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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the design process for user experience and engagement, which expands the traditional concept of usability and utility in design to include aesthetics, fun and excitement. User experience has evolved as a new area of Human Computer Interaction research, motivated by non-work oriented applications such as games, education and emerging interactive Web 2.0. The chapter starts by examining the phenomena of user engagement and experience and setting them in the perspective of cognitive psychology, in particular motivation, emotion and mood. The perspective of aesthetics is expanded towards interaction and engagement to propose design treatments, metaphors, and interactive techniques which can promote user interest, excitement and satisfying experiences. This is followed by reviewing the design process and design treatments which can promote aesthetic perception and engaging interaction. The final part of the chapter provides design guidelines and principles drawn from theinteraction and graphical design literature which are cross-referenced to issues in the design process. Examples of designs and design treatments are given to illustrate principles and advice, accompanied by critical reflection. Table of Contents: Introduction / Psychology of User Engagement / UE Design Process / Design Principles and Guidelines / Perspectives and ConclusionsSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Das Fallrepetitorium Familien- und Erbrecht erläutert den examensrelevanten Stoff anhand von Fällen, die grundlegenden BGH-Entscheidungen nachgebildet sind. Die Lösungen sind im Gutachtenstil ausgearbeitet und angereichert mit vertiefenden Hinweisen. Das Werk soll fortgeschrittenen Studierenden, insbesondere Schwerpunktstudierenden und Examenskandidaten, Gelegenheit bieten, ihr Wissen auf Fälle anzuwenden und speziell die Bearbeitung von Examensklausuren zu trainieren. Gleichzeitig dienen die Fälle der Erarbeitung, Wiederholung und Vertiefung des materiellen Rechts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses von einem erfahrenen Praktiker geschriebene Buch wendet sich an alle Benutzer von Mathematica®. Der Neuling macht schnell die ersten Schritte und lernt vor allem zunächst, die eingebaute Hilfe und Dokumentation effizient zu nutzen. Dem Fortgeschrittenen helfen die prototypischen Beispiele und vor allem auch eine umfangreiche Sammlung elementarer Tricks und Kniffe. Der Experte findet hier nicht einfach nur Rezepte, sondern vor allem Konzepte und Techniken zur Behandlung komplexerer Aufgabenstellungen.Anhand der vielen Programmierbeispiele unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeitsgrades, lernt der Leser ganz nebenbei Lösungen konkreter Probleme kennen. Jedes der Programmierbeispiele beginnt mit einer Beschreibung der Aufgabenstellung, gefolgt von der Analyse, der Diskussion verschiedener Lösungsansätze und schließlich einer Implementierung im Sinne der beschriebenen Programmiergrundsätze. Die ebenfalls behandelten grafischen Benutzeroberflächen bilden einen weiteren Schwerpunkt dieses Buches.Das Buch bezieht sich auf die aktuelle Version 7 sowie die Version 6.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The design space of information services evolved from seminal works through a set of prototypical hypermedia systems and matured in open and widely accessible web-based systems. The original concepts of hypermedia systems are now expressed in different forms and shapes. The first works on hypertext invented the term itself, laid out the foundational concept of association or link, and highlighted navigation as the core paradigm for the future information systems. The first engineered systems demonstrated architectural requirements and models and fostered the emergence of the conceptual model related with the information systems and the information design. The artifacts for interaction, navigation, and search, grew from the pioneering systems. Multimedia added a new dimension to hypertext, and mutated the term into hypermedia. The adaptation of the primitive models and mechanisms to the space of continuous media led to a further conceptual level and to the reinvention of information design methods. Hypermedia systems also became an ideal space for collaboration and cooperative work. Information access and sharing, and group work were enabled and empowered by distributed hypermedia systems. As with many technologies, a winning technical paradigm, in our case the World Wide Web, concentrated the design options, the architectural choices and the interaction and navigation styles. Since the late nineties, the Web became the standard framework for hypermedia systems, and integrated a large number of the initial concepts and techniques. Yet, other paths are still open. This lecture maps a simple 'genome' of hypermedia systems, based