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Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018

17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Poznan, Poland, September 17–20, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Esteban Clua, Licinio Roque, Artur Lugmayr, Pauliina Tuomi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2018, held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018.The 15 full papers, 13 short papers, and 23 poster, demostration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They cover a large range of ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2018, held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018.The 15 full papers, 13 short papers, and 23 poster, demostration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They cover a large range of
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Filterbänke und Audiocodierung

Komprimierung von Audiosignalen mit Python

by Gerald Schuller ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Dieses Lehrbuch stellt die Grundlagen der Audiocodierung vor, die zur Komprimierung von Audio- und Musiksignalen verwendet wird. Dabei werden Python-Programme sowohl als Beispiele zur Veranschaulichung der Prinzipien als auch für Experimente für den Leser verwendet. Zusammen bilden diese Programme dann komplette Audiocodierer. Der Autor beginnt mit grundlegenden Kenntnissen der digitalen ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Dieses Lehrbuch stellt die Grundlagen der Audiocodierung vor, die zur Komprimierung von Audio- und Musiksignalen verwendet wird. Dabei werden Python-Programme sowohl als Beispiele zur Veranschaulichung der Prinzipien als auch für Experimente für den Leser verwendet. Zusammen bilden diese Programme dann komplette Audiocodierer. Der Autor beginnt mit grundlegenden Kenntnissen der digitalen
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scikit-learn Cookbook

Over 80 recipes for machine learning in Python with scikit-learn

by John Sukup ...

Get hands-on with the most widely used Python library in machine learning with over 80 practical recipes that cover core as well as advanced functions Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesSolve complex business problems with data-driven approachesMaster tools associated with developing predictive and prescriptive modelsBuild robust ML pipelines ... Read more

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Get hands-on with the most widely used Python library in machine learning with over 80 practical recipes that cover core as well as advanced functions Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesSolve complex business problems with data-driven approachesMaster tools associated with developing predictive and prescriptive modelsBuild robust ML pipelines
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Ultimate Enterprise Data Analysis and Forecasting using Python

by Shanthababu Pandian ...

Practical Approaches to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Using Python for Informed Decision-MakingBook DescriptionEmbark on a transformative journey through the intricacies of time series analysis and forecasting with this comprehensive handbook. Beginning with the essential packages for data science and machine learning projects you will delve into Python's prowess for efficient time series ... Read more

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Practical Approaches to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Using Python for Informed Decision-MakingBook DescriptionEmbark on a transformative journey through the intricacies of time series analysis and forecasting with this comprehensive handbook. Beginning with the essential packages for data science and machine learning projects you will delve into Python's prowess for efficient time series
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Modelling Foundations and Applications

13th European Conference, ECMFA 2017, Held as Part of STAF 2017, Marburg, Germany, July 19-20, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Anthony Anjorin, Huáscar Espinoza ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications, ECMFA 2017, held as part of STAF 2017, in Marburg, Germany, in July 2017.The 18 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: meta-modeling and language engineering; model evolution ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications, ECMFA 2017, held as part of STAF 2017, in Marburg, Germany, in July 2017.The 18 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: meta-modeling and language engineering; model evolution
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Guide to Scientific Computing in C++

by Joe Pitt-Francis, Jonathan Whiteley ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This easy-to-read textbook/reference presents an essential guide to object-oriented C++ programming for scientific computing. With a practical focus on learning by example, the theory is supported by numerous exercises.Features: provides a specific focus on the application of C++ to scientific computing, including parallel computing using MPI; stresses the importance of a clear programming style ... Read more

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This easy-to-read textbook/reference presents an essential guide to object-oriented C++ programming for scientific computing. With a practical focus on learning by example, the theory is supported by numerous exercises.Features: provides a specific focus on the application of C++ to scientific computing, including parallel computing using MPI; stresses the importance of a clear programming style
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Revolutionizing Education with Digital Ink

