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Human Work Interaction Design: Analysis and Interaction Design Methods for Pervasive and Smart Workplaces

4th IFIP 13.6 Working Conference, HWID 2015, London, UK, June 25-26, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Arminda Lopes, Pedro Campos, Torkil Clemmensen, Barbara Rita Baricelli, José Abdelnour-Nocera ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2015, held in London, UK, in June 2015. The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers reflect many different areas and address many complex and diverse work domains, focusing on the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2015, held in London, UK, in June 2015. The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers reflect many different areas and address many complex and diverse work domains, focusing on the
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Emotion, Affect and Personality in Speech

The Bias of Language and Paralanguage

by Swati Johar ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book explores the various categories of speech variation and works to draw a line between linguistic and paralinguistic phenomenon of speech. Paralinguistic contrast is crucial to human speech but has proven to be one of the most difficult tasks in speech systems. In the quest for solutions to speech technology and sciences, this book narrows down the gap between speech technologists and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book explores the various categories of speech variation and works to draw a line between linguistic and paralinguistic phenomenon of speech. Paralinguistic contrast is crucial to human speech but has proven to be one of the most difficult tasks in speech systems. In the quest for solutions to speech technology and sciences, this book narrows down the gap between speech technologists and
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Computer Supported Education

6th International Conference, CSEDU 2014, Barcelona, Spain, April 1-3, 2014, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Susan Zvacek, Maria Teresa Restivo, James Uhomoibhi, Markus Helfert ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2014.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. The papers address topics such as information technologies supporting learning; learning/teaching methodologies and assessment; social ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2014.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. The papers address topics such as information technologies supporting learning; learning/teaching methodologies and assessment; social
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Formal Methods: State of the Art and New Directions

Edited by Paul Boca, Jonathan P. Bowen, Jawed Siddiqi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
$89.99 USD
Central European Functional Programming School

5th Summer School, CEFP 2013, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 8-20, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Lehel Csató, Viktória Zsók, Zoltán Horváth ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the Fifth Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2013, held in July 2013 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The lectures cover a wide range of distributed and multicore functional programming subjects. The last 5 papers are selected papers of the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the Fifth Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2013, held in July 2013 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The lectures cover a wide range of distributed and multicore functional programming subjects. The last 5 papers are selected papers of the
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Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages

18th International Symposium, PADL 2016, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, January 18-19, 2016. Proceedings

Edited by John Reppy, Marco Gavanelli ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2016, held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, in January 2016.The 11 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 initial submissions for inclusion in the book. PADL is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present original work emphasizing ... Read more

$40.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2016, held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, in January 2016.The 11 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 initial submissions for inclusion in the book. PADL is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present original work emphasizing
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SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

by David Dye, Jason Brimhall, Timothy Roberts, Wayne Sheffield, Joseph Sack, Jonathan Gennick ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
SQL Server T-SQL Recipes is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server. This edition has been lightly updated for SQL Server 2014 and provides ready-to-implement solutions to common programming and database administration tasks. Learn to create databases, create in-memory tables and stored procedures, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your ... Read more

$80.99 USD

SQL Server T-SQL Recipes is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server. This edition has been lightly updated for SQL Server 2014 and provides ready-to-implement solutions to common programming and database administration tasks. Learn to create databases, create in-memory tables and stored procedures, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your
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R in Action, Third Edition

Data analysis and graphics with R and Tidyverse

by Robert I. Kabacoff ...

R is the most powerful tool you can use for statistical analysis. This definitive guide smooths R’s steep learning curve with practical solutions and real-world applications for commercial environments.In R in Action, Third Edition you will learn how to:Set up and install R and RStudioClean, manage, and analyze data with RUse the ggplot2 package for graphs and visualizationsSolve data management ... Read more

$58.99 USD

R is the most powerful tool you can use for statistical analysis. This definitive guide smooths R’s steep learning curve with practical solutions and real-world applications for commercial environments.In R in Action, Third Edition you will learn how to:Set up and install R and RStudioClean, manage, and analyze data with RUse the ggplot2 package for graphs and visualizationsSolve data management
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Blockchain for Decision Makers

A systematic guide to using blockchain for improving your business

by Romain Tormen ...

Understand how blockchain works and explore a variety of strategies to implement it in your organization effectivelyKey FeaturesBecome familiar with business challenges faced by companies when using blockchainDiscover how companies implement blockchain to monetize and secure their dataStudy real-world examples to understand blockchain and its use in organizationsBook DescriptionIn addition to ... Read more

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Understand how blockchain works and explore a variety of strategies to implement it in your organization effectivelyKey FeaturesBecome familiar with business challenges faced by companies when using blockchainDiscover how companies implement blockchain to monetize and secure their dataStudy real-world examples to understand blockchain and its use in organizationsBook DescriptionIn addition to
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Human Activity Sensing

Corpus and Applications

Edited by Nobuo Kawaguchi, Nobuhiko Nishio, Daniel Roggen, Sozo Inoue, Susanna Pirttikangas, Kristof Van Laerhoven ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Activity recognition has emerged as a challenging and high-impact research field, as over the past years smaller and more powerful sensors have been introduced in wide-spread consumer devices. Validation of techniques and algorithms requires large-scale human activity corpuses and improved methods to recognize activities and the contexts in which they occur.This book deals with the challenges of ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Activity recognition has emerged as a challenging and high-impact research field, as over the past years smaller and more powerful sensors have been introduced in wide-spread consumer devices. Validation of techniques and algorithms requires large-scale human activity corpuses and improved methods to recognize activities and the contexts in which they occur.This book deals with the challenges of
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Persuasive Technology. Designing for Future Change

15th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, April 20–23, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, Tanja Svarre Jonasen, Cees Midden ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in April 2020.The 18 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: methodological and theoretical perspectives on persuasive design; ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in April 2020.The 18 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: methodological and theoretical perspectives on persuasive design;
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Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education

15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, Heidelberg, Germany, September 14–18, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Carlos Alario-Hoyos, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana, Maren Scheffel, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Sebastian Maximilian Dennerlein ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, held in Heidelberg, Germany, in September 2020.The 24 research papers and 20 demo and 5 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. The European Conference on Technology-Enhance Learning, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, held in Heidelberg, Germany, in September 2020.The 24 research papers and 20 demo and 5 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. The European Conference on Technology-Enhance Learning, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this
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Managing AI Projects

Drive Innovation and Successfully Navigate the Full AI Project Lifecycle

by Malini Jain Runtasewee, Adrián González Sánchez ...

Successfully delivering AI projects requires more than technical expertise—it demands a new kind of project management. Managing AI Projects is your practical guide to leading artificial intelligence initiatives from idea to production. Written by seasoned experts Malini Jain Runtasewee and Adrián González Sánchez, this book blends traditional project management principles with the realities of ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Successfully delivering AI projects requires more than technical expertise—it demands a new kind of project management. Managing AI Projects is your practical guide to leading artificial intelligence initiatives from idea to production. Written by seasoned experts Malini Jain Runtasewee and Adrián González Sánchez, this book blends traditional project management principles with the realities of
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2022

25th International Conference, Singapore, September 18–22, 2022, Proceedings, Part VII

Edited by Linwei Wang, Qi Dou, P. Thomas Fletcher, Stefanie Speidel, Shuo Li ...

Series Book 7 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The eight-volume set LNCS 13431, 13432, 13433, 13434, 13435, 13436, 13437, and 13438 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022, which was held in Singapore in September 2022.The 574 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1831 submissions in a double-blind ... Read more

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The eight-volume set LNCS 13431, 13432, 13433, 13434, 13435, 13436, 13437, and 13438 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022, which was held in Singapore in September 2022.The 574 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1831 submissions in a double-blind
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Electronic Multimedia Publishing

Enabling Technologies and Authoring Issues

Edited by Fillia Makedon, Samuel A. Rebelsky ...

Electronic Multimedia Publishing brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Electronic Mulitmedia Publishing serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field. ... Read more

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Electronic Multimedia Publishing brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Electronic Mulitmedia Publishing serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.
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Beyond The Canvas

Metrics-Driven Product Design Strategy

by Anna Przastek ...

This is the book senior designers wish they had five years ago.In Beyond the Canvas, Anna Przastek dismantles the myth that great design speaks for itself — and shows how to prove it with metrics that matter.From defining North-Star KPIs and avoiding vanity traps, to blending qualitative insights with big-data dashboards, this is a playbook for designers who want a seat at the decision-making ... Read more

$21.00 USD

This is the book senior designers wish they had five years ago.In Beyond the Canvas, Anna Przastek dismantles the myth that great design speaks for itself — and shows how to prove it with metrics that matter.From defining North-Star KPIs and avoiding vanity traps, to blending qualitative insights with big-data dashboards, this is a playbook for designers who want a seat at the decision-making
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Computational Intelligence for Patient Care

Blockchain, AI, and ML in Healthcare

Edited by Rishabha Malviya, Rishav Sharma, Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Suraj Kumar ...