on an initial survey of primitive systems that established architectural and functional characteristics, or traits. These are analyzed and consolidated using phylogenetic analysis tools, to infer families of systems and evolution opportunities. This method may prove to be inspiring for more systematic perspectives of technological landscapes. Table of Contents: Introduction / Original Visions and Concepts / Steps in the Evolution / Information and Structured Documents / Web-Based Environments / Some Research Trends / A Framework of Traits / A Phylogenetic Analysis / ConclusionSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Developments over the last twenty years have fueled considerable speculation about the future of the book and of reading itself. This book begins with a gloss over the history of electronic books, including the social and technical forces that have shaped their development. The focus then shifts to reading and how we interact with what we read: basic issues such as legibility, annotation, and navigation are examined as aspects of reading that Elektronisches Buchs inherit from their print legacy. Because reading is fundamentally communicative, I also take a closer look at the sociality of reading: how we read in a group and how we share what we read. Studies of reading and Elektronisches Buch use are integrated throughout the book, but Chapter 5 'goes meta' to explore how a researcher might go about designing his or her own reading-related studies. No book about Elektronisches Buchs is complete without an explicit discussion of content preparation, i.e., how the electronic book is written. Hence, Chapter 6 delves into the underlying representation of Elektronisches Buchs and efforts to create and apply markup standards to them. This chapter also examines how print genres have made the journey to digital and how some emerging digital genres might be realized as Elektronisches Buchs. Finally, Chapter 7 discusses some beyond-the-book functionality: how can Elektronisches Buch platforms be transformed into portable personal libraries In the end, my hope is that by the time the reader reaches the end of this book, he or she will feel equipped to perform the next set of studies, write the next set of articles, invent new Elektronisches Buch functionality, or simply engage in a heated argument with the stranger in seat 17C about the future of reading. Table of Contents: Preface / Figure Credits / Introduction / Reading / Interaction / Reading as a Social Activity / Studying Reading / Beyond the Book / References / Author BiographySpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Plants and trees are among the most complex natural objects. Much work has been done attempting to model them, with varying degrees of success. In this book, we review the various approaches in computer graphics, which we categorize as rule-based, image-based, and sketch-based methods. We describe our approaches for modeling plants and trees using images. Image-based approaches have the distinct advantage that the resulting model inherits the realistic shape and complexity of a real plant or tree. We use different techniques for modeling plants (with relatively large leaves) and trees (with relatively small leaves).With plants, we model each leaf from images, while for trees, the leaves are only approximated due to their small size and large number. Both techniques start with the same initial step of structure from motion on multiple images of the plant or tree that is to be modeled. For our plant modeling system, because we need to model the individual leaves, these leaves need to besegmented out from the images. We designed our plant modeling system to be interactive, automating the process of shape recovery while relying on the user to provide simple hints on segmentation. Segmentation is performed in both image and 3D spaces, allowing the user to easily visualize its effect immediately. Using the segmented image and 3D data, the geometry of each leaf is then automatically recovered from the multiple views by fitting a deformable leaf model. Our system also allows the user to easily reconstruct branches in a similar manner. To model trees, because of the large leaf count, small image footprint, and widespread occlusions, we do not model the leaves exactly as we do for plants. Instead, we populate the tree with leaf replicas from segmented source images to reconstruct the overall tree shape. In addition, we use the shape patterns of visible branches to predict those of obscured branches. As a result, we are able to design our tree modeling system so as to minimize user intervention. We also handle the special case of modeling a tree from only a single image. Here, the user is required to draw strokes on the image to indicate the tree crown (so that the leaf region is approximately known) and to refine the recovery of branches. As before, we