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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Lehrbuch führt Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der Rechtswissenschaften in die Grundlagen der Finanzwirtschaft ein.Das besondere Anliegen des Buches besteht darin, dem Leser Grundlinien und Zusammenhänge des auf den Kapitalmarkt bezogenen finanzwirtschaftenden Handelns aufzuzeigen, das zu den ökonomischen Funktionen des Finanzierens und des Handelns mit Wertpapieren gehört.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 392 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das vorliegende Buch liefert eine Einführung in das Gebiet des Operations Research und ist primär für Studenten nicht-mathematischer Fachrichtungen, insbesondere für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler gedacht. Es werden jedoch auch Mathematiker angesprochen, die sich einen einführenden methodischen Überblick über das Gesamtgebiet verschaffen wollen. Dem Praktiker werden die Ausführungen helfen, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des praktischen Einsatzes von OR-Verfahren zu beurteilen. Durch die anschauliche, leicht verständliche und durch viele Grafiken unterstützte Darstellung soll der mathematisch weniger geübte Leser angesprochen werden. Dabei wird nicht nur die Lineare Optimierung (einschließlich der Sensitivitätsanalyse und der Ganzzahligen Optimierung) behandelt. Es wird ebenfalls eine Einführung in die Nichtlineare Optimierung und in die Dynamische Optimierung gegeben. Die dargestellten Verfahren werden ausführlich in jedem Schritt erläutert.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 296 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Das vorliegende Buch liefert eine Einführung in das Gebiet des Operations Research und ist primär für Studenten nicht-mathematischer Fachrichtungen, insbesondere für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler gedacht. Es werden jedoch auch Mathematiker angesprochen, die sich einen einführenden methodischen Überblick über das Gesamtgebiet verschaffen wollen. Dem Praktiker werden die Ausführungen helfen, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des praktischen Einsatzes von OR-Verfahren zu beurteilen. Durch die anschauliche, leicht verständliche und durch viele Grafiken unterstützte Darstellung soll der mathematisch weniger geübte Leser angesprochen werden. Dabei wird nicht nur die Lineare Optimierung (einschließlich der Sensitivitätsanalyse und der GanzzahligenOptimierung) behandelt. Es wird ebenfalls eine Einführung in die Nichtlineare Optimierung und in die Dynamische Optimierung gegeben. Die dargestellten Verfahren werden ausführlich in jedem Schritt erläutert.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 588 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Jenseits gängiger Managementkonzepte zeigt dieses Buch Möglichkeiten auf, wie Unternehmen auf Basis ihrer spezifisch gewachsenen Potenziale ihren Weg zur Einzigartigkeit finden können. Im Mittelpunkt des Ansatzes steht der 'Potenzialscanner': diese Toolbox hilft, die bereits vorhandenen, aber nicht bekannten oder nicht systematisch genutzten Stärken des Unternehmens zu identifizieren, die als verborgene Schätze in Fähigkeiten, Wissensbeständen, spezifischen Abläufen o.ä. liegen können. Sechs Fallbeispiele schildern konkrete Anwendungsfälle aus Unternehmen und zeigen, mit welchem Ergebnis der Potenzialscanner dort eingesetzt wurde. 'Lessons learned' runden die Darstellung ab.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 192 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Im Jahre 1999 konnte ich in der Schriftenreiheder Heidelberger Akademie der Wis senschaften eine Studie über'Krankheit und Kranksein im Spiegel der Geschichte' veröffentlichen. In Analogie zum Themenkreis'Krankheit' konzentriert sich die vorliegende Ar beit auf das Begriffsfeld 'Gesundheit' und seine Rahmenbedingungen, wobei mit den historischen Materialien der soziale Aspekt in den Vordergrund tritt. Der Verfasser dankt Friedrich Vogel herzlich für die kritische Durchsicht dieser Studie sowie der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften für deren freundliche Aufnahme in ihre Schriftenreihe. Heidelberg, im Herbst 2002 Heinrich Schipperges Inhaltsverzeichnis Einführung . 1 Methodologisches Präludium 3 Kapitell Die alte Welt 1. Gesundheitsbilder in Archaischen Hochkulturen 7 2. Das Gesundheitskonzeptder Antike . 10 3. Bilder der Gesundheit bei Hippokrates . 13 4. Gesundheitsbilder in den Sokratischen Dialogen 17 5. Das Gesundheits-Programm bei Galen . 21 Kapitel 2 Das Mittelalter I. Gesundheit in der arabischen Hochkultur 25 2. Leben in Gesundheit bei Maimonides . . . 29 3. Die Rolle der Gesundheit im christlichen Abendland 32 4. 'Gesundheitsschutz' bei Petrus Hispanus 36 5. Das Bild der Gesundheit bei Paracelsus . 39 Exkurs Die klassischen Gesundheits-Bücher (Regimina Sanitatis) 1. DerVorläufer (Tacuinum Sanitatis) 43 2. Regeln der Gesundheit im 'Regimen' 45 49 3. Im 'Garten der Gesundheit' .Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 140 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Grade inflation runs rampant at most colleges and universities, but faculty and administrators are seemingly unwilling to face the problem. This book explains why, exposing many of the misconceptions surrounding college grading. Based on historical research and the results of a yearlong, on-line course evaluation experiment conducted at Duke University during the 1998-1999 academic year, the effects of student grading on various educational processes, and their subsequent impact on student and faculty behavior, is examined. Principal conclusions of this investigation are that instructors' grading practices have a significant influence on end-of-course teaching evaluations, and that student expectations of grading practices play an important role in the courses that students decide to take. The latter effect has a serious impact on course enrollments in the natural sciences and mathematics, while the combination of both mean that faculty have an incentive to award high grades, and students have an incentive to choose courses with faculty who do. Grade inflation is the natural consequence of this incentive system. Material contained in this book is essential reading for anyone involved in efforts to reform our postsecondary educational system, or for those who simply wish to survive and prosper in it.Valen Johnson is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. Prior to accepting an appointment in Ann Arbor, he was a Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences at Duke University, where data for this book was collected. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Content-Management in der Praxis beschreibt anhand von illustrativen Fallbeispielen Lösungskonzepte für den erfolgreichen Aufbau und Betrieb unternehmensweiter Portale. Mit klarem Blick für die betriebliche Realität entwickelt der Autor ein integriertes Modell für das Content-Management, auf dessen Basis die einzelnen Fragestellungen der Arbeit analysiert und strukturiert werden. Neben strategischen Elementen beschreibt das Buch eine integrierte Architektur für das Content-Management multikanalfähiger Portale, die Prozessmodelle und darauf ausgerichtete Software-Funktionen des Content-Management enthält. Das Buch zeigt Unternehmen Wege auf, um aus unterschiedlichen Ausgangssituationen heraus ein effizientes und am betrieblichen Nutzen ausgerichtetes Content-Management zu erzielen. Die Darstellung auch komplexer Themenstellungen in klarer und allgemeinverständlicher Sprache erleichtert dem Leser den Einstieg in die teilweise unübersichtliche Materie.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 276 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In einer dynamischen Zivilisation erhöht sich in Wissenschaft und Technik, in Wirtschaft und Kunst die Neuerungsrate. Die Zeitdauer konstanter Arbeits- und Lebensverhältnisse nimmt ab, der Aufenthalt in der Gegenwart verkürzt sich. Zeit wird knapp und organisationsbedürftig. Hermann Lübbe beschreibt und analysiert die kulturellen, wirtschaftlichen und zeitumgangstechnischen Folgen dieser 'Gegenwartsschrumpfung' und zeichnet ein umfassendes Panorama der Zeit-Verfassung unserer modernen Kultur. 'Der Autor stellt dem Leser den mehr als fraglichen Beschleunigungscharakter unserer modernen Kultur facettenreich und anschaulich vor. Spricht aus, was wir in unserer Angst, uns auf der schnellen Reise selbst zu verlieren, schon fast gar nicht mehr wahrnehmen wollen.' 'Das Buch versucht eine Phänomenologie unserer Kultur, deren Äußerungen sich ständig und mit wachsender Geschwindigkeit verändern. Seine Belege sind uns in ihrer Alltäglichkeit überraschend, aber in ihren Einzelheiten plausibel.' (VDI nachrichten magazin bzw. Physikalische Blätter)Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 468 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A quick and practical introduction to the C# programming language. The text includes complete programing examples that highlight the core features of this language. In this book you will learn about: Using C# with a traditional compile run cycle, using C# within the Developer Studio environment, different data types supported in C#, control structures and input and output (i/o) in C#, key features of C# and their relationship to C, C++, Java and other programming languages.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -150 sorgfältig ausgewählte Arbeiten zeigen das breite Spektrum der deutschsprachigen chirurgischen Forschung auf. Sowohl klinische als auch Grundlagenforschung sind berücksichtigt. Der hochaktuelle Band erscheint noch vor der Präsentation der Ergebnisse bei der 120. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 616 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der Praxisleitfaden der Knorpelreparatur richtet sich in erster Linie an operativ tätige Orthopäden, Chirurgen und Unfallchirurgen, die sich speziell über die modernen Verfahren zur biologischen Gelenkknorpelrekonstruktion informieren möchten. Praktische Hinweise zu den Operationstechniken der Knorpel-Knochen-Transplantation und der Autologen Chondrozytentransplantation werden ebenso vermittelt wie pathophysiologische Grundlagen zur Arthrose. Hinweise zur Diagnostik von Gelenkknorpelschäden mittels MR-Tomographie und praktische Anleitungen zur Begleit- und Nachbehandlung runden dieses Werk ab.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 176 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Prions are an entirely new class of pathogens, and scientists are just beginning to understand them. This book tells the strange story of their discovery, and the medical controversies that swirl around them.