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Big Data

Edited by Benoit Leclerc, Jesse Cale ...

Series series Criminology at the Edge
The internet has launched the world into an era into which enormous amounts of data aregenerated every day through technologies with both positive and negative consequences.This often refers to big data . This book explores big data in organisations operating in thecriminology and criminal justice fields.Big data entails a major disruption in the ways we think about and do things, whichcertainly ... Read more

$56.69 USD

The internet has launched the world into an era into which enormous amounts of data aregenerated every day through technologies with both positive and negative consequences.This often refers to big data . This book explores big data in organisations operating in thecriminology and criminal justice fields.Big data entails a major disruption in the ways we think about and do things, whichcertainly
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High Performance Spark

Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache Spark

by Holden Karau, Adi Polak, Rachel Warren ...

Apache Spark is amazing when everything clicks. But if you haven't seen the performance improvements you expected or still don't feel confident enough to use Spark in production, this practical book is for you. Authors Holden Karau, Adi Polak, and Rachel Warren walk you through the secrets of the Spark code base and demonstrate performance optimizations that will help your data pipelines run ... Read more

$36.98 USD

Apache Spark is amazing when everything clicks. But if you haven't seen the performance improvements you expected or still don't feel confident enough to use Spark in production, this practical book is for you. Authors Holden Karau, Adi Polak, and Rachel Warren walk you through the secrets of the Spark code base and demonstrate performance optimizations that will help your data pipelines run
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Emerging Challenges in Intelligent Management Information Systems

Proceedings of 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ECAI 2024 - IMIS Workshop. Volume 2

Edited by Marcin Hernes, Jaroslaw Wątróbski, Artur Rot ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book contains the second volume of proceedings of the ECAI 2024 Workshop on Intelligent Management Information Systems (IMIS 2024). IMIS 2024 was part of the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ECAI 2024, held in Santiago de Compostela from October 19, 2024, to October 24, 2024.The book discusses emerging challenges related to implementing artificial intelligence in management ... Read more

$201.68 USD

This book contains the second volume of proceedings of the ECAI 2024 Workshop on Intelligent Management Information Systems (IMIS 2024). IMIS 2024 was part of the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ECAI 2024, held in Santiago de Compostela from October 19, 2024, to October 24, 2024.The book discusses emerging challenges related to implementing artificial intelligence in management
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The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain (AIBB 2025)

Edited by Irfan Awan, Muhammad Younas, George Ghinea, Grønli Tor-Morten, Sevil Şen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book brings together peer-reviewed research contributions exploring cutting-edge developments in AI, big data, and blockchain—fields that are transforming industries today. Written by leading experts, the chapters showcase advances in:AI methodologies and modelling—including machine learning and deep neural networksBig data analytics to uncover hidden patterns and insightsBlockchain-based ... Read more

$201.68 USD

This book brings together peer-reviewed research contributions exploring cutting-edge developments in AI, big data, and blockchain—fields that are transforming industries today. Written by leading experts, the chapters showcase advances in:AI methodologies and modelling—including machine learning and deep neural networksBig data analytics to uncover hidden patterns and insightsBlockchain-based
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Visual Reasoning in Science, Engineering, and the Humanities

Expert Culture for the Challenges of the Future, Volume 2

Edited by Daria Bylieva, Dong Luo, Alfred Nordmann ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book investigate visualization practices conceptually, historically, and strategically, showing what visual thinking can achieve especially in professional training and educational contexts. For a long time, science and education were dominated by the word. What mattered were written texts, mathematical formulae, and verbalizations. And yet, similes, metaphors, illustrations, diagrams, and ... Read more

$177.38 USD

This book investigate visualization practices conceptually, historically, and strategically, showing what visual thinking can achieve especially in professional training and educational contexts. For a long time, science and education were dominated by the word. What mattered were written texts, mathematical formulae, and verbalizations. And yet, similes, metaphors, illustrations, diagrams, and
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Data Science in Healthcare