concatenate the shape patterns from a library to generate the 3D shape. To substantiate the effectiveness of our systems, we show realistic reconstructions of a variety of plants and trees from images. Finally, we offer our thoughts on improving our systems and on the remaining challenges associated with plant and tree modeling. Table of Contents: Introduction / Review of Plant and Tree Modeling Techniques / Image-Based Technique for Modeling Plants / Image-Based Technique for Modeling Trees / Single Image Tree Modeling / Summary and Concluding Remarks / AcknowledgmentsSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Nach ADAC-Schätzungen sind in Deutschland mindestens 1 Million Menschen mit Führerschein von Fahrängsten betroffen - z.B. Angst vor dem Großstadtverkehr, vor der Autobahn, vor Beifahrern, vor Unfällen. Pro Jahr finden in Deutschland 1,4 Millionen Fahrrprüfungen statt, davon sind 400.000 Wiederholungsprüfungen. Viele der Prüflinge leiden an Prüfungsangst. Auchgeübte Autofahrer leiden teilweise unter Ängsten. Es geht dabei um Drängelsituationen auf der Autobahn, wenn Raser rücksichtslos nah auffahren und mit der Lichthupe blenden. Laut Untersuchung einer großen Versicherung fühlen über 90% aller Autofahrer in solchen Situationen Ängste. Das Buch ist ein Ratgeber für Betroffene. Es zeigt insieben Schritten, die Ängste zu verstehen und zu bewältigen. Die Anregungen basieren auf Praxiserfahrungen der Autoren ('Angsthasen-Methode') und auf Selbsthilfe-Methoden der Verhaltenstherapie. Leserinnen und Lesern wird anhand von Fallbeispielen die Problemsituation und die Bewältigung der Ängste erläutert. Anschließend finden sie Fragebögen zur Selbsteinschätzung, Selbsthilfetipps, die Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen, Übungsaufgaben und Lösungsvorschläge. Abgerundet wird der Ratgeber mit einem Service-Teil mit Adressen.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Testing applications for mobile phones is difficult, time-consuming, and hard to do effectively. Many people have limited their testing efforts to hands-on testing of an application on a few physical handsets, and they have to repeat the process every time a new version of the software is ready to test. They may miss many of the permutations of real-world use, and as a consequence their users are left with the unpleasant mess of a failing application on their phone. Test automation can help to increase the range and scope of testing, while reducing the overhead of manual testing of each version of the software. However automation is not a panacea, particularly for mobile applications, so we need to pick our test automation challenges wisely. This book is intended to help software and test engineers pick appropriately to achieve more; and as a consequence deliver better quality, working software to users. This Synthesis lecture provides practical advice based on direct experience of using software test automation to help improve the testing of a wide range of mobile phone applications, including the latest AJAX applications. The focus is on applications that rely on a wireless network connection to a remote server, however the principles may apply to other related fields and applications. We start by explaining terms and some of the key challenges involved in testing smartphone applications. Subsequent chapters describe a type of application e.g. markup, AJAX, Client, followed by a related chapter on how to test each of these applications. Common test automation techniques are covered in a separate chapter, and finally there is a brief chapter on when to test manually. The book also contains numerous pointers and links to further material to help you to improve your testing using automation appropriately. Table of Contents: Introduction / Markup Languages / Testing Techniques for Markup Applications / AJAX Mobile Applications / Testing Mobile AJAX Applications / Client Applications / Testing Techniques for Client Applications / Common Techniques / When to Test Manually / Future Work / Appendix A: Links and References / Appendix B: Data Connectivity / Appendix C: Configuring Your MachineSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Geometric flows have many applications in physics and geometry. The mean curvature flow occurs in the description of the interface evolution in certain physical models. This is related to the property that such a flow is the gradient flow of the area functional and therefore appears naturally in problems where a surface energy is minimized. The mean curvature flow also has many geometric applications, in analogy with the Ricci flow of metrics on abstract riemannian manifolds. One can use this flow as a tool to obtain classification results for surfaces satisfying certain curvature conditions, as well as to construct minimal surfaces. Geometric flows, obtained from solutions of geometric parabolic equations, can be considered as an alternative tool to prove isoperimetric inequalities. On the other hand, isoperimetric inequalities can help in treating several aspects of convergence of these flows. Isoperimetric inequalities have many applications in other fields of geometry, like hyperbolic manifolds.