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Practical Software Estimation

Function Point Methods for Insourced and Outsourced Projects

by M. A. Parthasarathy ...

"A clearly written book that is a useful primer for a very complicated set of topics."--Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus, Software Productivity Research LLCPractical Software Estimation brings together today's most valuable tips, techniques, and best practices for accurately estimating software project efforts, costs, and schedules. Written by a leading expert in the field, it addresses the ... Read more

$43.19 USD

"A clearly written book that is a useful primer for a very complicated set of topics."--Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus, Software Productivity Research LLCPractical Software Estimation brings together today's most valuable tips, techniques, and best practices for accurately estimating software project efforts, costs, and schedules. Written by a leading expert in the field, it addresses the
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Tabletops - Horizontal Interactive Displays

Edited by Christian Müller-Tomfelde ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The objects displayed on a table can take multiple forms. In meetings, it is still very often printed paper although its content was originally created on a computer. The content can also be a “table”, but now in the mathematical sense, showing, e. g. , the budget of a project. Then, we have a “table” on the table. Most often, the computer-generated contents are subject of frequent changes or ... Read more

$143.09 USD

The objects displayed on a table can take multiple forms. In meetings, it is still very often printed paper although its content was originally created on a computer. The content can also be a “table”, but now in the mathematical sense, showing, e. g. , the budget of a project. Then, we have a “table” on the table. Most often, the computer-generated contents are subject of frequent changes or
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IBM Rational Unified Process Reference and Certification Guide: Solution Designer (RUP)

Solution Designer (RUP)

by Ahmad K. Shuja, Jochen Krebs ...

Series series IBM Press
The Only Official RUP® Certification Prep Guide and Compact RUP ReferenceThe IBM® Rational Unified Process® has become the de facto industry-standard process for large-scale enterprise software development. The IBM Certified Solution Designer - IBM Rational Unified Process V7.0 certification provides a powerful way for solutions developers to demonstrate their proficiency with RUP.The first and ... Read more

$43.19 USD

The Only Official RUP® Certification Prep Guide and Compact RUP ReferenceThe IBM® Rational Unified Process® has become the de facto industry-standard process for large-scale enterprise software development. The IBM Certified Solution Designer - IBM Rational Unified Process V7.0 certification provides a powerful way for solutions developers to demonstrate their proficiency with RUP.The first and
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Cloud Computing and Services Sciences

International Conference in Cloud Computing and Services Sciences, CLOSER 2014 Barcelona Spain, April 3–5, 2014 Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Markus Helfert, Frédéric Desprez, Donald Ferguson, Frank Leymann, Victor Méndez Munoz ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2014.The 14 papers presented were selected from 127 paper submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2014.The 14 papers presented were selected from 127 paper submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing
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Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

30th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2024, Winterthur, Switzerland, April 8–11, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Daniel Mendez, Ana Moreira ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2024, held in Winterthur, Switzerland, during April 8–12, 2024.The 14 full papers and 8 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: quality ... Read more

$76.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2024, held in Winterthur, Switzerland, during April 8–12, 2024.The 14 full papers and 8 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: quality
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Agile Guide to Business Analysis and Planning, The

From Strategic Plan to Continuous Value Delivery

by Howard Podeswa ...

How Product Owners and Business Analysts can maximize the value delivered to stakeholders by integrating BA competencies with agile methodologies"This book will become a staple reference that both product owners and business analysis practitioners should haveby their side."-- From the Foreword by Alain Arseneault, former IIBA Acting President & CEO"[This book] is well ... ... Read more

$52.19 USD

How Product Owners and Business Analysts can maximize the value delivered to stakeholders by integrating BA competencies with agile methodologies"This book will become a staple reference that both product owners and business analysis practitioners should haveby their side."-- From the Foreword by Alain Arseneault, former IIBA Acting President & CEO"[This book] is well ...
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Leading Agile When No One Agrees

A Field Guide to Engineering Leadership in Imperfect Organisations

by Kyle Hauslaib ...

