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Book Doublefields

Download or read book Doublefields written by Elizabeth Enright and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscences ranging from childhood to adult experience, plus ten varied short stories.

Book Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell

Download or read book Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell written by David Flanagan and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 1999 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "Java in a Nutshell" comes a compact reference material onall the GUI and graphics related classes in the numerous "java.

Book Beginning Java 7

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeff Friesen
  • Publisher : Apress
  • Release : 2012-01-24
  • ISBN : 1430239107
  • Pages : 914 pages

Download or read book Beginning Java 7 written by Jeff Friesen and published by Apress. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning Java 7 guides you through version 7 of the Java language and a wide assortment of platform APIs. New Java 7 language features that are discussed include switch-on-string and try-with-resources. APIs that are discussed include Threading, the Collections Framework, the Concurrency Utilities, Swing, Java 2D, networking, JDBC, SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, JAX-WS, and SAAJ. This book also presents an introduction to Android app development so that you can apply some of its knowledge to the exciting world of Android app development. This book presents the following table of contents: Chapter 1 introduces you to Java and begins to cover the Java language by focusing on fundamental concepts such as comments, identifiers, variables, expressions, and statements. Chapter 2 continues to explore this language by presenting all of its features for working with classes and objects. You learn about features related to class declaration and object creation, encapsulation, information hiding, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, and garbage collection. Chapter 3 focuses on the more advanced language features related to nested classes, packages, static imports, exceptions, assertions, annotations, generics, and enums. Additional chapters introduce you to the few features not covered in Chapters 1 through 3. Chapter 4 largely moves away from covering language features (although it does introduce class literals and strictfp) while focusing on language-oriented APIs. You learn about Math, StrictMath, Package, Primitive Type Wrapper Classes, Reference, Reflection, String, StringBuffer and StringBuilder, Threading, BigDecimal, and BigInteger in this chapter. Chapter 5 begins to explore Java's utility APIs by focusing largely on the Collections Framework. However, it also discusses legacy collection-oriented APIs and how to create your own collections. Chapter 6 continues to focus on utility APIs by presenting the concurrency utilities along with the Objects and Random classes. Chapter 7 moves you away from the command-line user interfaces that appear in previous chapters and toward graphical user interfaces. You first learn about the Abstract Window Toolkit foundation, and then explore the Java Foundation Classes in terms of Swing and Java 2D. Appendix C explores Accessibility and Drag and Drop. Chapter 8 explores filesystem-oriented I/O in terms of the File, RandomAccessFile, stream, and writer/reader classes. Chapter 9 introduces you to Java's network APIs (e.g., sockets). It also introduces you to the JDBC API for interacting with databases along with the Java DB database product. Chapter 10 dives into Java's XML support by first presenting an introduction to XML (including DTDs and schemas). It next explores the SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, and XSLT APIs. It even briefly touches on the Validation API. While exploring XPath, you encounter namespace contexts, extension functions and function resolvers, and variables and variable resolvers. Chapter 11 introduces you to Java's support for SOAP-based and RESTful web services. As well as providing you with the basics of these web service categories, Chapter 11 presents some advanced topics, such as working with the SAAJ API to communicate with a SOAP-based web service without having to rely on JAX-WS. You will appreciate having learned about XML in Chapter 10 before diving into this chapter. Chapter 12 helps you put to use some of the knowledge you've gathered in previous chapters by showing you how to use Java to write an Android app's source code. This chapter introduces you to Android, discusses its architecture, shows you how to install necessary tools, and develops a simple app. Appendix A presents the solutions to the programming exercises that appear near the end of Chapters 1 through 12. Appendix B introduces you to Java's Scripting API along with Java 7's support for dynamically typed languages. Appendix C introduces you to additional APIs and architecture topics. Examples include Accessibility, classloaders, Console, Drag and Drop, Java Native Interface, and System Tray. Appendix D presents a gallery of significant applications that demonstrate various aspects of Java. Unfortunately, there are limits to how much knowledge can be crammed into a print book. For this reason, Appendixes A, B, C, and D are not included in this book's pages. Instead, these appendixes are freely distributed as PDF files. Appendixes A and B are bundled with the book's associated code file at the Apress website (http://www.apress.com/9781430239093). Appendixes C and D are bundled with their respective code files at my TutorTutor.ca website (http://tutortutor.ca/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?/books/bj7).

