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Agent Nation

How Autonomous AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Society—and What We Can Do About It

by Chirag Shah ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
AI agents are no longer just tools—they’re actors. Are we ready for the society they’re building?Across industries and institutions, a new class of autonomous digital agents is quietly reshaping the foundations of human society. These AI systems negotiate contracts, manage infrastructure, make medical decisions, and even represent individuals in financial transactions—often without our awareness ... Read more

$28.49 USD

AI agents are no longer just tools—they’re actors. Are we ready for the society they’re building?Across industries and institutions, a new class of autonomous digital agents is quietly reshaping the foundations of human society. These AI systems negotiate contracts, manage infrastructure, make medical decisions, and even represent individuals in financial transactions—often without our awareness
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Content Design

Progettare contenuti web che fanno incontrare persone e aziende

by Nicola Bonora ...

Un sito web funziona quando crea un punto di incontro tra gli obiettivi delle aziende e i bisogni delle persone. Spiegare come ciò sia possibile è l'obiettivo di questo manuale. Il focus sono i processi, i metodi e gli strumenti che permettono di pensare e progettare contenuti, illustrando un approccio che attinge da architettura dell'informazione, user experience e information design. L'idea di ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Un sito web funziona quando crea un punto di incontro tra gli obiettivi delle aziende e i bisogni delle persone. Spiegare come ciò sia possibile è l'obiettivo di questo manuale. Il focus sono i processi, i metodi e gli strumenti che permettono di pensare e progettare contenuti, illustrando un approccio che attinge da architettura dell'informazione, user experience e information design. L'idea di
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Designing Sorting Networks

A New Paradigm

by Sherenaz W. Al-Haj Baddar, Kenneth E. Batcher ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Designing Sorting Networks: A New Paradigm provides an in-depth guide to maximizing the efficiency of sorting networks, and uses 0/1 cases, partially ordered sets and Haase diagrams to closely analyze their behavior in an easy, intuitive manner.This book also outlines new ideas and techniques for designing faster sorting networks using Sortnet, and illustrates how these techniques were used to ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Designing Sorting Networks: A New Paradigm provides an in-depth guide to maximizing the efficiency of sorting networks, and uses 0/1 cases, partially ordered sets and Haase diagrams to closely analyze their behavior in an easy, intuitive manner.This book also outlines new ideas and techniques for designing faster sorting networks using Sortnet, and illustrates how these techniques were used to
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JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers

A Guide to Mobile and Desktop Application Development

by Rehan Zaidi ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Easily master JavaScript (JS) with this quick guide and develop mobile and desktop applications for SAP Fiori. This book equips ABAP/SAP developers with the essential topics to get started with JS.The focus of JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers is on the parts of the JS language that are useful from the perspective of an ABAP developer. The book starts with a brief intro to HTML, the ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Easily master JavaScript (JS) with this quick guide and develop mobile and desktop applications for SAP Fiori. This book equips ABAP/SAP developers with the essential topics to get started with JS.The focus of JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers is on the parts of the JS language that are useful from the perspective of an ABAP developer. The book starts with a brief intro to HTML, the
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Advances in Practical Applications of Survivable Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: The PAAMS Collection

17th International Conference, PAAMS 2019, Ávila, Spain, June 26–28, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Yves Demazeau, Eric Matson, Juan Manuel Corchado, Fernando De la Prieta ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2019, held in Ávila, Spain, in June 2019.The 19 regular and 14 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2019, held in Ávila, Spain, in June 2019.The 19 regular and 14 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a
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Prototyping User eXperience in eXtended Reality

by Monica Bordegoni, Marina Carulli, Elena Spadoni ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book examines two topics in the context of product design and enabling technologies: User eXperience (UX) and eXtended Reality (XR). UX regards the ways in which people interact with the environment and with objects and is considered of primary importance in many contexts. When developing new products, UX must be carefully designed and evaluated directly with the users. Prototyping is a well ... Read more

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This book examines two topics in the context of product design and enabling technologies: User eXperience (UX) and eXtended Reality (XR). UX regards the ways in which people interact with the environment and with objects and is considered of primary importance in many contexts. When developing new products, UX must be carefully designed and evaluated directly with the users. Prototyping is a well
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Human Work Interaction Design. Artificial Intelligence and Designing for a Positive Work Experience in a Low Desire Society

6th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference, HWID 2021, Beijing, China, May 15–16, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ganesh Bhutkar, Barbara R. Barricelli, Qin Xiangang, Torkil Clemmensen, Frederica Gonçalves, José Abdelnour-Nocera, Arminda Lopes, Fei Lyu, Ronggang Zhou, Wenjun Hou ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2021, held in Beijing, China, in May, 2021.The 10 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers deal with the analysis and interaction design of a variety of complex work and life ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2021, held in Beijing, China, in May, 2021.The 10 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers deal with the analysis and interaction design of a variety of complex work and life
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Computer Fundamentals - 8th Edition

Concepts, Systems & Applications

by Pradeep K.Sinha ...

