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Smart Farm Management Systems

Integrating IoT with Big Data Analytics

Edited by Atul B. Kathole, Kapil Netaji Vhatkar, Vinod V. Kimbahune, Lalit Kumar Wadhwa ...

The rapid evolution of digital technology has transformed agriculture from a reliance on intuition and tradition to a data-driven, precise, and sustainable sector, often referred to as Agriculture 4.0. By early 2026, the integration of AI, IoT, and robotics has become foundational rather than a "nice-to-have" for optimizing productivity, reducing waste, and mitigating environmental impact. The ... Read more

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The rapid evolution of digital technology has transformed agriculture from a reliance on intuition and tradition to a data-driven, precise, and sustainable sector, often referred to as Agriculture 4.0. By early 2026, the integration of AI, IoT, and robotics has become foundational rather than a "nice-to-have" for optimizing productivity, reducing waste, and mitigating environmental impact. The
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R语言数据高效处理指南

by 黄天元 ...

本书以R语言为基础，介绍做任何分析都绕不开的数据处理基本操作。从基本包入手，循序渐进地引导读者一步一步进行学习。首先介绍tidyverse生态系统的dplyr包，并在其后引入难度稍高但是性能更加优秀的data.table包，然后介绍支持分布式数据处理的sparklyr包。在本书的zui后部分还提供了实战的案例，并介绍了一些非常实用的数据处理技巧。本书分为四个部分：di yi部分介绍基本的概念，介绍数据处理的基本概念和R语言编程基础，让零基础的读者也能迅速入门；第二部分是快速入门部分，介绍如何使用base-r基本包和tidyverse生态系统来解决基本的数据处理问题，让读者能够快速上手；第三部分是高级进阶内容，对于追求数据处理的速度和规模的用户而言，需要进阶学习data.table和sparklyr两个R包，从而获得更高的效率；第四部分是实战案例，利用航班数据进行演练 ... Read more

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本书以R语言为基础，介绍做任何分析都绕不开的数据处理基本操作。从基本包入手，循序渐进地引导读者一步一步进行学习。首先介绍tidyverse生态系统的dplyr包，并在其后引入难度稍高但是性能更加优秀的data.table包，然后介绍支持分布式数据处理的sparklyr包。在本书的zui后部分还提供了实战的案例，并介绍了一些非常实用的数据处理技巧。本书分为四个部分：di yi部分介绍基本的概念，介绍数据处理的基本概念和R语言编程基础，让零基础的读者也能迅速入门；第二部分是快速入门部分，介绍如何使用base-r基本包和tidyverse生态系统来解决基本的数据处理问题，让读者能够快速上手；第三部分是高级进阶内容，对于追求数据处理的速度和规模的用户而言，需要进阶学习data.table和sparklyr两个R包，从而获得更高的效率；第四部分是实战案例，利用航班数据进行演练
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Data storytelling

generare valore dalla rappresentazione delle informazioni

by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic ...

Series Book 20 - Web marketing
Questo manuale insegna a comunicare efficacemente utilizzando diverse visualizzazioni grafiche dei dati. Scegliendo la giusta forma, i numeri escono da tabelle e database, prendono vita e raccontano informazioni fino a quel momento celate. Il lettore entra così nel mondo dello storytelling con i dati dove qualsiasi dettaglio, anche lo spazio bianco in un grafico, può determinare la buona ... Read more

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Questo manuale insegna a comunicare efficacemente utilizzando diverse visualizzazioni grafiche dei dati. Scegliendo la giusta forma, i numeri escono da tabelle e database, prendono vita e raccontano informazioni fino a quel momento celate. Il lettore entra così nel mondo dello storytelling con i dati dove qualsiasi dettaglio, anche lo spazio bianco in un grafico, può determinare la buona
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Managing Data Quality

A practical guide

by Tim King, Julian Schwarzenbach ...

Data is an increasingly important business asset and enabler for organisational activities. Data quality is a key aspect of data management and failure to understand it increases organisational risk and decreases efficiency and profitability. This book explains data quality management in practical terms, focusing on three key areas - the nature of data in enterprises, the purpose and scope of data ... Read more

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Data is an increasingly important business asset and enabler for organisational activities. Data quality is a key aspect of data management and failure to understand it increases organisational risk and decreases efficiency and profitability. This book explains data quality management in practical terms, focusing on three key areas - the nature of data in enterprises, the purpose and scope of data
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Data Protection Officer

by Filip Johnssén, Sofia Edvardsen, John Potts ...

Series series BCS Guides to IT Roles
This book provides a practical guide to the DPO role, encompassing the key activities you’ll need to manage to succeed in the role. Coverage includes data protection fundamentals and processes, understanding risk and relevant standards, frameworks and tools, with DPO tips also embedded throughout the book and case studies included to support practice-based learning. ... Read more

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This book provides a practical guide to the DPO role, encompassing the key activities you’ll need to manage to succeed in the role. Coverage includes data protection fundamentals and processes, understanding risk and relevant standards, frameworks and tools, with DPO tips also embedded throughout the book and case studies included to support practice-based learning.
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Big Data per il Business

Guida strategica per manager alle prese con la trasformazione digitale

by Andrea De Mauro ...

L’ingresso della Data Analytics in azienda è spesso accompagnato da reazioni contrastanti. Da una parte c’è ottimismo ed entusiasmo, dall'altra un senso generalizzato di inadeguatezza e anche un certo sospetto. In questo scenario, lo scoglio in cui può imbattersi chi si trova a prendere decisioni o indirizzare investimenti è la semplice domanda: “Da dove partiamo?”. Questo manuale propone un ... Read more

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L’ingresso della Data Analytics in azienda è spesso accompagnato da reazioni contrastanti. Da una parte c’è ottimismo ed entusiasmo, dall'altra un senso generalizzato di inadeguatezza e anche un certo sospetto. In questo scenario, lo scoglio in cui può imbattersi chi si trova a prendere decisioni o indirizzare investimenti è la semplice domanda: “Da dove partiamo?”. Questo manuale propone un
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Data-Driven Decisions

Mastering Business Data Science

by Chuck Sherman ...

Series Book 1 - Mastering Data-Intensive Applications
In a world increasingly fueled by data, the ability to transform raw information into actionable insights has become a cornerstone of modern business success. "Data-Driven Decisions: Mastering Business Data Science" is your definitive guide to navigating this exciting frontier where data and business strategy intersect.From startups to multinational corporations, industries are recognizing the ... Read more

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In a world increasingly fueled by data, the ability to transform raw information into actionable insights has become a cornerstone of modern business success. "Data-Driven Decisions: Mastering Business Data Science" is your definitive guide to navigating this exciting frontier where data and business strategy intersect.From startups to multinational corporations, industries are recognizing the
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Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS-2026), Volume 1

Edited by Leonard Barolli, Ines Chihi, Tomoya Enokido ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book includes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems. Software Intensive Systems are systems which heavily interact with other systems, sensors, actuators, devices, other software systems and users. Many domains are involved with Software Intensive Systems, e.g., automotive systems, telecommunication systems, embedded ... Read more

£137.33

This book includes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems. Software Intensive Systems are systems which heavily interact with other systems, sensors, actuators, devices, other software systems and users. Many domains are involved with Software Intensive Systems, e.g., automotive systems, telecommunication systems, embedded
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Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science

ICMMCS 2025, Volume 3

Edited by Souvik Pal, Álvaro Rocha ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book aims to capture the interest of researchers and professionals in information technology, computer science, and mathematics. It covers fundamental and advanced concepts related to intelligent computing paradigms, data sciences, graph theory, and mathematical modeling. In high-performance computing, the need for intelligent, adaptive computing mechanisms and the integration of mathematical ... Read more

