ODSD: The MOST Workbench.- Ontology-Guided Software Engineering in the MOST Workbench.- Conclu-sion and Outlooks.

Fields of interestsSoftware Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due September 2012

2012. XX, 348 p. 134 illus., 71 in color. Hardcover7 $129.00ISBN 978-3-642-31225-0

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A. Pande, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; J. Zambreno, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Embedded Multimedia Security SystemsAlgorithms and Architectures

Opening with a detailed review of existing techniques for selective encryption, this text then examines algorithms that combine both encryp-tion and compression. The book also presents a selection of specific examples of the design and implementation of secure embedded multimedia systems.

Features 7 Presents simple yet in-depth explanations of key topics in multimedia compression and encryp-tion 7 Provides a thorough literature survey, reviewing the state of the art in this field 7 Com-bines perspectives on both multimedia security and embedded multimedia systems

Contents Part I: Multimedia Systems.- Introduction.- Ad-vances in Multimedia Encryption.- Securing Multimedia Content using Joint Compression and Encryption.- Part II: Examples.- Polymorphic Wavelet Transform.- The Secure Wavelet Trans-form.- Chaotic Filter Banks.- Chaotic Arithmetic Coding.- Conclusion.

Fields of interestsImage Processing and Computer Vision; Multime-dia Information Systems; Computer Hardware

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2013. XVI, 190 p. 56 illus. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-1-4471-4458-8

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J. F. Peters, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; A. Skowron, University of Warsaw, Poland (Eds)

Transactions on Rough Sets XVThe LNCS journal Transactions on Rough Sets is devoted to the entire spectrum of rough sets related issues, from logical and mathematical foundations, through all aspects of rough set theory and its applications, such as data mining, knowledge discovery, and intelligent information processing, to relations between rough sets and other approaches to uncertainty, vagueness, and incompleteness, such as fuzzy sets and theory of evidence. Volume XV offers a number of research streams that have grown out of the seminal work by Zdzislaw Pawlak. The 4 contributions included in this volume presents a rough set approach in machine learning; the introduction of multi-valued near set theory; the advent of a complete system that supports a rough-near set approach to digital image analysis; and an exhaustive study of the mathematics of vagueness.

Features 7 Offers a number of research streams 7 Based on the seminal work by Zdzislaw Pawlak 7 Deals with the foundations and applications of rough sets

Fields of interestsPattern Recognition; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Mathematical Logic and Formal Lan-guages

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due July 2012

2012. IX, 181 p. 54 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Transactions on Rough Sets, Volume 7255) Softcover7 $98.00ISBN 978-3-642-31902-0

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T. Poibeau, CNRS, Paris, France; A. Villavincencio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; A. Korhonen, University of Cambridge, UK; A. Alishahi, Tilburg University, The Netherlands (Eds)

Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language AcquisitionContents Language Learning.- T.Poibeau, A.Villavicencio, A.Korhonen and A.Alishahi.- Part I Methods and Tools for Investigating Phonetics and Phonol-ogy.- Phon: A Computational Basis for Phono-logical Database Building and Model Testing. Y.Rose, G. J. Hedlund, R.Byrne, T.Wareham, and B.MacWhinney.- Language Dynamics in the Framework of Complex Networks: A Case Study on Self-organization of the Consonant Inventories. A.Mukherjee, M.Choudhury, N.Ganguly, and A.Basu.- Part II Classifying Words and Mapping them to Meanings.- From Cues to Categories: A Computational Study of Children’s Early Word Categorization. F.Torabi Asr, A.Fazly, and Z.Azimifar.- In Learning Nouns and Adjectives Remembering Matters: a Cortical Model. A.Plebe, V.M.De la Cruz and M.Mazzone.- Part III Learn-ing Morphology and Syntax.- Treebank Parsing and Knowledge of Language. S.Fong, I.Malioutov, B.Yankama, and R.C.Berwick.- Rethinking the Syntactic Burst in Young Children. C.Parisse.- Part IV Linking Syntax to Semantics.- Learning to Interpret Novel Noun-Noun Compounds: Evidence from Category Learning Experiments. B.J.Devereux and F.J.Costello.- Child Acquisition of Multiword Verbs: A Computational Investiga-tion. A.Nematzadeh, A.Fazly, and S.Stevenson.- Starting from Scratch in Semantic Role Labeling: Early Indirect Supervision.- M.Connor, C.Fisher and D.Roth. [...]

