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Data Science and Analytics Strategy

An Emergent Design Approach

by Kailash Awati, Alexander Scriven ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series
This book describes how to establish data science and analytics capabilities in organisations using Emergent Design, an evolutionary approach that increases the chances of successful outcomes while minimising upfront investment. Based on their experiences and those of a number of data leaders, the authors provide actionable advice on data technologies, processes, and governance structures so that ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

This book describes how to establish data science and analytics capabilities in organisations using Emergent Design, an evolutionary approach that increases the chances of successful outcomes while minimising upfront investment. Based on their experiences and those of a number of data leaders, the authors provide actionable advice on data technologies, processes, and governance structures so that
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ERP / IT Strategy Guidelines

by Johannes Schwab ...

Information technology has developed into one of the most important success factors in achieving company objectives. This book concentrates on answers to this question and describes the most effective way to a customized IT strategy which has been derived from the company strategy. Solutions give rise to several frequently asked questions: - How useful is an IT strategy? - Does an IT strategy not ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Information technology has developed into one of the most important success factors in achieving company objectives. This book concentrates on answers to this question and describes the most effective way to a customized IT strategy which has been derived from the company strategy. Solutions give rise to several frequently asked questions: - How useful is an IT strategy? - Does an IT strategy not
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Digital Twin and Blockchain for Sustainable Healthcare 5.0

Real-Life Applications and Case Studies

Edited by Monica Gahlawat, Sudeep Tanwar ...

This book investigates blockchain and digital twin technologies to offer insights into their potential applications in the healthcare industry. It explores how these technologies can work together to build a strong and sustainable healthcare ecosystem, improve patient satisfaction, and streamline administrative procedures. Through examples, case studies and discussions, the book highlights their ... Read more

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This book investigates blockchain and digital twin technologies to offer insights into their potential applications in the healthcare industry. It explores how these technologies can work together to build a strong and sustainable healthcare ecosystem, improve patient satisfaction, and streamline administrative procedures. Through examples, case studies and discussions, the book highlights their
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Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope

by Shawn Graham, Ian Milligan, Scott B Weingart ...

The Digital Humanities have arrived at a moment when digital Big Data is becoming more readily available, opening exciting new avenues of inquiry but also new challenges. This pioneering book describes and demonstrates the ways these data can be explored to construct cultural heritage knowledge, for research and in teaching and learning. It helps humanities scholars to grasp Big Data in order to ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The Digital Humanities have arrived at a moment when digital Big Data is becoming more readily available, opening exciting new avenues of inquiry but also new challenges. This pioneering book describes and demonstrates the ways these data can be explored to construct cultural heritage knowledge, for research and in teaching and learning. It helps humanities scholars to grasp Big Data in order to
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Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners

by Arjan Egges ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches Apple’s Swift language in the context of four, fun and colorful games. Learn the Swift 2.0 language, and learn to create ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches Apple’s Swift language in the context of four, fun and colorful games. Learn the Swift 2.0 language, and learn to create
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Terraform in Action

by Scott Winkler ...

"An outstanding source of knowledge for Terraform enthusiasts of all levels." - Anton Babenko, BetajobTerraform in Action shows you how to automate and scale infrastructure programmatically using the Terraform toolkit.SummaryIn Terraform in Action you will learn:Cloud architecture with TerraformTerraform module sharing and the private module registryTerraform security... ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

"An outstanding source of knowledge for Terraform enthusiasts of all levels." - Anton Babenko, BetajobTerraform in Action shows you how to automate and scale infrastructure programmatically using the Terraform toolkit.SummaryIn Terraform in Action you will learn:Cloud architecture with TerraformTerraform module sharing and the private module registryTerraform security...
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Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy

Second International Workshop, CARE 2015, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015, Munich, Germany, October 5, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Xiongbiao Luo, Tobias Reichl, Austin Reiter, Gian-Luca Mariottini ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Computer Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.The 15 revised full papers were carefully selected out of 20 initial submissions and focus on recent technical advances associated with computer vision; ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Computer Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.The 15 revised full papers were carefully selected out of 20 initial submissions and focus on recent technical advances associated with computer vision;
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L'ordinateur Pas à pas Pour les Nuls, nouvelle édition

by Philip Escartin ...

