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Blockchain Development for Finance Projects

Building next-generation financial applications using Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Stellar

by Ishan Roy ...

A practical blockchain handbook designed to take you through implementing and re-engineering banking and financial solutions and workflows using eight step-by-step projects Key FeaturesImplement various end-to-end blockchain projects and learn to enhance present-day financial solutionsUse Ethereum, Hyperledger, and Stellar to build public and private decentralized applicationsAddress complex ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A practical blockchain handbook designed to take you through implementing and re-engineering banking and financial solutions and workflows using eight step-by-step projects Key FeaturesImplement various end-to-end blockchain projects and learn to enhance present-day financial solutionsUse Ethereum, Hyperledger, and Stellar to build public and private decentralized applicationsAddress complex
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Beginning Quarkus Framework

Build Cloud-Native Enterprise Java Applications and Microservices

by Tayo Koleoso ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Harness the power of Quarkus, the supersonic subatomic cloud-native Java platform from Red Hat. This book covers everything you need to know to get started with the platform, which has been engineered from the ground up for superior performance and cloud-native deployment.You’ll start with an overview of the Quarkus framework and its features. Next, you'll dive into building your first ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Harness the power of Quarkus, the supersonic subatomic cloud-native Java platform from Red Hat. This book covers everything you need to know to get started with the platform, which has been engineered from the ground up for superior performance and cloud-native deployment.You’ll start with an overview of the Quarkus framework and its features. Next, you'll dive into building your first
... Read more
Reliable Software Technologies – Ada-Europe 2016

21st Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Pisa, Italy, June 13-17, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Eduardo Quiñones, Luís Miguel Pinho, Marko Bertogna ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2016, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2016.The revised 12 full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on concurrency and parallelism, testing and ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2016, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2016.The revised 12 full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on concurrency and parallelism, testing and
... Read more
Exploring Swift Playgrounds

The Fastest and Most Effective Way to Learn to Code and to Teach Others to Use Your Code

by Jesse Feiler ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to build playgrounds so you can test your code, syntax, and ideas quickly. You can even learn from playgrounds built by others or build playgrounds to teach. And the playgrounds you build and use on your Mac and on your iPad are automatically shared using your Apple ID.Exploring Swift Playgrounds shows you how to use playgrounds to try out your basic app design ideas to see what they ... Read more

$47.89 CAD

Learn how to build playgrounds so you can test your code, syntax, and ideas quickly. You can even learn from playgrounds built by others or build playgrounds to teach. And the playgrounds you build and use on your Mac and on your iPad are automatically shared using your Apple ID.Exploring Swift Playgrounds shows you how to use playgrounds to try out your basic app design ideas to see what they
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Empowering Users through Design

Interdisciplinary Studies and Combined Approaches for Technological Products and Services

Edited by David Bihanic ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
At the crossroads of various disciplines, this collective work examines the possibility of a new end-user “engagement” in ongoing digital/technological products and services development. It provides an overview of recent research specifically focused on the user’s democratic participation and empowerment. It also enables readers to better identify the main opportunities of participatory design, a ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

At the crossroads of various disciplines, this collective work examines the possibility of a new end-user “engagement” in ongoing digital/technological products and services development. It provides an overview of recent research specifically focused on the user’s democratic participation and empowerment. It also enables readers to better identify the main opportunities of participatory design, a
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Distributed Machine Learning with Python

Accelerating model training and serving with distributed systems

by Guanhua Wang ...

Build and deploy an efficient data processing pipeline for machine learning model training in an elastic, in-parallel model training or multi-tenant cluster and cloudKey FeaturesAccelerate model training and interference with order-of-magnitude time reductionLearn state-of-the-art parallel schemes for both model training and servingA detailed study of bottlenecks at distributed model training and ... Read more

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Build and deploy an efficient data processing pipeline for machine learning model training in an elastic, in-parallel model training or multi-tenant cluster and cloudKey FeaturesAccelerate model training and interference with order-of-magnitude time reductionLearn state-of-the-art parallel schemes for both model training and servingA detailed study of bottlenecks at distributed model training and
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Modelling Foundations and Applications

12th European Conference, ECMFA 2016, Held as Part of STAF 2016, Vienna, Austria, July 6-7, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Andrzej Wąsowski, Henrik Lönn ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications, ECMFA 2016, held as part of STAF 2016, in Vienna, Austria, in July 2016.The 16 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The committee decided to accept 16 papers, 12 papers for the Foundations Track and 4 papers for the Applications Track ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications, ECMFA 2016, held as part of STAF 2016, in Vienna, Austria, in July 2016.The 16 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The committee decided to accept 16 papers, 12 papers for the Foundations Track and 4 papers for the Applications Track
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Understanding Control Flow