The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education

Edited by Tracy Hammond, Stephanie Valentine, Aaron Adler ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Derived from contributions to the Workshop on Pen and Touch Technology on Education (WIPTTE) in 2015, this edited volume highlights recent developments for pen and tablet research within the education system with a particular focus on hardware and software developments, comprising the perspectives of teachers, school and university administrators, and researchers for educators at every level.Split ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Derived from contributions to the Workshop on Pen and Touch Technology on Education (WIPTTE) in 2015, this edited volume highlights recent developments for pen and tablet research within the education system with a particular focus on hardware and software developments, comprising the perspectives of teachers, school and university administrators, and researchers for educators at every level.Split
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Virtual Sociocultural Convergence

by William Sims Bainbridge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book explores the remarkable sociocultural convergence in multiplayer online games and other virtual worlds, through the unification of computer science, social science, and the humanities. The emergence of online media provides not only new methods for collecting social science data, but also contexts for developing theory and conducting education in the arts as well as technology. Notably, ... Read more

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This book explores the remarkable sociocultural convergence in multiplayer online games and other virtual worlds, through the unification of computer science, social science, and the humanities. The emergence of online media provides not only new methods for collecting social science data, but also contexts for developing theory and conducting education in the arts as well as technology. Notably,
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The Physics of Context

AI OBSERVER, #6

by K.ZEN-YU ...

Series Book 6 - AI OBSERVER
Context is not memory.It is a dynamic pressure field formed by accumulated semantics, attention bias, tonal direction, and structural tension.The Physics of Context examines how large language models construct, sustain, distort, and ultimately collapse context during extended generation. Rather than treating context as a static buffer or recall mechanism, this book reframes it as a continuously ... Read more

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Context is not memory.It is a dynamic pressure field formed by accumulated semantics, attention bias, tonal direction, and structural tension.The Physics of Context examines how large language models construct, sustain, distort, and ultimately collapse context during extended generation. Rather than treating context as a static buffer or recall mechanism, this book reframes it as a continuously
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Brüche, Verhältnisse und Wurzeln

Grundlagen wiederentdecken und interessante Anwendungen neu kennenlernen

by Renate Motzer ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Renate Motzer führt in die Welt der Brüche ein und bringt sie in Verbindung mit Dezimalzahlen. Sie zeigt anschaulich, dass Brüche als Anteile eines Ganzen verstanden werden können, aber auch als Verhältnisse von zwei Größen. Die Autorin zeigt verständlich auf, warum Wurzeln nicht exakt durch Brüche angegeben werden können, wie man gute Näherungen findet und warum eine ungewöhnliche Bruchaddition ... Read more

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Renate Motzer führt in die Welt der Brüche ein und bringt sie in Verbindung mit Dezimalzahlen. Sie zeigt anschaulich, dass Brüche als Anteile eines Ganzen verstanden werden können, aber auch als Verhältnisse von zwei Größen. Die Autorin zeigt verständlich auf, warum Wurzeln nicht exakt durch Brüche angegeben werden können, wie man gute Näherungen findet und warum eine ungewöhnliche Bruchaddition
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Virtual Taste and Smell Technologies for Multisensory Internet and Virtual Reality

by Adrian David Cheok, Kasun Karunanayaka ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Currently, Internet and virtual reality communication is essentially audio-visual. The next important breakthrough of the Internet will be the communication and sharing of smell and taste experiences digitally. Audio-visual stimuli are frequency based, and they can be easily digitized and actuated. On the other hand, taste and smell stimuli are based on chemical molecules, therefore, they are not ... Read more

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Currently, Internet and virtual reality communication is essentially audio-visual. The next important breakthrough of the Internet will be the communication and sharing of smell and taste experiences digitally. Audio-visual stimuli are frequency based, and they can be easily digitized and actuated. On the other hand, taste and smell stimuli are based on chemical molecules, therefore, they are not
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Finality: The Architecture of Indefinite Identify

Book Zero Volume 0, #1

by Dwight Vaughn ...

