Computers - Computer Science

The past decade has witnessed the broad adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies. However, a lack of oversight in their widespread implementation has resulted in some incidents and harmful outcomes that could have been avoided with proper risk management. Before we...

Hydropower is an essential part of the renewable energy sector. High efficiency, immediate availability, and safe operation of hydroelectric power plants are the three key issues in recent developments in the hydropower sector. This book brings together the latest achievements addressing these key factors....

Prepare for the GCP ML certification exam along with exploring cloud computing and machine learning concepts and gaining Google Cloud ML skillsKey Features: A comprehensive yet easy-to-follow Google Cloud machine learning study guide Explore full-spectrum and step-by-step practice examples to develop hands-on skills Read...

Similar to the Internet in the 1990s, Blockchain promises to revolutionize the world by reforming current business models. This book is a beginner-friendly guide for teens looking to build a basic foundation in Blockchain technologies. You'll start with an introduction to Blockchain, learn about...

Learn the Spring Boot 3 micro framework and build your first Java-based cloud-native applications and microservices. Spring Boot is the lightweight, nimbler cousin to the bigger Spring Framework, with plenty of "bells and whistles." This updated edition includes coverage of Spring Native, which will...

New programmers start here...this book introduces students or aspiring professionals to the world of computer programming using JavaScript and related technologies. This book doesn't just teach the basics of programming, but also all of the tools that new programmers need to get started, including...

Enhance your technical and business skills to better manage your organization's technology ecosystem. This book aims to explain how to align the technology landscape to service your company's business operating model. The book begins by exploring different architectural approaches before taking a deep dive...

Implement the Snowflake Data Cloud using best practices and reap the benefits of scalability and low-cost from the industry-leading, cloud-based, data warehousing platform. This book provides a detailed how-to explanation, and assumes familiarity with Snowflake core concepts and principles. It is a project-oriented book...

Get a practical, hands-on introduction to the Haskell language, its libraries and environment, and to the functional programming paradigm that is fast growing in importance in the software industry. This updated edition includes more modern treatment of Haskell's web framework and APIs.This book contains...

An introduction to the engineering principles of embedded systems, with a focus on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems.The most visible use of computers and software is processing information for human consumption. The vast majority of computers in use, however, are much less...

This volume explores the connections between mathematical modeling, computational methods, and high performance computing, and how recent developments in these areas can help to solve complex problems in the natural sciences and engineering. The content of the book is based on talks and papers...

A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable...

Author: Tanuj KhareISBN-10: 1849516626ISBN-13: 9781849516624Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2012Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.62d

Supercharge and automate your deployments to Azure Machine Learning clusters and Azure Kubernetes Service using Azure Machine Learning servicesKey Features: Implement end-to-end machine learning pipelines on Azure Train deep learning models using Azure compute infrastructure Deploy machine learning models using MLOps Book Description: Azure...

This volume includes fifteen research papers to celebrate Luiz Carlos Pereira's 60th birthday. Among the authors contributing to the volume we find colleagues, friends - including his PhD advisor - and admirers. Similar to Luiz Carlos Pereira's intellectual interests and work, the contributions range...

William Sims Bainbridge Virtual worlds are persistent online computer-generated environments where people can interact, whether for work or play, in a manner comparable to the real world. The most prominent current example is World of Warcraft (Corneliussen and Rettberg 2008), a massively multiplayer online...

This book identifies the organizing concepts of physical and biological phenomena by an analysis of the foundations of mathematics and physics. Our aim is to propose a dialog between different conceptual universes and thus to provide a unification of phenomena. The role of "order"...

This book presents fundamental contributions to computer science as written and recounted by those who made the contributions themselves. As such, it is a highly original approach to a "living history" of the field of computer science. The scope of the book is broad...

Whether you're an Azure veteran or just getting started, get the most out of your data with effective recipes for Azure SynapseKey Features: Discover new techniques for using Azure Synapse, regardless of your level of expertise Integrate Azure Synapse with other data sources to...

Making Sense of Microsoft Excel provides students with the knowledge, tools, and skillsets they need to fully understand the vast capabilities of Microsoft Excel, learn how the program functions, and apply their newfound knowledge to use the program effectively. The book begins by defining...

This book is written for those people who want to hack systems to test identify the security holes and vulnerabilities of thosesystems. This book outlines different tricks and techniques that an ethical hacker can use to assess the security of the systems, identify vulnerabilities...

Machine learning and optimization techniques are revolutionizing our world. Other types of information technology have not progressed as rapidly in recent years, in terms of real impact. The aim of this book is to present some of the innovative techniques in the field of...

Problem solving in computing is referred to as computational thinking. The theory behind this concept is challenging in its technicalities, yet simple in its ideas. This book introduces the theory of computation from its inception to current form of complexity; from explanations of how...

The theory of computation is used to address challenges arising in many computer science areas such as artificial intelligence, language processors, compiler writing, information and coding systems, programming language design, computer architecture and more. To grasp topics concerning this theory readers need to familiarize...

Author: Nick RamirezISBN-10: 1782160426ISBN-13: 9781782160427Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/2012Pages: 488Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.98d

Business relationship management (BRM) is central to all aspects of an organisation's interaction with existing and potential customers. It is crucial for building and maintaining strong relationships between service provider and customer and relies on understanding customer needs. It provides a mechanism for meeting...

