Soft Computing admits approximate reasoning, imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth in order to mimic aspects of the remarkable human capability of making decisions in real-life and ambiguous environments. "Soft Computing in Industrial Applications" contains a collection of papers that were presented at the 11th On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, held in September-October 2006. This carefully edited book provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the industrial applications of soft computing and covers a wide range of application areas, including data analysis and data mining, computer graphics, intelligent control, systems, pattern recognition, classifiers, as well as modeling optimization. The book is aimed at researchers and practitioners who are engaged in developing and applying intelligent systems principles to solving real-world problems. It is also suitable as wider reading for science and engineering postgraduate students.

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009/by James P.E. Wedding (Author), Dana Probert (Author).If you already possess some background in Civil 3D but want to broaden your understanding of this popular civil engineering software, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 will provide you with detailed coverage of advanced topics like surveying, LandXML and LDT Project Transfer, cross-sections, pipe networks, visualization, project management, and data shortcuts.

MS PowerPoint 2007 - Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks includes 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with PowerPoint. The easy-to-use layout lets you work through all the tasks from beginning to end or jump in at random.
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Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks, Second Edition, includes 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach time-saving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with digital photography. The easy-to-use layout lets you work through all the tasks from beginning to end or jump in at random.
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Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks includes 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Photoshop CS3. The easy-to-use layout lets you work through all the tasks from beginning to end or jump in at random. Who is this book for? You already know Photoshop basics. Now you would like to go beyond, with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you.

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A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from integration to execution and automation. This important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental developments in testing theory and common testing practices.

This book contains a selection of the best papers given at the Advanced Computer Systems Conference in October 2006 in Poland. The book is partitioned into four topical areas: The Artificial Intelligence section includes papers on Humatronics, Fuzzy Logic, Robotics, Cell, Genetic and Probabilistic Algorithms, Incomplete Data and Similarity Relations, and Fast Neural Networks. The Computer Security and Safety section covers a wide range of issues, from Error Detection in Block Ciphers to Visual Cryptography Methods.

The purpose of this book is to address the challenging problem of Autonomous Navigation in Dynamic Environments, and to present new ideas and approaches in this newly emerging technical domain. The book surveys the state-of-the-art, discusses in detail various related challenging technical aspects, and addresses upcoming technologies in this field. The aim of the book is to establish a foundation for a broad class of mobile robot mapping and navigation methodologies for indoor, outdoor, and exploratory missions.

This book presents the proceedings of the first IFIP WG 6.8 conference on Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks held in Albacete, Spain. The papers selected to be included in this volume illustrate the state-of-the-art and current trends in the area of wireless sensor and actor networks. The comprehensive program was organized into eight topics: