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Free Download Internet und Intranet: Herausforderung E-Business By Manfred Pils, Johann Höller, Robert Zlabinger (auth.), A. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann Höller, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Pils, Prof. Mag. Robert Zlabinger (eds.)
2004 | 500 Pages | ISBN: 3540402144 | PDF | 14 MB
Der erste E-Business-Hype liegt hinter uns und dennoch bleibt die Herausforderung für Unternehmen bestehen, sich den zukünftigen Anforderungen des E-Business zu stellen. Dieses Buch zeigt erfolgreiche Anwendungen des Electronic Business anhand konkreter Projekte. Es wird gezeigt, dass seriöse Planung und Vorbereitung auch im Bereich des E-Business unabdingbare Voraussetzungen für den geschäftlichen Erfolg sind. Bei der Vielfalt der Anwendungsbeispiele, die von den Autoren präsentiert werden, wird besonderer Wert auf eine umfassende Darstellung gelegt, beginnend bei der technischen Realisierung bis hin zu Fragen der Sicherheit und dem rechtlichen Rahmen entsprechender Projekte. Das Buch bietet deshalb wertvolle, praxiserprobte Informationen für alle Aspekte des E-Business.

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Free Download Interactive Theorem Proving and Program Development: Coq'Art: The Calculus of Inductive Constructions By Yves Bertot, Pierre Castéran
2004 | 491 Pages | ISBN: 3642058809 | PDF | 11 MB
Coq is an interactive proof assistant for the development of mathematical theories and formally certified software. It is based on a theory called the calculus of inductive constructions, a variant of type theory.This book provides a pragmatic introduction to the development of proofs and certified programs using Coq. With its large collection of examples and exercises it is an invaluable tool for researchers, students, and engineers interested in formal methods and the development of zero-fault software.

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Free Download Interactive Panoramas: Techniques for Digital Panoramic Photography By Corinna Jacobs (auth.)
2004 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 3642622321 | PDF | 18 MB
Panoramas have a captivating effect in almost every application imaginable: whether they are integrated in a personal homepage or professionally used in architecture, in museums or in company or product presentations. Written in a comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand format, this book details all of the necessary steps involved in panoramic photography: from the production of digital and analog picture sequences, to "stitching" using appropriate software tools, all the way to publishing interactive panoramas on the Internet. The book introduces the concept of producing cylindrical and spherical panoramas and explains how to link individual panoramas to create virtual tours. The production of interactive object presentations - or so-called object movies - also is described. Software products that receive mention include REALVIZ Stitcher, VR Worx and PanoTools, with attention also being paid to Internet publication using QuickTime VR, PTViewer, VRML, iPIX and other panorama viewers.Regardless if the digital pictures are taken with a panoramic camera, a fisheye lens or using the single row or multi-row technique: this book offers practical tips and tricks for every alternative.Detailed comparisons of the individual techniques make it easier to decide on the appropriate method for specific goals. This useful information adds an exciting dimension to panoramic photography and leads to high quality results that speak for themselves.

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Free Download Interactive Dramaturgies: New Approaches in Multimedia Content and Design By Heide Hagebölling (auth.), Heide Hagebölling (eds.)
2004 | 260 Pages | ISBN: 3642622313 | PDF | 25 MB
Interactive media allow and at the same time require new forms of dramaturgy. Heide Hagebölling develops a new understanding of dramaturgy - so called "Interactive Dramaturgy" or "Expanded Dramaturgy". Beyond the traditional concept "Interactive Dramaturgies" is focussing on aesthetic, narrative, structural and communicative elements that develop in interactive situations and multimedia environments.A collection of original contributions by internationally renownend multimedia authors, designers, and artists outline design concepts and strategies. Outstanding case studies and media projects are analyzed, covering a broad range of both applications and genres: culture, art and education; museums and exhibitions; film, TV, games and entertainment; augmented reality and hybrid environments. "Interactive dramaturgies" go beyond the well established term of interactive storytelling. They carefully define and create the rules of altered roles and required competences of both authors and users in a new communicational setting. The publication provides designers, authors, artists, theoreticians, media critics and students interested in interactive media with new approaches and views in multimedia content and design.Prof. Roy Ascott, University of Plymouth; University of California, L.A.:"Indispensable to anyone wishing to understand the multi-dimensional complexities and challenges of interactive media at its cutting edge, Heide Hagebölling's book is a brilliant collection of writings from many inspired and inspiring sources. The context of dramaturgy, in which these texts are set, fruitfully elicits propositions and reflections over a wide range of significant issues: from innovative narrative structures, interactive games, and new approaches to film, TV and theatre, to radical learning strategies, museum design and navigation, creativity in data space, and the central issues of content building."Key Topics:Interactive DramaturgiesCultural LearningMuseum&Media MediaTecture&HybridSpaces Gaming&Interaction Interactive Film&Television Web-based Literature&Stories Men-Machine Interaction Interactive Content Design Key Elements:Non linearity, orientation and navigation Space and time in interactive media Individual reception and multi-user-platform Narrative perspectives and individual views Polyformal concepts Hypermedia Augmented reality and hybrid spaces Interface design Multi- and intermedia Networks and open structures Design for intercultural communication Heide Hagebölling, media-designer and communication scientist, is Professor for Video and Interactive Media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany, of which she is co-founder. Her professional and academic work covers aspects of art, culture, and media. She participated i

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Free Download Intelligence and Security Informatics: Second Symposium on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2004, Tucson, AZ, USA, June 10-11, 2004. Proceedings By Li-Chiou Chen, Boris Kaminsky, Tiffany Tummino, Kathleen M. Carley, Elizabeth Casman (auth.), Hsinchun Chen, Reagan Moore, Daniel D. Zeng, John Leavitt (eds.)
2004 | 544 Pages | ISBN: 3540221255 | PDF | 9 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Symposium on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2004, held in Tucson, AZ, USA in June 2004.The 29 revised full papers and 12 revised short papers presented together with 6 extended abstracts of posters and 3 panel discussion summaries were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on bioterrorism and disease informatics; data access, privacy, and trust management; data management and mining; deception detection; information assurance and infrastructure protection; monitoring and surveillance; security policies and evaluation; and social network analysis.

