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Data Engineering with AWS

A Comprehensive Guide to Building Robust Data Pipelines

by Brian Paul ...

Unlock the full potential of your data with "Data Engineering with AWS: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Robust Data Pipelines." In the fast-paced world of technology, harnessing the power of data is a critical aspect of staying competitive. This book serves as your essential companion, offering a deep dive into the realm of data engineering on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.Key ... Read more

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Unlock the full potential of your data with "Data Engineering with AWS: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Robust Data Pipelines." In the fast-paced world of technology, harnessing the power of data is a critical aspect of staying competitive. This book serves as your essential companion, offering a deep dive into the realm of data engineering on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.Key
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Empowering Users through Design

Interdisciplinary Studies and Combined Approaches for Technological Products and Services

Edited by David Bihanic ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
At the crossroads of various disciplines, this collective work examines the possibility of a new end-user “engagement” in ongoing digital/technological products and services development. It provides an overview of recent research specifically focused on the user’s democratic participation and empowerment. It also enables readers to better identify the main opportunities of participatory design, a ... Read more

$89.99 USD

At the crossroads of various disciplines, this collective work examines the possibility of a new end-user “engagement” in ongoing digital/technological products and services development. It provides an overview of recent research specifically focused on the user’s democratic participation and empowerment. It also enables readers to better identify the main opportunities of participatory design, a
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Cognition Beyond the Brain

Computation, Interactivity and Human Artifice

Edited by Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau, Stephen J Cowley ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Cognition Beyond the Brain challenges neurocentrism by advocating a systemic view of cognition based on investigating how action shapes the experience of thinking. The systemic view steers between extended functionalism and enactivism by stressing how living beings connect bodies, technologies, language and culture. Since human thinking depends on a cultural ecology, people connect biologically ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Cognition Beyond the Brain challenges neurocentrism by advocating a systemic view of cognition based on investigating how action shapes the experience of thinking. The systemic view steers between extended functionalism and enactivism by stressing how living beings connect bodies, technologies, language and culture. Since human thinking depends on a cultural ecology, people connect biologically
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Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications

9th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2014, Versailles, France, June 24-26, 2014, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Malika Auvray, Christian Duriez ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 8618 and 8619 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference EuroHaptics 2014, held in Versailles, France, in June 2014.The 118 papers (36 oral presentations and 82 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. Furthermore, 27 demos were exhibited, each of them resulting in a short paper included in the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 8618 and 8619 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference EuroHaptics 2014, held in Versailles, France, in June 2014.The 118 papers (36 oral presentations and 82 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. Furthermore, 27 demos were exhibited, each of them resulting in a short paper included in the
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Instant Heat Maps in R: How-to

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to ... Read more

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Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to
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School and Behavioral Psychology

Applied Research in Human-Computer Interactions, Functional Assessment and Treatment

by H.A. Chris Ninness, Glen McCuller, Lisa Ozenne ...

With this important work, written around current behavioral psychology research and practice as it applies to school-age children, the authors address both experimental and applied issues in the assessments and interventions used with this population.Among the issues examined are the legal, bureaucratic, and psychological complications involving the newly mandated Functional Assessment law. ... Read more

$143.99 USD

With this important work, written around current behavioral psychology research and practice as it applies to school-age children, the authors address both experimental and applied issues in the assessments and interventions used with this population.Among the issues examined are the legal, bureaucratic, and psychological complications involving the newly mandated Functional Assessment law.
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Mobile TV: Customizing Content and Experience

Edited by Aaron Marcus, Anxo Cereijo Roibás, Riccardo Sala ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Developing usable, useful, and appealing solutions for the customer or user experience requires customization according to specific users' needs amidst frequently changing physical and social environments. Complex design problems like these require interdisciplinary perspectives that cover software functionality, human interaction and communication experiences, and perceived value.After defining ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Developing usable, useful, and appealing solutions for the customer or user experience requires customization according to specific users' needs amidst frequently changing physical and social environments. Complex design problems like these require interdisciplinary perspectives that cover software functionality, human interaction and communication experiences, and perceived value.After defining
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Dialogues with Social Robots

Enablements, Analyses, and Evaluation

Edited by Kristiina Jokinen, Graham Wilcock ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book explores novel aspects of social robotics, spoken dialogue systems, human-robot interaction, spoken language understanding, multimodal communication, and system evaluation. It offers a variety of perspectives on and solutions to the most important questions about advanced techniques for social robots and chat systems.Chapters by leading researchers address key research and development ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book explores novel aspects of social robotics, spoken dialogue systems, human-robot interaction, spoken language understanding, multimodal communication, and system evaluation. It offers a variety of perspectives on and solutions to the most important questions about advanced techniques for social robots and chat systems.Chapters by leading researchers address key research and development
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Jumpstarting Your Own PCB

Learn How to Design and Make Customized Circuit Boards

by Shawn Wallace ...

Learn to make your own printed circuit boards, using open source software and inexpensive manufacturing techniques! ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Learn to make your own printed circuit boards, using open source software and inexpensive manufacturing techniques!
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Beginning Backdrop CMS

by Todd Tomlinson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn what Backdrop CMS is and how it fulfills the role of a content management system, along with how to install and configure it. This book teaches how to create and manage content, taxonomy, users, page layouts, and menus to get the best site possible. You'll also see how to install on shared hosting – which is a focus of the Backdrop CMS team – to make hosting your website affordable.Backdrop ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Learn what Backdrop CMS is and how it fulfills the role of a content management system, along with how to install and configure it. This book teaches how to create and manage content, taxonomy, users, page layouts, and menus to get the best site possible. You'll also see how to install on shared hosting – which is a focus of the Backdrop CMS team – to make hosting your website affordable.Backdrop
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Computational Autism

by Boris Galitsky ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book explores and evaluates accounts and models of autistic reasoning and cognition from a computational standpoint. The author investigates the limitations and peculiarities of autistic reasoning and sets out a remediation strategy to be used by a wide range of psychologists and rehabilitation personnel and will also be appreciated by computer scientists who are interested in the practical ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book explores and evaluates accounts and models of autistic reasoning and cognition from a computational standpoint. The author investigates the limitations and peculiarities of autistic reasoning and sets out a remediation strategy to be used by a wide range of psychologists and rehabilitation personnel and will also be appreciated by computer scientists who are interested in the practical
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Taming Your Dragon

Addressing Your Technical Debt

by Dr. Andrew Richard Brown ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Technical debt is an often-overlooked problem that the software industry needs to take more seriously. All organizations are impacted by it, most wish that they had less of it, but need help in understanding the nature of the beast. This book aims to clear up any misconceptions and show you how to implement a sound technical debt management program to suit your company’s needs.You’ll learn the ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Technical debt is an often-overlooked problem that the software industry needs to take more seriously. All organizations are impacted by it, most wish that they had less of it, but need help in understanding the nature of the beast. This book aims to clear up any misconceptions and show you how to implement a sound technical debt management program to suit your company’s needs.You’ll learn the
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Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications

First International Conference, ICAIA 2023, Pune, India, December 18-19, 2023, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Anish Gupta, Michael Hinchey, Zeev Zalevsky ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Application, ICAIA 2023, held in Pune, India, during December 18–19, 2023.The 37 full papers and 3 short papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 217 submissions. The conference focused on three primary domains: Use of AI in Health Care; ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Application, ICAIA 2023, held in Pune, India, during December 18–19, 2023.The 37 full papers and 3 short papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 217 submissions. The conference focused on three primary domains: Use of AI in Health Care;
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Your Guide to No-Code AI App Development: Anyone Can Make Money Building Apps

by CEO BOOKS ...

Your Guide to No-Code AI App Development: Anyone Can Make Money Building Apps. Monetize AI-Powered Apps — No Coding Required!Do you have an app idea but no coding skills? You're not alone — and you're not out of luck.This #1 beginner-friendly guide will show you how to build, launch, and profit from AI-powered apps using today's top no-code platforms — without writing a single line of code.Whether ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your Guide to No-Code AI App Development: Anyone Can Make Money Building Apps. Monetize AI-Powered Apps — No Coding Required!Do you have an app idea but no coding skills? You're not alone — and you're not out of luck.This #1 beginner-friendly guide will show you how to build, launch, and profit from AI-powered apps using today's top no-code platforms — without writing a single line of code.Whether
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Data Mesh

Principles and Logical Architecture

by Alex Campbell ...

Gain a broader understanding of Data Mesh and logical architecture.Have you ever asked yourself why you need to learn about Data Mesh?What is their use in our daily life?Have you ever wondered what the logical architecture is for a data mesh?Your data is like a mesh. It's everywhere, and it's connected.You have data on your servers, your networks, and your clients. And it's not just one kind of ... Read more

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Gain a broader understanding of Data Mesh and logical architecture.Have you ever asked yourself why you need to learn about Data Mesh?What is their use in our daily life?Have you ever wondered what the logical architecture is for a data mesh?Your data is like a mesh. It's everywhere, and it's connected.You have data on your servers, your networks, and your clients. And it's not just one kind of
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The Real Singularity

by Tun-Nug ...

