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1	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable more books like this by Nassim N Taleb add to wishlist Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it. see all copies from $8.99! new only from $11.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google more books like this by Nicholas Carr add to wishlist In this eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and its consequences, Nicholas Carr explains why computing is changing and what this means for all of us. A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electricity providers not only changed how ... see all copies from $7.09! new only from $10.12! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Introducing Communication Theory: Analysis and Application more books like this by Dr. Richard L West add to wishlist This text introduces the field of communication to students who may have little or no background in communication theory. Its three overriding goals are to help students understand the pervasiveness of theory in their lives, to demystify the theoretical process, and to help students become more systematic and critical in their thinking about ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.75! \| first editions
4	The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity more books like this by Alan Cooper add to wishlist A computer programming pioneer criticizes the software industry for relying too much on the skills of its technicians, rather than on leadership and intuitive interface design. After outlining why technology is still prohibitively difficult to use and manage, he tells how to bridge both the technological and communication gaps among computer users ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Systems Analysis & Design Methods more books like this by Jeffrey L Whitten add to wishlist Today's students want to practice the application of concepts. As with the previous editions of this book, the authors write to balance the coverage of concepts, tools, techniques, and their applications, and to provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book. The textbook also serves the reader as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.51! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Elements of Information Theory more books like this by Thomas M Cover, Joy A Thomas add to wishlist The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material. The second edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory. All the essential topics in ... see all copies from $14.96! new only from $27.00! \| SVS
7	Artificial intelligence structures and strategies for complex problem solving more books like this by Luger add to wishlist Artificial intelligence (AI) began as the quest to create machines that could think for themselves and (perhaps) out-think humans: the holy grail of computing! Over the years, while still exploring the mechanisms that enable thought, AI has evolved into a more pragmatic discipline. AI uses different strategies to solve the complex practical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Soft Systems Methodology in Action more books like this by Peter Checkland (Preface by) add to wishlist Soft Systems Methodology in Action "Whether by design, accident or merely synchronicity, Checkland appears to have developed a habit of writing seminal publications near the start of each decade which establish the basis and framework for systems methodology research for that decade." Hamish Rennie, Journal of the Operational Research Society, ... see all copies from $8.06! new only from $54.21! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information more books like this by Robert Wright add to wishlist Wright provides an invigorating encounter with three controversial scientistsand their unorthodox perceptions of our world. see all copies from $6.00! SVS
10	Uncertain Inference more books like this by Henry Ely Kyburg, Jr Kyburg, Choh Man Teng add to wishlist Coping with uncertainty is a necessary part of ordinary life and is crucial to an understanding of how the mind works. For example, it is a vital element in developing artificial intelligence that will not be undermined by its own rigidities. There have been many approaches to the problem of uncertain inference, ranging from probability to ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $6.73! \| first editions
11	Information Flow: The Logic of Distributed Systems more books like this by Jon Barwise, Jerry Seligman add to wishlist Information is a central topic in computer science, cognitive science and philosophy. In spite of its importance in the 'information age', there is no consensus on what information is, what makes it possible, and what it means for one medium to carry information about another. Drawing on ideas from mathematics, computer science and philosophy, ... see all copies from $30.11! new only from $44.22! \| SVS
12 view cover	Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms more books like this by David MacKay add to wishlist Information theory and inference, taught together in this exciting textbook, lie at the heart of many important areas of modern technology - communication, signal processing, data mining, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics and cryptography. The book introduces theory in tandem with applications. ... see all copies from $40.97! new only from $55.98! \| SVS
13 view cover	Reasoning and Unification Over Conceptual Graphs more books like this by Dan Corbett add to wishlist "Reasoning and Unification over Conceptual Graphs" is an exploration of automated reasoning and resolution in the expanding field of Conceptual Structures. Designed not only for computing scientists researching Conceptual Graphs, but also for anyone interested in exploring the design of knowledge bases, the book explores what are proving to be the ... see all copies from $9.92! new only from $19.35! \| SVS
14 view cover	An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications more books like this by Ming Li, Paul Vitanyi add to wishlist 'The book is outstanding and admirable in many respects ...is necessary reading for all kinds of readers from undergraduate students to top authorities in the field' - "Journal of Symbolic Logic". Written by two experts in the field, this is the only comprehensive and unified treatment of the central ideas and applications of Kolmogorov complexity ... see all copies from $59.04! new only from $59.04! \| SVS
15 view cover	Information-Spectrum Methods in Information Theory more books like this by Te Sun Han, H Koga (Translator) add to wishlist This book opens a novel dimension in the 50 year history of mathematical theory of "information" since the birth of Shannon theory. First of all, it introduces, in place of the traditional notion of entropy and mutual information, the completely new and highly unconventional approach of "information-spectrum" as a basic but powerful tool for ... see all copies from $75.76! new only from $75.76! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Extrapolation, interpolation, and smoothing of stationary time series, with engineering applications more books like this by Norbert Wiener add to wishlist An attempt to unite the theory and practice of time series in statistics and communication engineering/ see all copies from $8.00!