In this series of books you will find a listing of every SAP transaction code in existence, based on SAP ECC6, ehp4Author: Stan X. KubiyevskiISBN-10: 1979771979ISBN-13: 9781979771979Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2017Pages: 694Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.01lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.39d

In this series of books you will find a listing of every SAP transaction code in existence, based on SAP ECC6, ehp4Author: Stan X. KubiyevskiISBN-10: 1979740518ISBN-13: 9781979740517Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2017Pages: 694Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.01lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.39d

This book is a guide to the art and science of writing computer programs.It contains the essential material from a first-year Computer Science course, and a substantial amount of material on the craft of computer programming.Author: Mark McIlroyISBN-10: 1977647898ISBN-13: 9781977647894Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces-user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, hand and body gestures, facial expressions, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces. This three-volume handbook is written by...

The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces-- user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, gestures, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces. These interfaces support smart phones, wearables, in-vehicle and robotic applications,...

Nash equilibrium is the central solution concept in Game Theory. Since Nash's original paper in 1951, it has found countless applications in modeling strategic behavior of traders in markets, (human) drivers and (electronic) routers in congested networks, nations in nuclear disarmament negotiations, and more....

Build real-world time series forecasting systems which scale to millions of time series by applying modern machine learning and deep learning conceptsKey Features Explore industry-tested machine learning techniques used to forecast millions of time series Get started with the revolutionary paradigm of global forecasting...

If you're looking to increase your knowledge of one of the core modules of SAP S/4HANA, this is the book for you. Settle in and let a long-time SAP professional guide you through the SAP Production Planning and Execution module. Author Himanshu Goel begins...

This book is the first collection of essays dealing with game localization and accessibility from a multidisciplinary perspective, including game design, media accessibility, translation studies, terminology management, and cultural studies. It is also unique in the way it combines contributions from academia and the...

Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Fourth Edition introduces concepts, principles, and methods for mining patterns, knowledge, and models from various kinds of data for diverse applications. Specifically, it delves into the processes for uncovering patterns and knowledge from massive collections of data, known as...

Strengthen your overall coding skills by exploring the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric languages (esolangs). Strange Code starts with a dive into the underlying history of programming, covering the early computer-science concepts, like Turing machines and Turing completeness, that led to...

This book will change your Algorithmic Problem-Solving skills forever. Read it now to level up your future. This book "Mathematical Dynamic Programming" is the only book you need to master Dynamic Programming. The focus is towards core Mathematical problems for Coding Interviews. Many fail...

Health care utilization routinely generates vast amounts of data from sources ranging from electronic medical records, insurance claims, vital signs, and patient-reported outcomes. Predicting health outcomes using data modeling approaches is an emerging field that can reveal important insights into disproportionate spending patterns. This...

Building Virtual Reality with Unity and Steam VR takes a hands-on approach to getting up and running with virtual reality using the Unity game engine. By utilizing the free SteamVR 2.x libraries, this book and its example code are compatible with the main virtual...

How to become a parallel programmer by learning the twenty-one essential components of OpenMP.This book guides readers through the most essential elements of OpenMP--the twenty-one components that most OpenMP programmers use most of the time, known collectively as the "OpenMP Common Core." Once they...

A guide to the most recent, advanced features of the widely used OpenMP parallel programming model, with coverage of major features in OpenMP 4.5.This book offers an up-to-date, practical tutorial on advanced features in the widely used OpenMP parallel programming model. Building on the...

Detailed descriptions of detection, direction-finding, and signal-estimation methods, using consistent formalisms and notation, emphasizing HF antenna array sensing applications.Adaptive antenna array technology encompasses many powerful interference suppression approaches that exploit spatial differences among signals reaching a radio receiver system. Today, worldwide propagation phenomenology occurring...

Author: Leimin Tian, Sharon Oviatt, Michal MuszynskiISBN-10: 1450395902ISBN-13: 9781450395908Publisher: ACM BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2022Pages: 308Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.75d

In my last book, Geometry for Computer Graphics, I employed a mixture of algebra and vector analysis to prove many of the equations used in computer graphics. At the time, I did not make any distinction between the two methodologies, but slowly it dawned...

Understanding Artificial Intelligence Provides students across majors with a clear and accessible overview of new artificial intelligence technologies and applications Artificial intelligence (AI) is broadly defined as computers programmed to simulate the cognitive functions of the human mind. In combination with the Neural Network...

This philosophy-of-programming guide presents a unique and entertaining take on how to think about programming. A collection of 21 pragmatic rules, each presented in a standalone chapter, captures the essential wisdom that every freshly minted programmer needs to know and provides thought-provoking insights for...

Python was recently ranked as today's most popular programming language on the TIOBE index, thanks to its broad applicability to design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance. With this updated fourth edition, you'll learn how to get the most out of Python, whether...

With the rapid development of cloud computing and digital transformation, well-designed cloud-based architecture is always in urgent need. Illustrated by project cases from the Chinese technology company Alibaba, this book elaborates how to design a cloud-based application system and build them on the cloud....

The first book of its kind, Unity in Embedded System Design and Robotics provides a step-by-step guide to Unity for embedded system design and robotics. It is an open gateway for anyone who wants to learn Unity through real projects and examples as well...