Concurrent Programming Using μC++

by Peter A. Buhr ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both
... Read more
Verified Software. Theories, Tools, and Experiments

8th International Conference, VSTTE 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17–18, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Sandrine Blazy, Marsha Chechik ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools and Experiments, VSTTE 2016, held in July 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada.The 8 full papers together with 4 short papers and 5 invited papers presented were carefully revised and selected 21 submissions.The goal of the VSTTE conference is to advance ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools and Experiments, VSTTE 2016, held in July 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada.The 8 full papers together with 4 short papers and 5 invited papers presented were carefully revised and selected 21 submissions.The goal of the VSTTE conference is to advance
... Read more
Eye Gaze in Intelligent User Interfaces

Gaze-based Analyses, Models and Applications

Edited by Cristina Conati, Thomas Bader, Yukiko I. Nakano ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies opened the way to design novel attention-based intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in human-computer interaction and human-human communication. For instance, a user’s focus of attention is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, their understanding of the conversation, and their ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies opened the way to design novel attention-based intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in human-computer interaction and human-human communication. For instance, a user’s focus of attention is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, their understanding of the conversation, and their
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A Practical Guide to Sentiment Analysis

Edited by Antonio Feraco, Dipankar Das, Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Erik Cambria ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Sentiment analysis research has been started long back and recently it is one of the demanding research topics. Research activities on Sentiment Analysis in natural language texts and other media are gaining ground with full swing. But, till date, no concise set of factors has been yet defined that really affects how writers’ sentiment i.e., broadly human sentiment is expressed, perceived, ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

Sentiment analysis research has been started long back and recently it is one of the demanding research topics. Research activities on Sentiment Analysis in natural language texts and other media are gaining ground with full swing. But, till date, no concise set of factors has been yet defined that really affects how writers’ sentiment i.e., broadly human sentiment is expressed, perceived,
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Infusionsoft Cookbook

Over 88 recipes for effective use of Infusionsoft to mitigate your CRM needs, marketing automation, conducting online business optimally

by Paul Sokol ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionInfusionsoft is an all-in-one software-as-a-service (SaaS) for small business sales and marketing. It empowers businesses with the same level of automation and personalization that were previously only available to large corporate enterprises with deep pockets. You can easily manage customer relationships, target communications in an automated manner, and sell their ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionInfusionsoft is an all-in-one software-as-a-service (SaaS) for small business sales and marketing. It empowers businesses with the same level of automation and personalization that were previously only available to large corporate enterprises with deep pockets. You can easily manage customer relationships, target communications in an automated manner, and sell their
... Read more
180 Solved Cases in DAX Language

POWER BI: SOLVED CASES, #1

by Ramón Javier Castro Amador ...

Series Book 1 - POWER BI: SOLVED CASES
The guide includes a downloadable Power BI file so you can work and experiment with the code.This comprehensive guide is intended for a quick resolution of the most common cases that can be encountered when performing a modeling from scratch in POWER BI. Through its use, it is intended to stop investing numerous hours in development and poorly written (non-optimized) code that generates serious ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The guide includes a downloadable Power BI file so you can work and experiment with the code.This comprehensive guide is intended for a quick resolution of the most common cases that can be encountered when performing a modeling from scratch in POWER BI. Through its use, it is intended to stop investing numerous hours in development and poorly written (non-optimized) code that generates serious
... Read more
Cómo Potenciar su Emprendimiento con ChatGPT - La Inteligencia Artificial para Revolucionar su Negocio

by Armando Proa ...

En este ebook, descubrirás cómo ChatGPT puede transformar tu negocio y llevar tu emprendimiento al siguiente nivel. A través de ejemplos prácticos y estrategias sencillas, aprenderás a utilizar la inteligencia artificial para mejorar tu productividad, incrementar tus ventas, optimizar tu marketing y potenciar tu creatividad. Desde la generación automática de contenido hasta la creación de ... Read more

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En este ebook, descubrirás cómo ChatGPT puede transformar tu negocio y llevar tu emprendimiento al siguiente nivel. A través de ejemplos prácticos y estrategias sencillas, aprenderás a utilizar la inteligencia artificial para mejorar tu productividad, incrementar tus ventas, optimizar tu marketing y potenciar tu creatividad. Desde la generación automática de contenido hasta la creación de
... Read more
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business - Strategies for Digital Transformation

by Moises Urbina ...

