Probabilistic Robotics or Brothers in Arms

Probabilistic Robotics

Author: Sebastian Thrun

Probabilistic robotics is a new and growing area in robotics, concerned with perception and control in the face of uncertainty. Building on the field of mathematical statistics, probabilistic robotics endows robots with a new level of robustness in real-world situations.

This book introduces the reader to a wealth of techniques and algorithms in the field. All algorithms are based on a single overarching mathematical foundation. Each chapter provides example implementations in pseudo code, detailed mathematical derivations, discussions from a practitioner's perspective, and extensive lists of exercises and class projects. The book's Web site, probabilistic-robotics.org, has additional material.

The book is relevant for anyone involved in robotic software development and scientific research. It will also be of interest to applied statisticians and engineers dealing with real-world sensor data.

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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Prima Games

• Detailed tactical maps for every mission.
• Locations of all Kilroys and recon points revealed.
• Multiplayer tips, tactics, and maps.
• Excerpts from the novel Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway by John Antal.
• Exclusive tips and strategies from the development team.

Table of Contents:

Foreward, The Road to Hell's Highway, Combat Training and Tactics, The Arsenal, Lost, Operation Market, Five-Oh-Sink, Written in Stone, Operation Garden, Baptism of Fire, The Rabbit Hole, Black Friday, Hell's Highway, Tooth and Nail, Multiplayer, Appendix (Xbox 360 Achievements), Gearbox Sofware

Information Technology Project Management or Using MIS

Information Technology Project Management

Author: Jack T Marchewka

Reach for a higher measure of success An information technology project can be on time and within budget, but that doesn't mean it will be successful. The real measure of success is the value that the project delivers to the organization.

Now revised, this Second Edition of Jack Marchewka's Information Technology Project Management focuses on how to create Measurable Organizational Value (MOV) through IT projects. The author uses the concept of MOV to create a solid foundation for making decisions throughout the project's lifecycle and for integrating project management and IT concepts, tools, and techniques.

Highlights of the Second Edition
* New Chapter 12 on Project Procurement Management and Outsourcing.
* New Chapter 13 on Project Leadership, Ethics, and Multicultural Projects.
* Takes you through the different phases of the project life cycle, and introduces the concepts and tools that are appropriate for each specific phase of the project.
* Incorporates nine areas outlined in the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) into the basic concepts associated with information systems management and software engineering.
* Chapter-opening vignettes, which comprise a continuing case about Husky Air (an air charter company), describe situations faced by project managers and teams undertaking IT projects.
* Chapters feature integrated hands-on case assignments.
* Includes a trial version of MS Project(TM).

Table of Contents:

Preface.

About the Author.

Chapter 1: The Nature of Information Technology Projects.

Chapter 2: Conceptualizing and Initiating The IT Project.

Chapter 3: Developing the Project Charter and Baseline Project Plan.

Chapter 4: The Human Side of Project Management.

Chapter 5: Defining and Managing Project Scope.

Chapter 6: The Work Breakdown Structure and Project Estimation.

Chapter 7: The Project Schedule and Budget.

Chapter 8: Managing Project Risk.

Chapter 9: Project Communication, Tracking, and Reporting.

Cahpter 10: IT Project Quality Management.

Chapter 11: Managing Organizational Change, Resistance, and Conflict.

Chapter 12: Procurement, Management and Outsourcing.

Chapter 13: Project Leadership, Ethics, and Multicultural Projects.

Chapter 14: Project Implementation, Closure, and Evaluation.

Appendix A: An Introduction to Function Point Analysis.

Index.

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Using MIS

Author: David Kroenk

Using MIS is the book that teaches students how people use information systems to solve business problems.

Building on students' experience and knowledge base from personal MIS to workgroup MIS to enterprise MIS, this text stresses the important role of Information Systems in satisfying business objectives. Realistic examples, mini-cases, case applications, and thought-provoking review material with projects promote active learning.

This text is beneficial to the business professional interested in a basic understanding of management information systems today.

MySpace for Dummies 2nd Edition or eBay PowerSeller Practices for Dummies

MySpace for Dummies, 2nd Edition

Author: Mitch Maxson

MySpace has more than 100 million active users. For many of them, MySpace is their central hub for connecting and communicating. They come to meet new people, keep up to date with family members, learn about new products and services, or catch up on the latest news. They come to check out blogs or to share their music. Don’t you just love the MySpace community?

What — you don’t have a MySpace page yet? Well, we can fix that!

Whether you’ve just decided to join MySpace, need to give your profile more pizzazz, or simply want to find out as much about MySpace as your teenager already knows, MySpace For Dummies, Second Edition has what you’re looking for. Find out how to get started, use MySpace safely, customize your page, start a blog, showcase your skills, and lots more. This friendly guide will help you:

• Open an account and set up your profile
  
• Turn on and use the MySpace safety and security tools
  
• Find and add friends to your profile
  
• Stay in touch by e-mail, bulletins, and profile comments
  
• Sell, buy, and market on MySpace
  
• Show off your talents as a filmmaker, author, comic, or musician
  
• Upgrade your profile with photos, music, and a whole new look
  

Everything’s arranged to help you quickly find what you’re looking for. With MySpace For Dummies, Second Edition, you can easily make your MySpace experience truly exceptional!

