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Tactile Sensing, Information, and Feedback via Wave Propagation

by Yitian Shao ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
A longstanding goal of haptic engineering is to develop haptic interfaces that can provide realistic sensations of touch. A fundamental step towards this goal is to understand what mechanical tactile signals the hand feels during daily touch interactions. This book reveals the complex patterns of mechanical waves propagating throughout the hand that can be elicited even by simple touch ... Read more

$151.01 CAD

A longstanding goal of haptic engineering is to develop haptic interfaces that can provide realistic sensations of touch. A fundamental step towards this goal is to understand what mechanical tactile signals the hand feels during daily touch interactions. This book reveals the complex patterns of mechanical waves propagating throughout the hand that can be elicited even by simple touch
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Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V

Proceedings of the 5th International Virtual Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, IHIET 2021, August 27-29, 2021 and the 6th IHIET: Future Systems (IHIET-FS 2021), October 28-30, 2021, France

Edited by Tareq Ahram, Redha Taiar ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reports on research and developments in human–technology interaction. A special emphasis is given to human–computer interaction and its implementation for a wide range of purposes such as health care, aerospace, telecommunication, and education, among others. The human aspects are analyzed in detail. Timely studies on human-centered design, wearable technologies, social and affective ... Read more

$162.62 CAD

This book reports on research and developments in human–technology interaction. A special emphasis is given to human–computer interaction and its implementation for a wide range of purposes such as health care, aerospace, telecommunication, and education, among others. The human aspects are analyzed in detail. Timely studies on human-centered design, wearable technologies, social and affective
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Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 3

Making Digital Mobility Inclusive and Accessible

Edited by Imre Keseru, Annette Randhahn ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book gathers contributions to the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project INDIMO (Inclusive Digital Mobility Solutions), its sister projects DIGNITY (Digital Transport in and for Society) and TRIPS (Transport Innovation for Persons with Disabilities Needs Satisfaction), which have been focusing on making transport systems inclusive and accessible for all. Digitalization has enabled the emergence and ... Read more

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This book gathers contributions to the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project INDIMO (Inclusive Digital Mobility Solutions), its sister projects DIGNITY (Digital Transport in and for Society) and TRIPS (Transport Innovation for Persons with Disabilities Needs Satisfaction), which have been focusing on making transport systems inclusive and accessible for all. Digitalization has enabled the emergence and
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Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments

Edited by Michele Geronazzo, Stefania Serafin ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book tackles the design of 3D spatial interactions in an audio-centered and audio-first perspective, providing the fundamental notions related to the creation and evaluation of immersive sonic experiences. The key elements that enhance the sensation of place in a virtual environment (VE) are:Immersive audio: the computational aspects of the acoustical-space properties of Virutal ... Read more

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This open access book tackles the design of 3D spatial interactions in an audio-centered and audio-first perspective, providing the fundamental notions related to the creation and evaluation of immersive sonic experiences. The key elements that enhance the sensation of place in a virtual environment (VE) are:Immersive audio: the computational aspects of the acoustical-space properties of Virutal
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Cognitive Modeling for Automated Human Performance Evaluation at Scale

by Haiyue Yuan, Shujun Li, Patrice Rusconi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Cognitive models and software tools have been widely used for both research and commercial purposes. Although they have proved very useful, there are some limitations preventing large-scale modeling and simulation tasks to be carried out efficiently and effectively. In this book, we aim to provide readers with a systematic overview of state-of-the-art cognitive modeling software tools and ... Read more

$69.65 CAD

Cognitive models and software tools have been widely used for both research and commercial purposes. Although they have proved very useful, there are some limitations preventing large-scale modeling and simulation tasks to be carried out efficiently and effectively. In this book, we aim to provide readers with a systematic overview of state-of-the-art cognitive modeling software tools and
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Novel Techniques in Recovering, Embedding, and Enforcing Policies for Control-Flow Integrity

by Yan Lin ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
There are three fundamental components in Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) enforcement. The first component is accurately recovering the policy (CFG). Usually, the more precise the policy is, the more security CFI improves, but precise CFG generation was considered hard without the support of source code. The second component is embedding the CFI policy securely. Current CFI enforcement usually ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

There are three fundamental components in Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) enforcement. The first component is accurately recovering the policy (CFG). Usually, the more precise the policy is, the more security CFI improves, but precise CFG generation was considered hard without the support of source code. The second component is embedding the CFI policy securely. Current CFI enforcement usually
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Information and Knowledge Systems. Digital Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making

