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Data Modeling & Design eBooks

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  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

    by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...
    Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Machine Learning with R Cookbook

    by Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu) ...
    If you want to learn how to use R for machine learning and gain insights from your data, then this book is ideal for you. Regardless of your level of experience, this book covers the basics of applying R to machine learning through to advanced techniques. While it is helpful if you are familiar with basic programming or machine learning concepts, you do not require prior experience to benefit from ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Mastering Kafka Streams and ksqlDB

    by Mitch Seymour ...
    Working with unbounded and fast-moving data streams has historically been difficult. But with Kafka Streams and ksqlDB, building stream processing applications is easy and fun. This practical guide shows data engineers how to use these tools to build highly scalable stream processing applications for moving, enriching, and transforming large amounts of data in real time.Mitch Seymour, data ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Ethical Data and Information Management

    Concepts, Tools and Methods

    by Katherine O'Keefe, Daragh O Brien ...
    Information and how we manage, process and govern it is becoming increasingly important as organizations ride the wave of the big data revolution. ***Ethical Data and Information Management***offers a practical guide for people in organizations who are tasked with implementing information management projects. It sets out, in a clear and structured way, the fundamentals of ethics, and provides ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • GraphQL API Design

    by Matthias Biehl ...
    Series Book 5 - API-University Series
    Want to build APIs like Facebook? Since Facebook's framework for building APIs, GraphQL, has become publicly available, this ambition seems to be within reach for many companies. And that is great. But first, let's learn what GraphQL really is and – maybe even more importantly – let's figure out how to apply GraphQL to build APIs that consumers love.In this book, we take a hands-on approach to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Data Engineering

    Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

    by Joe Reis, Matt Housley ...
    Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Business Analysis

    Fourth edition

    by Debra Paul, James Cadle, Malcolm Eva, Craig Rollason, Jonathan Hunsley ...
    Business analysis is a key discipline within business transformation projects. Too often business changes are introduced without such analysis, leading to failed projects, wasted investment and unnecessary business disruption. Effective business analysis enables greater project success, informed investment and beneficial business outcomes.Business Analysis describes the entire landscape for ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Minding the Machines

    Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams

    by Jeremy Adamson ...
    Organize, plan, and build an exceptional data analytics team within your organizationIn Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams, AI and analytics strategy expert Jeremy Adamson delivers an accessible and insightful roadmap to structuring and leading a successful analytics team. The book explores the tasks, strategies, methods, and frameworks necessary for an ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Living in Data

    A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future

    by Jer Thorp ...
    In a world where data is constantly mined, processed, and used for profit and power, how can we become active citizens rather than passive inhabitants of the digital landscape?Jer Thorp's analysis of the word "data" in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 reveals a striking trend: alongside classic companions like "information" and "digital," we now find "scandal," ... Read more

    Was $10.39 USD Now $9.09 USD

  • Feedback Control for Computer Systems

    Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

    by Philipp K. Janert ...
    How can you take advantage of feedback control for enterprise programming? With this book, author Philipp K. Janert demonstrates how the same principles that govern cruise control in your car also apply to data center management and other enterprise systems. Through case studies and hands-on simulations, you’ll learn methods to solve several control issues, including mechanisms to spin up more ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Metadata

    by Jeffrey Pomerantz ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    Everything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day.When “metadata” became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security Agency, many members of the public encountered this once-obscure term from information science for the first time. Should people be reassured that the NSA was “only” ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Power Pivot and Power BI

    The Excel User's Guide to DAX, Power Query, Power BI & Power Pivot in Excel 2010-2016

    by Rob Collie, Avichal Singh ...
    Microsoft PowerPivot is a free add-on to Excel from Microsoft that allows users to produce new kinds of reports and analyses that were simply impossible before, and this book is the first to tackle DAX formulas, the core capability of PowerPivot, from the perspective of the Excel audience. Written by the world's foremost PowerPivot blogger and practitioner, the book's concepts and approach are ... Read more