A Complete Guide

by Gayathri Delanerolle, Yassine Bouchareb, Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos, Peter Phiri ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series
Data science is transforming every aspect of modern life, from healthcare and urban planning to finance and governance. This comprehensive book provides an accessible yet rigorous exploration of the principles, methodologies, and applications of data science. It introduces readers to the evolution of data science, the role of artificial intelligence, and the philosophical foundations underpinning ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Data science is transforming every aspect of modern life, from healthcare and urban planning to finance and governance. This comprehensive book provides an accessible yet rigorous exploration of the principles, methodologies, and applications of data science. It introduces readers to the evolution of data science, the role of artificial intelligence, and the philosophical foundations underpinning
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Everyday Adventures with Unruly Data

by Melanie Feinberg ...

Paired informal and scholarly essays show how everyday events reveal fundamental concepts of data, including its creation, aggregation, management, and use.Whether questioning numbers on a scale, laughing at a misspelling of one’s name, or finding ourselves confused in a foreign supermarket, we are engaging with data. The only way to handle data responsibly, says Melanie Feinberg in this incisive ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Paired informal and scholarly essays show how everyday events reveal fundamental concepts of data, including its creation, aggregation, management, and use.Whether questioning numbers on a scale, laughing at a misspelling of one’s name, or finding ourselves confused in a foreign supermarket, we are engaging with data. The only way to handle data responsibly, says Melanie Feinberg in this incisive
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Data Analysis and Related Applications 4

New Approaches

Edited by Yiannis Dimotikalis, Christos H. Skiadas ...

Series series ISTE Invoiced
This book is a collective work by a number of leading scientists, analysts, engineers, mathematicians and statisticians who have been working at the forefront of data analysis and related applications, arising from data science, operations research, engineering, machine learning or statistics. The chapters of this collaborative work represent a cross-section of current research interests in the ... Read more

$136.00 USD

This book is a collective work by a number of leading scientists, analysts, engineers, mathematicians and statisticians who have been working at the forefront of data analysis and related applications, arising from data science, operations research, engineering, machine learning or statistics. The chapters of this collaborative work represent a cross-section of current research interests in the
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Recent Advances in Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis

Paradigms and Applications

by Yen-Wei Chen, Lanfen Lin, Rahul Kumar Jain ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book is a valuable resource for understanding the transformative role of artificial intelligence in modern healthcare and aims to inspire continued research and collaboration across disciplines. In recent years, deep learning has emerged as a transformative technology across various fields, with medical image analysis standing out as one of its most impactful applications. This book offers a ... Read more

$161.18 USD

This book is a valuable resource for understanding the transformative role of artificial intelligence in modern healthcare and aims to inspire continued research and collaboration across disciplines. In recent years, deep learning has emerged as a transformative technology across various fields, with medical image analysis standing out as one of its most impactful applications. This book offers a
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Towards Analytical Techniques for Systems Engineering Applications

by Griselda Acosta, Eric Smith, Vladik Kreinovich ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book is intended for specialists in systems engineering interested in new, general techniques and for students and practitioners interested in using these techniques for solving specific practical problems. For many real-world, complex systems, it is possible to create easy-to-compute explicit analytical models instead of time-consuming computer simulations. Usually, however, analytical ... Read more

$104.48 USD

This book is intended for specialists in systems engineering interested in new, general techniques and for students and practitioners interested in using these techniques for solving specific practical problems. For many real-world, complex systems, it is possible to create easy-to-compute explicit analytical models instead of time-consuming computer simulations. Usually, however, analytical
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Learn Apache Spark Full

by Hoang Tran ...

Industries are using Hadoop extensively to analyze their data sets. The reason is that Hadoop framework is based on a simple programming model (MapReduce) and it enables a computing solution that is scalable, flexible, fault-tolerant and cost effective. Here, the main concern is to maintain speed in processing large datasets in terms of waiting time between queries and waiting time to run the ... Read more

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Industries are using Hadoop extensively to analyze their data sets. The reason is that Hadoop framework is based on a simple programming model (MapReduce) and it enables a computing solution that is scalable, flexible, fault-tolerant and cost effective. Here, the main concern is to maintain speed in processing large datasets in terms of waiting time between queries and waiting time to run the
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Hackers

Strijders van het internet

by Gerard Janssen ...

