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OPM is an Excellent Methodology
I have used many methodologies over my career. Most of them are based around the object-oriented and structured design paradigms. I found out about OPM quite by accident about a year ago. I've been using it ever since. I have used it to model both hardware and software systems, as well as for business process modeling. It is an excellent methodology and I recommend it for anyone developing any kind of system.
The way modeling ought to work
OPM is a methodology for modeling systems, technical as well as any other system. In the techical world it compares with UML. OPM is designed with consistant and simple notations, uses simple rules that when combined can be used to model any system (real or informational) to any level of complexity that is desired by the system architect. Also, it integrates object modeling and process modeling in one diagram (although you can still keep them separate if you wanted). Object-Process Methodology (OPM)
This book describes how Object-Process Methodology (OPM) CASE can be used as a tool for generating complete system intent specifications by graphical object diagrams, precise semantic and syntactic language, and intuitive symbols, definitions and structures. As systems have become more complex, a prevalent problem in systems development has been the number of accruing errors. These errors can cause catastrophic failure in the worst-case in addition to intolerable schedule delays and cost overruns. Introducing errors as well as difficulty finding and successfully correcting them occurs because of the lack of proper analysis and design tools for complex system specifications. OPM has the attributes to mitigate against the possibility of system failure, providing comprehensive visibility for better schedule and cost control in product development. It enhances reuse of system modules, processes and software routines in different contexts, while reducing the chance of errors. OPM automatically generates intent specifications that are readily understood by both customers and product team members and are translatable to machine control subsystems. OPM is a holistic systems paradigm that extends the Object-Oriented (OO) paradigm and overcomes its major shortcomings by integrating system structure and behavior in a single integrated graphic and natural language model. OPM successfully tackles the task of development and lifecycle management of systems, products and projects. OPM is a significant extension of and a major departure from the OO approach. It incorporates the system static-structural and dynamic-procedural aspects into a single, unified model. Presented as a concise visual formalism by a set of Object-Process Diagrams (OPD set), it is automatically translated into a set of Object-Process Language (OPL) script, a subset of natural English. At the basis of the OPM philosophy is the observation that to faithfully and naturally analyze and design systems in any domain, processes, like objects, should be considered as stand-alone "things" (entities) that are not necessarily encapsulated within objects. This detachment and de-coupling of processes from objects emphasizes the duality and complementarity of objects and processes, and opens the door for structure-behavior unification. At any point in time, objects exist with some structure and state. This is the static aspect of the system. Processes affect objects by changing their states. This is the dynamic aspect of the system. System complexity is managed through a number of graphical scaling options: zooming into and out of processes, unfolding and folding objects, and expressing or suppressing object states. These mechanisms provide for selectively detailing a subset of things while still maintaining the high-level context of the details.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - Languages / Programming    4. Industrial Technology    5. Interactive & Multimedia    6. Object-Oriented Programming    7. Object-oriented methods (Compu    8. Object-oriented methods (Computer science)    9. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    10. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    11. Systems Engineering    12. Computers / Programming / Software Development    13. Information systems engineering    14. Informationssystem-Entwicklung    15. Knowledge representation    16. Object-oriented development    17. Object-oriented programming (OOP)    18. Objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung    19. Software engineering    20. System analysis    21. Systemanalyse    22. Systemmodellierung    23. Systems modeling    24. Wissensrepräsentation   

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Great up to date title.
This book is one of the most up to date titles on Multimedia Systems I have got in touch with. Well worth it to acquire. As an example it mentions H263, H263+, H263++, H26L, MPEG7, MPEG21...Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - General Information    2. Computers - General Information    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Interactive & Multimedia    5. Microcomputer Networks    6. Multi-Media Hardware & Software    7. Multimedia systems    8. Networking - General    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Telecommunication systems    12. Computer Communications & Networking    13. Multimedia    14. Technology / Telecommunications   

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CD and DVD Recording for Dummies
IT WAS A GOOD INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE GENERAL AREA OF CD AND DVD RECORDING.