5th International Conference, ICIKS 2021, Virtual Event, June 22–23, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Inès Saad, Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux, Faiez Gargouri, Pierre-Emmanuel Arduin ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Systems, ICIKS 2021, which was held online during June 22-23, 2021.The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Systems (ICIKS 2021) gathered both researchers and practitioners in the fields of Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management and ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Systems, ICIKS 2021, which was held online during June 22-23, 2021.The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Systems (ICIKS 2021) gathered both researchers and practitioners in the fields of Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management and
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Understanding Control Flow

Concurrent Programming Using μC++

by Peter A. Buhr ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both ... Read more

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The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both
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Raku Recipes

A Problem-Solution Approach

by J.J. Merelo ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore Raku problems and solutions using the latest version of the Raku programming language. In Raku Recipes, the emphasis is on applying Raku code to various important tasks and applications including data science, analytics, microservices, and desktop/console applications. There are also fun one-liner script recipes and instructions on how to create mini-languages of your very own.All in all, ... Read more

$68.39 CAD

Explore Raku problems and solutions using the latest version of the Raku programming language. In Raku Recipes, the emphasis is on applying Raku code to various important tasks and applications including data science, analytics, microservices, and desktop/console applications. There are also fun one-liner script recipes and instructions on how to create mini-languages of your very own.All in all,
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Options and Derivatives Programming in C++20

Algorithms and Programming Techniques for the Financial Industry

by Carlos Oliveira ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Master the features of C++ that are frequently used to write financial software for options and derivatives, including the STL, templates, functional programming, and numerical libraries. This book also covers new features introduced in C++20 and other recent standard releases: modules, concepts, spaceship operators, and smart pointers.You will explore how-to examples covering all the major tools ... Read more

$68.39 CAD

Master the features of C++ that are frequently used to write financial software for options and derivatives, including the STL, templates, functional programming, and numerical libraries. This book also covers new features introduced in C++20 and other recent standard releases: modules, concepts, spaceship operators, and smart pointers.You will explore how-to examples covering all the major tools
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Requirements Engineering für Softwareanwendungen im sozialen Sektor

Innovationen für eine Vielzahl von Nutzerbedürfnissen

by Varun Gupta ...

Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
Dieses Buch stellt interdisziplinäre Forschung im Bereich Software-Engineering von Anwendungen für den sozialen Sektor vor. Der Autor konzentriert sich auf Softwareanwendungen, die für soziale Zwecke eingesetzt werden und den Bedürfnissen der Gesellschaft dienen. Der Autor möchte die Wissenslücke zwischen den Requirements Engineers, der Industrie und den Nutzern schließen, um dazu beizutragen, ein ... Read more

$86.84 CAD

Dieses Buch stellt interdisziplinäre Forschung im Bereich Software-Engineering von Anwendungen für den sozialen Sektor vor. Der Autor konzentriert sich auf Softwareanwendungen, die für soziale Zwecke eingesetzt werden und den Bedürfnissen der Gesellschaft dienen. Der Autor möchte die Wissenslücke zwischen den Requirements Engineers, der Industrie und den Nutzern schließen, um dazu beizutragen, ein
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Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2017

16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25–29, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Regina Bernhaupt, Girish Dalvi, Anirudha Joshi, Devanuj K. Balkrishan, Jacki O'Neill, Marco Winckler ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The four-volume set LNCS 10513—10516 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2017, held in Mumbai, India, in September 2017.The total of 68 papers presented in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The contributions are organized in topical sections named:Part I: adaptive design and mobile ... Read more

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The four-volume set LNCS 10513—10516 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2017, held in Mumbai, India, in September 2017.The total of 68 papers presented in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The contributions are organized in topical sections named:Part I: adaptive design and mobile
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The Insider You Built

How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents

by Camille Stewart Gloster ...

