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Python Data Cleaning and Preparation Best Practices

A practical guide to organizing and handling data from various sources and formats using Python

by Maria Zervou ...

Take your data preparation skills to the next level by converting any type of data asset into a structured, formatted, and readily usable dataset Key FeaturesMaximize the value of your data through effective data cleaning methodsEnhance your data skills using strategies for handling structured and unstructured dataElevate the quality of your data products by testing and validating your data ... Read more

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Take your data preparation skills to the next level by converting any type of data asset into a structured, formatted, and readily usable dataset Key FeaturesMaximize the value of your data through effective data cleaning methodsEnhance your data skills using strategies for handling structured and unstructured dataElevate the quality of your data products by testing and validating your data
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Aprendizado De Máquina Em Ação

Um Manual Para Leigos, Guia Para Iniciantes

by Alan T. Norman ...

Translated by Rafael Cerutti ...

Você está procurando um livro fundamental para começar com os conceitos básicos do Aprendizado de Máquina?Meu livro lhe explicará os conceitos básicos de maneira fácil de entender. Um vez que tiver lido esse livro, você terá uma sólida compreensão sobre os princípios fundamentais que facilitarão seu acesso a um livro mais avançado, caso queira aprender mais. ... Read more

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Você está procurando um livro fundamental para começar com os conceitos básicos do Aprendizado de Máquina?Meu livro lhe explicará os conceitos básicos de maneira fácil de entender. Um vez que tiver lido esse livro, você terá uma sólida compreensão sobre os princípios fundamentais que facilitarão seu acesso a um livro mais avançado, caso queira aprender mais.
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Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

AAMAS 2017 Workshops, Visionary Papers, São Paulo, Brazil, May 8-12, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Gita Sukthankar, Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book compiles the most visionary papers from 10 workshops held at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2017, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2017.The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. They deal with novel ideas proposing a change in the way research is currently carried out. ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book compiles the most visionary papers from 10 workshops held at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2017, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2017.The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. They deal with novel ideas proposing a change in the way research is currently carried out.
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Learn to Use Microsoft Excel 2016 eBook

by Michelle Halsey ...

Learn how to use the features of Excel® 2016 and experience some of the new features that are offered in Excel® 2016. Excel® 2016 is the world’s premier spreadsheet software. You can use Excel to analyze numbers, keep track of data, and graphically represent your information. With Office® 2016 you are provided an improved landing screen, which makes launching, creating, collaborating, and sharing ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Learn how to use the features of Excel® 2016 and experience some of the new features that are offered in Excel® 2016. Excel® 2016 is the world’s premier spreadsheet software. You can use Excel to analyze numbers, keep track of data, and graphically represent your information. With Office® 2016 you are provided an improved landing screen, which makes launching, creating, collaborating, and sharing
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Society 5.0

First International Conference, Society 5.0 2021, Virtual Event, June 22–24, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Aurona Gerber, Knut Hinkelmann ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of
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Assessment of Visual Quality and Simulator Sickness for Omnidirectional Videos

by Ashutosh Singla ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents extensive research on the quality of 360° video perceived by users with HMDs. The book aims to develop a set of standard guidelines for the systematic visual quality assessment of 360° videos. Firstly, conventional subjective test methods such as Absolute Category Rating (ACR) and Double Stimulus Impairment Scale (DSIS) are applied to evaluate video quality, alongside the ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book presents extensive research on the quality of 360° video perceived by users with HMDs. The book aims to develop a set of standard guidelines for the systematic visual quality assessment of 360° videos. Firstly, conventional subjective test methods such as Absolute Category Rating (ACR) and Double Stimulus Impairment Scale (DSIS) are applied to evaluate video quality, alongside the
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Python for Beginners

Codes for starters

by Célio Azevedo ...

This is the book Python for Beginners (Codes for starters). In this book, you will be guided through the fundamentals of the Python programming language, from basic concepts to slightly more advanced techniques. ... Read more

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This is the book Python for Beginners (Codes for starters). In this book, you will be guided through the fundamentals of the Python programming language, from basic concepts to slightly more advanced techniques.
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Multitasking in the Digital Age

by Gloria Mark ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
In our digital age we can communicate, access, create, and share an abundance of information effortlessly, rapidly, and nearly ubiquitously. The consequence of having so many choices is that they compete for our attention: we continually switch our attention between different types of information while doing different types of tasks--in other words, we multitask. The activity of information ... Read more

