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Alex's Adventures in Numberland

Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

by Alex Bellos ...

A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of mathsSunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist'Will leave you hooked on n... ... Read more

$17.22 AUD

A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of mathsSunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist'Will leave you hooked on n...
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Counting: Solutions Manual (2nd Edition)

by Eng Guan Tay, Khee-meng Koh ...

This book is the essential companion to Counting (2nd Edition) (World Scientific, 2013), an introduction to combinatorics for secondary to undergraduate students. The book gives solutions to the exercises in Counting (2nd Edition). There is often more than one method to solve a particular problem and the authors have included alternative solutions whenever they are of interest.The rigorous and ... Read more

$41.27 AUD

This book is the essential companion to Counting (2nd Edition) (World Scientific, 2013), an introduction to combinatorics for secondary to undergraduate students. The book gives solutions to the exercises in Counting (2nd Edition). There is often more than one method to solve a particular problem and the authors have included alternative solutions whenever they are of interest.The rigorous and
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Revolutionising Algebra

A Groundbreaking Method For Solving Simultaneous Equations

by Garfield Chikuse ...

BOOK DESCRIPTIONRevolutionising Algebra-A Groundbreaking Method for Solving Simultaneous Equations with EaseUnlock the secrets of algebra with confidence!Are you tired of struggling with solving simultaneous equations?Do you want to master the basic concepts of algebra and unlock a world of endless problem-solving possibilities involving simultaneous equations?Look no further!“Revolutionising ... Read more

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BOOK DESCRIPTIONRevolutionising Algebra-A Groundbreaking Method for Solving Simultaneous Equations with EaseUnlock the secrets of algebra with confidence!Are you tired of struggling with solving simultaneous equations?Do you want to master the basic concepts of algebra and unlock a world of endless problem-solving possibilities involving simultaneous equations?Look no further!“Revolutionising
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Explainable and Interpretable Reinforcement Learning for Robotics

by Aaron M. Roth, Dinesh Manocha, Ram D. Sriram, Elham Tabassi ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book surveys the state of the art in explainable and interpretable reinforcement learning (RL) as relevant for robotics. While RL in general has grown in popularity and been applied to increasingly complex problems, several challenges have impeded the real-world adoption of RL algorithms for robotics and related areas. These include difficulties in preventing safety constraints from being ... Read more

$72.95 AUD

This book surveys the state of the art in explainable and interpretable reinforcement learning (RL) as relevant for robotics. While RL in general has grown in popularity and been applied to increasingly complex problems, several challenges have impeded the real-world adoption of RL algorithms for robotics and related areas. These include difficulties in preventing safety constraints from being
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Scientific Visualization

Uncertainty, Multifield, Biomedical, and Scalable Visualization

Edited by Charles D. Hansen, Min Chen, Christopher R. Johnson, Arie E. Kaufman, Hans Hagen ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Based on the seminar that took place in Dagstuhl, Germany in June 2011, this contributed volume studies the four important topics within the scientific visualization field: uncertainty visualization, multifield visualization, biomedical visualization and scalable visualization.• Uncertainty visualization deals with uncertain data from simulations or sampled data, uncertainty due to the ... Read more

$128.79 AUD

Based on the seminar that took place in Dagstuhl, Germany in June 2011, this contributed volume studies the four important topics within the scientific visualization field: uncertainty visualization, multifield visualization, biomedical visualization and scalable visualization.• Uncertainty visualization deals with uncertain data from simulations or sampled data, uncertainty due to the
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Elementary Vector Calculus and Its Applications with MATLAB Programming

by Nita H. Shah, Jitendra Panchal ...

Series series River Publishers Series in Mathematical, Statistical and Computational Modelling for Engineering
Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time, introduced the notion of a vector to define the existence of gravitational forces, the motion of the planets around the sun, and the motion of the moon around the earth. Vector calculus is a fundamental scientific tool that allows us to investigate the origins and evolution of space and time, as well as the origins of ... Read more

$195.75 AUD

Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time, introduced the notion of a vector to define the existence of gravitational forces, the motion of the planets around the sun, and the motion of the moon around the earth. Vector calculus is a fundamental scientific tool that allows us to investigate the origins and evolution of space and time, as well as the origins of
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A Bird's Eye view of Data Visualisation

by Nisarg Patel, Hetarth Shah ...

A bird's eye view of anything is usually the first step to enter a new field of interest. The vast field of Data Visualisation might seem overwhelming at first, but a bird's eye view with this book might just be enough to nudge you over that cliff. We will try to go through every little detail about Data Visualisation, from its etymology all the way to its future enhancements. A detailed analysis ... Read more

$15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

A bird's eye view of anything is usually the first step to enter a new field of interest. The vast field of Data Visualisation might seem overwhelming at first, but a bird's eye view with this book might just be enough to nudge you over that cliff. We will try to go through every little detail about Data Visualisation, from its etymology all the way to its future enhancements. A detailed analysis
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A Tale of Two Fractals

by A.A. Kirillov ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Since Benoit Mandelbrot's pioneering work in the late 1970s, scores of research articles and books have been published on the topic of fractals. Despite the volume of literature in the field, the general level of theoretical understanding has remained low; most work is aimed either at too mainstream an audience to achieve any depth or at too specialized a community to achieve widespread use. ... Read more

$40.58 AUD

Since Benoit Mandelbrot's pioneering work in the late 1970s, scores of research articles and books have been published on the topic of fractals. Despite the volume of literature in the field, the general level of theoretical understanding has remained low; most work is aimed either at too mainstream an audience to achieve any depth or at too specialized a community to achieve widespread use.
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Multidimensional Data Visualization

Methods and Applications

by Gintautas Dzemyda, Olga Kurasova, Julius Žilinskas ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book highlights recent developments in multidimensional data visualization, presenting both new methods and modifications on classic techniques. Throughout the book, various applications of multidimensional data visualization are presented including its uses in social sciences (economy, education, politics, psychology), environmetrics, and medicine (ophthalmology, sport medicine, pharmacology ... Read more

$68.89 AUD

This book highlights recent developments in multidimensional data visualization, presenting both new methods and modifications on classic techniques. Throughout the book, various applications of multidimensional data visualization are presented including its uses in social sciences (economy, education, politics, psychology), environmetrics, and medicine (ophthalmology, sport medicine, pharmacology
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Das Big Project Picture als Gamechanger für effektives Projektmanagement und interne Herausforderungen

by Raphaela Fichtinger ...

Series series Business and Economics (German Language)
Dieses Buch untersucht das Big Project Picture als innovative Methode im Projektmanagement zur Bewältigung interner Herausforderungen. Im Fokus stehen vier zentrale Problembereiche: Anforderungsmanagement und Zielverständnis, weiche Erfolgsfaktoren, multikulturelle Teams mit Sprachbarrieren sowie zunehmende Komplexität in dynamischen Umwelten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der gezielte Einsatz ... Read more

$68.89 AUD

Dieses Buch untersucht das Big Project Picture als innovative Methode im Projektmanagement zur Bewältigung interner Herausforderungen. Im Fokus stehen vier zentrale Problembereiche: Anforderungsmanagement und Zielverständnis, weiche Erfolgsfaktoren, multikulturelle Teams mit Sprachbarrieren sowie zunehmende Komplexität in dynamischen Umwelten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der gezielte Einsatz
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Complex Network Analysis in Python

Recognize - Construct - Visualize - Analyze - Interpret

by Dmitry Zinoviev ...

Construct, analyze, and visualize networks with networkx, a Python language module. Network analysis is a powerful tool you can apply to a multitude of datasets and situations. Discover how to work with all kinds of networks, including social, product, temporal, spatial, and semantic networks. Convert almost any real-world data into a complex network--such as recommendations on co-using cosmetic ... Read more

$28.50 AUD

Construct, analyze, and visualize networks with networkx, a Python language module. Network analysis is a powerful tool you can apply to a multitude of datasets and situations. Discover how to work with all kinds of networks, including social, product, temporal, spatial, and semantic networks. Convert almost any real-world data into a complex network--such as recommendations on co-using cosmetic
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Knowledge Visualization Currents

From Text to Art to Culture

Edited by Francis T. Marchese, Ebad Banissi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This text reviews the evolution of the field of visualization, providing innovative examples from various disciplines, highlighting the important role that visualization plays in extracting and organizing the concepts found in complex data. Features: presents a thorough introduction to the discipline of knowledge visualization, its current state of affairs and possible future developments; ... Read more