How Not to Deal with Controversy
True, there are many controversies raging about copying DVDs and copyrights. I suspect we are in a transition zone with all this and "the industry" will figure out how to help people love and cherish their DVDs rather than simply calling everyone a pirate. Having said that, I can also understand why an author of such a book wouldn't want to "say too much" about this controversy, especially if he his looking over his shoulder at "the lawyers." I was trying to think of an analogy to express my disapointment in this book (and this isn't a good one) but it goes like this: You want to go to Israel and you buy a book on "Israel for Dummies" and you search for something, anything on the controversy of the wall they are building. But instead of finding a discussion of the controversy you find a few off-handed quips about "There's a wall going up and it's causing some controversy. 'Nuff said."
CD and DVD Recording for Dummies
I purchased the book in order to help with a presentation I was doing to my not so computer literate co-workers.I found the book helpful in assisting me to put certain focal items in lay person's terms, and some additional information to help keep my presentation interesting.I am glad I purchased it.Warning, if you are a computer guru, stay clear, not for the advanced at heart. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Acoustics & Sound    2. CD-Rs    3. Computer Bks - Desktop Publishing    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computer storage devices    6. Computers - Desktop Publishing    7. DVD-ROMs    8. Information Storage & Retrieval    9. Interactive & Multimedia    10. Recording and reproducing    11. Sound    12. Sound Systems Engineering    13. Technology    14. Telecommunications    15. Television & Video    16. Videodiscs    17. Computers / Peripherals    18. Electronics & Communications Engineering    19. Multimedia   

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Great book !
There are several books on Content Management Systems (CMS). But there are only very few books on the market covering the topic of Digital asset management (DAM). Three books stands out:
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Library & Information Science    4. Management - General    5. Networking - General    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Telecommunications    8. Electronics & Communications Engineering    9. Multimedia    10. Technology / Telecommunications   

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An Excellent Collection ofFascinating Contributors
Reading this collection of articles gave me a better understanding of the people and ideas that helped shape computer-based communication. The contributors are for the most part well chosen; a few that I might well have done without, I must admit -- but far more excellent choices than "questionable" ones. The organization of the book is interesting as well. I was reminded of the magazine "Mondo 2000" that I subscribed to in the early '90's (multimedia/geek chic).

The book is a must read; the web site is a must see!
This book is a must read for anyone interested in modern art and culture, and where its going.The companion web site on www.artmuseum.net is a brilliant compliment to the book, with 50 video clips, rare photos and other treats.Finally, a publishing project that "gets it" how to use the web + printed book in a way where the sum is greater than the parts.Its amazing to see how long artists and scientists have been working (alone, and in some cases together) towards this goal.Prehaps the following decade will witness a true "waking up" by the mass culture to this new syntax, new reading-practice, of multi-media hyper-texted information.This book may mark a point in time where we started acknowledging the depth and extent of our post-Guttenburg world. Bravo to Randall Packer and Ken Jordon for pulling this project off. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computers - General Information    3. Engineering - General    4. General    5. Interactive & Multimedia    6. Multimedia (Art)    7. Multimedia systems    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    11. History of science    12. Popular science   

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One step forward....three steps back
Normally I hope that a reference book will teach me everything I want to know about the subject matter.Sometimes I'm am pleased if I come away with a handful of new tips and insights.On some occasions I find I have wasted my time and money on a book that failed to teach me anything.Really, however, have I bought a book that actually leaves me STUPIDER after completing it.
Great book, but too many errors
I'm a teacher learning to create learning software for high schoolers.I bought this book in 2002 to learn AW6.It's been a great resource that has made me a proficient user.However, I'm disappointed that the files for chapter 16 were missing from the CD which are the meat and potatoes of the program.That alone cost it 2 stars.Along with other errors people have mentioned.To the publisher, stop being sloppy, lazy and cheap. CLEAN UP YOUR EDITING!!!

Wilson/Thornton Authorware 6 Text FULL of Mistakes!
I am a new user of Authorware 6 and am using this text for a college-level course.Despite my novice status as an Authorware user and developer, I have 20+ years in using computers, programming, and developing computer projects; thus, I am no notive when it comes to computers.This text is RIDDLED with mistakes, some small and foolish, others major and appalling.(My favorite laughable one was "Ctrl + Shirt + R" found on page 537 rather than "Ctrl + Shift + R"!!Even a novice editor should have caught that one, so it gives you a good idea as to the overall quality of the editing.)Typographical errors appear throughout the text, particularly the later chapters; some files on the companion disc have different names from those in the text while other files aren't available, buttons or graphics that should be available are not, and the list goes on and on.For example, Step 10a found on page 503 has at least two errors: (1) ":=True" should be "=True" and (2) "ButtonBackup" should be "ButtonForward".If you use error (1) you receive a warning message that your expression is incorrect, and if you use error (2) your navigation will not work as it should.Perhaps most annoying, the book takes a step-by-step approach that guides the user through the development process, which is a great idea.HOWEVER, steps are occasionally omitted or a sentence is missing that makes you think you have done something wrong---until you retrace your steps (another waste of your time) and realize the book has neglected to mention something. Using this text to learn Authorware has been a frustrating, frustrating experience, a waste of many hours of my time, and has made me think seriously about wanting to develop software using Authorware.Having only recently purchased this text in January 2004 (text was copyrighted in 2002), the publisher should be ashamed not to have yet published a newer edition of this text to correct many of these errors.Grrr! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Graphics - General    2. Computers - Languages / Programming    3. Engineering - General    4. Information Technology    5. Macromedia Authorware    6. Management Information Systems    7. Multimedia systems    8. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Art / Graphic Arts    12. Multimedia   

