Bücher von Geoffrey Smith

FIDIC 2017: The Contracts Manager's Handbook is a practical guide to the effective use of the management procedures within the 2017 FIDIC suite of contracts. The book gives step-by-step guidance through the use of flowcharts, timelines and case studies drawn from the author's experience, showing how to manage the contract effectively, and explaining exactly what is expected of each of the parties and when.Key features of the book suitable for all levels - for experienced users the book highlights and explains the developments introduced in the latest editions; and for new users the book presents a complete overview and step-by-step guide on using the contracts effectivelyclear explanations of contractual provisions behind the procedures and potentially important legal requirementscoverage across the project life cycle, emphasising the importance of the provisions during the pre-contract phase, and procedures for efficient contract management post-contract awarda guide to the second editions of FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books, as well as special provisions imposed by the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks, and modifications introduced by the 2022 Reprints.FIDIC 2017: The Contracts Manager's Handbook is an essential companion for all users of the FIDIC 2017 suite of contracts, and in particular for users from any level or position in the management chain, whether Employer, Engineer or Contractor.

A mysterious cult in the heart of the English countryside, A dogs farewell, A madmans ghost, A feisty teenager fights back,A spys story of betrayal, violence and political murder, a lesson on living from a street bum and a con man as his own victim. These are some of the interesting stories and unique encounters in this appealing first collection by Geoff Smith.

This book presents a comprehensive mathematical theory that explains precisely what information flow is, how it can be assessed quantitatively ¿ so bringing precise meaning to the intuition that certain information leaks are small enough to be tolerated ¿ and how systems can be constructed that achieve rigorous, quantitative information-flow guarantees in those terms. It addresses the fundamental challenge that functional and practical requirements frequently conflict with the goal of preserving confidentiality, making perfect security unattainable.Topics include: a systematic presentation of how unwanted information flow, i.e., "leaks", can be quantified in operationally significant ways and then bounded, both with respect to estimated benefit for an attacking adversary and by comparisons between alternative implementations; a detailed study of capacity, refinement, and Dalenius leakage, supporting robust leakage assessments; a unification of information-theoretic channels and information-leaking sequential programs within the same framework; and a collection of case studies, showing how the theory can be applied to interesting realistic scenarios.The text is unified, self-contained and comprehensive, accessible to students and researchers with some knowledge of discrete probability and undergraduate mathematics, and contains exercises to facilitate its use as a course textbook.

Geoffrey Smith's Primitive Animals, which was first published in 1911 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, contains an account of the chief groups in the animal kingdom and the evidence by which some of the main streams of animal evolution can be traced.