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The Semantic Web: ESWC 2020 Satellite Events

ESWC 2020 Satellite Events, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 31 – June 4, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Andreas Harth, Valentina Presutti, Raphaël Troncy, Maribel Acosta, Axel Polleres, Javier D. Fernández, Josiane Xavier Parreira, Olaf Hartig, Katja Hose, Michael Cochez ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Chapter “ABECTO: An ABox Evaluation and Comparison Tool for Ontologies” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. ... Read more

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Chapter “ABECTO: An ABox Evaluation and Comparison Tool for Ontologies” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

by Soraia R. Musse, Vinícius J. Cassol, Norman I Badler, Cláudio R. Jung ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book describes, from a computer science viewpoint the software, methods of simulating and analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations.The power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and comfort in built environments. ... Read more

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This book describes, from a computer science viewpoint the software, methods of simulating and analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations.The power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and comfort in built environments.
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Musicality of Human Brain through Fractal Analytics

by Dipak Ghosh, Archi Banerjee, Ranjan Sengupta, Shankha Sanyal ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of how fractal analytics can lead to the extraction of interesting features from the complex electroencephalograph (EEG) signals generated by Hindustani classical music. It particularly focuses on how the brain responses to the emotional attributes of Hindustani classical music that have been long been a source of discussion for musicologists and ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of how fractal analytics can lead to the extraction of interesting features from the complex electroencephalograph (EEG) signals generated by Hindustani classical music. It particularly focuses on how the brain responses to the emotional attributes of Hindustani classical music that have been long been a source of discussion for musicologists and
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Information and Communication Technologies in Education

The School of the Future. IFIP TC3/WG3.1 International Conference on The Bookmark of the School of the Future April 9–14, 2000, Viña del Mar, Chile

Edited by Harriet Taylor, Pieter Hogenbirk ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have already had a significant impact on education in many countries around the world. As the "Information Revolution" has an impact on world society, education is seen as a priority for the developed as well as the developing countries. It is an opportune moment to reflect on current practice and consider how schools can retain what is best, while ... Read more

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have already had a significant impact on education in many countries around the world. As the "Information Revolution" has an impact on world society, education is seen as a priority for the developed as well as the developing countries. It is an opportune moment to reflect on current practice and consider how schools can retain what is best, while
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Identifying Relevant Information for Testing Technique Selection

An Instantiated Characterization Schema

by Sira Vegas, Natalia Juristo, Victor R. Basili ...

Series Book 8 - International Series in Software Engineering
Engineering tasks are supposed to achieve defined goals under certain project constraints. Example goals of software engineering tasks include achieving a certain functionality together with some level of reliability or performance. Example constraints of software engineering tasks include budget and time limitations or experience limitations of the developers at hand. Planning of an engineering ... Read more

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Engineering tasks are supposed to achieve defined goals under certain project constraints. Example goals of software engineering tasks include achieving a certain functionality together with some level of reliability or performance. Example constraints of software engineering tasks include budget and time limitations or experience limitations of the developers at hand. Planning of an engineering
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Cuteness Engineering

Designing Adorable Products and Services

by Ayako Hashizume, Aaron Marcus, Masaaki Kurosu, Xiaojuan Ma ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This state of the art monographpresents a unique introduction to thinking about cuteness and its incorporation into modern, especially computer-based, products and services. Cuteness is defined and explored in relation to user-centered design concepts and methods, in addition to considering the history of cuteness and cuteness in other cultures, especially in relation to eastern Asia.The authors ... Read more

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This state of the art monographpresents a unique introduction to thinking about cuteness and its incorporation into modern, especially computer-based, products and services. Cuteness is defined and explored in relation to user-centered design concepts and methods, in addition to considering the history of cuteness and cuteness in other cultures, especially in relation to eastern Asia.The authors
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Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing

16th International Conference, ICAISC 2017, Zakopane, Poland, June 11-15, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Leszek Rutkowski, Marcin Korytkowski, Rafał Scherer, Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Jacek M. Zurada ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNAI 10245 and LNAI 10246 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2017, held in Zakopane, Poland in June 2017.The 133 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 274 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following five parts: ... Read more