Subjects:  1. Computer Science    2. Computers    3. Data Transmission Systems - General    4. Digital Image Processing    5. Digital techniques    6. Image processing    7. Information Technology    8. Information storage and retrie    9. Information storage and retrieval systems    10. Interactive & Multimedia    11. Multi-Media Hardware & Software    12. Multimedia systems    13. Science/Mathematics    14. Technology & Industrial Arts    15. Telecommunications    16. Computers / Information Technology    17. Engineering    18. Multimedia   

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covers all the major ideas in DRM
With the ever increasing pervasiveness of the Internet, and greater storage on personal computers, the issue of protecting copyrighted material like songs and movies is a front burner. The editors have compiled a collection of papers that describe the state of the art in 2006 of Digital Rights Management.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer security    3. Computers    4. Computers - Computer Security    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Information Technology    7. Intellectual property    8. Interactive & Multimedia    9. Internet - Security    10. Multimedia systems    11. Security - General    12. Security measures    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Data security & data encryption    15. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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brings you up to speed
Weinstein tackles the use of the Internet for distributing multimedia data. Its global reach, that is becoming ever more extensive and cheaper, makes it a compelling distribution channel for multimedia. He shows how this is practical. Starting with the ground level Internet Protocol, with such abilities as stateless (though potentially lossy) communication via UDP, and for modes like broadcast and multicast, that can minimise bandwidth usage.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Internet General    2. Computers    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Information Theory    5. Internet    6. Internet - General    7. Multimedia systems    8. Networking - General    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computer security    3. Computers    4. Computers - Data Base Management    5. Data encryption (Computer scie    6. Data encryption (Computer science)    7. Database Engineering    8. Database Management - General    9. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    10. Information Theory    11. Interactive & Multimedia    12. Multi-Media Hardware & Software    13. Multimedia    14. Multimedia systems    15. Networking - General    16. Computers / Information Theory    17. Data security & data encryption   

Editorial Review

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Bring the world into your living room!
Calling this book "The Little Web Cam Book" is a bit of a misnomer. The book is huge, totaling 356 pages including the index. It is crammed full of useful information, lists of webcam sites, and places where one can download everything you need except a camera. An Excellent Introduction to Webcamming!
One of the most popular Internet activities to make a splash on our screens recently has been that of "webcamming." Just about anyone can now set up a suitable camera, including a video camera, and publishnearly real-time audio and video clips online for a variety of purposes forprofit, fun, and pleasure. Elisabeth Parker has written The Little Web CamBook to give members of the online community some real insight into howthey can make creative use of this latest Web craze. A model of what a teach yourself computer book should be
If you want to get going with videoconferencing over Internet, and millions of people will in the next couple of years, this is the book to start with. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - General Information    2. Computer Books: Internet General    3. Computer Networks    4. Computer graphics    5. Computers    6. Computers - General Information    7. Digital cameras    8. Digital video    9. Hardware - Peripherals    10. Interactive & Multimedia    11. Internet - General    12. Microcomputer Communication Software    13. Multimedia systems    14. Networking - General    15. World Wide Web    16. Computers / Computer Engineering   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer Science    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Information Storage & Retrieval    6. Information Technology    7. Computers / Information Technology    8. Multimedia    9. Web engineering    10. adaptive Web systems    11. adaptive hypermedia    12. adaptive services    13. contextualization    14. e-learning    15. hypertext    16. intelligent information agents    17. intelligent tutoring systems    18. knowledge engineering    19. personalization    20. semantic Web technologies   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - Communications / Networking    4. Digital Electronics    5. Digital media    6. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    7. Information Technology    8. Interactive & Multimedia    9. Multi-Media Hardware & Software    10. Multimedia systems    11. Networking - General    12. 3D graphics    13. Computer graphics software    14. Computers / Information Technology    15. Electronic publishing: techniques    16. Human-computer interaction    17. Impact of computing & IT on society    18. Media studies    19. Virtual Environments   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - General Information    4. Database Engineering    5. Database Management - General    6. Database management    7. General    8. Indexing    9. Indexing And Abstracting    10. Information Storage & Retrieval    11. Information Technology    12. Multimedia    13. Multimedia systems    14. B-Trees    15. Computers / Information Storage & Retrieval    16. Data Mining    17. Data capture & analysis    18. Database Querying    19. Databases & data structures    20. High-Dimensional Indexes    21. High-Dimensional Indexing    22. Indexing Methods    23. Information Retrieval    24. KNN Queries    25. Range Queries    26. Searching    27. Similarity Searches    28. Window Queries   