A standup that says nothing. A status report that says everything is on track when nothing is. A transformation that's been running for two years and has produced a vocabulary, a calendar, and almost no change. If any of that sounds familiar, you've already met what this book calls the Drift, the slow, structural gap between what an engineering organisation says it does and what it does.This is a ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A standup that says nothing. A status report that says everything is on track when nothing is. A transformation that's been running for two years and has produced a vocabulary, a calendar, and almost no change. If any of that sounds familiar, you've already met what this book calls the Drift, the slow, structural gap between what an engineering organisation says it does and what it does.This is a
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Deep Learning Approaches in Intelligent Wireless Networking

Edited by Bharat Bhushan, Mohd Anas Wajid, Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Achyut Shankar, Mithun Chakraborty, Parma Nand ...

Series series Computational Methods for Industrial Applications
This reference text covers deep learning-based communication frameworks for multiuser detection and sparse channel estimation and engages in a discussion on deep learning-based ultra-dense cell communication and sensor networks and ad-hoc communication. It further presents concepts and theories related to high-speed communication systems, which are important in intelligent wireless communications ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This reference text covers deep learning-based communication frameworks for multiuser detection and sparse channel estimation and engages in a discussion on deep learning-based ultra-dense cell communication and sensor networks and ad-hoc communication. It further presents concepts and theories related to high-speed communication systems, which are important in intelligent wireless communications
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Digital Media and the Making of Network Temporality

by Philip Pond ...

This book presents an exciting new theory of time for a world built on hyper-fast digital media networks. Computers have changed the human social experience enormously. We’re becoming familiar with many of the macro changes, but we rarely consider the complex, underlying mechanics of how a technology interacts with our social, political and economic worlds. And we cannot explain how the mechanics ... Read more

$30.99 USD

This book presents an exciting new theory of time for a world built on hyper-fast digital media networks. Computers have changed the human social experience enormously. We’re becoming familiar with many of the macro changes, but we rarely consider the complex, underlying mechanics of how a technology interacts with our social, political and economic worlds. And we cannot explain how the mechanics
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Cyber-Enabled Intelligence

Edited by Huansheng Ning, Liming Chen, Ata Ullah, Xiong Luo ...

The book provides an advanced vision and trends of computational intelligence in cyberspace and cyber-enabled spaces. It reviews architectures and models, as well as state-of-the-art computational and interpretation capabilities for social, industrial, and multimedia applications. Cyber-enabled intelligence involves the design and development of intelligent and innovative application scenarios in ... Read more

$66.99 USD

The book provides an advanced vision and trends of computational intelligence in cyberspace and cyber-enabled spaces. It reviews architectures and models, as well as state-of-the-art computational and interpretation capabilities for social, industrial, and multimedia applications. Cyber-enabled intelligence involves the design and development of intelligent and innovative application scenarios in
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End-to-End Game Development

Creating Independent Serious Games and Simulations from Start to Finish

by Nick Iuppa, Terry Borst ...

You're part of a new venture, an independent gaming company, and you are about to undertake your first development project. The client wants a serious game, one with instructional goals and assessment metrics. Or you may be in a position to green light such a project yourself, believing that it can advance your organization's mission and goals. This book provides a proven process to take an ... Read more

$69.99 USD

You're part of a new venture, an independent gaming company, and you are about to undertake your first development project. The client wants a serious game, one with instructional goals and assessment metrics. Or you may be in a position to green light such a project yourself, believing that it can advance your organization's mission and goals. This book provides a proven process to take an
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Flexible Network Architectures Security

Principles and Issues

by Bhawana Rudra ...