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book introduces Chinese language-processing issues and techniques to readers who already have a basic background in natural language processing (NLP). Since the major difference between Chinese and Western languages is at the word level, the book primarily focuses on Chinese morphological analysis and introduces the concept, structure, and interword semantics of Chinese words. The following topics are covered: a general introduction to Chinese NLP; Chinese characters, morphemes, and words and the characteristics of Chinese words that have to be considered in NLP applications; Chinese word segmentation; unknown word detection; word meaning and Chinese linguistic resources; interword semantics based on word collocation and NLP techniques for collocation extraction. Table of Contents: Introduction / Words in Chinese / Challenges in Chinese Morphological Processing / Chinese Word Segmentation / Unknown Word Identification / Word Meaning / Chinese Collocations / Automatic Chinese Collocation Extraction / Appendix / References / Author BiographiesSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This lecture describes the author's approach to the representation of color spaces and their use for color image processing. The lecture starts with a precise formulation of the space of physical stimuli (light). The model includes both continuous spectra and monochromatic spectra in the form of Dirac deltas. The spectral densities are considered to be functions of a continuous wavelength variable. This leads into the formulation of color space as a three-dimensional vector space, with all the associated structure. The approach is to start with the axioms of color matching for normal human viewers, often called Grassmann's laws, and developing the resulting vector space formulation. However, once the essential defining element of this vector space is identified, it can be extended to other color spaces, perhaps for different creatures and devices, and dimensions other than three. The CIE spaces are presented as main examples of color spaces. Many properties of the color space are examined. Once the vector space formulation is established, various useful decompositions of the space can be established. The first such decomposition is based on luminance, a measure of the relative brightness of a color. This leads to a direct-sum decomposition of color space where a two-dimensional subspace identifies the chromatic attribute, and a third coordinate provides the luminance. A different decomposition involving a projective space of chromaticity classes is then presented. Finally, it is shown how the three types of color deficiencies present in some groups of humans leads to a direct-sum decomposition of three one-dimensional subspaces that are associated with the three types of cone photoreceptors in the human retina. Next, a few specific linear and nonlinear color representations are presented. The color spaces of two digital cameras are also described. Then the issue of transformations between different color spaces is addressed. Finally, these ideas are applied to signal and system theory for color images. This is done using a vector signal approach where a general linear system is represented by a three-by-three system matrix. The formulation is applied to both continuous and discrete space images, and specific problems in color filter array sampling and displays are presented for illustration. The book is mainly targeted to researchers and graduate students in fields of signal processing related to any aspect of color imaging.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'I lettori di ossa' racconta lo scontro tra scienza e politica nel dibattito sulla preistoria australiana e di altri Paesi dove la presenza dei popoli indigeni rende profondamente politica l¿interpretazione del passato. Gli scienziati stanno ricostruendo la preistoria con l¿uso di tecnologie sempre più avanzate mentre i popoli indigeni ne rivendicano la proprietà esclusiva. Questo rende sempre più difficile lo studio delle ossa e dei reperti che gli aborigeni attribuiscono ai loro antenati ancestrali. Simultaneamente, altri studiosi, in genere di estrazione umanistica, sfidano la supremazia del metodo scientifica per ricostruire il passato. La situazione è complicata dalla rivalità tra gruppi di ricerca, università e musei coinvolti in programmi sull¿evoluzione umana, finanziati in modo precario. 'I lettori di ossa' presenta la scienza alla base delle nuove ricerche sull¿evoluzione umana, ma anche i protagonisti e la politica.