Computational Intelligence for Patient Care: Blockchain, AI, and ML in Healthcare explores the revolutionizing applications of blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in healthcare systems. The book attempts to close the gap between cutting-edge computational approaches and real-world healthcare applications by discussing the latest innovations in the field.The book is divided ... Read more

$180.99 USD

Computational Intelligence for Patient Care: Blockchain, AI, and ML in Healthcare explores the revolutionizing applications of blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in healthcare systems. The book attempts to close the gap between cutting-edge computational approaches and real-world healthcare applications by discussing the latest innovations in the field.The book is divided
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Super Intelligent Smart Home - How ChatGPT Will Change Your Future

by Michael Ferguson ...

"Super Intelligent Home - How ChatGPT Will Change Your Life" is an exciting self-help book that offers readers a glimpse into the future of artificial intelligence and how it will transform our everyday lives. This book is designed to inspire and motivate readers to use the power of ChatGPT, the latest conversational AI tool, to enhance their businesses and personal lives.Through this book, ... Read more

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"Super Intelligent Home - How ChatGPT Will Change Your Life" is an exciting self-help book that offers readers a glimpse into the future of artificial intelligence and how it will transform our everyday lives. This book is designed to inspire and motivate readers to use the power of ChatGPT, the latest conversational AI tool, to enhance their businesses and personal lives.Through this book,
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Society 5.0

First International Conference, Society 5.0 2021, Virtual Event, June 22–24, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Aurona Gerber, Knut Hinkelmann ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of
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Metaprogramming Elixir

Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!)

by Chris McCord ...

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You'll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You'll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific
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Ultimate Apache Superset for Data Visualization and Analytics

Leverage Apache Superset to Create Interactive Dashboards and Master Modern Business Intelligence (English Edition)

by Bragadeesh Sundararajan ...

Apache Superset to Master Data Visualization and Build High-Impact BI SolutionsBook DescriptionApache Superset is a powerful open-source data visualization and business intelligence platform that enables professionals to create interactive dashboards effortlessly. With its user-friendly interface and broad compatibility with various data sources, Superset helps users uncover insights and make ... Read more

$25.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Apache Superset to Master Data Visualization and Build High-Impact BI SolutionsBook DescriptionApache Superset is a powerful open-source data visualization and business intelligence platform that enables professionals to create interactive dashboards effortlessly. With its user-friendly interface and broad compatibility with various data sources, Superset helps users uncover insights and make
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Navigating the FRAM

Mastering the Functional Resonance Analysis Method for Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems

Edited by Riccardo Patriarca ...

In the world of safety science, where complex socio-technical systems demand innovative approaches, the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) stands as a beacon of insight. Rooted in modern systemic management and Resilience Engineering principles, the FRAM offers a unique perspective, viewing systems through the lens of everyday performance variability.Developed over decades of meticulous ... Read more

$98.99 USD

In the world of safety science, where complex socio-technical systems demand innovative approaches, the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) stands as a beacon of insight. Rooted in modern systemic management and Resilience Engineering principles, the FRAM offers a unique perspective, viewing systems through the lens of everyday performance variability.Developed over decades of meticulous
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Minimalism

Designing Simplicity

by Hartmut Obendorf ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The notion of Minimalism is proposed as a theoretical tool supporting a more differentiated understanding of reduction and thus forms a standpoint that allows definition of aspects of simplicity.Possible uses of the notion of minimalism in the field of human–computer interaction design are examined both from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint, giving a range of results. Minimalism defines a ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The notion of Minimalism is proposed as a theoretical tool supporting a more differentiated understanding of reduction and thus forms a standpoint that allows definition of aspects of simplicity.Possible uses of the notion of minimalism in the field of human–computer interaction design are examined both from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint, giving a range of results. Minimalism defines a
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Blended Learning: Engaging Students in the New Normal Era

15th International Conference, ICBL 2022, Hong Kong, China, July 19–22, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Richard Chen Li, Simon K. S. Cheung, Peter H. F. Ng, Leung-Pun Wong, Fu Lee Wang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2022, held in Hong Kong, China, in August 2022.The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The conference theme of ICBL 2022 is Blended Learning: Engaging Students in the New Era. The papers are organized in topical sections named: Game ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2022, held in Hong Kong, China, in August 2022.The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The conference theme of ICBL 2022 is Blended Learning: Engaging Students in the New Era. The papers are organized in topical sections named: Game
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