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Python for Data Analysis

Unlocking the Potential of Data Through Python

by Brian Paul ...

In this book, we take you on a journey through the essential tools and techniques that Python offers for data analysis. Beginning with the fundamentals of Python programming, you'll swiftly progress to mastering the NumPy and Pandas libraries, building a solid foundation for manipulating and cleaning data. Dive into the world of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), learning how to visualize and ... Read more

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In this book, we take you on a journey through the essential tools and techniques that Python offers for data analysis. Beginning with the fundamentals of Python programming, you'll swiftly progress to mastering the NumPy and Pandas libraries, building a solid foundation for manipulating and cleaning data. Dive into the world of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), learning how to visualize and
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MLOps with Databricks

Machine Learning and GenAI Applications End to End

by Maria Vechtomova ...

MLOps engineers have to deal with a glut of tools and SaaS applications, not to mention technical debt clogging the system. Such complexity requires a comprehensive approach. The Databricks platform provides all the critical components for end-to-end MLOps and LLMOps in one place. This exhaustive book shows you how to use Databricks to build and manage a robust ML system that delivers on your ... Read more

$44.09 USD

MLOps engineers have to deal with a glut of tools and SaaS applications, not to mention technical debt clogging the system. Such complexity requires a comprehensive approach. The Databricks platform provides all the critical components for end-to-end MLOps and LLMOps in one place. This exhaustive book shows you how to use Databricks to build and manage a robust ML system that delivers on your
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Towards Energy Smart Homes

Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications

Edited by Stephane Ploix, Manar Amayri, Nizar Bouguila ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book exemplifies how smart buildings have a crucial role to play for the future of energy. The book investigates what already exists in regards to technologies, approaches and solutions both with a scientific and technological point of view. The authors cover solutions for mirroring and tracing human activities, optimal strategies to configure home settings, and generating explanations and ... Read more

$104.48 USD

This book exemplifies how smart buildings have a crucial role to play for the future of energy. The book investigates what already exists in regards to technologies, approaches and solutions both with a scientific and technological point of view. The authors cover solutions for mirroring and tracing human activities, optimal strategies to configure home settings, and generating explanations and
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Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team

70 Techniques to Help Teams Build Better Products

by Natasha Hampshire, Glaudia Califano, David Spinks ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The nature of product development is changing. The most successful innovations are those that come from teams of people who are exploring problems together. Teams that build meaningful releases of their products iteratively and incrementally are opening the door for early feedback so that decisions can be taken to persevere or pivot based on evidence.But how do you make the most out of a team’s ... Read more

$44.54 USD

The nature of product development is changing. The most successful innovations are those that come from teams of people who are exploring problems together. Teams that build meaningful releases of their products iteratively and incrementally are opening the door for early feedback so that decisions can be taken to persevere or pivot based on evidence.But how do you make the most out of a team’s
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Developments in Design Research and Practice II

Best Papers from the 11th Senses and Sensibility 2021: Designing Next Genera(c)tions

Edited by Emilia Duarte, Annalisa Di Roma ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reports on innovative research and practices in contemporary design, showing how to integrate different concepts and discussing the emerging role of design in different field, its meaning for humans and citizens, as well as its impact on society and the global ecosystem. Gathering the best papers from Senses & Sensibility, held on December 9-11, 2021 in Bari, Italy, it highlights the ... Read more

$178.19 USD

This book reports on innovative research and practices in contemporary design, showing how to integrate different concepts and discussing the emerging role of design in different field, its meaning for humans and citizens, as well as its impact on society and the global ecosystem. Gathering the best papers from Senses & Sensibility, held on December 9-11, 2021 in Bari, Italy, it highlights the
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Rust for the IoT

Building Internet of Things Apps with Rust and Raspberry Pi

by Joseph Faisal Nusairat ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the ... Read more

$56.69 USD

Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the
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AI and UX

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs User Experience

by Gavin Lew, Robert M. Schumacher Jr. ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
As venture capital and industrial resources are increasingly poured into rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the actual usage and success of AI depends on a satisfactory experience for the user. UX will play a significant role in the adoption of AI technologies across markets, and AI and UX explores just what these demands will entail.Great effort has been put forth to continuously make AI ... Read more

$36.44 USD

As venture capital and industrial resources are increasingly poured into rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the actual usage and success of AI depends on a satisfactory experience for the user. UX will play a significant role in the adoption of AI technologies across markets, and AI and UX explores just what these demands will entail.Great effort has been put forth to continuously make AI
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C++20 Quick Syntax Reference

A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs, and Library

by Mikael Olsson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This quick C++ 20 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the popular programming language, fully updated for C++20. It presents the essential C++20 code syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.This edition covers topics including designated initializers, lambdas and lambda captures, the spaceship operator, pack expressions, string literals as template ... Read more

$48.59 USD

This quick C++ 20 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the popular programming language, fully updated for C++20. It presents the essential C++20 code syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.This edition covers topics including designated initializers, lambdas and lambda captures, the spaceship operator, pack expressions, string literals as template
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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

$120.68 USD

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

$128.78 USD

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

$52.64 USD

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

$80.18 USD

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

$44.54 USD

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

$44.54 USD

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

$48.59 USD

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
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

$48.59 USD

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

$64.79 USD

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

$44.54 USD

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

$19.00 USD

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

$44.54 USD

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

$40.49 USD

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

$193.58 USD

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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