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Complex Systems: Innovation and Sustainability in the Digital Age

Volume 1

Edited by Aleksei V. Bogoviz ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This text provides one of the first book-length studies on the innovative and sustainable development of complex systems in the era of digital transformations, combining quantitative data from several countries with detailed qualitative accounts at the national level. In particular, the book covers the basic concepts, methods, and cutting-edge research on innovation and sustainability in complex ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This text provides one of the first book-length studies on the innovative and sustainable development of complex systems in the era of digital transformations, combining quantitative data from several countries with detailed qualitative accounts at the national level. In particular, the book covers the basic concepts, methods, and cutting-edge research on innovation and sustainability in complex
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Intelligent Systems, Business, and Innovation Research

Edited by Rim El Khoury, Nohade Nasrallah ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Intelligent systems research is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the development of systems that can perceive, reason, and act autonomously. This can include areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and robotics. The goal of intelligent systems research is to develop systems that can understand, learn from, and adapt to their environment, to ... Read more

$242.99 USD

Intelligent systems research is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the development of systems that can perceive, reason, and act autonomously. This can include areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and robotics. The goal of intelligent systems research is to develop systems that can understand, learn from, and adapt to their environment, to
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Deep Learning for Multimedia Processing Applications

Volume One: Image Security and Intelligent Systems for Multimedia Processing

Edited by Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Huang Mengxing, Jingbing Li, Sibghat Ullah Bazai, Muhammad Aamir ...

Deep Learning for Multimedia Processing Applications is a comprehensive guide that explores the revolutionary impact of deep learning techniques in the field of multimedia processing. Written for a wide range of readers, from students to professionals, this book offers a concise and accessible overview of the application of deep learning in various multimedia domains, including image processing, ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Deep Learning for Multimedia Processing Applications is a comprehensive guide that explores the revolutionary impact of deep learning techniques in the field of multimedia processing. Written for a wide range of readers, from students to professionals, this book offers a concise and accessible overview of the application of deep learning in various multimedia domains, including image processing,
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Cyber-Physical Systems: Intelligent Models and Algorithms

Edited by Alla G. Kravets, Alexander A. Bolshakov, Maxim Shcherbakov ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book is devoted to intelligent models and algorithms as the core components of cyber-physical systems. The complexity of cyber-physical systems developing and deploying requires new approaches to its modelling and design. Presents results in the field of modelling technologies that leverage the exploitation of artificial intelligence, including artificial general intelligence (AGI) and weak ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book is devoted to intelligent models and algorithms as the core components of cyber-physical systems. The complexity of cyber-physical systems developing and deploying requires new approaches to its modelling and design. Presents results in the field of modelling technologies that leverage the exploitation of artificial intelligence, including artificial general intelligence (AGI) and weak
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Cultural Economies of Locative Media

by Rowan Wilken ...

Series series Studies in Mobile Communication
Location, location-awareness, and location data have all become familiar and increasingly significant parts of our everyday mobile-mediated experiences. Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the ways in which location-based services, such as GPS-enabled mobile smartphones, are socially, culturally, economically, and politically produced just as much as they are technically designed and ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Location, location-awareness, and location data have all become familiar and increasingly significant parts of our everyday mobile-mediated experiences. Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the ways in which location-based services, such as GPS-enabled mobile smartphones, are socially, culturally, economically, and politically produced just as much as they are technically designed and
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R Graphics Cookbook

Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data

by Winston Chang ...

This O’Reilly cookbook provides more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’s graphing systems. Each recipe tackles a specific problem with a solution you can apply to your own project and includes a discussion of how and why the recipe works.Most of the recipes in this ... Read more

$48.99 USD

This O’Reilly cookbook provides more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’s graphing systems. Each recipe tackles a specific problem with a solution you can apply to your own project and includes a discussion of how and why the recipe works.Most of the recipes in this
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There Are No Facts

Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life

by Mark Shepard ...

The entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power: how data and algorithms shape the world—and shape us within that world.With the emergence of a post-truth world, we have witnessed the dissolution of the common ground on which truth claims were negotiated, individual agency enacted, and public spheres shaped. What happens when, as Nietzsche claimed, there are no facts, but ... Read more

$16.99 USD

The entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power: how data and algorithms shape the world—and shape us within that world.With the emergence of a post-truth world, we have witnessed the dissolution of the common ground on which truth claims were negotiated, individual agency enacted, and public spheres shaped. What happens when, as Nietzsche claimed, there are no facts, but
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Blockchain for Big Data

AI, IoT and Cloud Perspectives

by Shaoliang Peng ...