Book Object Oriented Programming

Download or read book Object Oriented Programming written by Anuradha A. Puntambekar and published by Technical Publications. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the object oriented programming aspects using Java programming. It focuses on developing the applications both at basic and moderate level. In this book there are number of illustrative programming examples that help the students to understand the concepts. Starting from introduction to Java programming, handling of control statements, arrays, objects and classes, this book moves gradually towards Exception handling, Interfaces, Collection classes and concurrent programming with the help of Java threads. In addition, the book also covers JAVAFX basics, Event driven programming, Animations, creating GUI applications and multimedia using JAVAFX. Explanation of all the object oriented programming concepts is given in simple and expressive language. Also, the Java programs are followed by step by step explanation. This book explains the object oriented programming concepts in such a way that even if the reader having no Java programming background can develop the applications with ease.

Book Learn Java for Android Development

Download or read book Learn Java for Android Development written by Jeff Friesen and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-02-23 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Java for Android Development, Third Edition, is an update of a strong selling book that now includes a primer on Android app development (in Chapter 1 and Appendix C, which is distributed in the book’s code archive). This book teaches programmers the essential Java language skills necessary for effectively picking up and using the new Android SDK platform to build mobile, embedded, and even PC apps, especially game apps. Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its APIs in order to improve your chances of succeeding as an effective Android app developer. This book helps you do that. Each of the book’s 16 chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter’s material. Answers to the book’s more than 700 exercises are provided in an appendix. A second appendix provides a significant game-oriented Java application, which you can convert into an Android app. Once you complete this one-of-a-kind book written by Jeff Friesen, an expert Java developer and JavaWorld.com columnist, you should be ready to begin your indie or professional Android app development journey. What you’ll learn The Java skills necessary for Android development The core Java language fundamentals Classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces Advanced Java language features (such as generics) The basic Java APIs necessary for Android (such as the String class and threading) The Collections Framework for organizing objects The Concurrency Utilities for simplifying multithreading Classic and New I/O Networking and database access Parsing, creating, and transforming XML documents Additional APIs for creating and accessing ZIP and JAR files, and more Who this book is for This book is for any programmer—including existing Java programmers and Objective-C based iPhone and iPad programmers— of any skill level who needs to obtain a solid understanding of the Java language and foundational Java APIs before jumping into Android app development. Table of Contents 1. Getting Started with Java 2. Learning Language Fundamentals 3. Discovering Classes and Objects 4. Discovering Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Interfaces 5. Mastering Advanced Language Features Part 1 6. Mastering Advanced Language Features Part 2 7. Exploring the Basic APIs Part 1 8. Exploring the Basic APIs Part 2 9. Exploring the Collections Framework 10. Exploring the Concurrency Utilities 11. Performing Classic I/O 12. Accessing Networks 13. Migrating to New I/O 14. Accessing Databases 15. Parsing, Creating, and Transforming XML Documents 16. Focusing on Odds and Ends 17. Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises 18. Appendix B: Four of a Kind 19. Appendix C: Getting Started with Android*** ***NOTE: Appendix C is not included in the physical book. Instead, it's distributed as a PDF file that's bundled with the book's code.