In veel Hollywoodfilms verschijnt vroeg of laat een hacker. Er flitsen wat cijfers en letters over het beeldscherm, en voilà: daar is de geheime informatie die de beveiligingscamera's uit kan zetten. Maar wat doen hackers nu eigenlijk echt? En hoe doen ze dat? Journalist Gerard Janssen kwam erachter dat ze dit niet zomaar vertellen. Maar als je wilt leren hacken, zullen hackers je altijd helpen. ... Read more

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In veel Hollywoodfilms verschijnt vroeg of laat een hacker. Er flitsen wat cijfers en letters over het beeldscherm, en voilà: daar is de geheime informatie die de beveiligingscamera's uit kan zetten. Maar wat doen hackers nu eigenlijk echt? En hoe doen ze dat? Journalist Gerard Janssen kwam erachter dat ze dit niet zomaar vertellen. Maar als je wilt leren hacken, zullen hackers je altijd helpen.
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Microsoft Excel data-analyse voor Dummies

by Paul McFedries ...

Series series Voor Dummies
Met jouw gegevens in Excel heb je een gigantische kist met gereedschappen voor data-analyse binnen handbereik. Dit boek laat je zien hoe je die functies en technieken gebruikt voor de organisatie, manipulatie en samenvatting van alles wat zich in een werkblad bevindt. Ben je bekend met Excel, maar heb je geen achtergrond in de technische aspecten van data-analyse? Dit gebruikersvriendelijke boek ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Met jouw gegevens in Excel heb je een gigantische kist met gereedschappen voor data-analyse binnen handbereik. Dit boek laat je zien hoe je die functies en technieken gebruikt voor de organisatie, manipulatie en samenvatting van alles wat zich in een werkblad bevindt. Ben je bekend met Excel, maar heb je geen achtergrond in de technische aspecten van data-analyse? Dit gebruikersvriendelijke boek
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Emerging Trends in Information Systems and Technologies

WorldCIST 2025 Volume 2

Edited by Alvaro Rocha, Hojjat Adeli, Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda, Fernando Moreira, Isaias Bianchi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises a selection of articles from the 13th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’25), held from April 15 to 17, 2025, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and the ... Read more

$177.38 USD

This book comprises a selection of articles from the 13th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’25), held from April 15 to 17, 2025, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and the
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Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law

Democracy and Privacy in the Age of Micro-Targeting

Edited by Normann Witzleb, Moira Paterson, Janice Richardson ...

In this multidisciplinary book, experts from around the globe examine how data-driven political campaigning works, what challenges it poses for personal privacy and democracy, and how emerging practices should be regulated.The rise of big data analytics in the political process has triggered official investigations in many countries around the world, and become the subject of broad and intense ... Read more

$56.69 USD

In this multidisciplinary book, experts from around the globe examine how data-driven political campaigning works, what challenges it poses for personal privacy and democracy, and how emerging practices should be regulated.The rise of big data analytics in the political process has triggered official investigations in many countries around the world, and become the subject of broad and intense
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Practical Elasticsearch Query Language

by Leo Po ...

Have you ever thought how great it would be if you could filter, transform, aggregate, search and enrich billions of Elasticsearch records in a single, readable line?Well, that's the promise of ES|QL. It's the modern piped query language that's at the heart of this book. To get started, you just need to pick a source, chain each step with a pipe, and read your query from top to bottom like a ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you ever thought how great it would be if you could filter, transform, aggregate, search and enrich billions of Elasticsearch records in a single, readable line?Well, that's the promise of ES|QL. It's the modern piped query language that's at the heart of this book. To get started, you just need to pick a source, chain each step with a pipe, and read your query from top to bottom like a
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A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology

by Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitevoerder ...

