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Explainable AI for Education: Recent Trends and Challenges

Edited by Tanu Singh, Soumi Dutta, Sonali Vyas, Álvaro Rocha ...

Series series Education (R0)
“Explainable AI for Education: Recent Trends and Challenges” is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and education. In this book, we delve into the critical need for transparency and interpretability in AI systems deployed within educational contexts.Key ThemesUnderstanding AI in Education:We provide a concise overview of AI techniques commonly used ... Read more

$224.99 USD

“Explainable AI for Education: Recent Trends and Challenges” is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and education. In this book, we delve into the critical need for transparency and interpretability in AI systems deployed within educational contexts.Key ThemesUnderstanding AI in Education:We provide a concise overview of AI techniques commonly used
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The Power of Prediction in Health Care: A Step-by-step Guide to Data Science in Health Care

A Step-by-step Guide to Data Science in Health Care

by Rafiq Muhammad ...

Are you an aspiring data science student or early career researcher taking your first steps into data science? Are you overwhelmed and lost in the vast sea of information? This simplified data science guide is for you.This book provides a step-by-step approach to how data science projects can be conceptualized, designed, and developed in health care by aspiring data scientists. We will start on an ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Are you an aspiring data science student or early career researcher taking your first steps into data science? Are you overwhelmed and lost in the vast sea of information? This simplified data science guide is for you.This book provides a step-by-step approach to how data science projects can be conceptualized, designed, and developed in health care by aspiring data scientists. We will start on an
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Apache Cassandra Developer Associate

Exam Practice Tests

by Cristian Scutaru ...

Who this book is for• People preparing for the Apache Cassandra Developer Associate exam.• Developers willing to acquire a certification in the most popular NoSQL wide-column store.• Those looking to pass with minimal risk the latest $145 DataStax certification exam.This book contains two original and high-quality practice tests with 60 questions each.They help you practice for DataStax Academy's ... Read more

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Who this book is for• People preparing for the Apache Cassandra Developer Associate exam.• Developers willing to acquire a certification in the most popular NoSQL wide-column store.• Those looking to pass with minimal risk the latest $145 DataStax certification exam.This book contains two original and high-quality practice tests with 60 questions each.They help you practice for DataStax Academy's
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Blockchain als Placebo

Wie Blockchain durch Sprache, Struktur und Suggestion wirkt – und täuscht

by Frank Terges ...

Blockchain gilt als Inbegriff von Transparenz, Sicherheit und technologischem Fortschritt. Doch was, wenn diese Zuschreibungen weniger auf technischer Realität beruhen – und mehr auf unserer Wahrnehmung? Dieses Buch entlarvt die Blockchain als psychologisches Placebo. Es zeigt, wie Begriffe wie "Unveränderlichkeit" und "Dezentralität" ein Vertrauen erzeugen, das oft nicht gerechtfertigt ist – und ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Blockchain gilt als Inbegriff von Transparenz, Sicherheit und technologischem Fortschritt. Doch was, wenn diese Zuschreibungen weniger auf technischer Realität beruhen – und mehr auf unserer Wahrnehmung? Dieses Buch entlarvt die Blockchain als psychologisches Placebo. Es zeigt, wie Begriffe wie "Unveränderlichkeit" und "Dezentralität" ein Vertrauen erzeugen, das oft nicht gerechtfertigt ist – und
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Proceedings of 20th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI 2025)

Volume 1

Edited by Alvaro Rocha, Francisco García Peñalvo, Carlos J. Costa, Ramiro Gonçalves ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises peer-reviewed papers selected for presentation and discussion at the 20th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI'2025), held from June 16 to 19, 2025, at ISEG—Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal.CISTI’2025 is a leading international forum that brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to ... Read more

$224.99 USD

This book comprises peer-reviewed papers selected for presentation and discussion at the 20th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI'2025), held from June 16 to 19, 2025, at ISEG—Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal.CISTI’2025 is a leading international forum that brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to
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MULTICAST IP ROUTING

MULTICAST IP ROUTING- Part 1

by Ummed Singh ...

