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Dynamic SQL

Applications, Performance, and Security

by Ed Pollack ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book is an introduction and deep-dive into the many uses of dynamic SQL in Microsoft SQL Server. Dynamic SQL is key to large-scale searching based upon user-entered criteria. It’s also useful in generating value-lists, in dynamic pivoting of data for business intelligence reporting, and for customizing database objects and querying their structure.Executing dynamic SQL is at the heart of ... Read more

$32.39 USD

This book is an introduction and deep-dive into the many uses of dynamic SQL in Microsoft SQL Server. Dynamic SQL is key to large-scale searching based upon user-entered criteria. It’s also useful in generating value-lists, in dynamic pivoting of data for business intelligence reporting, and for customizing database objects and querying their structure.Executing dynamic SQL is at the heart of
... Read more
Essential TypeScript

From Beginner to Pro

by Adam Freeman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Work with Typescript and get the most from this versatile open source language. Author Adam Freeman begins this book by describing Typescript and the benefits it offers, and goes on to show you how to use TypeScript in realistic scenarios, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need.Starting from the nuts-and-bolts and building up to the most advanced and sophisticated features, you will ... Read more

$44.54 USD

Work with Typescript and get the most from this versatile open source language. Author Adam Freeman begins this book by describing Typescript and the benefits it offers, and goes on to show you how to use TypeScript in realistic scenarios, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need.Starting from the nuts-and-bolts and building up to the most advanced and sophisticated features, you will
... Read more
Computational Intelligence Techniques in Diagnosis of Brain Diseases

by Sasikumar Gurumoorthy, Naresh Babu Muppalaneni, Xiao-Zhi Gao ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book highlights a new biomedical signal processing method of extracting a specific underlying signal from possibly noisy multi-channel recordings, and shows that the method is suitable for extracting independent components from the measured electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. The system efficiently extracts memory spindles and is also effective in Alzheimer seizures. Current developments in ... Read more

$44.54 USD

This book highlights a new biomedical signal processing method of extracting a specific underlying signal from possibly noisy multi-channel recordings, and shows that the method is suitable for extracting independent components from the measured electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. The system efficiently extracts memory spindles and is also effective in Alzheimer seizures. Current developments in
... Read more
Embracing Machines and Humanity Through Cognitive Computing and IoT

Edited by Mohammed Usman, Xiao-Zhi Gao ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This book sheds light on systems that learn extensively, with purpose and naturally interact with humans. Improving operations and increasing competitive differentiation among manufacturing organizations by harnessing the power of cognitive abilities, IoT can help build and influence the flow of information—making the shop floor more cognitive through effective processing, analysis, and ... Read more

$88.28 USD

This book sheds light on systems that learn extensively, with purpose and naturally interact with humans. Improving operations and increasing competitive differentiation among manufacturing organizations by harnessing the power of cognitive abilities, IoT can help build and influence the flow of information—making the shop floor more cognitive through effective processing, analysis, and
... Read more
Customizing Dynamics 365

Implementing and Releasing Business Solutions

by Sanjaya Yapa ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Gain an understanding of basic and advanced customizations in Dynamics 365 and learn how they can be effectively used to implement simple business requirements. This is a practical book for developers that explains the use of various Dynamics 365 features as well as use of advanced concepts such as Azure integration and custom development.Customizing Dynamics 365 starts by explaining the business ... Read more

$52.64 USD

Gain an understanding of basic and advanced customizations in Dynamics 365 and learn how they can be effectively used to implement simple business requirements. This is a practical book for developers that explains the use of various Dynamics 365 features as well as use of advanced concepts such as Azure integration and custom development.Customizing Dynamics 365 starts by explaining the business
... Read more
Experiment-Driven Product Development

How to Use a Data-Informed Approach to Learn, Iterate, and Succeed Faster

by Paul Rissen ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Improving your craft is a key skill for product and user experience professionals working in the digital era. There are many established methods of product development to inspire and focus teams—Sprint, Lean, Agile, Kanban—all of which focus on solutions to customer and business problems. Enter XDPD, or Experiment-Driven Product Development—a new approach that turns the spotlight on questions to ... Read more

$36.44 USD

Improving your craft is a key skill for product and user experience professionals working in the digital era. There are many established methods of product development to inspire and focus teams—Sprint, Lean, Agile, Kanban—all of which focus on solutions to customer and business problems. Enter XDPD, or Experiment-Driven Product Development—a new approach that turns the spotlight on questions to
... Read more
Introducing Algorithms in C

A Step by Step Guide to Algorithms in C

by Luciano Manelli ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Study elementary and complex algorithms with clear examples and implementations in C. This book introduces data types (simple and structured) and algorithms with graphical and textual explanations. In the next sections, you’ll cover simple and complex standard algorithms with their flowcharts: everything is integrated with explanations and tables to give a step-by-step evolution of the algorithms ... Read more

$36.44 USD

Study elementary and complex algorithms with clear examples and implementations in C. This book introduces data types (simple and structured) and algorithms with graphical and textual explanations. In the next sections, you’ll cover simple and complex standard algorithms with their flowcharts: everything is integrated with explanations and tables to give a step-by-step evolution of the algorithms
... Read more
Introducing Play Framework

Java Web Application Development

by Prem Kumar Karunakaran ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Enter the world of rapid web application development. This gentle introduction to Play covers all you need to know: it carefully introduces the background concepts before diving into examples, making learning Play 2 enjoyable (it includes the latest Play framework version 2.8).Introducing Play Framework is crisp, up-to-the-point, and full of valuable information. You will find chapters covering ... Read more

$36.44 USD

Enter the world of rapid web application development. This gentle introduction to Play covers all you need to know: it carefully introduces the background concepts before diving into examples, making learning Play 2 enjoyable (it includes the latest Play framework version 2.8).Introducing Play Framework is crisp, up-to-the-point, and full of valuable information. You will find chapters covering
... Read more
Interactivity, Collaboration, and Authoring in Social Media

by Krystina Madej ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book includes a short history of interactive narrative and an account of a small group collaboratively authored social media narrative: Romeo and Juliet on Facebook: After Love Comes Destruction.At the forefront of narrative innovation are social media channels – speculative spaces for creating and experiencing stories that are interactive and collaborative. Media, however, is only the access ... Read more

$44.54 USD

This book includes a short history of interactive narrative and an account of a small group collaboratively authored social media narrative: Romeo and Juliet on Facebook: After Love Comes Destruction.At the forefront of narrative innovation are social media channels – speculative spaces for creating and experiencing stories that are interactive and collaborative. Media, however, is only the access
... Read more
Introducing Vala Programming

A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

by Michael Lauer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala ... Read more

$36.44 USD

Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala
... Read more
Information Modelling for Archaeology and Anthropology

Software Engineering Principles for Cultural Heritage

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This unique text/reference reviews the key principles and techniques in conceptual modelling which are of relevance to specialists in the field of cultural heritage.Information modelling tasks are a vital aspect of work and study in such disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, history, and architecture. Yet the concepts and methods behind information modelling are rarely covered by the training ... Read more

$52.64 USD

This unique text/reference reviews the key principles and techniques in conceptual modelling which are of relevance to specialists in the field of cultural heritage.Information modelling tasks are a vital aspect of work and study in such disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, history, and architecture. Yet the concepts and methods behind information modelling are rarely covered by the training
... Read more
Human-in-the-Loop Simulations

Methods and Practice

Edited by Ling Rothrock, S. Narayanan ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Human-in-the-Loop Simulations is a compilation of articles from experts in the design, development, and use of human-in-the-loop simulations.The first section of the handbook consists of papers on fundamental concepts in human-in-the-loop simulations, such as object-oriented simulation development, interface design and development, and performance measurement. The second section includes papers ... Read more

$80.18 USD

Human-in-the-Loop Simulations is a compilation of articles from experts in the design, development, and use of human-in-the-loop simulations.The first section of the handbook consists of papers on fundamental concepts in human-in-the-loop simulations, such as object-oriented simulation development, interface design and development, and performance measurement. The second section includes papers
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Human Factors in Augmented Reality Environments

Edited by Mark A Livingston, Leila Alem, Weidong Huang ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Advances in hardware and networking have made possible a wide use of augmented reality (AR) technologies. However, simply putting those hardware and technologies together does not make a “good” system for end users to use. New design principles and evaluation methods specific to this emerging area are urgently needed to keep up with the advance in technologies.Human Factors in Augmented Reality ... Read more

$80.18 USD

Advances in hardware and networking have made possible a wide use of augmented reality (AR) technologies. However, simply putting those hardware and technologies together does not make a “good” system for end users to use. New design principles and evaluation methods specific to this emerging area are urgently needed to keep up with the advance in technologies.Human Factors in Augmented Reality
... Read more
From Linear Operators to Computational Biology

Essays in Memory of Jacob T. Schwartz

Edited by Martin Davis, Edmond Schonberg ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
In his rich and varied career as a mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, Jacob T. Schwartz wrote seminal works in analysis, mathematical economics, programming languages, algorithmics, and computational geometry. In this volume of essays, his friends, students, and collaborators at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences present recent results in some of the fields that Schwartz ... Read more

$80.18 USD

In his rich and varied career as a mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, Jacob T. Schwartz wrote seminal works in analysis, mathematical economics, programming languages, algorithmics, and computational geometry. In this volume of essays, his friends, students, and collaborators at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences present recent results in some of the fields that Schwartz
... Read more
Haptic Teleoperation Systems

Signal Processing Perspective

by Jae-young Lee, Shahram Payandeh ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book examines the signal processing perspective in haptic teleoperation systems. This text covers the topics of prediction, estimation, architecture, data compression and error correction that can be applied to haptic teleoperation systems. The authors begin with an overview of haptic teleoperation systems, then look at a Bayesian approach to haptic teleoperation systems. They move onto a ... Read more

$80.18 USD

This book examines the signal processing perspective in haptic teleoperation systems. This text covers the topics of prediction, estimation, architecture, data compression and error correction that can be applied to haptic teleoperation systems. The authors begin with an overview of haptic teleoperation systems, then look at a Bayesian approach to haptic teleoperation systems. They move onto a
... Read more
Instruction Level Parallelism

by Alex Aiken, Utpal Banerjee, Arun Kejariwal, Alexandru Nicolau ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques. It uniquely offers consistent and uniform descriptions of the code transformations involved. Due to the ubiquitous nature of ILP in virtually every processor built today, from general purpose CPUs to application-specific and embedded processors, this book is useful to the ... Read more

$52.64 USD

This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques. It uniquely offers consistent and uniform descriptions of the code transformations involved. Due to the ubiquitous nature of ILP in virtually every processor built today, from general purpose CPUs to application-specific and embedded processors, this book is useful to the
... Read more
Human-Harmonized Information Technology, Volume 2

Horizontal Expansion

Edited by Toyoaki Nishida ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Going from the philosophy and concepts to the implementation and user study, this book presents an excellent overview of Japan's contemporary technical challenges in the field of human–computer interaction. The next information era will be one in which information is used to cultivate human and social potential. Driven by this vision, the outcomes provided in this work were accomplished as ... Read more

$80.18 USD

Going from the philosophy and concepts to the implementation and user study, this book presents an excellent overview of Japan's contemporary technical challenges in the field of human–computer interaction. The next information era will be one in which information is used to cultivate human and social potential. Driven by this vision, the outcomes provided in this work were accomplished as
... Read more
Introduction to MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

Solutions for Numerical Computation and Modeling

by Sandeep Nagar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Familiarize yourself with MATLAB using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting and working with files, numerical computation formalism, and the primary concepts of approximations. Introduction to MATLAB is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking ... Read more

$28.34 USD

Familiarize yourself with MATLAB using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting and working with files, numerical computation formalism, and the primary concepts of approximations. Introduction to MATLAB is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking
... Read more
Introduction to Scilab

For Engineers and Scientists

by Sandeep Nagar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Familiarize yourself with Scilab using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting, and working with files in Scilab. Introduction to Scilab is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking for open-source solutions for numerical computation.In this book you ... Read more

$36.44 USD

Familiarize yourself with Scilab using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting, and working with files in Scilab. Introduction to Scilab is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking for open-source solutions for numerical computation.In this book you
... Read more
Beginning Voice Search Optimization

An Introductory Toolkit to Voice-Driven SEO

by Alex Libby ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book explains how to leverage the power of Voice Search Optimization (VSO) to perform search engine optimization (SEO) that aligns with changes in how customers interact with websites. This book gets you up to speed with the main concepts and topics as well as the design and accessibility considerations required, giving you everything you need to understand the process of implementing VSO for ... Read more

$32.39 USD

This book explains how to leverage the power of Voice Search Optimization (VSO) to perform search engine optimization (SEO) that aligns with changes in how customers interact with websites. This book gets you up to speed with the main concepts and topics as well as the design and accessibility considerations required, giving you everything you need to understand the process of implementing VSO for
... Read more
Creative Simulations

George Mallen and the Early Computer Arts Society

Edited by Catherine Mason ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book is centred on the practitioner-led Computer Arts Society founded in 1969 and formed to address creative computation in all the arts – performance, poetry, text, sound, sculpture and graphics. The objectives and achievements of the Computer Arts Society are presented as realised through their members and exhibitions to the mid-1970s. The Society’s co-founder is Dr George Mallen, a pioneer ... Read more

$161.18 USD

This book is centred on the practitioner-led Computer Arts Society founded in 1969 and formed to address creative computation in all the arts – performance, poetry, text, sound, sculpture and graphics. The objectives and achievements of the Computer Arts Society are presented as realised through their members and exhibitions to the mid-1970s. The Society’s co-founder is Dr George Mallen, a pioneer
... Read more
Emotion, Affect and Personality in Speech

The Bias of Language and Paralanguage

by Swati Johar ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book explores the various categories of speech variation and works to draw a line between linguistic and paralinguistic phenomenon of speech. Paralinguistic contrast is crucial to human speech but has proven to be one of the most difficult tasks in speech systems. In the quest for solutions to speech technology and sciences, this book narrows down the gap between speech technologists and ... Read more

$44.54 USD

This book explores the various categories of speech variation and works to draw a line between linguistic and paralinguistic phenomenon of speech. Paralinguistic contrast is crucial to human speech but has proven to be one of the most difficult tasks in speech systems. In the quest for solutions to speech technology and sciences, this book narrows down the gap between speech technologists and
... Read more
Designing Immersive Video Games Using 3DUI Technologies

Improving the Gamer's User Experience

by Arun K. Kulshreshth, Joseph J. LaViola Jr. ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
A 3D user interface (3DUI) is an interface in which the user performs tasks in three dimensions. For example, interactions using hand/body gestures, interaction using a motion controller (e.g. Sony PlayStation Move), interaction with virtual reality devices using tracked motion controllers, etc. All these technologies which let a user interact in three dimensions are called 3D user interface ... Read more

$88.28 USD

A 3D user interface (3DUI) is an interface in which the user performs tasks in three dimensions. For example, interactions using hand/body gestures, interaction using a motion controller (e.g. Sony PlayStation Move), interaction with virtual reality devices using tracked motion controllers, etc. All these technologies which let a user interact in three dimensions are called 3D user interface
... Read more
Dual Mode Logic

A New Paradigm for Digital IC Design

by Itamar Levi, Alexander Fish ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents Dual Mode Logic (DML), a new design paradigm for digital integrated circuits. DML logic gates can operate in two modes, each optimized for a different metric. Its on-the-fly switching between these operational modes at the gate, block and system levels provide maximal E-D optimization flexibility. Each highly detailed chapter has multiple illustrations showing how the DML ... Read more

$52.64 USD

This book presents Dual Mode Logic (DML), a new design paradigm for digital integrated circuits. DML logic gates can operate in two modes, each optimized for a different metric. Its on-the-fly switching between these operational modes at the gate, block and system levels provide maximal E-D optimization flexibility. Each highly detailed chapter has multiple illustrations showing how the DML
... Read more

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