This book describes two tools that are absolutely essential to distributed computing environments: the Network Filesystem (NFS) and the Network Information System (formerly called the "yellow pages" or YP). The Network Filesystem, developed by Sun Microsystems, is fundamental to most UNIX networks. It allows systems ranging from PCs running DOS ...
Reliability is not a quality that can simply be purchased, instead it needs to be engineered into a system or product. This text offers a guide to the assessment, design, implementation, and testing of a system for 100% reliability. The authors provide the reader with a series of practical blueprints, disciplines, and processes for assessing risks ...
Incorporating new and updated information, this second edition of the bestselling text in Bayesian data analysis continues to emphasize practice over theory, describing how to conceptualize, perform, and critique statistical analysis from a Bayesian perspective. Its world-class authors provide guidance on all aspects of Bayesian data analysis and ...
This title offers expert techniques for designing your system to achieve maximum availability and predictable downtime. With your company's reputation and profits at stake, downtime on your 24/7 web site is not an option, nor is poor application performance. Now in its second edition, this authoritative book provides you with the design blueprints ...
This text describes how to conceptualize, perform and criticise statistical analysis from a Bayesian perspective, using real examples largely from the authors' own experiences. It should be of interest to undergraduates and graduates of statistics, mathematics, biostatistics, quantitative researchers in economics, education, political science, and ...
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