Series series Translation Practices Explained
A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology provides students of translation and trainee translators with a real-time translation experience, with its translation platforms, management systems, and teamwork.This book is divided into seven chapters reflecting the building blocks of a project-based approach to translation technology. The first chapter identifies the core elements of ... Read more

$54.89 USD

A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology provides students of translation and trainee translators with a real-time translation experience, with its translation platforms, management systems, and teamwork.This book is divided into seven chapters reflecting the building blocks of a project-based approach to translation technology. The first chapter identifies the core elements of
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Frontiers in Data Science

Edited by Matthias Dehmer, Frank Emmert-Streib ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Big Data Series
Frontiers in Data Science deals with philosophical and practical results in Data Science. A broad definition of Data Science describes the process of analyzing data to transform data into insights. This also involves asking philosophical, legal and social questions in the context of data generation and analysis. In fact, Big Data also belongs to this universe as it comprises data gathering, data ... Read more

$60.29 USD

Frontiers in Data Science deals with philosophical and practical results in Data Science. A broad definition of Data Science describes the process of analyzing data to transform data into insights. This also involves asking philosophical, legal and social questions in the context of data generation and analysis. In fact, Big Data also belongs to this universe as it comprises data gathering, data
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Blockchain Technology and Applications

Proceedings of 2025 8th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications

Edited by Ruidong Li ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises of papers presented at 2025 8th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications held in Kanazawa, Japan, from December 12–14, 2025. This book explores the recent advancements, challenges, and applications of blockchain technology, which offers interdisciplinary insights to people from either academia or industry. The topics covered in the book include data ... Read more

$177.38 USD

This book comprises of papers presented at 2025 8th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications held in Kanazawa, Japan, from December 12–14, 2025. This book explores the recent advancements, challenges, and applications of blockchain technology, which offers interdisciplinary insights to people from either academia or industry. The topics covered in the book include data
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健康医疗数据治理

by 刘雷 ...

健康医疗数据治理，是面向健康医疗领域的相关数据管理过程，有针对性的从事数据治理活动，以及数据治理活动的设计、监督和实施。《健康医疗数据治理指南》作为DAMA数据管理知识体系丛书面向健康医疗行业的分册，将立足于DAMA数据治理体系知识框架，结合健康医疗行业数据治理的特点，分别从健康医疗领域的数据治理理论和理论落地的**实践这两个视角阐述健康医疗数据治理，期望通过DAMA数据治理理论框架与健康医疗行业数据治理工具、方法、理论与规范相结合、通过与健康医疗行业数据治理理论与**实践相印证，为健康医疗数据治理提供DAMA数据治理的落地指导，为健康医疗行业大数据从业者提供健康医疗DAMA数据治理实践指南。本书作为一本覆盖健康医疗大数据治理的指导书籍，面向所有从事医疗信息化相关的群体，覆盖人群广泛，我们将从服务机构予以人群划分。本书主要面向以下几类机构：各级卫健委、等级医院 ... Read more

$15.35 USD

健康医疗数据治理，是面向健康医疗领域的相关数据管理过程，有针对性的从事数据治理活动，以及数据治理活动的设计、监督和实施。《健康医疗数据治理指南》作为DAMA数据管理知识体系丛书面向健康医疗行业的分册，将立足于DAMA数据治理体系知识框架，结合健康医疗行业数据治理的特点，分别从健康医疗领域的数据治理理论和理论落地的**实践这两个视角阐述健康医疗数据治理，期望通过DAMA数据治理理论框架与健康医疗行业数据治理工具、方法、理论与规范相结合、通过与健康医疗行业数据治理理论与**实践相印证，为健康医疗数据治理提供DAMA数据治理的落地指导，为健康医疗行业大数据从业者提供健康医疗DAMA数据治理实践指南。本书作为一本覆盖健康医疗大数据治理的指导书籍，面向所有从事医疗信息化相关的群体，覆盖人群广泛，我们将从服务机构予以人群划分。本书主要面向以下几类机构：各级卫健委、等级医院
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Python数据分析师成长之路

by 熊松 ...