The eighth edition of this widely popular book is designed to introduce its readers to important concepts in Computer Science, Computer Applications, and Information Technology, through a single book. With numerous illustrative diagrams, practical examples, chapter summaries, end-of-chapter questions, and glossary of important terms, and lecture notes presentation in slides, the book is designed ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The eighth edition of this widely popular book is designed to introduce its readers to important concepts in Computer Science, Computer Applications, and Information Technology, through a single book. With numerous illustrative diagrams, practical examples, chapter summaries, end-of-chapter questions, and glossary of important terms, and lecture notes presentation in slides, the book is designed
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Social Robotics

14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Filippo Cavallo, John-John Cabibihan, Laura Fiorini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Yoshio Matsumoto, Shuzhi Sam Ge ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNAI 13817 and 13818 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, which took place in Florence, Italy, in December 2022.The 111 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Social robot navigation and ... Read more

$80.09 USD

The two-volume set LNAI 13817 and 13818 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, which took place in Florence, Italy, in December 2022.The 111 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Social robot navigation and
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Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment

13th EAI International Conference, INTETAIN 2021, Virtual Event, December 3-4, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Zhihan Lv, Houbing Song ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2021. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the conference was held virtually. This year's conference put an emphasis on the future of technologies for interactive entertainment.The 25 full papers presented at the conference and thus included in ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2021. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the conference was held virtually. This year's conference put an emphasis on the future of technologies for interactive entertainment.The 25 full papers presented at the conference and thus included in
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Prompt Warrior

Become The Ultimate AI Commander

by Brian Scott ...

Tired of mediocre AI outputs that waste your time and frustrate you?What if you could consistently get flawless, production-ready results from any AI model - every single time?Prompt Warrior: Become The Ultimate AI Commander is the definitive guide to turning ordinary users into elite prompt engineers who command AI like a professional. This book reveals the exact frameworks, systems, and battle ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Tired of mediocre AI outputs that waste your time and frustrate you?What if you could consistently get flawless, production-ready results from any AI model - every single time?Prompt Warrior: Become The Ultimate AI Commander is the definitive guide to turning ordinary users into elite prompt engineers who command AI like a professional. This book reveals the exact frameworks, systems, and battle
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Working with Dinosaurs

How to Lead Technological Evolution from the C-Suite

by Marcus East ...

You already know what happens when dinosaurs and meteoric change come together.Rapid change also impacts the digital world, and the choice for leaders is transformation or extinction. But adaptation can be challenging. Human teams and managers tend to resist change, and it takes effort and ingenuity to convince them to grow.In Working with Dinosaurs, Marcus East, a leader in the digital technology ... Read more

$7.99 USD

You already know what happens when dinosaurs and meteoric change come together.Rapid change also impacts the digital world, and the choice for leaders is transformation or extinction. But adaptation can be challenging. Human teams and managers tend to resist change, and it takes effort and ingenuity to convince them to grow.In Working with Dinosaurs, Marcus East, a leader in the digital technology
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Internet and Modern Society. Human-Computer Communication

27th International Conference, IMS 2024, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 24–26, 2024, Selected Papers

Edited by Maxim Bakaev, Radomir Bolgov, Anna Chizhik, Andrei Chugunov, Yury Kabanov, Roberto Pereira, Elakkiya R, Wei Zhang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2024, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 24–26, 2024.The 29 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They are categorized into the following topical sections:• Computational Linguistics (CompLing)• Interactive Systems & Information ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2024, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 24–26, 2024.The 29 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They are categorized into the following topical sections:• Computational Linguistics (CompLing)• Interactive Systems & Information
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Interactive Storytelling

10th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2017 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, November 14–17, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Nuno Nunes, Ian Oakley, Valentina Nisi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in November 2017. The 16 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on story design, location and generation, history and ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in November 2017. The 16 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on story design, location and generation, history and
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Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era

7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Virtual Event, September 20–23, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Serap Kurbanoğlu, Sonja Špiranec, Yurdagül Ünal, Joumana Boustany, Denis Kos ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, held in online mode in September 2021.The 61 revised papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 192 submissions. The papers are organized in the topical sections on information literacy in a post-truth era and news literacy; health literacy ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, held in online mode in September 2021.The 61 revised papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 192 submissions. The papers are organized in the topical sections on information literacy in a post-truth era and news literacy; health literacy
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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA

Edited by Pedro M. Arezes ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory ... Read more

$215.09 USD

This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory
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Explorations in Art and Technology

by Linda Candy, Ernest Edmonds, Fabrizio Poltronieri ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This edition revises the original core chapters and adds 15 contributions from artists who shed new light on the progress made in the early decades of the 21st Century.Explorations in Art and Technology is about the creative process in action, seen through the eyes of practitioners and researchers. It brings together artists, technologists and researchers who have written about emerging ... Read more

$152.09 USD

This edition revises the original core chapters and adds 15 contributions from artists who shed new light on the progress made in the early decades of the 21st Century.Explorations in Art and Technology is about the creative process in action, seen through the eyes of practitioners and researchers. It brings together artists, technologists and researchers who have written about emerging
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Advances in Human Factors and Simulation

Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors and Simulation, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA

Edited by Daniel N. Cassenti ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book focuses on modeling and simulation research that advances the current state-of-the-art regarding human factors in this area. It reports on cutting-edge simulators such as virtual and augmented reality, on multisensory environments, and on modeling and simulation methods used in various applications, including surgery, military operations, occupational safety, sports training, education, ... Read more

$188.09 USD

This book focuses on modeling and simulation research that advances the current state-of-the-art regarding human factors in this area. It reports on cutting-edge simulators such as virtual and augmented reality, on multisensory environments, and on modeling and simulation methods used in various applications, including surgery, military operations, occupational safety, sports training, education,
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Family History Digital Libraries

by William Sims Bainbridge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
In the modern era, every family and local community can cultivate its own history, endowing living people with meanings inherited from the people of the past, by means of today’s computer-based information and communication technologies. A new profession is emerging, family historians, serving the wider public by assisting in collection and analysis of fascinating data, by teaching talented ... Read more

$134.09 USD

In the modern era, every family and local community can cultivate its own history, endowing living people with meanings inherited from the people of the past, by means of today’s computer-based information and communication technologies. A new profession is emerging, family historians, serving the wider public by assisting in collection and analysis of fascinating data, by teaching talented
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The AI Thought Partner An Operational Framework to Augment Executive Decision-Making

by Dr. Aris Thorne ...

Are you drowning in data but starved for wisdom?In an age of information overload, a perfect strategy with mediocre execution is a failed strategy. The true competitive advantage no longer lies in having more data, but in your ability to reason with it. This book is a practical guide for executive leaders and entrepreneurs who are ready to move beyond the "automation trap" and forge a new path. ... Read more

$35.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you drowning in data but starved for wisdom?In an age of information overload, a perfect strategy with mediocre execution is a failed strategy. The true competitive advantage no longer lies in having more data, but in your ability to reason with it. This book is a practical guide for executive leaders and entrepreneurs who are ready to move beyond the "automation trap" and forge a new path.
... Read more
Tools for High Performance Computing 2011

Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Parallel Tools for High Performance Computing, September 2011, ZIH, Dresden

Edited by Michael M. Resch, Holger Brunst, Matthias S. Müller, Wolfgang E. Nagel ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Parallel Tools for High Performance Computing provide an overview on supportive software tools and environments in the fields of System Management, Parallel Debugging and Performance Analysis. In the pursuit to maintain exponential growth for the performance of high performance computers the HPC community is currently targeting Exascale Systems. ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Parallel Tools for High Performance Computing provide an overview on supportive software tools and environments in the fields of System Management, Parallel Debugging and Performance Analysis. In the pursuit to maintain exponential growth for the performance of high performance computers the HPC community is currently targeting Exascale Systems.
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Scalable Uncertainty Management

12th International Conference, SUM 2018, Milan, Italy, October 3-5, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Davide Ciucci, Gabriella Pasi, Barbara Vantaggi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2018, which was held in Milan, Italy, in October 2018.The 23 full, 6 short papers and 2 tutorials presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The conference is dedicated to the management of large amounts of complex, uncertain, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2018, which was held in Milan, Italy, in October 2018.The 23 full, 6 short papers and 2 tutorials presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The conference is dedicated to the management of large amounts of complex, uncertain,
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New Directions in Music and Human-Computer Interaction

Edited by Simon Holland, Tom Mudd, Katie Wilkie-McKenna, Andrew McPherson, Marcelo M. Wanderley ...

Series series Springer Series on Cultural Computing
Computing is transforming how we interact with music. New theories and new technologies have emerged that present fresh challenges and novel perspectives for researchers and practitioners in music and human-computer interaction (HCI). In this collection, the interdisciplinary field of music interaction is considered from multiple viewpoints: designers, interaction researchers, performers, ... Read more

$152.09 USD

Computing is transforming how we interact with music. New theories and new technologies have emerged that present fresh challenges and novel perspectives for researchers and practitioners in music and human-computer interaction (HCI). In this collection, the interdisciplinary field of music interaction is considered from multiple viewpoints: designers, interaction researchers, performers,
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Deep Learning Cookbook

Practical Recipes to Get Started Quickly

by Douwe Osinga ...

Deep learning doesn’t have to be intimidating. Until recently, this machine-learning method required years of study, but with frameworks such as Keras and Tensorflow, software engineers without a background in machine learning can quickly enter the field. With the recipes in this cookbook, you’ll learn how to solve deep-learning problems for classifying and generating text, images, and music.Each ... Read more

$36.79 USD

Deep learning doesn’t have to be intimidating. Until recently, this machine-learning method required years of study, but with frameworks such as Keras and Tensorflow, software engineers without a background in machine learning can quickly enter the field. With the recipes in this cookbook, you’ll learn how to solve deep-learning problems for classifying and generating text, images, and music.Each
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