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Entwicklungen in Biomedizin, Genetik und Informatik führen zu einem Wissenszuwachs im Verständnis der Ursachen und Entstehungsmechanismen von Krankheiten. Damit verbunden ist die Hoffnung, zukünftig Krankheitsrisiken frühzeitiger zu erkennen und durch Maßnahmen der Entwicklung von Krankheiten vorzubeugen. Mehr als andere Untersuchungsergebnisse erlauben genetische Informationen Aussagen über den Gesundheitszustand auch von Familienangehörigen. Sie bergen damit das Risiko konfligierender Interessen im Hinblick auf deren autonome Lebensführung und informationelle Selbstbestimmung in sich.Das Buch enthält die auf dem 10. Einbecker Workshop gehaltenen Vorträge, die sich aus medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlicher und juristischer Sicht mit dem Thema befassen. Im Anhang werden wichtige Materialien zum Thema Gentest ergänzt. So ist das österreichische Gentechnikgesetz, der Schweizer Entwurf eines Gentestgesetzes und der Entwurf der Fraktion der GRÜNEN im Bundestag für ein Deutsches Gentestgesetz enthalten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 200 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Leisten Sie sich Hilfe!Haben Sie keine Energie mehr Klagen Sie über Hoffnungslosigkeit Leiden Sie unter Panikattacken Haben Sie unerklärliche Schmerzen im Brustkorb ¿ ohne medizinischen Befund Alltägliche Probleme, die man selbst in den Griff bekommen kann, oder psychische Störungen, die professionell behandelt werden sollten SelbsthilfeDietmar Hansch, erfahrener Arzt und Psychotherapeut, zeigt einfache Maßnahmen der gesunden Lebensgestaltung und Stressbewältigung, die der Selbsthilfe dienen. Er erklärt, wie die Psyche aufgebaut ist und wie sie funktioniert. oder Psychotherapie Aber der Ratgeber kann keine Psychotherapie ersetzen: Menschen mit psychischen Störungen, z.B. Ängsten oder Depressionen, benötigen professionelle Hilfe. Bei der Entscheidung für eine Psychotherapie helfen folgende Fragen: Welche Therapieformen gibt es überhaupt Und welche ist für mich geeignet Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile ambulanter und stationärer Psychotherapie Mit Kontaktadressenkonkreten Tippshilfreichen Beispielen!Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 248 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The characteristics of software systems are undergoing dramatic changes. We are moving rapidly into the age of ubiquitous information services. Persistent computing systems are being embedded in everyday objects. They interact in an autonomouswaywith eachother to provideus with increasinglycomplexservices and functionalities that we can access at any time from anywhere. As a con- quence, not only do the numbers of components of software systems increase; there is also a strong qualitative impact. Software systems are increasingly made up of autonomous, proactive, networked components. These interact with each other in patterns and via mechanisms that can hardly be modeled in terms of classical models of interaction or service-oriented coordination. To some extent, future software systems will exhibit characteristics making them more res- blant of natural systems and societies than of mechanical systems and software architectures. This situation poses exciting challenges to computer scientists and software engineers. Already, software agents and multi-agent systems are recognized as both useful abstractions and e ective technologies for the modeling and building of complex distributed applications. However, little is done with regard to e - tive and methodic development of complex software systems in terms of mul- agent societies. An urgent need exists for novel approaches to software modeling and software engineering that enable the successful deployment of software s- tems made up ofa massive number ofautonomous components, and that allowus to control and predict their behaviour. 300 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Theoretical Foundations of Computer Vision, held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany in April 2002.The 27 revised full papers presented went through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and assess the state of the art in geometry, morphology, and computational imaging. The papers are organized in sections on geometry - models and algorithms; property measurement in the grid and on finite samples; features, shape, and morphology; and computer vision and scene analysis.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 456 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In its formative years, from the 1970s through the 1990s, sabermetrics was p- marily an amateur undertaking. Publications were aimed at a relatively small audience of baseball fans. To be sure, this ever-growing group of aficionados brought a lot of sophistication to baseball analysis, and were constantly looking for statistical insights beyond the listings of the top ten batters found in popular newspapers and magazines. But their influence on the baseball profession was very limited. A few consultants like Craig Wright developed temporary relati- ships with various teams, but none were able to stay long enough to create a p- manent sabermetrician staff position. (See Rob Neyer¿s November 11, 2002, arti- 1 cle on ESPN. com. ) All of this changed, however, in 2002 with the hiring of Bill James by the Boston Red Sox. With that move, we have seen the admittance of the foremost proponent of sabermetrics into the top echelon of professional ba- ball management. The art and science of careful statistical analysis, it now seems, had made it into the big leagues. Since the publication of the first edition of Curve Ball in 2001, we have been overwhelmed by the positive responses from readers and critics. We¿re pleased with the reception, of course, but we don¿t want to rest on our laurels. Like a pitcher refining his repertoire, we¿ve revised, expanded, and updated the book for its publication in this paperback edition. Several readers and critics took us 1 espn. go. com/mlb/columns/neyer_rob/1456664.