Best of
Technical

1990

Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: Networking APIs - Sockets and XTI


W. Richard Stevens - 1990
    You need UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition. In this book, leading UNIX networking expert W. Richard Stevens offers unprecedented, start-to-finish guidance on making the most of sockets, the de facto standard for UNIX network programming-as well as extensive coverage of the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). Stevens begins by introducing virtually every basic capability of TCP and UDP sockets, including socket functions and options, I/O multiplexing, and name and address conversions. He presents detailed coverage of the Posix.1g standard for sockets and the Posix threads. He also introduces advanced techniques for: Establishing IPv4/IPv6 interoperability. Implementing non-blocking I/O. Routing sockets. Broadcasting and multicasting. IP options. Multithreading. Advanced name and address conversions. UNIX domain protocols. Raw sockets. Learn how to choose among today's leading client/server design approaches, including TCP

Pranic Healing


Choa Kok Sui - 1990
    By tapping into pranic or "ki" (chi) energy - the universal force which is our life force - the author presents techniques for beginning, intermediate and advanced healing.

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice


James D. Foley - 1990
    It details programming with SRGP, a simple but powerful raster graphics package. Important algorithms in 2D and 3D graphics are detailed for easy implementation, and a thorough presentation of the mathematical principles of geometric transformations and viewing are included.

Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook: Technical Guide for Racer, Restorer and Builder


Carroll Smith - 1990
    Plus important information on thread cutting, torque, material selection, inserts, panel fasteners and much more. Pub. 1990.

Rock 'n' Roll Singers Survival Handbook


Mark Baxter - 1990
    It is a thorough, yet easy-to-understand presentation of the basic elements of singing, including vocal production, training, breathing, posture, and diet. Written in a down-to-earth style, the author of The Rock-N-Roll Singer's Survival Manualaddresses such relevant topics as overcoming nervousness; dealing with emotions; and the true consequences of coffee, alcohol, and smoking. Includes useful illustrations and diagrams. 248 pages.

Information Transmission, Modulation, And Noise


Mischa Schwartz - 1990
    The new edition features: discussion of the widespread usage of Optical Transmission Systems for communications, stressing international data networking; extensive use of real-life problems and applications; a new comprehensive chapter on Networks; new discussions on Satellite Systems, International Data Networking Standards, Digital and Optical Transmission Hierarchy, and Space Communications examples.

Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide


Dick Grune - 1990
    Parsing, also referred to as syntax analysis, has been and continues to be an essential part of computer science and linguistics. Parsing techniques have grown considerably in importance, both in computer science, ie. advanced compilers often use general CF parsers, and computational linguistics where such parsers are the only option. They are used in a variety of software products including Web browsers, interpreters in computer devices, and data compression programs; and they are used extensively in linguistics.

The Craft of PROLOG


Richard O'Keefe - 1990
    Prolog is different, but not that different. Elegance is not optional. These are the themes that unify Richard O'Keefe's very personal statement on how Prolog programs should be written. The emphasis in The "Craft of Prolog" is on using Prolog effectively. It presents a loose collection of topics that build on and elaborate concepts learned in a first course. These may be read in any order following the first chapter, "Basic Topics in Prolog," which provides a basis for the rest of the material in the book.Richard A. O'Keefe is Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is also a consultant to Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.Contents: Basic Topics in Prolog. Searching. Where Does the Space Go? Methods of Programming. Data Structure Design. Sequences. Writing Interpreters. Some Notes on Grammar Rules. Prolog Macros. Writing Tokenisers in Prolog. All Solutions.

The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski


Carol Parikh - 1990
    The powerful tools he forged from the ideas of modern algebra allowed him to penetrate classical problems with an unaccustomed depth, and brought new rigor to the intuitive proofs of the Italian School. The students he trained at Hopkins, and later at Harvard, are among the foremost mathematicians of our time.While what he called his real life is recorded in almost a hundred books and papers, this story of his unreal life is based upon Parikh s interviews with his family, colleagues, and students, and on his own memories from a series of tape-recorded interviews made a few years before his death in 1986.First published in 1991, The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski was highly successful and widely praised, but has been out of print for many years. Springer is proud to make this book available again, introducing Oscar Zariski to a new generation of mathematicians."

On Private Madness


André Green - 1990
    This volume collects fourteen of his papers together with a substantial introduction. The papers range widely across clinical and theoretical issues including borderline states, the true and false self, and narcissism. On Private Madness has achieved the status of a modern psychoanalytic classic, and this new impression will be welcomed by all those admirers of the author who wish to have these seminal papers collected together.

