Authors:Utpal Banerjee, David Gelernter, Alex Nicolau, David
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: proceedings, august, usa, lecture, notes, science, computer, connecticut, haven, parallel, compilers, computing, international, new, workshop, languages
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1993-12-20
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 3540575022
ISBN-13: 9783540575023

The articles in this volume are revised versions of the best papers presented at the Fifth Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, held at Yale University, August 1992. The previous workshops in this series were held in Santa Clara (1991), Irvine (1990), Urbana (1989), and Ithaca (1988). As in previous years, a reasonable cross-section of some of the best work in the field is presented. The volume contains 35 papers, mostly by authors working in the U.S. or Canada but also by authors from Austria, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Japan and the U.K.

Authors:Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldst
Publisher: Temple University Press
Keywords: philadelphia, voices, vision, inequality, metropolitan, region, restructuring, divisions
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-08-28
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1592138977
ISBN-13: 9781592138975

Book DescriptionRestructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America’s large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live off

Authors:Richard David Wissolik, John Depaul, David Wilmes,
Publisher: Saint Vincent College
Keywords: history, oral, veterans, war
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 2006-10
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1885851510
ISBN-13: 9781885851512

Authors:David Besanko, David Dranove, Mark Shanley, Scott Sch
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: strategy, economics
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2006-08-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0471679453
ISBN-13: 9780471679455

Discover the art of strategic thinking Revised and updated to reflect the cutting edge of academic thinking about business strategy, the Fourth Edition of Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, and Schaefer’s highly acclaimed text offers a solid economic foundation for strategic analysis. By presenting basic concepts of economic theory with ideas in modern strategy literature, the book provides an economic lens for viewing the broad sweep of the strategic activities of the firm. The book begins by focusing on the boundaries of the firm and examines competitive strategy from the perspec

Authors:Michael Bland, Alison Theaker, David W Wragg, David W
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: practice, results, relations, media, effective
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-07-28
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0749443804
ISBN-13: 9780749443801

The power of the media is unquestionable.  It can have dramatic effects on public opinion and decision making. Knowing how to use the media effectively is an essential skill for the public relations practitioner. In this third edition of Effective Media Relations, three public relations professionals give clear, practical guidance on how to work with journalists to get the best possible media coverage. In Part 1, Alison Theaker looks at the media context and provides an overview of the law, ownership, ethics, new technology and media evaluation. In Part 2, David Wragg looks at

Authors:David Godschalk, Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: policy, planning, disaster, recasting, hazard, mitigation, natural
Number of Pages: 591
Published: 1998-12-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1559636025
ISBN-13: 9781559636025

The first half of the 1990s have seen the largest and most costly floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the history of the United States. While natural hazards cannot be prevented, their human impacts can be greatly reduced through advance action that mitigates risks and reduces vulnerability.Natural Hazard Mitigation describes and analyzes the way that hazard mitigation has been carried out in the U.S. under our national disaster law, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. It is the first systematic study of the complete intergovernmental system for natural haza

Authors:Jeff Davies, David Schorow, Samrat Ray, David Rieber,
Publisher: Apress
Keywords: bus, second, service, oracle�, guide, soa, definitive
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2008-09-19
List price: $79.99
ISBN-10: 1430210575
ISBN-13: 9781430210573

The Definitive Guide to SOA: Oracle® Service Bus, Second Edition targets professional software developers and architects who know enterprise development but are new to enterprise service buses (ESBs) and service–oriented architecture (SOA) development. This is the first book to cover a practical approach to SOA using the BEA AquaLogic Service Bus tool. And it’s written from the “source”—BEA Systems AquaLogic product lead Jeff Davies. This book provides hands–on information to developing SOA–driven applications with ESBs as central components. It also gives strategic g