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UNINA9910962826303321 |
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McCauley Michael P. <1958-> |
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NPR : the trials and triumphs of National Public Radio / / Michael P. McCauley |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2005 |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Public radio - United States |
Radio broadcasters - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-175) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A Lyceum of the Airwaves -- 2. The Very First Brush Strokes -- 3. The Price of Fame -- 4. Phoenix Rising -- 5. A Civilized Voice in a New Media Environment -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The people who shaped America's public broadcasting system thought it should be "a civilized voice in a civilized community"-a clear alternative to commercial broadcasting. This book tells the story of how NPR has tried to embody this idea. Michael P. McCauley describes NPR's evolution from virtual obscurity in the early 1970's, when it was riddled with difficulties-political battles, unseasoned leadership, funding problems-to a first-rate broadcast organization. The book draws on a wealth of primary evidence, including fifty-seven interviews with people who have been central to the NPR story, and it places the network within the historical context of the wider U.S. radio industry. Since the late 1970's, NPR has worked hard to understand the characteristics of its audience. Because of this, its content is now targeted toward its most loyal listeners-highly educated baby-boomers, for the most part-who help support their local stations through pledges and fund drives. |
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UNINA9910143604803321 |
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Le Boudec Jean-Yves |
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Network Calculus : A Theory of Deterministic Queuing Systems for the Internet / / by Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Patrick Thiran |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2001 |
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[1st ed. 2001.] |
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1 online resource (XX, 276 p.) |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 2050 |
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Computer science |
Computer networks |
Operating systems (Computers) |
Coding theory |
Information theory |
Application software |
Information storage and retrieval systems |
Computer Science |
Computer Communication Networks |
Operating Systems |
Coding and Information Theory |
Computer and Information Systems Applications |
Information Storage and Retrieval |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Network Calculus -- Application of Network Calculus to the Internet -- Basic Min-plus and Max-plus Calculus -- Min-plus and Max-plus System Theory -- Optimal Multimedia Smoothing -- FIFO Systems and Aggregate Scheduling -- Adaptive and Packet Scale Rate Guarantees -- Time Varying Shapers -- Systems with Losses. |
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Network Calculus is a set of recent developments that provide deep insights into flow problems encountered in the Internet and in intranets. The first part of the book is a self-contained, introductory course on network calculus. It presents the core of network calculus, |
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and shows how it can be applied to the Internet to obtain results that have physical interpretations of practical importance to network engineers. The second part serves as a mathematical reference used across the book. It presents the results from Min-plus algebra needed for network calculus. The third part contains more advanced material. It is appropriate reading for a graduate course and a source of reference for professionals in networking by surveying the state of the art of research and pointing to open problems in network calculus and its application in different fields, such as mulitmedia smoothing, aggegate scheduling, adaptive guarantees in Internet differential services, renegotiated reserved services, etc. |
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