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Wearable Technology for Robotic Manipulation and Learning

by Bin Fang, Fuchun Sun, Huaping Liu, Chunfang Liu, Di Guo ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Over the next few decades, millions of people, with varying backgrounds and levels of technical expertise, will have to effectively interact with robotic technologies on a daily basis. This means it will have to be possible to modify robot behavior without explicitly writing code, but instead via a small number of wearable devices or visual demonstrations. At the same time, robots will need to ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Over the next few decades, millions of people, with varying backgrounds and levels of technical expertise, will have to effectively interact with robotic technologies on a daily basis. This means it will have to be possible to modify robot behavior without explicitly writing code, but instead via a small number of wearable devices or visual demonstrations. At the same time, robots will need to
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Introduction to Systems Thinking and Interdisciplinary Engineering

by Horst Czichos ...

Series series eBColl Synthesis Collection 11
This concise textbook introduces a systems approach to technology, describing tribological, mechatronic, cyber-physical systems, and the technologic concept of Industry 4.0 to students in a range of engineering domains. “Technology” in this book refers to the totality of human-made, benefit-oriented products, based on engineered combinations of material, energy and information. Dr. Czichos ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This concise textbook introduces a systems approach to technology, describing tribological, mechatronic, cyber-physical systems, and the technologic concept of Industry 4.0 to students in a range of engineering domains. “Technology” in this book refers to the totality of human-made, benefit-oriented products, based on engineered combinations of material, energy and information. Dr. Czichos
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Human Interface and the Management of Information: Visual and Information Design

Thematic Area, HIMI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Sakae Yamamoto, Hirohiko Mori ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 13305 - 13306 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the thematic area Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2022, which was held as part of HCI International 2022 and took place virtually during June 26-July 1, 2022.The total of 1271 papers and 275 poster papers included in the 39 HCII 2022 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 13305 - 13306 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the thematic area Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2022, which was held as part of HCI International 2022 and took place virtually during June 26-July 1, 2022.The total of 1271 papers and 275 poster papers included in the 39 HCII 2022 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and
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Programming Languages and Operational Semantics

A Concise Overview

by Maribel Fernández ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides an introduction to the essential concepts in programming languages, using operational semantics techniques. It presents alternative programming language paradigms and gives an in-depth analysis of the most significant constructs in modern imperative, functional and logic programming languages. The book is designed to accompany lectures on programming language design for ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This book provides an introduction to the essential concepts in programming languages, using operational semantics techniques. It presents alternative programming language paradigms and gives an in-depth analysis of the most significant constructs in modern imperative, functional and logic programming languages. The book is designed to accompany lectures on programming language design for
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Swift for Absolute Beginners

by Gary Bennett, Brad Lees ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store, have now leveraged their instruction for Swift.Swift for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some ... Read more

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The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store, have now leveraged their instruction for Swift.Swift for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some
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Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization

Edited by John Dill, Rae Earnshaw, David Kasik, John Vince, Pak Chung Wong ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The field of computer graphics combines display hardware, software, and interactive techniques in order to display and interact with data generated by applications. Visualization is concerned with exploring data and information graphically in such a way as to gain information from the data and determine significance. Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The field of computer graphics combines display hardware, software, and interactive techniques in order to display and interact with data generated by applications. Visualization is concerned with exploring data and information graphically in such a way as to gain information from the data and determine significance. Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by
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Estimating Spoken Dialog System Quality with User Models

by Klaus-Peter Engelbrecht ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Spoken dialog systems have the potential to offer highly intuitive user interfaces, as they allow systems to be controlled using natural language. However, the complexity inherent in natural language dialogs means that careful testing of the system must be carried out from the very beginning of the design process. This book examines how user models can be used to support such early evaluations in ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Spoken dialog systems have the potential to offer highly intuitive user interfaces, as they allow systems to be controlled using natural language. However, the complexity inherent in natural language dialogs means that careful testing of the system must be carried out from the very beginning of the design process. This book examines how user models can be used to support such early evaluations in
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Current Trends in Web Engineering

ICWE 2016 International Workshops, DUI, TELERISE, SoWeMine, and Liquid Web, Lugano, Switzerland, June 6-9, 2016. Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Sven Casteleyn, Peter Dolog, Cesare Pautasso ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2016, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in June 2016.The 15 revised full papers together with 5 short papers were selected form 37 submissions. The workshops complement the main conference, and provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging topics. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2016, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in June 2016.The 15 revised full papers together with 5 short papers were selected form 37 submissions. The workshops complement the main conference, and provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging topics.
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Node.js for Embedded Systems

Using Web Technologies to Build Connected Devices

by Patrick Mulder, Kelsey Breseman ...

