Accounting Information Systems
Author: Marshall B Romney
KEY BENEFIT: Thorough and up-to-date, this book supports any of the most popular approaches to AIS: focus on transaction cycles and controls; focus on systems life cycle; focus on databases and data modeling; or focus on computer-based controls, fraud and auditing.
KEY TOPICS: The book begins with an overview and conceptual foundations then goes on to discuss control and audit of accounting information systems, accounting information systems applications, and the systems development process.
MARKET: For CPAs and corporate accountants.
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In this textbook, Romney (Brigham Young University) and Steinbart (Arizona State University) discuss the conceptual foundations of accounting information systems, their applications, the control and auditing of accounting information systems, and the systems development process. Particular chapters cover the business process, e-business, relational databases, database design, documentation techniques, computer fraud and security, the revenue cycle, the expenditure cycle, the production cycle, systems analysis, and AIS development strategies. A glossary defines key terms, and numerous diagrams and charts illustrate important concepts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents:
| Ch. 1 | Accounting information systems : an overview | 2 |
| Ch. 2 | Overview of business processes | 24 |
| Ch. 3 | Systems development and documentation techniques | 60 |
| Ch. 4 | Relational databases | 104 |
| Ch. 5 | Computer fraud and abuse | 142 |
| Ch. 6 | Control and accounting information systems | 188 |
| Ch. 7 | Information systems controls for systems reliability - part 1 : information security | 236 |
| Ch. 8 | Information systems controls for systems reliability - part 2 : confidentiality, privacy, processing integrity, and availability | 276 |
| Ch. 9 | Auditing computer-based information systems | 310 |
| Ch. 10 | The revenue cycle : sales and cash collections | 352 |
| Ch. 11 | The expenditure cycle : purchasing and cash disbursements | 408 |
| Ch. 12 | The production cycle | 456 |
| Ch. 13 | The human resources management and payroll cycle | 490 |
| Ch. 14 | General ledger and reporting system | 522 |
| Ch. 15 | Database design using the REA data model | 552 |
| Ch. 16 | Implementing an REA model in a relational database | 588 |
| Ch. 17 | Special topics in REA modeling | 616 |
| Ch. 18 | Introduction to systems development and systems analysis | 652 |
| Ch. 19 | AIS development strategies | 700 |
| Ch. 20 | Systems design, implementation, and operation | 740 |
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The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing,and Programming
Author: Richard Charles Boulanger
Created in 1985 by Barry Vercoe, Csound is one of the most widely used software sound synthesis systems. Because it is so powerful, mastering Csound can take a good deal of time and effort. But this long-awaited guide will dramatically straighten the learning curve and enable musicians to take advantage of this rich computer technology available for creating music.
Written by the world's leading educators, programmers, sound designers, and composers, this comprehensive guide covers both the basics of Csound and the theoretical and musical concepts necessary to use the program effectively. The thirty-two tutorial chapters cover: additive, subtractive, FM, AM, FOF, granular, wavetable, waveguide, vector, LA, and other hybrid methods; analysis and resynthesis using ADSYN, LP, and the Phase Vocoder; sample processing; mathematical and physical modeling; and digital signal processing, including room simulation and 3D modeling. The book comes with two CD-ROMs that include more than forty additional HTML chapters; hundreds of musical compositions; more than 3,000 working instruments; the Csound application for Macintosh, PC, and Linux; and a number of Csound audio and score-generating utilities.
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