In recent years, the fast-paced development of social information and networks has led to the explosive growth of data. A variety of big data have emerged, encouraging researchers to make business decisions by analysing this data. However, many challenges remain, especially concerning data security and privacy.Big data security and privacy threats permeate every link of the big data industry chain ... Read more

$66.99 USD

In recent years, the fast-paced development of social information and networks has led to the explosive growth of data. A variety of big data have emerged, encouraging researchers to make business decisions by analysing this data. However, many challenges remain, especially concerning data security and privacy.Big data security and privacy threats permeate every link of the big data industry chain
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Explainable AI for Healthcare

Real Life Applications and Use Cases for Practitioners

by Aman Kataria, Sita Rani ...

This book explores the transformative potential of Explainable AI (XAI) in enhancing healthcare delivery and XAI's role in fostering transparency, trust, and accountability in AI-driven medical decision-making. Covering technical foundations, practical applications, and ethical considerations, it offers valuable insights into how XAI can improve clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and ... Read more

$109.99 USD

This book explores the transformative potential of Explainable AI (XAI) in enhancing healthcare delivery and XAI's role in fostering transparency, trust, and accountability in AI-driven medical decision-making. Covering technical foundations, practical applications, and ethical considerations, it offers valuable insights into how XAI can improve clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and
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Excel avanzato Edizione 2026 con IA e automazione

Analisi dei dati, modelli decisionali e strumenti per il management

by Amedeo De Luca ...

Oggi i dati guidano le decisioni. Ma senza gli strumenti giusti, restano solo numeri.Excel avanzato (2026) con IA e automazione, in questa seconda edizione completamente aggiornata, trasforma Excel in una piattaforma strategica per analizzare, automatizzare e governare i processi aziendali. Un percorso operativo che integra le funzionalità più evolute del foglio elettronico con Power Query, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Oggi i dati guidano le decisioni. Ma senza gli strumenti giusti, restano solo numeri.Excel avanzato (2026) con IA e automazione, in questa seconda edizione completamente aggiornata, trasforma Excel in una piattaforma strategica per analizzare, automatizzare e governare i processi aziendali. Un percorso operativo che integra le funzionalità più evolute del foglio elettronico con Power Query,
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Advanced Natural Language Processing with TensorFlow 2

Build effective real-world NLP applications using NER, RNNs, seq2seq models, Transformers, and more

by Ashish Bansal ...

One-stop solution for NLP practitioners, ML developers, and data scientists to build effective NLP systems that can perform real-world complicated tasksKey FeaturesApply deep learning algorithms and techniques such as BiLSTMS, CRFs, BPE and more using TensorFlow 2Explore applications like text generation, summarization, weakly supervised labelling and moreRead cutting edge material with seminal ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One-stop solution for NLP practitioners, ML developers, and data scientists to build effective NLP systems that can perform real-world complicated tasksKey FeaturesApply deep learning algorithms and techniques such as BiLSTMS, CRFs, BPE and more using TensorFlow 2Explore applications like text generation, summarization, weakly supervised labelling and moreRead cutting edge material with seminal
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Digital Declutter Blueprint

Organize Your Files, Photos and Online Life

by T.S Avini ...

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the digital chaos in your life? With the Digital Declutter Blueprint, conquer the clutter and regain control over your files, photos, and online presence. This comprehensive guide empowers you to effectively manage your digital environment, boost productivity, and ensure long-term digital wellness.- Discover proven strategies to organize and streamline your digital ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the digital chaos in your life? With the Digital Declutter Blueprint, conquer the clutter and regain control over your files, photos, and online presence. This comprehensive guide empowers you to effectively manage your digital environment, boost productivity, and ensure long-term digital wellness.- Discover proven strategies to organize and streamline your digital
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Advanced Information Networking and Applications

Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2026), Volume 4

Edited by Leonard Barolli, Winston K. G. Seah, Isaac Woungang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book covers the theory, design, and applications of computer networks, distributed computing, and information systems. Today’s networks are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking, supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of ... Read more

$224.99 USD

This book covers the theory, design, and applications of computer networks, distributed computing, and information systems. Today’s networks are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking, supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of
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Advances in Wind Energy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Edited by Charalampos Baniotopoulos, Enzo Marino ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book explores current trends in the use of artificial intelligence to advance wind energy. Alongside fundamental concepts of wind dynamics and energy generation, it presents emerging technologies such as LiDAR for assessing aeolian potential, as well as Machine Learning and Digital Twin approaches applied to the operation and maintenance of wind energy systems. Recent advances in improving ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book explores current trends in the use of artificial intelligence to advance wind energy. Alongside fundamental concepts of wind dynamics and energy generation, it presents emerging technologies such as LiDAR for assessing aeolian potential, as well as Machine Learning and Digital Twin approaches applied to the operation and maintenance of wind energy systems. Recent advances in improving
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PostgreSQL 18 Cookbook, Third Edition

by Peter G ...

This thoroughly revised 3rd edition troubleshoots through real failure modes, diagnostic techniques, and remediation patterns drawn from years of operating PostgreSQL at scale. In this cookbook, you install PostgreSQL 18, create and design schemas, configure clusters to automatically switch over in case something goes wrong, keep your connections secure using OAuth 2.0, and perform PITR to get ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This thoroughly revised 3rd edition troubleshoots through real failure modes, diagnostic techniques, and remediation patterns drawn from years of operating PostgreSQL at scale. In this cookbook, you install PostgreSQL 18, create and design schemas, configure clusters to automatically switch over in case something goes wrong, keep your connections secure using OAuth 2.0, and perform PITR to get
... Read more
Learn QGIS

Techniques for efficient spatial analysis

by Eugenia Sarafova, Ivan Ivanov, Andrew Cutts, Anita Graser ...

Gain a deep understanding of QGIS, the world's most popular free and open-source GIS tool for spatial analysis and mappingKey FeaturesFind out how to effectively use QGIS by exploring its features in depthPractice real-world scenarios for spatial data extraction, analysis, and mappingExplore cutting-edge topics in the geospatial industry, such as machine learning and artificial ... Read more

$32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gain a deep understanding of QGIS, the world's most popular free and open-source GIS tool for spatial analysis and mappingKey FeaturesFind out how to effectively use QGIS by exploring its features in depthPractice real-world scenarios for spatial data extraction, analysis, and mappingExplore cutting-edge topics in the geospatial industry, such as machine learning and artificial
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The KPI Handbook

Tracking the Numbers That Actually Matter - Metrics for non-financial founders.

by Sameer Khalid ...

You have numbers everywhere, yet the work still feels blind. Meetings circle the same updates, dashboards get prettier, and decisions arrive late. This book offers a sharper promise: a small set of numbers that change behaviour next week.It shows how to choose a single **north star metric** and a handful of controllable inputs, then build a weekly rhythm where numbers trigger action. You will ... Read more

$18.99 USD

You have numbers everywhere, yet the work still feels blind. Meetings circle the same updates, dashboards get prettier, and decisions arrive late. This book offers a sharper promise: a small set of numbers that change behaviour next week.It shows how to choose a single **north star metric** and a handful of controllable inputs, then build a weekly rhythm where numbers trigger action. You will
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Ethereum Smart Contract Development

Build blockchain-based decentralized applications using solidity

by Mayukh Mukhopadhyay ...

Become an Ethereum Blockchain developer using a blend of concepts and hands-on implementationsKey FeaturesUnderstand the Ethereum Ecosystem and its differences from its rich cousin BitcoinExplore the Solidity programming language and smart contract optimizationsGet a developer’s perspective of Blockchain-as-a-technology with exposure to common challenges faced while building decentralized ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Become an Ethereum Blockchain developer using a blend of concepts and hands-on implementationsKey FeaturesUnderstand the Ethereum Ecosystem and its differences from its rich cousin BitcoinExplore the Solidity programming language and smart contract optimizationsGet a developer’s perspective of Blockchain-as-a-technology with exposure to common challenges faced while building decentralized
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Learn Model Context Protocol with TypeScript

Build agentic systems in TypeScript with the new standard for AI capabilities

by Christoffer Noring ...