How can we build bridges from the digital world of the Internet to the analog world that surrounds us? By bringing accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers, JavaScript and Node.js might shape the world of physical computing as they did for web browsers. This practical guide shows hardware and software engineers, makers, and web developers how to talk in JavaScript ... Read more

$18.99 USD

How can we build bridges from the digital world of the Internet to the analog world that surrounds us? By bringing accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers, JavaScript and Node.js might shape the world of physical computing as they did for web browsers. This practical guide shows hardware and software engineers, makers, and web developers how to talk in JavaScript
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Technological Trends in Improved Mobility of the Visually Impaired

Edited by Sara Paiva ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in mobility solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors' goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in mobility solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors' goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation
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Coordination Models and Languages

21st IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, COORDINATION 2019, Held as Part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, June 17–21, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Emilio Tuosto, Hanne Riis Nielson ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages, COORDINATION 2019, held in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, in June 2019, as part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019.The 15 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers are ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages, COORDINATION 2019, held in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, in June 2019, as part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019.The 15 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers are
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Image and Video Technology

PSIVT 2017 International Workshops, Wuhan, China, November 20-24, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Shin'ichi Satoh ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of five international workshops held in the framework of the 8th Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, in Wuhan, China, in November 2017: Workshop on Human Behavior Analysis; Workshop on Educational Cloud and Image/Video Enriched Cloud Services, ECIVECS; Workshop: Vision Meets Graphics, VG; ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of five international workshops held in the framework of the 8th Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, in Wuhan, China, in November 2017: Workshop on Human Behavior Analysis; Workshop on Educational Cloud and Image/Video Enriched Cloud Services, ECIVECS; Workshop: Vision Meets Graphics, VG;
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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Acceptance, Communication and Participation

4th International Conference, ITAP 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15–20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Jia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346
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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

$107.99 USD

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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Qualitative HCI Research

Going Behind the Scenes

by Ann Blandford, Ann, Stephann Makri, Dominic Furniss ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) addresses problems of interaction design: understanding user needs to inform design, delivering novel designs that meet user needs, and evaluating new and existing designs to determine their success in meeting user needs. Qualitative methods have an essential role to play in this enterprise, particularly in understanding user needs and behaviours and evaluating ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) addresses problems of interaction design: understanding user needs to inform design, delivering novel designs that meet user needs, and evaluating new and existing designs to determine their success in meeting user needs. Qualitative methods have an essential role to play in this enterprise, particularly in understanding user needs and behaviours and evaluating
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A Survey of Characteristic Engine Features for Technology-Sustained Pervasive Games

by Kim J.L. Nevelsteen ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book scrutinizes pervasive games from a technological perspective, focusing on the sub-domain of games that satisfy the criteria that they make use of virtual game elements. In the computer game industry, the use of a game engine to build games is common, but current game engines do not support pervasive games. Since the computer game industry is already rich with game engines, this book ... Read more

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This book scrutinizes pervasive games from a technological perspective, focusing on the sub-domain of games that satisfy the criteria that they make use of virtual game elements. In the computer game industry, the use of a game engine to build games is common, but current game engines do not support pervasive games. Since the computer game industry is already rich with game engines, this book
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Einführung in JavaFX

Moderne GUIs für RIAs und Java-Applikationen

by Ralph Steyer ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Das JavaFX-Framework gibt es schon seit einigen Jahren, hat aber mit den ersten Versionen fast nur noch den Namen gemeinsam. Mit der Version 2 hat JavaFX einen festen und ausgereiften Stand erreicht und wird als die kommende Technologie im Java-Umfeld angesehen, um leistungsfähige und moderne grafische Benutzeroberflächen (GUI) erstellen zu können. Dieses Buch stellt Ihnen dazu eine Vielzahl an ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Das JavaFX-Framework gibt es schon seit einigen Jahren, hat aber mit den ersten Versionen fast nur noch den Namen gemeinsam. Mit der Version 2 hat JavaFX einen festen und ausgereiften Stand erreicht und wird als die kommende Technologie im Java-Umfeld angesehen, um leistungsfähige und moderne grafische Benutzeroberflächen (GUI) erstellen zu können. Dieses Buch stellt Ihnen dazu eine Vielzahl an
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Virtual Manufacturing

by Wasim Ahmed Khan, Kai Cheng, Abdul Raouf ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing processes and ... Read more

