Svenska Handelsbanken' takes a fresh look at the financial crisis. It sets out to answer specifically what the mistakes were that banks made and how this could have been avoided. What is unique about this book is a detailed description of a large bank that operates very differently from its peers and that has, as a result, steered well clear of areas that have brought many other banks into trouble. This provides a number of insights into how a more resilient, post-credit crunch banking system should look like.

Software product lines provide a systematic means of managing variability in a suite of products. They have many benefits but there are three major barriers that can prevent them from reaching their full potential. First, there is the challenge of scale: a large number of variants may exist in a product line context and the number of interrelationships and dependencies can rise exponentially. Second, variations tend to be systemic by nature in that they affect the whole architecture of the software product line. Third, software product lines often serve different business contexts, each with its own intricacies and complexities. The AMPLE (http://www.ample-project.net/) approach tackles these three challenges by combining advances in aspect-oriented software development and model-driven engineering. The full suite of methods and tools that constitute this approach are discussed in detail in this edited volume and illustrated using three real-world industrial case studies.

Tamiya Model Magazine International is a scale modelling magazine that uses Tamiya models as the starting point for demonstrating more advanced techniques. Covers cars, AFVs, aircraft, and figures. The feature articles are mainly concerned with finishing and super-detailing the models, rather than kit major conversions. This is hard core modeling at it's very best, not for beginners.

 

An excellent guide to absolutely everything model and collectable. Model Collector magazine is perfect for anyone with an interest in model vehicles of all varieties. Model Collector runs an expert eye over every model vehicle released in that month, examining and rating the quality of each. Alongside this is the latest in model news – new release and lines in particular – and feature articles looking in great depth at some of the most beautifully designed models and ranges out there on the market, whether bus, car, truck, plane, helicopter or motorbike. There are also fascinating articles examining the history of the modelling – important for collectors – picking out some classic models and lines from across the world, and a swapmeet diary so you’ll know where to get that classic models you’ve been searching for.