Series Book 1 - Book Zero Volume 0
The Search for AI Alignment Ends with Finality.In his previous nine volumes, Dwight Vaughn established the "Unified Field Theory" of systemic coherence—a trinary logic framework treating organizations, laws, and languages as living organisms. In Finality, the architecture moves from the "Word" to the "Code."Finality serves as the technical manual for the "Cognitive Immune System." As Artificial ... Read more

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The Search for AI Alignment Ends with Finality.In his previous nine volumes, Dwight Vaughn established the "Unified Field Theory" of systemic coherence—a trinary logic framework treating organizations, laws, and languages as living organisms. In Finality, the architecture moves from the "Word" to the "Code."Finality serves as the technical manual for the "Cognitive Immune System." As Artificial
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Control of Marine Vehicles

by Karl Dietrich von Ellenrieder ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the control of marine vehicles, from fundamental to advanced concepts, including robust control techniques for handling model uncertainty, environmental disturbances, and actuator limitations. Starting with an introductory chapter that extensively reviews automatic control and dynamic modeling techniques for ocean vehicles, the first part of the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the control of marine vehicles, from fundamental to advanced concepts, including robust control techniques for handling model uncertainty, environmental disturbances, and actuator limitations. Starting with an introductory chapter that extensively reviews automatic control and dynamic modeling techniques for ocean vehicles, the first part of the
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Practical C

by Giulio Zambon ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn practical C techniques, including often-needed algorithms within reusable functions. In this book, you'll have the following code and advice at your fingertips: layout and pre-processors; control structures, iterations, and selections; pointers and structures; databases; reusability; lists, arrays, FIFO and stacks; searching and sorting; recursion; binary trees; integration; string utilities ... Read more

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Learn practical C techniques, including often-needed algorithms within reusable functions. In this book, you'll have the following code and advice at your fingertips: layout and pre-processors; control structures, iterations, and selections; pointers and structures; databases; reusability; lists, arrays, FIFO and stacks; searching and sorting; recursion; binary trees; integration; string utilities
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Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java

Learn and Test Your Skills

by Vaskaran Sarcar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover object oriented programming with Java in this unique tutorial. This book uses Java and Eclipse to write and generate output for examples in topics such as classes, interfaces, overloading, and overriding. Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java uniquely presents its material in a dialogue with the reader to encourage thinking and experimentation.Later chapters cover further Java ... Read more

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Discover object oriented programming with Java in this unique tutorial. This book uses Java and Eclipse to write and generate output for examples in topics such as classes, interfaces, overloading, and overriding. Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java uniquely presents its material in a dialogue with the reader to encourage thinking and experimentation.Later chapters cover further Java
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Building Data Integration Solutions

Unifying Data for Enhanced Decision Making

by Jay Borthen ...

Are you struggling to manage and make sense of the vast streams of data flowing into your organization? In today's data-driven world, the ability to effectively unify and organize disparate data sources is not just an advantage—it's a necessity. The challenge lies in navigating the complexities of data diversity, volume, and regulatory demands, which can overwhelm even the most seasoned data ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Are you struggling to manage and make sense of the vast streams of data flowing into your organization? In today's data-driven world, the ability to effectively unify and organize disparate data sources is not just an advantage—it's a necessity. The challenge lies in navigating the complexities of data diversity, volume, and regulatory demands, which can overwhelm even the most seasoned data
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Natural Interaction in Medical Training

Tools and Applications

by Alberto Del Bimbo, Andrea Ferracani, Daniele Pezzatini, Lorenzo Seidenari ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book covers state of the art techniques for health personnel training using natural interfaces, immersive systems and serious games paradigms.Opening with a comprehensive introduction to the state of immersive visualisation techniques of interaction and simulation used in the industry and training research, the authors then focus on computer vision techniques used to develop realtime training ... Read more

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This book covers state of the art techniques for health personnel training using natural interfaces, immersive systems and serious games paradigms.Opening with a comprehensive introduction to the state of immersive visualisation techniques of interaction and simulation used in the industry and training research, the authors then focus on computer vision techniques used to develop realtime training
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Conversing With ChatGPT

by Kevin Klein ...

In this captivating exploration of conversational AI, Kevin Klein, an esteemed AI engineer, takes readers on a journey into the world of ChatGPT and its transformative potential. Drawing on his extensive experience and groundbreaking experiments with ChatGPT, Klein provides invaluable insights, practical guidance, and thought-provoking perspectives for readers interested in understanding and ... Read more

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In this captivating exploration of conversational AI, Kevin Klein, an esteemed AI engineer, takes readers on a journey into the world of ChatGPT and its transformative potential. Drawing on his extensive experience and groundbreaking experiments with ChatGPT, Klein provides invaluable insights, practical guidance, and thought-provoking perspectives for readers interested in understanding and
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PHP Mastery: Crafting Dynamic Web Solutions

by Kameron Hussain, Frahaan Hussain ...

