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Automata, Languages and Programming
Springer 2009; US$ 129.00The two-volume set LNCS 5555 and LNCS 5556 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 36th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, ICALP 2009, held in Rhodes, Greece, in July 2009. The 126 revised full papers (62 papers for track A, 24 for track B, and 22 for track C) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total... more...
Computational Finance and its Applications III
WIT Press 2008; US$ 168.00One of the main topics discussed at the 2006 conference was the explosion of the price of commodities, in particular oil which, back then, reached the price of 74 dollars. Analysts at that time were worried of the implications of this on the wider economy, in particular regarding the threat of inflation. Since then, two years later, the price of oil... more...
Computational Finance and its Applications II
WIT Press 2006; US$ 330.00In the last two years, several major events have characterised the international financial markets. The most significant one was certainly the explosion of the price of commodities, in particular of oil, which has recently reached a level of 74 dollars. Analysts are now divided on where the markets will go next. Some argue that growth will continue,... more...
Beautiful Data
O'Reilly Media 2009; US$ 35.99In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video. With Beautiful Data , you will: Explore the... more...
R in a Nutshell
O'Reilly Media 2010; US$ 35.99Why learn R? Because it's rapidly becoming the standard for developing statistical software. R in a Nutshell provides a quick and practical way to learn this increasingly popular open source language and environment. You'll not only learn how to program in R, but also how to find the right user-contributed R packages for statistical modeling, visualization,... more...
Digital Nets and Sequences
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 72.00An introduction to contemporary quasiMonte Carlo methods, digital nets and sequences, and discrepancy theory. Includes many exercises, examples and illustrations. more...
P, NP, and NP-Completeness
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 32.00Starting from the basics of computability, this undergraduate introduction focuses on the P versus NP Question and the theory of NP-completeness. more...
Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 24.00Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer simulation... more...
Cassandra: The Definitive Guide
O'Reilly Media 2010; US$ 31.99What could you do with data if scalability wasn't a problem? With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how Apache Cassandra handles hundreds of terabytes of data while remaining highly available across multiple data centers -- capabilities that have attracted Facebook, Twitter, and other data-intensive companies. Cassandra: The Definitive Guide provides... more...
Advances in Digital Forensics V
Springer 2009; US$ 164.00Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital... more...









