Books in the Advances in Computers series

Presents detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design, and applications.

Describes various approaches towards dependability: software development measurability, transformation oriented programming, Bounded Model Checking, GUI testing, history and lessons from software inspections, impact and problems related to errors in software, and the evolution of the various security policies.

Presents detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design, and applications. This title includes surveys and tutorials on computer technology.

Covers the developments in computer technology. This title addresses such topics as: hardware, software, web technology, communications, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers. It includes surveys and tutorials on various computer technologies.

Contains six chapters on different aspects of computer architecture. This work also provides coverage of topics such as power management, Network on Chip, Load balancing in distributed systems, and pervasive computing.

Emphasizes the major themes that have dominated computing in the latter days of the 1990s. This volume describes some of the changes the Internet has brought us.

Scientists have been trying to study biology at a molecular level using different techniques. This book features chapters which focus on algorithms for comparing the genomes of different organisms. The chapters also explore proteomic techniques for analysing proteins directly to identify their presence and understand their physical structure.

Presents detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design, and applications. This title features contributors with a medium in which they can explore their subjects in greater depth and breadth than journal articles usually allow.

Includes topics such as hardware, software, web technology, communications, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers. This book provides surveys and tutorials on computer technology.

Covers changes to the design, development, use and implications of computer technology on society.

One of the most important ideas sweeping though society is the social networking website. This title explores this phenomenon to describe the development of some of these ideas as well as developments in web technology that enable this to occur. It contains chapters that describe the social networking phenomenon.

Part of the series which covers developments in computer technology. This volume includes six chapters on hardware development in the educational market, intelligent search strategies, domain specific languages and trustworthiness and risks in computer technology.

Part of the series which covers developments in computer technology. This volume includes six chapters on nanotechnology emphasizing its use in biological applications. It covers nanotechnology in biology, development of miniature computing devices, and social and legal implications of nanotechnology.

Covers various developments in computer technology. This title includes various chapters that present an overview of the subfield within computers. This title also covers such topics as hardware, software, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers.

Presents the developments in the ever-changing field of information technology. This title focuses on the use of large data repositories to store and retrieve information.

Presents eight different topics covering many different aspects of computer science. This title covers a wide range of subjects from insights into the different ways individuals can interact with electronic devices to how common law is adapting to and impacting on the Internet.

Part of a series that covers developments in computer technology. This volume emphasizes the role of the internet, the world wide web and other aspects of a distributed computing environment. It also covers open source development as well as computing for the handicapped.

Describes the technology in the use of computers. This work offers information on the issues affecting the development of software. It deals with the importance of security in the software we write and provides insights into how to increase that security. It provides guidelines in how to make certain decisions on a project-level basis.