Computers - Computer Science

A multimedia textbook package for a course in ordinary differential equations taught in a conventional lecture class or in a laboratory- based course. The multimedia package consists of a printed textbook, a cross-platform CD-ROM, plus ancillary materials delivered online through the world Web web....

Most problems encountered in practice involve the optimization of multiple criteria. Usually, some of them are conflicting such that no single solution is simultaneously optimal with respect to all criteria, but instead many incomparable compromise solutions exist. In recent years, evidence has accumulated showing...

John Vince explains a comprehensive range of mathematical techniques and problem-solving strategies associated with computer games, computer animation, special effects, virtual reality, CAD and other areas of computer graphics in this completely revised and expanded sixth edition. The first five chapters cover a general...

This practically-focused text presents a hands-on guide to making biometric technology work in real-life scenarios. Extensively revised and updated, this new edition takes a fresh look at what it takes to integrate biometrics into wider applications. An emphasis is placed on the importance of...

1.Introduction.- 2.System Reliability and Risk Analysis.- 3.Monte Carlo Simulation- the Method.- 4.System Reliability and Risk Analysis by Monte Carlo Simulation.- 5.Practical Applications of Monte Carlo Simulation for System Reliability Analysis.- 6.Advanced Mont Carlo Simulation Techniques for System Failure Probability Estimation.- 7.Practical Applications of Advanced...

"Fixed-Point Algorithms for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering" presents some of the most recent work from top-notch researchers studying projection and other first-order fixed-point algorithms in several areas of mathematics and the applied sciences. The material presented provides a survey of the state-of-the-art...

After two decades of research and development, elliptic curve cryptography now has widespread exposure and acceptance. Industry, banking, and government standards are in place to facilitate extensive deployment of this efficient public-key mechanism. Anchored by a comprehensive treatment of the practical aspects of elliptic...

Fermat's problem, also ealled Fermat's last theorem, has attraeted the attention of mathematieians far more than three eenturies. Many clever methods have been devised to attaek the problem, and many beautiful theories have been ereated with the aim of proving the theorem. Yet, despite...

This is a graduate level textbook on measure theory and probability theory. It presents the main concepts and results in measure theory and probability theory in a simple and easy-to-understand way. It further provides heuristic explanations behind the theory to help students see the...

This book is intended to give undergraduate and beginning graduate students and researchers in computer vision, applied mathematics, robotics, and computer graphics a self-contained introduction to the geometry of 3D vision. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter.Author: Yi Ma, Stefano Soatto,...

The World's Highest-Scoring Students focuses on how various countries transformed their school systems into the world's leading systems of education.Author: Tina (Athlone C. ). BesleyISBN-10: 1433151421ISBN-13: 9781433151422Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2018Pages: 186Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Students, faculty and community partners alike will find Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities accessible, as the text demonstrates that personal experiences are powerful tools for the production of an epistemology of social justice that aims to investigate and develop new Latinx community-university praxis.Author:...

Raza Struggle and the Movement for Ethnic Studies presents an investigation of decolonization in the context of education, and what this means for Ethnic Studies projects. It accomplishes this exploration by looking at the history of Raza communities, defined broadly as the Indigenous and...

Students, faculty and community partners alike will find Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities accessible, as the text demonstrates that personal experiences are powerful tools for the production of an epistemology of social justice that aims to investigate and develop new Latinx community-university praxis.Author:...

A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity is a call to radical educators, grassroots organizers, and others on the left to recognize the enormous historical legacy of and potential for revolutionary praxis that exists among Women of Color and Indigeneity.Author: Peter...

This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits.Author: Joseph L. DeVitis, Isabel Ann DwornikISBN-10: 1433133733ISBN-13: 9781433133732Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2017Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.80h...

Each chapter explores the ethical, aesthetic, and political tasks of education - both in and out of school contexts. It is essential reading for anyone interested in feminist, queer, anti-racist, ecological, and posthumanist theories and practices of education.Author: Shirley R. SteinbergISBN-10: 1433131331ISBN-13: 9781433131332Publisher: Peter...

Simulation and synthesis are core parts of the future of AI and machine learning. Consider: programmers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers can create the brain of a self-driving car without the car. Rather than use information from the real world, you can synthesize...

The first edition of Search Methodologies: Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques was originally put together to offer a basic introduction to the various search and optimization techniques that students might need to use during their research, and this new edition continues...

Discover the pillars of AWS infrastructure automation, starting with API-driven infrastructure concepts and its immediate benefits such as increased agility, automation of the infrastructure life cycle, and flexibility in experimenting with new architectures. With this base established, the book discusses infrastructure-as-code concepts in a...

Gain concepts central to smartwatch design, editing and animation correction using the popular open source Galaxy Watch Designer software package. This visual guide builds upon the essential concepts of smartwatch design, decoration, digital imaging, animation, function integration, and visual effects, and gets more advanced...

Hands-On examples on Oracle Exadata and ODAXAG implementation with ACFS and DBFS file systemsCloning/Snap Databases scenarios to reduce minimum downtimeData Guard all scenarios with latest features 12c R2 including EM 13c Author: Yv Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K. M.ISBN-10: 1484243501ISBN-13: 9781484243503Publisher: ApressLanguage:...

Deploy deep learning applications into production across multiple platforms. You will work on computer vision applications that use the convolutional neural network (CNN) deep learning model and Python. This book starts by explaining the traditional machine-learning pipeline, where you will analyze an image dataset....

Gain practical skills in machine learning for finance, healthcare, and retail. This book uses a hands-on approach by providing case studies from each of these domains: you'll see examples that demonstrate how to use machine learning as a tool for business enhancement. As a...