Book Plasma Simulations by Example

Download or read book Plasma Simulations by Example written by Lubos Brieda and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of plasmas is crucial in improving our understanding of the universe, and they are being increasingly utilised in key technologies such as spacecraft thrusters, plasma medicine, and fusion energy. Providing readers with an easy to follow set of examples that clearly illustrate how simulation codes are written, this book guides readers through how to develop C++ computer codes for simulating plasmas primarily with the kinetic Particle in Cell (PIC) method. This text will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and engineering looking to learn how to put the theory to the test. Features: Provides a step-by-step introduction to plasma simulations with easy to follow examples Discusses the electrostatic and electromagnetic Particle in Cell (PIC) method on structured and unstructured meshes, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and Vlasov solvers Covered topics include Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) collisions, surface interactions, axisymmetry, and parallelization strategies. Lubos Brieda has over 15 years of experience developing plasma and gas simulation codes for electric propulsion, contamination transport, and plasma-surface interactions. As part of his master’s research work, he developed a 3D ES-PIC electric propulsion plume code, Draco, which is to this date utilized by government labs and private aerospace firms to study plasma thruster plumes. His Ph.D, obtained in 2012 from George Washington University, USA, focused on a multi-scale model for Hall thrusters utilizing fluid-kinetic hybrid PIC codes. He has since then been involved in numerous projects involving development and the use of plasma simulation tools. Since 2014 he has been teaching online courses on plasma simulations through his website: particleincell.com.

Book C   A Beginner s Tutorial

Download or read book C A Beginner s Tutorial written by Jayden Ky and published by Brainy Software Inc. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a beginner's tutorial to the latest version of C#, this informative guide discusses the most important features of the language and teaches how to use the .NET Framework. Written with clarity and readability in mind, it introduces important programming concepts and explains the process of building real-world applications, both desktop and web-based. With the most comprehensive coverage possible in a book for beginners, it includes such topics as C# language syntax, object-oriented programming, working with numbers and dates, error handling, input output, generics, annotations, database access, security, and application deployment.

Book Guide to High Performance Distributed Computing

Download or read book Guide to High Performance Distributed Computing written by K.G. Srinivasa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely text/reference describes the development and implementation of large-scale distributed processing systems using open source tools and technologies. Comprehensive in scope, the book presents state-of-the-art material on building high performance distributed computing systems, providing practical guidance and best practices as well as describing theoretical software frameworks. Features: describes the fundamentals of building scalable software systems for large-scale data processing in the new paradigm of high performance distributed computing; presents an overview of the Hadoop ecosystem, followed by step-by-step instruction on its installation, programming and execution; Reviews the basics of Spark, including resilient distributed datasets, and examines Hadoop streaming and working with Scalding; Provides detailed case studies on approaches to clustering, data classification and regression analysis; Explains the process of creating a working recommender system using Scalding and Spark.

Book Java 7  A Beginner   s Tutorial Third Edition

Download or read book Java 7 A Beginner s Tutorial Third Edition written by Budi Kurniawan and published by Brainy Software Inc. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Java is an easy language to learn. However, you need to master more than the language syntax to be a professional Java programmer. For one, object-oriented programming (OOP) skill is key to developing robust and effective Java applications. In addition, knowing how to use the vast collection of libraries makes development more rapid. This book introduces you to important programming concepts and teaches how to use the Java core libraries. It is a guide to building real-world applications, both desktop and Web-based. The coverage is the most comprehensive you can find in a beginner’s book. Here are some of the topics in this book: - Java language syntax - Object-oriented programming - The Collections Framework - Working with numbers and dates - Error handling - Input Output - Generics - Annotations - Swing - Database access - Internationalization - Networking - Applets - Multithreading and the Concurrency Utilities - Servlet and JavaServer Pages - API documentation - Security - Application deployment This book covers Java SE 7 and was written with clarity and readability in mind.

Book Great Ideas in Computer Science with Java

Download or read book Great Ideas in Computer Science with Java written by Alan W. Biermann and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad yet deep presentation of the most important concepts in computer science, using the Java programming language for exercises.