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 312 pp. Italienisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Cartilage injuries in children and adolescents are increasingly observed, with roughly 20% of knee injuries in adolescents requiring surgery. In the US alone, costs of osteoarthritis (OA) are in excess of $65 billion per year (both medical costs and lost wages). Comorbidities are common with OA and are also costly to manage. Articular cartilage's low friction and high capacity to bear load makes it critical in the movement of one bone against another, and its lack of a sustained natural healing response has necessitated a plethora of therapies. Tissue engineering is an emerging technology at the threshold of translation to clinical use. Replacement cartilage can be constructed in the laboratory to recapitulate the functional requirements of native tissues. This book outlines the biomechanical and biochemical characteristics of articular cartilage in both normal and pathological states, through development and aging. It also provides a historical perspective of past and current cartilage treatments and previous tissue engineering efforts. Methods and standards for evaluating the function of engineered tissues are discussed, and current cartilage products are presented with an analysis on the United States Food and Drug Administration regulatory pathways that products must follow to market. This book was written to serve as a reference for researchers seeking to learn about articular cartilage, for undergraduate and graduate level courses, and as a compendium of articular cartilage tissue engineering design criteria.Table of Contents: Hyaline Articular Cartilage / Cartilage Aging and Pathology / In Vitro / Bioreactors / Future DirectionsSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere) bright stars that are suitable observational targets for both amateurs and astronomy students.Finder charts are provided for locating these sometimes-familiar stars. Data for each star includes labelled stellar spectra, a spectral profile with spectral lines identified. These are conveniently laid out on a single page, opposite tables of spectroscopic properties, and lines and wavelengths identified.This is the first Spectral Atlas designed for amateur astronomers. It is equally relevant to college undergraduates, being intended to familiarize astronomers of any age and level of knowledge with labelled stellar spectra and their different properties. It contains much information about stars which is hard to find or inaccessible to most people.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The fourth edition is augmented by more than 70 new formulas. In particular, we have included some key concepts and results from trade theory, games of incomplete information and combinatorics. In addition there are scattered additions of new formulas in many chapters. Again we are indebted to a number of people who has suggested corrections, - provements and new formulas. In particular, we would like to thank Jens-Henrik Madsen, Larry Karp, Harald Goldstein, and Geir Asheim. In a reference book, errors are particularly destructive. We hope that readers who nd our remaining errors will call them to our attention so that we may purge them from future editions. Oslo and Berkeley, May 2005 Knut Sydsæter, Arne Strøm, Peter Berck From the preface to the third edition Thepracticeofeconomicsrequiresawide-rangingknowledgeofformulasfrommat- matics, statistics, andmathematicaleconomics. Withthisvolumewehopetopresent a formulary tailored to the needs of students and working professionals in economics. In addition to a selection of mathematical and statistical formulas often used by economists, this volume contains many purely economic results and theorems. It containsjusttheformulasandtheminimumcommentaryneededtorelearnthema- ematics involved. We have endeavored to state theorems at the level of generality economists might nd useful. In contrast to the economic maxim, 'everything is twice more continuously di erentiable than it needs to be', we have usually listed theregularityconditionsfortheoremstobetrue.Wehopethatwehaveachieveda level of explication that is accurate and useful without being pedantic.