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Apple Watch Series 9 User Guide

by Adidas Wilson ...

The Apple Watch Series 9 User Guide represents the latest innovation in wearable technology, combining advanced health features, powerful performance, and seamless integration with the Apple ecosystem. Powered by the new S9 chip, the Series 9 is faster, more efficient, and provides smoother interactions than previous models, with a brighter display that enhances readability in all lighting ... Read more

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The Apple Watch Series 9 User Guide represents the latest innovation in wearable technology, combining advanced health features, powerful performance, and seamless integration with the Apple ecosystem. Powered by the new S9 chip, the Series 9 is faster, more efficient, and provides smoother interactions than previous models, with a brighter display that enhances readability in all lighting
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Artificial Intelligence in Oncology

Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Medical Imaging, and Personalized Medicine

Edited by Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Álvaro Rocha, Pushan Kumar Dutta ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The book explores the integration of AI into cancer research and treatment. It covers how AI is transforming cancer diagnosis, improving the accuracy of imaging techniques, and predicting patient outcomes. The content includes discussions on machine learning algorithms for early detection, personalized medicine approaches, and AI-driven drug discovery. Additionally, the book addresses ethical ... Read more

$170.99 USD

The book explores the integration of AI into cancer research and treatment. It covers how AI is transforming cancer diagnosis, improving the accuracy of imaging techniques, and predicting patient outcomes. The content includes discussions on machine learning algorithms for early detection, personalized medicine approaches, and AI-driven drug discovery. Additionally, the book addresses ethical
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Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

38th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, FORTE 2018, Held as Part of the 13th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2018, Madrid, Spain, June 18-21, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Christel Baier, Luís Caires ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 38th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2018, held in Madrid, Spain, in June 2018, as part of the 13th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2018.The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 38th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2018, held in Madrid, Spain, in June 2018, as part of the 13th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2018.The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions.
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Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XXXIX

Special Issue on Database- and Expert-Systems Applications

Edited by Abdelkader Hameurlain, Roland Wagner, Djamal Benslimane, Ernesto Damiani, William I. Grosky ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This, the 39th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of seven papers selected from the 37 contributions presented at the 28th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2017, held in Lyon, France, in August 2017. Topics covered include knowledge bases, clustering algorithms, parallel ... Read more

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This, the 39th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of seven papers selected from the 37 contributions presented at the 28th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2017, held in Lyon, France, in August 2017. Topics covered include knowledge bases, clustering algorithms, parallel
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29 – October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part XXII

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision ... Read more

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The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision
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Exploring Data Visualization Accessibility

by Ather Sharif ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Data visualizations are increasingly used to communicate essential insights. However, these visualizations are inaccessible to screen-reader users, further exacerbating the digital divide. Evidence shows that creators have minimal knowledge about accessibility. To address these concerns, this book provides foundational and cutting-edge knowledge about visualization accessibility.Starting with a ... Read more

$197.99 USD

Data visualizations are increasingly used to communicate essential insights. However, these visualizations are inaccessible to screen-reader users, further exacerbating the digital divide. Evidence shows that creators have minimal knowledge about accessibility. To address these concerns, this book provides foundational and cutting-edge knowledge about visualization accessibility.Starting with a
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Music and Sound Generation in the AI Era

16th International Symposium, CMMR 2023, Tokyo, Japan, November 13–17, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Sølvi Ystad, Richard Kronland-Martinet, Tetsuro Kitahara, Keiji Hirata, Mitsuko Aramaki ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research, CMMR 2023, held in Tokyo, Japan, during November 13–17, 2023.The 37 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence, cognitive science and ... Read more

$107.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research, CMMR 2023, held in Tokyo, Japan, during November 13–17, 2023.The 37 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence, cognitive science and
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Multilevel Quantum Metaheuristics

Applications in Data Exploration

Edited by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Hiranmoy Roy, Jan Platos, Leo Mršić, Balamurugan Balusamy ...

Series series Hybrid Computational Intelligence for Pattern Analysis and Understanding
Multilevel Quantum Metaheuristics: Applications in Data Exploration explores the most recent advances in hybrid quantum-inspired algorithms. Combining principles of quantum mechanics with metaheuristic techniques for efficient data optimization, this book examines multilevel quantum systems characterized by qudits and higher-level quantum states as more robust alternatives to conventional bilevel ... Read more

$179.99 USD

Multilevel Quantum Metaheuristics: Applications in Data Exploration explores the most recent advances in hybrid quantum-inspired algorithms. Combining principles of quantum mechanics with metaheuristic techniques for efficient data optimization, this book examines multilevel quantum systems characterized by qudits and higher-level quantum states as more robust alternatives to conventional bilevel
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Multimedia Information Retrieval