Understanding SQL


Martin Gruber - 1990
    Exercises at the end of each chapter build reader fluency and confidence at each level before proceeding to the next.

The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery


A.K. Dewdney - 1990
    K. Dewdney's popular Computer Recreations columns, drawn from Scientific American. The author discusses some of today's hottest topics including chaos, computer viruses, and artificial landscapes.

Three Novels: A Dark-Adapted Eye; A Fatal Inversion; The House of Stairs


Barbara Vine - 1990
    

The Architecture of Symbolic Computers


Peter M. Kogge - 1990
    Focuses on the design and implementation of two classes of non-von Neumann computer architecture: those designed for functional and logical language computing.

Relational Database Writings 1985-1989


C.J. Date - 1990
    Collected papers--many of them previously unpublished, on various aspects of relational technology--include such topics as the problems of duplicates, foreign keys, database integrity, distributed database systems, and tips on SQL.

Functional Programming: Practice and Theory


Bruce J. MacLennan - 1990
    Its focus is on functional programming methodology--what it is, and how it can be used to good effect. In particular, the book shows how this methodology can be used effectively in deriving, analyzing, and proving the correctness of programs. In as much as this book emphasizes general methodology over any particular language, the author has chosen standard mathematical notation for his examples.

Analog Electronics


Ian Hickman - 1990
    The second edition of this popular text has been enhanced with concise design implementations, with many of the circuits taken from Ian Hickman's magazine articles. Although not a traditional textbook, Analog Electronics is also an ideal course text for students at HNC/HND and degree level. The contents have been carefully matched to provide full coverage of the appropriate units in the new BTEC Higher National Engineering scheme from Edexcel. Ian Hickman is looked to by thousands of circuit designers for his innovative design ideas and clear explanations of the fundamentals of analog circuit design. This book is a distillation of Hickman's design insights, introducing all the main areas of analog electronics. THE professional text for analog electronicsIncludes numerous practical circuit ideas

Adaptive Algorithms and Stochastic Approximations


Albert Benveniste - 1990
    These diverse areas echo the classes of models which conveniently describe each corresponding system. Thus although there can hardly be a "general theory of adaptive systems" encompassing both the modelling task and the design of the adaptation procedure, nevertheless, these diverse issues have a major common component: namely the use of adaptive algorithms, also known as stochastic approximations in the mathematical statistics literature, that is to say the adaptation procedure (once all modelling problems have been resolved). The juxtaposition of these two expressions in the title reflects the ambition of the authors to produce a reference work, both for engineers who use these adaptive algorithms and for probabilists or statisticians who would like to study stochastic approximations in terms of problems arising from real applications. Hence the book is organised in two parts, the first one user-oriented, and the second providing the mathematical foundations to support the practice described in the first part. The book covers the topcis of convergence, convergence rate, permanent adaptation and tracking, change detection, and is illustrated by various realistic applications originating from these areas of applications.

ASM Handbook, Volume 02: Properties & Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials


ASM International - 1990
    In the first volume (see SciTech Book News, October 1990), irons, steels, and superalloys were described. In the present volume, n

The Elements of Artificial Intelligence Using Common LISP


Steven L. Tanimoto - 1990
    It features clear presentation of principles integrated with short, workable programs which are designed to help students to learn by experimentation and to develop an intuitive understanding of the subject.

The Elements Of Nonlinear Optics


Paul N. Butcher - 1990
    Assuming a familiarity with basic mathematics, the fundamentals of nonlinear optics are developed from the basic concepts, introducing and explaining the essential quantum mechanical apparatus as it arises. Later chapters deal with the materials used and the constructions that are necessary to induce the effects.

Artificial Intelligence: An Engineering Approach


Robert J. Schalkoff - 1990
    

Software State-of-the-Art: Selected Papers


Tom DeMarco - 1990
    The papers were selected from more than a dozen sources, including IEEE Computer, Software—Practice & Experience, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and Communications of the ACM.

Building Large Knowledge-Based Systems: Representation and Inference in the Cyc Project


Douglas B. Lenat - 1990
    

The Practice of PROLOG


Leon Sterling - 1990
    It shows how to design and organize moderate to large Prolog programs, providing a collection of eight programming projects, each with a particular application, and illustrating how a Prolog program was written to solve the application. These range from a simple learning program to designing a database for molecular biology to natural language generation from plans and stream data analysis.

Programming In C++


Stephen Dewhurst - 1990
    It also includes information on key languages features, such as templates, exception handling, and wide characters.