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Payne, Allan

Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
 
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   Protocol design concepts, TCP/IP, and the network layer
Kalyanaraman S., Sikdar B. In IP Over WDM. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 2003.  Type: Book Chapter

A broad overview is provided in this chapter of core concepts at the network and transport layers. The coverage extends from architectural principles (such as end-to-end argument) to transport and network layer issues, and includes a s...

Nov 24 2003  
   Optimizing data aggregation for cluster-based internet services
Chu L., Tang H., Yang T., Shen K. ACM SIGPLAN Notices 38(10): 119-130, 2003.  Type: Article

A design and implementation of Internet services with partitioned datasets is described in this paper. It relies on a data aggregation system call as a local processing operator and a global reduction operator, which allows the trade-o...

Nov 5 2003  
  Mastering Oracle SQL: theory and methodology of selecting and ranking populations
Mishra S., Beaulieu A., O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2002. 321 pp.  Type: Book (9780596001292)

The practical application of structured query language (SQL) is discussed in this well-written book, with a focus on Oracle’s version of the language, specifically Oracle8i and Oracle9i. The book covers the most important and...

Jun 20 2003  
  An evaluation of evolutionary generalisation in genetic programming
Kushchu I. Artificial Intelligence Review 18(1): 3-14, 2002.  Type: Article

A review of the evaluation of evolutionary generalization in genetic programming is presented. It focuses on robustness and generalization, and identifies some methods for improving generalization....

May 16 2003  
  Java 2 micro edition: Java in small things
White J., Hemphill D., Manning Publications Co., Greenwich, CT, 2002. 479 pp.  Type: Book (9781930110335)

White and Hemphill’s book consists of four parts and four appendices. The first part (three chapters) introduces Java 2 micro edition (J2ME). The first chapter presents the background of J2ME, its origins and how it fits int...

Nov 4 2002  
  Javascript: the definitive guide
Flanagan D., O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2002. 916 pp.  Type: Book (9780596000486)

This excellent book is aimed at developers of dynamic Web pages accessed by the latest Web browsers, and is intended for developers who are in learning mode as well as those in reference mode. It addresses both of these needs very suc...

Sep 6 2002  
  Extreme programming explored
Wake W., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 2002. 192 pp.  Type: Book (9780201733976)

The table of contents of this book shows how the author tackles the subject, and is a good précis of the book itself:
Part 1: Programming
(1) How Do You Write a Program? Program incrementally and test-first
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Apr 23 2002  
  Applying use case driven object modeling with UML: an annotated e-commerce example
Rosenberg D., Scott K., Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Redwood City, CA, 2001. 176 pp.  Type: Book (9780201730395)

This book is produced in response to a previous volume written by the same authors [1]. It is best read in the context of the previous book. It is a wonderful gift to UML developers especially for those who need to audit the work of ot...

Mar 1 2002  
  Java 2: a beginner’s guide
Schildt H., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 2001. 570 pp.  Type: Book (9780072127423)

This book is arranged as 12 modules, two appendices, and an index. Each module discusses some aspect of Java and consists of:...

Oct 1 2001  
  Java pitfalls: time-saving solutions and workarounds to improve programs
Daconta M., Monk E., Keller J., Bohnenberger K., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2000. 322 pp.  Type: Book (9780471361749)

I highly recommend this book to anyone writing Java code. The authors highlight savings that can be obtained with Java due to its automatic memory management, major support of cross-platform packages, and object-oriented stance. They d...

Sep 1 2000  
 
 
 
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