Database tuning is the activity of making a database application run more quickly. Tuning is difficult because it requires global knowledge of an information system, from the hardware to the operating system to the query language to the application. This is the first book to deal with tuning object-oriented database systems in a serious way. Aiming to impart a broad knowledge of applications and of computer systems, the book's practical advice helps to decide whether to change the way to construct applications, the parameters of database systems, the configuration of operating systems, the resources that hardware offers, or perhaps even replace entire components to boost a database performance.

Database Tuning: A Principled Approach

Computers & Technology

Shasha, Dennis Elliott

Networking & Cloud Computing

PRENTICE/HALL

Finding patterns in biomolecular data, particularly in DNA and RNA, is at the center of modern biological research. These data are complex and growing rapidly, so the search for patterns requires increasingly sophisticated computer methods. Pattern Discovery in Biomolecular Data provides a clear, up-to-date summary of the principal techniques. Each chapter is self-contained, and the techniques are drawn from many fields, including graph theory, information theory, statistics, genetic algorithms, computer visualization, and vision. Since pattern searches often benefit from multiple approaches, the book presents methods in their purest form so that readers can best choose the method or combination that fits their needs. The chapters focus on finding patterns in DNA, RNA, and protein sequences, finding patterns in 2D and 3D structures, and choosing system components. This volume will be invaluable for all workers in genomics and genetic analysis, and others whose research requires biocomputing.

Pattern Discovery in Biomolecular Data: Tools, Techniques, and Applications

Wang, Jason T. L.

Shapiro, Bruce A.

Computer Science

Oxford University Press

Doctor Ecco's Cyberpuzzles

A collection of thirty-six baffling cases allows the reader to join mathematical sleuth Dr. Ecco in solving these baffling cases, which are organized around eight major mathematical themes, with the help of one's mathematical and computer skills. 22,500 first printing.

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Dr. Ecco is a mathematical detective and puzzle solver. In this book readers are invited to join him in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics, including The Tower of Lego, the Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, Gossiping Defenders, Code Breaking, and many more.

The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco

Science & Math

Mathematics

W.H.Freeman & Company

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