The future of Internet security doesn’t lie in doing more of the same. It requires not only a new architecture, but the means of securing that architecture. Two trends have come together to make the topic of this book of vital interest. First, the explosive growth of the Internet connections for the exchange of information via networks increased the dependence of both organizations and individuals ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The future of Internet security doesn’t lie in doing more of the same. It requires not only a new architecture, but the means of securing that architecture. Two trends have come together to make the topic of this book of vital interest. First, the explosive growth of the Internet connections for the exchange of information via networks increased the dependence of both organizations and individuals
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Network and Parallel Computing

14th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference, NPC 2017, Hefei, China, October 20-21, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Hai Jin, Xuanhua Shi, Mahmut Kandemir, Chao Wang, Hong An ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2017, held in Hefei, China, in October 2017.The 9 full papers and 10 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers cover traditional areas of network and parallel computing including parallel applications, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2017, held in Hefei, China, in October 2017.The 9 full papers and 10 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers cover traditional areas of network and parallel computing including parallel applications,
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Software Reuse: Methods, Models Costs Second Edition

by Ronald J. Leach ...

This book is an updated edition of the previous McGraw-Hill edition, which was an essential guide to successful reuse across the entire software life cycle. It explains in depth the fundamentals, economics, and metrics of software reuse. The bottom line is good news for designers of complex systems: Systematic software reuse can succeed, even if the underlying technology is changing rapidly ... Read more

$7.99 USD

This book is an updated edition of the previous McGraw-Hill edition, which was an essential guide to successful reuse across the entire software life cycle. It explains in depth the fundamentals, economics, and metrics of software reuse. The bottom line is good news for designers of complex systems: Systematic software reuse can succeed, even if the underlying technology is changing rapidly
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Automated Reasoning

13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, Lisbon, Portugal, July 26–29, 2026, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Armin Biere, Carsten Lutz, Sara Negri ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access set, LNAI 16688-16689, constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during July 26–29, 2026.The 41 full research papers and 8 short papers included in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Theorem Proving and Automation; ... Read more

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This open access set, LNAI 16688-16689, constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during July 26–29, 2026.The 41 full research papers and 8 short papers included in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Theorem Proving and Automation;
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Computer Aided Verification

38th International Conference, CAV 2026, Lisbon, Portugal, July 26–29, 2026, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Eva Darulova, Anthony W. Lin, Philipp Rümmer ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access 3-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 38th International Conference, CAV 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2026.The 54 full papers, together with 21 short tool papers,and 6 industrial experience reports and case studies, were carefully reviewed and selected from 319 submissions.These papers apply or extend formal methods to a wide range of domains such as ... Read more

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This open access 3-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 38th International Conference, CAV 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2026.The 54 full papers, together with 21 short tool papers,and 6 industrial experience reports and case studies, were carefully reviewed and selected from 319 submissions.These papers apply or extend formal methods to a wide range of domains such as
... Read more
Automated Reasoning

13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, Lisbon, Portugal, July 26–29, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Armin Biere, Carsten Lutz, Sara Negri ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access set, LNAI 16688-16689, constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during July 26–29, 2026.The 41 full research papers and 8 short papers included in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Theorem Proving and Automation; ... Read more

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This open access set, LNAI 16688-16689, constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during July 26–29, 2026.The 41 full research papers and 8 short papers included in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Theorem Proving and Automation;
... Read more
Réviser et Réussir la Certification AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) : Guide Complet avec QCM Corrigés

by Jean Louis Claude ...

Ce guide complet est conçu pour accompagner les débutants et professionnels dans leur préparation à la certification AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02). Il couvre de manière structurée et pédagogique les quatre domaines clés de l'examen :Concepts fondamentaux du cloud AWSSécurité et conformitéTechnologie et services AWSFacturation, tarification et support... ... Read more

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Ce guide complet est conçu pour accompagner les débutants et professionnels dans leur préparation à la certification AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02). Il couvre de manière structurée et pédagogique les quatre domaines clés de l'examen :Concepts fondamentaux du cloud AWSSécurité et conformitéTechnologie et services AWSFacturation, tarification et support...
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Clean Craftsmanship

Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics

by Robert C. Martin ...

