Computers - Computer Science

Object-Oriented Computer Simulation of Discrete-Event Systems offers a comprehensive presentation of a wide repertoire of computer simulation techniques available to the modelers of dynamic systems. Unlike other books on simulation, this book includes a complete and balanced description of all essential issues relevant to...

Design for testability techniques offer one approach toward alleviating this situation by adding enough extra circuitry to a circuit or chip to reduce the complexity of testing.Today's computers must perform with increasing reliability, which in turn depends on the problem of determining whether a...

The Importance of MedicinesIn today's fast-paced world, medicines play a vital role in maintaining and improving our overall health. From curing life-threatening diseases to alleviating common ailments, the significance of medicines cannot be overstated. This subchapter aims to highlight the importance of medicines in...

This book is an essential guide to IPv6 network slicing. It covers both the fundamentals and cutting-edge technologies of IPv6 network slicing, and provides insights into future industry developments.IP network slicing is an architectural innovation that provides multiple dedicated logical networks on a shared...

This special Issue aimed to collect the latest original research and reviews on the fundamentals and applications of any functional multiphase flow in microfluidics. There were 24 papers submitted to this Special Issue, and 15 papers were accepted. They address numerous topics, mainly on...

In the last thirty years Computational Geometry has emerged as a new discipline from the field of design and analysis of algorithms. That dis- cipline studies geometric problems from a computational point of view, and it has attracted enormous research interest. But that interest...

Part I Distributed Graph Algorithms.- Chap. 1 Base Definitions and Network Traversal Algorithms.- Chap. 2 Distributed Graph Algorithms.- Chap. 3 An Algorithmic Framework to Compute Global Functions on a Process Graph.- Chap. 4 Leader Election Algorithms.- Chap. 5 Mobile Objects Navigating a Network.- Part...

Knowledge-based (KB) technology is being applied to complex problem-solving and critical tasks in many application domains. Concerns have naturally arisen as to the dependability of knowledge-based systems (KBS). As with any software, attention to quality and safety must be paid throughout development of a...

This book fills a vacuum in the market for high-quality information on a VMware vSphere system and offers a thorough introduction to VMware virtualization. Written for novices and those seeking more information about vSphere, this book walks you through its key concepts and technology,...

This book offers an introduction to quantum technology that is specifically tailored to economists, students of economics, and professionals in the financial and payments industries. The book reviews quantum speedups that have been identified for algorithms used to solve and estimate economic models, including...

"Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" is not just a book; it's a comprehensive educational experience designed to bring you to the forefront of AI knowledge. This guide opens the door to the transformative world of AI, emphasizing its significance in today's society. It offers an...

Master MATLAB tools for creating machine learning applications through effective code writing, guided by practical examples showcasing the versatility of machine learning in real-world applicationsKey Features Work with the MATLAB Machine Learning Toolbox to implement a variety of machine learning algorithms Evaluate, deploy, and...

This open access book presents the mathematical methods for huge data and network analysis.The automotive industry has made steady progress in technological innovations under the names of Connected Autonomous-Shared-Electric (CASE) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Needless to say, mathematics and informatics are important...

As one of the fastest-growing topics in machine learning, deep learning algorithms have achieved unprecedented success in recent years. Novel paradigms (such as contrastive learning and few-shot learning) in deep learning and rising neural network architectures (e.g., transformer and masked autoencoder) are dramatically changing...

Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil, Second Edition describes how to access the Grease Pencil component in Blender and create 2D animation within the Blender 3D environment. It is assumed that the reader has no previous knowledge of the Blender...

Learn what goes on "under the hood" of a computer. All high-level languages are ultimately translated into machine instructions that control a computer's hardware. Introduction to Computer Organization: ARM reveals exactly how that hardware works "under the hood." Written for anyone familiar with basic...

Are you curious about artificial intelligence but don't know where to start? This book is the perfect guide for you! In AI Simplified, you'll learn about the basics of AI, including; Machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. Applications of AI in the...

This book explores the significance, challenges and benefits of digital twin technologies; it focuses in particular on various architectures, applications and challenges in the implementation of digital twins to Machine Learning and Internet of Things capabilities. Through the analysis of smart city and smart...

Machine Learning has become a key enabling technology for many engineering applications, investigating scientific questions and theoretical problems alike. To stimulate discussions and to disseminate new results, a summer school series was started in February 2002, the documentation of which is published as LNAI...

Author: Octavio Alberto Agustín-Aquino, Julien Junod, Guerino MazzolaISBN-10: 331911235XISBN-13: 9783319112350Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2015Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Modern metaheuristic algorithms such as bee algorithms and harmony search start to demonstrate their power in dealing with tough optimization problems and even NP-hard problems. This book reviews and introduces the state-of-the-art nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms in optimization, including genetic algorithms, bee algorithms, particle swarm...

Paraconsistent logics are logics which allow solid deductive reasoning under contradictions by offering a mathematical and philosophical support to contradictory yet non-trivial theories. Due to its role in models of scientific reasoning and to its philosophical implications, as well as to its connections to...

Malware has gone mobile, and the security landscape is changing quickly with emerging attacks on cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices. This first book on the growing threat covers a wide range of malware targeting operating systems like Symbian and new devices like...

