New Books

Raymond Yeung

Data Communications for Engineers,

by Michael Duck, Peter Bishop, and Richard Read. Addison-Wesley, 1995, 400 pages, ISBN 0-201-42788-5.
Contents:
Introduction; OSI - 7 Layer odel; Source Coding and Information Theory; Error Control; Line Codes; Link Management; Modems; Packet Switched Systems; Local Area Networks; ISDNl Broad Band Networks; Network Management Systems; Appendix - Queueing.

Wireless Personal Communication: The Future of Talk,

by Ron Schneiderman. IEEE, 1994, 208 pages, $29.94 (IEEE Member Price), $35.94 (List Price), ISBN 0-7803-1010-1.
Contents:
An Overview of Markets, Products, and Services; Cellular-Sizzling Sales, Hot New Products; Personal Communications Services; Mobile Satellite Services; WLANs ad WPAXs; International Cellular/PCS Markets; Paging/Wireless Messaging; The Mobile Computer Market; Unhealthy Publicity for Cellular Phones; Future Talk-An Update; Glossary of Wireless Terms and Acronyms; Index.

Interconnection Networks for High Performance Parallel Computers,

Edited by Issac D. Scherson and Abdou S. Youssef. IEEE, 1994, 816 pages, $61.20 (IEEE Member Price), $81.60 (List Price), ISBN 0-8186-6197-6.
Contents:
Introduction; Foundations; Topologies; Permutation Routing; Nonuniform Routing; Deadlock-Free Routing and Multicasting; Performance Evaluation; Mapping and Embedding; Partitioning; Fault Tolerance; Fault Diagnosis.

Scheduling and Load Balancing in Parallel and Distributed Systems,

Edited by Behrooz A. Shirazi, Ali R. Hurson, and Krishna M. Kavi. IEEE, 1995, 448 pages, $43.20 (IEEE Member Price), $57.60 (List Price), ISBN 0-8186-6587-4.
Contents:
Introduction; Static Scheduling; Task Granularity and Partitioning; Scheduling Tools; Load Balancing; Mechanisms for Tasking Migration; Load Indices.

Practical Parallel Computing,

by H. Stephen Morse. IEEE, 1994, 424 pages, $45.54 (IEEE Member Price), $47.94 (List Price), ISBN 0-12-508160-X.
Contents:
The Status and Future of Massively Parallel Processing; An Introduction to Hardware Architectures; Shared Memory Parallel Language Constructs; Message Passing; SIMD and Array-Based Languages; Linda; Development Environment for Parallel Software; Operating System Issues; Benchmark and Developing Parallel Applications.

Information Security --- An Integrated Collection of Essays,

Edited by Marshall D. Abrams, Harold J. Podell, and Sushil Japodia. IEEE, 1995, 768 pages, $52.80 (IEEE Member Price), $69.60 (List Price), ISBN 0-8186-3662-9.
Contents:
Introduction; Motivation; Understanding and Working Security Issues; Database Security; Reference; Glossary; Index.

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C,

by Bruce Schneier. IEEE, 1994, 640 pages, $51.54 (IEEE Member Price), $53.94 (List Price), ISBN 0-471-59756-2.
Contents:
Preface; Foundations; Cryptographic Algorithms; The Real World; Source Code; References; Index.

Network and Internetwork Security: Principles and Practice,

by William Stallings. IEEE, 1995, 480 pages, $60 (IEEE Member Price), $71.94 (List Price), ISBN 0-02-415483-0.
Contents:
Overview; Conventional Encryption; Confidentiality Using Conventional Encryption; Public-Key Cryptology; Authentication and Digital Signatures; Intruders, Viruses, and Worms; Cryptographic Algorithms; Authentication and Key Exchange; Electronic Mail Security; Network Management Security.

Realization Probabilities --- The Dynamics of Queueing Systems,

by X.-R. Cao. Springer, 1994, 324 pages, DM 105, ISBN 3-540-19872-5.
Contents:
Mathematical Background; Realization Probabilities in Closed Jackson Networks; Realization Factors in State-Dependent Networks; Systems with General Distributions; Multiclass Networks and Networks with Blocking; Sensitivity Analysis of Generalized Semi-Markov Processes; Operational Sensitivity Analysis; Explicit Formulas, Algorithms, and Applications to Optimization.

The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog,

by Ed Krol. IEEE, 1994, 450 pages, $27.54 (IEEE Member Price), $29.94 (List Price), ISBN 1-56592-063-5.

Comprehensive Networking Glossary and Acronym Guide,

by Gary Scott Malkin. IEEE, 1994, 208 pages, $21.60 (IEEE Member Price), $28.80 (List Price), ISBN 1-884777-02-3.

CDMA,

by Andrew Viterbi. Addison-Wesley, 1995, 256 pages, ISBN 0-201-63374-4.

An Introduction to Signal Detection and Estimation, 2nd ed.,

by H. V. Poor. Springer, 1994, 550 pages., DM 124, ISBN 3-540-94173-8.

Computer Networks and Systems --- Queueing Theory and Performance Evaluation, 2nd ed.,

by T. G. Robertazzi. Springer, 1994, 380 pages., DM 98, ISBN 3-540-94170-3.

Lectures on Discrete Time Filtering,

Edited by C. S. Burrus. Springer, 1994, 175 pages., DM 98, ISBN 3-540-94198-3.

The DFT --- An Owner's Manual for the Discrete Fourier Transform,

by William L. Briggs and Van Emden Henson. SIAM, 1995, 425 pages, $37.50.

Stationary Marked Point Processes: An Intuitive Approach,

by Karl Sigman. Chapman & Hall, 1994, 196 pages, $44.95, ISBN 0-412-98431-8.