examines the content of some of the most important scientific databases and explains the indexing policies used by the database producers. The mechanics of on-line searching are discussed, and the author details and logically explains the key principles involved in keyword, chemical substances and numeric searches. This knowledge is combined to show how effective search strategies are constructed and used.

A complete coverage of operating systems and all the design and implementation issues with a complete operating system-Minix. Tanenbaum is one of America's leading selling authors of computer science books.

Profiles fifteen of the planets' foremost computer scientists, based on recent interviews, the scientist are revealed in fascinating anecdotes about their early inspirations and influences, contributions and thoughts on the fields explosive future. Shasha and Lazere fill in the historical background of these thinkers into everyday concepts that nonscientists can readily understand.

The first of its kind, this book presents applications of parallel processing in structural engineering, from introductory concepts and detailed algorithms for analysis and optimization of structures to special stratagems and implementation of the algorithms using C.
Partial Contents-Basic concepts. Automatic partitioning of framed structures for concurrent processing. Concurrent analysis of structures. Concurrent optimization of structures. Concurrent optimization of structures under dynamic loading.

Perl is the scripting language for creating interactive Web sites. This book provides the fastest way for newcomers to learn Perl and CGI programming for enhancing and creating open, interactive Web sites. Learn to create valuable interactive CGI Web forms, including catalogs, search engines, order forms, database referencing, and user feedback scripts. The platform- and browser-independent presentation provides real-world examples and complete step-by-step instructions for learning and using Perl.

Contains directory information on over 2000 North American companies involved in the manufacture of PC based computers, peripherals, software and service depots. Includes company name, address, company classification (hardware, software...), phone numbers, fax numbers, tech support and BBS, on-line addresses for the World Wide Web, CompuServe, Microsoft Network, and AOL.

A concise PC computer reference for the novice and the professional. It contains hard to find information for the IBM PC's and compatibles, configuration data for over 3500 hard drives and 460 floppy drives, DOS commands, Modem Standards, and best of all it fits in your shirt pocket.

Designed as a link between digital signal processing (DSP) theory and the practical application. Covers the methods necessary to apply DSP immediately to a project. Packed with examples and projects plus a data acquisition system users can build themselves or purchase. The disk features code examples from the book, a software digital oscilloscope and Mathcad documents representing several analysis tools described.

A cookbook for neural network solutions to practical problems using C++. Provides guidance along the entire problem-solving path, including designing the training set, preprocessing variables, training and validating the network, and evaluating its performance. The principle focus is the three layer feedforward network. The IBM diskette includes the source code for all programs in the book which can be easily adapted to C compilers.

Here is a book that helped popularize Prolog by making it accessible to a wide range of readers. Features new to the Third Edition include programming techniques that use accumulators and difference structures, and available information on syntax errors and operator procedures.

Users of the Macintosh 512, Macintosh Plus, and Macintosh SE will find this introduction to Macintosh Pascal an excellent classroom text, reference source, or self-study guide. Itis designed to take the reader up to an intermediate level of programming skill, covering all the usual Pascal topics plus some that are specific to using Macintosh Pascal on Macintosh computers.

AFC allows Java programmers to create different GUI components like buttons, scroll bars, and graphics. This is a programming book for Java and Windows programmers interested in AFC, teaching the technical details needed to program with Java in Windows.

Prototyping is an approach used in evolutionary system developing. This book shows which forms of prototyping can be employed to tackle which problems. Divided into two sections, Part I looks at prototyping as an approach for constructing and evaluating models: and Part II shows to what extent technical support of evolutionary system development is possible. Various tools for supporting prototyping are discussed and prospective trends are indicated.

Quality of Service is becoming a critical differentiating factor in the data networking world. This books discusses the concepts of Quality of Service and the differentiated Classes of Service, as well as examines the various methods used to deliver Quality of Service over different networks. Quality of Service: Delivering QoS on the Internet and in Corporate Networks

This is the age of inter-computer communications, from machine to machine, and network to network, worldwide. Link-State Routing is the first and only advanced reference to cover the newest generation of internetwork routers. From the basics of routing to the details of Novell's NLSP (Novell Link-State Protocol), all the vital information is right at hand: