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Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2019

20th International Conference, Trento, Italy, September 9–13, 2019, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Elisa Ricci, Samuel Rota Bulò, Cees Snoek, Oswald Lanz, Stefano Messelodi, Nicu Sebe ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 11751 and 11752 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2019, held in Trento, Italy, in September 2019.The 117 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 207 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 11751 and 11752 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2019, held in Trento, Italy, in September 2019.The 117 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 207 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern
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Computer Supported Education

14th International Conference, CSEDU 2022, Virtual Event, April 22–24, 2022, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by James Uhomoibhi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2022, Virtual Event, April 22–24, 2022. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 8 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 181 submissions. The papers included in CSEDU 2022 proceedings contribute to the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2022, Virtual Event, April 22–24, 2022. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 8 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 181 submissions. The papers included in CSEDU 2022 proceedings contribute to the
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Creación de componentes en JavaScript Curso practico

by Pablo E. Fernández ...

Por mucho que los frameworks intenten simplificar los desarrollos y nos vendan que son supereficaces y novedosos, JavaScript siempre lo hará mejor y más rápido._x000D_ _x000D_ Este libro muestra, desde cero y con ejemplos prácticos, cómo crear diversas funcionalidades, siempre apoyándose en las premisas de la simplicidad y mejor rendimiento. _x000D_ _x000D_ Con él se comprenderán y aprenderán todo ... Read more

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Por mucho que los frameworks intenten simplificar los desarrollos y nos vendan que son supereficaces y novedosos, JavaScript siempre lo hará mejor y más rápido._x000D_ _x000D_ Este libro muestra, desde cero y con ejemplos prácticos, cómo crear diversas funcionalidades, siempre apoyándose en las premisas de la simplicidad y mejor rendimiento. _x000D_ _x000D_ Con él se comprenderán y aprenderán todo
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The Physics of Context

AI OBSERVER, #6

by K.ZEN-YU ...

Series Book 6 - AI OBSERVER
Context is not memory.It is a dynamic pressure field formed by accumulated semantics, attention bias, tonal direction, and structural tension.The Physics of Context examines how large language models construct, sustain, distort, and ultimately collapse context during extended generation. Rather than treating context as a static buffer or recall mechanism, this book reframes it as a continuously ... Read more

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Context is not memory.It is a dynamic pressure field formed by accumulated semantics, attention bias, tonal direction, and structural tension.The Physics of Context examines how large language models construct, sustain, distort, and ultimately collapse context during extended generation. Rather than treating context as a static buffer or recall mechanism, this book reframes it as a continuously
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The Sovereign Intelligence Playbook - How Any Nation Can Own Its AI Future, Protect Its Data, and Build a Prosperous Digital Economy

by JOHN KABAA KAMAU ...

SOVEREIGN BY DESIGN: THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT'S ROADMAP TO AI POWERThe Second Silicon Revolution has arrived. Will your nation hold the handle of the tool, or be caught in the gears?For decades, global power was measured in oil and geography. In 2026, the scoreboard has changed to FLOPS, megawatts, and "Governable Chips." Sovereign by Design is the definitive field manual for the "Great Divergence"; ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

SOVEREIGN BY DESIGN: THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT'S ROADMAP TO AI POWERThe Second Silicon Revolution has arrived. Will your nation hold the handle of the tool, or be caught in the gears?For decades, global power was measured in oil and geography. In 2026, the scoreboard has changed to FLOPS, megawatts, and "Governable Chips." Sovereign by Design is the definitive field manual for the "Great Divergence";
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Interactivity and Game Creation

9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, December 10–11, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Anthony Brooks, Eva Irene Brooks, Duckworth Jonathan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 60 submissions. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 60 submissions. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge
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Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)

Volume V: Methods & Approaches

Edited by Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology
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Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

16th International Conference, LPNMR 2022, Genova, Italy, September 5–9, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Georg Gottlob, Daniela Inclezan, Marco Maratea ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2022, held in Genova, Italy, in September 2022.The 34 full papers and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Technical Contributions; Systems; ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2022, held in Genova, Italy, in September 2022.The 34 full papers and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Technical Contributions; Systems;
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Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality

Edited by Andrew Yeh Ching Nee, Soh Khim Ong ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality presents a comprehensive and authoritative guide to augmented reality (AR) technology, its numerous applications, and its intersection with emerging technologies. This book traces the history of AR from its early development, discussing the fundamentals of AR and its associated science.The handbook begins by presenting the development of AR over the last ... Read more

$395.99 USD

The Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality presents a comprehensive and authoritative guide to augmented reality (AR) technology, its numerous applications, and its intersection with emerging technologies. This book traces the history of AR from its early development, discussing the fundamentals of AR and its associated science.The handbook begins by presenting the development of AR over the last
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Enterprise Information Systems

20th International Conference, ICEIS 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 21-24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Slimane Hammoudi, Michał Śmiałek, Olivier Camp, Joaquim Filipe ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 242 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 242 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies
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Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas

IA desde cero: De la Nube a tu PC, #5

by LUMA LEZI ...

Series Book 5 - IA desde cero: De la Nube a tu PC
Primero aprendieron a responder. Ahora están aprendiendo a actuar.Los nuevos agentes de inteligencia artificial representan el siguiente salto evolutivo: sistemas capaces de decidir, ejecutar y mejorar sus acciones sin depender del usuario. Ya no necesitas darle instrucciones paso a paso; solo necesitas darle un objetivo.Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas es el ... Read more

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Primero aprendieron a responder. Ahora están aprendiendo a actuar.Los nuevos agentes de inteligencia artificial representan el siguiente salto evolutivo: sistemas capaces de decidir, ejecutar y mejorar sus acciones sin depender del usuario. Ya no necesitas darle instrucciones paso a paso; solo necesitas darle un objetivo.Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas es el
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Ultimate Beginner's Guide to AI

Practical Steps to Future-Proof Your Career, Boost Productivity & Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Innovation (Even if You're not Tech-Savvy)

by Morgan Hale ...

Future-proof your career with AI-no tech skills required.Feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of artificial intelligence?Worried about how it might impact your job?Afraid you're already falling behind the competition?This practical, empowering guide is designed for professionals like you: ambitious, curious, and eager to stay ahead, even if you're not a "tech person." In Ultimate Beginner's Guide ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Future-proof your career with AI-no tech skills required.Feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of artificial intelligence?Worried about how it might impact your job?Afraid you're already falling behind the competition?This practical, empowering guide is designed for professionals like you: ambitious, curious, and eager to stay ahead, even if you're not a "tech person." In Ultimate Beginner's Guide
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iPhone 17 Benutzerhandbuch

Umfassendes Handbuch für Anfänger und Senioren, um Ihr iPhone zu meistern

by Nora Techflow ...

Entdecken Sie das volle Potenzial Ihres iPhone 17 mit dem iPhone 17 Benutzerhandbuch: Umfassendes Handbuch für Anfänger und Senioren, um Ihr iPhone zu meistern von Nora Techflow. Egal, ob Sie neu in der Welt der Smartphones sind oder ein Upgrade durchführen, dieses umfassende Handbuch vereinfacht jeden Schritt – von der Einrichtung bis zu fortgeschrittenen Funktionen. Lernen Sie, iOS 18 zu ... Read more

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Entdecken Sie das volle Potenzial Ihres iPhone 17 mit dem iPhone 17 Benutzerhandbuch: Umfassendes Handbuch für Anfänger und Senioren, um Ihr iPhone zu meistern von Nora Techflow. Egal, ob Sie neu in der Welt der Smartphones sind oder ein Upgrade durchführen, dieses umfassende Handbuch vereinfacht jeden Schritt – von der Einrichtung bis zu fortgeschrittenen Funktionen. Lernen Sie, iOS 18 zu
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Beyond and After Prompt Engineering: The Future of AI Communication

by Vladimir Geroimenko ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This pioneering book offers both a practical guide and a conceptual manifesto for rethinking our relationship with AI, exploring the future of AI communication and moving beyond traditional prompt engineering towards more natural, intuitive, multimodal, and context-aware interactions.It examines the personal, cultural, ethical, and philosophical aspects of AI communication, providing insights into ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This pioneering book offers both a practical guide and a conceptual manifesto for rethinking our relationship with AI, exploring the future of AI communication and moving beyond traditional prompt engineering towards more natural, intuitive, multimodal, and context-aware interactions.It examines the personal, cultural, ethical, and philosophical aspects of AI communication, providing insights into
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Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies

Edited by Belinda J. Dunstan, Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh, Deborah Turnbull Tillman, Scott Andrew Brown ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This edited collection approaches the field of social robotics from the perspective of a cultural ecology, fostering a deeper examination of the reach of robotic technology into the lived experience of diverse human populations, as well as the impact of human cultures on the development and design of these social agents.To address the broad topic of Cultural Robotics, the book is sectioned into ... Read more

$197.99 USD

This edited collection approaches the field of social robotics from the perspective of a cultural ecology, fostering a deeper examination of the reach of robotic technology into the lived experience of diverse human populations, as well as the impact of human cultures on the development and design of these social agents.To address the broad topic of Cultural Robotics, the book is sectioned into
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Contextual Design

Evolved

by Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in 1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in universities all over the world. It is a complete front-end design process rooted in Contextual Inquiry, the widespread, industry-standard field data gathering technique. ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in 1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in universities all over the world. It is a complete front-end design process rooted in Contextual Inquiry, the widespread, industry-standard field data gathering technique.
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Interactive 3D Multimedia Content

Models for Creation, Management, Search and Presentation

Edited by Wojciech Cellary, Krzysztof Walczak ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The book describes recent research results in the areas of modelling, creation, management and presentation of interactive 3D multimedia content. The book describes the current state of the art in the field and identifies the most important research and design issues. Consecutive chapters address these issues. These are: database modelling of 3D content, security in 3D environments, describing ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The book describes recent research results in the areas of modelling, creation, management and presentation of interactive 3D multimedia content. The book describes the current state of the art in the field and identifies the most important research and design issues. Consecutive chapters address these issues. These are: database modelling of 3D content, security in 3D environments, describing
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Beginning Xcode

Swift 3 Edition

by Matthew Knott ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies, ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies,
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Inductive Logic Programming

31st International Conference, ILP 2022, Windsor Great Park, UK, September 28–30, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Stephen H. Muggleton, Alireza Tamaddoni-Nezhad ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2022, held during September 28-30, 2022.The 11 regular papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissionsThe papers in these proceedings represent the diversity and vitality in present ILP research, including statistical relational learning, ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2022, held during September 28-30, 2022.The 11 regular papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissionsThe papers in these proceedings represent the diversity and vitality in present ILP research, including statistical relational learning,
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Doing Design Ethnography

by Andrew Crabtree, Mark Rouncefield, Peter Tolmie ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Ethnography is now a fundamental feature of design practice, taught in universities worldwide and practiced widely in commerce. Despite its rise to prominence a great many competing perspectives exist and there are few practical texts to support the development of competence. Doing Design Ethnographyelaborates the ethnomethodological perspective on ethnography, a distinctive approach that provides ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Ethnography is now a fundamental feature of design practice, taught in universities worldwide and practiced widely in commerce. Despite its rise to prominence a great many competing perspectives exist and there are few practical texts to support the development of competence. Doing Design Ethnographyelaborates the ethnomethodological perspective on ethnography, a distinctive approach that provides
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Introducing Vala Programming

A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

by Michael Lauer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala
... Read more
Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction

Modeling the Listener’s Perspective in Passive and Interactive Scenarios

by Benjamin Weiss ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners – their likability, for example. Human natural and artificial voices are studied in passive listening and interactive scenarios. In this book, the background, state of research, and contributions to the assessment and prediction of talker quality that is constituted in voice perception and in ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners – their likability, for example. Human natural and artificial voices are studied in passive listening and interactive scenarios. In this book, the background, state of research, and contributions to the assessment and prediction of talker quality that is constituted in voice perception and in
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Serious Games

Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Tim Marsh, Minhua Ma, Manuel Fradinho Oliveira, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Stefan Göbel ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2016. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays.The total of 36 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2016. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays.The total of 36 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully
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Automotive Systems Engineering

Edited by Hermann Winner, Markus Maurer ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book reflects the shift in design paradigm in automobile industry. It presents future innovations, often referred as “automotive systems engineering”. These cause fundamental innovations in the field of driver assistance systems and electro-mobility as well as fundamental changes in the architecture of the vehicles. New driving functionalities can only be realized if the software programs of ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book reflects the shift in design paradigm in automobile industry. It presents future innovations, often referred as “automotive systems engineering”. These cause fundamental innovations in the field of driver assistance systems and electro-mobility as well as fundamental changes in the architecture of the vehicles. New driving functionalities can only be realized if the software programs of
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