Advances in Computers
Academic Press
Published on 29. September 1994
332 pages
978-0-08-056670-2 (ISBN)
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Advances in Computers
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Marshall C. Yovits
Advances in Computers: v.38
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Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Computers, Volume 38
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Database Security
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Database Security Models
- 3. Multilevel Secure Prototypes and Systems
- 4. Conceptual Data Model for Multilevel Security
- 5. Standardization and Evaluation Efforts
- 6. Future Directions in Database Security Research
- 7. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. Functional Representation and Causal Processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Human Reasoning about the Physical World
- 3. Historical Background
- 4. Functional Representation
- 5. Related Work
- 6. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. Computer-Based Medical Systems
- 1. Overview
- 2. Automation and the Healing Arts: The Changing World of Medicine in the Information Age
- 3. Special Issues in Medical Computing
- 4. A Review of Computer-Based Medical Systems
- 5. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- 6. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Algorithm-Specific Parallel Processing with Linear Processing Arrays
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Mapping Problem
- 3. Computation-Conflict-Free Mappings
- 4. Time-Optimal Mappings without Computational Conflicts
- 5. Parameter-Based Methods
- 6. Applications of the General Parameter Method
- 7. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Information as a Commodity: Assessment of Market Value
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Information Marketplace
- 3. What Is Information?
- 4. Information Commodities .
- 5. Making Information Commodities
- 6. Toward an Inventory of Information Commodities
- 7 . Using Information Commodities
- 8. Competition and Regulation
- 9. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Contents of Volumes in This Series
