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Enhanced Living Environments

Algorithms, Architectures, Platforms, and Systems

Edited by Ivan Ganchev, Nuno M. Garcia, Ciprian Dobre, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Rossitza Goleva ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)”. The concept of Enhanced Living Environments (ELE) refers to the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that is more related with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Effective ELE solutions require appropriate ICT ... Read more

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This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)”. The concept of Enhanced Living Environments (ELE) refers to the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that is more related with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Effective ELE solutions require appropriate ICT
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Agile Artificial Intelligence in Pharo

Implementing Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Neuroevolution

by Alexandre Bergel ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Cover classical algorithms commonly used as artificial intelligence techniques and program agile artificial intelligence applications using Pharo. This book takes a practical approach by presenting the implementation details to illustrate the numerous concepts it explains.Along the way, you’ll learn neural net fundamentals to set you up for practical examples such as the traveling salesman problem ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Cover classical algorithms commonly used as artificial intelligence techniques and program agile artificial intelligence applications using Pharo. This book takes a practical approach by presenting the implementation details to illustrate the numerous concepts it explains.Along the way, you’ll learn neural net fundamentals to set you up for practical examples such as the traveling salesman problem
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Text Analytics with Python

A Practical Real-World Approach to Gaining Actionable Insights from your Data

by Dipanjan Sarkar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Derive useful insights from your data using Python. You will learn both basic and advanced concepts, including text and language syntax, structure, and semantics. You will focus on algorithms and techniques, such as text classification, clustering, topic modeling, and text summarization.Text Analytics with Python teaches you the techniques related to natural language processing and text analytics, ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Derive useful insights from your data using Python. You will learn both basic and advanced concepts, including text and language syntax, structure, and semantics. You will focus on algorithms and techniques, such as text classification, clustering, topic modeling, and text summarization.Text Analytics with Python teaches you the techniques related to natural language processing and text analytics,
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MongoDB Applied Design Patterns

Practical Use Cases with the Leading NoSQL Database

by Rick Copeland ...

Whether you’re building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it’s designed to solve. You’ll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming. Using Python and JavaScript code examples, you’ll discover how ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Whether you’re building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it’s designed to solve. You’ll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming. Using Python and JavaScript code examples, you’ll discover how
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SQL Crash Course

A Practical Guide From Beginner to Interview-Ready Expert

by Vajo Lukic ...

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through ... Read more

$9.31 USD

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through
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Data Parallel C++

Programming Accelerated Systems Using C++ and SYCL

by James Reinders, Ben Ashbaugh, James Brodman, Michael Kinsner, John Pennycook, Xinmin Tian ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
"This book, now in is second edition, is the premier resource to learn SYCL 2020 and is the ONLY book you need to become part of this community." Erik Lindahl, GROMACS and Stockholm UniversityLearn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism and SYCL.This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important development that is helping to push ... Read more

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"This book, now in is second edition, is the premier resource to learn SYCL 2020 and is the ONLY book you need to become part of this community." Erik Lindahl, GROMACS and Stockholm UniversityLearn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism and SYCL.This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important development that is helping to push
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Digital Logic Design and Computer Organization with Computer Architecture for Security

by Nikrouz Faroughi ...

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE DESIGN & ORGANIZATION OF MODERN COMPUTING SYSTEMSDigital Logic Design and Computer Organization with Computer Architecture for Security provides practicing engineers and students with a clear understanding of computer hardware technologies. The fundamentals of digital logic design as well as the use of the Verilog hardware description language are discussed. The book ... Read more

$134.99 USD

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE DESIGN & ORGANIZATION OF MODERN COMPUTING SYSTEMSDigital Logic Design and Computer Organization with Computer Architecture for Security provides practicing engineers and students with a clear understanding of computer hardware technologies. The fundamentals of digital logic design as well as the use of the Verilog hardware description language are discussed. The book
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Learning Spark SQL

Architect streaming analytics and machine learning solutions

by Aurobindo Sarkar ...

Design, implement, and deliver successful streaming applications, machine learning pipelines and graph applications using Spark SQL APIKey Features\[\*\] Learn about the design and implementation of streaming applications, machine learning pipelines, deep learning, and large-scale graph processing applications using Spark SQL APIs and Scala.\[\*\] Learn data exploration, data munging, and how to ... Read more

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Design, implement, and deliver successful streaming applications, machine learning pipelines and graph applications using Spark SQL APIKey Features\[\*\] Learn about the design and implementation of streaming applications, machine learning pipelines, deep learning, and large-scale graph processing applications using Spark SQL APIs and Scala.\[\*\] Learn data exploration, data munging, and how to
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Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures

22nd International Conference, FOSSACS 2019, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, April 6–11, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Mikołaj Bojańczyk, Alex Simpson ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computational Structures, FOSSACS 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019.The 29 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computational Structures, FOSSACS 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019.The 29 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from
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Machine Learning Model Serving Patterns and Best Practices

A definitive guide to deploying, monitoring, and providing accessibility to ML models in production

by Md Johirul Islam ...

Become a successful machine learning professional by effortlessly deploying machine learning models to production and implementing cloud-based machine learning models for widespread organizational useKey FeaturesLearn best practices about bringing your models to productionExplore the tools available for serving ML models and the differences between themUnderstand state-of-the-art monitoring ... Read more

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Become a successful machine learning professional by effortlessly deploying machine learning models to production and implementing cloud-based machine learning models for widespread organizational useKey FeaturesLearn best practices about bringing your models to productionExplore the tools available for serving ML models and the differences between themUnderstand state-of-the-art monitoring
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The Discipline of Organizing: Professional Edition

by Robert J. Glushko ...

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers.We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers.We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue
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AutoCAD® Pocket Reference

by Cheryl R. Shrock, Steve Heather ...

Everyone needs a refresher sometimes. The 8th edition of the AutoCAD® Pocket Reference provides easy access to everyday information needed by AutoCAD users, including concepts, how-to, and fundamental commands. The pictures, explanations, and index are unparalleled by other references, as are the price and size. This 8th edition has been improved with the inclusion of both inch and metric ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Everyone needs a refresher sometimes. The 8th edition of the AutoCAD® Pocket Reference provides easy access to everyday information needed by AutoCAD users, including concepts, how-to, and fundamental commands. The pictures, explanations, and index are unparalleled by other references, as are the price and size. This 8th edition has been improved with the inclusion of both inch and metric
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Angular 2 Components

Practical and easy-to-follow guide to Angular 2 Components

by Nir Kaufman, Thierry Templier Thierry ...

A quick and concise guide to Angular 2 ComponentsKey FeaturesFirst look to the Angular 2 Components architectureCreating your own Angular 2 ComponentIntegrating your components with third party componentsBook DescriptionThis book is a concise guide to Angular 2 Components and is based on the stable version of Angular 2. You will start with learning about the Angular 2 Components architecture and ... Read more

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A quick and concise guide to Angular 2 ComponentsKey FeaturesFirst look to the Angular 2 Components architectureCreating your own Angular 2 ComponentIntegrating your components with third party componentsBook DescriptionThis book is a concise guide to Angular 2 Components and is based on the stable version of Angular 2. You will start with learning about the Angular 2 Components architecture and
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The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces, Volume 1

Foundations, User Modeling, and Common Modality Combinations

by Sharon Oviatt, Björn Schuller, Philip Cohen, Daniel Sonntag, Gerasimos Potamianos ...

Series series ACM Books
The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces— user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, gestures, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces. These interfaces support smart phones, wearables, in-vehicle and robotic applications, and many other areas that are ... Read more

$71.99 USD

The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces— user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, gestures, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces. These interfaces support smart phones, wearables, in-vehicle and robotic applications, and many other areas that are
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Design and Implementation of the MTX Operating System

by K. C. Wang ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This course-tested textbook describes the design and implementation of operating systems, and applies it to the MTX operating system, a Unix-like system designed for Intel x86 based PCs. Written in an evolutional style, theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems are presented as the design and implementation of a complete operating system is demonstrated. Throughout the text, complete ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This course-tested textbook describes the design and implementation of operating systems, and applies it to the MTX operating system, a Unix-like system designed for Intel x86 based PCs. Written in an evolutional style, theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems are presented as the design and implementation of a complete operating system is demonstrated. Throughout the text, complete
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Python Data Analytics

Data Analysis and Science using pandas, matplotlib and the Python Programming Language

by Fabio Nelli ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Python Data Analytics will help you tackle the world of data acquisition and analysis using the power of the Python language. At the heart of this book lies the coverage of pandas, an open source, BSD-licensed library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language.Author Fabio Nelli expertly shows the strength of the Python ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Python Data Analytics will help you tackle the world of data acquisition and analysis using the power of the Python language. At the heart of this book lies the coverage of pandas, an open source, BSD-licensed library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language.Author Fabio Nelli expertly shows the strength of the Python
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Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing

Pre-trained Language Models Integrating Media

by Gerhard Paaß, Sven Giesselbach ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to ... Read more

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This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to
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Selenium WebDriver Recipes in C#

Second Edition

by Zhimin Zhan ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Solve your Selenium WebDriver problems with this quick guide to automated testing of web applications with Selenium WebDriver in C#. Selenium WebDriver Recipes in C#, Second Edition contains hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and ready-to-run Selenium test scripts that you can use in your own projects.You'll learn:How to locate web elements and test functions for ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Solve your Selenium WebDriver problems with this quick guide to automated testing of web applications with Selenium WebDriver in C#. Selenium WebDriver Recipes in C#, Second Edition contains hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and ready-to-run Selenium test scripts that you can use in your own projects.You'll learn:How to locate web elements and test functions for
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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

$49.99 USD

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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Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide

by Abhijit Jana ...

This book is a practical tutorial that explains all the features of Kinect SDK by creating sample applications throughout the book. It includes a detailed discussion of APIs with step-by-step explanation of development of a real-world sample application. The purpose of this book is to explain how to develop applications using the Kinect for Windows SDK. If you are a beginner and looking to start ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a practical tutorial that explains all the features of Kinect SDK by creating sample applications throughout the book. It includes a detailed discussion of APIs with step-by-step explanation of development of a real-world sample application. The purpose of this book is to explain how to develop applications using the Kinect for Windows SDK. If you are a beginner and looking to start
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Logic And Language Models For Computer Science (Third Edition)

by Dana Richards, Henry Hamburger ...

This text presents the formal concepts underlying Computer Science.It starts with a wide introduction to Logic with an emphasis on reasoning and proof, with chapters on Program Verification and Prolog.The treatment of computability with Automata and Formal Languages stands out in several ways:The style is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate classes. ... Read more

$41.99 USD

This text presents the formal concepts underlying Computer Science.It starts with a wide introduction to Logic with an emphasis on reasoning and proof, with chapters on Program Verification and Prolog.The treatment of computability with Automata and Formal Languages stands out in several ways:The style is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate classes.
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PostgreSQL 16 Cookbook, Second Edition

by Peter G ...

Offering a detailed practical look at PostgreSQL 16's new features, "PostgreSQL 16 Cookbook, Second Edition" equips database administrators and developers to take advantage of the most recent developments. This edition provides in-depth coverage of enhanced logical replication, which now includes the ability to replicate from standby servers. We provide detailed instructions for setting up these ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Offering a detailed practical look at PostgreSQL 16's new features, "PostgreSQL 16 Cookbook, Second Edition" equips database administrators and developers to take advantage of the most recent developments. This edition provides in-depth coverage of enhanced logical replication, which now includes the ability to replicate from standby servers. We provide detailed instructions for setting up these
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Linked Data

A Geographic Perspective

by Glen Hart, Catherine Dolbear ...

Linked Data opens up structured data from databases to be searched and queried via the web, and a geographic element is increasingly being used to link to those data. This book helps you understand how to organize and describe data that includes geographic content and how to publish it as Linked Data for the Semantic Web, as well as explaining the benefits of doing so. In easy-to-understand terms, ... Read more

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Linked Data opens up structured data from databases to be searched and queried via the web, and a geographic element is increasingly being used to link to those data. This book helps you understand how to organize and describe data that includes geographic content and how to publish it as Linked Data for the Semantic Web, as well as explaining the benefits of doing so. In easy-to-understand terms,
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The Economics of Data, Analytics, and Digital Transformation

The theorems, laws, and empowerments to guide your organization's digital transformation

by Bill Schmarzo ...

Build a continuously learning and adapting organization that can extract increasing levels of business, customer and operational value from the amalgamation of data and advanced analytics such as AI and Machine LearningKey FeaturesMaster the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index methodology to transition to a value-driven organizational mindsetAcquire implementable knowledge on digital ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build a continuously learning and adapting organization that can extract increasing levels of business, customer and operational value from the amalgamation of data and advanced analytics such as AI and Machine LearningKey FeaturesMaster the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index methodology to transition to a value-driven organizational mindsetAcquire implementable knowledge on digital
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