Independently published, 2017. — 408+221 p.
This is a research document and a textbook for graduate students and researchers in the field of networking and system administration. It offers a theoretical perspective on human-computer systems and their administration.
Mark Burgess wrote:
My former book Analytical Network and System Administration (Managing Human-Computer Systems) has been a thorn in my side for years. Originally written as a course book for the Oslo University College master degree in Network and System Administration, the publishers would not allow corections, instead making the book more and more expensive. Thanks to some friendly lawyers at Wiley, I have recovered the rights to the original, and have been working on a sequel.
My plan is to self-publish them in a convenient and affordable paperback form, with a new cover, and updates and corrections. In the mean time, I make them available in a `working state' for the benefit of readers.This is a research document and a textbook for graduate students and researchers in the field of networking and system administration. It offers a theoretical perspective on human-computer systems and their administration. The book assumes a basic competence in mathematical methods, common to undergraduates courses.