Table of Contents:

Pt. I MySpace overview and basics 7

Ch. 1 Diving into the MySpace pool 9

Ch. 2 Enlisting in the MySpace army 23

Ch. 3 Staying safe on MySpace 43

Pt. II The MySpace community 57

Ch. 4 Friending the MySpace way 59

Ch. 5 Staying in touch via MySpace 79

Ch. 6 Blogging on MySpace 105

Ch. 7 Keeping up with MySpace 121

Ch. 8 Staying on schedule with MySpace 131

Ch. 9 Getting in with the in-crowd 145

Pt. III Customizing MySpace 163

Ch. 10 Your MySpace photo album 165

Ch. 11 Sound and movies 177

Ch. 12 Customizing your MySpace page 187

Pt. IV Capturing your audience 205

Ch. 13 Marketing the MySpace way 207

Ch. 14 Rockin' in the MySpace world 219

Ch. 15 Finding your place on MySpace 241

Pt. V The part of tens 267

Ch. 16 Ten MySpace tools for staying safe 269

Ch. 17 Ten ways to keep away from MySpace bad guys 275

Ch. 18 Ten MySpace resources 281

Ch. 19 Ten other social-networking sites 285

Index 291

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eBay PowerSeller Practices for Dummies

Author: Marsha Collier

With over a million copies of her books in print, Marsha Collier is the leading eBay author in the world. Her books help eBay users get started, find bargains, make their first purchases, sell their first items, and start generating a steady income on eBay. This book, eBay PowerSeller Business Practices For Dummies, shares the techniques you need to know to either achieve the coveted PowerSeller status on eBay, make your PowerSeller-level business run more smoothly, or simply employ the tips the site's best sellers use every day. A PowerSeller herself, Marsha has done the research and developed tried and true techniques for boosting your sales and keeping them at high levels. Best of all, she breaks all the practices down into short, step-by-step tasks that don't require a lot of time to accomplish, leaving you more time to build your business!

The book breaks PowerSeller selling into:

• Powering Up: Understanding how to use eBay's tools and community to get sales up to PowerSeller levels

• Hitting Your Sales Targets: Establishing a strategy for choosing the items that work for you, buying items for resale on eBay, and creating a business plan that incorporates marketing, shipping, eBay Stores, and expanding into a separate Web site.

• Build Better Listings: Upgrading your HTML and photography skills to build sale pages that command buyer confidence

• Become a Model Seller: Enhancing your customer service skills from packing and shipping to insuring items to communicating with buyers

• Manage Your Business: A crash course in accounting, including the uniqueissues with operating an online store

The book also includes a CD-ROM that includes samples of Marsha's 5-DVD video training kit, "Your eBay Business Plan;" trial versions of helpful software from DAZzle, Fast Photos, and QuickBooks; and tools created by the author to help you better operate your business including a fee calculator and list of sources for wholesale merchandise.

Numerical Recipes with Source Code CD ROM or SQL Simplified

Numerical Recipes with Source Code CD ROM

Author: William H Press

Co-authored by four leading scientists from academia and industry, Numerical Recipes Third Edition starts with basic mathematics and computer science and proceeds to complete, working routines. Widely recognized as the most comprehensive, accessible and practical basis for scientific computing, this new edition incorporates more than 400 Numerical Recipes routines, many of them new or upgraded. The executable C++ code, now printed in color for easy reading, adopts an object-oriented style particularly suited to scientific applications. The whole book is presented in the informal, easy-to-read style that made earlier editions so popular. Please visit nr.com/aboutNR3book.html

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Sql Simplified: Learn to Read and Write Structured Query Language

Author: Cecelia L Allison

SQL Simplified: Learn To Read and Write Structured Query Language is a low cost book that focuses extensively on the implementation of Structured Query Language (SQL) rather than on database design or on the Database Management Systems (DBMSs) that implement SQL.

This book simplifies the concepts of SQL, enabling anyone to quickly grasp the fundamentals of SQL. Each chapter includes examples, important notes and key terms. Additionally, this book highlights many key differences in SQL script used in a number of different database management system platforms and tests your comprehension of each chapter using quizzes and assignments. After completion of this book, you should feel confident using SQL in any relational database environment.

About the Author:
Cecelia L. Allison is originally from St. Petersburg, Florida. She is a freelance Web master and also works as an author/facilitator instructing students on Structured Query Language (SQL) over the Internet through universities, colleges, and other educational facilities around the world.

Cecelia has been using SQL for many years. Through her past and present employment she has gained extensive experience in writing and implementing SQL. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The Relational Database and Structured Query Language