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Practical Java Machine Learning

Projects with Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services

by Mark Wickham ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Build machine learning (ML) solutions for Java development. This book shows you that when designing ML apps, data is the key driver and must be considered throughout all phases of the project life cycle. Practical Java Machine Learning helps you understand the importance of data and how to organize it for use within your ML project. You will be introduced to tools which can help you identify and ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Build machine learning (ML) solutions for Java development. This book shows you that when designing ML apps, data is the key driver and must be considered throughout all phases of the project life cycle. Practical Java Machine Learning helps you understand the importance of data and how to organize it for use within your ML project. You will be introduced to tools which can help you identify and
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Internet of Things From Hype to Reality

The Road to Digitization

by Ammar Rayes, Samer Salam ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook presents an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that comprises of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components with focus on the missing functionality in the current state of the art. As with the first edition, it is organized into six main parts: an IoT reference model; Fog computing and the drivers; IoT ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This textbook presents an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that comprises of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components with focus on the missing functionality in the current state of the art. As with the first edition, it is organized into six main parts: an IoT reference model; Fog computing and the drivers; IoT
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Logics in Artificial Intelligence

16th European Conference, JELIA 2019, Rende, Italy, May 7–11, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Francesco Calimeri, Nicola Leone, Marco Manna ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence, JELIA 2019, held in Rende, Italy, in May 2019. The 50 full papers and 10 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. Additionally, the book contains 3 invited papers. The accepted papers span a number of areas within Logics in AI, including ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence, JELIA 2019, held in Rende, Italy, in May 2019. The 50 full papers and 10 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. Additionally, the book contains 3 invited papers. The accepted papers span a number of areas within Logics in AI, including
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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
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Critical Systems: Formal Methods and Automated Verification

Joint 21st International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems and 16th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems, FMICS-AVoCS 2016, Pisa, Italy, September 26-28, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Maurice H. ter Beek, Stefania Gnesi, Alexander Knapp ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint 21st International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems and the 16th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems, FMICS-AVoCS 2016, held in Pisa, Italy, in September 2016.The 11 full papers and 4 short papers presented together with one invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint 21st International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems and the 16th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems, FMICS-AVoCS 2016, held in Pisa, Italy, in September 2016.The 11 full papers and 4 short papers presented together with one invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from
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TV-Anytime

Paving the Way for Personalized TV

by Alberto Gil Solla, Rafael G. Sotelo Bovino ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Television is a mature mass media with close to eight decades of regular broadcasts since its beginnings in Germany, the UK and the USA. Today, despite the spectacular growth of the Internet and social networks, television is still the leading medium for entertainment and information across the world, exerting an unparalleled influence on public opinion. Until recently television had undergone a ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Television is a mature mass media with close to eight decades of regular broadcasts since its beginnings in Germany, the UK and the USA. Today, despite the spectacular growth of the Internet and social networks, television is still the leading medium for entertainment and information across the world, exerting an unparalleled influence on public opinion. Until recently television had undergone a
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Complex Knowledge

Studies in Organizational Epistemology

by Haridimos Tsoukas ...

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organization theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge. Tsoukas firstly looks at organizational knowledge and its embeddedness in social contexts and forms of life. He shows that knowledge is not just a collection of free floating ... Read more

$75.99 USD

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organization theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge. Tsoukas firstly looks at organizational knowledge and its embeddedness in social contexts and forms of life. He shows that knowledge is not just a collection of free floating
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Perspectives on HCI Research with Teenagers

Edited by Linda Little, Daniel Fitton, Beth T. Bell, Nicola Toth ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Teen Computer Interaction is concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of technologies for teenagers and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them. It aims to give special consideration to the unique development issues and diversity of this particular user group.Teenagers are possibly the most diverse, dynamic and technologically-aware user group. Working with teenagers can ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Teen Computer Interaction is concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of technologies for teenagers and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them. It aims to give special consideration to the unique development issues and diversity of this particular user group.Teenagers are possibly the most diverse, dynamic and technologically-aware user group. Working with teenagers can
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Game Analytics

Maximizing the Value of Player Data

Edited by Magy Seif El-Nasr, Anders Drachen, Alessandro Canossa ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Developing a successful game in today’s market is a challenging endeavor. Thousands of titles are published yearly, all competing for players’ time and attention. Game analytics has emerged in the past few years as one of the main resources for ensuring game quality, maximizing success, understanding player behavior and enhancing the quality of the player experience. It has led to a paradigm shift ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Developing a successful game in today’s market is a challenging endeavor. Thousands of titles are published yearly, all competing for players’ time and attention. Game analytics has emerged in the past few years as one of the main resources for ensuring game quality, maximizing success, understanding player behavior and enhancing the quality of the player experience. It has led to a paradigm shift
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Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps

A Guide to the Windows Runtime

by Ben Dewey ...

Get a head start on building apps for Windows 8. With a series of examples, this hands-on guide takes you through the process of creating complete touch-enabled apps that respond to native sensors. Through the course of the book, you’ll learn how to work with the Windows Runtime application model while building a Bing Image Search app.If you’re an experienced .NET developer who wants to get up to ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Get a head start on building apps for Windows 8. With a series of examples, this hands-on guide takes you through the process of creating complete touch-enabled apps that respond to native sensors. Through the course of the book, you’ll learn how to work with the Windows Runtime application model while building a Bing Image Search app.If you’re an experienced .NET developer who wants to get up to
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Recent Advances in Algorithmic Differentiation

Edited by Shaun Forth, Paul Hovland, Eric Phipps, Jean Utke, Andrea Walther ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The proceedings represent the state of knowledge in the area of algorithmic differentiation (AD). The 31 contributed papers presented at the AD2012 conference cover the application of AD to many areas in science and engineering as well as aspects of AD theory and its implementation in tools. For all papers the referees, selected from the program committee and the greater community, as well as the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The proceedings represent the state of knowledge in the area of algorithmic differentiation (AD). The 31 contributed papers presented at the AD2012 conference cover the application of AD to many areas in science and engineering as well as aspects of AD theory and its implementation in tools. For all papers the referees, selected from the program committee and the greater community, as well as the
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Domain-Specific Languages in R

Advanced Statistical Programming

by Thomas Mailund ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Gain an accelerated introduction to domain-specific languages in R, including coverage of regular expressions. This compact, in-depth book shows you how DSLs are programming languages specialized for a particular purpose, as opposed to general purpose programming languages. Along the way, you’ll learn to specify tasks you want to do in a precise way and achieve programming goals within a domain ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Gain an accelerated introduction to domain-specific languages in R, including coverage of regular expressions. This compact, in-depth book shows you how DSLs are programming languages specialized for a particular purpose, as opposed to general purpose programming languages. Along the way, you’ll learn to specify tasks you want to do in a precise way and achieve programming goals within a domain
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Human-Computer Interaction

4th Iberoamerican Workshop, HCI-Collab 2018, Popayán, Colombia, April 23–27, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Vanessa Agredo-Delgado, Pablo H. Ruiz ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI-Collab 2018, held in Popayán, Colombia, in April 2018.The 18 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers are dealing with topics such as emotional interfaces, HCI and videogames, computational thinking, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI-Collab 2018, held in Popayán, Colombia, in April 2018.The 18 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers are dealing with topics such as emotional interfaces, HCI and videogames, computational thinking,
... Read more
Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA

Edited by Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory
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Fundamentals of Modern Electric Circuit Analysis and Filter Synthesis

A Transfer Function Approach

by Afshin Izadian ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook explains the fundamentals of electric circuits and uses the transfer function as a tool to analyze circuits, systems, and filters. The author avoids the Fourier transform, since this topic is often not taught in circuits courses. General transfer functions for low pass, high pass, band pass and band reject filters are demonstrated, with first order and higher order filters explained ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This textbook explains the fundamentals of electric circuits and uses the transfer function as a tool to analyze circuits, systems, and filters. The author avoids the Fourier transform, since this topic is often not taught in circuits courses. General transfer functions for low pass, high pass, band pass and band reject filters are demonstrated, with first order and higher order filters explained
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The Soul in the Machine

Seeking Humanity in AI World

by Hesham Mohamed Elsherif ...

