Computers - Computer Science

This book takes the reader through a journey into the practical and theoretical aspects of partner-based learning in bilingual early childhood environments.Author: Margarita Machado-Casas, Mar? Arregu?-AndersonISBN-10: 1433149389ISBN-13: 9781433149382Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2019Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

The memoirs in this collection represent a cross-section of critical reflections by a queerly diverse set of individuals on their experiences inhabiting a variety of spaces within the field of education.Author: Sj MillerISBN-10: 1433134306ISBN-13: 9781433134302Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2016Pages: 225Format:...

The Dynamic Student Development Metatheodel (DSDM) is a meta-theory based on empirically based inferences drawn from a national survey entitled the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA).Author: Joseph L. DeVitisISBN-10: 1433134187ISBN-13: 9781433134180Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2018Pages: 410Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 8.90h x...

Web 25: Histories from the first 25 years of the World Wide Web is a must-read for anyone interested in how our online present has been shaped by the past.Author: Steve JonesISBN-10: 1433132699ISBN-13: 9781433132698Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2017Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A Road Less Travelled: Critical literacy and language learning in the classroom -- 1964-1996 takes us through what the Blake calls the "jaunty journey" of the English/English Language Arts.Author: Shirley R. Steinberg, Robert W. Blake, Brett Elizabeth BlakeISBN-10: 1433132621ISBN-13: 9781433132629Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International...

Combining dynamic stories, cutting-edge research, and deep reflection on the role of space in our lives, Digital Proxemics examines the ways that our uses of physical and digital spaces and our uses of technology are converging.Author: Steve Jones, John A. McArthurISBN-10: 1433131862ISBN-13: 9781433131868Publisher: Peter...

This informative book provides an essential look at the public relations strategies, tactics, and tools that have put Hollywood entertainment at the center of global popular culture. It uniquely focuses on the public relations cycle in each segment of the entertainment industry. Author: Carol...

Machine Learning Projects for .NET Developers shows you how to build smarter .NET applications that learn from data, using simple algorithms and techniques that can be applied to a wide range of real-world problems. You'll code each project in the familiar setting of Visual...

The big data era is upon us: data are being generated, analyzed, and used at an unprecedented scale, and data-driven decision making is sweeping through all aspects of society. Since the value of data explodes when it can be linked and fused with other...

Operating systems provide the fundamental mechanisms for securing computer processing. Since the 1960s, operating systems designers have explored how to build "secure" operating systems - operating systems whose mechanisms protect the system against a motivated adversary. Recently, the importance of ensuring such security has...

Computation, modeling, and simulation practices are commonplace in the STEM workplace, yet formal training embedded in disciplinary practices is not as standard in the undergraduate classroom. Teaching and Learning in STEM With Computation, Modeling, and Simulation Practices: A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers gives...

This book introduces a simplified approach to web application development using the open-source ASP .Net Core MVC framework. Readers will learn to implement web applications using the following languages and frameworks: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, C#, ASP .Net, and Entity Framework Core. In addition,...

Author: Robert GoodspeedISBN-10: 3031317459ISBN-13: 9783031317453Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2023Pages: 345Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.37h x 6.22w x 0.94d

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research, CPAIOR 2022, held in Nice, France, during May 29-June 1, 2023. The 26 full papers and the 6 short papers presented in this...

Software engineering refers to the field of computer science that involves designing, creating, maintaining and testing software applications. It creates software solutions for end users by using engineering principles and knowledge of programming languages. Software engineering connects practices and technologies from engineering, computer science,...

Computer aided verification process (CAV) comprises mathematically based strict approaches for the verification, specification and development of hardware and software systems. The goal of CAD is to make such systems more robust, correct and dependable. Mathematical theories, design phase and specification formalism are used...

The discipline which involves the study of information, computation and automation is known as computer science. It can be broadly divided into theoretical computer science, applied computer science and computer systems. Theoretical computer science (TCS) refers to a branch of mathematics and computer science...

Software engineering is the application of engineering principles for maintaining, designing and developing of software. There are two parts of software engineering, which include software and engineering. Software is basically a collection of triggers, codes and documents, which perform a certain task and meet...

Computer aided verification is a branch of computer science that focuses on creating tools and techniques to help programmers in verifying whether the software designed by them works correctly or not. These tools are being incorporated in the system design of firms. Computer aided...

The ability to process data and perform complex calculations at high speeds is referred to as high performance computing (HPC). Supercomputers are one of the most prominent forms of HPC solutions. The three main components of HPC solutions are compute, network and storage. These...

Software refers to the complete set of processes, programs and routines linked with the operation of a computer system. It is utilized to develop non-physical tools to solve information-based issues. Software technology encompasses the programming languages, methods and tools that may be used in...

Governments around the world use machine learning in automated decision-making systems for a broad range of functions. This book seeks to answer the question: what standards should be applied to machine learning to mitigate disparate impact in automated decision-making?Author: Natalie Heisler, Maura R. GrossmanISBN-10:...

The Basics of Digital Forensics provides a foundation for people new to the digital forensics field. This book offers guidance on how to conduct examinations by discussing what digital forensics is, the methodologies used, key tactical concepts, and the tools needed to perform examinations....

Biometrics is a rapidly evolving field with applications ranging from accessing one's computer to gaining entry into a country. The deployment of large-scale biometric systems in both commercial and government applications has served to increase the public's awareness of this technology. Rapid growth highlights...

A Concise Introduction to Computation Models and Computability Theory provides an introduction to the essential concepts in computability, using several models of computation, from the standard Turing Machines and Recursive Functions, to the modern computation models inspired by quantum physics. An in-depth analysis of...

