Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in production and manufacturing engineering. This book presents a collection of expert systems, the major practical application of AI, including their structure and knowledge base on disk, that have application in the manufacturing and production engineering domain.

This directory contains thousands of hand-picked items comprising the very best of the Internet, including Web sites, Usernet discussion groups, electronic, mailing lists and more.

This is the most detailed, most readable, most practical guide to HP-UX system administration you can find. Walk through all the issues associated with setting up and configuring an HP-UX system; working with the file system; and networking. Understand the HP-UX System Administration Manager in depth. Learn how HP-UX supports the Common Desktop Environment, and discover HP-UX shell programming for system administrators. The book includes detailed coverage of HP-UX system auditing and Windows NT interoperability -- two increasingly crucial topics for HP-UX system administrators. The book's two CD-ROMs contain an unprecedented collection of trial software for HP-UX administration, development and interoperability with NT systems. You'll also find a convenient 4-page fold-out/tear-out reference card for HP-UX system administration.

This revised edition will teach you all the commands, tools, and techniques needed to create state-of-the-art Web page documents. Get complete coverage of HTML 3.2 the new HTML stylesheet capabilities, proprietary HTML extensions from Netscape and Microsoft, and support for new multimedia technologies. Learn the latest ways to use HTML in conjunction with Java and Netscape to create the most advanced Web pages. Design your own customized CGI programs and HTML forms.

Commences with an introduction to human factors theory. Demonstrates how to translate the theory into practice by analyzing and learning from end-users; applying color, graphics, different layout and type designs, on-line help screens, graphical-user interfaces, icons and normal messages that appear on a computer screen or in a manual.

Information Structure Design for Databases is a guide to data modeling for data base design, from first contact with the user organization, through analysis and design, to the final result-a workable set of data tables ready to be implemented in a Relational Data Base Management System. This book approaches data modelling from a very practical stand-point, covering only those aspects of the theory necessary to do a good job, and explaining the techniques and methods of data analysis and design using diagrams, case studies and extensive examples taken by the author from years of experience in real design environments.

This book presents a top-down system design methodology which analyzes a business activity in terms of the information content associated with each process. The author is one of the most important visionaries in the field.

This is the second in a three-part series that points out the management and implementation issues associated with applying information engineering within an organization. Book II presents a blueprint for implementing information engineering in a corporate or government environment.

This third book in the series contains detailed guidelines for designing and constructing a fully computerized enterprise using Information Engineering techniques, including CASE tools.

The first to examine the complete environment, allowing corporate planners, developers and network managers to see the "big picture" and plan for the future of their businesses with foresight.

Describes how to develop a complete and effective Internet security program. It covers firewalls; describes how to secure specific services such as e-mail, news, and file retrieval; how to assess risk; develop an Internet security policy; develop end-user awareness of problems and implement the right mix of preventive and detective measures to ensure secure Internet access and use. Addressing; how to identify and respond to breach of security incidents.

This book reviews both the architecture of network interconnections as well as internet communication services and the protocols needed to provide those services. Comer describes the architecture of an internet, the core gateway system and the protocol gateways used to exchange routing information. Application level services (based on the client server model) available in the Internet are also detailed.

A Practical and applications-oriented text that shows how to achieve greater intercompatability between diverse systems.

Using real-life examples, the book demonstrates the potentials and limits of client/server technology, examines how this technology can be used to increase productivity, describes the design of client/server systems using a variety of software systems and more.

For any business looking for an interactive advantage, multicasting is the crucial technology needed for video conferencing, groupware, multimedia and more. This book gives you the complete rundown on IP multicasting, describing what it is, why it is important, how it works, and what to look for when purchasing and upgrading network equipment and software.