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 225 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This textbook provides practicing scientists and engineers an advanced treatment of the Atmel AVR microcontroller. This book is intended as a follow-on to a previously published book, titled Atmel AVR Microcontroller Primer: Programming and Interfacing. Some of the content from this earlier text is retained for completeness. This book will emphasize advanced programming and interfacing skills. We focus on system level design consisting of several interacting microcontroller subsystems. The first chapter discusses the system design process. Our approach is to provide the skills to quickly get up to speed to operate the internationally popular Atmel AVR microcontroller line by developing systems level design skills. We use the Atmel ATmega164 as a representative sample of the AVR line. The knowledge you gain on this microcontroller can be easily translated to every other microcontroller in the AVR line. In succeeding chapters, we cover the main subsystems aboard the microcontroller, providing a short theory section followed by a description of the related microcontroller subsystem with accompanying software for the subsystem. We then provide advanced examples exercising some of the features discussed. In all examples, we use the C programming language. The code provided can be readily adapted to the wide variety of compilers available for the Atmel AVR microcontroller line. We also include a chapter describing how to interface the microcontroller to a wide variety of input and output devices. The book concludes with several detailed system level design examples employing the Atmel AVR microcontroller. Table of Contents: Embedded Systems Design / Atmel AVR Architecture Overview / Serial Communication Subsystem / Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) / Interrupt Subsystem / Timing Subsystem / Atmel AVR Operating Parameters and Interfacing / System Level DesignSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This textbook provides practicing scientists and engineers an advanced treatment of the Atmel AVR microcontroller. This book is intended as a follow-on to a previously published book, titled Atmel AVR Microcontroller Primer: Programming and Interfacing. Some of the content from this earlier text is retained for completeness. This book will emphasize advanced programming and interfacing skills. We focus on system level design consisting of several interacting microcontroller subsystems. The first chapter discusses the system design process. Our approach is to provide the skills to quickly get up to speed to operate the internationally popular Atmel AVR microcontroller line by developing systems level design skills. We use the Atmel ATmega164 as a representative sample of the AVR line. The knowledge you gain on this microcontroller can be easily translated to every other microcontroller in the AVR line. In succeeding chapters, we cover the main subsystems aboard the microcontroller, providing a short theory section followed by a description of the related microcontroller subsystem with accompanying software for the subsystem. We then provide advanced examples exercising some of the features discussed. In all examples, we use the C programming language. The code provided can be readily adapted to the wide variety of compilers available for the Atmel AVR microcontroller line. We also include a chapter describing how to interface the microcontroller to a wide variety of input and output devices. The book concludes with several detailed system level design examples employing the Atmel AVR microcontroller.Table of Contents: Embedded Systems Design / Atmel AVR Architecture Overview / Serial Communication Subsystem / Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) / Interrupt Subsystem / Timing Subsystem / Atmel AVR Operating Parameters and Interfacing / System Level DesignSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -La finanza matematica ha visto un notevole sviluppo in tempi recenti, soprattutto per l'introduzione di strumenti finanziari atti a contenere il rischio nelle operazioni di mercato. Lo studio delle problematiche legate a tali strumenti richiede tecniche matematiche talvolta sofisticate e la maggior parte di queste tecniche sono legate alla teoria della Probabilità.Gli ambienti finanziari sono quindi divenuti uno sbocco professionale non solo per gli economisti, ma anche per i matematici ed in generale per i laureati delle discipline tecnico-scientifiche. Il presente libro è inteso come testo e nasce dall'esperienza d¿insegnamento degli autori. Non esistono molti testi simili a livello internazionale ed il libro intende colmare tale lacuna. Benché concepito maggiormente per un corso di laurea triennale in matematica, esso dovrebbe adattarsi bene anche a corsi di tipo quantitativo per le facoltà di economia.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Italienisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die Beherrschung der ¿harten' Faktoren wie Projektplanung, Budgetierung und Qualitätsmanagement gehört zum Standardrepertoire des Projektmanagers. Dagegen betritt man mit der bewussten Gestaltung der ¿weichen Faktoren' (Soft Skills) wie Kommunikation, Wissensaustausch, individuelle Erfahrungen und Kompetenzen Neuland. Die Autoren wollen diese Soft Skills beherrschbar machen und ihre Bedeutung zu Wissensgenerierung, Wissenstransport und Umsetzung von Wissen bewerten und typisieren. Sie zeigen, dass der Projekterfolg hoch ist, wenn sich ein gemeinsamer Projektverstand, ein ¿Collective Mind' ausbildet. Das Buch vermittelt Methoden zur Nachvollzieh- und Messbarkeit des Collective Mind, dessen Bildung und Umsetzung in zielorientiertes Handeln eine zentrale Aufgabe des Projektmanagements darstellt und entscheidend zum Projekterfolg beiträgt. Typische Projektszenen, ein Test und Best Practices erhöhen den praktischen Nutzen des Werkes als praxisbezogene Methodik für Manager und Projektleiter.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die inhaltliche Entwicklung des Internet hält mit der technologischen nicht mit. Die unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten zerplatzen an dürftiger handwerklicher Umsetzung. Die Ursachen sind vielfältig: Die Onlineredaktion als Strafkolonie für unliebsame Mitarbeiter, technophile Selbstverwirklichung statt nutzenbringender Entwicklung. Das Praxisbuch Onlineredaktion ist eine Betriebsanleitung für medienübergreifenden Journalismus. Es lässt die Logik klassischer Mediengattungen außer Acht und widmet sich in respektloser Frische der Professionalisierung der Internetredaktion.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 204 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Derivative Finanzverträge sind Bestandteil vieler Finanzierungs- und Investitionsangebote. Neben Forward, Futures sowie Call- und Put-Optionen schließt dies komplexe oder sogenannte Exotische Optionen ein, die in vielen strukturierten Produkten enthalten sind. Die Analyse der Vertragseigenschaften und die Diskussion der Anwendung unterschiedlicher Optionen ist einer der Schwerpunkte dieses Lehrbuchs. Darüber hinaus wird schrittweise das Modell eines Finanzmarktes unter Unsicherheit von einer diskreten Zeitvorstellung bis hin zu dem zeitstetigen Rahmen entwickelt und auf die Bewertung und die Sicherung (Hedging) komplexer Finanzströme angewendet. Der Inhalt erstreckt sich von den Grundlagen des Binominalmodells über das Black-Scholes Modell bis hin zu Zinsstrukturmodellen und der Erweiterung auf einen internationalen Finanzmarkt unter Einschluss von Aktienkurs-, Wechselkurs- und Zinsänderungsrisiken. Die dritte Auflage ist vollständig neu bearbeitet und erweitert.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 716 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Technische Hochschulen sind aufgefordert, die hohen Studienabbrüche in den Ingenieurwissenschaften zu senken. Das Buch zeigt im Detail die wissenschaftlich untersuchten Gründe, warum interessierte junge Männer und Frauen ein ingenieurwissenschaftliches Studium abbrechen. Die Autorinnen nennen anschließend konkrete Gestaltungsempfehlungen und Maßnahmen, um diese Menschen im Studium zu halten.Angesprochen werden insbesondere die Hochschulleitung, das Hochschulcontrolling sowie die Dozenten und die Studienberatungen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 132 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -La scienza dei servizi nasce dal tentativo di unire informatica, ricerca operativa, ingegneria industriale, scienze manageriali, sociali, cognitive e legali al fine di sviluppare le competenze richieste da un¿economia basata sui servizi.Il libro si articola su tre parti. La prima contiene una rassegna dei contributi sulla progettazione, gestione e realizzazione dei servizi individuando la maggiori scuole di pensiero internazionali che, negli ambiti strategico, organizzativo, del marketing e dell¿operation management hanno affrontato il tema. La seconda parte approfondisce il ruolo delle nuove tecnologie dal design all¿erogazione dei servizi. La terza parte contiene, infine, casi di applicazione dei principi della service science. 208 pp. Italienisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Read this book to gain an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of intellectual disability and the opportunities which this work offers for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change. Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability identifies and discusses: the changing definitions of intellectual disability, also called 'learning disability' the theory and practice of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their families the core tasks of assessment, planning, monitoring and review the values of participation and inclusion in action Illustrated with numerous case studies, discussion points and clear explanations, this addition to the Practical Social Work Series is an indispensable resource. It is ideally suited both for the continued professional development of qualified practitioners, and for pre-qualifying students new to the area.