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This book is a crystallization of the authors' work over the last twenty-five years. The book covers the latest advances in grey information and systems research, providing a state-of-the-art overview of this important field. Covering the theoretical foundation, fundamental methods and main topics i... More

Distributed Computing provides an introduction to the core concepts and principles of distributed programming techniques. It takes a “how-to” approach where students learn by doing. Designed for students familiar with Java, the book covers programming paradigms, protocols, and application progra... More

These books, with of a total of 40 chapters, are a comprehensive and complete introductory text on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanomaterials. They are aimed at graduate students and researchers whose background is chemistry, physics, materials science, chemical engineering, ... More

Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials will provide a comprehensive review of recent progress in magnetic materials research. Coverage includes nanostructural effects, characterization and simulation, fabrication and processing, and properties and applications of advanced magnetic materials. The re... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Provable Security, ProvSec 2007, held in Wollongong, Australia, October 31 - November 2, 2007. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submis... More

Covering every major photonic device, this textbook strikes a careful balance between theoretical and practical concepts. The devices it covers include optical fibers, couplers, electro-optic devices, magneto-optic devices, lasers, and photodetectors. The book is well-suited as a text for senior und... More

Spanning four decades of Chinese history, Wives of the East Wind" is an epic tale of friendships, love, and idealism betrayed.Two couples - Wenya and Zhiying, Zhenzhen and Lao Gao - meet, marry and become inseparable just as China is shaking off the memory of war, and the brightest of its youth are ... More

Urban development and the migration from rural to urban areas are significant global phenomena. Various models aim to address these issues, especially cellular automata models. This book presents a simulation model of urban development based on cellular automata principles and provides theoretical c... More

Solutions and Examples for System Administrators The DNS & BIND Cookbook presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. Following O'Reilly's popular problem-and-solution cookbook format, this title is a... More