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 436 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is an emerging and exciting interdisciplinary area of research and development involving artificial intelligence, computer science, software engineering, and developmental biology, as well as cognitive and social science.This book surveys the state of the art in this emerging field by drawing together thoroughly selected reviewed papers from two related workshops; as well as papers by leading researchers specifically solicited for this book. The articles are organized into topical sections on learning, cooperation, and communication emergence and evolution in multi-agent systems theoretical foundations of adaptive agentsSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 344 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Although the computing demands of real-time signal processing and control applications are increasing rapidly, parallel processors permit several instructions to be dealt with simultaneously so that the 'real-time' needed is manageable. This book introduces the advantages of this strategy and details how to use parallel processing to deal with common signal processing and control algorithms. It emphasises the relationship between the computing requirements of algorithms and the appropriate choice of architectures, while demonstrating how to identify processor capabilities and how to exploit them to the fullest. The text includes examples and end-of-chapter exercises to facilitate self- and group study and case studies to put theoretical concepts into a practical context. For advanced students in parallel computing, control and signal processing disciplines, it is an invaluable tool in learning to get the most from their computer systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The 3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering and Middleware {SEM 2002) was held May 20-21, 2002, in Orlando, Florida, as a co-located event of the 2002 International Conference on Software Engineering. The workshop attracted 30 participants from academic and industrial institutions in many countries. Twenty-seven papers were submitted, of which 15 were accepted to create a broad program covering the topics of architectures, specification, components and adaptations, technologies, and services. The focus of the workshop was on short presentations, with substantial dis cussions afterwards. Thus, we decided to include in this proceedings also a short summary of every technical session, which was written by some of the partici pants at the workshop. The workshop invited one keynote speaker, Bobby Jadhav of CalKey, who presented a talk on the design and use of model-driven architecture and middle ware in industry. We would like to thank all the people who helped organize and run the workshop. In particular, we would like to thank the program committee for their careful reviews of the submitted papers, Wolfgang Emmerich for being an excellent General Chair, and the participants for a lively and interesting workshop. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -As the complexity of financial markets keeps growing, so does the need to understand the decision-making and the coordination of the exsuing actions in the marketplace. In particular, the disclosure of information to market participants and its impact on the market outcome mertis attention. This study analyses the role of private and public information in currency crises. Calls for increased dissemination of economic and policy-related information by central banks notwithstanding, the study shows that transparency is not generally conductive to preventing speculative attacks in fixed exchange-rate regimes. Rather, the role of private and public information in the market-place depencs critically on the prevailing market sentiment. The study also highlights the import of market transparency design in an environment that allows for herding and market leadership of individual speculators.