Disambiguating the alleged dangers and benefits of Artificial Intelligence within the Singularity myth ... Read more

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Disambiguating the alleged dangers and benefits of Artificial Intelligence within the Singularity myth
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Robotics Goes MOOC

Design

Edited by Bruno Siciliano ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
A robot’s appearance and its way of interacting with humans is of fundamental importance. Until a few years ago there was a clear asymmetry between the typically excellent performance of industrial robots and their ugly and disharmonious bodies, with crude ways and potentially very dangerous movementsfor the human environment. A modern artifact can be as harmonious and beautiful as a complex ... Read more

$53.99 USD

A robot’s appearance and its way of interacting with humans is of fundamental importance. Until a few years ago there was a clear asymmetry between the typically excellent performance of industrial robots and their ugly and disharmonious bodies, with crude ways and potentially very dangerous movementsfor the human environment. A modern artifact can be as harmonious and beautiful as a complex
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Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

5th International Conference, MOBILE 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by June Wei, George Margetis ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which was held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29-July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which was held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29-July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully
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The Language of Creative AI

Practices, Aesthetics and Structures

Edited by Craig Vear, Fabrizio Poltronieri ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Creative AI defines art and media practices that have AI embedded into the process of creation, but also encompass novel AI approaches in the realisation and experience of such work, e.g. robotic art, distributed AI artworks across locations, AI performers, artificial musicians, synthetic images generated by neural networks, AI authors and journalist bots.This book builds on the discourse of AI ... Read more

$170.99 USD

Creative AI defines art and media practices that have AI embedded into the process of creation, but also encompass novel AI approaches in the realisation and experience of such work, e.g. robotic art, distributed AI artworks across locations, AI performers, artificial musicians, synthetic images generated by neural networks, AI authors and journalist bots.This book builds on the discourse of AI
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The Official MongoDB Guide

Resilience, scalability, security and performance

by Rachelle Palmer, Jeffrey Allen, Parker Faucher, Alison Huh, Lander Kerbey, Maya Raman, Lauren Tran ...

The official guide to MongoDB architecture, tools, and cloud features, written by leading MongoDB subject matter experts to help you build secure, scalable, high-performance applications Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesDesign resilient, secure solutions with high performance and scalabilityStreamline development with modern tooling, ... Read more

$56.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The official guide to MongoDB architecture, tools, and cloud features, written by leading MongoDB subject matter experts to help you build secure, scalable, high-performance applications Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesDesign resilient, secure solutions with high performance and scalabilityStreamline development with modern tooling,
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Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: The Human-Data-Technology Nexus

Proceedings of FAIM 2022, June 19–23, 2022, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Volume 2

Edited by Kyoung-Yun Kim, Leslie Monplaisir, Jeremy Rickli ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book gathers the second volume of the proceedings of the 31st edition of the International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2022, held on June 19 – 23, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Covering four thematic areas including Manufacturing Processes, Machine Tools, Manufacturing Systems, and Enabling Technologies, it highlights advances in micro- and ... Read more

$332.99 USD

This book gathers the second volume of the proceedings of the 31st edition of the International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2022, held on June 19 – 23, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Covering four thematic areas including Manufacturing Processes, Machine Tools, Manufacturing Systems, and Enabling Technologies, it highlights advances in micro- and
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Applications and Innovations in Expert Systems VI

Proceedings of ES98, the Eighteenth Annual International Conference of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems, Cambridge, December 1998

Edited by Ann Macintosh, Robert W. Milne ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
R. MILNE Intelligent Applications Ltd The papers in this volume are the Application Papers presented at ES98, the Eighteenth International Conference of the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Expert Systems. This year has been yet another "applications" success for the conference with this volume containing seventeen papers describing either deployed applications or emerging ... Read more

$89.99 USD

R. MILNE Intelligent Applications Ltd The papers in this volume are the Application Papers presented at ES98, the Eighteenth International Conference of the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Expert Systems. This year has been yet another "applications" success for the conference with this volume containing seventeen papers describing either deployed applications or emerging
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Maschinen der Kommunikation

Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Technik und Gesellschaft im digitalen Zeitalter

Edited by Peter Klimczak, Christer Petersen, Samuel Schilling ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Ein Buch über Menschen, Maschinen und ihre VerbindungenDigitale Endgeräte sind längst zu einem festen Bestandteil unserer Gesellschaft geworden. Aber wie wirkt sich der technische Fortschritt auf unser tägliches Zusammenleben aus? Antworten auf diese Frage liefert das neue Buch über die wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Mensch und Maschine.Digitalisierung als kulturelle RevolutionDass neue ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Ein Buch über Menschen, Maschinen und ihre VerbindungenDigitale Endgeräte sind längst zu einem festen Bestandteil unserer Gesellschaft geworden. Aber wie wirkt sich der technische Fortschritt auf unser tägliches Zusammenleben aus? Antworten auf diese Frage liefert das neue Buch über die wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Mensch und Maschine.Digitalisierung als kulturelle RevolutionDass neue
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Control of Marine Vehicles

by Karl Dietrich von Ellenrieder ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the control of marine vehicles, from fundamental to advanced concepts, including robust control techniques for handling model uncertainty, environmental disturbances, and actuator limitations. Starting with an introductory chapter that extensively reviews automatic control and dynamic modeling techniques for ocean vehicles, the first part of the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the control of marine vehicles, from fundamental to advanced concepts, including robust control techniques for handling model uncertainty, environmental disturbances, and actuator limitations. Starting with an introductory chapter that extensively reviews automatic control and dynamic modeling techniques for ocean vehicles, the first part of the
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