"PHP Mastery: Crafting Dynamic Web Solutions" is an authoritative guide that delves into the intricate world of PHP, a dominant server-side scripting language pivotal in web development. This comprehensive resource is tailored for both novice and experienced programmers looking to deepen their understanding of PHP and its powerful capabilities in creating dynamic, robust web applications.Starting ... Read more

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"PHP Mastery: Crafting Dynamic Web Solutions" is an authoritative guide that delves into the intricate world of PHP, a dominant server-side scripting language pivotal in web development. This comprehensive resource is tailored for both novice and experienced programmers looking to deepen their understanding of PHP and its powerful capabilities in creating dynamic, robust web applications.Starting
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Logic Programming with Prolog

by Max Bramer ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Logic Programming is the name given to a distinctive style of programming, very different from that of conventional programming languages such as C++ and Java. By far the most widely used Logic Programming language is Prolog. Prolog is a good choice for developing complex applications, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence.Logic Programming with Prolog does not assume that the reader ... Read more

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Logic Programming is the name given to a distinctive style of programming, very different from that of conventional programming languages such as C++ and Java. By far the most widely used Logic Programming language is Prolog. Prolog is a good choice for developing complex applications, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence.Logic Programming with Prolog does not assume that the reader
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Pro JavaFX 9

A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients

by Johan Vos, Stephen Chin, Weiqi Gao, James Weaver, Dean Iverson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications and discover how you can use this powerful Java-based UI platform, which is capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications for PC as well as mobile and embedded devices. The expert authors cover the new more modular JavaFX 9 APIs, development tools, and best practices and provide code examples that explore the ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications and discover how you can use this powerful Java-based UI platform, which is capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications for PC as well as mobile and embedded devices. The expert authors cover the new more modular JavaFX 9 APIs, development tools, and best practices and provide code examples that explore the
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Practical PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB Website Databases

A Simplified Approach to Developing Database-Driven Websites

by Adrian W. West, Steve Prettyman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Build interactive, database-driven websites with PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB. The focus of this book is on getting you up and running as quickly as possible with real-world applications. In the first two chapters, you will set up your development and testing environment, and then build your first PHP and MariaDB or MySQL database-driven website. You will then increase its sophistication, security, ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Build interactive, database-driven websites with PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB. The focus of this book is on getting you up and running as quickly as possible with real-world applications. In the first two chapters, you will set up your development and testing environment, and then build your first PHP and MariaDB or MySQL database-driven website. You will then increase its sophistication, security,
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Small Dynamic Complexity Classes

An Investigation into Dynamic Descriptive Complexity

by Thomas Zeume ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
"Small Dynamic Complexity Classes" was awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2016 for outstanding dissertations in the fields of logic, language, and information. The thesis studies the foundations of query re-evaluation after modifying a database. It explores the structure of small dynamic descriptive complexity classes and provides new methods for proving lower bounds in this dynamic context. ... Read more

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"Small Dynamic Complexity Classes" was awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2016 for outstanding dissertations in the fields of logic, language, and information. The thesis studies the foundations of query re-evaluation after modifying a database. It explores the structure of small dynamic descriptive complexity classes and provides new methods for proving lower bounds in this dynamic context.
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Sudoku Programming with C

by Giulio Zambon ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Sudoku Programming with C teaches you how to write computer programs to solve and generate Sudoku puzzles. This is a practical book that will provide you with everything you need to write your own books of Sudoku Classic and Samurai puzzles. But be warned: after reading it, you'll discover that the puzzles in your local paper are not so challenging after all!We like Sudokus because they test our ... Read more

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Sudoku Programming with C teaches you how to write computer programs to solve and generate Sudoku puzzles. This is a practical book that will provide you with everything you need to write your own books of Sudoku Classic and Samurai puzzles. But be warned: after reading it, you'll discover that the puzzles in your local paper are not so challenging after all!We like Sudokus because they test our
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