Handbook of Information Security, Information Warfare, Social, Legal, and International Issues and Security Foundations


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The Handbook of Information Security is a definitive 3-volume handbook that offers coverage of both established and cutting-edge theories and developments on information and computer security. The text contains 180 articles from over 200 leading experts, providing the benchmark resource for information security, network security, information privacy, and information warfare.




Multi-media Document Translation


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As part of the NSF's EXPRES project, the authors investigated ways to interchange multi-media documents among diverse systems. Their investigations led to an analysis and implementation of multi-media document format translation in general, and of the ODA standard in particular. ODA, Office Document Architecture, is a new ISO and CCITT international standard for representing multi- media documents. The results of their investigations are presented in this book. The book contains overview information about multi-media document architecture and formats, an introduction to ODA, detailed technical specifications on how to use ODA for multi-media document format translation, and the authors' experiences in implementing and using ODA. The book also contains a complete user manual for the authors' publically available ODA software: tool kits for manipulating ODA and raster formats, tools for examining ODA documents and sample translators between ODA and several other multi-media formats. This book provides comprehensive information about ODA for a large audience. Planners can get basic information about using ODA for interoperation of multi-media systems. Researchers receive detailed discussions about the advantages and problems of using ODA for document representation, format translation and archival storage. System designers can use the technical descriptions of translators and tools in specifying their own. System builders can easily obtain the software as a basis for prototyping and investigating their own ODA implementations.










Computer Networks and Systems


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Intended for a first course in performance evaluation, this is a self-contained treatment covering all aspects of queuing theory. It starts by introducing readers to the terminology and usefulness of queueing theory and continues by considering Markovian queues in equilibrium, Littles law, reversibility, transient analysis, and computation, plus the M/G/1 queuing system. It then moves on to cover networks of queues, and concludes with techniques for numerical solutions, a discussion of the PANACEA technique, discrete time queueing systems and simulation, and stochastic Petri networks. The whole is backed by case studies of distributed queueing networks arising in industrial applications. This third edition includes a new chapter on self-similar traffic, many new problems, and solutions for many exercises.




Computerworld


Book Description

For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network.




Energy Efficient Microprocessor Design


Book Description

This volume starts with a description of the metrics and benchmarks used to design energy-efficient microprocessor systems, followed by energy-efficient methodologies for the architecture and circuit design, DC-DC conversion, energy-efficient software and system integration.




High Performance Cluster Configuration System Management


Book Description

High Performance Cluster Configuration System Management is a must-have book for system managers, cluster managers, and application designers/developers who need to understand how to optimize the use of their available computer resources. This book covers the traditional cluster configurations as well as the latest technical information available in memory channel, SCSI, and fiber-based clusters through OpenVMS 7.0. All cluster interconnections and possible configuration scenarios are explored with an emphasis on efficient resource use and the ability to maximize processing power. Because efficient movement and storage of data is important in the design of high performance systems, this book also addresses effective storage management using the latest Storageworks solutions such as fiber and HSJ controller configurations. Part of designing a high performance cluster is keeping it operating at peak efficiency. This book details the different performance tools that are available and goes through multiple tuning scenarios offering guidance and commentary.




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