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Free Download Intelligence and Security Informatics: IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2005, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 19-20, 2005. Proceedings By Vandana P. Janeja, Vijayalakshmi Atluri, Jaideep Vaidya, Nabil R. Adam (auth.), Paul Kantor, Gheorghe Muresan, Fred Roberts, Daniel D. Zeng, Fei-Yue Wang, Hsinchun Chen, Ralph C. Merkle (eds.)
2005 | 678 Pages | ISBN: 3540259996 | PDF | 10 MB
Intelligence and security informatics (ISI) can be broadly defined as the study of the development and use of advanced information technologies and systems for national and international security-related applications, through an integrated technological, organizational, and policy-based approach. In the past few years, ISI research has experienced tremendous growth and attracted substantial interest from academic researchers in related fields as well as practitioners from both government agencies and industry. The first two meetings (ISI 2003 and ISI 2004) in the ISI symposium and conference series were held in Tucson, Arizona, in 2003 and 2004, respectively. They provided a stimulating intellectual forum for discussion among previously disparate communities: academic researchers in information technologies, computer science, public policy, and social studies; local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence experts; and information technology industry consultants and practitioners. Building on the momentum of these ISI meetings and with sponsorship by the IEEE, we held the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2005) in May 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to the established and emerging ISI research topics covered at past ISI meetings, ISI 2005 included a new track on Terrorism Informatics, which is a new stream of terrorism research leveraging the latest advances in social science methodologies, and information technologies and tools. ISI 2005 was jointly hosted by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; the University of Arizona (UA); and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GATECH).

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Free Download Jacqueline Waldren, "Insiders and Outsiders: Paradise and Reality in Mallorca "
English | ISBN: 1571818898 | | 292 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The indigenous population of Deià has lived side by side with increasing numbers of foreigners over the past century, and what has occurred there over this period offers an example of how the population of one Mediterranean village has gained full advantage from the economic opportunities opened up by foreign investments, without losing the fabric of social relations, the meaning and values of their culture. Deià has been able to continue as a community with its own symbolic boundaries and identity, not in spite of the outsiders (some of whom are well-known literary personalities, artists and musicians) but because of their presence. This study shows how, under the impact of wars, migration, national politics, global economic and technological developments and especially tourism, the categories of Insider and Outsider are contracted and expanded, and reinterpreted to fit the constantly changing "reality" of the society; they assume different meanings at different times. The conflicts and resulting compromises over a hundred-year period have provided a sense of history that allows each group to define, develop, adapt and sustain their sense of belonging to their own communities.

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Free Download Innovations in Classification, Data Science, and Information Systems: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, March 12-14, 2003 By Sergiu Chelcea, Patrice Bertrand, Brigitte Trousse (auth.), Prof. Dr. Daniel Baier, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Wernecke (eds.)
2005 | 616 Pages | ISBN: 3540232214 | PDF | 16 MB
The volume presents innovations in data analysis and classification and gives an overview of the state of the art in these scientific fields and relevant applications. Areas that receive considerable attention in the book are discrimination and clustering, data analysis and statistics, as well as applications in marketing, finance, and medicine. The reader will find material on recent technical and methodological developments and a large number of applications demonstrating the usefulness of the newly developed techniques.

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Free Download Inhabited Information Spaces: Living with your Data By Elizabeth Churchill, David Snowdon, Emmanuel Frécon (auth.), David N. Snowdon Bsc (hons) MSc, PhD, Elizabeth F. Churchill Bsc MSc, PhD, Emmanuel Frécon MSc (eds.)
2004 | 329 Pages | ISBN: 1852337281 | PDF | 4 MB
In an era when increasing numbers of people are conducting research and interacting with one another through the internet, the study of 'Inhabited Information Spaces' is aimed at encouraging a more fruitful exchange between the users, and the digital data they are accessing. Introducing the new and developing field of Inhabited Information Spaces, this book covers all types of collaborative systems including virtual environments and more recent innovations such as hybrid and augmented real-world systems. Divided into separate sections, each covering a different aspect of Inhabited Information Systems, this book includes: How best to design and construct social work spaces; analysis of how users interact with existing systems, and the technological and sociological challenges designers face; How Inhabited Information Spaces are likely to evolve in the future and the new communities that they will create.

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Free Download Information-Statistical Data Mining: Warehouse Integration with Examples of Oracle Basics By Bon K. Sy, Arjun K. Gupta (auth.)
2004 | 289 Pages | ISBN: 1441990011 | PDF | 13 MB
Information-Statistical Data Mining: Warehouse Integration with Examples of Oracle Basics is written to introduce basic concepts, advanced research techniques, and practical solutions of data warehousing and data mining for hosting large data sets and EDA. This book is unique because it is one of the few in the forefront that attempts to bridge statistics and information theory through a concept of patterns. Information-Statistical Data Mining: Warehouse Integration with Examples of Oracle Basics is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level students in computer science and engineering.

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