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch vermittelt einen Überblick über die moderne Kapitalmarkttheorie und verdeutlicht ihre Bedeutung für unternehmerische Entscheidungen im Investitions- und Finanzierungsbereich. Ausführlich erörtert werden auch die Zusammenhänge zwischen Finanzwirtschaft und Rechnungswesen des Unternehmens. Besonderes Gewicht wird auf die Bedeutung der Information und auf die Konsequenzen von Unterschieden im Informationsstand für die Gestaltung von Finanzierungsverträgen gelegt. Die Neuauflage aktualisiert den Text bezüglich der Steuerreform und neuer Entwicklungen im Kapitalmarkt. Ergänzt wurden Abschnitte zur Bewertung und zum Handel von Krediten. Alle Kapitel wurden überarbeitet. Ergänzt wurden ein Abschnitt zur Bewertung von Krediten und ein Abschnitt zum Kredithandel. Hierbei wird auch Bezug zur Finanzkrise genommen. Das Buch bietet dem Studenten wie dem Praktiker die Möglichkeit, sich über das in der Praxis immer wichtiger werdende Gebiet der Finanzwirtschaft und seine Entwicklungen in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu informieren. Es ist ein unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel für alle, die auf dem Gebiet der Finanzierung arbeiten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 712 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die Object Management Group, ein unabhängiges Gremium mit der Zielsetzung, objekt-orientierte Methoden und Techniken zu standardisieren, hat mehrere Standards veröffentlicht, die in dem Konzept MDA subsumiert sind. Seit April 2008 ist im Rahmen der MDA ein Sprachkonzept verabschiedet worden unter dem Titel MOF QVT, mit dem Transformationen zwischen formalen Modellen beschrieben und vorgenommen werden können. Das vorliegende Buch ist ein Fachbuch, mit dem ein Erlernen und Anwenden der MOF QVT-Sprache Operational Mappings ermöglicht werden soll. Neben einer ausführlichen Einleitung und Einordnung in den MDA-Kontext erläutert der Autor die QVT-Sprache Operational Mappings. Die Sprache wird zunächst formal eingeführt und anschließend an umfassenden Beispielen dargestellt. Zum Nachvollziehen der Beispiele und zur Anwendung und Übung der Sprache werden geeignete frei verfügbare Werkzeuge vorgestellt.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 284 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms, Foundations and Applications, SAGA 2009, held in Sapporo, Japan, in October 2009. The 15 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on learning, graphs, testing, optimization and caching, as well as stochastic algorithms in bioinformatics. 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Second Annual Workshop on Privacy and Security, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Privacy and Security of the School of C- munication and Information at Rutgers University, was held on May 12, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. A few of the papers in this volume were produced through a multi-step process. First, we recorded the talk given by each author at the workshop in May 2008. Next, we transcribed the recording. The authors then produced a draft of their paper from these transcriptions, refining each draft until the final version. Although the papers are not verbatim transcriptions of the talks given, some do retain the informal and conv- sational quality of the presentations. In one instance we have included some material from the question-and-answer period after the talk, since the material covered proved to be relevant and interesting. The majority of authors, however, preferred to include a more formal paper based on the material presented at the workshop.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -work for small problems, but it introduces signi cant accidental complexities when tackling larger problems. Notethattherealchallengehereisnothowtodesignthesystemtotakeap- ticular aspect into account: there is signi cant design know-how in industry on this and it is often captured in the form of design patterns. Taking into account more than one aspect can be a little harder, but many large scale successful projects in industry provide some evidence that engineers know how di erent concerns should be handled. The real challenge is reducing the e ort that the engineerhasto expendwhengrapplingwithmanyinter-dependentconcerns.For example, in a product-line context, when an engineer wants to replace a variant of an aspect used in a system, she should be able to do this cheaply, quickly and safely. Manually weaving every aspect is not an option. Unlike many models used in the sciences, models in software and in lingu- tics have the same nature as the things they model. In software, this provides an opportunity to automatically derive software from its model, that is, to - tomate the weaving process. This requires models to be formal, and the weaving process be described as a program (i.e., an executable meta-model) manipul- ing models to produce a detailed design. The detailed design produced by the weaving process can ultimately be transformed to code or at least test suites.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -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. 476 pp. Englisch.