As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users. This book is unique in that it addresses the topic of content networking exclusively and comprehensively, tracing the evolution from traditional web caching to today's open and vastly more flexible architecture. With this evolutionary approach, the authors emphasize the field's most persistent concepts, principles, and mechanisms--the core information that will help you understand why and how content delivery works today, and apply that knowledge in the future. Focuses on the principles that will give you a deep and timely understanding of content networking. Offers dozens of protocol-specific examples showing how real-life Content Networks are currently designed and implemented. Provides extensive consideration of Content Services, including both the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) and Open Pluggable Edge Services (OPES). Examines methods for supporting time-constrained media such as streaming audio and video and real-time media such as instant messages. Combines the vision and rigor of a prominent researcher with the practical experience of a seasoned development engineer to provide a unique combination of theoretical depth and practical application.
Scrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Zündel: a philosopher, a wanna-be writer; scattered, self-conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent . . . At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. Zündel’s Exit is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if it’s coming or going. Scrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Zündel: a philosopher, a wanna-be writer; scattered, self-conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent . . . At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. First his tooth falls out in the sight of other travelers, then he finds a severed finger in a restroom on a train. In fact, Zündel seems on the verge of falling to bits, as do his words, thoughts, wife, and world—will there be anything left, and anyone to hold the pieces? Zündel’s Exit is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if it’s coming or going.
Applied User Data Collection and Analysis Using JavaScript and PHP is designed to provide the technical skills and competency to gather a wide range of user data from web applications in both active and passive methods. This is done by providing the reader with real-world examples of how a variety of different JavaScript and PHP based libraries can be used to gather data using custom feedback forms and embedded data gathering tools. Once data has been gathered, this book explores the process of working with numerical data, text analysis, visualization approaches, statistics and rolling out developed applications to both data analysists and users alike. Using the collected data, this book aims to provide a deeper understanding of user behavior and interests allowing application developers to further enhance web application development. Key Features: Complete real-world examples of gathering data from users and web environments Offers readers the fundamentals of text analysis using JavaScript and PHP Allows the user to understand and harness JavaScript data visualization tools Integration of new and existing data sources into a single bespoke web-based analysis environment Author Bio: Dr. Kyle Goslin is currently a Lecturer in Computing at the Technological University Dublin in Ireland, specializing in web application development, information retrieval, text analysis and data visualization. Kyle has taught for over 10 years at third level in Ireland, teaching a wide range of web development related subjects. During this time, he has been involved in several different web-based data driven start-up companies with the aim of reducing time to market for businesses. Kyle has contributed to several different open-source learning platforms with the aim of making education accessible to all learners by aiding both teachers and students. Kyle has developed and defended a number of different third level computing courses validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland. He has published peer-reviewed articles relating to information retrieval, text analysis and learning environments. In his spare time, he is a technical reviewer for data and software development related books. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Doctor of Philosophy from the Technological University Dublin, where he currently lectures and lives. For more information, visit www.kylegoslin.ie Dr. Markus Hofmann is currently Senior Lecturer at the Technological University Dublin in Ireland where he focuses on the areas of data mining, text mining, data exploration and visualization as well as business intelligence. He holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Computing (Information Technology for Strategic Management) from the Dublin Institute
Scientific Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: very good, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology), language: English, abstract: Traffic is very dynamic and unpredictive and therefore it is quite difficult to manage and control traffic flow. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can support traffic management by implementation of state of the art technologies. Dublin′s traffic situation is worsening daily due to the fact that the rate of car ownership and population increase dramatically. This paper gives the reader an overview of ITS and the various categories. It is aimed for people working in the transportation industry, government departments, transportation committees, and of course for the general public who has interest in transportation management. The result of this paper is that Dublin could improve the current situation by implementing ITS systems.
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