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The two-volume set LNAI 10245 and LNAI 10246 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2017, held in Zakopane, Poland in June 2017.The 133 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 274 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following five parts:
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Software Architecture

11th European Conference, ECSA 2017, Canterbury, UK, September 11-15, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Rogério de Lemos, Antónia Lopes ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2017, held in Canterbury, UK, in September 2017.The 9 full papers presented together with 12 short papers and one keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on Software Architecture Analysis and Verification; Software Architecture ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2017, held in Canterbury, UK, in September 2017.The 9 full papers presented together with 12 short papers and one keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on Software Architecture Analysis and Verification; Software Architecture
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

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

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

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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
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Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications

8th International Conference, CHIRA 2024, Porto, Portugal, November 21–22, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Hugo Plácido da Silva, Pietro Cipresso ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set, CCIS 2370 and CCIS 2371, constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2024, held Porto, Portugal, during November 21–22, 2024.The 16 full papers and 45 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. These papers focus on the research advancements ... Read more

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This two-volume set, CCIS 2370 and CCIS 2371, constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2024, held Porto, Portugal, during November 21–22, 2024.The 16 full papers and 45 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. These papers focus on the research advancements
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Risk Assessment and Management of Repetitive Movements and Exertions of Upper Limbs

Job Analysis, Ocra Risk Indicies, Prevention Strategies and Design Principles

by Daniela Colombini ...

Series Book 2 - Elsevier Ergonomics Book Series
In industrialised countries, musculo-skeletrical disorders of the upper limbs represent one of the commonest work-related diseases. All working activities habitually requiring repetitive upper limb movements and exertions represent a potential risk for these disorders under certain conditions. This practical manual provides a clear and detailed solution to the problem of assessing and consequently ... Read more

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In industrialised countries, musculo-skeletrical disorders of the upper limbs represent one of the commonest work-related diseases. All working activities habitually requiring repetitive upper limb movements and exertions represent a potential risk for these disorders under certain conditions. This practical manual provides a clear and detailed solution to the problem of assessing and consequently
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Speech Processing in Embedded Systems

by Priyabrata Sinha ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Speech Processing has rapidly emerged as one of the most widespread and well-understood application areas in the broader discipline of Digital Signal Processing. Besides the telecommunications applications that have hitherto been the largest users of speech processing algorithms, several non-traditional embedded processor applications are enhancing their functionality and user interfaces by ... Read more

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Speech Processing has rapidly emerged as one of the most widespread and well-understood application areas in the broader discipline of Digital Signal Processing. Besides the telecommunications applications that have hitherto been the largest users of speech processing algorithms, several non-traditional embedded processor applications are enhancing their functionality and user interfaces by
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Generative KI sinnvoll nutzen

Den Hype durchschauen, Chancen erkennen und Projekte erfolgreich umsetzen

by Dr. Dominik Hörndlein ...

ChatGPT, Bildgeneratoren, KI-Agenten – generative KI verändert, wie Unternehmen arbeiten. Doch zwischen überzogenen Versprechen und echten Möglichkeiten zu unterscheiden, ist schwieriger denn je. Dieses Buch vermittelt das notwendige Wissen, um generative KI zu verstehen, ihre Chancen realistisch einzuschätzen und eigene Projekte erfolgreich umzusetzen. Es schlägt die Brücke zwischen technischem ... Read more

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ChatGPT, Bildgeneratoren, KI-Agenten – generative KI verändert, wie Unternehmen arbeiten. Doch zwischen überzogenen Versprechen und echten Möglichkeiten zu unterscheiden, ist schwieriger denn je. Dieses Buch vermittelt das notwendige Wissen, um generative KI zu verstehen, ihre Chancen realistisch einzuschätzen und eigene Projekte erfolgreich umzusetzen. Es schlägt die Brücke zwischen technischem
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Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development XII