Multicast routing is a technique used in computer networks to optimize the transmission of data from one sender to multiple recipients. Instead of sending separate copies of the data to each recipient individually, multicast routing allows the sender to transmit the data once, and the recipients who are interested in receiving it form a multicast group.This method is particularly beneficial in ... Read more

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Multicast routing is a technique used in computer networks to optimize the transmission of data from one sender to multiple recipients. Instead of sending separate copies of the data to each recipient individually, multicast routing allows the sender to transmit the data once, and the recipients who are interested in receiving it form a multicast group.This method is particularly beneficial in
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Introduction to Bayesian Tracking and Particle Filters

by Lawrence D. Stone, Roy L. Streit, Stephen L. Anderson ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book provides a quick but insightful introduction to Bayesian tracking and particle filtering for a person who has some background in probability and statistics and wishes to learn the basics of single-target tracking. It also introduces the reader to multiple target tracking by presenting useful approximate methods that are easy to implement compared to full-blown multiple target trackers ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book provides a quick but insightful introduction to Bayesian tracking and particle filtering for a person who has some background in probability and statistics and wishes to learn the basics of single-target tracking. It also introduces the reader to multiple target tracking by presenting useful approximate methods that are easy to implement compared to full-blown multiple target trackers
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Smart Machines

IBM's Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing

by Steve Hamm, John Kelly III ...

We are crossing a new frontier in the evolution of computing and entering the era of cognitive systems. The victory of IBM's Watson on the television quiz show Jeopardy! revealed how scientists and engineers at IBM and elsewhere are pushing the boundaries of science and technology to create machines that sense, learn, reason, and interact with people in new ways to provide insight and advice.In ... Read more

$15.99 USD

We are crossing a new frontier in the evolution of computing and entering the era of cognitive systems. The victory of IBM's Watson on the television quiz show Jeopardy! revealed how scientists and engineers at IBM and elsewhere are pushing the boundaries of science and technology to create machines that sense, learn, reason, and interact with people in new ways to provide insight and advice.In
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Fast Data Processing Systems with SMACK Stack

Combine the incredible powers of Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka to build data processing platforms that can take on even the hardest of your data troubles!

by Raúl Estrada ...

Combine the incredible powers of Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka to build data processing platforms that can take on even the hardest of your data troubles!Key Features\[\*\]This highly practical guide shows you how to use the best of the big data technologies to solve your response-critical problems\[\*\]Learn the art of making cheap-yet-effective big data architecture without using ... Read more

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Combine the incredible powers of Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka to build data processing platforms that can take on even the hardest of your data troubles!Key Features\[\*\]This highly practical guide shows you how to use the best of the big data technologies to solve your response-critical problems\[\*\]Learn the art of making cheap-yet-effective big data architecture without using
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Kafka Streams в действии. Приложения и микросервисы, управляемые событиями

Второе издание

by Билл Беджек ...

Translated by Лариса Киселева ...

Корпоративным приложениям приходится ежедневно обрабатывать тысячи и даже миллионы событий. Благодаря интуитивно понятному API и безупречной надежности библиотека Kafka Streams по праву занимает в этих системах центральное место. Она обеспечивает именно ту мощь и простоту, которые необходимы для управления обработкой событий в реальном времени или обмена сообщениями между микросервисами. ... Read more

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Корпоративным приложениям приходится ежедневно обрабатывать тысячи и даже миллионы событий. Благодаря интуитивно понятному API и безупречной надежности библиотека Kafka Streams по праву занимает в этих системах центральное место. Она обеспечивает именно ту мощь и простоту, которые необходимы для управления обработкой событий в реальном времени или обмена сообщениями между микросервисами.
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Practical Machine Learning with H2O

Powerful, Scalable Techniques for Deep Learning and AI

by Darren Cook ...

Machine learning has finally come of age. With H2O software, you can perform machine learning and data analysis using a simple open source framework that’s easy to use, has a wide range of OS and language support, and scales for big data. This hands-on guide teaches you how to use H20 with only minimal math and theory behind the learning algorithms.If you’re familiar with R or Python, know a bit ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Machine learning has finally come of age. With H2O software, you can perform machine learning and data analysis using a simple open source framework that’s easy to use, has a wide range of OS and language support, and scales for big data. This hands-on guide teaches you how to use H20 with only minimal math and theory behind the learning algorithms.If you’re familiar with R or Python, know a bit
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Cyber and Digital Forensic Investigations

A Law Enforcement Practitioner’s Perspective

Edited by Nhien-An Le-Khac, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Understanding the latest capabilities in the cyber threat landscape as well as the cyber forensic challenges and approaches is the best way users and organizations can prepare for potential negative events. Adopting an experiential learning approach, this book describes how cyber forensics researchers, educators and practitioners can keep pace with technological advances, and acquire the essential ... Read more

$179.99 USD

Understanding the latest capabilities in the cyber threat landscape as well as the cyber forensic challenges and approaches is the best way users and organizations can prepare for potential negative events. Adopting an experiential learning approach, this book describes how cyber forensics researchers, educators and practitioners can keep pace with technological advances, and acquire the essential
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Forecasting Time Series Data with Facebook Prophet

Build, improve, and optimize time series forecasting models using the advanced forecasting tool

by Greg Rafferty ...

