Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 CookbookReal-world methodologies and functioning explanations about the XenDesktop 5.6 architecture and its satellite components used to perform a service-oriented architecture. Learn how to publish desktops and applications to end user devices, optimizing their performance and increasing the general security. Step-by-step guide on how to install and configure the XenDesktop 5.6 architecture to access and use the published virtual resources. ...
Building your First Mobile Game using XNA 4.0Building a 3D game for the Windows Phone 7 platform. Drawing 2D and 3D graphics on Windows Phone. Using the rich capabilities of the Windows Phone platform. Creating a custom framework step by step that will act as a base for building (future) games. An engaging and hands on beginner's guide to Windows Phone 7 3D game development using XNA 4.0. ...
Implementing SplunkLearn to search, dashboard, configure, and deploy Splunk on one machine or thousands. Start working with Splunk fast, with a tested set of practical examples and useful advice. Step-by-step instructions and examples with a comprehensive coverage for Splunk veterans and newbies alike. ...
OSGi StarterLearn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results. Learn what can be done with OSGi and what it can bring to your development structure. Build your first application and deploy to an OSGi runtime that simplifies your experience. Discover an uncomplicated, conversational approach to learning OSGi for building and deploying modular applications. ...
Silverlight 5 AnimationAnimate Silverlight page navigation. Build and animate Silverlight custom controls. Create animated textures using Perlin noise in Silverlight. Build 3-d animations in Silverlight. Build banner ads in Silverlight. Creating 3-d animations by using a Silverlight subset of XNA functionality allowing adding High Level Shader Language code to be executed on the Graphics card to a Silverlight application. ...
Torque 3D Game Development CookbookClear step-by-step instruction and practical examples to advance your understanding of Torque 3D and all of its sub-systems. Explore essential topics such as graphics, sound, networking and user input. Helpful tips and techniques to increase the potential of your Torque 3D games. ...
Data Analysis Using SQL and ExcelUseful business analysis requires you to effectively transform data into actionable information. This book helps you use SQL and Excel to extract business information from relational databases and use that data to define business dimensions, store transactions about customers, produce results, and more. Each chapter explains when and why to perform a particular type of business analysis in order to obtain useful results, how to design and perform the analysis using SQL and Excel, and what the results should look like. ...
Information Fusion in Signal and Image ProcessingThe area of information fusion has grown considerably during the last few years, leading to a rapid and impressive evolution. In such fast-moving times, it is important to take stock of the changes that have occurred. As such, this books offers an overview of the general principles and specificities of information fusion in signal and image processing, as well as covering the main numerical methods (probabilistic approaches, fuzzy sets and possibility theory and belief functions). ...
Software Performance and ScalabilitySoftware Performance and Scalability gives you a specialized skill set that will enable you to design and build performance into your products with immediate, measurable improvements. Complemented with real-world case studies, it is an indispensable resource for software developers, quality and performance assurance engineers, architects, and managers. It is anideal text for university courses related to computer and software performance evaluation and can also be used to supplement a course in computer organization or in queuing theory for upper-division and graduate computer science students. ...
Computational Intelligence and Pattern Analysis in Biology InformaticsThis book synthesizes current research in the integration of computational intelligence and pattern analysis techniques, either individually or in a hybridized manner. The purpose is to analyze biological data and enable extraction of more meaningful information and insight from it. Biological data for analysis include sequence data, secondary and tertiary structure data, and microarray data. These data types are complex and advanced methods are required, including the use of domain-specific knowledge for reducing search space, dealing with uncertainty, partial truth and imprecision, efficient linear and/or sub-linear scalability, incremental approaches to knowledge discovery, and increased level and intelligence of interactivity with human experts and decision makers. ...