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R Graphics Cookbook

Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data

by Winston Chang ...

This O’Reilly cookbook provides more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’s graphing systems. Each recipe tackles a specific problem with a solution you can apply to your own project and includes a discussion of how and why the recipe works.Most of the recipes in this ... Read more

$48.99 USD

This O’Reilly cookbook provides more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’s graphing systems. Each recipe tackles a specific problem with a solution you can apply to your own project and includes a discussion of how and why the recipe works.Most of the recipes in this
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High-Performance Big Data Computing

by Dhabaleswar K. Panda, Xiaoyi Lu, Dipti Shankar ...

Series series Scientific and Engineering Computation
An in-depth overview of an emerging field that brings together high-performance computing, big data processing, and deep lLearning.Over the last decade, the exponential explosion of data known as big data has changed the way we understand and harness the power of data. The emerging field of high-performance big data computing, which brings together high-performance computing (HPC), big data ... Read more

$33.99 USD

An in-depth overview of an emerging field that brings together high-performance computing, big data processing, and deep lLearning.Over the last decade, the exponential explosion of data known as big data has changed the way we understand and harness the power of data. The emerging field of high-performance big data computing, which brings together high-performance computing (HPC), big data
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System Analysis and Modelling in Air Transport

Demand, Capacity, Quality of Services, Economic, and Sustainability

by Milan Janić ...

This book presents a comprehensive analysis and modelling of demand, capacity, quality of services, economics, and sustainability of the air transport system and its main components - - airports, airlines, and ATC/ATM (Air Traffic Control/Management). Airports consist of the airside and landside area characterized by their capacities for handling demand such as aircraft, air passengers, and air ... Read more

$103.99 USD

This book presents a comprehensive analysis and modelling of demand, capacity, quality of services, economics, and sustainability of the air transport system and its main components - - airports, airlines, and ATC/ATM (Air Traffic Control/Management). Airports consist of the airside and landside area characterized by their capacities for handling demand such as aircraft, air passengers, and air
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Semantic Web Technologies

Research and Applications

Edited by Archana Patel, Narayan C. Debnath, Bharat Bhushan ...

Series series Computational Intelligence in Engineering Problem Solving
Semantic web technologies (SWTs) offer the richest machine-interpretable (rather than just machine-processable) and explicit semantics that are being extensively used in various domains and industries. This book provides a roadmap for semantic web technologies (SWTs) and highlights their role in a wide range of domains including cloud computing, Internet of Things, big data, sensor network, and so ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Semantic web technologies (SWTs) offer the richest machine-interpretable (rather than just machine-processable) and explicit semantics that are being extensively used in various domains and industries. This book provides a roadmap for semantic web technologies (SWTs) and highlights their role in a wide range of domains including cloud computing, Internet of Things, big data, sensor network, and so
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Learning Analytics for Achieving Quality Assurance in Higher Learning Institutions

Malaysian Perspectives for Global Insights

by Soo Mang Lim, Husaina Banu Kenayathulla ...

Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
This book explores Learning Analytics (LA) programmes and practices in Malaysia as well as looking at the underlying forces, dilemmas and policy challenges for quality assurance in higher education institutions (HEIs).This chapters provide a comprehensive discussion of trends in academic quality assurance in higher education. It articulates a combination of theoretical issues and empirical ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This book explores Learning Analytics (LA) programmes and practices in Malaysia as well as looking at the underlying forces, dilemmas and policy challenges for quality assurance in higher education institutions (HEIs).This chapters provide a comprehensive discussion of trends in academic quality assurance in higher education. It articulates a combination of theoretical issues and empirical
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The Art of Randomness

Randomized Algorithms in the Real World

by Ronald T. Kneusel ...

Harness the power of randomness (and Python code) to solve real-world problems in fun, hands-on experiments—from simulating evolution to encrypting messages to making machine-learning algorithms!The Art of Randomness is a hands-on guide to mastering the many ways you can use randomized algorithms to solve real programming and scientific problems. You’ll learn how to use randomness to run ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Harness the power of randomness (and Python code) to solve real-world problems in fun, hands-on experiments—from simulating evolution to encrypting messages to making machine-learning algorithms!The Art of Randomness is a hands-on guide to mastering the many ways you can use randomized algorithms to solve real programming and scientific problems. You’ll learn how to use randomness to run
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Practical AI Security

A Hands-on Guide to Attacking, Defending, and Securing Modern AI Systems

by Harriet Farlow ...

Break AI Systems. Then Secure Them.If you’re a security practitioner learning to operate in AI environments, or an ML engineer who needs to understand what adversaries actually do, Practical AI Security gives you the technical foundation the field demands.Built from first principles, this book takes you from how models fail to how they’re exploited to how they’re defended and audited. Every ... Read more

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Break AI Systems. Then Secure Them.If you’re a security practitioner learning to operate in AI environments, or an ML engineer who needs to understand what adversaries actually do, Practical AI Security gives you the technical foundation the field demands.Built from first principles, this book takes you from how models fail to how they’re exploited to how they’re defended and audited. Every
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Human-Computer Interaction

Thematic Area, HCI 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu, Ayako Hashizume ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human-Computer Interaction thematic area of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, held in Montreal, Canada, during July 26-31, 2026.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, methodology and ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This book set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human-Computer Interaction thematic area of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, held in Montreal, Canada, during July 26-31, 2026.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, methodology and
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Social Computing and Social Media

18th International Conference, SCSM 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Adela Coman, Simona Vasilache ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 18th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, ... Read more

$98.99 USD

The 18th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review,
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Logic Before Language

Rethinking AI in the Age of Illusion, Bertrand Russell and the Future of Real AI

by Martin Milani ...

Series series Security, Audit and Leadership Series
Fluency is not intelligence. Prediction is not understanding. And today’s AI has mistaken one for the other.In an era dominated by language models that imitate thought without engaging in it, Logic Before Language makes a bold and urgent argument: if we want machines that truly understand, reason, and justify their conclusions, we must rebuild AI from its logical foundations.Drawing from the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Fluency is not intelligence. Prediction is not understanding. And today’s AI has mistaken one for the other.In an era dominated by language models that imitate thought without engaging in it, Logic Before Language makes a bold and urgent argument: if we want machines that truly understand, reason, and justify their conclusions, we must rebuild AI from its logical foundations.Drawing from the
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Introduction to App Development

Build and Publish Apps on any Platform

by Daniel Walasinski ...

Introduction to App Development is a hands-on guide for learning how apps are designed, built, tested, and published.This book introduces app development through a practical, make-first approach. Instead of beginning with long theory, the lessons guide learners through small working projects that can be created, tested, revised, and shared. The book begins with online tools such as CodeSandbox and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Introduction to App Development is a hands-on guide for learning how apps are designed, built, tested, and published.This book introduces app development through a practical, make-first approach. Instead of beginning with long theory, the lessons guide learners through small working projects that can be created, tested, revised, and shared. The book begins with online tools such as CodeSandbox and
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Cultures of Prediction in Atmospheric and Climate Science

Epistemic and Cultural Shifts in Computer-based Modelling and Simulation

Edited by Matthias Heymann, Gabriele Gramelsberger, Martin Mahony ...

Series series Routledge Environmental Humanities
In recent decades, science has experienced a revolutionary shift. The development and extensive application of computer modelling and simulation has transformed the knowledge‐making practices of scientific fields as diverse as astro‐physics, genetics, robotics and demography. This epistemic transformation has brought with it a simultaneous heightening of political relevance and a renewal of ... Read more

$68.99 USD

In recent decades, science has experienced a revolutionary shift. The development and extensive application of computer modelling and simulation has transformed the knowledge‐making practices of scientific fields as diverse as astro‐physics, genetics, robotics and demography. This epistemic transformation has brought with it a simultaneous heightening of political relevance and a renewal of
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Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths

Achieving Privacy through Careful Design

by Jaap-Henk Hoepman ...

An expert on computer privacy and security shows how we can build privacy into the design of systems from the start.We are tethered to our devices all day, every day, leaving data trails of our searches, posts, clicks, and communications. Meanwhile, governments and businesses collect our data and use it to monitor us without our knowledge. So we have resigned ourselves to the belief that privacy ... Read more

$18.99 USD

An expert on computer privacy and security shows how we can build privacy into the design of systems from the start.We are tethered to our devices all day, every day, leaving data trails of our searches, posts, clicks, and communications. Meanwhile, governments and businesses collect our data and use it to monitor us without our knowledge. So we have resigned ourselves to the belief that privacy
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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering

by Adedeji B. Badiru ...