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 252 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -To put the ARTS & ECONOMICS next to each other, as in the title to this book, may be shocking to some readers. Must not creative art be free of economic constraints, must it not lead a life of its own And is economics not the realm of mean commercial dealings This book argues that it is not so: the ARTS & ECONOMICS go well together, indeed need each other. Without a sound economic base, art cannot exist, and without creativity the economy cannot flourish. There is a second way in which the Arts and Economics go together, namely in the sense of applying economic thinking to the arts. Over the last decades, this scholarly endeavor has been established under the name of 'The Economics of Art' or 'Cultural Economics'. But this may also sound revolting to some readers as it suggests an imperialistic extension of a lowly benefit-cost calculus to the world of art. This fear is unwarranted. On the contrary, cultural economists stress the social value of art and defend it against a crude business view of art. Rather than dismissing art without direct commercial profit, art economists seek ways and means of supporting it. This book is not a textbook summarizing the achievements attained by the economics of art. Such books already exist, among them the author's own, Muses and Markets, Explorations in the Economics of Art, written jointly with Werner Pommerehne. VI Preface ARTS & ECONOMICS charters little known territories.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 260 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Award-winning monograph of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 2001.Subgroup growth studies the distribution of subgroups of finite index in a group as a function of the index. In the last two decades this topic has developed into one of the most active areas of research in infinite group theory; this book is a systematic and comprehensive account of the substantial theory which has emerged.As well as determining the range of possible 'growth types', for finitely generated groups in general and for groups in particular classes such as linear groups, a main focus of the book is on the tight connection between the subgroup growth of a group and its algebraic structure.A wide range of mathematical disciplines play a significant role in this work: as well as various aspects of infinite group theory, these include finite simple groups and permutation groups, profinite groups, arithmetic groups and Strong Approximation, algebraic and analytic number theory, probability, and p-adic model theory. Relevant aspects of such topics are explained in self-contained 'windows'. 480 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The success of the first edition of this broad appeal book prompted the prepa ration of an updated and expanded second edition. The field of surface anal ysis is constantly changing as it answers the need to provide more specific and more detailed information about surface composition and structure in advanced materials science applications. The content of the second edition meets that need by including new techniques and expanded applications. Newcastle John O'Connor Clayton Brett Sexton Adelaide Roger Smart January 2003 Preface to the First Edition The idea for this book stemmed from a remark by Philip Jennings of Mur doch University in a discussion session following a regular meeting of the Australian Surface Science group. He observed that a text on surface anal ysis and applications to materials suitable for final year undergraduate and postgraduate science students was not currently available. Furthermore, the members of the Australian Surface Science group had the research experi ence and range of coverage of surface analytical techniques and applications to provide a text for this purpose. A list of techniques and applications to be included was agreed at that meeting. The intended readership of the book has been broadened since the early discussions, particularly to encompass industrial users, but there has been no significant alteration in content.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 616 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The authors, leading representatives of Russian space research and industry, show the results and future prospects of astronautics at the start of the third millennium. The focus is on the development of astronautics in Russia in the new historical and economic conditions. The text spotlights the basic trends in space related issues before moving on to describe the possibilities of the wide use of space technologies and its numerous applications such as navigation and communication, space manufacturing, and space biotechnology. The book contains a large amount of facts described in a way understandable without specialist knowledge. The text is accompanied by many photographs, charts and diagrams, mostly in color.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 612 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The 1st International Workshop on Digital Watermarking (IWDW), the con- rence covering all aspects of digital watermarking, was held at the Hotel Riviera situated along the beautiful Han River in Seoul, Korea from November 21 to 22, 2002. These proceedings contain 21 papers that were accepted for presentation at the conference. These papers were selected from 67 submissions including 3 invited papers. They went through a thorough review process by the Program Committee and were selected on the basis of excellence and novelty. The following is a brief description of the history of this conference and - viewing process: In August 2001 some members of the Special Interest Group on Multimedia Protection (SIGMP) of the Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (KIISC) agreed to create the IWDW. In November 2001 we set up a Program Committee and solicited papers while asking Springer-Verlag to publish the proceedings of the workshop in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. In July 2002 we received 64 submissions from 14 countries using Microsoft¿s conference management site (cmt. research. microsoft. com/ iwdw2002/). Each submission was assigned a number automatically by the c- ference management tool and the paper was sent to the Program Committee members for their review. We also encouraged di erent sets of experts to join for fair reviews.