Advances in Computers
Academic Press
Published on 18. September 1992
386 pages
978-0-08-056667-2 (ISBN)
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Advances in Computers
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Marshall C. Yovits
Advances in Computers: v. 35
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08/1992
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Conceptual and Logical Design of Relational Databases
- 1. An Introduction to Current Methodologies for Database Design
- 2. Requirements Analysis
- 3. Conceptual Modeling
- 4. Logical Design
- 5. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Computational Approaches for Tactile Information Processing and Analysis
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Issues in Extracting Tactile Domain Information
- 3. Passive Tactile Sensing
- 4. Active Tactile Sensing
- 5. Passive and Active Tactile Sensing Experiments
- 6. Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Objected-Oriented System Development Methods
- 1. Object-Oriented Concepts
- 2. Object-Oriented System Development Methods
- 3. Object-Oriented System Development with Box Structures
- 4. The Cleanroom System Development Process
- 5. Conclusions and Future Research Directions .
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Appendix A: A Case Study of Box Structure Design-The Cass System
- Chapter 4. Reverse Engineering
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Context of Reverse Engineering
- 3. Taxonomy of Terms
- 4. Reverse Engineering Throughout the Life Cycle: Objectives and Purpoeses
- 5. Economic and Legal Issues
- 6. Survey of Current Research
- 7. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. Multiprocessing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. An Overview of Parallel Programming
- 3. Architectural Support for Distributed Shared Memory
- 4. Communications Cost and Grain Size for Parallel Processing
- 5. Advances in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES)
- 6 .Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. The Landscape of International Computing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A View of the Landscape
- 3. National Differences
- 4. Transnational Systems and MNCs
- 5. The International Regime and Global Informatization
- 6. Information Starvation and Computational Dependency in the Developing World
- 7. International Response to National Concerns
- 8. National Response to International Concerns
- 9. Three Dimensions of State Influence
- 10. Conclusions
- 11. An Agenda for Further Research
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Contents of Volumes in this Series