An operational playbook for maintaining control as AI agents scale across the enterpriseAI agents are rapidly becoming embedded across enterprise systems. They schedule meetings, generate reports, approve transactions, interact with customers, and make decisions across digital environments. Organizations have, in effect, created a new kind of insider: software trusted to act on the company’s ... Read more

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An operational playbook for maintaining control as AI agents scale across the enterpriseAI agents are rapidly becoming embedded across enterprise systems. They schedule meetings, generate reports, approve transactions, interact with customers, and make decisions across digital environments. Organizations have, in effect, created a new kind of insider: software trusted to act on the company’s
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Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XLIX

Special Issue on Data Management – Principles, Technologies and Applications

Edited by Abdelkader Hameurlain, A Min Tjoa, Bernd Amann, François Goasdoué ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-scale Data and Knowledge-centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected ... Read more

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The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-scale Data and Knowledge-centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected
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Speichereffizienter Aufbau von binären Entscheidungsdiagrammen

by Rune Krauss ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Aufgrund der steigenden Komplexität von Hardwaresystemen besteht die Notwendigkeit, effizientere Datenstrukturen und darauf operierende Algorithmen zu entwickeln, um weiterhin das korrekte Verhalten solcher Systeme zu garantieren. Ein binäres Entscheidungsdiagramm ist eine geeignete Datenstruktur, da sie eine kompakte Repräsentation boolescher Funktionen und effiziente Algorithmen zur Manipulation ... Read more

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Aufgrund der steigenden Komplexität von Hardwaresystemen besteht die Notwendigkeit, effizientere Datenstrukturen und darauf operierende Algorithmen zu entwickeln, um weiterhin das korrekte Verhalten solcher Systeme zu garantieren. Ein binäres Entscheidungsdiagramm ist eine geeignete Datenstruktur, da sie eine kompakte Repräsentation boolescher Funktionen und effiziente Algorithmen zur Manipulation
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Intelligent Sustainable Systems

Selected Papers of WorldS4 2021, Volume 2

Edited by Atulya K. Nagar, Dharm Singh Jat, Gabriela Marín-Raventós, Durgesh Kumar Mishra ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book provides insights of World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2021) which is divided into different sections such as Smart IT Infrastructure for Sustainable Society; Smart Management prospective for Sustainable Society; Smart Secure Systems for Next Generation Technologies; Smart Trends for Computational Graphics and Image Modeling; and Smart Trends ... Read more

$242.72 CAD

This book provides insights of World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2021) which is divided into different sections such as Smart IT Infrastructure for Sustainable Society; Smart Management prospective for Sustainable Society; Smart Secure Systems for Next Generation Technologies; Smart Trends for Computational Graphics and Image Modeling; and Smart Trends
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OpenCode 擴展開發

從自訂工具到生態發布的建造者指南

by Happy eBook Authors ...

用完了、看懂了，現在輪到你動手造。《OpenCode 擴展開發》是「OpenCode 技術叢書」第四冊，帶你從使用者變成建造者。八個擴充點一次攤開：自訂指令、Agent Skills、代理工程、主題設計、MCP、自訂工具、外掛鉤子、SDK 整合——從改一句提示，到把 OpenCode 裝進你的自動化管線。延續系列鐵律「只寫能驗證的事」：十七支外掛鉤子逐一對照官方型別定義、SDK 方法對照 OpenAPI 生成碼、快取目錄實機解剖。書中範例可直接放進專案的 .opencode/ 目錄運行。五篇二十章：・工坊地圖——擴充點選型決策、載入時序、除錯三管道・提示層——指令插值、Skills 發現機制、代理權限工程・程式碼層——第一支外掛、攔截改寫、事件驅動、npm 發布・介面層——theme.json 主題、TUI 外掛、注意力與音效系統・整合層——SDK 自動化、json_schema ... Read more

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用完了、看懂了，現在輪到你動手造。《OpenCode 擴展開發》是「OpenCode 技術叢書」第四冊，帶你從使用者變成建造者。八個擴充點一次攤開：自訂指令、Agent Skills、代理工程、主題設計、MCP、自訂工具、外掛鉤子、SDK 整合——從改一句提示，到把 OpenCode 裝進你的自動化管線。延續系列鐵律「只寫能驗證的事」：十七支外掛鉤子逐一對照官方型別定義、SDK 方法對照 OpenAPI 生成碼、快取目錄實機解剖。書中範例可直接放進專案的 .opencode/ 目錄運行。五篇二十章：・工坊地圖——擴充點選型決策、載入時序、除錯三管道・提示層——指令插值、Skills 發現機制、代理權限工程・程式碼層——第一支外掛、攔截改寫、事件驅動、npm 發布・介面層——theme.json 主題、TUI 外掛、注意力與音效系統・整合層——SDK 自動化、json_schema
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Extreme DAX

Take your Power BI and Fabric analytics skills to the next level

by Michiel Rozema, Madzy Stikkelorum, Henk Vlootman ...

