Fundamentals of computer algorithms (Computer software engineering series)

Fundamentals of computer algorithms (Computer software engineering series)

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Campus of the Future: Conference on Information Resources, 1987 (Oclc Library, Information, and Computer Science Series, No 5)

Campus of the Future: Conference on Information Resources, 1987 (Oclc Library, Information, and Computer Science Series, No 5)

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CTI Solutions and Systems: How to Put Computer Telephony Integration to Work

CTI Solutions and Systems: How to Put Computer Telephony Integration to Work

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How can businesses sort out all the new products and services available from cable, telephone, and Internet providers-and begin profiting from them? This guide has the answers. It covers the essential standards and components of computer telephony integration (CTI), demystifying the jargon and supplying much-needed practical advice for organizations of all sizes. Written by the pioneer who authored the 2,500-page technical specifications for CTI, this book shows information systems professionals and general decision-makers how to use CTI to save time, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Detailed case studies demonstrate CTI solutions for call center automation, sales force automation, workflow automation, personal productivity, call screening, and much more.

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Good basic overview of CTI concepts, particularly telephony (1998-01-15)
This book is a good introduction to CTI for someone who has little or no CTI experience but is well versed in computer technology and has a top level understanding of data networking (LAN & WAN). Readers who are contemplating evaluation and purchase of CTI Solutions for their business are well served by this text as preparation for talking to vendors but should guard against relying too heavily on the author's value judgements, which have more than a little bias in favor of one perspective on CTI implementation (a good perspective, but not the only one and not necessarily the best). For the technical reader who plans to develop CTI applications or solutions, this work is valubable mostly as background for those with very limited CTI exposure since there are limited references to standards, vendor documents, and other important reference literature, and those that exist are rapidly becoming dated (just one year after publication). This book would be a good prerequisite reading item for an undergraduate course on Computer Telephony Integration. It is recommended reading for engineers, marketing and sales associates who join our CTI solutions team with no prior CTI or Telephony experience.

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Micro-Myths: Exploring the Limits of Learning With Computers

Micro-Myths: Exploring the Limits of Learning With Computers

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Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling for Engineers

Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling for Engineers

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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineer&atsign;jwiley.com. Uses an engineering perspective to computer graphics. Covers geometric modeling principles to promote the mastery of both theory and application of computer graphics. Features outstanding coverage of curves and surfaces and data structures. Contains flow charts, CAD database descriptions and engineering application problems to facilitate understanding. Numerous photographs illustrate engineering-oriented computer graphics.

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Good book for introduction, but too expensive (1999-01-26)
This is a nice book for basics. I borrowed it from my friend and am reading it as a supplement to an advance level NURBS course that I am currently enrolled in an University. This book is easy to read and understand. But the price is exhorbitant. There are other popular advanced level Computer Graphics books available for almost half this price. I would give 4 star rating had not the price been too high. Recommended for all interested in Computer Graphics and Geometric modeling basics, If you can afford it.

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Handbook of Algorithms and Data Structures: Coded in Pascal and C (International Computer Science Series)

Handbook of Algorithms and Data Structures: Coded in Pascal and C (International Computer Science Series)

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The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science

The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science

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No other volume provides as broad, as thorough, or as accessible an introduction to the realm of computers as A. K. Dewdney's The Turing Omnibus.

Updated and expanded, The Turing Omnibus offers 66 concise, brilliantly written articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology, and applications. New for this tour: updated information on algorithms, detecting primes, noncomputable functions, and self-replicating computers--plus completely new sections on the Mandelbrot set, genetic algorithms, the Newton-Raphson Method, neural networks that learn, DOS systems for personal computers, and computer viruses.

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OmniBus: The only way to fly. (2007-11-05)
If you are a geek like me or want to be an armchair geek for an hour or so at a time, then this is the book for you. I loved it and I still reread some the chapters from time to time.

It is not only good for you but it's tasty too! :)

-- smerkdaddy

Good overview of the basic ideas (2006-11-05)
The New Turing Omnibus is a gentle pass over many of the abstract concepts of computer science. It focuses on concepts, so if you want to learn to program in a given language, or if you want to master your Windows or Linux OS, look elsewhere. However, it does review all of the theoretical matters, from automata to logic maps, algorithmic analysis and beyond. It is a great read for a budding Computer Scientist, Electrical Engineer or Mathematician. Ideal readers would be younger students in Math or CompSci who want a gentle introduction to the real underlying concepts that govern all of Computer Science. Definatly a must for all CompSci book shelves.

From 6 to 666 hours to understand (2004-04-10)
What you get out of the book depends upon how much you want to put into in. A reader of this book, could decide to just understand the general ideas, follow the detailed mathematics, or perhaps program on a computer (for example sorting routines, hashing and the like). Each of the excursions is well covered, sometimes witty, but at times I got bogged-down in the symbols. The chapter on "analog computation" coming in the middle of a book was a welcome relief presenting ideas of sorting, shortest path and minimum trees using spaghetti and strings without mathematics (and would be a good chapter to give to non-computer science friends if they ever make the mistake of asking you what sort of problems you think about). The chapter on neural networks, I thought was also clear. There are also some of the classic computer science problems presented such as the Tower of Hanoi, or "A man ponders how to ferry a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across of river".

The 66 excursions cover a lot of ground, but often return to Turing machines, finite-state machines, and NP-completeness problems. I might have enjoyed more on algorithm analysis, computer languages, and game analysis. Additionally there are new topics since this 1992 publication, such as quantum computing, Bioinformatics, Internet related topics on virus and encrypting, and a raft of social questions including privacy. I hope the "Turing omnibus" refuels for another update.

Brain Dessert (2003-04-01)
Dewdney is one of the most stimulating writers on applied thinking and computer science that I have had the pleasure to read. Where the standard CS textbooks are most stale, Dewdney is the most provocative. He illuminates the dark corners of abstract thought with practical puzzles and plain language. This book is written in small bite size chapters that grow in complexity around multiple ideas, one being the idea of the state machine (if you don't know what a state machine is, don't fret, Dewdney is here to help). For us programmers, he gives enough information to actually implement the algorithms and explore the universe he envisions. I was able to take two of his pages and use it as a coding exercise that turned out to be quite enjoyable.

The appeal to Dwedney and his book stems from the fact that everything he writes is game-like or puzzle-oriented; while reading him one gets the feeling that an enlightened child is guiding the learned to a new level of thinking. Dewdney takes Computer Science on an enjoyable walk through a park where he ends up teaching the discipline to rethink shortest paths and non-intersecting traversals. What's more amazing about this book is that it is perfectly suited for a coffee table where the uninitiated could accidentally pick it up and join the conversation. That is, a degree in computer science is not a prerequisite to this fascinating read. It is brain dessert.

Panoramic for Computer Science (2002-03-03)
This book presents a clear panoramic for most of the computer science essential topics. I believe it is a demandable for CS student to start with. As a graduate student I find it very helpful for reviewing the computing theory.

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