Un livre tout en couleur et disposant de spirales qui vous permettent de travailler livre ouvert sur le bureau pour découvrir l'essentiel de votre PC sous Windows 8.1 rapidement !Les "Pas à Pas" sont des livres en couleur au format poche agrandi et spiralés, ils inaugurent un nouveau concept dans la collection. Ces livres très pratiques car ils tiennent ouverts sur votre bureau se proposent de ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Un livre tout en couleur et disposant de spirales qui vous permettent de travailler livre ouvert sur le bureau pour découvrir l'essentiel de votre PC sous Windows 8.1 rapidement !Les "Pas à Pas" sont des livres en couleur au format poche agrandi et spiralés, ils inaugurent un nouveau concept dans la collection. Ces livres très pratiques car ils tiennent ouverts sur votre bureau se proposent de
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Bankers Like Us

Dispatches from an Industry in Transition

by Leda Glyptis ...

This book will resonate with anyone no matter where you reside on this journey, whether newbie or old guard. If you want to be part of this change, you need to understand all about the messy middle that Leda so expertly describes in this book. If you read this book and it doesn’t resonate, then I suggest you think about stepping aside. — Curt Queyrouze, President, Coastal Community BankThe world ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

This book will resonate with anyone no matter where you reside on this journey, whether newbie or old guard. If you want to be part of this change, you need to understand all about the messy middle that Leda so expertly describes in this book. If you read this book and it doesn’t resonate, then I suggest you think about stepping aside. — Curt Queyrouze, President, Coastal Community BankThe world
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iPHONE 15 USER GUIDE

A Comprehensive and Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Set-up and Master your iPhone

by Patrick A. Cowan ...

Are you ready to embark on an incredible journey with your iPhone 15?To explore every feature and capability it holds, and to transform it from a mere device into a powerful, versatile tool that enriches your life?Have you ever considered using your iPhone as more than simply a communication tool, but as an invaluable companion to help you achieve your objectives and stay connected with your loved ... Read more

$10.27 CAD

Are you ready to embark on an incredible journey with your iPhone 15?To explore every feature and capability it holds, and to transform it from a mere device into a powerful, versatile tool that enriches your life?Have you ever considered using your iPhone as more than simply a communication tool, but as an invaluable companion to help you achieve your objectives and stay connected with your loved
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Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2

by William G. Vilchez ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Biology Series
We are currently living in an era where technology is constantly advancing, which leads to the generation of large volumes and many types of data. Consequently, the ability to transform complex data into clear and attractive visualizations has become essential. Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2 encourages readers to explore the power of visualization in biology, combining science and art to ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

We are currently living in an era where technology is constantly advancing, which leads to the generation of large volumes and many types of data. Consequently, the ability to transform complex data into clear and attractive visualizations has become essential. Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2 encourages readers to explore the power of visualization in biology, combining science and art to
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Fazendo um projeto dar certo

by Paulo de Tarso ...

O livro apresenta mais de 1000 dicas sobre Gerenciamento de Projetos e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas, moldadas ao longo de uma década criando software ao lado de pessoas talentosas. O livro é um guia, um catálogo de problemas analisados. O título busca destacar o seu enfoque prático. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar alguns dos problemas mais recorrentes em projetos de software. A motivação é que ... Read more

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O livro apresenta mais de 1000 dicas sobre Gerenciamento de Projetos e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas, moldadas ao longo de uma década criando software ao lado de pessoas talentosas. O livro é um guia, um catálogo de problemas analisados. O título busca destacar o seu enfoque prático. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar alguns dos problemas mais recorrentes em projetos de software. A motivação é que
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Python for Natural Language Processing