17 view cover	Media, Politics and the Network Society more books like this by Robert Hassan add to wishlist The rise of the network society - the suffusion of much of the economy, culture and society with digital interconnectivity - is a development of immense significance. In this innovative book, Robert Hassan unpacks the dynamics of this new information order and shows how they have affected both the way media and politics are 'played', and how these ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $33.13! \| SVS
18 view cover	Information Anxiety 2 more books like this by Richard Saul Wurman, Karen Whitehouse (Editor), David Sume add to wishlist A follow up to the first edition, Information Anxiety 2 teaches critical lessons for functioning in today's Information Age. In this new book, Wurman examines how the Internet, desktop computing, and advances in digital technology have not simply enhanced access to information, but in fact have changed the way we live and work. In examining the ... see all copies from $40.55!
19 view cover	Applied Coding & Information Theory for Engineers more books like this by Richard B Wells add to wishlist For Junior or Senior Level introductory courses in Applied Coding and Information Theory. Intended for use in an undergraduate course, this book provides a practical introduction to the theory and practice of coding and information theory for applications in the field of electronic communications. It is written at an introductory level and assumes ... see all copies from $56.14! new only from $112.49! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Death of Distance more books like this by Frances Cairncross add to wishlist This text covers current and future changes in the telecommunications industry, and also aims to provide a broader, more hypothetical view of the implications of such developments. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Cloud Computing Best Practices for Managing and Measuring Processes for On-Demand Computing, Applications and Data Centers in the Cloud with Slas more books like this by Haley Beard add to wishlist The #1 best-selling Cloud Computing book of all time, revised and updated to keep pace with today's ever-changing developments, possibilities and opportunities. Updates and revisions throughout. The first edition of this book is regarded as a classic in its field. Now, in an expanded and updated version, the authors once again present a step-by ... see all copies from $14.24! new only from $27.31! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Logic and Information more books like this by Keith J Devlin add to wishlist Intelligence can be characterised both as the ability to absorb and process information and as the ability to reason. Humans and other animals have both of these abilities to a greater or lesser degree, but the search for artificial intelligence has been hampered by our inability to create a theory that covers both of these characteristics. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Head First Data Analysis: A Learner's Guide to Big Numbers, Statistics, and Good Decisions more books like this by Michael Milton add to wishlist Today, interpreting data is a critical decision-making factor for businesses and organizations. If your job requires you to manage and analyze all kinds of data, turn to "Head First Data Analysis", where you'll quickly learn how to collect and organize data, sort the distractions from the truth, find meaningful patterns, draw conclusions, predict ... see all copies from $22.35! new only from $29.55! \| SVS
24 view cover	Transformation of Knowledge, Information and Data: Theory and Applications more books like this by Patrick Van Bommel (Editor), Patrick Van Bommel (Editor) add to wishlist Transformations provide a means to construct new IT solutions. Van Bommel (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands) presents practical transformation techniques for all kinds of knowledge structures and provides several experimental prototype transformation tools. Coverage encompasses fundamentals of transformation, transformation approaches, and a see all copies from $48.00! new only from $48.00!
25 view cover	Collected Works of A.M. Turingmechanical Inteligence more books like this by Alan Mathison Turing, D C Ince (Editor), Arjen Sevenster (Editor) add to wishlist The collected works of Turing, including a substantial amount of unpublished material, will comprise four volumes: Mechanical Intelligence, Pure Mathematics, Morphogenesis and Mathematical Logic. Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was a brilliant man who made major contributions in several areas of science. Today his name is mentioned frequently in ... see all copies from $76.29! new only from $76.29! \| SVS

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