Book Programming Scala

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dean Wampler
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2014-12-04
  • ISBN : 1491950153
  • Pages : 498 pages

Download or read book Programming Scala written by Dean Wampler and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get up to speed on Scala, the JVM language that offers all the benefits of a modern object model, functional programming, and an advanced type system. Packed with code examples, this comprehensive book shows you how to be productive with the language and ecosystem right away, and explains why Scala is ideal for today's highly scalable, data-centric applications that support concurrency and distribution. This second edition covers recent language features, with new chapters on pattern matching, comprehensions, and advanced functional programming. You’ll also learn about Scala’s command-line tools, third-party tools, libraries, and language-aware plugins for editors and IDEs. This book is ideal for beginning and advanced Scala developers alike. Program faster with Scala’s succinct and flexible syntax Dive into basic and advanced functional programming (FP) techniques Build killer big-data apps, using Scala’s functional combinators Use traits for mixin composition and pattern matching for data extraction Learn the sophisticated type system that combines FP and object-oriented programming concepts Explore Scala-specific concurrency tools, including Akka Understand how to develop rich domain-specific languages Learn good design techniques for building scalable and robust Scala applications

Book Advanced C

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gazihan Alankus
  • Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
  • Release : 2019-10-31
  • ISBN : 1838829369
  • Pages : 763 pages

Download or read book Advanced C written by Gazihan Alankus and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become an expert at C++ by learning all the key C++ concepts and working through interesting exercises Key FeaturesExplore C++ concepts through descriptive graphics and interactive exercisesLearn how to keep your development bug-free with testing and debuggingDiscover various techniques to optimize your codeBook Description C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages and is applied in a variety of domains, right from gaming to graphical user interface (GUI) programming and even operating systems. If you're looking to expand your career opportunities, mastering the advanced features of C++ is key. The book begins with advanced C++ concepts by helping you decipher the sophisticated C++ type system and understand how various stages of compilation convert source code to object code. You'll then learn how to recognize the tools that need to be used in order to control the flow of execution, capture data, and pass data around. By creating small models, you'll even discover how to use advanced lambdas and captures and express common API design patterns in C++. As you cover later chapters, you'll explore ways to optimize your code by learning about memory alignment, cache access, and the time a program takes to run. The concluding chapter will help you to maximize performance by understanding modern CPU branch prediction and how to make your code cache-friendly. By the end of this book, you'll have developed programming skills that will set you apart from other C++ programmers. What you will learnDelve into the anatomy and workflow of C++Study the pros and cons of different approaches to coding in C++Test, run, and debug your programsLink object files as a dynamic libraryUse templates, SFINAE, constexpr if expressions and variadic templatesApply best practice to resource managementWho this book is for If you have worked in C++ but want to learn how to make the most of this language, especially for large projects, this book is for you. A general understanding of programming and knowledge of using an editor to produce code files in project directories is a must. Some experience with strongly typed languages, such as C and C++, is also recommended.