Extracting Information from Multimedia Sources

by Matthias Hemmje, Stefan Wagenpfeil ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The digital acquisition of information – known as Information Retrieval – has gained enormous importance in recent decades. Due to modern technologies and the spread of multimedia content, the focus is shifting more and more toward Multimedia Information Retrieval (MMIR). This well-founded and comprehensive textbook conveys the fundamentals and formal concepts of MMIR and connects them in a ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The digital acquisition of information – known as Information Retrieval – has gained enormous importance in recent decades. Due to modern technologies and the spread of multimedia content, the focus is shifting more and more toward Multimedia Information Retrieval (MMIR). This well-founded and comprehensive textbook conveys the fundamentals and formal concepts of MMIR and connects them in a
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Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 17–21,2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel,Los Angeles, California, USA

Edited by Ronald Laurids Boring ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book brings together studies broadly dealing with human error from different disciplines and perspectives. They concern human performance; human variability and reliability analysis; medical, driver and pilot error, as well as automation error; reports on root cause analyses; and the cognitive modeling of human error. In addition, they highlight cutting-edge applications in safety management, ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book brings together studies broadly dealing with human error from different disciplines and perspectives. They concern human performance; human variability and reliability analysis; medical, driver and pilot error, as well as automation error; reports on root cause analyses; and the cognitive modeling of human error. In addition, they highlight cutting-edge applications in safety management,
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Society 5.0

First International Conference, Society 5.0 2021, Virtual Event, June 22–24, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Aurona Gerber, Knut Hinkelmann ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021.The 12 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 54 qualified submissions. The papers discuss topics on application of the fourth industrial revolution innovations (e.g. Internet of
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Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition

Second International Workshop, DL-HAR 2020, Held in Conjunction with IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, Kyoto, Japan, January 8, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Xiaoli Li, Min Wu, Zhenghua Chen, Le Zhang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition, DL-HAR 2020, held in conjunction with IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, in Kyoto, Japan, in January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the workshop was postponed to the year 2021 and held in a virtual format.The 10 presented papers were thorougly reviewed and included in the volume. ... Read more

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This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition, DL-HAR 2020, held in conjunction with IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, in Kyoto, Japan, in January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the workshop was postponed to the year 2021 and held in a virtual format.The 10 presented papers were thorougly reviewed and included in the volume.
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Learn T-SQL Querying

A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code

by Pedro Lopes, Pam Lahoud ...

Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in your code, and write efficient T-SQL queries with this guide for T-SQL developersKey FeaturesA definitive guide to mastering the techniques of writing efficient T-SQL codeLearn query optimization fundamentals, query analysis, and how query structure impacts performanceDiscover insightful solutions to detect, analyze, and tune query ... Read more

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Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in your code, and write efficient T-SQL queries with this guide for T-SQL developersKey FeaturesA definitive guide to mastering the techniques of writing efficient T-SQL codeLearn query optimization fundamentals, query analysis, and how query structure impacts performanceDiscover insightful solutions to detect, analyze, and tune query
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LangChain TypeScript Complete Guide

by Justin Lu ...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to building LLM-poweredapplications using LangChain TypeScript. Covering everything from basic conceptsto advanced patterns, it includes detailed explanations of agents, models, tools,memory management, middleware, and production deployment strategies. ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive guide to building LLM-poweredapplications using LangChain TypeScript. Covering everything from basic conceptsto advanced patterns, it includes detailed explanations of agents, models, tools,memory management, middleware, and production deployment strategies.
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Multilingual Entity Linking

by Chen-Tse Tsai, Shyam Upadhyay, Dan Roth ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book focuses on Entity Discovery and Linking (EDL), which is the problem of identifying concepts and entities, disambiguating them, and grounding them to one or more knowledge bases (KBs). The authors first provide background on the topic and emphasize why it is a crucial step toward understanding natural language text. As most of the content on the internet is not in English, the book also ... Read more

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This book focuses on Entity Discovery and Linking (EDL), which is the problem of identifying concepts and entities, disambiguating them, and grounding them to one or more knowledge bases (KBs). The authors first provide background on the topic and emphasize why it is a crucial step toward understanding natural language text. As most of the content on the internet is not in English, the book also
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Digital Twin, Blockchain, and Sensor Networks in the Healthy and Mobile City

Edited by Tuan Anh Nguyen ...