Create and improve high-quality automated forecasts for time series data that have strong seasonal effects, holidays, and additional regressors using PythonKey FeaturesLearn how to use the open-source forecasting tool Facebook Prophet to improve your forecastsBuild a forecast and run diagnostics to understand forecast qualityFine-tune models to achieve high performance, and report that performance ... Read more

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Create and improve high-quality automated forecasts for time series data that have strong seasonal effects, holidays, and additional regressors using PythonKey FeaturesLearn how to use the open-source forecasting tool Facebook Prophet to improve your forecastsBuild a forecast and run diagnostics to understand forecast qualityFine-tune models to achieve high performance, and report that performance
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AI OBSERVER: The Foundation

AI OBSERVER, #1

by K.ZEN-YU ...

Series Book 1 - AI OBSERVER
AI Observer: Inside the Mechanics of LLM Reasoning offers a clear, structured exploration of how large language models think, respond, and behave. Instead of focusing on engineering or code, this book examines AI through observable patterns—semantic density, attention routing, reasoning depth, and linguistic stability. Readers will learn why answers sometimes drift, why reasoning depth fluctuates, ... Read more

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AI Observer: Inside the Mechanics of LLM Reasoning offers a clear, structured exploration of how large language models think, respond, and behave. Instead of focusing on engineering or code, this book examines AI through observable patterns—semantic density, attention routing, reasoning depth, and linguistic stability. Readers will learn why answers sometimes drift, why reasoning depth fluctuates,
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Machine Learning with TensorFlow 1.x

Second generation machine learning with Google's brainchild - TensorFlow 1.x

by Quan Hua, Shams Ul Azeem, Saif Ahmed ...

Tackle common commercial machine learning problems with Google's TensorFlow 1.x library and build deployable solutions.Key Features\[\*\] Enter the new era of second-generation machine learning with Python with this practical and insightful guide\[\*\] Set up TensorFlow 1.x for actual industrial use, including high-performance setup aspects such as multi-GPU support\[\*\] Create pipelines for ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tackle common commercial machine learning problems with Google's TensorFlow 1.x library and build deployable solutions.Key Features\[\*\] Enter the new era of second-generation machine learning with Python with this practical and insightful guide\[\*\] Set up TensorFlow 1.x for actual industrial use, including high-performance setup aspects such as multi-GPU support\[\*\] Create pipelines for
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Java and Access

by Renier Engelbrecht ...

Connect from Oracle Java 8 to Microsoft Access database using ucanaccess. This gives a detailed step by step guide to setting up access, insert, update, delete and reading of records in an Access database. ... Read more

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Connect from Oracle Java 8 to Microsoft Access database using ucanaccess. This gives a detailed step by step guide to setting up access, insert, update, delete and reading of records in an Access database.
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The Well-Grounded Data Analyst

Solve messy data problems like a pro

by David Asboth ...

Series series The Well-Grounded
Complete eight data science projects that lock in important real-world skills—along with a practical process you can use to learn any new technique quickly and efficiently.Data analysts need to be problem solvers—and The Well-Grounded Data Analyst will teach you how to solve the most common problems you'll face in industry. You'll explore eight scenarios that your class or bootcamp won’t have ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Complete eight data science projects that lock in important real-world skills—along with a practical process you can use to learn any new technique quickly and efficiently.Data analysts need to be problem solvers—and The Well-Grounded Data Analyst will teach you how to solve the most common problems you'll face in industry. You'll explore eight scenarios that your class or bootcamp won’t have
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Python Natural Language Processing

Advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques for natural language processing

by Jalaj Thanaki ...