Series series Analytics and Control
The resurgence of artificial intelligence has been fueled by the availability of the present generation of high-performance computational tools and techniques. This book is designed to provide introductory guidance to artificial intelligence, particularly from the perspective of digital systems engineering.Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineeringprovides a general introduction to ... Read more

$30.99 USD

The resurgence of artificial intelligence has been fueled by the availability of the present generation of high-performance computational tools and techniques. This book is designed to provide introductory guidance to artificial intelligence, particularly from the perspective of digital systems engineering.Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineeringprovides a general introduction to
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Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services

by Liyang Yu ...

Even though the semantic Web is a relatively new and dynamic area of research, a whole suite of components, standards, and tools have already been developed around it. Using a concrete approach, Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services builds a firm foundation in the concept of the semantic Web, its principal technologies, its rea ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Even though the semantic Web is a relatively new and dynamic area of research, a whole suite of components, standards, and tools have already been developed around it. Using a concrete approach, Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services builds a firm foundation in the concept of the semantic Web, its principal technologies, its rea
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Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go

Synchronisation nebenläufiger Prozesse: Kommunikation – Kooperation – Konkurrenz

by Christian Maurer ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Dieses Buch führt nach einem kurzen Kapitel über grundlegende Aspekte der Softwaretechnik und deren Realisierung in Go in die Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go ein. Es stellt grundlegende Konzepte zur Synchronisation und Kommunikation nebenläufiger Prozesse systematisch dar. Dazu zählen unter anderem Schlösser, Semaphore, Fairness und Verklemmungen, Monitore, lokaler und ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Dieses Buch führt nach einem kurzen Kapitel über grundlegende Aspekte der Softwaretechnik und deren Realisierung in Go in die Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go ein. Es stellt grundlegende Konzepte zur Synchronisation und Kommunikation nebenläufiger Prozesse systematisch dar. Dazu zählen unter anderem Schlösser, Semaphore, Fairness und Verklemmungen, Monitore, lokaler und
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HCI International 2026 Posters

28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part IV

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, George Margetis, Stavroula Ntoa, Margherita Antona, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 4 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 papers and 360 posters (as short research papers) are included ... Read more

$107.99 USD

The 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 papers and 360 posters (as short research papers) are included
... Read more
AI for Time Series

Volume 1: Unlocking Patterns with Deep Learning

Edited by Min Wu, Emadeldeen Eldele, Zhenghua Chen, Shirui Pan, Qingsong Wen, Xiaoli Li ...

This book provides a thorough exploration of the latest innovations in AI for general time series analysis, distribution shift, and foundation models. It offers an in-depth look at cutting-edge techniques and methodologies, using advanced algorithms that are transforming time series analysis across industries. The authors highlight the use of AI models, particularly those based on deep learning, ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This book provides a thorough exploration of the latest innovations in AI for general time series analysis, distribution shift, and foundation models. It offers an in-depth look at cutting-edge techniques and methodologies, using advanced algorithms that are transforming time series analysis across industries. The authors highlight the use of AI models, particularly those based on deep learning,
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Introduction to Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing

Concepts and Techniques

by Benjamin C.M. Fung, Ke Wang, Ada Wai-Chee Fu, Philip S. Yu ...

Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving data publishing enable the publication of useful information while protecting data privacy. Int ... Read more

$91.99 USD

Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving data publishing enable the publication of useful information while protecting data privacy. Int
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Decode the Compiler

Understand how compilers optimize C/C++ using AI-guided explanations

by Amar Akshat ...

Understand modern compiler optimization logs and use AI tools to decode Clang/LLVM decisions in C/C++ workflows.Key FeaturesDecode complex Clang/LLVM optimization outputs using AILearn performance-tuning strategies rooted in compiler cost modelsBuild trustable AI pipelines for code optimization analysisBook DescriptionDecode the Compiler takes you on a journey through the inner workings of modern ... Read more

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Understand modern compiler optimization logs and use AI tools to decode Clang/LLVM decisions in C/C++ workflows.Key FeaturesDecode complex Clang/LLVM optimization outputs using AILearn performance-tuning strategies rooted in compiler cost modelsBuild trustable AI pipelines for code optimization analysisBook DescriptionDecode the Compiler takes you on a journey through the inner workings of modern
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PostgreSQL 18 Cookbook, Third Edition

by Peter G ...

