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Haptics for Virtual Reality and Teleoperation

by Janez Podobnik, Matjaž Mihelj ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers all topics relevant for the design of haptic interfaces and teleoperation systems. The book provides the basic knowledge required for understanding more complex approaches and more importantly it introduces all issues that must be considered for designing efficient and safe haptic interfaces. Topics covered in this book provide insight into all relevant components of a haptic ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book covers all topics relevant for the design of haptic interfaces and teleoperation systems. The book provides the basic knowledge required for understanding more complex approaches and more importantly it introduces all issues that must be considered for designing efficient and safe haptic interfaces. Topics covered in this book provide insight into all relevant components of a haptic
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The AI Profit Blueprint: A Guide to Generating Income through Artificial Intelligence

by James C. Tanner ...

In today's digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool for various industries. However, many businesses struggle to fully capitalize on the revenue potential that AI offers. In "The AI Profit Blueprint: A Guide to Generating Income through Artificial Intelligence," we delve into the strategies and techniques that can help companies unlock the true monetary value ... Read more

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In today's digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool for various industries. However, many businesses struggle to fully capitalize on the revenue potential that AI offers. In "The AI Profit Blueprint: A Guide to Generating Income through Artificial Intelligence," we delve into the strategies and techniques that can help companies unlock the true monetary value
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Digital Transformation in Higher Education. Empowering Teachers and Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges

First International Workshop, Back2Basics 2024, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 10, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Maria Perifanou, Anastasios A. Economides ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Digital Transformation in Higher Education. Empowering Teachers and Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges, Back2Basics 2024, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on June 10, 2024. This workshop was part of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2024), which took place in Thessaloniki on June ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Digital Transformation in Higher Education. Empowering Teachers and Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges, Back2Basics 2024, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on June 10, 2024. This workshop was part of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2024), which took place in Thessaloniki on June
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The Metaverse for the Healthcare Industry

Edited by Chiranji Lal Chowdhary ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book delves into the transformative potential of the Metaverse in the healthcare industry, addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by diverse biomedical data and digital healthcare solutions. The book explores how the convergence of technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality can revolutionize healthcare delivery, enhancing patient outcomes ... Read more

$230.59 CAD

This book delves into the transformative potential of the Metaverse in the healthcare industry, addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by diverse biomedical data and digital healthcare solutions. The book explores how the convergence of technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality can revolutionize healthcare delivery, enhancing patient outcomes
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Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)

Current and Future Trends

Edited by Fadi Al-Turjman, Fahriye Altinay, Zehra Altinay Gazi ...

Series series Advanced Studies in Complex Systems
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT): Current and Future Trends brings together researchers and developers from a wide range of domains to share ideas on how to implement technical advances, create application areas for intelligent systems, and how to develop new services and smart devices connected to the Internet. Section One covers AIoT in Everything, providing a wide range of applications ... Read more

$198.39 CAD

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT): Current and Future Trends brings together researchers and developers from a wide range of domains to share ideas on how to implement technical advances, create application areas for intelligent systems, and how to develop new services and smart devices connected to the Internet. Section One covers AIoT in Everything, providing a wide range of applications
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part LXXXVI

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; ... Read more

$102.49 CAD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision;
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Fuzzy Optimization Techniques in the Areas of Science and Management

Edited by Santosh Kumar Das, Massimiliano Giacalone ...

Series series Computational Intelligence in Engineering Problem Solving
This book helps to enhance the application of fuzzy logic optimization in the areas of science and engineering. It includes implementation and models and paradigms, such as path planning and routing design for different wireless networks, organization behavior strategies models, and so forth. It also:Explains inventory control management, uncertainties management, loss minimization, game ... Read more

$94.81 CAD

This book helps to enhance the application of fuzzy logic optimization in the areas of science and engineering. It includes implementation and models and paradigms, such as path planning and routing design for different wireless networks, organization behavior strategies models, and so forth. It also:Explains inventory control management, uncertainties management, loss minimization, game
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Inductive Logic Programming

32nd International Conference, ILP 2023, Bari, Italy, November 13–15, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Elena Bellodi, Francesca Alessandra Lisi, Riccardo Zese ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2023, held in Bari, Italy, during November 13–15, 2023.The 11 full papers and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They cover all aspects of learning in logic, multi-relational data mining, statistical relational learning, ... Read more

$57.69 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2023, held in Bari, Italy, during November 13–15, 2023.The 11 full papers and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They cover all aspects of learning in logic, multi-relational data mining, statistical relational learning,
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Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality

20th EuroXR International Conference, EuroXR 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 29 – December 1, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Gabriel Zachmann, Krzysztof Walczak, Omar A. Niamut, Kyle Johnsen, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Mariano Alcañiz-Raya, Greg Welch, Patrick Bourdot ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, EuroXR 2023, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during November 29-December 1, 2023.The 14 full papers presented together with 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions.The papers are grouped into the following topics: Interaction in Virtual ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, EuroXR 2023, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during November 29-December 1, 2023.The 14 full papers presented together with 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions.The papers are grouped into the following topics: Interaction in Virtual
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ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation

Creative Heritage. New Perspectives from Media Arts and Artificial Intelligence. 10th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2021, Virtual Event, December 2-3, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Matthias Wölfel, Johannes Bernhardt, Sonja Thiel ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2021 which was held in December 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 57 submissions. The papers are thematically arranged in the following sections: ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2021 which was held in December 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 57 submissions. The papers are thematically arranged in the following sections:
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Technischen Informatik

Wie ein Computer funktioniert – anschaulich erklärt

by Peter Reichl ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Heutige Computer stellen technische Meisterwerke dar. Doch wie ist es eigentlich möglich, dass ein Stück Silizium zusammen mit ein bisschen Strom ganz alleine Berechnungen ausführt und logische Entscheidungen trifft? Die Antwort auf diese Frage führt uns auf eine faszinierende Reise zu den Grundlagen der binären Arithmetik, Booleschen Algebra und Halbleitertechnologie. Im zweiten Teil spielen wir ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Heutige Computer stellen technische Meisterwerke dar. Doch wie ist es eigentlich möglich, dass ein Stück Silizium zusammen mit ein bisschen Strom ganz alleine Berechnungen ausführt und logische Entscheidungen trifft? Die Antwort auf diese Frage führt uns auf eine faszinierende Reise zu den Grundlagen der binären Arithmetik, Booleschen Algebra und Halbleitertechnologie. Im zweiten Teil spielen wir
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Azure Machine Learning Engineering

Deploy, fine-tune, and optimize ML models using Microsoft Azure

by Balamurugan Balakreshnan, Megan Masanz, Dennis Sawyers, Sina Fakhraee, PhD ...

Fully build and productionize end-to-end machine learning solutions using Azure Machine Learning ServiceKey FeaturesAutomate complete machine learning solutions using Microsoft AzureUnderstand how to productionize machine learning modelsGet to grips with monitoring, MLOps, deep learning, distributed training, and reinforcement learningBook DescriptionData scientists working on productionizing ... Read more

$35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Fully build and productionize end-to-end machine learning solutions using Azure Machine Learning ServiceKey FeaturesAutomate complete machine learning solutions using Microsoft AzureUnderstand how to productionize machine learning modelsGet to grips with monitoring, MLOps, deep learning, distributed training, and reinforcement learningBook DescriptionData scientists working on productionizing
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HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Multimodality in Advanced Interaction Environments

24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu, Sakae Yamamoto, Hirohiko Mori, Dylan D. Schmorrow, Cali M. Fidopiastis, Norbert A. Streitz, Shin'ichi Konomi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Volume LNCS 13519 is part of the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually during June 26 to July 1, 2022.A total of 5583 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Volume LNCS 13519 is part of the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually during June 26 to July 1, 2022.A total of 5583 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings
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Untersuchungen zur Datenqualität und Nutzerakzeptanz von Forschungsinformationssystemen

Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Qualität von Forschungsinformationen

by Otmane Azeroual ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Datenqualität eines Forschungsinformationssystems (FIS) bzw. deren Einfluss auf die Nutzerakzeptanz ganzheitlich untersucht. Otmane Azeroual entwickelt hierfür ein Konzept bzw. ein Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Datenqualität, um die Akzeptanz des FIS zu erhöhen. ... Read more

$59.89 CAD

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Datenqualität eines Forschungsinformationssystems (FIS) bzw. deren Einfluss auf die Nutzerakzeptanz ganzheitlich untersucht. Otmane Azeroual entwickelt hierfür ein Konzept bzw. ein Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Datenqualität, um die Akzeptanz des FIS zu erhöhen.
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Accelerator Programming Using Directives

8th International Workshop, WACCPD 2021, Virtual Event, November 14, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Sridutt Bhalachandra, Christopher Daley, Verónica Melesse Vergara ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2021, which took place in November 2021. The conference was held as hybrid event.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and tools community to share knowledge and experiences when programming emerging complex parallel ... Read more

$70.49 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2021, which took place in November 2021. The conference was held as hybrid event.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and tools community to share knowledge and experiences when programming emerging complex parallel
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Ethical Tech Startup Guide

by Ron Baecker ...

Series series eBColl Synthesis Collection 12
This book draws on almost five decades of entrepreneurial experience and innovation and offers a broad perspective on ethical tech startups. It approaches the subject on two fronts by considering both the business of ethical technology as well as the challenges of tech startups with an imperative to behave ethically. The book provides readers with the tools to ethically frame and construct their ... Read more

$51.29 CAD

This book draws on almost five decades of entrepreneurial experience and innovation and offers a broad perspective on ethical tech startups. It approaches the subject on two fronts by considering both the business of ethical technology as well as the challenges of tech startups with an imperative to behave ethically. The book provides readers with the tools to ethically frame and construct their
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Lifelong Machine Learning

Second Edition

by Zhiyuan Chen, Bing Liu, Ronald Brachman, Peter Stone, Francesca Rossi ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition is an introduction to an advanced machine learning paradigm that continuously learns by accumulating past knowledge that it then uses in future learning and problem solving. In contrast, the current dominant machine learning paradigm learns in isolation: given a training dataset, it runs a machine learning algorithm on the dataset to produce a model that ... Read more