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This book aims to capture the interest of researchers and professionals in information technology, computer science, and mathematics. It covers fundamental and advanced concepts related to intelligent computing paradigms, data sciences, graph theory, and mathematical modeling. In high-performance computing, the need for intelligent, adaptive computing mechanisms and the integration of mathematical
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Computational Intelligence for Business Analytics and Decision Systems

Edited by Bahaaeddin Alareeni ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book offers a complete and forward-looking discussion of how artificial intelligence and advanced analytics are changing modern business decision-making. This book combines foundational theory with leading-edge application in computational intelligence to offer a structured approach to intelligent, data-driven enterprise systems.This book brings together contributions from leading thinkers in ... Read more

£152.63

This book offers a complete and forward-looking discussion of how artificial intelligence and advanced analytics are changing modern business decision-making. This book combines foundational theory with leading-edge application in computational intelligence to offer a structured approach to intelligent, data-driven enterprise systems.This book brings together contributions from leading thinkers in
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Towards Explainable Fuzzy AI: Concepts, Paradigms, Tools, and Techniques

by Vladik Kreinovich ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Modern AI techniques –- especially deep learning –- provide, in many cases, very good recommendations: where a self-driving car should go, whether to give a company a loan, etc. The problem is that not all these recommendations are good -- and since deep learning provides no explanations, we cannot tell which recommendations are good. It is therefore desirable to provide natural-language ... Read more

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Modern AI techniques –- especially deep learning –- provide, in many cases, very good recommendations: where a self-driving car should go, whether to give a company a loan, etc. The problem is that not all these recommendations are good -- and since deep learning provides no explanations, we cannot tell which recommendations are good. It is therefore desirable to provide natural-language
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International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Science and Applications (CAISA)

Edited by Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, Shaker El-Sappagh, Mohammed A. A. Al-qaness, Ahmed A. Ewees ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book collects different artificial intelligence methodologies that applied to solve real-world problems. This book has exciting chapters that employ artificial intelligence and applied to different applications based on integration with meta-heuristic and other techniques. The area of applications is including medical diagnosis, text analysis, cloud computing, and others which will enrich the ... Read more

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This book collects different artificial intelligence methodologies that applied to solve real-world problems. This book has exciting chapters that employ artificial intelligence and applied to different applications based on integration with meta-heuristic and other techniques. The area of applications is including medical diagnosis, text analysis, cloud computing, and others which will enrich the
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Business Intelligence : an Overview

by Vinaitheerthan Renganathan ...

Business organizations develop strategies and set targets which focus on maximizing profit, reduce cost, improving customer satisfaction & retention and operational performance. In order to achieve the set targets, organizations need to continuously monitor status of organizational performance.Organizations need to collect, store, organize, transform the data to know the current status of set ... Read more

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Business organizations develop strategies and set targets which focus on maximizing profit, reduce cost, improving customer satisfaction & retention and operational performance. In order to achieve the set targets, organizations need to continuously monitor status of organizational performance.Organizations need to collect, store, organize, transform the data to know the current status of set
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Lexical Profile of AI-Generated Content in Higher Education

by David Hirsh ...

Series Book 318 - Linguistic Insights
This book investigates vocabulary use in texts generated by Artificial Intelligence. The growing use of AI tools such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek in University settings indicates the importance of evaluating the products of such technology as potential reading material. In the study reported, twelve AI-generated samples of writing covering arts, commerce, law and science are analysed for vocabulary ... Read more

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This book investigates vocabulary use in texts generated by Artificial Intelligence. The growing use of AI tools such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek in University settings indicates the importance of evaluating the products of such technology as potential reading material. In the study reported, twelve AI-generated samples of writing covering arts, commerce, law and science are analysed for vocabulary
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RAG from First Principles

Engineering retrieval-augmented generation systems with Python, LangChain, and LlamaIndex

by Jia Huang ...