This thoroughly revised 3rd edition troubleshoots through real failure modes, diagnostic techniques, and remediation patterns drawn from years of operating PostgreSQL at scale. In this cookbook, you install PostgreSQL 18, create and design schemas, configure clusters to automatically switch over in case something goes wrong, keep your connections secure using OAuth 2.0, and perform PITR to get ... Read more

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This thoroughly revised 3rd edition troubleshoots through real failure modes, diagnostic techniques, and remediation patterns drawn from years of operating PostgreSQL at scale. In this cookbook, you install PostgreSQL 18, create and design schemas, configure clusters to automatically switch over in case something goes wrong, keep your connections secure using OAuth 2.0, and perform PITR to get
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Bíblia De Programação Python Para Iniciantes

by Jideon F Marques ...

Programar significa escrever instruções que um computador irá literalmente executar. Ele realiza a atividade como um comando dado pelo programador ao computador. Primeiro escreva as instruções em uma linguagem que o computador entenda, e o computador as executa quando o programador lhe diz para fazê-lo. Se as ordens forem dadas incorretamente, o computador emitirá mensagens mostrando os erros. É ... Read more

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Programar significa escrever instruções que um computador irá literalmente executar. Ele realiza a atividade como um comando dado pelo programador ao computador. Primeiro escreva as instruções em uma linguagem que o computador entenda, e o computador as executa quando o programador lhe diz para fazê-lo. Se as ordens forem dadas incorretamente, o computador emitirá mensagens mostrando os erros. É
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iOS18與SwiftUI程式設計全面剖析

by 朱克剛 ...

作者以多年的iOS教學經驗寫成本書，由淺入深幫助想踏入行動裝置程式設計領域的人快速掌握iOS程式設計技巧。本書以SwiftUI框架為核心，透過簡單幾行程式碼就可以完成一個高品質App界面，並透過詳細的解說，讓讀者能充分理解程式意義。iOS開發環境與SDK每年推陳出新，程式設計技巧每年均有變化，舊的寫法往往已不再支援，新的寫法又必須花大量時間看官方文件才能掌握，本書秉持過去一貫精神，永遠以最新的開發環境、最新的SDK框架以及最新的語法呈現經典範例。因此本書將是新手不可或缺，老手也必須放在電腦內的一本重量級工具書。本書特別為 EPUB 流動格式排版，非常適合各式螢幕尺寸閱讀，即便在手機上也可輕鬆瀏覽。作者介紹：朱克剛，資深電腦書籍作者，超過三十年的教學經驗，每年在大專院校與職訓單位開設無數資訊類課程，幫助各階層學員降低進入資訊職場門檻。本書承襲過去十年來一貫的專業與品質，讓讀者掌握最新 iOS ... Read more

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作者以多年的iOS教學經驗寫成本書，由淺入深幫助想踏入行動裝置程式設計領域的人快速掌握iOS程式設計技巧。本書以SwiftUI框架為核心，透過簡單幾行程式碼就可以完成一個高品質App界面，並透過詳細的解說，讓讀者能充分理解程式意義。iOS開發環境與SDK每年推陳出新，程式設計技巧每年均有變化，舊的寫法往往已不再支援，新的寫法又必須花大量時間看官方文件才能掌握，本書秉持過去一貫精神，永遠以最新的開發環境、最新的SDK框架以及最新的語法呈現經典範例。因此本書將是新手不可或缺，老手也必須放在電腦內的一本重量級工具書。本書特別為 EPUB 流動格式排版，非常適合各式螢幕尺寸閱讀，即便在手機上也可輕鬆瀏覽。作者介紹：朱克剛，資深電腦書籍作者，超過三十年的教學經驗，每年在大專院校與職訓單位開設無數資訊類課程，幫助各階層學員降低進入資訊職場門檻。本書承襲過去十年來一貫的專業與品質，讓讀者掌握最新 iOS
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Image Analysis and Processing - ICIAP 2017

19th International Conference, Catania, Italy, September 11-15, 2017, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Sebastiano Battiato, Giovanni Gallo, Raimondo Schettini, Filippo Stanco ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 10484 and 10485 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2017, held in Catania, Italy, in September 2017.The 138 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 229 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 10484 and 10485 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2017, held in Catania, Italy, in September 2017.The 138 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 229 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern
... Read more

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