Block ciphers encrypt blocks of plaintext, messages, into blocks of ciphertext under the action of a secret key, and the process of encryption is reversed by decryption which uses the same user-supplied key. Block ciphers are fundamental to modern cryptography, in fact they are...

Meticulously crafted to align with the ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI Computer Science CS2023 curricular guidelines, Fundamentals in Computer Programming Workbook: An Active and Guide Inquiry Learning Approach to Enhance Computational Thinking empowers students to master the art of programming. Structured to facilitate both individual and collaborative learning,...

Learn all of the core mathematical topics that professional software engineers need to know--in a single book! This book summarizes all the core mathematical topics a typical professional software engineer needs to know. In condensing the various concepts covered in an undergraduate computer science...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2023, held as part of Evo* 2023, in April 2023, co-located with the Evo* 2023 events, EvoCOP, EvoApplications, and EuroGP.The 20 full papers...

What is artificial intelligence? How is artificial intelligence used in game development? Game development lives in its own technical world. It has its own idioms, skills, and challenges. That's one of the reasons games are so much fun to work on. Each game has...

In the early 70's and 80's the field of integrable systems was in its prime youth: results and ideas were mushrooming all over the world. It was during the roaring 70's and 80's that a first version of the book was born, based on...

Contains over 200 color illustrations and figures elaborating on models and concepts dealing with risk, vulnerability, resilience, fragility, and perceptionIntroduces the concepts of space, undersea, and below-ground systems to the triplex of critical infrastructure, key resources, and key assetsPresents a holistic approach to Quantitative...

This book focuses on solving practical problems in calculus with MATLAB. Descriptions and sketching of functions and sequences are introduced first, followed by the analytical solutions of limit, differentiation, integral and function approximation problems of univariate and multivariate functions. Advanced topics such as numerical...

This book presents fundamentals in MATLAB programming, including data and statement structures, control structures, function writing and bugging in MATLAB programming, followed by the presentations of algebraic computation, transcendental function evaluations and data processing. Advanced topics such as MATLAB interfacing, object-oriented programming and graphical...

Embedded Software Development With C offers both an effectual reference for professionals and researchers, and a valuable learning tool for students by laying the groundwork for a solid foundation in the hardware and software aspects of embedded systems development. Key features include a resource...

Effective compilers allow for a more efficient execution of application programs for a given computer architecture, while well-conceived architectural features can support more effective compiler optimization techniques. A well thought-out strategy of trade-offs between compilers and computer architectures is the key to the successful...

The Basics of IT Audit: Purposes, Processes, and Practical Information provides you with a thorough, yet concise overview of IT auditing. Packed with specific examples, this book gives insight into the auditing process and explains regulations and standards such as the ISO-27000, series program,...

Stay on top of the new Java features (up to JDK 21) and find efficient solutions for your programming woes. With over 250 problems and solutions, you'll learn new ways to deal with real-world coding tasks and answers to common interview questions.Purchase of the...

Modern society has undergone a profound transformation as a result of the quick development of technology, which has changed the way we live, work, and govern ourselves. An unprecedented degree of interconnection has been brought about by the digital revolution, providing people and countries...

Where most introductory texts to the field of digital signal processing assume a degree of technical knowledge, this class-tested textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of digital signal processing in a way that is accessible to all. Beginning from the first principles,...

A guide to getting business analysis done the right way"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), the country's most authoritative source for career outlook, business analysts are on track for growth of up to 25% by 2030. It's a far cry from...

This book provides a concise but comprehensive guide to the disciplines of database design, construction, implementation, and management. Based on the authors' professional experience in the software engineering and IT industries before making a career switch to academia, the text stresses sound database design...

This book examines application and methods to incorporating stochastic parameter variations into the optimization process to decrease expense in corrective measures. Basic types of deterministic substitute problems occurring mostly in practice involve i) minimization of the expected primary costs subject to expected recourse cost...

Approach your problems from the right end It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is and begin with the answers. Then one day, that they can't see the problem. perhaps you will find the final question. G. K. Chesterton. The Scandal of...

Randomness is a powerful tool for solving various problems in all areas of computer applications. Randomized algorithms are often more efficient, simpler (and so easier to implement), and surprisingly also more reliable than their best deterministic counterparts. This book does not only systematically teach...

This book gathers, and makes available in English, with new introductions, previously out of print or otherwise difficult to access articles by Fr Roberto Busa S.J. (1913 - 2011). Also included is a comprehensive bibliography of Busa, an oral history interview with Busa's translator,...

Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry selected by John that led...

Kernel methods are among the most popular techniques in machine learning. From a regularization theory perspective, they provide a natural choice for the hypotheses space and the regularization functional through the notion of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. From a probabilistic theory perspective, they are...

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This book provides an in-depth look at the revolutionary advances taking place in the field of artificial intelligence and a thoughtful exploration of their vast implications. It traces the origins and early history of AI, from the pioneering work of figures like Turing and...

Differential privacy is a promising approach to formalizing privacy-that is, for writing down what privacy means as a mathematical equation. This book serves as an overview of the state-of-the-art in techniques for differential privacy. The authors provide an introduction to what is meant by...

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