Edited by Shigeru Chiba, Éric Tanter, Erik Ernst, Robert Hirschfeld ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The LNCS journal Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development is devoted to all facets of aspect-oriented software development (AOSD) techniques in the context of all phases of the software life cycle, from requirements and design to implementation, maintenance and evolution. The focus of the journal is on approaches for systematic identification, modularization, representation, and ... Read more

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The LNCS journal Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development is devoted to all facets of aspect-oriented software development (AOSD) techniques in the context of all phases of the software life cycle, from requirements and design to implementation, maintenance and evolution. The focus of the journal is on approaches for systematic identification, modularization, representation, and
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AI Application Architecture Using Hugging Face

Designing API Driven, Production Ready AI Applications

by PPV Team ...

Series series Progression Through Knowledge Series
Design and build AI‑powered applications using the Hugging Face ecosystem through a clear, structured framework. This book introduces the architectural principles, workflows, and integration patterns required to create functional, API‑driven AI tools using Hugging Face Spaces, Gradio, and modern open‑source models.You will design and implement multiple AI components, including:Chat Assistant - an ... Read more

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Design and build AI‑powered applications using the Hugging Face ecosystem through a clear, structured framework. This book introduces the architectural principles, workflows, and integration patterns required to create functional, API‑driven AI tools using Hugging Face Spaces, Gradio, and modern open‑source models.You will design and implement multiple AI components, including:Chat Assistant - an
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AI Agent for Information Retrieval: Generating and Ranking

Agent4IR International Workshops: Agent4IR 2024@CIKM 2024; Agent4IR@AAAI 2025; and Agent4IR@KDD 2025, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Qingsong Wen, Yongfeng Zhang, Zhiwei Liu, Julian McAuley, Hua Wei, Linsey Pang, Wei Liu, Philip S. Yu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised selected papers from International Workshops on AI Agent for Information Retrieval: Generating and Ranking, Agent4IR, taking place on October 25, 2024, in Boise, USA, and on March 4, 2025, in Pennsylvania, USA, and on August 3, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.The 12 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions. They ... Read more

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This book constitutes revised selected papers from International Workshops on AI Agent for Information Retrieval: Generating and Ranking, Agent4IR, taking place on October 25, 2024, in Boise, USA, and on March 4, 2025, in Pennsylvania, USA, and on August 3, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.The 12 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions. They
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Classical Machine Learning

A Practical Guide Using Python

by Sanad Aburass, Ibrahim Aljarah ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed in recent years, with Machine Learning being now one of its most impactful and widely applied branches. From intelligent recommendation systems to self-driving cars, and from language translation to medical diagnosis, Machine Learning now touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Yet, for those beginning their journey into AI, the ... Read more

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The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed in recent years, with Machine Learning being now one of its most impactful and widely applied branches. From intelligent recommendation systems to self-driving cars, and from language translation to medical diagnosis, Machine Learning now touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Yet, for those beginning their journey into AI, the
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AI-Enabled Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Healthcare Management

Edited by Sandeep Kumar Kautish, Gaurav Dhiman ...

Multiple-criteria decision making, including multiple rule-based decision making, multiple-objective decision making, and multiple-attribute decision making, is used by clinical decision makers to analyze healthcare issues from various perspectives. In practical healthcare cases, semi-structured and unstructured decision-making issues involve multiple criteria that may conflict with each other. ... Read more

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Multiple-criteria decision making, including multiple rule-based decision making, multiple-objective decision making, and multiple-attribute decision making, is used by clinical decision makers to analyze healthcare issues from various perspectives. In practical healthcare cases, semi-structured and unstructured decision-making issues involve multiple criteria that may conflict with each other.
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交互设计：思维与方法

by 王军锋 ...

