Presented here is an integrated approach - perhaps the first in its class - of the basics of vector and matrix Algebra at College level, with the object-oriented C++ code that implements the vector and matrix objects and brings them to life. Thinking in terms of objects is the natural way of thinking. The concept of object has existed in Science for centuries. More recently, objects were introduced in Computation, and object-oriented programming languages were created. Yet the concept of object is not routinely used when teaching Science, and the idea that objects can come alive in a computer has not yet been fully exploited.This book integrates basic vector and matrix Algebra with object-oriented concepts and the actual code implementing them. It is both a textbook and a software release, complete withsoftware documentation and the mathematical background that supports the code. The source code is included by download and readers can use it for their own programming. The reader will need a basic knowledge of Mathematical notation, Algebra and Trigonometry, but familiarity with C++ is not required because a course on C++ is also included. You should read this book if you are a developer who needs a background in vector or matrix algebra, a science student who needs tolearn C++, a scientist who needs to write advanced code but can't waste time developing the basics, or you just need ready-to-use C++ source code for your project.

Zara’s birth on a turbulent day during the Indian Freedom Struggle foretells an eventful life. The Holocaust and the Second World War in Europe reach her as a schoolgirl in Murree, pre-Partition India’s picturesque hill station with lasting consequences, turning a teenager into a mature woman. The births of three nations- India, Pakistan, and Israel touch her trajectory. Zara moves on to a prudent marriage in the changed setting of Independent India. While Business and Swatantra Party politics engage her, external events cast their shadows. The Sino-Indian conflict leaves a family grappling with loss and mystery… Later, the Proclamation of Emergency spells terror and suffering. She negotiates tumultuous family dramas. The contrasting needs of twin daughters are a tightrope walk- one of them being beautiful and brilliant, the other sickly and artistic. When equilibrium is in sight, an unexpected communication conveys a shocking truth. Connecting with a celebrity in London could revive a precious bond, or shatter a fragile family... Zara and her family brim with compelling inclinations and adventurous impulses, audacious hope and autonomous choices, charting their routes to personal significance. This is a compelling saga that ties together diverse events and elements, races and places, in a masterly display of story-telling art…

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2009, held in Boston, MA, USA, in August 2009. The 36 revised full papers presented together with 15 invited papers and 7 workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Providing a forum for researchers and practitioners worldwide, the papers address current research and development efforts of various issues in the area of algorithms, systems and applications for current and next generation infrastructure and wireless networks. They are divided in topical sections on applications, experimentation, power management; coverage, detection, and topology control; routing, querying, and data collection; localization, security, and services; scheduling and resource management; and online social networks, applications, and systems.

Graphics Gems V is the newest volume in The Graphics Gems Series. It is intended to provide the graphics community with a set of practical tools for implementing new ideas and techniques, and to offer working solutions to real programming problems. These tools are written by a wide variety of graphics programmers from industry, academia, and research. The books in the series have become essential, time-saving tools for many programmers.Latest collection of graphics tips in The Graphics Gems Series written by the leading programmers in the field.Contains over 50 new gems displaying some of the most recent and innovative techniques in graphics programming.Includes gems covering ellipses, splines, Bezier curves, and ray tracing.Disk included containing source code from the gems available in both IBM and Macintosh versions.

Contains full coverage of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard. The text covers classes, methods, interfaces and objects that make up the standard C++ libraries.

This Handbook fills the gaps of Open Geometry by explaining new methods, techniques and various examples. One its main strengths is that it enables the reader to learn about Open Geometry by working through examples. In addition, it includes a complete compendium of all the Open Geometry classes and their methods. Open Geometry will be of great attraction to those who want to start graphics programming.

This book compiles the first part of contributions to the China–Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering held 13.-16. August 2016 in Vienna, Austria. About 400 papers from 35 countries cover virtually all areas of geotechnical engineering and make this conference a truly international event. The contributions are grouped into thirteen special sessions and provide an overview of the geoengineering research and practice in China, Europe and the world: · Constitutive model · Micro-macro relationship · Numerical simulation · Laboratory testing · Geotechnical monitoring, instrumentation and field test · Foundation engineering · Underground construction · Environmental geotechnics · New geomaterials and ground improvement · Cold regions geotechnical engineering · Geohazards – risk assessment, mitigation and prevention · Unsaturated soils and energy geotechnics · Geotechnics in transportation, structural and hydraulic Engineering

Even after 25 years of its birth, Java is still on the top of all programming languages. The reason is its platform independence and architectural neutrality. This is the reason why every curriculum of computer science and engineering have a subject of Java Programming. The authors of this book have vast experience in teaching Java at undergraduate and post graduate level. This book is the nectar of their experience and it has been written looking at the all perspective of education and understanding the concepts and applications. The focus is moreover on the fundamental aspects of the Java Programming. The authors have tried to cover all the latest developments in the language which is happening from time to time.

02. 2 Network topologies 744 02. 3 Token ring 747 02. 4 Ethernet 749 02. 5 LAN components 752 02. 6 Cabling standards 762 02. 7 Important networking definitions 769 03 Ethernet 771 03. 1 Introduction 771 03. 2 IEEE standards 772 03. 3 Ethernet-media access control (MAC) layer 773 03. 4 IEEE 802. 2 and Ethernet SNAP 775 03. 5 OSI and the IEEE 802. 3 standard 777 03. 6 Ethernet types 780 03. 7 Twisted-pair hubs 781 03. 8 100 Mbps Ethernet 782 03. 9 Gigabit Ethernet 787 03. 10 Bridges 792 03. 11 ARP 793 03. 12 RARP 797 03. 13 Spanning-Tree Protocol 798 03. 14 Additional 799 03. 15 Network interface card design BOO 03. 16 82559-based Ethernet 804 03. 17 Comparison of fast Ethernet with other technologies 806 04 Network Design, Switches and vLANs 807 04. 1 Introduction 807 04. 2 Network design 807 04. 3 Hierarchical network design 809 04. 4 Switches and switching hubs 814 04. 5 vlANs 818 05 Token Ring 825 05. 1 Introduction 825 05. 2 Operation 825 05. 3 Token Ring-media access control (MAC) 826 05. 4 Token Ring maintenance 828 05. 5 Token Ring multistation access units (MAUs) 829 05. 6 Cabling and connectors 830 05. 7 Repeaters 830 05. 8 Jitter suppression 831 06 FDDI 833 06. 1 Introduction 833 06. 2 Operation 834 06. 3 FOOl layers 834 06. 4 SMT protocol 836 06. 5 Physical connection management 836 06.