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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789520203321

Autore

Breeding Marshall

Titolo

Opening up library systems through web services and SOA [[electronic resource] ] : hype, or reality? / / Marshall Breeding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : ALA TechSource, 2009

ISBN

0-8389-9146-7

1-283-17419-7

9786613174192

0-8389-9145-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (46 p.)

Collana

Library technology reports : expert guides to library systems and services, , 0024-2586 ; ; v. 45, no. 8

Disciplina

025.04

20

Soggetti

Service-oriented architecture (Computer science)

Computer network architectures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"November/December 2009"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Scope; Intended Audience of This Report; Why Should Libraries Care about Application Programming Interfaces?; Possibilities Abound; Basic Concepts; API Implementation Models; What Is an API?; Proprietary APIs; APIs and Open Source; Standards as Open Interfaces; API Security; Terms of Service; With Power Comes Responsibility and Cost; No Universal Expectation for APIs; Chapter 2 - Vendors and Products; Case Studies and Customer Responses; Ex Libris; Duke University Libraries; Broome Community College; University of Tennessee

National Library of AustraliaEvergreen; The Library Corporation; Innovative Interfaces; Koha; Polaris; SirsiDynix; Talis; VTLS; Notes; Chapter 3 - API Hype and Reality; Conclusions; Resources

Sommario/riassunto

Libraries are increasingly demanding the ability to exploit their library systems (LIS) using application programming interfaces (APIs), Web services, or other technologies. This issue of Library Technology Reports explores how vendors of open source library technology are approaching this desire for customization plus an in-depth exploration



of trends towards APIs, Web services, and the service-oriented architecture.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910404075503321

Autore

Bellomo Nicola

Titolo

Kinetic Theory and Swarming Tools to Modeling Complex Systems-Symmetry problems in the Science of Living Systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

ISBN

3-03928-880-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This MPDI book comprises a number of selected contributions to a Special Issue devoted to the modeling and simulation of living systems based on developments in kinetic mathematical tools. The focus is on a fascinating research field which cannot be tackled by the approach of the so-called hard sciences-specifically mathematics-without the invention of new methods in view of a new mathematical theory. The contents proposed by eight contributions witness the growing interest of scientists this field. The first contribution is an editorial paper which presents the motivations for studying the mathematics and physics of living systems within the framework an interdisciplinary approach, where mathematics and physics interact with specific fields of the class of systems object of modeling and simulations. The different contributions refer to economy, collective learning, cell motion, vehicular traffic, crowd dynamics, and social swarms. The key problem towards modeling consists in capturing the complexity features of living systems. All articles refer to large systems of interaction living entities and follow, towards modeling, a common rationale which consists firstly in representing the system by a probability distribution over the microscopic state of the said entities, secondly, in deriving a



general mathematical structure deemed to provide the conceptual basis for the derivation of models and, finally, in implementing the said structure by models of interactions at the microscopic scale. Therefore, the modeling approach transfers the dynamics at the low scale to collective behaviors. Interactions are modeled by theoretical tools of stochastic game theory. Overall, the interested reader will find, in the contents, a forward look comprising various research perspectives and issues, followed by hints on to tackle these.