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Quality of Experience

Advanced Concepts, Applications and Methods

Edited by Alexander Raake, Sebastian Möller ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This pioneering book develops definitions and concepts related to Quality of Experience in the context of multimedia- and telecommunications-related applications, systems and services and applies these to various fields of communication and media technologies. The editors bring together numerous key-protagonists of the new discipline “Quality of Experience” and combine the state-of-the-art ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This pioneering book develops definitions and concepts related to Quality of Experience in the context of multimedia- and telecommunications-related applications, systems and services and applies these to various fields of communication and media technologies. The editors bring together numerous key-protagonists of the new discipline “Quality of Experience” and combine the state-of-the-art
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PHP 7 Zend Certification Study Guide

Ace the ZCE 2017-PHP Exam

by Andrew Beak ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Improve your programming knowledge and become Zend Certified. This book closely follows the ZCE2017-PHP exam syllabus and adds important details that help candidates to prepare for the test.Zend Certification is an industry recognized standard for PHP engineers. It is very difficult to pass the examination without extensive preparation. Unlike other books on PHP, this book is very focused on ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Improve your programming knowledge and become Zend Certified. This book closely follows the ZCE2017-PHP exam syllabus and adds important details that help candidates to prepare for the test.Zend Certification is an industry recognized standard for PHP engineers. It is very difficult to pass the examination without extensive preparation. Unlike other books on PHP, this book is very focused on
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Torn Many Ways

Politics, Conflict and Emotion in Research

Edited by Max Krüger, Debora De Castro Leal, David Randall, Peter Tolmie ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This edited collection brings together a range of experiences from the field, largely in the context of CSCW and HCI. It focuses specifically on the experiences of people who have worked in difficult, tense, delicate and sometimes conflictual and dangerous settings. The tensions faced by researchers and, more importantly, how they manage to deal with them are often under-remarked. Unlike the bulk ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This edited collection brings together a range of experiences from the field, largely in the context of CSCW and HCI. It focuses specifically on the experiences of people who have worked in difficult, tense, delicate and sometimes conflictual and dangerous settings. The tensions faced by researchers and, more importantly, how they manage to deal with them are often under-remarked. Unlike the bulk
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Prompt Warrior

Become The Ultimate AI Commander

by Brian Scott ...

Tired of mediocre AI outputs that waste your time and frustrate you?What if you could consistently get flawless, production-ready results from any AI model - every single time?Prompt Warrior: Become The Ultimate AI Commander is the definitive guide to turning ordinary users into elite prompt engineers who command AI like a professional. This book reveals the exact frameworks, systems, and battle ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Tired of mediocre AI outputs that waste your time and frustrate you?What if you could consistently get flawless, production-ready results from any AI model - every single time?Prompt Warrior: Become The Ultimate AI Commander is the definitive guide to turning ordinary users into elite prompt engineers who command AI like a professional. This book reveals the exact frameworks, systems, and battle
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Discovery And Fusion Of Uncertain Knowledge In Data

by Kun Yue, Weiyi Liu, Dapeng Tao, Ming Gao, Hao Wu ...

Series Book 6 - East China Normal University Scientific Reports
Data analysis is of upmost importance in the mining of big data, where knowledge discovery and inference are the basis for intelligent systems to support the real world applications. However, the process involves knowledge acquisition, representation, inference and data, Bayesian network (BN) is the key technology plays a key role in knowledge representation, in order to pave way to cope with ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Data analysis is of upmost importance in the mining of big data, where knowledge discovery and inference are the basis for intelligent systems to support the real world applications. However, the process involves knowledge acquisition, representation, inference and data, Bayesian network (BN) is the key technology plays a key role in knowledge representation, in order to pave way to cope with
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Python Feature Engineering Cookbook

Over 70 recipes for creating, engineering, and transforming features to build machine learning models

by Soledad Galli ...