Book Clojure for Data Science

Download or read book Clojure for Data Science written by Henry Garner and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistics, big data, and machine learning for Clojure programmers About This Book Write code using Clojure to harness the power of your data Discover the libraries and frameworks that will help you succeed A practical guide to understanding how the Clojure programming language can be used to derive insights from data Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at developers who are already productive in Clojure but who are overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of understanding required to be effective in the field of data science. Whether you're tasked with delivering a specific analytics project or simply suspect that you could be deriving more value from your data, this book will inspire you with the opportunities–and inform you of the risks–that exist in data of all shapes and sizes. What You Will Learn Perform hypothesis testing and understand feature selection and statistical significance to interpret your results with confidence Implement the core machine learning techniques of regression, classification, clustering and recommendation Understand the importance of the value of simple statistics and distributions in exploratory data analysis Scale algorithms to web-sized datasets efficiently using distributed programming models on Hadoop and Spark Apply suitable analytic approaches for text, graph, and time series data Interpret the terminology that you will encounter in technical papers Import libraries from other JVM languages such as Java and Scala Communicate your findings clearly and convincingly to nontechnical colleagues In Detail The term “data science” has been widely used to define this new profession that is expected to interpret vast datasets and translate them to improved decision-making and performance. Clojure is a powerful language that combines the interactivity of a scripting language with the speed of a compiled language. Together with its rich ecosystem of native libraries and an extremely simple and consistent functional approach to data manipulation, which maps closely to mathematical formula, it is an ideal, practical, and flexible language to meet a data scientist's diverse needs. Taking you on a journey from simple summary statistics to sophisticated machine learning algorithms, this book shows how the Clojure programming language can be used to derive insights from data. Data scientists often forge a novel path, and you'll see how to make use of Clojure's Java interoperability capabilities to access libraries such as Mahout and Mllib for which Clojure wrappers don't yet exist. Even seasoned Clojure developers will develop a deeper appreciation for their language's flexibility! You'll learn how to apply statistical thinking to your own data and use Clojure to explore, analyze, and visualize it in a technically and statistically robust way. You can also use Incanter for local data processing and ClojureScript to present interactive visualisations and understand how distributed platforms such as Hadoop sand Spark's MapReduce and GraphX's BSP solve the challenges of data analysis at scale, and how to explain algorithms using those programming models. Above all, by following the explanations in this book, you'll learn not just how to be effective using the current state-of-the-art methods in data science, but why such methods work so that you can continue to be productive as the field evolves into the future. Style and approach This is a practical guide to data science that teaches theory by example through the libraries and frameworks accessible from the Clojure programming language.

Book Scientific Essays In Honor Of H Pierre Noyes On The Occasion Of His 90th Birthday

Download or read book Scientific Essays In Honor Of H Pierre Noyes On The Occasion Of His 90th Birthday written by Louis H Kauffman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a Festschrift for the 90th birthday of the physicist Pierre Noyes. The book is a representative selection of papers on the topics that have been central to the meetings over the last three decades of ANPA, the Alternative Natural Philosophy Association. ANPA was founded by Pierre Noyes and his colleagues the philosopher-linguist-physicist Frederick Parker-Rhodes, the physicist Ted Bastin, and the mathematicians Clive Kilmister, John Amson.Many of the topics in the book center on the combinatorial hierarchy discovered by the originators of ANPA. Other topics explore geometrical, cosmological and biological aspects of those ideas, and foundational aspects related to discrete physics and emergent quantum mechanics.The book will be useful to readers interested in fundamental physics, and particularly to readers looking for new and important viewpoints in Science that contain the seeds of futurity.

Book Effective Haskell

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rebecca Skinner
  • Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 841 pages

Download or read book Effective Haskell written by Rebecca Skinner and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put the power of Haskell to work in your programs, learning from an engineer who uses Haskell daily to get practical work done efficiently. Leverage powerful features like Monad Transformers and Type Families to build useful applications. Realize the benefits of a pure functional language, like protecting your code from side effects. Manage concurrent processes fearlessly. Apply functional techniques to working with databases and building RESTful services. Don't get bogged down in theory, but learn to employ advanced programming concepts to solve real-world problems. Don't just learn the syntax, but dive deeply into Haskell as you build efficient, well-tested programs. Haskell is a pure functional programming language with a rich ecosystem of tools and libraries. Designed to push the boundaries of programming, it offers unparalleled power for building reliable and maintainable systems. But to unleash that power, you need a guide. Effective Haskell is that guide. Written by an engineer who understands how to apply Haskell to the real world and uses it daily to get practical work done, it is your ticket to Haskell mastery. Gain deep understanding of how Haskell deals with IO and the outside world by writing a complete Haskell application that does several different kinds of IO. Reinforce your learnings with practice exercises in every chapter. Write stable and performant code using Haskell's type system, code that is easier to grow and refactor. Leverage the power of pure functional programming to improve collaboration, make concurrency safe and easy, and make large code bases manageable. Implement type-safe web services, write generative tests, design strongly typed embedded domain-specific languages, and build applications that exploit parallelism and concurrency without fear of deadlocks and race conditions. Create and deploy cloud-native Haskell applications. Master the performance characteristics of functional applications to make them run faster and use less memory. Write Haskell programs that solve real-world business problems. What You Need: Intel based Mac, M1 Macs, Linux PC, or Windows with WSL2 ghcup (http://www. Haskell.org/ghcup/) An active internet connection will be required for some projects.