As you open the pages of "The Soul in the Machine: Seeking Humanity in an AI World," you embark on a profound journey that traverses the intricate and often blurred lines between artificial intelligence and human essence. This book is not just a compilation of thoughts and theories; it is a voyage into the heart of what it means to be human in an era increasingly dominated by machines that think, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

As you open the pages of "The Soul in the Machine: Seeking Humanity in an AI World," you embark on a profound journey that traverses the intricate and often blurred lines between artificial intelligence and human essence. This book is not just a compilation of thoughts and theories; it is a voyage into the heart of what it means to be human in an era increasingly dominated by machines that think,
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Robots in the Workplace

The Future of Employment in the AI Era

by Hesham Mohamed Elsherif ...

As we stand at the precipice of a new era, where artificial intelligence and robotics are not just concepts of science fiction but tangible realities reshaping our world, "Robots in the Workplace: The Future of Employment in the AI Era" emerges as a timely exploration of this transformative landscape. This book is intended for a broad audience, encompassing professionals, academics, policymakers, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

As we stand at the precipice of a new era, where artificial intelligence and robotics are not just concepts of science fiction but tangible realities reshaping our world, "Robots in the Workplace: The Future of Employment in the AI Era" emerges as a timely exploration of this transformative landscape. This book is intended for a broad audience, encompassing professionals, academics, policymakers,
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HCI in Business

Second International Conference, HCIB 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015, Proceedings

Edited by Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Chuan-Hoo Tan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Business, HCIB 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, which took place in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015. HCII 2015 received a total of 4843 submissions, of which 1462 papers and 246 posters were accepted for publication after a careful ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Business, HCIB 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, which took place in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015. HCII 2015 received a total of 4843 submissions, of which 1462 papers and 246 posters were accepted for publication after a careful
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Embodied Social Cognition

by Jessica Lindblom ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book clarifies the role and relevance of the body in social interaction and cognition from an embodied cognitive science perspective. Theories of embodied cognition have during the last decades offered a radical shift in explanations of the human mind, from traditional computationalism, to emphasizing the way cognition is shaped by the body and its sensorimotor interaction with the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book clarifies the role and relevance of the body in social interaction and cognition from an embodied cognitive science perspective. Theories of embodied cognition have during the last decades offered a radical shift in explanations of the human mind, from traditional computationalism, to emphasizing the way cognition is shaped by the body and its sensorimotor interaction with the
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ActionScript Graphing Cookbook

Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript with this book and ebook.

by Peter Backx, Dominic Gelineau ...

Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript with this book and ebook.Key FeaturesLearn how to create various visually dynamic graphs and chartsImport data from different sources, such as web servicesLearn how to map geographical data, visualize in 3DBook Description"A picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than when ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript with this book and ebook.Key FeaturesLearn how to create various visually dynamic graphs and chartsImport data from different sources, such as web servicesLearn how to map geographical data, visualize in 3DBook Description"A picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than when
... Read more
Games and Learning Alliance

Second International Conference, GALA 2013, Paris, France, October 23-25, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Alessandro De Gloria ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2013, held in Paris, France, in October 2013.The 25 revised papers presented together with 9 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers advance the state of the art in the technologies and knowledge available to support development ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2013, held in Paris, France, in October 2013.The 25 revised papers presented together with 9 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers advance the state of the art in the technologies and knowledge available to support development
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part XL

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision
... Read more
Arduino Software Internals

A Complete Guide to How Your Arduino Language and Hardware Work Together

by Norman Dunbar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
"It's not enough to just build your Arduino projects; it's time to actually learn how things work!" This book goes beyond the basics, providing a comprehensive understanding of Arduino software and hardware, as well as how they intertwine. Gain valuable insights into the inner workings of Arduino and its language, and discover how to communicate with the microcontroller in its native language, AVR ... Read more

$49.99 USD

"It's not enough to just build your Arduino projects; it's time to actually learn how things work!" This book goes beyond the basics, providing a comprehensive understanding of Arduino software and hardware, as well as how they intertwine. Gain valuable insights into the inner workings of Arduino and its language, and discover how to communicate with the microcontroller in its native language, AVR
... Read more
Artificial Intelligence in HCI

6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The four-volume set LNAI 15819–15822 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22-17, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The four-volume set LNAI 15819–15822 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22-17, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully
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