$70.39 CAD

Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition is an introduction to an advanced machine learning paradigm that continuously learns by accumulating past knowledge that it then uses in future learning and problem solving. In contrast, the current dominant machine learning paradigm learns in isolation: given a training dataset, it runs a machine learning algorithm on the dataset to produce a model that
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Designing for the User Experience in Learning Systems

Edited by Evangelos Kapros, Maria Koutsombogera ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
While the focus of the UX research and design discipline and the Learning Sciences and instructional design disciplines is often similar and almost always tangential, there seems to exist a gap, i.e. a lack of communication between the two fields. Not much has been said about how UX Design can work hand-in-hand with instructional design to advance learning. The goal of this book is to bridge this ... Read more

$140.89 CAD

While the focus of the UX research and design discipline and the Learning Sciences and instructional design disciplines is often similar and almost always tangential, there seems to exist a gap, i.e. a lack of communication between the two fields. Not much has been said about how UX Design can work hand-in-hand with instructional design to advance learning. The goal of this book is to bridge this
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Social Computing and Social Media. Communication and Social Communities

11th International Conference, SCSM 2019, Held as Part of the 21st HCI International Conference, HCII 2019, Orlando, FL, USA, July 26-31, 2019, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 11578 and 11579 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2019, held in July 2019 as part of HCI International 2019 in Orlando, FL, USA.HCII 2019 received a total of 5029 submissions, of which 1275 papers and 209 posters were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 81 papers ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This two-volume set LNCS 11578 and 11579 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2019, held in July 2019 as part of HCI International 2019 in Orlando, FL, USA.HCII 2019 received a total of 5029 submissions, of which 1275 papers and 209 posters were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 81 papers
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2018 Workshops

Munich, Germany, September 8-14, 2018, Proceedings, Part VI

Edited by Laura Leal-Taixé, Stefan Roth ...

Series Book 6 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The six-volume set comprising the LNCS volumes 11129-11134 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops that took place in conjunction with the 15th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2018, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2018.43 workshops from 74 workshops proposals were selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The workshop topics present a good orchestration of new ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

The six-volume set comprising the LNCS volumes 11129-11134 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops that took place in conjunction with the 15th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2018, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2018.43 workshops from 74 workshops proposals were selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The workshop topics present a good orchestration of new
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Introduction to Text Visualization

by Nan Cao, Weiwei Cui ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides a systematic review of many advanced techniques to support the analysis of large collections of documents, ranging from the elementary to the profound, covering all the aspects of the visualization of text documents. Particularly, we start by introducing the fundamental concept of information visualization and visual analysis, followed by a brief survey of the field of text ... Read more

$98.69 CAD

This book provides a systematic review of many advanced techniques to support the analysis of large collections of documents, ranging from the elementary to the profound, covering all the aspects of the visualization of text documents. Particularly, we start by introducing the fundamental concept of information visualization and visual analysis, followed by a brief survey of the field of text
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Kafka in Action

by Dylan Scott, Viktor Gamov, Dave Klein ...

Master the wicked-fast Apache Kafka streaming platform through hands-on examples and real-world projects.In Kafka in Action you will learn:Understanding Apache Kafka conceptsSetting up and executing basic ETL tasks using Kafka ConnectUsing Kafka as part of a large data project teamPerforming administrative tasksProducing and consuming event streamsWorking with Kafka from Java applicationsImplementing ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Master the wicked-fast Apache Kafka streaming platform through hands-on examples and real-world projects.In Kafka in Action you will learn:Understanding Apache Kafka conceptsSetting up and executing basic ETL tasks using Kafka ConnectUsing Kafka as part of a large data project teamPerforming administrative tasksProducing and consuming event streamsWorking with Kafka from Java applicationsImplementing
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Economics and Social Conflict

Evil Actions and Evil Social Institutions in Virtual Worlds

by C. Mildenberger ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book brings to life the classic thought experiment of a natural state. Provides data on the economic aspects of social conflict of 400.000 people living in a virtual anarchy; showing evil actions and rules exist from an economic perspective. Non-instrumental violence has economic effects and inciting people to fight are not overcome in time. ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book brings to life the classic thought experiment of a natural state. Provides data on the economic aspects of social conflict of 400.000 people living in a virtual anarchy; showing evil actions and rules exist from an economic perspective. Non-instrumental violence has economic effects and inciting people to fight are not overcome in time.
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Java XML and JSON

by JEFF FRIESEN ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Java XML and JSON is your one-stop guide to mastering the XML metalanguage and JSON data format along with significant Java APIs for parsing and creating XML/JSON documents (and more). The first six chapters focus on XML along with the SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, and XSLT APIs. The remaining four chapters focus on JSON along with the mJson, GSON, and JsonPath APIs.Each chapter ends with select ... Read more

$44.29 CAD

Java XML and JSON is your one-stop guide to mastering the XML metalanguage and JSON data format along with significant Java APIs for parsing and creating XML/JSON documents (and more). The first six chapters focus on XML along with the SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, and XSLT APIs. The remaining four chapters focus on JSON along with the mJson, GSON, and JsonPath APIs.Each chapter ends with select
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