book has multiple authorship the first 12 chapters form a complete text which provides a unified description of the subject statable for an advanced undergraduate or postgraduate course Examples are provided of the solution of actual design problems which exploit the methods described m the more theoretical sectmns The final part of the book consists of special applicatmns of the theory and techniques described m the first part together with an outline of the use of geometric programming Much of the work presented m these later chapters represents current research and provides aspects of the subject which could be used by new workers wishing to start their own hnes of research
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture, Second Revised Edition C B Besant Elhs Horwood Ltd, Chlchester, November 1982, 250pp, $42.00/21 00, ISBN 085312 452 3 Cohn Besant's concise and tughly successful survey of computer-aided design and manufacture, has now been considerably rewsed and extended There are several important new chapters In addltmn to updating and modification of existing ones The author motivates the reader through the successxve stages of synthesxs and evaluation data into the computing, draughting and production of flmshed engmeermg desxgns He shows how a complete program can be written to present the complex of essential engmeenng data into one compact package tmportant reformation is included on costing calculations, vanatmns in desxgn (so as to avoid architectural monotony), differing perspectives m three dlmensxons, elevatmns and cross sectmn, and phymcal data (e g temperatures, dimensions, expansion and mechanical and physical properties)
Writing Efficient Programs Jon Louts Bentley Prentice-Hall International, £12.75, ISBN 13-970244-X
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Finite Elements in Fluids, Vol. 4 R H Gallagher, D H Norrte, J T. Oden and O. C ZtenkleWlCZ (Eds) John Wiley, October 1982, $70.40/£32.00, 608 pp, ISBN 0471 10178 8
Generalised Methods of V~ration Analysis R. J Harker John Wiley, November 1982, 450 pp, $46.50/£27.50, ISBN 0471 867357
Variational Principles and Free Boundary Problems ,4. Frtedman John Wiley, Chlchester, December 1982, 600 pp, $56.55/ £33.15, ISBN 0471 868493
The Finite Element Method for Engineers, 2nd Ed. K H Huebner and E. A. Thornton John Wiley, Ctuchester, January 1983, 576pp, $51 20/ £30.00, ISBN 0471 09159 6
Digital Systems with Algorithm Implementation M Davto, J.-P. Deschamps and A. Thayse John Wiley & Sons, Chachester, January 1982, Softback £14.95,500 pp approx ISBN 0 471104140
Critical Issues in Software W. L Frank John Wiley, Cinchester, March 1983, 352pp, $33.25/ £20 75, ISBN 0471 87293 8 Advances in CAD/CAM Proceedings of the 5th International IFIP/IFAC Conference on Programming Research and Operations Logistics m Advanced Manufacturing Technology, PROLOMAT 82, Lenmgrad, USSR, 16-18 May, 1982 T M R Elhs (Ed.) North-Holland Publishing Company, 1983, 720 pp, $76.50 (USA and Canada), Dfl. 180.00 (res of World), ISBN 0-444-86549-7 Autofact IV Proceedings of the Autofact 4 conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing and the Automated Factory, Pluladelphm, PA, 29 November-2 December 1982 North-Holland Elsevier Science Pubhshmg Co. Inc. 1983, 688 pp, $60 00 (USA and Canada), Dfl. 225.00 (rest of World), ISBN 0-87263-093-5
Principles of Concurrent Programming
Surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design
M Ben-Art Prentice-Hall International, Herts, October 1982, 192pp, , £8.95/$17.95, ISBN 13-701078-8
Proceedings of a Conference held at the Mathematlsches Forschungsmstltut Oberwolfach, F.R.G., 25-30 April 1982 Robert E Barnhtll and Wolfgang Boehm (Eds) North-Holland Publishmg Company, 1983, 216 pp, $46 75 (USA and Canada), Dfl 110.00 (rest of World), ISBN 0444-86550-0
Programming Embedded Systems with ADA Downes and Goldsack Softback, November 1982, Prenhce-Hall, 377 pp, £10.95, ISBN 13-730010-7 Brave New World? Living with Information Technology Rank Xerox, 1982, 174 pp, ISBN 0 356 09178 3
Mathematical Modelling of Water Quality Streams, Lakes and Reservoirs G T Orlob (Ed.) John Wiley, November 1982, 594 pp, $56.10/25.50, ISBN 0471 100315
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The Unix TM Operating System K Chrtsttan John Wiley, Chlchester, March 1983, 400pp, $26.55/ £16.55, ISBN 0471 87542 2
Directory of Training 1983 Hardback, 608 pp, £40 00, ISBN 0 9507655 4 6
Virtual Work in Structual Analysis G. A 0 Davtes John Wiley, C/uchester, 325 pp, £9 95, ISBN 0 471 10113 3