Create end-to-end, reproducible feature engineering pipelines that can be deployed into production using open-source Python librariesKey FeaturesLearn and implement feature engineering best practicesReinforce your learning with the help of multiple hands-on recipesBuild end-to-end feature engineering pipelines that are performant and reproducibleBook DescriptionFeature engineering, the process of ... Read more

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Create end-to-end, reproducible feature engineering pipelines that can be deployed into production using open-source Python librariesKey FeaturesLearn and implement feature engineering best practicesReinforce your learning with the help of multiple hands-on recipesBuild end-to-end feature engineering pipelines that are performant and reproducibleBook DescriptionFeature engineering, the process of
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Computer Engineering and Technology

22nd CCF Conference, NCCET 2018, Yinchuan, China, August 15–17, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Weixia Xu, Liquan Xiao, Jinwen Li, Zhenzhen Zhu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd CCF Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, NCCET 2018, held in Yinchuan, China, in August 2018.The 17 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They address topics such as processor architecture; application specific processors; computer application and software optimization; technology on ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd CCF Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, NCCET 2018, held in Yinchuan, China, in August 2018.The 17 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They address topics such as processor architecture; application specific processors; computer application and software optimization; technology on
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COMPUTER MASTER

C++ / C Programming lessons

by Gilbert Kofi Grunitzky ...

C++ / C Programming lessons! This C / C++ lesson, has been designed to help the beginners learn the C / C++ programming language quickly. Most of the basic concepts of C / C++ programming like variables, data types, expressions, conditionals, repetitions structures, switch, functions, arrays, pointers, string handling, file handling and structures are explained in simple language. This C / C++ ... Read more

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C++ / C Programming lessons! This C / C++ lesson, has been designed to help the beginners learn the C / C++ programming language quickly. Most of the basic concepts of C / C++ programming like variables, data types, expressions, conditionals, repetitions structures, switch, functions, arrays, pointers, string handling, file handling and structures are explained in simple language. This C / C++
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scikit-learn机器学习（第2版）

Chinese Edition

by Posts & Telecom Press, Gavin Hackeling ...

掌握Python机器学习的有效工具，搞定scikit-learn的必备指南Key Features本书内容涵盖多种机器学习模型讨论了数据预处理、超参数优化和集成方法等主题。Book Description近年来，Python语言成为了广受欢迎的编程语言，而它在机器学习领域也有着卓越的表现。scikit-learn是一个用Python语言编写的机器学习算法库，它可以实现一系列常用的机器学习算法，是一个不可多得的好工具。本书通过14章内容，详细地介绍了一系列机器学习模型和scikit-learn的使用技巧。本书从机器学习的基础理论讲起，涵盖了简单线性回归、K-近邻算法、特征提取、多元线性回归、逻辑回归、朴素贝叶斯、非线性分类、决策树回归、随机森林、感知机、支持向量机、人工神经网络、K-均值算法、主成分分析等重要话题。本书适合机器学习领域的工程师学习，也适合想要了解scikit ... Read more

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掌握Python机器学习的有效工具，搞定scikit-learn的必备指南Key Features本书内容涵盖多种机器学习模型讨论了数据预处理、超参数优化和集成方法等主题。Book Description近年来，Python语言成为了广受欢迎的编程语言，而它在机器学习领域也有着卓越的表现。scikit-learn是一个用Python语言编写的机器学习算法库，它可以实现一系列常用的机器学习算法，是一个不可多得的好工具。本书通过14章内容，详细地介绍了一系列机器学习模型和scikit-learn的使用技巧。本书从机器学习的基础理论讲起，涵盖了简单线性回归、K-近邻算法、特征提取、多元线性回归、逻辑回归、朴素贝叶斯、非线性分类、决策树回归、随机森林、感知机、支持向量机、人工神经网络、K-均值算法、主成分分析等重要话题。本书适合机器学习领域的工程师学习，也适合想要了解scikit
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Logic Circuit Design