The book "Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business: Strategies for Digital Transformation" offers a comprehensive and practical vision of how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is revolutionizing the business world. Throughout nine chapters, the author explores the fundamentals of GAI, its applications in various sectors, implementation strategies, and associated ethical and practical ... Read more

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The book "Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business: Strategies for Digital Transformation" offers a comprehensive and practical vision of how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is revolutionizing the business world. Throughout nine chapters, the author explores the fundamentals of GAI, its applications in various sectors, implementation strategies, and associated ethical and practical
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Web Application Design Patterns

by Pawan Vora ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
Ever notice that—in spite of their pervasiveness—designing web applications is still challenging? While their benefits motivate their creation, there are no well-established guidelines for design. This often results in inconsistent behaviors and appearances, even among web applications created by the same company. Design patterns for web applications, similar in concept to those for web sites and ... Read more

$55.19 CAD

Ever notice that—in spite of their pervasiveness—designing web applications is still challenging? While their benefits motivate their creation, there are no well-established guidelines for design. This often results in inconsistent behaviors and appearances, even among web applications created by the same company. Design patterns for web applications, similar in concept to those for web sites and
... Read more
Metaprogramming Elixir

Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!)

by Chris McCord ...

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You'll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You'll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific
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Introduction to Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing

Concepts and Techniques

by Benjamin C.M. Fung, Ke Wang, Ada Wai-Chee Fu, Philip S. Yu ...

Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving data publishing enable the publication of useful information while protecting data privacy. Int ... Read more

$126.41 CAD

Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving data publishing enable the publication of useful information while protecting data privacy. Int
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HCI International 2016 – Posters' Extended Abstracts

18th International Conference, HCI International 2016 Toronto, Canada, July 17–22, 2016 Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This is the second volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 617 and CCIS 618) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016.The total of 1287 papers and 186 posters presented at the HCII 2016 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions. These ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This is the second volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 617 and CCIS 618) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016.The total of 1287 papers and 186 posters presented at the HCII 2016 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions. These
... Read more
Design, User Experience, and Usability: Novel User Experiences

5th International Conference, DUXU 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, Canada, July 17–22, 2016, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Aaron Marcus ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016 ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016
... Read more
Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction in Context

20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15–20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 3 volume-set LNCS 10901, 10902 + 10903 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.HCI 2018 includes a total of 145 papers; ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The 3 volume-set LNCS 10901, 10902 + 10903 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.HCI 2018 includes a total of 145 papers;
... Read more
Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2017

26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Alghero, Italy, September 11-14, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Stefano Rovetta, Alessandro E.P. Villa, Paul F.M.J. Verschure, Alessandra Lintas ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two volume set, LNCS 10613 and 10614, constitutes the proceedings of then 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2017, held in Alghero, Italy, in September 2017.The 128 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 270 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: From Perception to Action; From Neurons to Networks; ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

The two volume set, LNCS 10613 and 10614, constitutes the proceedings of then 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2017, held in Alghero, Italy, in September 2017.The 128 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 270 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: From Perception to Action; From Neurons to Networks;
... Read more
Alteryx Designer Cookbook

Over 60 recipes to transform your data into insights and take your productivity to a new level

by Alberto Guisande ...

Streamline your workflow, transform raw data into actionable insights, and use Alteryx Designer to shape, design, and visualize dataKey FeaturesAcquire the skills necessary to perform analytics operations like an expertDiscover hidden trends and insights in your data from various sources to make accurate predictionsReduce the time and effort required to derive insights from your dataPurchase of ... Read more

$51.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Streamline your workflow, transform raw data into actionable insights, and use Alteryx Designer to shape, design, and visualize dataKey FeaturesAcquire the skills necessary to perform analytics operations like an expertDiscover hidden trends and insights in your data from various sources to make accurate predictionsReduce the time and effort required to derive insights from your dataPurchase of
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Blended Learning : Lessons Learned and Ways Forward

16th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2023, Hong Kong, China, July 17-20, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Chen Li, Simon K. S. Cheung, Fu Lee Wang, Angel Lu, Lam For Kwok ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2023, held in Hong Kong, China, on July 17-20, 2023.The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections named: smart classroom and digital literacy; online and distant learning; content and pedagogy ... Read more

$89.69 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2023, held in Hong Kong, China, on July 17-20, 2023.The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections named: smart classroom and digital literacy; online and distant learning; content and pedagogy
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