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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition
Author Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw fr....
Release Date 1995/08 -
Microsoft RPC Programming Guide
Author Ward Rosenberry , John Shirley
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is the glue that holds together MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT. It is a client-server technology -- a way of making programs on two different systems work together like one. The advantage of RPC over other distributing programming te....
Release Date 1995/03 -
Author Richard C. Dorf , John V. Oldfield
Timely, authoritative, application-oriented. an in-depth exploration of current and future uses of FPGAs in digital systems The development of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may well be the most important breakthrough for the microelectronics industry since ....
Release Date 1995/01 -
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Author John Vlissides , Ralph Johnson , Richard Helm , Erich Gamma
Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create mor....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Making Common Sense: Leadership as Meaning-making in a Community of Practice
Author Charles J. Palus , Wilfred H. Drath
A prevalent way of viewing leadership is as a process of social influence. In this report, the authors offer an alternative perspective: seeing leadership as a process of social meaning-making. The practical and research implications of such a view are considered. ....
Release Date 1994/06 -
Author Charles J. Palus , Robert E. Kaplan
Senior executives, however, sometimes require a richer feedback experience — one which might also include one or more of the following: detailed verbatim descriptions of performance, observations from family members and friends, psychometric measures of perso....
Release Date 1994/02 -
Practical Problem-Solving Skills in the Workplace
Author Pamela Helling , Rebekah Lashman , Judith Combes Taylor
Problem-solving skills to identify and resolve work-related problems and improve job performance. With the increasing emphasis on initiative in the workplace, itβs essential to know how to recognize, define, and analyze problems and then develop workable solutions t....
Release Date 1994/02 -
LATEX Notes: Practical Tips for Preparing Technical Documents
Author Kenneth J. Shultis - Department of Nuclear Engineering , Kansas State University
Just a few years ago, LaTeX set TeX users free. LaTeX liberated them from mundane chores such as formatting and equation numbering, allowing writers to concentrate instead on the document content. Now, to help those who wish to take an extra step beyond the structur....
Release Date 1994/01 -
Fuzzy Logic and Control: Software and Hardware Applications, Volume 2
Author Timothy J. Ross - University of New Mexico , Nader Vadiee , Mohammad Jamshidi
Fuzzy logic is enjoying an unprecedented popularity β and for excellent reasons. It has moved successfully beyond the technological and engineering fields into areas as diverse as consumer and electronic products and systems, the stock market, and medical diagnostic....
Release Date 1993/06 -
Author R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.
The ability to manage this diversity successfully has become a basic strategy for corporate survival. Beyond Race and Gender supplies a sorely needed Action Plan, extensive case studies, and a series of tough questions and answers to get readers thinking deepl....
Release Date 1992/10 -
Author Andreas Reuter , Jim Gray
The key to client/server computing. Transaction processing techniques are deeply ingrained in the fields ofdatabases and operating systems and are used to monitor, control and updateinformation in modern computer systems. This book will show you how large,distribut....
Release Date 1992/09 -
The Charismatic Leader: Behind the Mystique of Exceptional Leadership
Author Rabindra N. Kanungo , Jay A. Conger
Find out what really makes charismatic leaders tick. Here, author Jay Conger analysis the things leaders do that make their subordinates more self-assured, optimistic and productive. He reveals how the charismatic leader's qualities can revitalize organizations dam....
Release Date 1988/08 -
Structured Development for Real-Time Systems, Volume 2: Essential Modeling Techniques
Author Stephen J. Mellor , Paul T. Ward
Without a framework for organizing and codifying these ideas, systems modeling can become disjointed, frustrating, and ultimately ineffective. This book is extensively illustrated with detailed examples illuminating the main points discussed. Its four appendices pro....
Release Date 1986/06 -
Structured Development for Real-Time Systems
Author Paul T. Ward , Stephen J. Mellor
In the first two volumes of Structured Development for Real Time Systems, authors Paul Ward and Stephen Mellor described a comprehensive modeling notation and a set of guidelines for using the notation to build an essential model. In this final volume, the guideline....
Release Date 1986/06 -
Algebra and Trigonometry, 5th Edition
Author Marvin L. Bittinger , Judith A. Penna , Judith A. Beecher
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Release Date -0001/11