Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists
Author: Noson S Yanofsky
The multidisciplinary field of quantum computing strives to exploit some of the uncanny aspects of quantum mechanics to expand our computational horizons. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists takes readers on a tour of this fascinating area of cutting-edge research. Written in an accessible yet rigorous fashion, this book employs ideas and techniques familiar to every student of computer science. The reader is not expected to have any advanced mathematics or physics background. After presenting the necessary prerequisites, the material is organized to look at different aspects of quantum computing from the specific standpoint of computer science. There are chapters on computer architecture, algorithms, programming languages, theoretical computer science, cryptography, information theory, and hardware. The text has step-by-step examples, more than two hundred exercises with solutions, and programming drills that bring the ideas of quantum computing alive for today's computer science students and researchers.
Table of Contents:
1 Complex Numbers 7
2 Complex Vector Spaces 29
3 The Leap from Classical to Quantum 74
4 Basic Quantum Theory 103
5 Architecture 138
6 Algorithms 170
7 Programming Languages 220
8 Theoretical Computer Science 239
9 Cryptography 262
10 Information Theory 284
11 Hardware 305
App. A Historical Bibliography of Quantum Computing Jill Cirasella Cirasella, Jill 319
App. B Answers to Selected Exercises 325
App. C Quantum Computing Experiments with MATLAB 351
App. D Keeping Abreast of Quantum News: Quantum Computing on the Web and in the Literature Jill Cirasella Cirasella, Jill 357
App. E Selected Topics for Student Presentations 360
Bibliography 373
Index 381
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Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals
Author: Paul Harmon
Every company wants to improve the way it does business, to produce goods and services more efficiently, and to increase profits. Nonprofit organizations are also concerned with efficiency, productivity, and with achieving the goals they set for themselves. Every manager understands that achieving these goals is part of his or her job.
In this balanced treatment of the field of business process change, Paul Harmon offers concepts, methods, cases for all aspects and phases of successful business process improvement. Updated and added for this edition are coverage of business process management systems, business rules, enterprise architectures and frameworks (SCOR), and more content on Six Sigma and Lean--in addition to new coverage of performance metrics.
* Extensive revision and update to the successful BPM book, addressing the growing interest in Business Process Management Systems, and the integration of process redesign and Six Sigma concerns.
* The best first book on business process, the most up-to-date book to read to learn how all the different process elements fit together.
* Presents a methodology based on the best practices available that can be tailored for specific needs and that maintains a focus on the human aspects of process redesign.
* Offers all new detailed case studies showing how these methods are implemented.
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