In smart cities, information and communication technologies are integrated to exchange real-time data between citizens, governments, and organizations. Blockchain provides security for communication and transactions between multiple stakeholders. Digital twin refers to a simulation of physical products in a virtual space. This simulation fully utilizes the physical models, wireless sensor networks ... Read more

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In smart cities, information and communication technologies are integrated to exchange real-time data between citizens, governments, and organizations. Blockchain provides security for communication and transactions between multiple stakeholders. Digital twin refers to a simulation of physical products in a virtual space. This simulation fully utilizes the physical models, wireless sensor networks
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Problem Solving In Operation Management

Edited by Patricia Esperanza Balderas-Cañas, Gabriel De Las Nieves Sánchez-Guerrero ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This volume examines problem solving and applied systems aimed at improving performance and management of organizations. The book’s eight chapters are integrated into two parts: methodologies and techniques that discuss complex dynamic analysis of the organizations, participative processes for building trend scenarios, consultancy as a systemic intervention process, processes to promote innovative ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This volume examines problem solving and applied systems aimed at improving performance and management of organizations. The book’s eight chapters are integrated into two parts: methodologies and techniques that discuss complex dynamic analysis of the organizations, participative processes for building trend scenarios, consultancy as a systemic intervention process, processes to promote innovative
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Computer Science

The Hardware, Software and Heart of It

Edited by Edward K. Blum, Alfred V Aho ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Computer Science: The Hardware, Software and Heart of It focuses on the deeper aspects of the two recognized subdivisions of Computer Science, Software and Hardware. These subdivisions are shown to be closely interrelated as a result of the stored-program concept. Computer Science: The Hardware, Software and Heart of It includes certain classical theoretical computer science topics such as ... Read more

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Computer Science: The Hardware, Software and Heart of It focuses on the deeper aspects of the two recognized subdivisions of Computer Science, Software and Hardware. These subdivisions are shown to be closely interrelated as a result of the stored-program concept. Computer Science: The Hardware, Software and Heart of It includes certain classical theoretical computer science topics such as
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Introduction to MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

Solutions for Numerical Computation and Modeling

by Sandeep Nagar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Familiarize yourself with MATLAB using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting and working with files, numerical computation formalism, and the primary concepts of approximations. Introduction to MATLAB is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking ... Read more

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Familiarize yourself with MATLAB using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Starting from the basics, this book covers array-based computing, plotting and working with files, numerical computation formalism, and the primary concepts of approximations. Introduction to MATLAB is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking
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Automatische Identifikation für Industrie 4.0

by Heinrich Hippenmeyer, Thomas Moosmann ...

Die Autoren gehen in diesem Buch darauf ein, welche Herausforderungen mit "Industrie 4.0" auf Industriepraktiker zukommen. Wie und mit welchen Zielsetzungen können Entwicklungen in mittelständischen Unternehmen aufgegriffen werden? Die Geräte zur automatischen Identifikation als Teil der Prozesssteuerung und Systemplanung der Intralogistik, zur Einbindung in das Netzwerk im Unternehmen und mit ... Read more

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Die Autoren gehen in diesem Buch darauf ein, welche Herausforderungen mit "Industrie 4.0" auf Industriepraktiker zukommen. Wie und mit welchen Zielsetzungen können Entwicklungen in mittelständischen Unternehmen aufgegriffen werden? Die Geräte zur automatischen Identifikation als Teil der Prozesssteuerung und Systemplanung der Intralogistik, zur Einbindung in das Netzwerk im Unternehmen und mit
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Computer Animation Complete

All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques

by Rick Parent ...

A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning and versatile images. Animators will be able to master myriad ... Read more

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A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning and versatile images. Animators will be able to master myriad
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Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling

Edited by Faramarz Samavati, Joaquim Jorge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The field of sketch-based interfaces and modeling (SBIM) is concerned with developing methods and techniques to enable users to interact with a computer through sketching - a simple, yet highly expressive medium. SBIM blends concepts from computer graphics, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Recent improvements in hardware, coupled with new machine learning ... Read more

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The field of sketch-based interfaces and modeling (SBIM) is concerned with developing methods and techniques to enable users to interact with a computer through sketching - a simple, yet highly expressive medium. SBIM blends concepts from computer graphics, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Recent improvements in hardware, coupled with new machine learning
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Computer Vision - ACCV 2014 Workshops

Singapore, Singapore, November 1-2, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part II

Edited by C.V. Jawahar, Shiguang Shan ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set, consisting of LNCS 9008, 9009, and 9010, contains carefully reviewed and selected papers presented at 15 workshops held in conjunction with the 12th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2014, in Singapore, in November 2014. The 153 full papers presented were selected from numerous submissions. LNCS 9008 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on Human Gait and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The three-volume set, consisting of LNCS 9008, 9009, and 9010, contains carefully reviewed and selected papers presented at 15 workshops held in conjunction with the 12th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2014, in Singapore, in November 2014. The 153 full papers presented were selected from numerous submissions. LNCS 9008 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on Human Gait and
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Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

23rd International Conference, TACAS 2017, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2017, Uppsala, Sweden, April 22-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Axel Legay, Tiziana Margaria ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-book set LNCS 10205 + 10206 constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2017, which took place in Uppsala, Sweden in April 2017, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2017.The 48 full papers, 4 tool demonstration papers, and 12 software ... Read more

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The two-book set LNCS 10205 + 10206 constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2017, which took place in Uppsala, Sweden in April 2017, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2017.The 48 full papers, 4 tool demonstration papers, and 12 software
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