http://www.freebookspot.in Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.in/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.in 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=47590 The Encyclopedia of Algorithms will provide a comprehensive set of solutions to important algorithmic problems for students and researchers interested in quickly locating useful information. The first edition of the reference will focus on high-impact solutions from the most recent decade; later editions will widen the scope of the work. Nearly 500 entries will be organized alphabetically by problem, with subentries allowing for distinct solutions and special cases to be listed by the year. An entry will include: a description of the basic algorithmic problem the input and output specifications the key results examples of applications citations to the key literature Open problems, links to downloadable code, experimental results, data sets, and illustrations may be provided. All entries will be written by experts; links to Internet sites that outline their research work will also be provided. The entries will be peer-reviewed. This defining reference will be published in print and on line. The print publication will include an index of subjects and authors as well as a chronology for locating recent solutions. The online edition will supplement this index with hyperlinks as well as include hyperlinks in the text of the entries to related entries, xRefer citations, and other useful URLs mentioned above. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46981 Parsing, also referred to as syntax analysis, has been and continues to be an essential part of computer science and linguistics. Today, parsing techniques are also implemented in a number of other disciplines, including but not limited to, document preparation and conversion, typesetting chemical formulae, and chromosome recognition. This second edition presents new developments and discoveries that have been made in the field. Parsing techniques have grown considerably in importance, both in computational linguistics where such parsers are the only option, and computer science, where advanced compilers often use general CF parsers. Parsing techniques provide a solid basis for compiler construction and contribute to all existing software: enabling Web browsers to analyze HTML pages and PostScript printers to analyze PostScript. Some of the more advanced techniques are used in code generation in compilers and in data compression. In linguistics, the importance of formal grammars was recognized early on, but only recently have the corresponding parsing techniques been applied. Also their importance as general pattern recognizers is slowly being acknowledged. This text Parsing Techniques explores new developments, such as generalized deterministic parsing, linear-time substring parsing, parallel parsing, parsing as intersection, non-canonical methods, and non-Chomsky systems. To provide readers with low-threshold access to the full field of parsing techniques, this new Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44443 The updated new edition of the classic Introduction to Algorithms is intended primarily for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in algorithms or data structures. Like the first edition, this text can also be used for self-study by technical professionals since it discusses engineering issues in algorithm design as well as the mathematical aspects. In its new edition, Introduction to Algorithms continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the modern study of algorithms. The revision has been updated to reflect changes in the years since the book's original publication. New chapters on the role of algorithms in computing and on probabilistic analysis and randomized algorithms have been included. Sections throughout the book have been rewritten for increased clarity, and material has been added wherever a fuller explanation has seemed useful or new information warrants expanded coverage. As in the classic first edition, this new edition of Introduction to Algorithms presents a rich variety of algorithms and covers them in considerable depth while making their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers. Further, the algorithms are presented in pseudocode to make the book easily accessible to students from all programming language backgrounds. Each chapter presents an algorithm, a design technique, an application area, or a related topic. The chapters are not dependent on one another, so the instructor can organize his or her use of the book in t Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44163 Das Buch bietet einen Einstieg in die Informatik anhand von LEGO Mindstorms NXT-Robotern, mit deren Hilfe Informatik-Inhalte anschaulich vermittelt werden. Nach einer allgemein gehaltenen Einfuhrung in die Informatik, informationstechnische Prinzipien und Komponenten wie Computer und Compiler werden im zweiten Teil die NXT-Elemente behandelt. Dazu gehoren die verschiedenen Bauteile (Sensoren, Motoren, Rechner) des NXT-Bausatzes und die jeweiligen Funktionsweisen sowie die grafische Programmierumgebung von LEGO. Der dritte Teil enthalt eine Einfuhrung in die objektorientierte Programmiersprache JAVA und die Programmierung von LEGO-Robotern mit Hilfe von LeJOS. Ausfuhrliche Beispiele, Aufgaben und ein Glossar vertiefen das Wissen und bieten zahlreiche weitere Ideen und Anwendungen. Alle benotigten Softwareprogramme, alle Aufgabenlosungen und Bauanleitungen sowie weitere Informationen werden auf der Homepage zum Buch bereitgestellt. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=43573 Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are becoming increasingly attractive for researchers from various disciplines, such as operations research, computer science, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, social science, economics, etc. This book presents an insightful, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of EAs, such as genetic algorithms, differential evolution, evolution strategy, constraint optimization, multimodal optimization, multiobjective optimization, combinatorial optimization, evolvable hardware, estimation of distribution algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, artificial immune systems, artificial life, genetic programming, etc. It emphasises the initiative ideas of the algorithm, contains discussions in the contexts, and suggests further readings and possible research projects. All the methods form a pedagogical way to make EAs easy and interesting. This textbook also introduces the applications of EAs as many as possible. At least one real-life application is introduced by the end of almost every chapter. The authors focus on the kernel part of applications, such as how to model real-life problems, how to encode and decode the individuals, how to design effective search operators according to the chromosome structures, etc. This textbook adopts pedagogical ways of making EAs easy and interesting. Its methods include an introduction at the beginning of each chapter, emphasising the initiative, discussions in the contexts, s Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=43082 This book evolved over the past ten years from a set of lecture notes developed while teaching the undergraduate Algorithms course at Berkeley and U.C. San Diego. Our way of teaching this course evolved tremendously over these years in a number of directions, partly to address our students' background (undeveloped formal skills outside of programming), and partly to reject the maturing of the held in general, as we have come to see it. The notes increasingly crystallized into a narrative, and we progressively structured the course to emphasize the story line? implicit in the progression of the material. As a result, the topics were carefully selected and clustered. No attempt was made to be encyclopedic, and this freed us to include topics traditionally de-emphasized or omitted from most Algorithms books. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=43076 (a) The mass of text required to describe an object; (b) The volume of intermediate data which a computational process would need to generate; (c) The time for which such a process will need to execute, either on a standard \serial" computer or on computational structures unrestricted in the degree of parallelism which they can employ. Of these three resource classes, the rst is relatively static, and pertains to the fundamental question of object describability; the others are dynamic since they relate to the resources required for a computation to execute. It is with the rst kind of resource that this book is concerned. The crucial fact here is that there exist symbolic objects (i.e., texts) which are \algorithmically inexplicable," i.e., cannot be specied by any text shorter than themselves. Since texts of this sort have the properties associated with the random sequences of classical probability theory, the theory of describability developed in Part II of the present work yields a very interesting new view of the notion of randomness. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40872 The Most Complete, Real-World Guide to Compiler Development—and the Principles of Trustworthy Compilers Drawing on the author's over thirty years of expertise in compiler development, research, and instruction, Trustworthy Compilers introduces and analyzes the concept of trustworthy compilers and the principles of trustworthy compiler development, and provides analytical overview of other promising research works in this area. Vladimir Safonov shares the benefit of his long experience as a teacher and compiler development professional to explain that—even in such a well-studied area as compilers—there is still an opportunity for original results, efficient algorithms, and promising research and development. Beginning with a definition of the trustworthy compiler and a review of the history of compiler development, Trustworthy Compilers features: A complete overview of all essential compiler topics, including lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis, compiler optimization, code generation, and traditional and modern approaches to runtime Efficient, ready-to-apply algorithms for various phases of compilation, especially for semantic analysis, developed by the author and used in his real compilers High-yield coverage of graph compilers—a novel compiler development area—plus related concepts such as graph grammars and graph compilers, and editor development tools such as DiaGen Real projects—using examples of real compilers—that cover the key topics related to co Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40699 Networked information technology (NIT) systems are synonymous with network-centric or net-centric systems and constitute the cornerstone of the fast approaching information age. To date, however, the design and development of NIT systems have been ad hoc and have suffered from a dearth of supporting scientific and theoretical principles. "Algorithm Design for Networked Information Technology Systems" presents a scientific theory of NIT systems and logically develops the fundamental principles to help synthesize control and coordination algorithms for these systems. The algorithms described are asynchronous, distributed decision-making (ADDM) algorithms, and their characteristics include correct operation, robustness, reliability, scalability, stability, survivability, and performance. The book explains through case studies the conception, development, experimental testing, validation, and rigorous performance analysis of practical ADDM algorithms for real-world systems from a number of diverse disciplines. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40414 The real key is that this book neatly splits the difference between academic texts and papers which are quite often too difficult to read without sufficient background (and they are not precise about the implementation anyway) and the user-manual type texts which don't discuss the theory at all. One of the best chapters (in my view) is chapter three, where they explain and illustrate the workings of the Needleman-Wunsch and Smith-Waterman algorithms for global and local alignment. If you read the text, then study and run the included perl code, you WILL understand how they work, but be prepared to spend several hours trying different examples. The real advantage of this approach is that you get a deep, practical understanding of how alignment actually works, that you just can't get from reading a mathematical treatment of the subject. Once you understand this chapter, you are actually sufficiently expert to get inside alignment code and modify it for your own purposes. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40004 A large international conference on Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis was held in UC Berkeley, California, USA, October 22-24, 2008, under the auspices of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2008). This volume contains sixteen revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in the conference. Topics covered include Expert system, Intelligent decision making, Knowledge-based systems, Knowledge extraction, Data analysis tools, Computational biology, Optimization algorithms, Experiment designs, Complex system identification, Computational modeling, and industrial applications. Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis offers the state of the art of tremendous advances in machine learning and data analysis and also serves as an excellent reference text for researchers and graduate students, working on machine learning and data analysis. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39398 Many aspects of Nature, Biology or even from Society have become part of the techniques and algorithms used in computer science or they have been used to enhance or hybridize several techniques through the inclusion of advanced evolution, cooperation or biologically based additions. The previous NICSO workshops were held in Granada, Spain, 2006, Acireale, Italy, 2007, and in Tenerife, Spain, 2008. As in the previous editions, NICSO 2010, held in Granada, Spain, was conceived as a forum for the latest ideas and the state of the art research related to nature inspired cooperative strategies. The contributions collected in this book cover topics including nature-inspired techniques like Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Algorithms, Ant and Bee Colonies, Swarm Intelligence approaches, Neural Networks, several Cooperation Models, Structures and Strategies, Agents Models, Social Interactions, as well as new algorithms based on the behaviour of fireflies or bats. About the Author Biological and natural processes have been a continuous source of inspiration for the sciences and engineering. For instance, the work of Wiener in cybernetics was influenced by feedback control processes observable in biological systems; McCulloch and Pitts description of the artificial neuron was instigated by biological observations of neural mechanisms; the idea of survival of the fittest inspired the field of evolutionary algorithms and similarly, artificial immune systems, ant colony optimisation, Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38986 One major branch of enhancing the performance of evolutionary algorithms is the exploitation of linkage learning. This monograph aims to capture the recent progress of linkage learning, by compiling a series of focused technical chapters to keep abreast of the developments and trends in the area of linkage. In evolutionary algorithms, linkage models the relation between decision variables with the genetic linkage observed in biological systems, and linkage learning connects computational optimization methodologies and natural evolution mechanisms. Exploitation of linkage learning can enable us to design better evolutionary algorithms as well as to potentially gain insight into biological systems. Linkage learning has the potential to become one of the dominant aspects of evolutionary algorithms; research in this area can potentially yield promising results in addressing the scalability issues. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38828 The growth of the web can be seen as an expanding public digital library collection. Online digital information extends far beyond the web and its publicly available information. Huge amounts of information are private and are of interest to local communities, such as the records of customers of a business. This information is overwhelmingly text and has its record-keeping purpose, but an automated analysis might be desirable to find patterns in the stored records. Analogous to this data mining is text mining, which also finds patterns and trends in information samples but which does so with far less structured--though with greater immediate utility for users--ingredients. This book focuses on the concepts and methods needed to expand horizons beyond structured, numeric data to automated mining of text samples. It introduces the new world of text mining and examines proven methods for various critical text-mining tasks, such as automated document indexing and information retrieval and search. New research areas are explored, such as information extraction and document summarization, that rely on evolving text-mining techniques. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37770 A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene. This book covers relevant geometric principles and how to represent objects algebraically so they can be computed and applied. Recent major developments in the theory and practice of scene reconstruction are described in detail in a unified framework. Richard Hartley and Andrew Zisserman provide comprehensive background material and explain how to apply the methods and implement the algorithms. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37747 Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen gehoren zum Stoff jedes Informatikstudiums. Sie bilden das elementare Wissen fur eine erfolgreiche Softwareentwicklung. Leider findet elementares Wissen, wie so oft, immer weniger Beachtung und lauft dann unter dem ublichen: Da war doch noch was. Doch die vor allem mit Datenbanken -- Konzepte und Sprachen bekannt gewordenen Gunter Saake und Kai-Uwe Sattler schaffen Abhilfe und haben mit der 3. , uberarbeiteten Auflage ihres Elementarwissen-Lehrbuchs Algorithmen and Datenstrukturen. Eine Einfuhrung mit Java eine zeitgema?e Version zum Thema wider dem Trend geschrieben. Wie der Untertitel schon andeutet, handelt es sich nicht um eine Einfuhrung in Java. Vielmehr ist Java hier nur die Sprache der Wahl fur die Darstellung der Beispiele. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der modernen Vermittlung der wesentlichen Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen. Die Basis hierfur bilden im ersten Teil die grundlegenden Konzepte, wie Sprachen, Grammatiken, Rekursion, regulare Ausdrucke, elementare Datentypen sowie Algorithmenparadigmen. Diese werden von den beiden Autoren sehr bildhaft und gut verstandlich erklart. Der zweite Teil behandelt Algorithmen, also Suchen, Sortieren, abstrakte Maschinen und die Church'sche These. Weiter stellen die beiden Autoren die Eigenschaften von Algorithmen, also Berechenbarkeit, Korrektheit und Komplexitat sowie Prinzipien zum Entwurf von Algorithmen und verteilte Berechnungen dar. Teil drei ist anschlie?end den Datenstrukturen gewidmet Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37040 Although C, C++, Java, and Fortran are well-established programming languages, the relatively new C# is much easier to use for solving complex scientific and engineering problems. Numerical Methods, Algorithms and Tools in C# presents a broad collection of practical, ready-to-use mathematical routines employing the exciting, easy-to-learn C# programming language from Microsoft. The book focuses on standard numerical methods, novel object-oriented techniques, and the latest Microsoft .NET programming environment. It covers complex number functions, data sorting and searching algorithms, bit manipulation, interpolation methods, numerical manipulation of linear algebraic equations, and numerical methods for calculating approximate solutions of non-linear equations. The author discusses alternative ways to obtain computer-generated pseudo-random numbers and real random numbers generated by naturally occurring physical phenomena. He also describes various methods for approximating integrals and special functions, routines for performing statistical analyses of data, and least squares and numerical curve fitting methods for analyzing experimental data, along with numerical methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. The final chapter offers optimization methods for the minimization or maximization of functions. Exploiting the useful features of C#, this book shows how to write efficient, mathematically intense object-oriented computer programs. The vast a Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37038 Substantial progress has been made toward developing effective techniques for spatial information processing in recent years. This science deals with models of reality in a GIS, however, and not with reality itself. Therefore, spatial information processes are often imprecise, allowing for much interpretation of abstract figures and data. Quality Aspects in Spatial Data Mining introduces practical and theoretical solutions for making sense of the often chaotic and overwhelming amount of concrete data available to researchers. In this cohesive collection of peer-reviewed chapters, field authorities present the latest field advancements and cover such essential areas as data acquisition, geoinformation theory, spatial statistics, and dissemination. Each chapter debuts with an editorial preview of each topic from a conceptual, applied, and methodological point of view, making it easier for researchers to judge which information is most beneficial to their work. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37035 Graph algorithms are easy to visualize and indeed there already exists a variety of packages and programs to animate the dynamics when solving problems from graph theory. Still, and somewhat surprisingly, it can be difficult to understand the ideas behind the algorithm from the dynamic display alone. CATBox consists of a software system for animating graph algorithms and a course book which we developed simultaneously. The software system presents both the algorithm and the graph and puts the user always in control of the actual code that is executed. He or she can set breakpoints, proceed in single steps and trace into subroutines. The graph, and additional auxiliary graphs like residual networks, are displayed and provide visual feedback. The course book, intended for readers at advanced undergraduate or graduate level, introduces the ideas and discusses the mathematical background necessary for understanding and verifying the correctness of the algorithms and their complexity. Computer exercises and examples replace the usual static pictures of algorithm dynamics. For this volume we have chosen solely algorithms for classical problems from combinatorial optimization, such as minimum spanning trees, shortest paths, maximum flows, minimum cost flows as well as weighted and unweighted matchings both for bipartite and non-bipartite graphs. We consider non-bipartite weighted matching, in particular in the geometrical case, a highlight of combinatorial optimization. In Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36881 This FISH application guide provides an overview of the principles and the basic techniques of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and primed in situ hybridization (PRINS), which are successfully used to study many aspects of genomic behavior and alterations. In 36 chapters, contributed by international experts in their particular field, the nowadays multiple approaches and applications of the powerful techniques are presented and detailed protocols are given. Described here are methods using various cell types and tissues as well as different organisms, such as mammalians, insects, plants and microorganisms. Multicolor FISH procedures and special applications such as the characterization of marker chromosomes, breakpoints, cryptic aberrations, nuclear architecture and epigenetic changes, as well as (array-based) comparative genomic hybridization studies are presented. Overall, the technique of choice is introduced for single cell analysis in human genetics, microbiology, animal and plant sciences. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36747 This book provides professionals with a large selection of algorithms, kernels and solutions ready for implementation and suitable for standard pattern discovery problems in fields such as bioinformatics, text analysis and image analysis. It also serves as an introduction for students and researchers to the growing field of kernel-based pattern analysis, demonstrating with examples how to handcraft an algorithm or a kernel for a new specific application, and covering all the necessary conceptual and mathematical tools to do so. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36184 This book discusses the mutual intersection of two interesting fields of research, i.e. deterministic chaos and evolutionary computation. Evolutionary computation which are able to handle tasks such as control of various chaotic systems and synthesis of their structure are explored, while deterministic chaos is investigated as a behavioral part of evolutionary algorithms. This book is targeted for a number of audiences. Firstly, it will be an instructional material for senior undergraduate and entry-point graduate students in computer science, physics, applied mathematics, and engineering, who are working in the area of deterministic chaos and evolutionary algorithms. Secondly, researchers who desire to know how to apply evolutionary techniques on chaos control as well as researchers interested in the emergence of chaos in evolutionary algorithms will find this book a very useful tool and starting point. And finally, this book can be viewed as a resource handbook and material for practitioners who want to apply these methods that solve practical problems to their challenging applications. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35781 This revised and updated text presents the computational and mathematical procedures underlying data collection, image reconstruction, and image display in computerized tomography. New topics: the fast calculation of a ray sum for a digitized picture, the task-oriented comparison of reconstruction algorithm performance, blob basis functions and the linogram method for image reconstruction. Features: Describes how projection data are obtained and the resulting reconstructions are used; Presents a comparative evaluation ofreconstruction methods; Investigates reconstruction algorithms; Explores basis functions, functions to be optimized, norms, generalized inverses, least squares solutions, maximum entropy solutions, and most likely estimates; Discusses SNARK09, a large programming system for imagereconstruction ; Concludes each chapter with helpful Notes and References sections. An excellent guide for practitioners, it can also serve as a textbook for an introductory graduate course. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35602 The book is focused on the developments and prospective challenging problems in the area of mind game playing (i.e. playing games that require mental skills) using Computational Intelligence (CI) methods, mainly neural networks, genetic/evolutionary programming and reinforcement learning. The majority of discussed game playing ideas were selected based on their functional similarity to human game playing. These similarities include: learning from scratch, autonomous experience-based improvement and example-based learning. The above features determine the major distinction between CI and traditional AI methods relying mostly on using effective game tree search algorithms, carefully tuned hand-crafted evaluation functions or hardware-based brute-force methods. On the other hand, it should be noted that the aim of this book is by no means to underestimate the achievements of traditional AI methods in game playing domain. On the contrary, the accomplishments of AI approaches are undisputable and speak for themselves. The goal is rather to express my belief that other alternative ways of developing mind game playing machines are possible and urgently needed. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35577 This is an open set of lecture notes on metaheuristics algorithms, intended for undergraduate students, practitioners, programmers, and other non-experts. It was developed as a series of lecture notes for an undergraduate course. The topics are short and light on examples and theory. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34924 Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition: Special Topics and Techniques provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science topics and techniques. It also illustrates how the topics and techniques come together to deliver efficient solutions to important practical problems. Along with updating and revising many of the existing chapters, this second edition contains more than 15 new chapters. This edition now covers self-stabilizing and pricing algorithms as well as the theories of privacy and anonymity, databases, computational games, and communication networks. It also discusses computational topology, natural language processing, and grid computing and explores applications in intensity-modulated radiation therapy, voting, DNA research, systems biology, and financial derivatives. This best-selling handbook continues to help computer professionals and engineers find significant information on various algorithmic topics. The expert contributors clearly define the terminology, present basic results and techniques, and offer a number of current references to the in-depth literature. They also provide a glimpse of the major research issues concerning the relevant topics. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34923 Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition: General Concepts and Techniques provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science topics and techniques. It also illustrates how the topics and techniques come together to deliver efficient solutions to important practical problems. Along with updating and revising many of the existing chapters, this second edition contains four new chapters that cover external memory and parameterized algorithms as well as computational number theory and algorithmic coding theory. This best-selling handbook continues to help computer professionals and engineers find significant information on various algorithmic topics. The expert contributors clearly define the terminology, present basic results and techniques, and offer a number of current references to the in-depth literature. They also provide a glimpse of the major research issues concerning the relevant topics. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34100 As humans, we perceive the three-dimensional structure of the world around us with apparent ease. However, despite all of the recent advances in computer vision research, the dream of having a computer interpret an image at the same level as a two-year old remains elusive. Why is computer vision such a challenging problem, and what is the current state of the art? Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications explores the variety of techniques commonly used to analyze and interpret images. It also describes challenging real-world applications where vision is being successfully used, both for specialized applications such as medical imaging and fun consumer-level tasks such as image editing and stitching, which students can apply to their own personal photos and videos. More than just a source of "recipes", this text/reference also takes a scientific approach to basic vision problems, formulating physical models of the imaging process before inverting this process to produce the best possible descriptions of a scene. Exercises are presented throughout the book, with a heavy emphasis on testing algorithms. Suitable for either an undergraduate or a graduate-level course in computer vision, this textbook focuses on basic techniques that work under real-world conditions and encourages students to push their creative boundaries. Dr. Richard Szeliski has over twenty years’ experience in computer vision research, most notably at Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33680 The first and only guide to one of today's most important new cryptography algorithms The Twofish Encryption Algorithm A symmetric block cipher that accepts keys of any length, up to 256 bits, Twofish is among the new encryption algorithms being considered by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) as a replacement for the DES algorithm. Highly secure and flexible, Twofish works extremely well with large microprocessors, 8-bit smart card microprocessors, and dedicated hardware. Now from the team who developed Twofish, this book provides you with your first detailed look at: * All aspects of Twofish's design and anatomy * Twofish performance and testing results * Step-by-step instructions on how to use it in your systems * Complete source code, in C, for implementing Twofish On the companion Web site you'll find: * A direct link to Counterpane Systems for updates on Twofish * A link to the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) for ongoing information about the competing technologies being considered for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for the next millennium Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32984 This is the first book to fully address the study of approximation algorithms as a tool for coping with intractable problems. With chapters contributed by leading researchers in the field, this book introduces unifying techniques in the analysis of approximation algorithms. APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS FOR NP-HARD PROBLEMS is intended for computer scientists and operations researchers interested in specific algorithm implementations, as well as design tools for algorithms. Among the techniques discussed: the use of linear programming, primal-dual techniques in worst-case analysis, semidefinite programming, computational geometry techniques, randomized algorithms, average-case analysis, probabilistically checkable proofs and inapproximability, and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. The text includes a variety of pedagogical features: definitions, exercises, open problems, glossary of problems, index, and notes on how best to use the book. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31783 Product Description Data sets in large applications are often too massive to fit completely inside the computer's internal memory. The resulting input/output communication (or I/O) between fast internal memory and slower external memory (such as disks) can be a major performance bottleneck. Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory surveys the state of the art in the design and analysis of external memory (or EM) algorithms and data structures, where the goal is to exploit locality and parallelism in order to reduce the I/O costs. A variety of EM paradigms are considered for solving batched and online problems efficiently in external memory. Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory describes several useful paradigms for the design and implementation of efficient EM algorithms and data structures. The problem domains considered include sorting, permuting, FFT, scientific computing, computational geometry, graphs, databases, geographic information systems, and text and string processing. Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory is an invaluable reference for anybody interested in, or conducting research in the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms and data structures. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31192 By a specification language we understand a formal system of syntax, semantics and proof rules. The syntax and semantics define a language; the proof rules define a proof system. Specifications are expressions in the language, and reasoning over properties of these specifications is done within the proof system. This book presents comprehensive studies on nine specification languages and their logics of reasoning. The editors and authors are authorities on these specification languages and their application. Dedicated chapters address: the use of ASM (Abstract State Machines) in the classroom; the Event-B modelling method; a methodological guide to CafeOBJ logic; CASL, the Common Algebraic Specification Language; the Duration Calculus; the logic of the RAISE specification language (RSL); the specification language TLA+; the typed logic of partial functions and the Vienna Development Method (VDM); and Z logic and its applications. Each chapter is self-contained, with references, and symbol and concept indexes. Finally, in a unique feature, the book closes with short commentaries on the specification languages written by researchers closely associated with their original development. With extensive references and pointers to future developments, this book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students engaged with formal specification languages. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29276 This book examines key issues in designing semantics-oriented natural language processing systems. A broad conceptual framework for describing structured meanings of NL-texts is obtained by defining a new class of formal languages called standard knowledge languages (SK-languages) using a system theoretical approach. Readers will gain knowledge of these languages and will learn a way of building semantic representations using them. With extensive use of examples and illustrations to clarify complex material and demonstrate practical applications, generous historical and bibliographical notes, end-of-chapter exercises, and glossaries, this book will serve as an ideal graduate-level textbook, as well as a good reference for researchers and practitioners who deal with the various problems involving semantics of natural language texts. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28844 An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting structural collapse and subsequent injury. As this technology rapidly evolves, there is an ever-increasing need for an authoritative reference that will allow those in the field to stay abreast of the very latest advances. Smart Structures: Innovative Systems for Seismic Response organizes current research and technology to provide researchers and practicing engineers, as well as advanced students, with the means to learn about and apply the very latest smart structure innovations. Key features include— # Complete mathematical formulations and numerical procedures for topics presented # New technologies # Design guidelines and examples based on current official codes # Consideration of smart structures on a variety of foundations # Discussion of the use of smart structures with passive or semi-active devices # Extensive references Designed for self-teaching, the text emphasizes essential information on structural formulations, mechanism of control systems, and numerical algorithms. It also provides step-by-step numerical examples to illustrate mathematical formulations and interpret physical representations, enabling readers to understand the forumulae vis-a-vis their applications. Each chapter comprehensively explores a specific topic, from smart structure systems currently in use, to Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28825 The second edition of a bestseller, this book is a practical guide to image processing for the natural and technical sciences community. Students, practitioners, and researchers can gain immediate access to a sound basic knowledge of image processing by referencing general principles in the natural sciences. The book describes carefully selected algorithms in detail and demonstrates real-world applications that show the reader how to solve complex image processing problems. Hundreds of photos, figures, diagrams, and tables illustrate the text, and numerous well-organized tips save countless hours in the practical handling of image acquisition and processing. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28823 Although there are many advanced and specialized texts and handbooks on algorithms, until now there was no book that focused exclusively on the wide variety of data structures that have been reported in the literature. The Handbook of Data Structures and Applications responds to the needs of students, professionals, and researchers who need a mainstream reference on data structures by providing a comprehensive survey of data structures of various types. Divided into seven parts, the text begins with a review of introductory material, followed by a discussion of well-known classes of data structures, Priority Queues, Dictionary Structures, and Multidimensional structures. The editors next analyze miscellaneous data structures, which are well-known structures that elude easy classification. The book then addresses mechanisms and tools that were developed to facilitate the use of data structures in real programs. It concludes with an examination of the applications of data structures. The Handbook is invaluable in suggesting new ideas for research in data structures, and for revealing application contexts in which they can be deployed. Practitioners devising algorithms will gain insight into organizing data, allowing them to solve algorithmic problems more efficiently. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27902 Floating-point arithmetic is by far the most widely used way of implementing real-number arithmetic on modern computers. Although the basic principles of floating-point arithmetic can be explained in a short amount of time, making such an arithmetic reliable and portable, yet fast, is a very difficult task. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, many different arithmetics were developed, but their implementation varied widely from one machine to another, making it difficult for nonexperts to design, learn, and use the required algorithms. As a result, floating-point arithmetic is far from being exploited to its full potential. This handbook aims to provide a complete overview of modern floating-point arithmetic, including a detailed treatment of the newly revised (IEEE 754-2008) standard for floating-point arithmetic. Presented throughout are algorithms for implementing floating-point arithmetic as well as algorithms that use floating-point arithmetic. So that the techniques presented can be put directly into practice in actual coding or design, they are illustrated, whenever possible, by a corresponding program. Key topics and features include: * Presentation of the history and basic concepts of floating-point arithmetic and various aspects of the past and current standards * Development of smart and nontrivial algorithms, and algorithmic possibilities induced by the availability of a fused multiply-add (fma) instruction, e.g., correctly rounded software division and Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27657 Machine Learning Methods for Commonsense Reasoning Processes: Interactive Models By Xenia Naidenova * Publisher: Information Science Reference * Number Of Pages: 410 * Publication Date: 2009-10-31 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1605668109 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781605668109 Product Description: The reduction of machine learning algorithms to commonsense reasoning processes is now possible due to the reformulation of machine learning problems as searching the best approximation of a given classification on a given set of examples. Machine Learning Methods for Commonsense Reasoning Processes: Interactive Models provides a unique view on classification as a key to human commonsense reasoning and transforms traditional considerations of data and knowledge communications. Containing leading research evolved from international investigations, this book presents an effective classification of logical rules used in the modeling of commonsense reasoning. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26615 Using theory as a foundation for practical programming, this text presents the theory of logic programming with clear proofs, extended examples, and implementation techniques. It covers logical theory, practical programming, and the structure of a simple Prolog implementation. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26572 The design and analysis of algorithms is one of the two essential cornerstone topics in computer science (the other being automata theory/theory of computation). Every computer scientist has a copy of Knuth's works on algorithms on his or her shelf. Dexter Kozen, a researcher and professor at Cornell University, has written a text for graduate study of algorithms. This will be an important reference book as well as being a useful graduate-level textbook. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26571 This book presents sequential decision theory from a novel algorithmic information theory perspective. While the former is suited for active agents in known environment, the latter is suited for passive prediction in unknown environment. The book introduces these two well-known but very different ideas and removes the limitations by unifying them to one parameter-free theory of an optimal reinforcement learning agent embedded in an arbitrary unknown environment. Most AI problems can easily be formulated within this theory, which reduces the conceptual problems to pure computational problems. Considered problem classes include sequence prediction, strategic games, function minimization, reinforcement and supervised learning. The discussion includes formal definitions of intelligence order relations, the horizon problem and relations to other approaches to AI. One intention of this book is to excite a broader AI audience about abstract algorithmic information theory concepts, and conversely to inform theorists about exciting applications to AI. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26568 In science, engineering and economics, decision problems are frequently modelled by optimizing the value of a (primary) objective function under stated feasibility constraints. In many cases of practical relevance, the optimization problem structure does not warrant the global optimality of local solutions; hence, it is natural to search for the globally best solution(s). Global Optimization in Action provides a comprehensive discussion of adaptive partition strategies to solve global optimization problems under very general structural requirements. A unified approach to numerous known algorithms makes possible straightforward generalizations and extensions, leading to efficient computer-based implementations. A considerable part of the book is devoted to applications, including some generic problems from numerical analysis, and several case studies in environmental systems analysis and management. The book is essentially self-contained and is based on the author's research, in cooperation (on applications) with a number of colleagues. Audience: Professors, students, researchers and other professionals in the fields of operations research, management science, industrial and applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, economics and the environmental sciences. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26567 Genetic Algorithms (GAs) have become a highly effective tool for solving hard optimization problems. As their popularity has increased, the number of GA applications has grown in more than equal measure. Genetic Algorithm theory, however, has not kept pace with the growing use and application of GAs. Most book-length treatments of GAs provide only a cursory discussion of theory and this discussion primarily focuses on the traditional view, which depends heavily on the concept of a "schema". Genetic Algorithms: Principles and Perspectives: A Guide to GA Theory is a survey of some important theoretical contributions, many of which have been proposed and developed in the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms series of workshops. However, this theoretical work is still rather fragmented, and the authors believe that it is the right time to provide the field with a systematic presentation of the current state of theory in the form of a set of theoretical perspectives. The authors do this in the interest of providing students and researchers with a balanced foundational survey of some recent research on GAs. The scope of the book includes chapter-length discussions of Basic Principles, Schema Theory, "No Free Lunch", GAs and Markov Processes, Dynamical Systems Model, Statistical Mechanics Approximations, Predicting GA Performance, Landscapes and Test Problems. The authors have worked hard to make the book as accessible as possible for students and researchers. An undergraduate-level ma Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26565 An introductory textbook for students of computer science. The book looks at the art of changing efficient algorithms that meets their specifications and discusses the calculational style of programing. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26355 Handbook Of Research On Machine Learning Applications and Trends: Algorithms, Methods and Techniques (2 Volumes) By Emilio Soria Olivas, Jose David Martin Guerrero, Marcelino Martinez Sober, Jose Rafael Magdalena Benedito, Antonio Jose Serrano Lopez * Publisher: Information Science Reference * Number Of Pages: 834 * Publication Date: 2009-09-04 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1605667668 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781605667669 Product Description: The machine learning approach provides a useful tool when the amount of data is very large and a model is not available to explain the generation and relation of the data set. The Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Applications and Trends: Algorithms, Methods, and Techniques provides a set of practical applications for solving problems and applying various techniques in automatic data extraction and setting. A defining collection of field advancements, this Handbook of Research fills the gap between theory and practice, providing a strong reference for academicians, researchers, and practitioners. Table of Contents: Chapter I: Exploring the Unknown Nature of Data: Cluster Analysis and Applications To classify objects based on their features and characteristics is one of the most important and primitive activities of human beings. The task becomes even more challenging when there is no ground truth available. Cluster analysis allows new opportunities in exploring the unknown nature of data th Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=25851 The Modified Ghost Fluid Method for Coupling of Fluid and Structure Constituted with Hydro-Elasto-Plastic Equation of State T. G. Liu, W. F. Xie, and B. C. Khoo pp. 1105-1130 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF Low-Dimensional Polytope Approximation and Its Applications to Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Moody T. Chu and Matthew M. Lin pp. 1131-1155 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF A Continuous Interior Penalty Method for Viscoelastic Flows Andrea Bonito and Erik Burman pp. 1156-1177 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF Stochastic Preconditioning for Diagonally Dominant Matrices Haifeng Qian and Sachin S. Sapatnekar pp. 1178-1204 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF Restoration of Chopped and Nodded Images by Framelets Jian-Feng Cai, Raymond Chan, Lixin Shen, and Zuowei Shen pp. 1205-1227 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF Multilevel Linear Sampling Method for Inverse Scattering Problems Jingzhi Li, Hongyu Liu, and Jun Zou pp. 1228-1250 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF A Distributed SDP Approach for Large-Scale Noisy Anchor-Free Graph Realization with Applications to Molecular Conformation Pratik Biswas, Kim-Chuan Toh, and Yinyu Ye pp. 1251-1277 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF The Generalized Singular Value Decomposition and the Method of Particular Solutions Timo Betcke pp. 1278-1295 BibTeX Abstract Full Text: PDF A Monomial Chaos Approach for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in Nonlinear Problems Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=25808 Hierarchische Matrizen: Algorithmen und Analysis (German Edition) By W. Hackbusch * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 451 * Publication Date: 2009-05-12 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3642002218 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783642002212 Product Description: Bei der Diskretisierung von Randwertaufgaben und Integralgleichungen entstehen gro?e, eventuell auch voll besetzte Matrizen. Es wird eine neuartige Methode dargestellt, die es erstmals erlaubt, derartige Matrizen nicht nur effizient zu speichern, sondern auch alle Matrixoperationen einschlie?lich der Matrixinversion bzw. der Dreieckszerlegung approximative durchzufuhren. Anwendungen findet diese Technik nicht nur bei der Losung gro?er Gleichungssysteme, sondern auch bei Matrixgleichungen und der Berechnung von Matrixfunktionen. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=25471 Accurate Stationary Densities with Partitioned Numerical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations Kevin Burrage and Grant Lythe pp. 1601-1618 A Triangular Spectral Element Method Using Fully Tensorial Rational Basis Functions Jie Shen, Li-Lian Wang, and Huiyuan Li pp. 1619-1650 Weighted $\mathbb{L}^2$-Stability of the Lattice Boltzmann Method Michael Junk and Wen-An Yong pp. 1651-1665 Moreau–Yosida Regularization in State Constrained Elliptic Control Problems: Error Estimates and Parameter Adjustment Michael Hintermuller and Michael Hinze pp. 1666-1683 An Engquist–Osher-Type Scheme for Conservation Laws with Discontinuous Flux Adapted to Flux Connections Raimund Burger, Kenneth H. Karlsen, and John D. Towers pp. 1684-1712 Second Order Runge–Kutta Methods for Ito Stochastic Differential Equations Andreas Ro?ler pp. 1713-1738 Spectral Finite-Element Methods for Parametric Constrained Optimization Problems Mihai Anitescu pp. 1739-1759 Numerical Methods for the Variable-Order Fractional Advection-Diffusion Equation with a Nonlinear Source Term P. Zhuang, F. Liu, V. Anh, and I. Turner pp. 1760-1781 A Linear Algebraic Analysis of Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration for the Boltzmann Transport Equation II: The Simple Corner Balance Method B. L. Bihari and P. N. Brown pp. 1782-1826 Iteratively Regularized Gauss–Newton Method for Nonlinear Inverse Problems with Random Noise Frank Bauer, Thorsten Hoha Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=24131 Product Description This volume contains the papers presented at ADT 2009, the first International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory. The conference was held in San Servolo, a small island of the Venice lagoon, during October 20-23, 2009. The program of the conference included oral presentations, posters, invited talks, and tutorials. The conference received 65 submissions of which 39 papers were accepted (9 papers were posters). The topics of these papers range from computational social choice preference modeling, from uncertainty to preference learning, from multi-criteria decision making to game theory. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=24009 Every book has a story as to how it came about and this one is no different, although we would be lying if we said its development had not been somewhat impromptu. Put simply this book is the result of a series of emails sent back and forth between the two authors during the development of a library for the .NET framework of the same name (with the omission of the subtitle of course!). The conversation started off something like, "Why don't we create a more aesthetically pleasing way to present our pseudocode?" After a few weeks this new presentation style had in fact grown into pseudocode listings with chunks of text describing how the data structure or algorithm in question works and various other things about it. At this point we thought, "What the heck, let's make this thing into a book!" And so, in the summer of 2008 we began work on this book side by side with the actual library implementation. A key factor of this book and its associated implementations is that all algorithms (unless otherwise stated) were designed by us, using the theory of the algorithm in question as a guideline (for which we are eternally grateful to their original creators). Therefore they may sometimes turn out to be worse than the "normal" implementations -- and sometimes not. We are two fellows of the opinion that choice is a great thing. Read our book, read several others on the same subject and use what you see fit from each (if anything) when implementing your own version of the algorithm Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23947 Focuses on several aspects of wireless ad hoc networks, particularly algorithmic methods and distributed computing with mobility and computation capability. This book provides the crucial building foundation for the design and construction of the future generation of ad hoc networks. Covers fundamental algorithms and protocols for wireless and mobile networks needed by professionals. Includes a set of exercises that will assist professionals, students and instructors with challenging and testing their knowledge. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23716 Randomized algorithms have become a central part of the algorithms curriculum based on their increasingly widespread use in modern applications. This book presents a coherent and unified treatment of probabilistic techniques for obtaining high- probability estimates on the performance of randomized algorithms. It covers the basic tool kit from the Chernoff-Hoeffding (CH) bounds to more sophisticated techniques like Martingales and isoperimetric inequalities, as well as some recent developments like Talagrand's inequality, transportation cost inequalities, and log-Sobolev inequalities. Along the way, variations on the basic theme are examined, such as CH bounds in dependent settings. The authors emphasize comparative study of the different methods, highlighting respective strengths and weaknesses in concrete example applications. The exposition is tailored to discrete settings sufficient for the analysis of algorithms, avoiding unnecessary measure-theoretic details, thus making the book accessible to computer scientists as well as probabilists and discrete mathematicians. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23127 The book is divided into three parts: a stand-alone introduction to the fundamentals of AD and its software, a thorough treatment of methods for sparse problems, and final chapters on higher derivatives, nonsmooth problems, and program reversal schedules. Product Description Algorithmic, or automatic, differentiation (AD) is a growing area of theoretical research and software development concerned with the accurate and efficient evaluation of derivatives for function evaluations given as computer programs. The resulting derivative values are useful for all scientific computations that are based on linear, quadratic, or higher order approximations to nonlinear scalar or vector functions. AD has been applied in particular to optimization, parameter identification, nonlinear equation solving, the numerical integration of differential equations, and combinations of these. Apart from quantifying sensitivities numerically, AD also yields structural dependence information, such as the sparsity pattern and generic rank of Jacobian matrices. The field opens up an exciting opportunity to develop new algorithms that reflect the true cost of accurate derivatives and to use them for improvements in speed and reliability. This second edition has been updated and expanded to cover recent developments in applications and theory, including an elegant NP completeness argument by Uwe Naumann and a brief introduction to scarcity, a generalization of sparsity. There is also added mater Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23079 Applied Speech and Audio Processing is a MATLAB-based, one-stop resource that blends speech and hearing research in describing the key techniques of speech and audio processing. This practically oriented text provides MATLAB examples throughout to illustrate the concepts discussed and to give the reader hands-on experience with important techniques. Chapters on basic audio processing and the characteristics of speech and hearing lay the foundations of speech signal processing, which are built upon in subsequent sections explaining audio handling, coding, compression, and analysis techniques. The final chapter explores a number of advanced topics that use these techniques, including psychoacoustic modelling, a subject which underpins MP3 and related audio formats. With its hands-on nature and numerous MATLAB examples, this book is ideal for graduate students and practitioners working with speech or audio systems. Book Description This one-stop resource blends speech and hearing research to describe the key techniques of speech and audio processing. MATLAB examples are provided throughout to illustrate the concepts discussed and give the reader hands-on experience with important techniques. This is a valuable resource for those working with speech and audio systems. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=22576 Review "An excellent book which sets off straight away in Chapter 1 with interesting motivational examples, striking the right balance between theory and application. Having both breadth and depth it is accessible and interesting to both undergraduate and graduate students. It takes the reader all the way from introductory to advanced topics and leaves them empowered with the tools to continue research on their own...It's obviously written by people who understand the subject inside out and how to explain it to students. Buy it, read it enjoy it; profit from it. It feels as if it has been well tested out on students and will work straight away." Colin Cooper, King's College, University of London "An exciting new book on randomized algorithms. It nicely covers all the basics, and also has some interesting modern applications for the more advanced student." Alan Frieze, Carnegie-Mellon University "This text provides a solid background in probabilistic techniques, illustrating each with well-chosen examples. The explanations are clear, and convey the intuition behind the results and techniques, yet the coverage is rigorous. An excellent advanced undergraduate text." Peter Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley "Probability is part of the conceptual core of modern computer science. Probabilistic analysis of algorithms, randomized algorithms and probabilistic combinatorial constructions have become fundamental tools for computer science and applied mathema Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=22428 The origins of Graph Theory date back to Euler (1736) with the solution of the celebrated "Koenigsberg Bridges Problem"; and to Hamilton with the famous "Trip around the World" game (1859), stating for the first time a problem which, in its most recent version – the "Traveling Salesman Problem" -, is still the subject of active research. Yet, it has been during the last fifty years or so—with the rise of the electronic computers—that Graph theory has become an indispensable discipline in terms of the number and importance of its applications across the Applied Sciences. Graph theory has been especially central to Theoretical and Algorithmic Computer Science, and Automatic Control, Systems Optimization, Economy and Operations Research, Data Analysis in the Engineering Sciences. Close connections between graphs and algebraic structures have been widely used in the analysis and implementation of efficient algorithms for many problems, for example: transportation network optimization, telecommunication network optimization and planning, optimization in scheduling and production Systems, etc. The primary objectives of GRAPHS, DIOIDS AND SEMIRINGS: New Models and Algorithms are to emphasize the deep relations existing between the semiring and dioid structures with graphs and their combinatorial properties, while demonstrating the modeling and problem-solving capability and flexibility of these structures. In addition the book provides an extensive overview of the mathematical pr Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=22264 "The Language of Design: Theory and Computation" articulates the theory that there is a language of design. This theory claims that any language of design consists of a set of symbols, a set of relations between the symbols, features that key the expressiveness of symbols, and a set of reality producing information processing behaviors acting on the language. Drawing upon insights from computational language processing, the language of design is modeled computationally through latent semantic analysis (LSA), lexical chain analysis (LCA), and sentiment analysis (SA). The statistical co-occurrence of semantics (LSA), semantic relations (LCA), and semantic modifiers (SA) in design text are used to illustrate how the reality producing effect of language is itself an enactment of design.This insight leads to a new understanding of the connections between creative behaviors such as design and their linguistic properties. The computation of the language of design makes it possible to make direct measurements of creative behaviors which are distributed across social spaces and mediated through language. The book demonstrates how machine understanding of design texts based on computation over the language of design yields practical applications for design management such as modeling teamwork, characterizing the formation of a design concept, and understanding design rationale. "The Language of Design: Theory and Computation" is a unique text for postgraduates and researchers studying Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=21158 Over the last few decades, important progresses in the methods of sampling have been achieved. This book draws up an inventory of new methods that can be useful for selecting samples. Forty-six sampling methods are described in the framework of general theory. The algorithms are described rigorously, which allows implementing directly the described methods. This book is aimed at experienced statisticians who are familiar with the theory of survey sampling. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=20484 This book is a collection of problems on the design, analysis, and verification of algorithms. It is for use by practicing programmers who wish to hone and expand their skills, as a supplementary text for students enrolled in an undergraduate or beginning graduate class on algorithms, and as a self-study text for graduate students who are preparing for the qualifying examination on algorithms for a Ph.D. program in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. It is intended to augment the problem sets found in any standard algorithms textbook. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=20213 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium, ANTS 2004, held in Burlington, VT, USA, in June 2004. The 30 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. Among the topics addressed are zeta functions, elliptic curves, hyperelliptic curves, GCD algorithms, number field computations, complexity, primality testing, Weil and Tate pairings, cryptographic algorithms, function field sieve, algebraic function field mapping, quartic fields, cubic number fields, lattices, discrete logarithms, and public key cryptosystems. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=20110 This text and reference on string processes and pattern matching presents examples related to the automatic processing of natural language, to the analysis of molecular sequences and to the management of textual databases. Algorithms are described in a C-like language, with correctness proofs and complexity analysis, to make them ready to implement. The book will be an important resource for students and researchers in theoretical computer science, computational linguistics, computational biology, and software engineering. Review 'perfect for lectures on 'stringology', for graduate students as a reference on the topic and for appliers in linguistic or molecular biology' Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=19445 Since their first appearance in 1974, subdivision algorithms for generating surfaces of arbitrary topology have gained widespread popularity in computer graphics and are being evaluated in engineering applications. This development was complemented by ongoing efforts to develop appropriate mathematical tools for a thorough analysis, and today, many of the fascinating properties of subdivision are well understood. This book summarizes the current knowledge on the subject. It contains both meanwhile classical results as well as brand-new, unpublished material, such as a new framework for constructing C^2-algorithms. The focus of the book is on the development of a comprehensive mathematical theory, and less on algorithmic aspects. It is intended to serve researchers and engineers - both new to the beauty of the subject - as well as experts, academic teachers and graduate students or, in short, anybody who is interested in the foundations of this flourishing branch of applied geometry. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=17979 This book gives a thorough, up-to-date treatment of the behavior of numerical algorithms in finite precision arithmetic. It combines algorithmic derivations, perturbation theory, and rounding error analysis, all enlivened by historical perspective and informative quotations. The coverage of the first edition has been expanded and updated, involving numerous improvements. Two new chapters treat symmetric indefinite systems and skew-symmetric systems, and nonlinear systems and Newton's method. Twelve new sections include coverage of additional error bounds for Gaussian elimination, rank revealing LU factorizations, weighted and constrained least squares problems, and the fused multiply-add operation found on some modern computer architectures. This new edition is a suitable reference for an advanced course and can also be used at all levels as a supplementary text from which to draw examples, historical perspective, statements of results, and exercises. In addition the thorough indexes and extensive, up-to-date bibliography are in a readily accessible form. Note: rar link contains separate pdf files for each chapter. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=17967 Identifying some of the most influential algorithms that are widely used in the data mining community, this volume provides a description of each algorithm, discusses the impact of the algorithms, and reviews current and future research on the algorithms. Thoroughly evaluated by independent reviewers, each chapter focuses on a particular algorithm and is written by either the original authors of the algorithm or world-class researchers who have extensively studied the respective algorithm. The book concentrates on the following important algorithms: C4.5, k-Means, SVM, Apriori, EM, PageRank, AdaBoost, kNN, Naive Bayes, and CART. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16389 This newly expanded and updated second edition of the best-selling classic continues to take the “mystery” out of designing algorithms, and analyzing their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the first edition, the book now serves as the primary textbook of choice for algorithm design courses while maintaining its status as the premier practical reference guide to algorithms for programmers, researchers, and students. The reader-friendly Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis. The first part, Techniques, provides accessible instruction on methods for designing and analyzing computer algorithms. The second part, Resources, is intended for browsing and reference, and comprises the catalog of algorithmic resources, implementations and an extensive bibliography. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=14332 Algorithm Design introduces algorithms by looking at the real-world problems that motivate them. The book teaches a range of design and analysis techniques for problems that arise in computing applications. The text encourages an understanding of the algorithm design process and an appreciation of the role of algorithms in the broader field of computer science. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=13862 The continuous, essentially unconstrained optimization problem is addressed. For many practical optimization problems the unimodality cannot be proved. On the contrary, rather often these problems have proved multimodal. Unsophisticated use of local optimization techniques is normally inefficient for solving such problems. Therefore, more sophisticated methods designed for global optimization are important from a practical point of view. This need has been widely recognized and a big variety of global optimization methods has been designed. However, it is not clear which problems some specific method is applicable to. From the separate papers dealing with specific algorithms it is difficult to draw conclusions which would make it possible to clarify this point. One way to overcome this problem is to bring together all approaches in a single treatise. The first attempt in this direction was the publication of the two volumes named Towards Global Optimization [Dixon and Szeg5 1975, 1978], which contained collections of early papers on global optimization. These books very much accelerated the research activity in the field Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=12621 Product Description Computer vision encompasses the construction of integrated vision systems and the application of vision to problems of real-world importance. The process of creating 3D models is still rather difficult, requiring mechanical measurement of the camera positions or manual alignment of partial 3D views of a scene. However using algorithms, it is possible to take a collection of stereo-pair images of a scene and then automatically produce a photo-realistic, geometrically accurate digital 3D model. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods, theories and algorithms of 3D computer vision. Almost every theoretical issue is underpinned with practical implementation or a working algorithm using pseudo-code and complete code written in C++ and MatLab®. There is the additional clarification of an accompanying website with downloadable software, case studies and exercises. Organised in three parts, Cyganek and Siebert give a brief history of vision research, and subsequently: * present basic low-level image processing operations for image matching, including a separate chapter on image matching algorithms; * explain scale-space vision, as well as space reconstruction and multiview integration; * demonstrate a variety of practical applications for 3D surface imaging and analysis; * provide concise appendices on topics such as the basics of projective geometry and tensor calculus for image processing, distortion and noise Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=11560 Algorithms and Data Structures in VLSI Design OBDD - Foundations and Applications by Christoph Meinel and Thorsten Theobald, * Paperback: 267 pages * Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 18, 1998) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 3540644865 * ISBN-13: 978-3540644866 One of the main problems in chip design is the huge number of possible combinations of individual chip elements, leading to a combinatorial explosion as chips become more complex. New key results in theoretical computer science and in the design of data structures and efficient algorithms, can be applied fruitfully here. The application of ordered binary decision diagrams (OBDDs) has led to dramatic performance improvements in many computer-aided design projects. This textbook provides an introduction to the foundations of this interdisciplinary research area with an emphasis on applications in computer-aided circuit design and formal verification. Customer Review This book is for the more mathematically inclined Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering majors who want a more profound insight to digital design from small to large to very large integration. If you thought that just because it's a more theoretically oriented book it doesn't also provide good example you were of course wrong. There is a sizeable number of examples and best of all pseudo code of the algorithms which are explained here. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=10908 Product Description This volume offers a wide spectrum of sample works developed in leading research throughout the world about innovative methodologies of swarm intelligence and foundations of engineering swarm intelligent systems as well as applications and interesting experiences using the particle swarm optimisation. Swarm intelligence is an innovative computational way to solve hard problems. In particular, particle swarm optimization, also commonly known as PSO, mimics the behavior of a swarm of insects or a school of fish. If one of the particle discovers a good path to food the rest of the swarm will be able to follow instantly even if they are far away in the swarm. Swarm behavior is modeled by particles in multidimensional space that have two characteristics: a position and a velocity. These particles wander around the hyperspace and remember the best position that they hav Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=10907 Product Description This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2006, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2006. The 27 revised full papers, 23 revised short papers, and 12 extended abstracts presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. The papers are devoted to theoretical and foundational aspects of ant algorithms, evolutionary optimization, ant colony optimization, and swarm intelligence and deal with a broad variety of optimization applications in networking, operations research, multiagent systems, robot systems, networking, etc. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=10381 JPEG2000: Image Compression Fundamentals, Standards and Practice is an essential reference for professional engineers and academic researchers in the fields of communication, image processing, signal processing, information theory, and multimedia. It has specific applications for those involved in the development of software and hardware solutions for multimedia, internet, and medical imaging applications, and for those pursuing research in image and video compression. The book is suitable as a primary text for a course in image compression; it would also be helpful in the context of a more general class covering multimedia compression at an in-depth level. Final year engineering undergraduate students pursuing projects in multimedia compression and/or communication would also find the book a useful tool. JPEG2000: Image Compression Fundamentals, Standards and Practice is written in four parts, to serve the interests of a wide readership. Representing about half the total text, Part I of the book provides a thorough and up-to-date background in the fundamentals of image compression, including topics not previously brought together in a single volume. Part 2 contains a complete description of the JPEG2000 standard. This description is written in such a way as to be completely self-contained from an implementation perspective, while it contains numerous references to the fundamental developments in Part 1. Together, Parts 1 and 2 serve the complementary roles of explanation and Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=10362 Discrete Mathematics with Algorithms By M.O. Albertson, J.P. Hutchinson * Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd * Number Of Pages: 560 * Publication Date: 1988-11-02 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471612782 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471612780 * Binding: Paperback Product Description: Here is a first-year course in discrete mathematics, requiring no calculus or computer programming experience, for students on computer science and mathematics courses. The approach stresses finding efficient algorithms, rather than existential results. It provides an introduction to constructing proofs (especially by induction), and an introduction to algorithmic problem solving. All algorithms are presented in English, in a format compatible with the PASCAL programming language. The text contains many exercises, with answers at the back of the book (detailed solutions being supplied for difficult problems). Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9232 JPEG2000 Standard for Image Compression presents readers with the basic background to this multimedia compression technique and prepares the reader for a detailed understanding of the JPEG2000 standard, using both the underlying theory and the principles behind the algorithms of the JPEG2000 standard for scalable image compression. It introduces the VLSI architectures and algorithms for implementation of the JPEG2000 standard in hardware (not available in the current literature), an important technology for a number of image processing applications and devices such as digital camera, color fax, printer, and scanners. Review "…contains a lot of useful information…" (Computing Reviews.com, July 12, 2005) "…full of practical examples, illustrations and references…" (E-STREAMS, May 2005) "This book contains a wealth of information about the JPEG2000 standard…" (Computing Reviews.com, March 2, 2005) "...contains a lot of useful information..." (Computing Reviews.com, July 12, 2005) "...full of practical examples, illustrations and references..." (E-STREAMS, May 2005) "This book contains a wealth of information about the JPEG2000 standard..." (Computing Reviews.com, March 2, 2005) Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9197 Are you familiar with the IEEE floating point arithmetic standard? Would you like to understand it better? This book gives a broad overview of numerical computing, in a historical context, with a special focus on the IEEE standard for binary floating point arithmetic. Key ideas are developed step by step, taking the reader from floating point representation, correctly rounded arithmetic, and the IEEE philosophy on exceptions, to an understanding of the crucial concepts of conditioning and stability, explained in a simple yet rigorous context. It gives technical details that are not readily available elsewhere and includes challenging exercises that go beyond the topics covered in the text. Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic provides an easily accessible yet detailed discussion of IEEE Std 754-1985, arguably the most important standard in the computer industry. The result of an unprecedented cooperation between academic computer scientists and the cutting edge of industry, it is supported by virtually every modern computer. Other topics include the floating point architecture of the Intel microprocessors and a discussion of programming language support for the standard. The book should be accessible to students at any level, as well as to any reader with an interest in computers and mathematics. It provides enough variety of content that all but the most expert readers will find something of interest. From the Publisher Audience The book should b Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9160 Many real-time systems rely on static scheduling algorithms. This includes cyclic scheduling, rate monotonic scheduling and fixed schedules created by off-line scheduling techniques such as dynamic programming, heuristic search, and simulated annealing. However, for many real-time systems, static scheduling algorithms are quite restrictive and inflexible. For example, highly automated agile manufacturing, command, control and communications, and distributed real-time multimedia applications all operate over long lifetimes and in highly non-deterministic environments. Dynamic real-time scheduling algorithms are more appropriate for these systems and are used in such systems. Many of these algorithms are based on earliest deadline first (EDF) policies. There exists a wealth of literature on EDF-based scheduling with many extensions to deal with sophisticated issues such as precedence constraints, resource requirements, system overload, multi-processors, and distributed systems. Deadline Scheduling for Real-Time Systems: EDF and Related Algorithms aims at collecting a significant body of knowledge on EDF scheduling for real-time systems, but it does not try to be all-inclusive (the literature is too extensive). The book primarily presents the algorithms and associated analysis, but guidelines, rules, and implementation considerations are also discussed, especially for the more complicated situations where mathematical analysis is difficult. In general, it is very difficult to Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9135 Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation By Charles J. Alpert, Dinesh P. Mehta, Sachin S. Sapatnekar * Publisher: Auerbach Publications * Number Of Pages: 1440 * Publication Date: 2008-11-11 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849372429 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849372421 * Binding: Hardcover Product Description: Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation provides a detailed overview of VLSI physical design automation, with a particular emphasis on state-of-the-art techniques, trends, and improvement that have emerged over the last decade. After a brief introduction to the modern physical design problem, basic algorithmic techniques, and partitioning, this book discusses significant advances in floorplanning representations and describes recent formulations of the floorplanning problem. The text also addresses issues of placement, net layout and optimization, routing multiple signal nets, manufacturability, physical synthesis, special nets, and designing for specialized technologies. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9122 Provides readers with the methods, algorithms, and means to perform text mining tasks This book is devoted to the fundamentals of text mining using Perl, an open-source programming tool that is freely available via the Internet (www.perl.org). It covers mining ideas from several perspectives--statistics, data mining, linguistics, and information retrieval--and provides readers with the means to successfully complete text mining tasks on their own. The book begins with an introduction to regular expressions, a text pattern methodology, and quantitative text summaries, all of which are fundamental tools of analyzing text. Then, it builds upon this foundation to explore: * Probability and texts, including the bag-of-words model * Information retrieval techniques such as the TF-IDF similarity measure * Concordance lines and corpus linguistics * Multivariate techniques such as correlation, principal components analysis, and clustering * Perl modules, German, and permutation tests Each chapter is devoted to a single key topic, and the author carefully and thoughtfully introduces mathematical concepts as they arise, allowing readers to learn as they go without having to refer to additional books. The inclusion of numerous exercises and worked-out examples further complements the book's student-friendly format. Practical Text Mining with Perl is ideal as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in text mining and as a reference for a v Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9038 Dramatically updating and extending the first edition, published in 1995, the second edition of The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks presents the enormous progress made in recent years in the many subfields related to the two great questions: How does the brain work? and, How can we build intelligent machines? Once again, the heart of the book is a set of almost 300 articles covering the whole spectrum of topics in brain theory and neural networks. The first two parts of the book, prepared by Michael Arbib, are designed to help readers orient themselves in this wealth of material. Part I provides general background on brain modeling and on both biological and artificial neural networks. Part II consists of "Road Maps" to help readers steer through articles in part III on specific topics of interest. The articles in part III are written so as to be accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds. They are cross-referenced and provide lists of pointers to Road Maps, background material, and related reading. The second edition greatly increases the coverage of models of fundamental neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, and neural network approaches to language. It contains 287 articles, compared to the 266 in the first edition. Articles on topics from the first edition have been updated by the original authors or written anew by new authors, and there are 106 articles on new topics. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=8659 Product Description Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks have gained an incredible research momentum. Computer scientists and engineers of all flavors are embracing the area. Sensor networks have been adopted by researchers from many different fields, ranging from hardware technology to operating systems, from antenna design to databases, from information theory to networking, from graph theory to computational geometry. The purpose of this monograph - outcome of a GI-Dagstuhl Seminar held in Dagstuhl Castle in November 2005 - is to give a first overview of algorithmic results on wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Its focus is on algorithms and protocols that allow for an analysis of their efficiency and efficacy. Many chapters deal with distributed algorithms, in particular local and localized algorithms. Importance is attached to topics combining both interesting aspects of wireless networks and attractive algorithmic methods. Each chapter provides a survey of some part of the field, whilst selected results are described in more detail. The structure and content of the book would make it a suitable basis for an advanced course. Product Details * Paperback: 415 pages * Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 23, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 354074990X * ISBN-13: 978-3540749905 Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=8354 Product Description ParCo2007 marks a quarter of a century of the international conferences on parallel computing that started in Berlin in 1983. The aim of the conference is to give an overview of the state-of-the-art of the developments, applications and future trends in high performance computing for all platforms. The conference addresses all aspects of parallel computing, including applications, hardware and software technologies as well as languages and development environments. Special emphasis was placed on the role of high performance processing to solve real-life problems in all areas, including scientific, engineering and multidisciplinary applications and strategies, experiences and conclusions made with respect to parallel computing. The book contains papers covering: 1) Applications; The application of parallel computers to solve computationally challenging problems in the physical and life sciences, engineering, industry and commerce. The treatment of complex multidisciplinary problems occurring in all application areas was discussed. 2) Algorithms; Design, analysis and implementation of generic parallel algorithms, including their scalability, in particular to a large number of processors (MPP), portability and adaptability and 3) Software and Architectures; Software engineering for developing and maintaining parallel software, including parallel programming models and paradigms, development environments, compile-time and run-time tools. A number of symposia Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=7768 Review "In twenty-first-century biology, modeling has a similar role as the microscope had in earlier centuries; it is arguably the most important research tool for studying complex phenomena and processes in all areas of the life sciences, from molecular biology to ecosystems analysis. Every biologist therefore needs to be familiar with the basic approaches, methods, and assumptions of modeling. Biological Modeling and Simulation is an essential guide that helps biologists explore the fundamental principles of modeling. It should be on the bookshelf of every student and active researcher." —Manfred D. Laubichler, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, and co-editor of Modeling Biology (MIT Press, 2007) "Russell Schwartz has produced an excellent and timely introduction to biological modeling. He has found the right balance between covering all major developments of this recently accelerating research field and still keeping the focus and level of the book at a level that is appropriate for all newcomers." —Zoltan Szallasi, Children's Hospital, Boston Product Description There are many excellent computational biology resources now available for learning about methods that have been developed to address specific biological systems, but comparatively little attention has been paid to training aspiring computational biologists to handle new and unanticipated problems. This text is intended to fill that gap by teaching students how to reason about developin Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=7434 In life, time is money, and on the Internet, the size of data is money. Small programs and small files take less disk space and cost less to send over the Internet. Compression Algorithms for Real Programmers describes the basic algorithms and approaches for compressing information so you can create the smallest files possible. These new algorithms are making it possible for people to take impossibly large audio and video files and compress them enough that they can flow over the Internet. * Examines the classic algorithms like Huffman coding, arithmetic compression, and dictionary-based schemes in depth * Describes the basic approaches used to squeeze audio and video signals by factors of as much as 100:1 * Discusses the philosophy of compression to illustrate the underlying trade-offs in the algorithms * Explores the use of wavelets and other modeling techniques that use repetitive functions to squeeze audio and video * Shows how programming solutions like Adobe PostScript can save space and make networks more efficient * Describes new approaches using fractals and grammars just being explored by the compression community * Shows how to extend the algorithms and use them for copyright protection About the Author Peter Wayner is a writer living in Baltimore and is the author of Digital Cash and Agents at Large (both Academic Press). His writings appear in numerous academic journals as well as the pages of more popular forums such as MacWorld and the New York Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=7161 This book brings together two streams of computer algebra: symbolic summation and integration on the one hand, and fast algorithmics on the other hand. In symbolic integration and summation, not too many algorithms with analyzed run times are known, and until now the mathematically oriented world of integration and summation and the computer science world of algorithm analysis have not had much to say to each other. The progress presented in this work towards overcoming this situation is threefold: - a clear framework for algorithm analysis with the appropriate parameters is provided, - modular algorithmic techniques are introduced in this area, and - almost optimal algorithms are presented for the basic problems. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=7160 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Experimental and Efficient Algorithms, WEA 2005, held in Santorini Island, Greece in May 2005. The 47 revised full papers and 7 revised short papers presented together with extended abstracts of 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 176 submissions. The book is devoted to the design, analysis, implementation, experimental evaluation, and engineering of efficient algorithms. Among the application areas addressed are most fields applying advanced algorithmic techniques, such as combinatorial optimization, approximation, graph theory, discrete mathematics, scheduling, searching, sorting, string matching, coding, networking, data mining, data analysis, etc. Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=6715 Digital Arithmetic (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design). The authoritative reference on the theory and design practice of computer arithmetic. Digital arithmetic plays an important role in the design of general-purpose digital processors and of embedded systems for signal processing, graphics, and communications. In spite of a mature body of knowledge in digital arithmetic, each new generation of processors or digital systems creates new arithmetic design problems. Designers, researchers, and graduate students will find solid solutions to these problems in this comprehensive, state-of-the-art exposition of digital arithmetic. Ercegovac and Lang, two of the field's leading experts, deliver a unified treatment of digital arithmetic, tying underlying theory to design practice in a technology-independent manner. They consistently use an algorithmic approach in defining arithmetic operations, illustrate concepts with examples of designs at the logic level, and discuss cost/performance characteristics throughout. Students and practicing designers alike will find Digital Arithmetic a definitive reference and a consistent teaching tool for developing a deep understanding of the "arithmetic style" of algorithms and designs. * Guides readers to develop sound solutions, avoid known mistakes, and repeat successful design decisions. * Presents comprehensive coverage from fundamental theories to current research trends. * Written in a clear and engag Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=6511 This is the newly revised and expanded edition of the popular introduction to the design and implementation of geometry algorithms arising in areas such as computer graphics, robotics, and engineering design. The second edition contains material on several new topics, such as randomized algorithms for polygon triangulation, planar point location, 3D convex hull construction, intersection algorithms for ray-segment and ray-triangle, and point-in-polyhedron. A new "Sources" chapter points to supplemental literature for readers needing more information on any topic. A novel aspect is the inclusion of working C code for many of the algorithms, with discussion of practical implementation issues. The self-contained treatment presumes only an elementary knowledge of mathematics, but reaches topics on the frontier of current research, making it a useful reference for practitioners at all levels. The code in this new edition is significantly improved from the first edition, and four new routines are included. Java versions for this new edition are also available. All code is accessible from the book's Web site (http://cs.smith.edu/~orourke/) or by anonymous ftp. Table of Contents Preface 1 Polygon Triangulation 1.1 Art Gallery Theorems 1.2 Triangulation: Theory 1.3 Area of Polygon 1.4 Implementation Issues 1.5 Segment Intersection 1.6 Triangulation: Implementation 2 Polygon Partitioning 2.1 Monotone Partitioning 2.2 Trapezoidalizati Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=6392 Algorithms are at the heart of every nontrivial computer application, and algorithmics is a modern and active area of computer science. Every computer scientist and every professional programmer should know about the basic algorithmic toolbox: structures that allow efficient organization and retrieval of data, frequently used algorithms, and basic techniques for modeling, understanding and solving algorithmic problems. This book is a concise introduction addressed to students and professionals familiar with programming and basic mathematical language. Individual chapters cover arrays and linked lists, hash tables and associative arrays, sorting and selection, priority queues, sorted sequences, graph representation, graph traversal, shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, and optimization. The algorithms are presented in a modern way, with explicitly formulated invariants, and comment on recent trends such as algorithm engineering, memory hierarchies, algorithm libraries and certifying algorithms. The authors use pictures, words and high-level pseudocode to explain the algorithms, and then they present more detail on efficient implementations using real programming languages like C++ and Java. The authors have extensive experience teaching these subjects to undergraduates and graduates, and they offer a clear presentation, with examples, pictures, informal explanations, exercises, and some linkage to the real world. Most chapters have the same basic structure: a motivati Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=6272 Fundamentals of Error Correcting Codes is an in-depth introduction to coding theory from both an engineering and mathematical viewpoint. It reviews classical topics, and gives much coverage of recent techniques which could previously only be found in specialist publications. Numerous exercises and examples and an accessible writing style make this a lucid and effective introduction to coding theory for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and engineers - whether approaching the subject from a mathematical, engineering or computer science background. Review "The book is a fine addition to the coding literature, bringing together many recent topics in a clear and careful treatment. Physically the book is outstanding." Mathematical Reviews Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5904 There are many algorithm texts that provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness. This book is not one of them. Instead, this book presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. By looking at both the big picture and easy step-by-step methods for developing algorithms, the author helps students avoid the common pitfalls. He stresses paradigms such as loop invariants and recursion to unify a huge range of algorithms into a few meta-algorithms. Part of the goal is to teach the students to think abstractly. Without getting bogged with formal proofs, the book fosters a deeper understanding of how and why each algorithm works. These insights are presented in a slow and clear manner accessible to second- or third-year students of computer science, preparing them to find their own innovative ways to solve problems. Rather than provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness, this book presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. It stresses paradigms such as loop invariants and recursion to unify a