A rigorous, code-first guide to RAG engineering by a bestselling AI author. Master data ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector storage, hybrid retrieval, reranking, and evaluation from the ground up. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesEngineer RAG systems layer by layer, from ingestion to evaluationMaster hybrid retrieval, reranking, and ... Read more

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A rigorous, code-first guide to RAG engineering by a bestselling AI author. Master data ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector storage, hybrid retrieval, reranking, and evaluation from the ground up. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesEngineer RAG systems layer by layer, from ingestion to evaluationMaster hybrid retrieval, reranking, and
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DATA ANALYSIS USING JDBC AND SQL SERVER WITH OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH AND APACHE NETBEANS IDE

by Vivian Siahaan, Rismon Hasiholan Sianipar ...

This book is SQL SERVER version of our previous book titled “DATA ANALYSIS USING JDBC AND MYSQL WITH OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH AND APACHE NETBEANS IDE”. In this project, you will use the SQL VERSION version of Northwind database which is a sample database that was originally created by Microsoft and used as the basis for their tutorials in a variety of database products for decades. The Northwind ... Read more

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This book is SQL SERVER version of our previous book titled “DATA ANALYSIS USING JDBC AND MYSQL WITH OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH AND APACHE NETBEANS IDE”. In this project, you will use the SQL VERSION version of Northwind database which is a sample database that was originally created by Microsoft and used as the basis for their tutorials in a variety of database products for decades. The Northwind
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A Beginners Guide to Hard Drive Recovery

by Jesse Vialo ...

This book covers several topics including:Chapter 1: The Process Of Recovering The DataChapter 2: Data Recovery Of External Drives Like UsbChapter 3: Free Hard Drive Data Recovery SoftwareChapter 4: Data Recovery Of Ibm DriveChapter 5: Hard Disk Drive Data RecoveryChapter 6: Hard Drive Recovering InformationChapter 7: Data Recovery For The Fat File SystemChapter 8: Hard Drive Data Recovery ... Read more

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This book covers several topics including:Chapter 1: The Process Of Recovering The DataChapter 2: Data Recovery Of External Drives Like UsbChapter 3: Free Hard Drive Data Recovery SoftwareChapter 4: Data Recovery Of Ibm DriveChapter 5: Hard Disk Drive Data RecoveryChapter 6: Hard Drive Recovering InformationChapter 7: Data Recovery For The Fat File SystemChapter 8: Hard Drive Data Recovery
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Sustainable Big Data Pipelines: Architectures, Energy Optimization, and Ethical Governance

Edited by Jaheer Mukthar K.P, Sang-Bing Tsai ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
As data volumes grow exponentially, the challenge is no longer limited to speed and scalability—but to sustainability and responsibility.Sustainable Big Data Pipelines: Architectures, Energy Optimization, and Ethical Governancepresents a forward-looking exploration of how modern big data systems can be designed and operated with environmental efficiency, ethical integrity, and regulatory awareness ... Read more

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As data volumes grow exponentially, the challenge is no longer limited to speed and scalability—but to sustainability and responsibility.Sustainable Big Data Pipelines: Architectures, Energy Optimization, and Ethical Governancepresents a forward-looking exploration of how modern big data systems can be designed and operated with environmental efficiency, ethical integrity, and regulatory awareness
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Learn HANA in 24 Hours

by Alex Nordeen ...

SAP Hana is popular due to its large main memories and massive parallel job processing capabilities. It makes SAP Hana real fast. The motive of this book is to develop a good understanding of how SAP Hana is used. The book doesn't need any experience with SAP HANA or software development. It’s a self-learning guide that even beginners can use. Everything about SAP HANA is explained like ... Read more

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SAP Hana is popular due to its large main memories and massive parallel job processing capabilities. It makes SAP Hana real fast. The motive of this book is to develop a good understanding of how SAP Hana is used. The book doesn't need any experience with SAP HANA or software development. It’s a self-learning guide that even beginners can use. Everything about SAP HANA is explained like
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Learn Hive in 24 Hours

by Alex Nordeen ...

