Architecture

Management / Business for Professionals




Information Systems Outsourcing

Enduring Themes, Global Challenges, and Process Opportunities

Third Edition

	EDITORS:	Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Armin Heinzl, University of Mannheim, Germany and Jens Dibbern, University of Mannheim, Germany
	ISBN-13:	978-3-540-88850-5 (Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-34875-7)
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 680 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	$159.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	March 2009

The notion of outsourcing – making arrangements with an external entity for the provision of goods or services to supplement or replace internal efforts – has been around for centuries. The outsourcing of information systems (IS) is however a much newer concept but one which has been growing dramatically. This book attempts to synthesize what is known about IS outsourcing by dividing the subject in three interrelated parts: (1) Traditional Information Technology Outsourcing, (2) Information Technolgy Offshoring, and (3) Business Process Outsourcing.

SELLING POINTS:

Excellent collection of high-quality articles on information systems outsourcing Examples of successful outsourcing in organizations through empirical surveys and case studies New insights into hot topics such as information technology offshoring, business process outsourcing, applications service providing, web services

MARKET:

Scientists and practitioners interested in information systems outsourcing

SUBJECTS:

Information Systems; Management/Business for Professionals; Organization/Planning

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Management / Business for Professionals

RELATED TITLES:

Amberg, IT-Offshoring (978-3-7908-1732-4, 2006, $105) Kobayashi-Hillary, Outsourcing to India (978-3-540-23943-7, 2005, $69.95)

COMPETITION:

Lacity, Global Information Technology Outsourcing (Wiley, 0471899593, 2001, $105.00) Carmel, Offshoring Information Technology: Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce (Cambridge University Press, 0521843553, 2006, $68.00)

Materials Science




Applied Plasticity

Second Edition

	AUTHOR:	Jagabandhu Chakrabarty, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
	ISBN-13:	978-0-387-77673-6 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-98812-2)
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 650 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $99.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	April 2009

Intended for graduate students in mechanical, civil, or structural engineering, or in applied mechanics, this text covers advanced topics in plasticity that have thus far been accessible only in review articles widely scattered through the literature. Practicing engineers will thus also find it a useful reference. This new edition will be completely updated beginning with the fundamentals of the mathematical theory of plasticity, presented in sufficient detail to make the text self- sufficient. The discussion then turns to the theory of plastic stress and its applications to structural analysis and sheet metal forming. This is followed by treatments of axially symmetrical systems and some three-dimensional problems; of the plastic behavior of plates and shells, discussed mainly from the point of view of limit analysis; and of the plasticity of metals with fully developed orthotropic anisotropy and the plastic behavior of anisotropic sheets. The generalized tangent-modulus theory of buckling in the plastic range for columns, plates and shells is treated from the point of view of the bifurcation phenomenon.

SELLING POINTS:

Covers advanced topics in plasticity Includes a new chapter on the Finite Element Method Includes updates throughout based on recent research and developments Includes a new section on the yield line theory for the plastic collapse of plates Includes new homework problems within the book and separate solutions manual

MARKET:

Graduate students, mechanical engineers, materials scientists

SUBJECTS:

Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Mechanical Engineering

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Materials Science

RELATED TITLES:

Massonnet / Olszak, Plasticity in Structural Engineering, Fundamentals Andapplic (978-3-211-81350-8, 1980, $49.95) Chakrabarty, Applied Plasticity (978-0-387-98812-2, 2000, $145)

COMPETITION:

Yu, Plastic Bending: Theory & Applications. (World Scientific, 981-02-2267-X, 1996, $128.00) Kaliszky, Plasticity, Theory & Engineering Applications (Elsevier, 0444988912, 1989, $270) Sobotka, Theory of Plasticity & Limit Design of Plates (Elsevier, 0-444-98907-2, 1989, $228.25)

Materials Science




Solid-State Physics

An Introduction to Principles of Materials Science

Fourth Edition

	AUTHORS:	Harald Ibach, RWTH Aachen, Germany and Hans Lüth, RWTH Aachen, Germany
	ISBN-13:	978-3-540-93803-3 (Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-43870-0)
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 500 p., 286 illus., Hardcover
	PRICE:__$69.95_____AVAILABLE_(US)'>PRICE:	$79.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	April 2009

This new edition of the well-received introduction to solid-state physics provides a comprehensive overview of the basic theoretical and experimental concepts of materials science. Experimental aspects and laboratory details are highlighted in separate panels that enrich text and emphasize recent developments. Notably, new material in the third edition includes sections on important devices, aspects of non- periodic structures of matter, phase transitions, defects, superconductors and nanostructures. Students will benefit significantly from solving the exercises given at the end of each chapter. This book is intended for university students in physics, materials science and electrical engineering. This edition has been thoroughly updated to maintain its usefulness as modern text and reference.