Discover the essential building blocks of a common and powerful form of deep belief network: convolutional nets. This book shows you how the structure of these elegant models is much closer to that of human brains than traditional neural networks; they have a 'thought...

Discover the essential building blocks of a common and powerful form of deep belief net: the autoencoder. You'll take this topic beyond current usage by extending it to the complex domain for signal and image processing applications. Deep Belief Nets in C++ and CUDA...

Industry-standard Deep Learning practices demonstratedDetailed explanations of Face Recognition, Face Detection Algorithms, Object Detection Algorithms and Codes.Comparative analysis of Watson, Azure, Amazon and other Open SourcesAuthor: Navin Kumar ManaswiISBN-10: 1484235150ISBN-13: 9781484235157Publisher: ApressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2018Pages: 219Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

Accessible and practical guide to building AI-powered applications using the easy-to-use Cognitive Services APIs from MicrosoftTeaches how to draw from a range of speech, language, and search APIs to build applications that better understand the web, content, and user intentContains examples in C# that...

A first to market code cookbook reference on Amazon SQS languageThe first book to market that covers in detail managing AWS SQS using web interface Amazon web services and cloud technologies are a hot areaAuthor: Sunil GulabaniISBN-10: 1484228405ISBN-13: 9781484228401Publisher: ApressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2017Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Design and build custom hardware interfaces for the Raspberry Pi and discover low cost display and sensor options for embedded system projects. With this book you'll master 12C communications using Raspbian Linux in C++ and perform ADC and DAC experiments. You'll experiment with debounce...

High Impact Data Visualization in Excel with Power View, 3D Maps, Get & Transform and Power BI, 2nd Edition is a book on Microsoft's suite of self-service business intelligence products that are rapidly gaining traction from their appeal to the quite large base of...

This book teaches computer programming to the complete beginner using the native C language. As such, it assumes you have no knowledge whatsoever about programming. The main goal of this book is to teach fundamental programming principles using C, one of the most widely...

Work with big data applications by using Spring Cloud Data Flow as a unified, distributed, and extensible system for data ingestion and integration, real-time analytics and data processing pipelines, batch processing, and data export. With this book you will develop a foundation for creating...

Learn the concepts, principles, design, implementation, and management issues of databases. You will adopt a methodical and pragmatic approach to solving database systems problems. Database Systems: A Pragmatic Approach provides a comprehensive, yet concise introduction to database systems, with special emphasis on the relational...

This book is written for Windows professionals who are familiar with PowerShell and want to learn to build, operate, and administer their Windows workloads in the Microsoft cloud. Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure is packed with practical examples and scripts, with easy-to-follow explanations for...

Experience Skype to the Max shows you how to make the most of Skype's full range of features on any device. Discover tips and tricks for saving time, saving money, and fostering better communication at work or in your personal projects.Go beyond simple voice...

Practical Linux Infrastructure teaches you how to use the best open source tools to build a new Linux infrastructure, or alter an existing infrastructure, to ensure it stands up to enterprise-level needs. Each chapter covers a key area of implementation, with clear examples and...

Beginning Java 8 Games Development, written by Java expert and author Wallace Jackson, teaches you the fundamentals of building a highly illustrative game using the Java 8 programming language. In this book, you'll employ open source software as tools to help you quickly and...

MATLAB enables you to work with its graphics capabilities in almost all areas of the experimental sciences and engineering. The commands that MATLAB implements in job related graphics are quite useful and are very efficient.MATLAB has functions for working with two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics,...

Using the C++ Standard Template Libraries is a contemporary treatment that teaches the generic programming capabilities that the C++ 14 Standard Library provides. In this book, author Ivor Horton explains what the class and function templates available with C++ 14 do, and how to...

Algorithms for Computer Algebra is the first comprehensive textbook to be published on the topic of computational symbolic mathematics. The book first develops the foundational material from modern algebra that is required for subsequent topics. It then presents a thorough development of modern computational...

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the conference on Modelling and Optimization of Distributed Parameter Systems with Applications to Engineering, held in Warsaw on July 17-21, 1995. This conference was a consecutive one in the series of conferences sponsored by the...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Incorporate embedded computing technology in projects and devices of all sizesThis comprehensive engineering textbook lays out foundational computer...

Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron's AP Computer Science A Flashcards includes more than 425 up-to-date content review cards and practice questions. Written by Experienced Educators Learn from Barron's--all content is written and reviewed by AP experts...

Data structure is the backbone of computer science. A number of books on this subject are available that are enriching the students as per their own methodology. However, this book is written to facilitate the user in self learning. Other objectives of this book...

Event-B is a formal method for system-level modelling and analysis. Key features of Event-B are the use of set theory as a modeling notation, the use of refinement to represent systems at different abstraction levels and the use of mathematical proof to verify consistency...

This book is a condensed reference for HTML5 markup. It presents the essential HTML5 elements and attributes in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. HTML5 Quick Markup Reference is an HTML5 reference title covering tags and parameters central to...

Learn the agile philosophy of lean processes, incremental delivery, deep client participation, decentralized authority, and just-in-time planning to bring speed, creativity, empowerment and increased productivity to product development. This book is your guide to becoming the go-to advisor for the enterprise agile transition.Many organizations...

Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, Dave Mark's Learn C on the Mac has been updated for you to include Mac OS X Mountain Lion and the latest iOS considerations. Learn C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS,...

Objective-C is today's fastest growing programming language, at least in part due to the popularity of Apple's Mac, iPhone and iPad. Beginning Objective-C is for you if you have some programming experience, but you're new to the Objective-C programming language and you want a...