$128.79 AUD

This text reviews the evolution of the field of visualization, providing innovative examples from various disciplines, highlighting the important role that visualization plays in extracting and organizing the concepts found in complex data. Features: presents a thorough introduction to the discipline of knowledge visualization, its current state of affairs and possible future developments;
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Offshore Exploration of Oil and Gas in Cuba using Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

by Manuel Enrique Pardo Echarte, Odalys Reyes Paredes, Valia Suárez Leyva ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book provides an overview of the major changes induced by hydrocarbons (HCs) affecting rocks and surface sediments and their implications for non-seismic exploration methods, particularly for marine territories near Cuba. It examines the use of a digital elevation model (DEM) at 90x90m resolution for the detection of subtle, positive geomorphic anomalies related to hydrocarbon microseepage ... Read more

$68.89 AUD

This book provides an overview of the major changes induced by hydrocarbons (HCs) affecting rocks and surface sediments and their implications for non-seismic exploration methods, particularly for marine territories near Cuba. It examines the use of a digital elevation model (DEM) at 90x90m resolution for the detection of subtle, positive geomorphic anomalies related to hydrocarbon microseepage
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Data Visualization: a successful design process

by Andy Kirk ...

A comprehensive yet quick guide to the best approaches to designing data visualizations, with real examples and illustrative diagrams. Whatever the desired outcome ensure success by following this expert design process. This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data. There is no skill, no ... Read more

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A comprehensive yet quick guide to the best approaches to designing data visualizations, with real examples and illustrative diagrams. Whatever the desired outcome ensure success by following this expert design process. This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data. There is no skill, no
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The Fascinating World of Graph Theory

by Arthur Benjamin, Gary Chartrand, Ping Zhang ...

The history, formulas, and most famous puzzles of graph theoryGraph theory goes back several centuries and revolves around the study of graphs—mathematical structures showing relations between objects. With applications in biology, computer science, transportation science, and other areas, graph theory encompasses some of the most beautiful formulas in mathematics—and some of its most famous ... Read more

$32.46 AUD

The history, formulas, and most famous puzzles of graph theoryGraph theory goes back several centuries and revolves around the study of graphs—mathematical structures showing relations between objects. With applications in biology, computer science, transportation science, and other areas, graph theory encompasses some of the most beautiful formulas in mathematics—and some of its most famous
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Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory

by David Colton, Rainer Kress ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
The inverse scattering problem is central to many areas of science and technology such as radar and sonar, medical imaging, geophysical exploration and nondestructive testing. This book is devoted to the mathematical and numerical analysis of the inverse scattering problem for acoustic and electromagnetic waves. In this third edition, new sections have been added on the linear sampling and ... Read more

$193.63 AUD

The inverse scattering problem is central to many areas of science and technology such as radar and sonar, medical imaging, geophysical exploration and nondestructive testing. This book is devoted to the mathematical and numerical analysis of the inverse scattering problem for acoustic and electromagnetic waves. In this third edition, new sections have been added on the linear sampling and
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Falling Liquid Films

by C. Ruyer-Quil, M. G. Velarde, S. Kalliadasis, B. Scheid ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Falling Liquid Films gives a detailed review of state-of-the-art theoretical, analytical and numerical methodologies, for the analysis of dissipative wave dynamics and pattern formation on the surface of a film falling down a planar inclined substrate. This prototype is an open-flow hydrodynamic instability, that represents an excellent paradigm for the study of complexity in active nonlinear ... Read more

$112.65 AUD

Falling Liquid Films gives a detailed review of state-of-the-art theoretical, analytical and numerical methodologies, for the analysis of dissipative wave dynamics and pattern formation on the surface of a film falling down a planar inclined substrate. This prototype is an open-flow hydrodynamic instability, that represents an excellent paradigm for the study of complexity in active nonlinear
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A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization

Past, Present, and Future

by Brad Eric Hollister, Alex Pang ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals, ... Read more

$40.58 AUD

Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals,
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The Shroud of Turin

First Century after Christ!

by Giulio Fanti, Pierandrea Malfi ...