《Python数据分析师成长之路》凝聚了作者在多个行业数据分析实战中的宝贵经验，旨在帮助读者从零基础入行到专家级数据分析师需掌握的全栈核心能力。书中提供了高效的成长方法和简洁的学习路径。《Python数据分析师成长之路》共13章。第1~5章为基础部分，系统介绍Python学习的基本路径以及数据分析师所需的核心编程技能，包括Pandas和NumPy基础、数据预处理和SQL基础。第6~11章侧重于应用，涵盖了数据获取、可视化、分析方法、自动化分析报告生成、行业分析思维和数据挖掘等实用技能。第12章为创新部分，重点探讨了如何利用ChatGPT进行数据挖掘。第13章为答疑部分，回答了数据分析从业者常见的问题，如思维培养、突破瓶颈和转行准备，总结了多年的经验供读者参考。书中每个知识点均配有详细的实战代码示例，帮助读者快速理解并应用到实际分析中。通过《Python数据分析师成长之路》的学习 ... Read more

$10.67 USD

《Python数据分析师成长之路》凝聚了作者在多个行业数据分析实战中的宝贵经验，旨在帮助读者从零基础入行到专家级数据分析师需掌握的全栈核心能力。书中提供了高效的成长方法和简洁的学习路径。《Python数据分析师成长之路》共13章。第1~5章为基础部分，系统介绍Python学习的基本路径以及数据分析师所需的核心编程技能，包括Pandas和NumPy基础、数据预处理和SQL基础。第6~11章侧重于应用，涵盖了数据获取、可视化、分析方法、自动化分析报告生成、行业分析思维和数据挖掘等实用技能。第12章为创新部分，重点探讨了如何利用ChatGPT进行数据挖掘。第13章为答疑部分，回答了数据分析从业者常见的问题，如思维培养、突破瓶颈和转行准备，总结了多年的经验供读者参考。书中每个知识点均配有详细的实战代码示例，帮助读者快速理解并应用到实际分析中。通过《Python数据分析师成长之路》的学习
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Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies for Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic: Innovative Approaches

Edited by Aboul Ella Hassanien, Ashraf Darwish ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book is one of the first books that deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic has affected countries all over the world and has made a significant impact on daily life and healthcare facilities and treatment systems. The book covers the main recent emerging technologies that are related to the COVID-19 crisis. The technologies that are included in this book play a significant role in ... Read more

$153.08 USD

This book is one of the first books that deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic has affected countries all over the world and has made a significant impact on daily life and healthcare facilities and treatment systems. The book covers the main recent emerging technologies that are related to the COVID-19 crisis. The technologies that are included in this book play a significant role in
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Information Technology and Systems

ICITS 2025, Volume 1

Edited by Alvaro Rocha, Carlos Ferrás, Hiram Calvo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises papers written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the 2025 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS'25), held at Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico, from January 22 to 24, 2025.ICITS'25 serves as a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent findings, innovations, current ... Read more

$177.38 USD

This book comprises papers written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the 2025 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS'25), held at Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico, from January 22 to 24, 2025.ICITS'25 serves as a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent findings, innovations, current
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Bad Data

Why We Measure the Wrong Things and Often Miss the Metrics That Matter

by Peter Schryvers ...

Highlights the pitfalls of data analysis and emphasizes the importance of using the appropriate metrics before making key decisions. Big data is often touted as the key to understanding almost every aspect of contemporary life. This critique of "information hubris" shows that even more important than data is finding the right metrics to evaluate it. The author, an expert in environmental design ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Highlights the pitfalls of data analysis and emphasizes the importance of using the appropriate metrics before making key decisions. Big data is often touted as the key to understanding almost every aspect of contemporary life. This critique of "information hubris" shows that even more important than data is finding the right metrics to evaluate it. The author, an expert in environmental design
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