Get to grips with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and learn how to build scalable, intelligent web applications with AI-ready architecture in TypeScript Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesThe only resource you'll need to build, test, and deploy MCP servers and clientsTake a modern approach toward building, testing, and securing distributed ... Read more

$32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get to grips with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and learn how to build scalable, intelligent web applications with AI-ready architecture in TypeScript Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesThe only resource you'll need to build, test, and deploy MCP servers and clientsTake a modern approach toward building, testing, and securing distributed
... Read more
Handbook of Mixed Membership Models and Their Applications

Edited by Edoardo M. Airoldi, David Blei, Elena A. Erosheva, Stephen E. Fienberg ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods
Incorporating more than 20 years of the editors' and contributors' statistical work in mixed membership modeling, this handbook shows how to use these flexible modeling tools to uncover hidden patterns in modern high-dimensional multivariate data. It explores the use of the models in various application settings, including survey data, population genetics, text analysis, image processing and ... Read more

$106.99 USD

Incorporating more than 20 years of the editors' and contributors' statistical work in mixed membership modeling, this handbook shows how to use these flexible modeling tools to uncover hidden patterns in modern high-dimensional multivariate data. It explores the use of the models in various application settings, including survey data, population genetics, text analysis, image processing and
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Application of Big Data in Petroleum Streams

by Jay Gohil, Manan Shah ...

The book aims to provide comprehensive knowledge and information pertaining to application or implementation of big data in the petroleum industry and its operations (such as exploration, production, refining and finance).The book covers intricate aspects of big data such as 6Vs, benefits, applications, implementation, research work and real-world implementation pertaining to each petroleum ... Read more

$56.99 USD

The book aims to provide comprehensive knowledge and information pertaining to application or implementation of big data in the petroleum industry and its operations (such as exploration, production, refining and finance).The book covers intricate aspects of big data such as 6Vs, benefits, applications, implementation, research work and real-world implementation pertaining to each petroleum
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Targeted

Corporations and the Police Surveillance Economy

by Kelly Gates ...

Series series Critical Cultural Communication
How video transformed policing and securityVideo cameras are everywhere: attached to buildings, drones, and dashboards; embedded in smartphones, laptops, and doorbells; worn on police uniforms and sunglasses. In Targeted, Kelly Gates argues that the resulting avalanche of video has transformed the landscape of policing and security in the twenty-first century. Video production, analysis, and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

How video transformed policing and securityVideo cameras are everywhere: attached to buildings, drones, and dashboards; embedded in smartphones, laptops, and doorbells; worn on police uniforms and sunglasses. In Targeted, Kelly Gates argues that the resulting avalanche of video has transformed the landscape of policing and security in the twenty-first century. Video production, analysis, and
... Read more
Engenharia de Software para Ciência de Dados

Um guia de boas práticas com ênfase na construção de sistemas de Machine Learning em Python

by Marcos Kalinowski, Tatiana Escovedo, Hugo Villamizar, Hélio Lopes ...

Livro finalista do prêmio Jabuti Acadêmico 2024. Os avanços recentes na área de Ciência de Dados - em especial em Machine Learning - têm tornado viável e de relevância prática novas soluções de software, que podem aprender a partir de dados e realizar predições inteligentes. Entretanto, para que esses sistemas tenham sucesso, devem ser construídos considerando as boas práticas da área de ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Livro finalista do prêmio Jabuti Acadêmico 2024. Os avanços recentes na área de Ciência de Dados - em especial em Machine Learning - têm tornado viável e de relevância prática novas soluções de software, que podem aprender a partir de dados e realizar predições inteligentes. Entretanto, para que esses sistemas tenham sucesso, devem ser construídos considerando as boas práticas da área de
... Read more
Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark Using Python

The ultimate guide to getting certified in Apache Spark using practical examples with Python

by Saba Shah ...

Learn the concepts and exercises needed to confidently prepare for the Databricks Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 exam and validate your Spark skills with an industry-recognized credentialKey FeaturesUnderstand the fundamentals of Apache Spark to design robust and fast Spark applicationsExplore various data manipulation components for each phase of your data engineering projectPrepare for ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn the concepts and exercises needed to confidently prepare for the Databricks Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 exam and validate your Spark skills with an industry-recognized credentialKey FeaturesUnderstand the fundamentals of Apache Spark to design robust and fast Spark applicationsExplore various data manipulation components for each phase of your data engineering projectPrepare for
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