Helps you master the fundamental concepts of operating systems. This text brings you up to speed on core knowledge and skills, including: what operating systems are, what they do, and how they are designed and constructed; process, memory, and storage management; protection and security; distributed systems; and special-purpose systems.

Presents a catalog of simple solutions to commonly occurring design problems. These 23 patterns allow designers to create more reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. The authors begin by describing what patterns are, and how they can help you design object-oriented software.

'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.

An introduction to genetic algorithms, using research in the field to enable readers to implement and experiment with algorithms on their own. The book focuses on topics which include machine learning and artificial life and describes applications in dynamic systems, biology and ecology.

Presents basic programming concepts and techniques. This book focuses on the representation of information inside a computer, the structural relationships between data elements, and how to deal with them efficiently. It gives elementary applications to simulation, numerical methods, symbolic computing, software and system design.

A tutorial to LISP, full of examples that explains the essential concepts of Lisp programming, plus an up-to-date summary of ANSI Common Lisp, listing the various operators in the language. This book highlights Lisp features such as automatic memory management, manifest typing, and closures.