Programming with NumPy, scikit-learn, Keras, and PyTorch

by Pierre M. Nugues ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Since the last edition of this book (2014), progress has been astonishing in all areas of Natural Language Processing, with recent achievements in Text Generation that spurred a media interest going beyond the traditional academic circles. Text Processing has meanwhile become a mainstream industrial tool that is used, to various extents, by countless companies. As such, a revision of this book was ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

Since the last edition of this book (2014), progress has been astonishing in all areas of Natural Language Processing, with recent achievements in Text Generation that spurred a media interest going beyond the traditional academic circles. Text Processing has meanwhile become a mainstream industrial tool that is used, to various extents, by countless companies. As such, a revision of this book was
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Python and AWS Cookbook

Managing Your Cloud with Python and Boto

by Mitch Garnaat ...

If you intend to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for remote computing and storage, Python is an ideal programming language for developing applications and controlling your cloud-based infrastructure. This cookbook gets you started with more than two dozen recipes for using Python with AWS, based on the author’s boto library.You’ll find detailed recipes for working with the S3 storage service as well ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

If you intend to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for remote computing and storage, Python is an ideal programming language for developing applications and controlling your cloud-based infrastructure. This cookbook gets you started with more than two dozen recipes for using Python with AWS, based on the author’s boto library.You’ll find detailed recipes for working with the S3 storage service as well
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The Text Mining Handbook

Advanced Approaches in Analyzing Unstructured Data

by Ronen Feldman, James Sanger ...

Text mining is a new and exciting area of computer science research that tries to solve the crisis of information overload by combining techniques from data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, information retrieval, and knowledge management. Similarly, link detection – a rapidly evolving approach to the analysis of text that shares and builds upon many of the key elements of ... Read more

$99.99 CAD

Text mining is a new and exciting area of computer science research that tries to solve the crisis of information overload by combining techniques from data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, information retrieval, and knowledge management. Similarly, link detection – a rapidly evolving approach to the analysis of text that shares and builds upon many of the key elements of
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Enterprise AI in the Cloud

A Practical Guide to Deploying End-to-End Machine Learning and ChatGPT Solutions

by Rabi Jay ...

Series series Tech Today
Embrace emerging AI trends and integrate your operations with cutting-edge solutionsEnterprise AI in the Cloud: A Practical Guide to Deploying End-to-End Machine Learning and ChatGPT Solutions is an indispensable resource for professionals and companies who want to bring new AI technologies like generative AI, ChatGPT, and machine learning (ML) into their suite of cloud-based solutions. If you ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

Embrace emerging AI trends and integrate your operations with cutting-edge solutionsEnterprise AI in the Cloud: A Practical Guide to Deploying End-to-End Machine Learning and ChatGPT Solutions is an indispensable resource for professionals and companies who want to bring new AI technologies like generative AI, ChatGPT, and machine learning (ML) into their suite of cloud-based solutions. If you
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Stakeholder Whispering

Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask

by Bill Shander ...

Learn to uncover what your managers, clients, customers and other stakeholders need before doing what they askPeople don't know what they need. The wants we communicate to others are shaped by our subconscious and the familiar, and limited by what we think is possible. But they don't always reflect our actual needs.In Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Learn to uncover what your managers, clients, customers and other stakeholders need before doing what they askPeople don't know what they need. The wants we communicate to others are shaped by our subconscious and the familiar, and limited by what we think is possible. But they don't always reflect our actual needs.In Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask,
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Introduction to Information Science

by David Bawden, David Bawden, Lyn Robinson, Lyn Robinson ...

The second edition of this definitive text gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the subject, bringing it up-to-date with analysis of the changes in the information environment, now largely digital, and their implication for the discipline and professions. Its approach is rooted in the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations of the subject and in particular in Floridi's ... Read more

$74.99 CAD

The second edition of this definitive text gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the subject, bringing it up-to-date with analysis of the changes in the information environment, now largely digital, and their implication for the discipline and professions. Its approach is rooted in the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations of the subject and in particular in Floridi's
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption

A practical guide for business leaders and consultants

by Mark Smith, Megan Smith ...