huge range of algorithms into a few meta-algorithms. About the Author Jeff Edmonds received his Ph.D. in 1992 at University of Toronto in theoretical computer science. His thesis proved that certain computation problems require a given amount of time and space. He did his postdoctorate work at the ICSI in Berkeley o Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5550 Product Description Building on the success of the first edition, which offered a practical introductory approach to the techniques of error concealment, this book, now fully revised and updated, provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject and includes a wealth of additional features. The Art of Error Correcting Coding, Second Edition explores intermediate and advanced level concepts as well as those which will appeal to the novice. All key topics are discussed, including Reed-Solomon codes, Viterbi decoding, soft-output decoding algorithms, MAP, log-MAP and MAX-log-MAP. Reliability-based algorithms GMD and Chase are examined, as are turbo codes, both serially and parallel concatenated, as well as low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes and their iterative decoders. * Features additional problems at the end of each chapter and an instructor’s solutions manual * Updated companion website offers new C/C ++programs and MATLAB scripts, to help with the understanding and implementation of basic ECC techniques * Easy to follow examples illustrate the fundamental concepts of error correcting codes * Basic analysis tools are provided throughout to help in the assessment of the error performance block and convolutional codes of a particular error correcting coding (ECC) scheme for a selection of the basic channel models This edition provides an essential resource to engineers, computer scientists and graduate students alike for understanding and app Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5501 * Speech coding is a highly mature branch of signal processing deployed in products such as cellular phones, communication devices, and more recently, voice over internet protocol * This book collects many of the techniques used in speech coding and presents them in an accessible fashion * Emphasizes the foundation and evolution of standardized speech coders, covering standards from 1984 to the present * The theory behind the applications is thoroughly analyzed and proved Review ":well equipped with exercises and with procedures which are helpful in implementing the coders:" (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1041, No.16, 2004) Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5472 Besides scheduling problems for single and parallel machines and shop scheduling problems the book covers advanced models involving due-dates, sequence dependent changeover times and batching. Also multiprocessor task scheduling and problems with multi-purpose machines are discussed. The methods used to solve these problems are linear programming, dynamic programming, branch-and-bound algorithms, and local search heuristics. Complexity results for different classes of deterministic scheduling problems are summerized. From the reviews of the fourth edition: "This is a book about scheduling algorithms.  The book contains eleven chapters.  Most of the chapters contain the summarized complexity results. In this edition the complexity columns have been updated. The book is completed by the bibliography which also has been updated and now contains 198 references. The book is well organized. It will be useful for specialists in scheduling theory and in combinatorial optimization." (I.N. Lushchakova, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1060, 2005) From the reviews of the fifth edition: "One of the competitive books on the theory of machine scheduling in the market, this book, now in its fifth edition, was first published in 1995.  This book is theoretically oriented with little treatment of practical issues. It is suitable for researchers and graduate students in mathematics, computer science, operations research, management science, and industrial engineering.  To summarize, thi Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5466 Coding is an highly integral component of viable and efficient computer and data communications, yet the often heavy mathematics that form the basis of coding can prevent a serious and practical understanding of this important area. "Coding for Data and Computer Communications" eschews the complex mathematics and clearly describes the core concepts, principles, and methods of channel codes ( for error correction), source codes (for compressing data), and secure codes (for cryptography, data hiding, and privacy). Conveniently organized and segmented into three associated parts for these coding types, the book examines the most important approaches and techniques used to make the storage and transmission of information (data) fast, secure, and reliable. Topics and features: * Integrates the disciplines of error control, data compression, and cryptography and data hiding * Presents material in a logical, clear, and lively way for rapid learning * Highly inclusive, balanced coverage for specialists and nonspecialists * Contains a chapter on the rarely covered topic of check digits * Provides numerous examples, illustrations, and other helpful learning aids An essential resource and monograph for all security researchers and professionals who need to understand and effectively use coding employed in computers and data communications. Anchored by a clear, nonmathematical exposition, the book presents all the major topics, principles, and methods in an accessible sty Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5380 Amazon.com Review Aimed at any serious programmer or computer science student, the new second edition of Introduction to Algorithms builds on the tradition of the original with a truly magisterial guide to the world of algorithms. Clearly presented, mathematically rigorous, and yet approachable even for the math-averse, this title sets a high standard for a textbook and reference to the best algorithms for solving a wide range of computing problems. With sample problems and mathematical proofs demonstrating the correctness of each algorithm, this book is ideal as a textbook for classroom study, but its reach doesn't end there. The authors do a fine job of explaining each algorithm. (Reference sections on basic mathematical notation will help readers bridge the gap, but it will help to have some math background to appreciate the full achievement of this handsome hardcover volume.) Every algorithm is presented in pseudo-code, which can be implemented in any computer language, including C/C++ and Java. This ecumenical approach is one of the book's strengths. When it comes to sorting and common data structures, from basic linked lists to trees (including binary trees, red-black, and B-trees), this title really shines, with clear diagrams that show algorithms in operation. Even if you just glance over the mathematical notation here, you can definitely benefit from this text in other ways. The book moves forward with more advanced algorithms that implement strategies for sol Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5347 Note: Draft version1 of 2008-July-17. The steadily growing "Algorithms for programmers" text (the fxtbook). This is the (work in progress) book "Algorithms for programmers". Publication is planned for the year 2008. Home page: http://www.jjj.de/fxt/ This is a draft of a book about selected algorithms. The audience in mind are programmers who are interested in the treated algorithms and actually want to create and understand working and reasonably optimized code. The style varies somewhat which I do not consider bad per se: While some topics (as fast Fourier transforms) need a clear and explicit introduction others (like the bit wizardry chapter) seem to be best presented by basically showing the code with just a few comments. The pseudo language Sprache is used when I see a clear advantage to do so, mainly when the corresponding C++ does not appear to be self explanatory. Larger pieces of code are presented in C++. C programmers do not need to be shocked by the `++' as only a rather minimal set of the C++ features is used. Some of the code, especially in part 3 (Arithmetical algorithms), is given in the pari/gp language as the use of other languages would likely bury the idea in technicalities. A printable version of this book will always stay online for free download. The referenced sources are online as part of FXT (fast transforms and low level routines [19]) and hfloat (high precision foating point algorithms [20]). The reader is welcome to criticize and suggest im Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5318 Having trouble deciding which coding scheme to employ, how to design a new scheme, or how to improve an existing system? This summary of the state-of-the-art in iterative coding makes this decision more straightforward. With emphasis on the underlying theory, techniques to analyse and design practical iterative coding systems are presented. Using Gallager's original ensemble of LDPC codes, the basic concepts are extended for several general codes, including the practically important class of turbo codes. The simplicity of the binary erasure channel is exploited to develop analytical techniques and intuition, which are then applied to general channel models. A chapter on factor graphs helps to unify the important topics of information theory, coding and communication theory. Covering the most recent advances, this text is ideal for graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, and practitioners. Additional resources, including instructor's solutions and figures, available online: www.cambridge.org/9780521852296. Review 'There is definitely a market for a book focusing on LDPC codes, and Tom Richardson and Reudiger Urbanke would be on anyone's short list to write that book. They have made substantive contributions to the theory and practice of LDPC codes. I believe this book will become required reading for researchers in LDPC codes at universities and communications companies around the world.' Thomas Fuja, University of Notre Dame Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=4946 Book Description A practical guide to implementing algorithms in C++. Have you been looking for a C++ book that not only talks about some of the most popular algorithms of today, but also implements them? Then look no further. This book presents algorithms from a practical point of view, clearly explaining how the algorithms work, as well as fully implementing them in C++. Written to the intermediate C++ programmer, this book covers a wide range of subjects, from sorting and searching algorithms, to graph traversal algorithms, hashing algorithms, priority queues, finite state machines, and "algorithmic generators," a unique, object-oriented way of implementing algorithms. Includes theory and practice, with emphasis on practice. * Builds from the basics to the most advanced techniques. * Backs each algorithm with full source code provided on disk-no misleading code fragments. * Includes high quality code, written specifically for C++, and not simply ported from some other language. * All code fully tested in Borland and Microsoft versions of C++. The publisher, John Wiley and Sons A practical, step-by-step exposition of the special features of C++ algorithms and how they fit in overall program design. All algorithms in the text and on the accompanying disk have been created from scratch in C++. Methods described in each example are backed up with complete source code and each chapter progresses from fundamental concepts to sophisticated meth Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=4845 Product Description Focusing on grid computing and asynchronism, Parallel Iterative Algorithms explores the theoretical and practical aspects of parallel numerical algorithms. Each chapter contains a theoretical discussion of the topic, an algorithmic section that fully details implementation examples and specific algorithms, and an evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of the algorithms. Several exercises also appear at the end of most chapters. The first two chapters introduce the general features of sequential iterative algorithms and their applications to numerical problems. The book then describes different kinds of parallel systems and parallel iterative algorithms. It goes on to address both linear and nonlinear parallel synchronous and asynchronous iterative algorithms for numerical computation, with an emphasis on the multisplitting approach. The final chapter discusses the features required for efficient implementation of asynchronous iterative algorithms. Providing the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to design and implement efficient parallel iterative algorithms, this book illustrates how to apply these algorithms to solve linear and nonlinear numerical problems in parallel environments, including local, distant, homogeneous, and heterogeneous clusters. Product Details * Hardcover: 240 pages * Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC (November 28, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1584888083 * ISBN-13: 978-1584888086 Read more...
]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=4843 Discover the benefits of applying algorithms to solve scientific, engineering, and practical problems Providing a combination of theory, algorithms, and simulations, Handbook of Applied Algorithms presents an all-encompassing treatment of applying algorithms and discrete mathematics to practical problems in "hot" application areas, such as computational biology, computational chemistry, wireless networks, and computer vision. In eighteen self-contained chapters, this timely book explores: * Localized algorithms that can be used in topology control for wireless ad-hoc or sensor networks * Bioinformatics algorithms for analyzing data * Clustering algorithms and identification of association rules in data mining * Applications of combinatorial algorithms and graph theory in chemistry and molecular biology * Optimizing the frequency planning of a GSM network using evolutionary algorithms * Algorithmic solutions and advances achieved through game theory Complete with exercises for readers to measure their comprehension of the material presented, Handbook of Applied Algorithms is a much-needed resource for researchers, practitioners, and students within computer science, life science, and engineering. Amiya Nayak, PhD, has over seventeen years of industrial experience and is Full Professor at the School of Information Technology and Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is on the editorial board of several journals. Dr. Nayak's research interests are Read more...
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