Vijay Krishna`s 2e of Auction Theory improves upon his 2002 bestseller with a new chapter on package and position auctions as well as end-of-chapter questions and chapter notes. Complete proofs and new material about collusion complement Krishna`s ability to reveal the basic facts of each theory in a style that is clear, concise, and easy to follow. With the addition of a solutions manual and other teaching aids, the 2e continues to serve as the doorway to relevant theory for most students doing empirical work on auctions. Focuses on key auction types and serves as the doorway to relevant theory for those doing empirical work on auctions New chapter on combinatorial auctions and new analyses of theory-informed applications New LaTex...
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Youve picked up the right book for just about any goal you have in process management. If youre an enterprise process architect or manager, Harmon tells you what you need to think about and do at the enterprise level. If you are an owner or improver of a particular process, theres an entire section devoted to managing particular processes. If youre charged with using IT to support processes, you are similarly in luck. The book should be on the desk, in the briefcase, or on the bedside table of anyone who believes business processes are an important way to understand businesses and make them better. From the foreword by Thomas H. Davenport, Director, Process Management Research Center, Babson College
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2009
This classic textbook for computer systems analysis and design has been thoroughly updated to provide a new focus on the revolutionary change taking place in industry today: the switch from uniprocessor to multicore microprocessors. Includes a CD that provides a toolkit of simulators and compilers along with tutorials.
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2008
"If Tom and Bill could convince me, perhaps the worlds biggest fan of qualitative testing, that usability metrics are really valuable-which they have, in this wonderful book-then theres no doubt theyll convince you. I loved reading this book, because it was exactly like having a fascinating conversation with a very smart, very seasoned, and very articulate practitioner. They tell you everything you need to know (and no more) about all the most useful usability metrics, explain the pros and cons of each one (with remarkable clarity and economy), and then reveal exactly how they actually use them after years and years of real world experience. Invaluable!" Steve Krug, author of Dont Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability...
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2009
Fully revised, updated, and expanded, Relational Database Design and Implementation, Third Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to the subject available for IT/IS professionals interested in honing their skills in database design, implementation, and administration. This book provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance, regardless of experience level or choice of DBMS. The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of databases and database design, then briefly reviews the SQL one would use to create databases. Topics such as the relational data model, normalization, data entities and Codds...
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2009
The versatile offspring of an extended family of multiple chip companies, today\'s MIPS chips are everywhere. They power everything from video games, network routers, laser printers, and set-top boxes, to high-performance workstations. This book brings together this extraordinary proliferation of form and functionality, offering embedded systems programmers and designers unique, eminently practical insights into MIPS. It covers how MIPS started, the principles at the root of the RISC revolution, the full details of the MIPS instruction set, and how these details together constitute a full operating system ready to be put to work in hundreds of ways.
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Дата выхода: март 2002