Fields of interestsArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Language Translation and Linguistics; Psycholinguistics

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2013. XII, 329 p. 60 illus., 13 in color. (Theory and Applications of Natural Language Processing) Hardcover7 $129.00ISBN 978-3-642-31862-7

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J. Pustejovsky, Brandeis University, MA, USA; P. Bouillon, University of Geneva, Switzerland; H. Isahara, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan; K. Kanzaki, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tachikawa, Japan; C. Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (Eds)

Advances in Generative Lexicon TheoryContents Chapter 1: Introduction .- Chapter 2: Type Theory and Lexical Decomposition .- Chapter 3: A Type Composition Logic for Generative Lexicon  .- Chapter 4: Lexical Representation, Co-composi-tion, and Linking Syntax and Semantics .- Chapter 5: The Telic Relationship in Compounds  .- Chap-ter 6: Metonymy and Metaphor: Boundary Cases and the Role of a Generative Lexicon  .- Chapter 7: Spanish Clitics, Events and Opposition Struc-ture  .- Chapter 8: Adjective-noun Combina-tions and the Generative Lexicon  .- Chapter 9: Combination of the Verb Ha- ‘Do’ and Entity Type Nouns in Korean: A Generative Lexicon .- Chap-ter 10: Generative Lexicon Approach to Derived Inchoative Verbs in Korean .- Chapter 11: Degree Vs. Manner Well: A Case Study in Selective Bind-ing .- Chapter 12: V-concatenation in Japanese .- Chapter 13: Change of Location and Change of State .- Chapter 14: Event Structure and the Japanese Indirect Passive .- Chapter 15: Develop-ing a Generative Lexicon Within HPSG .- Chapter 16: Purpose Verbs .- Chapter 17: Word Formation Rules and the Generative Lexicon: Representing Noun-to-Verb Versus Verb-to-Noun Conversion in French .- Chapter 18: Boosting Lexical Resourc-es for the Semantic Web: Generative Lexicon and Lexicon Interoperability .- Chapter 19: Automatic Acquisition of GL Resources, Using an Explana-tory, Symbolic Technique . [...]

Fields of interestsLanguage Translation and Linguistics; Compu-tational Linguistics; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2012. X, 320 p. (Text, Speech and Language Technology, Volume 46) Hardcover7 $179.00ISBN 978-94-007-5188-0

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J. Qin, Amadeus Data Processing GmbH, Erding, Germany; T. Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Scientific WorkflowsProgramming, Optimization, and Synthesis with ASKALON and AWDL

Creating scientific workflow applications is a very challenging task due to the complexity of the distributed computing environments involved, the complex control and data flow requirements of scientific applications, and the lack of high-level languages and tools support.

Features 7 Discusses various programming issues and models for distributed computing sys-tems 7 Specifies scientific workflows at a high level of abstraction 7 Illustrates HPF (High-Performance Fortran)-inspired data distribu-tion constructs 7 Describes Artificial Intel-ligence planning-based algorithms for workflow creation 7 Systematically compares numerous workflow programming systems and languages from leading research groups

Contents Part I Overview.- Introduction.- Prerequi-sites.- Part II Programming.- Abstract Workflow Description Language (AWDL).- Workflow Modularization.- UML Based Scientific Work-flow Modeling.- Part III Optimization.- Collec-tion Oriented Data Flow Support for Scientific Workflows.- Part IV Synthesis.- Semantic-Based Scientific Workflow Composition.- Automatic Scientific Workflow Composition.- Part V Related Work.- Related Work.- Part VI Conclusions.- Conclusions.- Part VII Appendices.- Acronyms.- Symbols.

Fields of interestsInformation Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Computer Communication Networks

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XX, 234 p. 98 illus., 89 in color. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-3-642-30714-0

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M. Reichert, Ulm University, Germany; B. Weber, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Enabling Flexibility in Process-Aware Information SystemsChallenges, Methods, Technologies

Features 7 Comprehensively describes all relevant state-of-the-art concepts, methods and technologies enabling process flexibility

Contents Part I Basic Concepts and Flexibility Issues.- Introduction.- Process-Aware Information Systems.- Flexibility Issues in Process-Aware Information Systems.- Part II Flexibility Support for Pre-Specified Processes.- Process Modeling & Flexibility-by-Design.- Process Configuration Support.- Exception Handling.- Ad-hoc Changes of Process Instances.- Monitoring and Mining Flexible Processes.- Process Evolution and In-stance Migration.- Business Process Compliance.- Part III Flexibility Support for Loosely-Specified Processes.- Concretizing Loosely-Specified Pro-cesses.- Constraint-based Process Models.- Part IV User- and Data-driven Processes.- User- and Data-driven Processes.- A Framework for Object-Aware Processes.- Part V Technologies Enabling Flexibility Support in Process-Aware Information Systems.- AristaFlow BPM Suite.- Alaska Simula-tor Toolset.- Existing Tool Support for Flexible Processes.- Part VI Summary, References, Appen-dices.- Epilogue.- Overview of BPMN Elements.

