Computers

A Writing Guide for IT Professionals is an indispensable tool for students in all computer and technical science disciplines. This writing and style guide differs from technical writing texts, with its focus on the field of IT and the unique challenges faced by IT students. Part I of thisthree-part text is designed to help the student develop his o …

This concise, accessible text provides a thorough introduction to quantum computing - an exciting emergent field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences. Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in these disciplines, the text istechnically detailed and is clearly illustrated throughou …

Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain.
In Black Code, Ronald J. Deibert, a leading expert on digita …

Computational Intelligence: A Logical Approach provides a unique and integrated introduction to artificial intelligence. It weaves a unifying theme--an intelligent agent acting in its environment-- through the core issues of AI, placing them into a coherent framework. Rather than giving asurface treatment of an overwhelming number of topics, it cov …

This text introduces the discipline of computer engineering to engineering students. It discusses the principle issues of data representation and develops the basic logic circuits for data manipulation. It closely examines a conventional though simple computer, along with an assemblerlanguage suitable to its architecture and close to the IEEE-694 s …

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the process of constructing computer programs through stepwise resolutions of relational equations. Unlike other books that take a logic-based approach to the topic, the authors derive constructive solutions to these equations by means ofprogramming heuristics, three classes of which are presented in de …

Written as the computer revolution dawned on Canadian society, Computers on the Job introduces the effects of technological change on people in their homes and workplaces.

Heather Menzies explains, in clear, nontechnical terms, how the microcochip unleashes the full potential of computers, allowing employers to automate many routine jobs and transf …