Morgan Kaufmann imprint: 454 books
by Khalid Sayood, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Introduction to Data Compression, Fourth Edition, is a concise and comprehensive guide to the art and science of data compression. This new edition includes all the cutting edge updates the reader will need during the work day and in class. It provides an extensive introduction to the theory underlying...
by Philip A. Bernstein, Eric Newcomer
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Principles of Transaction Processing is a comprehensive guide to developing applications, designing systems, and evaluating engineering products. The book provides detailed discussions of the internal workings of transaction processing systems, and it discusses how these systems work and how best...
Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems
Revolutionizing Data Integration for Data Warehouses
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Data virtualization can help you accomplish your goals with more flexibility and agility. Learn what it is and how and why it should be used with Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems. In this book, expert author Rick van der Lans explains how data virtualization servers work, what...
Transaction Processing
Concepts and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1992
The key to client/server computing.
Transaction processing techniques are deeply ingrained in the fields of
databases and operating systems and are used to monitor, control and update
information in modern computer systems. This book will show you how large,
distributed, heterogeneous computer...
by Joe Celko
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL is an intermediate to advanced-level practitioner’s guide to mastering the two most challenging aspects of developing database applications in SQL. In this book, Celko illustrates several major approaches to representing trees and hierarchies and related...
Cloud Computing
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice provides students and IT professionals with an in-depth analysis of the cloud from the ground up. Beginning with a discussion of parallel computing and architectures and distributed systems, the book turns to contemporary cloud infrastructures, how they are being...
Principles of Computer System Design
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
Principles of Computer System Design is the first textbook to take a principles-based approach to the computer system design. It identifies, examines, and illustrates fundamental concepts in computer system design that are common across operating systems, networks, database systems, distributed systems,...
Networked Graphics
Building Networked Games and Virtual Environments
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Networked Graphics equips programmers and designers with a thorough grounding in the techniques used to create truly network-enabled computer graphics and games. Written for graphics/game/VE developers and students, it assumes no prior knowledge of networking.
The text offers a broad view of...
Computer Architecture
A Quantitative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Sixth Edition has been considered essential reading by instructors, students and practitioners of computer design for over 20 years. The sixth edition of this classic textbook from Hennessy and Patterson, winners of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award recognizing...
Cloud Computing
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, provides students and IT professionals with an in-depth analysis of the cloud from the ground up. After an introduction to network-centric computing and network-centric content in Chapter One, the book is organized into four sections. Section One...
Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing
Introducing Concurrency in Undergraduate Courses
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing provides resources and guidance for those learning PDC as well as those teaching students new to the discipline.
The pervasiveness of computing devices containing multicore CPUs and GPUs, including home and office PCs, laptops, and mobile devices,...
Mastering Cloud Computing
Foundations and Applications Programming
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Mastering Cloud Computing is designed for undergraduate students learning to develop cloud computing applications. Tomorrow's applications won’t live on a single computer but will be deployed from and reside on a virtual server, accessible anywhere, any time. Tomorrow's application developers need...
Software Engineering
Architecture-driven Software Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Software Engineering: Architecture-driven Software Development is the first comprehensive guide to the underlying skills embodied in the IEEE's Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) standard. Standards expert Richard Schmidt explains the traditional software engineering practices recognized...
Agile Software Architecture
Aligning Agile Processes and Software Architectures
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Agile software development approaches have had significant impact on industrial software development practices. Today, agile software development has penetrated to most IT companies across the globe, with an intention to increase quality, productivity, and profitability. Comprehensive knowledge is...