Fields of interestsInformation Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Business Information Systems; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing

Target groupsGraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XIX, 511 p. 273 illus., 91 in color. Hardcover7 $89.95ISBN 978-3-642-30408-8

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T. A. Runkler, Siemens

Data AnalyticsModels and Algorithms for Intelligent Data Analysis

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the methods and algorithms and approaches of mod-ern data analytics. It covers data preprocessing, visualization, correlation, regression, forecasting, classification, and clustering. It provides a sound mathematical basis, discusses advantages and drawbacks of different approaches, and enables the reader to design and implement data analytics solutions for real-world applications. The text is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on data analytics for engineering, computer science, and math students. It is also suitable for practitioners working on data analytics projects. This book has been used for more than ten years in numerous courses at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in short courses at several other universities, and in tutorials at scientific conferences. Much of the content is based on the results of industrial research and development projects at Siemens.

Features 7 A comprehensive introduction 7 Enabling the reader to design and implement data analytics solutions for real-world applications 7 Success-fully used for more than 10 years

Contents Data Analytics.- Data and Relations.- Data Pre-processing.- Data Visualization.-Correlation.- Re-gression.- Forecasting.- Classification.- Clustering.

Fields of interestsData Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Data Structures; Computer Science, general

Target groupsLower undergraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due September 2012

2012. X, 137 p. 66 illus. Softcover7 $39.95ISBN 978-3-8348-2588-9

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D. Santos, University of Oslo, Norway; K. Lindén, University of Helsinki, Finland; W. Ng’ang’a, University of Nairobi, Kenya (Eds)

Shall We Play the Festschrift Game?Essays on the Occasion of Lauri Carlson‘s 60th Birthday

Contents Is There a Crisis in Generative Linguistics? Fred Karlsson.- “It’s Etymology Captain, But Not AsWe Know It”: Pump in North Australia. David Nash.- Translation in History. Nicholas Ostler.- Catford Revisited.- Andrew Chesterman.- The Next Step for the Translation Network. Diana Santos.- Core Vocabulary: A Useful But Mystical Concept in Some Kinds of Linguistics. Lars Borin.- Extend-ing and Updating the Finnish Wordnet. Krister Lindén, Jyrki Niemi, and Mirka Hyvärinen.- Burstiness of Verbs and Derived Nouns. Janet B. Pierrehumbert.- Outsourcing Parsebanking: The FinnTreeBank Project. Atro Voutilainen, Tanja Purtonen, and Kristiina Muhonen.- On Depen-dency Analysis via Contractions and Weighted FSTs. Anssi Yli-Jyrä.- Fictive Motion Down Under: The Locative-Allative Case Alternation in Some Australian Indigenous Languages. Patrick McConvell and Jane Simpson.- Necessive Expres-sions in Finnic Bible Translations. Aet Lees.- Building Swahili Resource Grammars for the Grammatical Framework. Wanjiku Ng’ang’a.- On the Syntax and Translation of Finnish Discourse Clitics. Aarne Ranta .

Fields of interestsLanguage Translation and Linguistics; Computa-tional Linguistics; Linguistics (General)

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2012. XII, 244 p. 31 illus., 9 in color. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-3-642-30772-0

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A. U. Shankar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Distributed ProgrammingTheory and Practice

Distributed Programming: Theory and Practice presents a practical and rigorous method to develop distributed programs that correctly imple-ment their specifications. The method also covers how to write specifications and how to use them. Numerous examples such as bounded buffers, distributed locks, message-passing services, and distributed termination detection illustrate the method.

Features 7 Bridges the gap between books that focus on specific concurrent programming languages and books that focus on distributed algo-rithms 7 Programs are written in a “real-life” programming notation along the lines of  Java and Python Exercises 7 Examples are included in each chapter with on-line access to the solutions

Contents Introduction.- Simple Lock.- Bounded Buffer.- Message-Passing Services.- Fifo Channels from Unreliable Channels.- Programs, Semantics and Effective Atomicity.- Implements and Composi-tionality.- SESF for Time-Constrained Programs.- Lock using Peterson‘s Algorithm.- Lock using the Bakery Algorithm.- Distributed Lock Service.- Distributed Lock using Timestamps.- Channel with Termination Detection Service.- Termination Detection for Diffusing Computations.- Object-Transfer Service.- Object Transfer using Path Reversal.- Distributed Shared Memory Service.- A Single-Copy Distributed Shared Memory.- A Multi-Copy Distributed Shared Memory.- Reliable Transport Service.- Reliable Transport Protocol.