《交互设计：思维与方法》本书从交互设计的基本概念和发展简史出发，详细阐述了交互设计的方法、流程与策略，帮助读者掌握必备的理论知识。在夯实理论基础之后，本书结合交互设计工作的具体环节一步步展开指导，包括任务流程分析与设计、信息架构设计、界面布局设计、交互原型构建、交互设计评估，全方位展示交互设计工作的具体要求。全书配有丰富的案例与图表，方便读者加深理解。 ... Read more

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《交互设计：思维与方法》本书从交互设计的基本概念和发展简史出发，详细阐述了交互设计的方法、流程与策略，帮助读者掌握必备的理论知识。在夯实理论基础之后，本书结合交互设计工作的具体环节一步步展开指导，包括任务流程分析与设计、信息架构设计、界面布局设计、交互原型构建、交互设计评估，全方位展示交互设计工作的具体要求。全书配有丰富的案例与图表，方便读者加深理解。
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Intelligent System Algorithms and Applications in Science and Technology

Edited by Sunil Pathak, Pramod Kumar Bhatt, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ashutosh Tripathi, Pankaj Kumar Pandey ...

The 21st century has witnessed massive changes around the world in intelligence systems in order to become smarter, energy efficient, reliable, and cheaper. This volume explores the application of intelligent techniques in various fields of engineering and technology. It addresses diverse topics in such areas as machine learning-based intelligent systems for healthcare, applications of artificial ... Read more

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The 21st century has witnessed massive changes around the world in intelligence systems in order to become smarter, energy efficient, reliable, and cheaper. This volume explores the application of intelligent techniques in various fields of engineering and technology. It addresses diverse topics in such areas as machine learning-based intelligent systems for healthcare, applications of artificial
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Manual do freela

Quanto custa meu design?

by André Beltrão ...

Quanto custa meu design? Essa questão deu origem ao workshop de mesmo nome, no qual mais de 200 participantes discutiram e relataram casos reais nas 14 vezes em que foi realizado.Esses debates serviram de embrião para Manual do freela. O livro não se propõe a ensinar como ser o designer mais desejado, como falar bem, como criar uma imagem mágica de si mesmo nem como se tornar o escritório dos ... Read more

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Quanto custa meu design? Essa questão deu origem ao workshop de mesmo nome, no qual mais de 200 participantes discutiram e relataram casos reais nas 14 vezes em que foi realizado.Esses debates serviram de embrião para Manual do freela. O livro não se propõe a ensinar como ser o designer mais desejado, como falar bem, como criar uma imagem mágica de si mesmo nem como se tornar o escritório dos
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Information Security Education. Education in Proactive Information Security

12th IFIP WG 11.8 World Conference, WISE 12, Lisbon, Portugal, June 25–27, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Lynette Drevin, Marianthi Theocharidou ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 11.8 World Conference on Information Security Education, WISE 12, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in June 2019.The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: innovation in curricula; training; applications and cryptography; and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 11.8 World Conference on Information Security Education, WISE 12, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in June 2019.The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: innovation in curricula; training; applications and cryptography; and
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Data Analytics with Python: Data Analytics in Python Using Pandas

by Frank Millstein ...

Data is the foundation of this digital age that we live in. With this book, you are going to learn how to organize and analyze data and how to interpret vast sources of information. This book covers various topics on data analytics such as data analytics applications, data analytics process, using Python for data analytics, Python libraries for data analytics and many other that will help you kick ... Read more

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Data is the foundation of this digital age that we live in. With this book, you are going to learn how to organize and analyze data and how to interpret vast sources of information. This book covers various topics on data analytics such as data analytics applications, data analytics process, using Python for data analytics, Python libraries for data analytics and many other that will help you kick
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AI Foundations and Applications with MATLAB

by Ying Bai ...

Series series Artificial Intelligence (R0)
This textbook provides fundamentals and practical skills on AI foundations and applications with two MATLAB programming modes. It includes twelve chapters with detailed introductions for the foundation knowledge of AI, structures, key components, and hands-on AI projects implemented in various applications in our world.Unlike other AI related textbooks, in which the Python is used, the MATLAB is ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This textbook provides fundamentals and practical skills on AI foundations and applications with two MATLAB programming modes. It includes twelve chapters with detailed introductions for the foundation knowledge of AI, structures, key components, and hands-on AI projects implemented in various applications in our world.Unlike other AI related textbooks, in which the Python is used, the MATLAB is
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