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In our digital age we can communicate, access, create, and share an abundance of information effortlessly, rapidly, and nearly ubiquitously. The consequence of having so many choices is that they compete for our attention: we continually switch our attention between different types of information while doing different types of tasks--in other words, we multitask. The activity of information
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DevOps for Azure Applications

Deploy Web Applications on Azure

by Suren Machiraju, Suraj Gaurav ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Deploy web applications on Azure using DevOps tools. This book gives solutions to real-world Cloud deployment scenarios which will enable you to become adept in DevOps work for Azure.You'll start by seeing an overview of DevOps for Azure deployments where you will also survey the available tools, including Octopus Deploy and TeamCity. Here, you will learn how to use TeamCity as a CI tool and ... Read more

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Deploy web applications on Azure using DevOps tools. This book gives solutions to real-world Cloud deployment scenarios which will enable you to become adept in DevOps work for Azure.You'll start by seeing an overview of DevOps for Azure deployments where you will also survey the available tools, including Octopus Deploy and TeamCity. Here, you will learn how to use TeamCity as a CI tool and
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Separation Logic for High-level Synthesis

by Felix Winterstein ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents novel compiler techniques, which combine a rigorous mathematical framework, novel program analyses and digital hardware design to advance current high-level synthesis tools and extend their scope beyond the industrial ‘state of the art’. Implementing computation on customised digital hardware plays an increasingly important role in the quest for energy-efficient high-performance ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book presents novel compiler techniques, which combine a rigorous mathematical framework, novel program analyses and digital hardware design to advance current high-level synthesis tools and extend their scope beyond the industrial ‘state of the art’. Implementing computation on customised digital hardware plays an increasingly important role in the quest for energy-efficient high-performance
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Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

15th EuroVR International Conference, EuroVR 2018, London, UK, October 22–23, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Patrick Bourdot, Sue Cobb, Victoria Interrante, Hirokazu kato, Didier Stricker ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, EuroVR 2018, held in London, UK, in October 2018.The 9 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers are organized in 5topical sections: vision-based motion tracking; 3D acquisition and 3D reconstruction; ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, EuroVR 2018, held in London, UK, in October 2018.The 9 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers are organized in 5topical sections: vision-based motion tracking; 3D acquisition and 3D reconstruction;
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HCI International 2020 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality and Intelligence

22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Masaaki Kurosu, Helmut Degen, Lauren Reinerman-Jones ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for
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Computer Programming in C for Beginners

by Avelino J. Gonzalez ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This textbook is an ideal introduction in college courses or self-study for learning computer programming using the C language. Written for those with minimal or no programming experience, Computer Programming in C for Beginners offers a heavily guided, hands-on approach that enables the reader to quickly start programming, and then progresses to cover the major concepts of C programming that are ... Read more

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This textbook is an ideal introduction in college courses or self-study for learning computer programming using the C language. Written for those with minimal or no programming experience, Computer Programming in C for Beginners offers a heavily guided, hands-on approach that enables the reader to quickly start programming, and then progresses to cover the major concepts of C programming that are
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The Era of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Edited by Stephanie K. Ashenden ...

The Era of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science in the Pharmaceutical Industry examines the drug discovery process, assessing how new technologies have improved effectiveness. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are considered the future for a wide range of disciplines and industries, including the pharmaceutical industry. In an environment where producing a single ... Read more

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The Era of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science in the Pharmaceutical Industry examines the drug discovery process, assessing how new technologies have improved effectiveness. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are considered the future for a wide range of disciplines and industries, including the pharmaceutical industry. In an environment where producing a single
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Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications II

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET – AI 2020), April 23-25, 2020, Lausanne, Switzerland

Edited by Tareq Ahram, Redha Taiar, Vincent Gremeaux-Bader, Kamiar Aminian ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reports on research and developments in human-technology interaction. A special emphasis is given to human-computer interaction, and its implementation for a wide range of purposes such as healthcare, aerospace, telecommunication, and education, among others. The human aspects are analyzed in detail. Timely studies on human-centered design, wearable technologies, social and affective ... Read more

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This book reports on research and developments in human-technology interaction. A special emphasis is given to human-computer interaction, and its implementation for a wide range of purposes such as healthcare, aerospace, telecommunication, and education, among others. The human aspects are analyzed in detail. Timely studies on human-centered design, wearable technologies, social and affective
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Programming macros with Google Sheets

Professional training

by Rémy Lentzner ...