    Was $23.79 USD Now $20.49 USD

  • Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope

    by Shawn Graham, Ian Milligan, Scott B Weingart ...
    The Digital Humanities have arrived at a moment when digital Big Data is becoming more readily available, opening exciting new avenues of inquiry but also new challenges. This pioneering book describes and demonstrates the ways these data can be explored to construct cultural heritage knowledge, for research and in teaching and learning. It helps humanities scholars to grasp Big Data in order to ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation

    The Mathematical Basis of Performance Modeling

    by William J. Stewart ...
    Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation provides a modern and authoritative treatment of the mathematical processes that underlie performance modeling. The detailed explanations of mathematical derivations and numerous illustrative examples make this textbook readily accessible to graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses in which stochastic processes play a ... Read more

    $117.39 USD

  • Driving Data Quality with Data Contracts

    A comprehensive guide to building reliable, trusted, and effective data platforms

    by Andrew Jones ...
    Everything you need to know to apply data contracts and build a truly data-driven organization that harnesses quality data to deliver tangible business value Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUnderstand data contracts and their power to resolving the problems in contemporary data platformsLearn how to design and implement a cutting-edge data platform powered ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • SQL and Relational Theory

    How to Write Accurate SQL Code

    by C.J. Date ...
    SQL is full of difficulties and traps for the unwary. You can avoid them if you understand relational theory, but only if you know how to put that theory into practice. In this book, Chris Date explains relational theory in depth, and demonstrates through numerous examples and exercises how you can apply it to your use of SQL.This third edition has been revised, extended, and improved throughout. ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The ultimate FreeCAD 1.0 User GuidE

    A Beginner-Friendly Manual for Creating Reliable Models and Smooth Workflows

    by Kieran Abby ...
    The Ultimate FreeCAD 1.0 User Guide—Unlock the Full Power of Open-Source 3D DesignFreeCAD 1.0 is powerful. But without the right guidance, even the best tools can feel overwhelming.This comprehensive FreeCAD 1.0 User Guide bridges the gap between raw potential and real results. Written with clarity, precision, and hands-on usability in mind, this book walks you through the entire FreeCAD ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Data Governance: The Definitive Guide

    by Evren Eryurek, Uri Gilad, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Anita Kibunguchy-Grant, Jessi Ashdown ...
    As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services 2/E

    by Tyler Graham ...
    Deploy and Maintain an Integrated MDS Architecture Harness your master data and grow revenue while reducing administrative costs. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest MDS features, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services, Second Edition shows how to implement and manage a centralized, customer-focused MDS framework. See how to accurately model business processes, load and cleanse data, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Dataclysm

    Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

    by Christian Rudder ...
    **A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Data Jujitsu: The Art of Turning Data into Product

    by DJ Patil ...
    Acclaimed data scientist DJ Patil details a new approach to solving problems in Data Jujitsu.Learn how to use a problem's "weight" against itself to:Break down seemingly complex data problems into simplified partsUse alternative data analysis techniques to examine themUse human input, such as Mechanical Turk, and design tricks that enlist the help of your users to take short cuts around tough ... Read more

    Free

  • Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar

    by O'Reilly Radar Team ...
    This collection represents the full spectrum of data-related content we’ve published on O’Reilly Radar over the last year. Mike Loukides kicked things off in June 2010 with “What is data science?” and from there we’ve pursued the various threads and themes that naturally emerged. Now, roughly a year later, we can look back over all we’ve covered and identify a number of core data areas:Data issues ... Read more

    Free

  • Introductory R: A Beginner's Guide to Data Visualisation, Statistical Analysis and Programming in R

    by Robert Knell ...
    R is now the most widely used statistical software in academic science and it is rapidly expanding into other fields such as finance. R is almost limitlessly flexible and powerful, hence its appeal, but can be very difficult for the novice user. There are no easy pull-down menus, error messages are often cryptic and simple tasks like importing your data or exporting a graph can be difficult and ... Read more

    $8.02 USD

  • Think Clearly

    Eight Simple Rules to Succeed in the Data Age

    by Kiko Llaneras ...
    ‘Kiko Llaneras is one of the most consistently interesting data journalists to have emerged in the last decade’John Burn-Murdoch, Chief data reporter, Financial TimesIt’s almost impossible to feel confident we’ve made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making ... Read more

    $10.79 USD