Leverage the power of machine learning and deep learning to extract information from text dataKey Features\[\*\] Implement Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques for efficient natural language processing\[\*\] Get started with NLTK and implement NLP in your applications with ease\[\*\] Understand and interpret human languages with the power of text analysis via PythonBook DescriptionThis ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leverage the power of machine learning and deep learning to extract information from text dataKey Features\[\*\] Implement Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques for efficient natural language processing\[\*\] Get started with NLTK and implement NLP in your applications with ease\[\*\] Understand and interpret human languages with the power of text analysis via PythonBook DescriptionThis
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Learning AWK Programming

A fast, and simple cutting-edge utility for text-processing on the Unix-like environment

by Shiwang Kalkhanda ...

Text processing and pattern matching simplifiedKey Features-Master the fastest and most elegant big data munging language-Implement text processing and pattern matching using the advanced features of AWK and GAWK-Implement debugging and inter-process communication using GAWKBook DescriptionAWK is one of the most primitive and powerful utilities which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. ... Read more

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Text processing and pattern matching simplifiedKey Features-Master the fastest and most elegant big data munging language-Implement text processing and pattern matching using the advanced features of AWK and GAWK-Implement debugging and inter-process communication using GAWKBook DescriptionAWK is one of the most primitive and powerful utilities which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions.
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Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide

Enriching Apache Iceberg Data Lakehouses with an Open Source Catalog

by Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, Tomer Shiran ...

Revolutionize your understanding of modern data management with Apache Polaris (incubating), the open source catalog designed for data lakehouse industry standard Apache Iceberg. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of Apache Iceberg data lakehouses, highlighting the pivotal role of Iceberg catalogs.Authors Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, and Tomer Shiran explore ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Revolutionize your understanding of modern data management with Apache Polaris (incubating), the open source catalog designed for data lakehouse industry standard Apache Iceberg. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of Apache Iceberg data lakehouses, highlighting the pivotal role of Iceberg catalogs.Authors Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, and Tomer Shiran explore
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Mastering Predictive Analytics with Python

Exploit the power of data in your business by building advanced predictive modeling applications with Python

by Joseph Babcock ...

Exploit the power of data in your business by building advanced predictive modeling applications with PythonKey Features\[\*\] Master open source Python tools to build sophisticated predictive models\[\*\] Learn to identify the right machine learning algorithm for your problem with this forward-thinking guide\[\*\] Grasp the major methods of predictive modeling and move beyond the basics to a ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Exploit the power of data in your business by building advanced predictive modeling applications with PythonKey Features\[\*\] Master open source Python tools to build sophisticated predictive models\[\*\] Learn to identify the right machine learning algorithm for your problem with this forward-thinking guide\[\*\] Grasp the major methods of predictive modeling and move beyond the basics to a
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Learning D3.js Mapping

by Thomas Newton, Oscar Villarreal ...

If you are interested in creating maps for the web GIS data, this book is for you. Familiarity with D3.js will be helpful but is not necessary. ... Read more

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If you are interested in creating maps for the web GIS data, this book is for you. Familiarity with D3.js will be helpful but is not necessary.
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Advances in Internet, Data and Web Technologies

The 8th International Conference on Emerging Internet, Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT-2020)

Edited by Leonard Barolli, Yoshihiro Okada, Flora Amato ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents original contributions on the theories and practices of emerging Internet, data and web technologies and their applicability in businesses, engineering and academia. The Internet has become the most proliferative platform for emerging large-scale computing paradigms. Among them, data and web technologies are two most prominent paradigms, and manifest in a variety of forms such ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book presents original contributions on the theories and practices of emerging Internet, data and web technologies and their applicability in businesses, engineering and academia. The Internet has become the most proliferative platform for emerging large-scale computing paradigms. Among them, data and web technologies are two most prominent paradigms, and manifest in a variety of forms such
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AI-Driven Time Series Forecasting

Complexity-Conscious Prediction and Decision-Making

by Raghurami Reddy Etukuru Ph.D. ...

When you enter the world of time series analysis, you step into a labyrinth of numerical patterns, where each turn you take unveils another layer of complexity. Here, simple mathematical or statistical models struggle to keep pace. Reality is riddled with complex patterns in time series data, which, like cryptic pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, hold the key to unraveling insightful predictions. These ... Read more

$3.99 USD

When you enter the world of time series analysis, you step into a labyrinth of numerical patterns, where each turn you take unveils another layer of complexity. Here, simple mathematical or statistical models struggle to keep pace. Reality is riddled with complex patterns in time series data, which, like cryptic pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, hold the key to unraveling insightful predictions. These
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