How to Write Code You're Proud of . . . Every Single Day". . . [A] timely and humble reminder of the ever-increasing complexity of our programmatic world and how we owe it to the legacy of humankind--and to ourselves--to practice ethical development. Take your time reading Clean Craftsmanship. . . . Keep this book on your go-to bookshelf. Let this book be your old friend--your Uncle Bob, your ... Read more

$38.69 USD

How to Write Code You're Proud of . . . Every Single Day". . . [A] timely and humble reminder of the ever-increasing complexity of our programmatic world and how we owe it to the legacy of humankind--and to ourselves--to practice ethical development. Take your time reading Clean Craftsmanship. . . . Keep this book on your go-to bookshelf. Let this book be your old friend--your Uncle Bob, your
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Quality Assurance of Agent-Based and Self-Managed Systems

by Reiner Dumke, Steffen Mencke, Cornelius Wille ...

The challenges in implementing intelligent and autonomous software systems remain the development of self-adapting systems, self-healing applications, corporate global creation, and collaborated robotic teams. With software agent technology widely recognized as a key approach in implementing such global infrastructure, the importance of the role of ... Read more

$179.99 USD

The challenges in implementing intelligent and autonomous software systems remain the development of self-adapting systems, self-healing applications, corporate global creation, and collaborated robotic teams. With software agent technology widely recognized as a key approach in implementing such global infrastructure, the importance of the role of
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Change Request Impacts in Software Maintenance

by Madapuri Rudra Kumar, Kalli Srinivasa Nageswara Prasad, Annaluri Sreenivasa Rao, Vinit Kumar Gunjan ...

Series series Computational Intelligence and Management Science Paradigm
This book discusses Change Management Impact Analysis and how this method is used to analysis the risks and benefits of a change management initiative when it pertains to obtaining critical insight into how the change management program budget should be allotted. The process also offers useful indicators for what areas within the system should be monitored during the change management process.This ... Read more

$30.99 USD

This book discusses Change Management Impact Analysis and how this method is used to analysis the risks and benefits of a change management initiative when it pertains to obtaining critical insight into how the change management program budget should be allotted. The process also offers useful indicators for what areas within the system should be monitored during the change management process.This
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Digitising Enterprise in an Information Age

by David L. Olson, Subodh Kesharwani ...

Digitising Enterprise in an Information Age is an eﬀort that focuses on a very vast cluster of Enterprises and their digitising technology involvement and take us through the road map of the implementation process in them, some of them being ICT, Banking, Stock Markets, Textile Industry & ICT, Social Media, Software Quality Assurance, Information Systems Security and Risk Management, Employee ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Digitising Enterprise in an Information Age is an eﬀort that focuses on a very vast cluster of Enterprises and their digitising technology involvement and take us through the road map of the implementation process in them, some of them being ICT, Banking, Stock Markets, Textile Industry & ICT, Social Media, Software Quality Assurance, Information Systems Security and Risk Management, Employee
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Core Data with SwiftUI

Quick Guides for Masterminds

by J.D Gauchat ...

Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need.DescriptionWith this guide, you will learn how to store data in a database with Core Data and the SwiftUI framework.After reading this guide, you will know how to work with the ... Read more

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Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need.DescriptionWith this guide, you will learn how to store data in a database with Core Data and the SwiftUI framework.After reading this guide, you will know how to work with the
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iCloud and CloudKit

Lean how to share data between devices in iOS 11 with iCloud and Swift 4

by J.D Gauchat ...

Learn how to use iCloud from your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to connect to the user's iCloud account, how to store the app's settings on the cloud, how to upload documents, and how to create a database with CloudKit.Table of ContentsICLOUDData in the CloudEnabling iCloudTesting DevicesKey-Value StorageiCloud DocumentsMultiple DocumentsCloudKitContainerRecordsZones ... Read more

$2.84 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to use iCloud from your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to connect to the user's iCloud account, how to store the app's settings on the cloud, how to upload documents, and how to create a database with CloudKit.Table of ContentsICLOUDData in the CloudEnabling iCloudTesting DevicesKey-Value StorageiCloud DocumentsMultiple DocumentsCloudKitContainerRecordsZones
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