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Every year we witness acceleration in the availability, deployment, and use of distributed applications. However building increasingly sophisticated applications for extant and emerging networked systems continues to be challenging for several reasons: ¿ Abstract models of computation used in distributed systems research often do not fully capture the limitations and the unpredictable nature of realistic distributed computing platforms; ¿ Fault-tolerance and ef ciency of computation are dif cult to combine when the c- puting medium is subject to changes, asynchrony, and failures; ¿ Middleware used for constructing distributed software does not provide services most suitable for sophisticated distributed applications; ¿ Middleware services are speci ed informally and without precise guarantees of e- ciency, fault-tolerance, scalability, and compositionality; ¿ Speci cation of distributed deployment of software systems is often left out of the development process; ¿ Finally, there persists an organizational and cultural gap between engineering groups developing systems in a commercial enterprise, and research groups advancing the scienti c state-of-the-art in academic and industrial settings. The objectives of this book are: (1) to serve as a motivation for de ning future research programs in distributed computing, (2) to help identify areas where practitioners and engineers on the one hand and scientists and researchers on the other can improve the state of distributed computing through synergistic efforts, and (3) to motivate graduate students interested in entering the exciting research eld of distributed computing.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -WhiletheSCM-10experimentprovedverysuccessful,theSCMcommunity feltthatitshouldgoforaformalworkshoponceagain. Infact,thiswouldopen uptheopportunitytodocumentcurrentresearchandfertilizethedevelopment ofthisdiscipline. Asaconsequence,thefollow-upworkshopSCM-11washeld as a co-located event with ICSE at Portland, Oregon in May 2003. The Call forPapersreceivedalivelyresponsewith36submissions,outofwhich15were acceptedforpublication(12longand3shortpapers). Thesepapersappearinthe secondpartofthisvolume,orderedbytopic. Inadditiontopaperpresentations, theworkshopprovidedsu cienttimeforinspiringdiscussions. Thechairsofbothworkshopswouldliketoacknowledgetheinvaluablec- tributionsofallauthorsandspeakers,theprogramcommittees,theorganizers oftheICSEconferences,andSpringer-Verlag. May2003 BernhardWestfechtel Andr¿evanderHoek VI Preface ProgramCommitteeofSCM2003 Geo Clemm,Rational,USA ReidarConradi,NTNUTrondheim,Norway IvicaCrnkovic,MalardalenUniversity,Sweden WolfgangEmmerich,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK Andr¿evanderHoek,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,USA AnnitaPersson,EricssonAB,M¿olndal,Sweden BernhardWestfechtel(Chair),RWTHAachen,Germany JimWhitehead,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,USA AndreasZeller,UniversityofSaarbruc ¿ ken,Germany ProgramCommitteeofSCM2001 Geo Clemm,Rational,USA IvicaCrnkovic,MalardalenUniversity,Sweden WolfgangEmmerich,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK JackyEstublier,LSR-IMAG,France Andr¿evanderHoek(Chair),UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,USA Je Magee,ImperialCollege,London,UK BernhardWestfechtel,RWTHAachen,Germany JimWhitehead,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,USA AndreasZeller,UniversityofSaarbruc ¿ ken,Germany SCMWorkshops SCM-1,Grassau,Germany(1988) SCM-2,Princeton,USA(1990) SCM-3,Trondheim,Norway(1991) SCM-4,Baltimore,USA(1993) SCM-5,Seattle,USA(1995) SCM-6,Berlin,Germany(1996) SCM-7,Boston,USA(1997) SCM-8,Brussels,Belgium(1998) SCM-9,Toulouse,France(1999) SCM-10,Toronto,Canada(2001) SCM-11,Portland,Oregon(2003) TableofContents BestPapersofSCM2001 De ningandSup 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Nowadays, engineering large-scale software systems means dealing with complex systems composed of pervasive software components that move around and adapt to nondeterministic and open environments, like the Internet, in order to achieve systems design goals through the coordination of autonomously distributed services. The agent metaphor, in particular software agents and multi-agent systems (MAS), constitutes a promising approach for covering most of the software development life cycle, from conceptual modeling and requirements specification to architectural definition, design, and implementation.This book presents 17 carefully reviewed papers arranged in order to provide a coherent survey of how to exploit agent properties and MAS issues in today's software systems. The book offers the following topical sections: software engineering foundations requirements engineering and software architecture coordination and mobility reusedependabilityempirical studies and applicationsSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 304 pp. Englisch.