SELLING POINTS:

Comprehensive overview of solid-state physics Includes current topics of high importance, such as superconductors and nanostructures Enlarged and updated edition of very popular title All-inclusive presentation: theoretical and experimental aspects together

MARKET:

Students, university teachers, researchers

SUBJECT:

Condensed Matter and Material Sciences

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Materials Science

RELATED TITLES:

Rössler, Solid State Theory (978-3-540-22244-6, 2004, $145) Patterson, Solid-State Physics (978-3-540-24115-7, 2007, $99)

COMPETITION:

Phillips, Advanced Solid State Physics (Westview Press, 0813340144, 2002, $62.00) Ashcroft, Solid State Physics (Brooks Cole, 0030839939, 1976, $216.95)

Mathematics




Elliptic Equations: An Introductory Course

	AUTHOR:	Michel Chipot, University of Zurich, Switzerland
	ISBN-13:	978-3-7643-9981-8
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 300 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	$69.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	March 2009

The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to different topics of the theory of elliptic partial differential equations by avoiding technicalities and refinements. Apart from the basic theory of equations in divergence form it includes subjects such as singular perturbation problems, homogenization, computations, asymptotic behaviour of problems in cylinders, elliptic systems, nonlinear problems, regularity theory, Navier-Stokes system, p-Laplace equation. Just a minimum on Sobolev spaces has been introduced, and work or integration on the boundary has been carefully avoided to keep the reader's attention on the beauty and variety of these issues. The chapters are relatively independent of each other and can be read or taught separately. Numerous results presented here are original and have not been published elsewhere. The book will be of interest to graduate students and faculty members specializing in partial differential equations.

SELLING POINTS:

Simple presentation Large spectrum of issues on elliptic equations Many original results Independent chapters

MARKET:

Graduate students, lecturers, and researchers in PDE

SUBJECT:

Partial Differential Equations

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Mathematics

RELATED TITLES:

Hackbusch, Elliptic Differential Equations (978-3-540-54822-5, 1992, $149) Knabner, Numerical Methods for Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations (978-0-387-95449-3, 2003, $79.95) Thomas, Numerical Partial Differential Equations (978-0-387-98346-2, 1999, $94)

COMPETITION:

Han, Elliptic Partial Differential Equations (AMS, 0821826913, 2000, $21.00) Heinonen, Nonlinear Potential Theory of Degenerate Elliptic Equations (Dover Publications, 0486450503, 2006, $19.95)

Mathematics




Number Theory

An Introduction to Mathematics

	AUTHOR:	William Andrew Coppel, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
	ISBN-13:	978-0-387-89485-0
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 600 p., 10 illus., Softcover
	PRICE:	approx. $69.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	May 2009

Undergraduate courses in mathematics are commonly of two types. On the one hand are courses in subjects—such as linear algebra or real analysis—with which it is considered that every student of mathematics should be acquainted. On the other hand are courses given by lecturers in their own areas of specialization, which are intended to serve as a preparation for research. But after taking courses of only these two types, students might not perceive the sometimes surprising interrelationships and analogies between different branches of mathematics, and students who do not go on to become professional mathematicians might never gain a clear understanding of the nature and extent of mathematics. Number Theory: An Introduction to Mathematics attempts to provide such an understanding of the nature and extent of mathematics. It is a modern introduction to the theory of numbers, emphasizing its connections with other branches of mathematics. Part A, which should be accessible to a first-year undergraduate, deals with elementary number theory. Part B is more advanced than the first and should give the reader some idea of the scope of mathematics today. The connecting theme is the theory of numbers.

SELLING POINTS:

A modern introduction to the theory of numbers, emphasizing its connections with other branches of mathematics Suitable for first-year undergraduates through more advanced math students Presents a broad pictures of the nature of mathematics

MARKET:

Undergraduate students in mathematics, computer science or engineering.

SUBJECT:

Number Theory

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Mathematics

RELATED TITLES:

Coppel, Number Theory: Part A (978-0-387-29851-1, 2006, $59.95) Coppel, Number Theory: Part B (978-0-387-29851-1, 2006, $59.95)

COMPETITION:

LeVegue, Fundamentals of Number Theory (Dover Publications, 978-0486689067, 1996, $14.95) Hardy, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers (Oxford, 978-0198531715, 1980, $76.45)

Mathematics