Use JSON theme files to standardize the look of Power BI dashboards and reports. This book shows how you can create theme files using the Power BI Desktop application to define high-level formatting attributes for dashboards as well as how to tailor detailed formatting...

This book presents the latest trends and developments in multimodal optimization and niching techniques. Most existing optimization methods are designed for locating a single global solution. However, in real-world settings, many problems are "multimodal" by nature, i.e., multiple satisfactory solutions exist. It may be...

Recently, research in robot kinematics has attracted researchers with different theoretical profiles and backgrounds, such as mechanical and electrica engineering, computer science, and mathematics. It includes topics and problems that are typical for this area and cannot easily be met elsewhere. As a result,...

Style is a fundamental and ubiquitous aspect of the human experience: Everyone instantly and constantly assesses people and things according to their individual styles, academics establish careers by researching musical, artistic, or architectural styles, and entire industries maintain themselves by continuously creating and marketing...

This book is an introduction to finite model theory which stresses the computer science origins of the area. In addition to presenting the main techniques for analyzing logics over finite models, the book deals extensively with applications in databases, complexity theory, and formal languages,...

Leave nothing to chance. This cliche embodies the common belief that ran- domness has no place in carefully planned methodologies, every step should be spelled out, each i dotted and each t crossed. In discrete mathematics at least, nothing could be further from the...

A unique coverage of all the subtleties, insights and system integration issues that have to be resolved in the creation of a VR system - and a really practical introduction to building it successfully.Author: Gerard KimISBN-10: 1852339586ISBN-13: 9781852339586Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2005Pages: 233Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize:...

This book covers all topics on VBScript and UFT. UFT is the most popular automation testing tool in the market today. VBScript is used a scripting language in UFT. So you must know how to apply VBScript concepts in UFT. Major topics covered in...

Hypercomputation is a relatively new theory of computation that is about computing methods and devices that transcend the so-called Church-Turing thesis. This book deals exclusively with the topic and presents a thorough description of hypercomputation. It covers all attempts at devising conceptual hypermachines and...

This book discusses the importance of knowledge as an intangible asset, separate from physical entities, that can enable us to understand and/or change the world. It provides a thorough treatment of knowledge, one that is free of ideological and philosophical preconceptions, and which relies...

Computation theory is a discipline that uses mathematical concepts and tools to expose the nature of "computation" and to explain a broad range of computational phenomena: Why is it harder to perform some computations than others? Are the differences in difficulty that we observe...

Computers that program themselves' has long been an aim of computer scientists. Recently genetic programming (GP) has started to show its promise by automatically evolving programs. Indeed in a small number of problems GP has evolved programs whose performance is similar to or even...

This book reviews the most common state-of-the art methods for substructuring and model reduction and presents a framework that encompasses most method, highlighting their similarities and differences. For example, popular methods such as Component Mode Synthesis, Hurty/Craig-Bampton, and the Rubin methods, which are popular...

Painless Python: Learn Python Programming Doing the Easy Stuff First provides students with a fresh and practical approach to programming.Have you ever read a programming book where half-way through a chapter you say, "Wait a minute! I'm not ready to learn that. I don't...

Well, now that you have graduated or are done with your diploma/courses - you're seeking to land a job at one of the tech companies. You're dreaming of building your career and climbing the corporate ladder all the way up from beginner to CEO....

This Special Issue highlights the most recent research being carried out in the NLP field to discuss relative open issues, with a particular focus on both emerging approaches for language learning, understanding, production, and grounding interactively or autonomously from data in cognitive and neural...

Part I Foundations: An Overview of Bayesian Inference and Graphical Models.- Monte Carlo Methods for Inferences in High-dimensional Systems.- Part II Energy Functions for Protein Structure Prediction: On the Physical Relevance and Statistical Interpretation of Knowledge based Potentials.- Statistical Machine Learning of Protein Energetics...

This is the first graduate textbook on the algorithmic aspects of real algebraic geometry. The main ideas and techniques presented form a coherent and rich body of knowledge. Mathematicians will find relevant information about the algorithmic aspects. Researchers in computer science and engineering will...

The appearance of this volume celebrates the ?rst decade of Magma, a new computeralgebrasystemlaunchedattheFirstMagmaConferenceonCom- tational Algebra held at Queen Mary and West?eld College, London, August 1993. This book introduces the reader to the role Magma plays in advanced mathematical research. Each paper examines how...

Part I: Introduction and Short History.- The 'Counterpoint' of Mathematics and Music.- Short History of the Relationship Between Mathematics and Music.- Part II: Sets and Functions.- The Architecture of Sets.- Functions and Relations.- Universal Properties.- Part III: Numbers.- Natural Numbers.- Recursion.- Natural Arithmetic.- Euclid...

This book introduces readers to one of the first methods developed for the numerical treatment of boundary value problems on polygonal and polyhedral meshes, which it subsequently analyzes and applies in various scenarios. The BEM-based finite element approaches employs implicitly defined trial functions, which...

SCRUM Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. It is a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Scrum is lightweight; simple to understand and not difficult to...

Sleep and anesthesia resemble in many ways at a first glance. The most prominent common feature of course is the loss of consciousness, i.e. the loss of awareness of external stimuli. However a closer look at the loss of consciousness reveals already a difference...

Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps.The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path...

Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the iPhone and iPad (using iOS), as well as the Mac (using OS X). It starts with Objective-C, the base language on which the native iOS software development kit (SDK) and the OS...