$287.99 USD

Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing processes and
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HCI International 2021 - Posters

23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set CCIS 1419, CCIS 1420, and CCIS 1421 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held virtually in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions.The posters ... Read more

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The three-volume set CCIS 1419, CCIS 1420, and CCIS 1421 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held virtually in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions.The posters
... Read more
Virtual and Augmented Reality, Simulation and Serious Games for Education

Edited by Yiyu Cai, Wouter van Joolingen, Koen Veermans ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book introduces state-of-the-art research on virtual reality, simulation and serious games for education and its chapters presented the best papers from the 4th Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games (4th AESSSG) held in Turku, Finland, December 2018. The chapters of the book present a multi-facet view on different approaches to deal with challenges that surround the uptake of ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book introduces state-of-the-art research on virtual reality, simulation and serious games for education and its chapters presented the best papers from the 4th Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games (4th AESSSG) held in Turku, Finland, December 2018. The chapters of the book present a multi-facet view on different approaches to deal with challenges that surround the uptake of
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Fusion of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Genetic Algorithms

Industrial Applications

Edited by Lakhmi C. Jain, N.M. Martin ...

Series series International Series on Computational Intelligence
Artificial neural networks can mimic the biological information-processing mechanism in - a very limited sense. Fuzzy logic provides a basis for representing uncertain and imprecise knowledge and forms a basis for human reasoning. Neural networks display genuine promise in solving problems, but a definitive theoretical basis does not yet exist for their design.Fusion of Neural Networks, Fuzzy ... Read more

$249.99 USD

Artificial neural networks can mimic the biological information-processing mechanism in - a very limited sense. Fuzzy logic provides a basis for representing uncertain and imprecise knowledge and forms a basis for human reasoning. Neural networks display genuine promise in solving problems, but a definitive theoretical basis does not yet exist for their design.Fusion of Neural Networks, Fuzzy
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Intelligent Human Computer Interaction

12th International Conference, IHCI 2020, Daegu, South Korea, November 24–26, 2020, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Madhusudan Singh, Dae-Ki Kang, Jong-Ha Lee, Uma Shanker Tiwary, Dhananjay Singh, Wan-Young Chung ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 12615 + 12616 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2020, which took place in Daegu, South Korea, during November 24-26, 2020.The 75 full and 18 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 185 submissions. The papers were organized in ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 12615 + 12616 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2020, which took place in Daegu, South Korea, during November 24-26, 2020.The 75 full and 18 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 185 submissions. The papers were organized in
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Globalizing Domain-Specific Languages

International Dagstuhl Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, October 5-10, 2014, Revised Papers

Edited by Betty H.C. Cheng, Robert B. France, Bernhard Rumpe, Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Benoit Combemale ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The development of modern complex software-intensive systems often involves the use of multiple DSMLs that capture different system aspects. Supporting coordinated use of DSMLs leads to what we call the globalization of modeling languages, that is, the use of multiple modeling languages to support coordinated development of diverse aspects of a system.In this book, a number of articles describe ... Read more

$40.99 USD

The development of modern complex software-intensive systems often involves the use of multiple DSMLs that capture different system aspects. Supporting coordinated use of DSMLs leads to what we call the globalization of modeling languages, that is, the use of multiple modeling languages to support coordinated development of diverse aspects of a system.In this book, a number of articles describe
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Software Engineering and Formal Methods

SEFM 2013 Collocated Workshops: BEAT2, WS-FMDS, FM-RAIL-Bok, MoKMaSD, and OpenCert, Madrid, Spain, September 23-24, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Steve Counsell, Manuel Núñez ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the collocated workshops of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2013, held in Madrid, Spain, in September 2013.The conference hosted 5 workshops: The Second International Workshop on Behavioural Types (BEAT2). The aim was to pursue research topics in the use of behavioural type theory as the basis ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the collocated workshops of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2013, held in Madrid, Spain, in September 2013.The conference hosted 5 workshops: The Second International Workshop on Behavioural Types (BEAT2). The aim was to pursue research topics in the use of behavioural type theory as the basis
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