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Might be good for a newbie to PC's.
I have held off getting involved in the Home Theater (HT) scene for some time, waiting for prices and standards to settle down - and good thing I did!Yesterday's 'standards' are obsolete, and there are several generations of orphan A/V equipment out there that now don't talk to each other well (or at all).However, things are now starting to settle down, and I'm getting interested.Since I'm a computer geek, I'm also interested in doing HT with a PC (HTPC).So I bought this book, but I'm not very impressed.It might be good for a complete computer newbie, but I know what a sound card is.I know what a video card is.I didn't need this level of hand-holding.In fact, there is nothing in this book that I didn't already know.If you know what "Linux" is; if you have ever formatted a hard drive; if you know what the different flavors of recordable DVD are, you don't need this book and it will just offend you.I've never written an Amazon review before, despite being a long-time customer; but this book stinks on ice.

Consistently pessimal in every respect
This book was presented to me by my sister in the hope that I would build her such a system. After reading it, I came to the conclusion that not only would I not build such a system, but that no knowledgeable person would either. I can't conceive of any reason behind any of the choices he makes other than perhaps get some freebie hardware from the vendors he plugs in this book. I highly recommend it.
If you're thinking it's time for a new PC, but have never actually built one yourself, this book is for you.Read more

Subjects:  1. Acoustics & Sound    2. Amateurs' manuals    3. Computer Bks - General Information    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers - General Information    6. Digital Audio Technology    7. Electronic apparatus and appliances    8. Handbooks, manuals, etc    9. Hardware - Personal Computers - General    10. Hardware - Personal Computers - PCs    11. Home entertainment systems    12. Interactive & Multimedia    13. Microcomputers    14. Technology    15. Television & Video    16. Television Engineering    17. Applications of Computing    18. DIY    19. Multimedia    20. PCs (IBM-compatible personal computers)    21. Television technology   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. General    3. Information Technology    4. Management    5. Multimedia communications    6. Networking - General    7. Quality control    8. Radio frequency allocation    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Telecommunications    13. Wireless communication systems    14. Communications engineering / telecommunications    15. Computer Communications & Networking    16. Computers / Information Technology    17. Multimedia   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Computer - Internet    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computer science    6. Computers    7. Information Technology    8. Internet - General    9. Programming - Software Development    10. Soft computing    11. Software Design    12. Bildverarbeitung    13. Bioinformatics    14. Bioinformatik    15. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    16. Computers / Internet / General    17. Computers-Artificial Intelligence - General    18. Computers-Information Technology    19. Genetic Engineering    20. Gentechnik    21. Image Technology    22. Intelligent Information Systems    23. Intelligente Informationssysteme    24. Internet languages    25. Multimedia    26. Neural networks    27. Speech Technology    28. Sprachtechnologie    29. WWW   

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Insightful discussion of human performance in complex systems
Dr. Hollnagel's book provides an excellent background and introduction to the challenges facing designers and operators of complex systems who wish to account for human performance.He provides a thoughtful discussion of cognitive and organizational mechanisms that influence human behavior and provides a practical and throrough guide to understanding and assessing the implications of system design on human performance.This book will be a valuable reference and source of knowledge for system developers and maintainers of complex systems and technologies. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cognition    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. Computers - General Information    4. Engineering - General    5. Environmental Engineering & Technology    6. Errors    7. Human-machine systems    8. Industrial Health & Safety    9. Interactive & Multimedia    10. Man-Machine Systems    11. Reliability (Engineering)    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Technology    14. Human-computer interaction    15. Reliability engineering    16. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computers    3. Computers - General Information    4. Database Engineering    5. Database Management - General    6. Hypertext systems    7. Information Storage & Retrieval    8. Information Storage And Retrieval    9. Information Technology    10. Networking - General    11. World Wide Web    12. Computers / Information Technology    13. High level programming languages    14. World Wide Web (WWW)    15. hypermedia    16. hypyertext    17. information agents    18. multimedia   

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - General Information    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Database management    6. Digital media    7. Information Storage & Retrieval    8. Information resources management    9. Interactive & Multimedia    10. Management    11. Telecommunications    12. Communications engineering / telecommunications    13. Computers / Interactive Media