Advances in Computers, Vol. 35 0120121352, 9780120121359

Table of contents :
Front Cover
Advances in Computers, Volume 53
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Conceptual and Logical Design of Relational Databases
1. An Introduction to Current Methodologies for Database Design
2. Requirements Analysis
3. Conceptual Modeling
4. Logical Design
5. Conclusion
References
Chapter 2. Computational Approaches for Tactile Information Processing and Analysis
1. Introduction
2. Issues in Extracting Tactile Domain Information
3. Passive Tactile Sensing
4. Active Tactile Sensing
5. Passive and Active Tactile Sensing Experiments
6. Summary and Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Objected-Oriented System Development Methods
1. Object-Oriented Concepts
2. Object-Oriented System Development Methods
3. Object-Oriented System Development with Box Structures
4. The Cleanroom System Development Process
5. Conclusions and Future Research Directions .
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix A: A Case Study of Box Structure Design–The Cass System
Chapter 4. Reverse Engineering
1. Introduction
2. The Context of Reverse Engineering
3. Taxonomy of Terms
4. Reverse Engineering Throughout the Life Cycle: Objectives and Purpoeses
5. Economic and Legal Issues
6. Survey of Current Research
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 5. Multiprocessing
1. Introduction
2. An Overview of Parallel Programming
3. Architectural Support for Distributed Shared Memory
4. Communications Cost and Grain Size for Parallel Processing
5. Advances in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES)
6 .Conclusion
References
Chapter 6. The Landscape of International Computing
1. Introduction
2. A View of the Landscape
3. National Differences
4. Transnational Systems and MNCs
5. The International Regime and Global Informatization
6. Information Starvation and Computational Dependency in the Developing World
7. International Response to National Concerns
8. National Response to International Concerns
9. Three Dimensions of State Influence
10. Conclusions
11. An Agenda for Further Research
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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