Book C  5 0 Unleashed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bart De Smet
  • Publisher : Sams Publishing
  • Release : 2013-04-17
  • ISBN : 0133391477
  • Pages : 3782 pages

Download or read book C 5 0 Unleashed written by Bart De Smet and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 3782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buy the print C# 5.0 Unleashed and get the eBook version for free! See inside the book for access code and details. C# 5.0 Unleashed is for anyone who wants to learn the C# programming language in depth, understanding how language features truly work. While giving you those insights, you learn where and how to use the features to design various kinds of software. This book not only teaches the language’s capabilities, it also looks behind the scenes to build a solid foundation to aid you in understanding the .NET platform as a whole. ¿ Bart De Smet offers exceptional insight into the features of both the language and Microsoft’s broader framework. He doesn’t just cover the “what” and “how” of effective C# programming: He explains the “why,” so you can consistently choose the right language and platform features, maximizing your efficiency and effectiveness. ¿ The early chapters introduce the .NET platform, the tooling ecosystem, and the C# programming language, followed by in-depth coverage of the C# programming language itself, with immediate application of language features. The last chapters give an overview of the .NET Framework libraries about which every good developer on the platform should know. Understand the .NET platform: its language support, libraries, tools, and more Learn where C# fits, how it has evolved, and where it’s headed Master essential language features including expressions, operators, types, objects, and methods Efficiently manage exceptions and resources Write more effective C# object-oriented code Make the most of generics, collections, delegates, reflection, and other advanced language features Use LINQ to express queries for any form of data Master dynamic programming techniques built on .NET’s Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) Work with namespaces, assemblies, and application domains Write more efficient code using threading, synchronization, and advanced parallel programming techniques Leverage the Base Class Library (BCL) to quickly perform many common tasks Instrument, diagnose, test, and troubleshoot your C# code Understand how to use the new C# 5.0 asynchronous programming features Leverage interoperability with Windows Runtime to build Windows 8 applications

Book Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking with Realistic Applications

Download or read book Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking with Realistic Applications written by Rudolf Eigenmann and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses rationales for creating and updating benchmarks, the use of benchmarks in academic research, benchmarking methodologies, the relation of SPEC benchmarks to other benchmarking activities, shortcomings of current benchmarks, and the need for further benchmarking efforts. Performance evaluation and benchmarking are of concern to all computer-related disciplines. A benchmark is a standard program or set of programs that can be run on different computers to give an accurate measure of their performance. This book covers a variety of aspects of computer performance evaluation, with a focus on Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) benchmarks. SPEC is a nonprofit organization whose members represent industry, academia, and other organizations. The book discusses rationales for creating and updating benchmarks, the use of benchmarks in academic research, benchmarking methodologies, the relation of SPEC benchmarks to other benchmarking activities, shortcomings of current benchmarks, and the need for further benchmarking efforts. Contributors Brian Armstrong, Frederica Darema, Edward S. Davidson, Sylvia Dieckmann, Jozo J. Dujmovic, Rudolf Eigenmann, J. Kelly Flanagan, Greg Gaertner, Jonathan Geisler, John Gustafson, Urs Hölzle, Shih-Hao Hung, Kathryn S. McKinley, Reinhard Riedl, Faisal Saied, Frank Sorenson, Mark Straka, Valerie Taylor, Olivier Temam, Rajat Todi, Reinhold Weicker