The Shroud of Turin is the most important and studied relic in the world. The many scientific studies on the relic until today have failed to provide conclusive answers about the identity of the enveloped man and the dynamics regarding the image impressed therein. This book not only addresses these issues in a scientific and objective manner but also leads the reader through new search paths. In ... Read more

$121.53 AUD

The Shroud of Turin is the most important and studied relic in the world. The many scientific studies on the relic until today have failed to provide conclusive answers about the identity of the enveloped man and the dynamics regarding the image impressed therein. This book not only addresses these issues in a scientific and objective manner but also leads the reader through new search paths. In
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Visual Reasoning with Diagrams

Edited by Amirouche Moktefi, Sun-Joo Shin ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Logic, the discipline that explores valid reasoning, does not need to be limited to a specific form of representation but should include any form as long as it allows us to draw sound conclusions from given information. The use of diagrams has a long but unequal history in logic: The golden age of diagrammatic logic of the 19th century thanks to Euler and Venn diagrams was followed by the early ... Read more

$128.79 AUD

Logic, the discipline that explores valid reasoning, does not need to be limited to a specific form of representation but should include any form as long as it allows us to draw sound conclusions from given information. The use of diagrams has a long but unequal history in logic: The golden age of diagrammatic logic of the 19th century thanks to Euler and Venn diagrams was followed by the early
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Mathematics and Modern Art

Proceedings of the First ESMA Conference, held in Paris, July 19-22, 2010

Edited by Claude Bruter ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The link between mathematics and art remains as strong today as it was in the earliest instances of decorative and ritual art. Arts, architecture, music and painting have for a long time been sources of new developments in mathematics, and vice versa. Many great painters have seen no contradiction between artistic and mathematical endeavors, contributing to the progress of both, using mathematical ... Read more

$177.40 AUD

The link between mathematics and art remains as strong today as it was in the earliest instances of decorative and ritual art. Arts, architecture, music and painting have for a long time been sources of new developments in mathematics, and vice versa. Many great painters have seen no contradiction between artistic and mathematical endeavors, contributing to the progress of both, using mathematical
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Data Lakes

Grundlagen, Architektur, Instrumente und Einsatzmöglichkeiten

by Uwe Schmitz ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Das Buch bietet einen kompakten Überblick über Data Lakes und ihre vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Zielgruppe sind Studierende im Bachelor- und Masterstudium, IT-Mitarbeiter*innen und -Verantwortliche, Entscheider*innen und Führungskräfte, die sich einen Überblick über das Themenfeld Data Lakes verschaffen wollen. Das Buch vermittelt grundlegende Prinzipien für den Aufbau und die Gestaltung ... Read more

$21.37 AUD

Das Buch bietet einen kompakten Überblick über Data Lakes und ihre vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Zielgruppe sind Studierende im Bachelor- und Masterstudium, IT-Mitarbeiter*innen und -Verantwortliche, Entscheider*innen und Führungskräfte, die sich einen Überblick über das Themenfeld Data Lakes verschaffen wollen. Das Buch vermittelt grundlegende Prinzipien für den Aufbau und die Gestaltung
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A Power BI Compendium

Answers to 65 Commonly Asked Questions on Power BI

by Alison Box ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Are you a reasonably competent Power BI user but still struggling to generate reports that truly tell the story of your data? Or do you simply want to extend your knowledge of Power BI by exploring more complex areas of visualizations, data modelling, DAX, and Power Query? If so, this book is for you. This book serves as a comprehensive resource for users to implement more challenging visuals, ... Read more

$72.16 AUD

Are you a reasonably competent Power BI user but still struggling to generate reports that truly tell the story of your data? Or do you simply want to extend your knowledge of Power BI by exploring more complex areas of visualizations, data modelling, DAX, and Power Query? If so, this book is for you. This book serves as a comprehensive resource for users to implement more challenging visuals,
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Visualization for Artificial Intelligence

by Shixia Liu, Weikai Yang, Junpeng Wang, Jun Yuan ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book explores how visualization provides an effective way of improving not only the interpretability but also the generalization capabilities of machine learning models. It shows how visualization can bridge the gap between complex models or algorithms and human understanding while also facilitating data curation and model refinement. Therefore, visualization for artificial intelligence ... Read more

$60.78 AUD

This book explores how visualization provides an effective way of improving not only the interpretability but also the generalization capabilities of machine learning models. It shows how visualization can bridge the gap between complex models or algorithms and human understanding while also facilitating data curation and model refinement. Therefore, visualization for artificial intelligence
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