Fields of interestsComputer Communication Networks; Program-ming Techniques; Software Engineering

Target groupsGraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2013. XIV, 382 p. 173 illus. Hardcover7 approx. $79.95ISBN 978-1-4614-4880-8

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V. Subrahmanian, A. Mannes, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; A. Sliva, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; J. Shakarian, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; J. Dickerson, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Computational Analysis of Terrorist GroupsLashkar-e-Taiba

Computational Analysis of Terrorist Groups: Lashkar-e-Taiba provides an in-depth look at Web intelligence, and how advanced mathematics and modern computing technology can influence the insights we have on terrorist groups.

Features 7 The first book on terrorist groups that demon-strates how to use modern computational analysis techniques including methods for “big data” analysis 7 Provides the first, in-depth look at Web intelligence, and how advanced mathematics and modern computing technology can influence the insights we have on terrorist groups 7 Each chapter includes a case study, as well as, a slide describing the key results which are available on the authors’ web sites

Contents Introduction.- A Brief History of LeT.- Temporal Probabilistic Behavior Rules.- Targeting Civilians.- Attacks Against Public Sites, Tourist Sites, and Transportation Facilities.- Attacks Against Profes-sional Security Forces.- Attacks Against Security Installations and Infrastructure.- Other Types of Attacks.- Armed Clashes.- Computing Policy Op-tions.- Policy Options Against LeT.

Fields of interestsInformation Systems and Communication Service; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Data Min-ing and Knowledge Discovery

Target groupsProfessional/practitioner

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due August 2012

2013. XIV, 303 p. 23 illus. Hardcover7 $109.00ISBN 978-1-4614-4768-9

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D. Thalmann, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; S. R. Musse, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Allegre, Brazil

Crowd SimulationResearch into the methods and techniques used in simulating crowds has developed extensively within the last few years, particularly in the areas of video games and film. Despite recent impressive results when simulating and rendering thousands of individuals, many challenges still exist in this area. The comparison of simulation with reality, the realistic appearance of virtual humans and their behavior, group structure and their motion, and collision avoidance are just some examples of these challenges. For most of the applications of crowds, it is now a requirement to have real-time simulations – which is an additional challenge, particularly when crowds are very large. Crowd Simulation analyses these challenges in depth and suggests many possible solutions.

Features 7 Provides a complete review of the domain of crowd simulation 7 Includes discussions about challenges and new trends within the do-main 7 Presents solutions and new methods to solve scientific challenges 7 Describes practical experiences in crowd simulation

Contents Preface.- Introduction.- State-of-the-Art.- Model-ing of Populations.- Virtual Human Animation.- Behavioral Animation of Crowds.- Relating Real Crowds with Virtual Crowds.- Crowd Render-ing.- Populated Environments.- Applications: Case Studies.- Index.

Fields of interestsComputer Graphics; Image Processing and Com-puter Vision; Simulation and Modeling

Target groupsResearch

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due October 2012

2nd ed. 2013. XIV, 324 p. 180 illus., 152 in color. Hardcover7 approx. $129.00ISBN 978-1-4471-4449-6

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G. Üçoluk, S. Kalkan, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Eds)

Introduction to Programming Concepts with Case Studies in PythonContents The World of Programming.- Programming Languages.- Programming Paradigms.- The Zoo of Programming Languages.- How Programming Languages are Implemented.- How a Program gets “written”.- Meet Python.- Further Reading.- Ex-ercises.- Data: The First Ingredient of a Program.- What is Data?.- What is Structured Data?.- Basic Data Types.- Basic Organization of Data: Contain-ers.- Accessing Data or Containers by Names : Variables.- Further Reading.- Exercises.- Actions: the 2nd Ingredient of a Program.- Purpose and Scope of Actions.- Action Types.- Controlling Actions: Conditionals.- Reusable Actions: Func-tions.- Functional Programming Tools in Python.- Further Reading.- Exercises.- Managing the Size of a Problem.- An Action Wizard: Recursion.- Itera-tion.- Recursion versus Iteration.- Further Read-ing.- Exercises.- Complexity.- Time and Memory Complexity.- Further Reading.- Exercises.- Or-ganizing Data.- Primitive and Composite Data Types.- Abstract Data Types.- Abstract Data Types in Python.- Further Reading.- Exercises.- Objects: Reunion of Data and Action.- The Idea behind the Object-Oriented Paradigm (OOP).- Properties of Object-Oriented Programming.- Object-Oriented Programming in Python.- Further Reading.

Fields of interestsComputer Engineering; Programming Techniques

Target groupsLower undergraduate

Discount groupProfessional Non-Medical

Due September 2012

2012. 240 p. 64 illus., 35 in color. Hardcover7 approx. $59.95ISBN 978-3-7091-1342-4

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