Series series Business Skills
Seasoned experts Mark Smith and Megan Smith unveil a transformative guide to mastering AI with Microsoft CopilotTransform your organization using AI-driven solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption: A practical guide for business leaders and consultants. This book draws on real-world case studies and insights from Microsoft’s early adopters to provide a practical framework for successful AI ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Seasoned experts Mark Smith and Megan Smith unveil a transformative guide to mastering AI with Microsoft CopilotTransform your organization using AI-driven solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption: A practical guide for business leaders and consultants. This book draws on real-world case studies and insights from Microsoft’s early adopters to provide a practical framework for successful AI
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Why the Mind Is Not a Computer

A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology

by Raymond Tallis ...

Series Book 7 - Societas
The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind.First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind.First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer
... Read more
SAP Business ONE Implementation

Bring the power of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning to your small-midsize business with SAP Business ONE using this book and eBook

by Wolfgang Niefert ...

With clear instructions and plenty of screenshots, this book will provide you all the support and guidance you need to implement SAP Business One in your business. We will work with a project plan in each chapter and implement new techniques in the related case study. Alongside this hands-on approach tips and tricks are provided that you can use for your own project. This book is written for ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

With clear instructions and plenty of screenshots, this book will provide you all the support and guidance you need to implement SAP Business One in your business. We will work with a project plan in each chapter and implement new techniques in the related case study. Alongside this hands-on approach tips and tricks are provided that you can use for your own project. This book is written for
... Read more
Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On

Apply modern RL methods, with deep Q-networks, value iteration, policy gradients, TRPO, AlphaGo Zero and more

by Maxim Lapan, Oleg Vasilev, Martijn van Otterlo, Mikhail Yurushkin, Basem O. F. Alijla ...

Publisher\\'s Note: This edition from 2018 is outdated and not compatible with any of the most recent updates to Python libraries. A new third edition, updated for 2020 with six new chapters that include multi-agent methods, discrete optimization, RL in robotics, and advanced exploration techniques is now available.Key FeaturesExplore deep reinforcement learning (RL), from the first principles to ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Publisher\\'s Note: This edition from 2018 is outdated and not compatible with any of the most recent updates to Python libraries. A new third edition, updated for 2020 with six new chapters that include multi-agent methods, discrete optimization, RL in robotics, and advanced exploration techniques is now available.Key FeaturesExplore deep reinforcement learning (RL), from the first principles to
... Read more
VMware vSphere 5.5 Essentials

Efficiently virtualize your IT infrastructure with vSphere

by Kunal Kumar, Christian Stankowic ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is intended for virtualization administrators who want to learn VMware vSphere quickly. It is assumed that you have some basic knowledge of virtualization and the vSphere environment.What you will learnExplore a multiplehost virtualization environment with ESXi and vCenter ServerCreate and manage virtual machinesCreate and configure vNetwork Switches to manage ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is intended for virtualization administrators who want to learn VMware vSphere quickly. It is assumed that you have some basic knowledge of virtualization and the vSphere environment.What you will learnExplore a multiplehost virtualization environment with ESXi and vCenter ServerCreate and manage virtual machinesCreate and configure vNetwork Switches to manage
... Read more
Rust Quick Start Guide

The easiest way to learn Rust programming

by Daniel Arbuckle ...

Get familiar with writing programs in the trending new systems programming language that brings together the powerful performance of low-level languages with the advanced features like thread safety in multi-threaded codeKey FeaturesLearn the semantics of Rust, which can be significantly different from other programming languagesUnderstand clearly how to work with the Rust compiler which strictly ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get familiar with writing programs in the trending new systems programming language that brings together the powerful performance of low-level languages with the advanced features like thread safety in multi-threaded codeKey FeaturesLearn the semantics of Rust, which can be significantly different from other programming languagesUnderstand clearly how to work with the Rust compiler which strictly
... Read more

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