Master advanced DAX in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to build scalable semantic models, solve complex business problems, and deliver high-impact analytics using real-world scenarios and proven techniques.Key FeaturesSolve complex business problems with advanced DAX in Power BI and FabricBuild scalable semantic models using modern data modeling best practicesMaster evaluation context, calculation ... Read more

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Master advanced DAX in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to build scalable semantic models, solve complex business problems, and deliver high-impact analytics using real-world scenarios and proven techniques.Key FeaturesSolve complex business problems with advanced DAX in Power BI and FabricBuild scalable semantic models using modern data modeling best practicesMaster evaluation context, calculation
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Shaping Tomorrow

The Human Journey with AI

Edited by Vishal Rana, Govand Khalid Azeez, Ray Parker, Alan Nankervis ...

Every major technological regime in human history has reorganised not only how societies produce but how they think, govern, and define what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is no exception. What sets it apart is the speed, scale, and intimacy with which it is penetrating the epistemic and institutional fabric of contemporary life.Shaping Tomorrow: The Human Journey with AI draws on ... Read more

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Every major technological regime in human history has reorganised not only how societies produce but how they think, govern, and define what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is no exception. What sets it apart is the speed, scale, and intimacy with which it is penetrating the epistemic and institutional fabric of contemporary life.Shaping Tomorrow: The Human Journey with AI draws on
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Artificial Intelligence and Legal Evidence

The Indian Policy and Perspective

Edited by Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, Lovely Dasgupta, Saptarshi Ghosh, Kripabandhu Ghosh ...

This book explores AI’s impact on legal evidence, with a particular focus on its use within Indian law, by identifying the key feature of an Artificial intelligence-driven Justice Delivery System. It seeks to bridge the gap in the literature on the intersection of AI and law, specifically the evaluation of evidence. The book focuses on AI’s potential to enhance the evaluation of evidence in ... Read more

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This book explores AI’s impact on legal evidence, with a particular focus on its use within Indian law, by identifying the key feature of an Artificial intelligence-driven Justice Delivery System. It seeks to bridge the gap in the literature on the intersection of AI and law, specifically the evaluation of evidence. The book focuses on AI’s potential to enhance the evaluation of evidence in
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AI Agents for Beginners: Understanding Intelligent Assistants in the Age of Automation

by Daniel Fankhauser ...

Unlock the true meaning of AI agents and discover how they're reshaping the future of work, creativity, and human collaboration, one interaction at a time.AI Agents for Beginners: Understanding Intelligent Assistants in the Age of Automation is a comprehensive and deeply human guide to the world of AI agents, those quietly powerful digital collaborators embedded in our calendars, inboxes, ... Read more

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Unlock the true meaning of AI agents and discover how they're reshaping the future of work, creativity, and human collaboration, one interaction at a time.AI Agents for Beginners: Understanding Intelligent Assistants in the Age of Automation is a comprehensive and deeply human guide to the world of AI agents, those quietly powerful digital collaborators embedded in our calendars, inboxes,
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Intelligent Instruction Computer

Theory And Practice

Edited by Marshall J. Farr, Joseph Psotka ...

This text records the dramatic new prospects for computers in instruction in school, the workplace and high technology research facilities. If offers teachers and trainers a vision of how their professions will be fundamentally altered by these new systems and how their roles will be changed. The challenges and opportunities exposed by these developments in intelligent instruction by computer are ... Read more

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This text records the dramatic new prospects for computers in instruction in school, the workplace and high technology research facilities. If offers teachers and trainers a vision of how their professions will be fundamentally altered by these new systems and how their roles will be changed. The challenges and opportunities exposed by these developments in intelligent instruction by computer are
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Beyond Algorithms

Reframing AI as Intellectual Capital for Human Flourishing

by Roderic Hewlett ...

Beyond Algorithms: Reframing AI as Intellectual Capital for Human Flourishing offers a clear, timely framework for viewing and analyzing AI as intellectual capital rather than as autonomous intelligence. AI is presented as a tool that helps organize, expand, and apply knowledge to support human decision-making, improve institutional effectiveness, and promote social progress. By situating AI as ... Read more

$89.93 CAD

Beyond Algorithms: Reframing AI as Intellectual Capital for Human Flourishing offers a clear, timely framework for viewing and analyzing AI as intellectual capital rather than as autonomous intelligence. AI is presented as a tool that helps organize, expand, and apply knowledge to support human decision-making, improve institutional effectiveness, and promote social progress. By situating AI as
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CodeNotes for Web-Based UI

Edited by Gregory Brill ...

CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals ... Read more

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CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals
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