Welcome to macros programming with JavaScript in the Google Sheets environment. This book is for anyone who wants to find out how to create and modify macros with custom functions. As in any other spreadsheet, macros enable you to make manual actions automatic and avoids having to repeat tasks. The system creates codes (functions) you can modify if you need to. After recording, you can execute ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Welcome to macros programming with JavaScript in the Google Sheets environment. This book is for anyone who wants to find out how to create and modify macros with custom functions. As in any other spreadsheet, macros enable you to make manual actions automatic and avoids having to repeat tasks. The system creates codes (functions) you can modify if you need to. After recording, you can execute
... Read more
Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Mental Workload, Human Physiology, and Human Energy

17th International Conference, EPCE 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters included in the 37 HCII 2020 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters included in the 37 HCII 2020 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from
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Open Space

The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data

by Mariel Borowitz ...

Series series Information Policy
An examination of environmental satellite data sharing policies, offering a model of data-sharing policy development, case and practical recommendations for increasing global data sharing.Key to understanding and addressing climate change is continuous and precise monitoring of environmental conditions. Satellites play an important role in collecting climate data, offering comprehensive global ... Read more

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An examination of environmental satellite data sharing policies, offering a model of data-sharing policy development, case and practical recommendations for increasing global data sharing.Key to understanding and addressing climate change is continuous and precise monitoring of environmental conditions. Satellites play an important role in collecting climate data, offering comprehensive global
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Quality of Synthetic Speech

Perceptual Dimensions, Influencing Factors, and Instrumental Assessment

by Florian Hinterleitner ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the ... Read more

$140.89 CAD

This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the
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Augmented Reality

Where We Will All Live

by Jon Peddie ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR).The author presents AR from its initial philosophies and early developments, to its current technologies and its impact on our modern society, to its possible future developments; ... Read more

$60.19 CAD

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR).The author presents AR from its initial philosophies and early developments, to its current technologies and its impact on our modern society, to its possible future developments;
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Instruction Level Parallelism

by Alex Aiken, Utpal Banerjee, Arun Kejariwal, Alexandru Nicolau ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques. It uniquely offers consistent and uniform descriptions of the code transformations involved. Due to the ubiquitous nature of ILP in virtually every processor built today, from general purpose CPUs to application-specific and embedded processors, this book is useful to the ... Read more

$76.89 CAD

This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques. It uniquely offers consistent and uniform descriptions of the code transformations involved. Due to the ubiquitous nature of ILP in virtually every processor built today, from general purpose CPUs to application-specific and embedded processors, this book is useful to the
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Source Code Analytics With Roslyn and JavaScript Data Visualization

by Sudipta Mukherjee ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to build an interactive source code analytics system using Roslyn and JavaScript. This concise 150 page book will help you create and use practical code analysis tools utilizing the new features of Microsoft’s Roslyn compiler to understand the health of your code and identify parts of the code for refactoring.Source code is one of the biggest assets of a software company. However if not ... Read more

$32.39 CAD

Learn how to build an interactive source code analytics system using Roslyn and JavaScript. This concise 150 page book will help you create and use practical code analysis tools utilizing the new features of Microsoft’s Roslyn compiler to understand the health of your code and identify parts of the code for refactoring.Source code is one of the biggest assets of a software company. However if not
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Redash v5 Quick Start Guide

Create and share interactive dashboards using Redash

by Alexander Leibzon, Yael Leibzon ...

Learn how to quickly generate business intelligence, insights and create interactive dashboards for digital storytelling through various data sources with RedashKey FeaturesLearn the best use of visualizations to build powerful interactive dashboardsCreate and share visualizations and data in your organizationWork with different complexities of data from different data sourcesBook DescriptionData ... Read more

$28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to quickly generate business intelligence, insights and create interactive dashboards for digital storytelling through various data sources with RedashKey FeaturesLearn the best use of visualizations to build powerful interactive dashboardsCreate and share visualizations and data in your organizationWork with different complexities of data from different data sourcesBook DescriptionData
... Read more
Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment

10th EAI International Conference, INTETAIN 2018, Guimarães, Portugal, November 21-23, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Paulo Cortez, Luís Magalhães, Pedro Branco, Carlos Filipe Portela, Telmo Adão ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2018, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in November 2018. The 15 full papers were selected from 23 submissions and present developments in artificial intelligence for human interaction or entertainment; artificial intelligence in games, augmented ... Read more

$51.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2018, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in November 2018. The 15 full papers were selected from 23 submissions and present developments in artificial intelligence for human interaction or entertainment; artificial intelligence in games, augmented
... Read more

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