(Paperback)

This lively and innovative book is about computer code and the legal controls and restrictions on those who write it. Drawing on a host of examples, Ben Klemens describes and analyses the intellectual property issues involved in the development of computer software. He focuses on software patents, but also provides an extensive discussion of how traditional copyright laws can be applied to code.

(Hardback)

Explains how to execute computationally intensive analysis on very large data sets. This book shows readers how to determine some of the best methods for solving a variety of different problems, how to create and debug statistical models, and how to run an analysis and evaluate the results.

(Hardback)

This lively and innovative book is about computer code and the legal controls and restrictions on those who write it. The widespread use of personal computers and the Internet have made it possible to release new data or tools instantaneously to virtually the entire world.