Apache Hive is the new member in database family that works within the Hadoop ecosystem. It provides all great features like data summarization, ad-hoc query, and analysis of large datasets. If you are not a good programmer, then this edition will teach you how to use hive queries without writing complex codes.Most users face the problem of not getting a dedicated course on Hive. The goal of this ... Read more

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Apache Hive is the new member in database family that works within the Hadoop ecosystem. It provides all great features like data summarization, ad-hoc query, and analysis of large datasets. If you are not a good programmer, then this edition will teach you how to use hive queries without writing complex codes.Most users face the problem of not getting a dedicated course on Hive. The goal of this
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SQLITE AND DATA SCIENCE: QUERIES AND VISUALIZATION WITH PYTHON GUI

by Vivian Siahaan, Rismon Hasiholan Sianipar ...

In this project, you will develop GUI with PyQt5 to: utilize Push Button, Combo Box, Table Widget, Line Edit, and Widget, read and create SQLite database and every table in it, plot case distribution of film release year, film rating, rental duration, and categorize film length; plot rating variable against rental_duration variable in stacked bar plots; plot length variable against rental_duration ... Read more

£4.66

In this project, you will develop GUI with PyQt5 to: utilize Push Button, Combo Box, Table Widget, Line Edit, and Widget, read and create SQLite database and every table in it, plot case distribution of film release year, film rating, rental duration, and categorize film length; plot rating variable against rental_duration variable in stacked bar plots; plot length variable against rental_duration
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Mastering Microsoft Office

by Helen Holding, Clare Martin ...

Series series Palgrave Master Series (Computing)
This new edition of Mastering Microsoft Office provides a concise, practical guide to the essential features of Microsoft Office. With updated coverage of Office 2000, this book offers guidance on the most useful aspects of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. It also includes a new chapter on Outlook.Step-by-step instructions take the reader through a series of connected tasks which are ... Read more

£21.59

This new edition of Mastering Microsoft Office provides a concise, practical guide to the essential features of Microsoft Office. With updated coverage of Office 2000, this book offers guidance on the most useful aspects of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. It also includes a new chapter on Outlook.Step-by-step instructions take the reader through a series of connected tasks which are
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Big Data Processing with Apache Spark

Efficiently tackle large datasets and big data analysis with Spark and Python

by Manuel Ignacio Franco Galeano ...

No need to spend hours ploughing through endless data – let Spark, one of the fastest big data processing engines available, do the hard work for you.Key FeaturesGet up and running with Apache Spark and PythonIntegrate Spark with AWS for real-time analyticsApply processed data streams to machine learning APIs of Apache SparkBook DescriptionProcessing big data in real time is challenging due to ... Read more

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No need to spend hours ploughing through endless data – let Spark, one of the fastest big data processing engines available, do the hard work for you.Key FeaturesGet up and running with Apache Spark and PythonIntegrate Spark with AWS for real-time analyticsApply processed data streams to machine learning APIs of Apache SparkBook DescriptionProcessing big data in real time is challenging due to
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Tableau 10 Bootcamp

Intensive training for data visualization and dashboarding

by Joshua N. Milligan, Donabel Santos ...

Sharpen your data visualization skills with Tableau 10 Bootcamp.About This BookMake informed decisions using powerful visualizations in TableauLearn effective data storytelling to transform how your business uses ideasUse this extensive bootcamp that makes you an efficient Tableau user in a short span of timeWho This Book Is ForThis book caters to business, data, and analytics professionals who ... Read more

£15.56 or Free with Kobo Plus

Sharpen your data visualization skills with Tableau 10 Bootcamp.About This BookMake informed decisions using powerful visualizations in TableauLearn effective data storytelling to transform how your business uses ideasUse this extensive bootcamp that makes you an efficient Tableau user in a short span of timeWho This Book Is ForThis book caters to business, data, and analytics professionals who
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