Selected Methods

by Shimon P. Vingron ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
In three main divisions the book covers combinational circuits, latches, and asynchronous sequential circuits. Combinational circuits have no memorising ability, while sequential circuits have such an ability to various degrees. Latches are the simplest sequential circuits, ones with the shortest memory. The presentation is decidedly non-standard.The design of combinational circuits is discussed ... Read more

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In three main divisions the book covers combinational circuits, latches, and asynchronous sequential circuits. Combinational circuits have no memorising ability, while sequential circuits have such an ability to various degrees. Latches are the simplest sequential circuits, ones with the shortest memory. The presentation is decidedly non-standard.The design of combinational circuits is discussed
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HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

International Conference, HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015. Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This is the first volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 528 and CCIS 529) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece in August 2015.The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters presented at the HCII 2015 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 4843 submissions. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This is the first volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 528 and CCIS 529) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece in August 2015.The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters presented at the HCII 2015 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 4843 submissions.
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024 Workshops

Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part V

Edited by Alessio Del Bue, Cristian Canton, Jordi Pont-Tuset, Tatiana Tommasi ...

Series Book 5 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set LNCS 15623 until LNCS 15646 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.These LNCS volumes contain 574 accepted papers from 53 of the 73 workshops. The list of workshops and distribution of the workshop papers in ... Read more

$161.99 USD

The multi-volume set LNCS 15623 until LNCS 15646 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.These LNCS volumes contain 574 accepted papers from 53 of the 73 workshops. The list of workshops and distribution of the workshop papers in
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Getting Started with Visual Studio 2022

Learning and Implementing New Features

by Dirk Strauss ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore Visual Studio 2022 and supercharge your .NET development workflow with the latest AI-powered tools and modern application design.Whether you're a seasoned .NET developer or looking to level up in Visual Studio 2022, this practical guide is your roadmap to becoming a faster, smarter, and more efficient programmer. Updated to reflect the cutting-edge advancements in Visual Studio 2022, this ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Explore Visual Studio 2022 and supercharge your .NET development workflow with the latest AI-powered tools and modern application design.Whether you're a seasoned .NET developer or looking to level up in Visual Studio 2022, this practical guide is your roadmap to becoming a faster, smarter, and more efficient programmer. Updated to reflect the cutting-edge advancements in Visual Studio 2022, this
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Family History Digital Libraries

by William Sims Bainbridge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
In the modern era, every family and local community can cultivate its own history, endowing living people with meanings inherited from the people of the past, by means of today’s computer-based information and communication technologies. A new profession is emerging, family historians, serving the wider public by assisting in collection and analysis of fascinating data, by teaching talented ... Read more

$134.99 USD

In the modern era, every family and local community can cultivate its own history, endowing living people with meanings inherited from the people of the past, by means of today’s computer-based information and communication technologies. A new profession is emerging, family historians, serving the wider public by assisting in collection and analysis of fascinating data, by teaching talented
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Immersive Learning Research Network

4th International Conference, iLRN 2018, Missoula, MT, USA, June 24-29, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Dennis Beck, Colin Allison, Leonel Morgado, Johanna Pirker, Anasol Peña-Rios, Todd Ogle, Jonathon Richter, Christian Gütl ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2018, held in Missoula, MT, USA, in June 2018.The 12 revised full papers and the two revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on environmental sciences, climate change ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2018, held in Missoula, MT, USA, in June 2018.The 12 revised full papers and the two revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on environmental sciences, climate change
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Explainable AI Within the Digital Transformation and Cyber Physical Systems

XAI Methods and Applications

Edited by Moamar Sayed-Mouchaweh ...

This book presents Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), which aims at producing explainable models that enable human users to understand and appropriately trust the obtained results. The authors discuss the challenges involved in making machine learning-based AI explainable. Firstly, that the explanations must be adapted to different stakeholders (end-users, policy makers, industries, ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book presents Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), which aims at producing explainable models that enable human users to understand and appropriately trust the obtained results. The authors discuss the challenges involved in making machine learning-based AI explainable. Firstly, that the explanations must be adapted to different stakeholders (end-users, policy makers, industries,
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Augmented Cognition: Users and Contexts

12th International Conference, AC 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow, Cali M. Fidopiastis ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The papers ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The papers
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Intelligent Human Computer Interaction

10th International Conference, IHCI 2018, Allahabad, India, December 7–9, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Uma Shanker Tiwary ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2018, held in Allahabad, India, in December 2018.The 28 regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: ECG, EEG -based and Other Multimodal Interactions; ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2018, held in Allahabad, India, in December 2018.The 28 regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: ECG, EEG -based and Other Multimodal Interactions;
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Design, User Experience, and Usability: Technological Contexts

5th International Conference, DUXU 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, Canada, July 17–22, 2016, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Aaron Marcus ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016
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Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Design, Development and Technological Innovation

5th International Conference, LCT 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andri Ioannou ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 10924 and 10925 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 10924 and 10925 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346
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Museum Experience Design

Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies

Edited by Arnold Vermeeren, Licia Calvi, Amalia Sabiescu ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This state-of-the-art book explores the implications of contemporary trends that are shaping the future of museum experiences. In four separate sections, it looks into how museums are developing dialogical relationships with their audiences, reaching out beyond their local communities to involve more diverse and broader audiences. It examines current practices in involving crowds, not as passive ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This state-of-the-art book explores the implications of contemporary trends that are shaping the future of museum experiences. In four separate sections, it looks into how museums are developing dialogical relationships with their audiences, reaching out beyond their local communities to involve more diverse and broader audiences. It examines current practices in involving crowds, not as passive
... Read more
Mastering Agile User Stories

Instant Expertise Series, #2

by DeEtta Balthazar ...

Series Book 2 - Instant Expertise Series
Through its comprehensive chapters, the eBook explores various aspects of user stories. It begins with a foundational understanding of what user stories are and their significance in the Agile framework. From here, it guides readers through the techniques of creating effective user stories, aided by practical examples and employing the INVEST principle.Complex concepts like Epics and Themes, the ... Read more

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Through its comprehensive chapters, the eBook explores various aspects of user stories. It begins with a foundational understanding of what user stories are and their significance in the Agile framework. From here, it guides readers through the techniques of creating effective user stories, aided by practical examples and employing the INVEST principle.Complex concepts like Epics and Themes, the
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Technological Innovations in Education

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Academia

by Varun Gupta, Chetna Gupta ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book presents the first practice-based account of Generative AI (GenAI) integration in postgraduate courses, structured across three approaches: course redesign and delivery, assessment redesign, and evaluation adaptations. The book introduces GenAI as a knowledge collaborator and reports the practical approaches, such as redesigning group activities into applied, research-driven tasks, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book presents the first practice-based account of Generative AI (GenAI) integration in postgraduate courses, structured across three approaches: course redesign and delivery, assessment redesign, and evaluation adaptations. The book introduces GenAI as a knowledge collaborator and reports the practical approaches, such as redesigning group activities into applied, research-driven tasks,
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LibGDX In-Depth: Enhancing Your Game Development Skills

by Kameron Hussain, Frahaan Hussain ...

"LibGDX In-Depth: Enhancing Your Game Development Skills" is a meticulously crafted guide aimed at game developers who are familiar with the basics of Java and the LibGDX framework and are ready to take their skills to the next level. This book is a sequel to a series that has already laid the groundwork for beginners, and now it's time to delve deeper into the more complex and fascinating aspects ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"LibGDX In-Depth: Enhancing Your Game Development Skills" is a meticulously crafted guide aimed at game developers who are familiar with the basics of Java and the LibGDX framework and are ready to take their skills to the next level. This book is a sequel to a series that has already laid the groundwork for beginners, and now it's time to delve deeper into the more complex and fascinating aspects
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