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Advances in Human Factors of Transportation

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

Edited by Neville Stanton ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. Further, it covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to ... Read more

$287.09 USD

This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. Further, it covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to
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Think Decide Move

by Alex Wood ...

Think. Decide. Move. is a profound journey through the evolving consciousness of intelligence — from the first sparks of artificial cognition to the cosmic destiny of autonomous systems. It explores how machines, minds, and the universe itself share one fundamental principle: the ability to process information, make decisions, and act upon them. Through the fusion of science, philosophy, and ... Read more

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Think. Decide. Move. is a profound journey through the evolving consciousness of intelligence — from the first sparks of artificial cognition to the cosmic destiny of autonomous systems. It explores how machines, minds, and the universe itself share one fundamental principle: the ability to process information, make decisions, and act upon them. Through the fusion of science, philosophy, and
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Beyond-CMOS Technologies for Next Generation Computer Design

Edited by Rasit O. Topaloglu, H.-S. Philip Wong ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book describes the bottleneck faced soon by designers of traditional CMOS devices, due to device scaling, power and energy consumption, and variability limitations. This book aims at bridging the gap between device technology and architecture/system design. Readers will learn about challenges and opportunities presented by “beyond-CMOS devices” and gain insight into how these might be ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This book describes the bottleneck faced soon by designers of traditional CMOS devices, due to device scaling, power and energy consumption, and variability limitations. This book aims at bridging the gap between device technology and architecture/system design. Readers will learn about challenges and opportunities presented by “beyond-CMOS devices” and gain insight into how these might be
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Machine Learning for Time-Series with Python

Forecast, predict, and detect anomalies with state-of-the-art machine learning methods

by Ben Auffarth ...

Get better insights from time-series data and become proficient in model performance analysisKey FeaturesExplore popular and modern machine learning methods including the latest online and deep learning algorithmsLearn to increase the accuracy of your predictions by matching the right model with the right problemMaster time series via real-world case studies on operations management, digital ... Read more

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Get better insights from time-series data and become proficient in model performance analysisKey FeaturesExplore popular and modern machine learning methods including the latest online and deep learning algorithmsLearn to increase the accuracy of your predictions by matching the right model with the right problemMaster time series via real-world case studies on operations management, digital
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Build a Website with ChatGPT

No coding experience necessary

by Paul McFedries ...

Create a portfolio of cool and creative websites—all without having to write your own code.Build a Website with ChatGPT teaches you zero-coding web development utilizing powerful generative AI tools like ChatGPT. If you can open a web browser, you’re ready to start building—absolutely no coding experience required.Inside Build a Website with ChatGPT you’ll learn the important skills of AI-assisted ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Create a portfolio of cool and creative websites—all without having to write your own code.Build a Website with ChatGPT teaches you zero-coding web development utilizing powerful generative AI tools like ChatGPT. If you can open a web browser, you’re ready to start building—absolutely no coding experience required.Inside Build a Website with ChatGPT you’ll learn the important skills of AI-assisted
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Practical Web Accessibility

A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Inclusion

by Ashley Firth ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Everyone deserves to use the Internet. An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. That’s 16percent of the world’s population, or one in six of us. At the same time, over 96 percent of the one million most popular websites have an accessibility issue. Add to this the massive rise in legal cases around sites not being accessible, including Beyoncé, Disney, and Netflix, and ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Everyone deserves to use the Internet. An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. That’s 16percent of the world’s population, or one in six of us. At the same time, over 96 percent of the one million most popular websites have an accessibility issue. Add to this the massive rise in legal cases around sites not being accessible, including Beyoncé, Disney, and Netflix, and
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Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing

Enhancing the Undergraduate Curriculum: Performance, Concurrency, and Programming on Modern Platforms

Edited by Sushil K. Prasad, Anshul Gupta, Arnold Rosenberg, Alan Sussman, Charles Weems ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book introduces beginning undergraduate students of computing and computational disciplines to modern parallel and distributed programming languages and environments, including map-reduce, general-purpose graphics processing units (GPUs), and graphical user interfaces (GUI) for mobile applications. The book also guides instructors via selected essays on what and how to introduce parallel and ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book introduces beginning undergraduate students of computing and computational disciplines to modern parallel and distributed programming languages and environments, including map-reduce, general-purpose graphics processing units (GPUs), and graphical user interfaces (GUI) for mobile applications. The book also guides instructors via selected essays on what and how to introduce parallel and
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Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interaction, Visualization, and Analytics

20th International Conference, HIMI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Sakae Yamamoto, Hirohiko Mori ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 10904 and 10905 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2018, held as part of HCI International 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in July 2018.The total of 1170 papers and 195 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4373 ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 10904 and 10905 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2018, held as part of HCI International 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in July 2018.The total of 1170 papers and 195 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4373
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Pyside GUI Application Development- Second Edition

Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI framework

by Gopinath Jaganmohan, Venkateshwaran Loganathan ...

Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI frameworkKey Features\[\*\]Designed for beginners to help you get started with GUI application development\[\*\]Develop your own applications by creating customized widgets and dialogs\[\*\]Written in a simple and elegant structure so you easily understand how to program various GUI componentsBook ... Read more

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Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI frameworkKey Features\[\*\]Designed for beginners to help you get started with GUI application development\[\*\]Develop your own applications by creating customized widgets and dialogs\[\*\]Written in a simple and elegant structure so you easily understand how to program various GUI componentsBook
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Data Science with Python and Dask

by Jesse Daniel ...

SummaryDask is a native parallel analytics tool designed to integrate seamlessly with the libraries you're already using, including Pandas, NumPy, and Scikit-Learn. With Dask you can crunch and work with huge datasets, using the tools you already have. And Data Science with Python and Dask is your guide to using Dask for your data projects without changing the way you work!Purchase of the print ... Read more

$49.99 USD

SummaryDask is a native parallel analytics tool designed to integrate seamlessly with the libraries you're already using, including Pandas, NumPy, and Scikit-Learn. With Dask you can crunch and work with huge datasets, using the tools you already have. And Data Science with Python and Dask is your guide to using Dask for your data projects without changing the way you work!Purchase of the print
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The Absolute Beginner's Guide to HTML and CSS

A Step-by-Step Guide with Examples and Lab Exercises

by Kevin Wilson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Written as an illustrated, step-by-step guide for beginners, this book will introduce you to HTML and CSS with lab exercises and examples of code.You'll begin by setting up the development environment such as local web server and html editor. The next few chapters cover web servers, the basics of HTML such as language syntax, tags, and how to write a program. Next, you'll learn how to put together ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Written as an illustrated, step-by-step guide for beginners, this book will introduce you to HTML and CSS with lab exercises and examples of code.You'll begin by setting up the development environment such as local web server and html editor. The next few chapters cover web servers, the basics of HTML such as language syntax, tags, and how to write a program. Next, you'll learn how to put together
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Culture and Computing

11th International Conference, C&C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Matthias Rauterberg ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which was held virtually in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2023.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7472 submissions.The C&C ... Read more

$98.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which was held virtually in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2023.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7472 submissions.The C&C
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Workload Characterization for Computer System Design

Edited by Lizy Kurian John, Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard ...

Series Book 542 - The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
The advent of the world-wide web and web-based applications have dramatically changed the nature of computer applications. Computer system design, in the light of these changes, involves understanding these modem workloads, identifying bottlenecks during their execution, and appropriately tailoring microprocessors, memory systems, and the overall system to minimize bottlenecks. This book contains ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The advent of the world-wide web and web-based applications have dramatically changed the nature of computer applications. Computer system design, in the light of these changes, involves understanding these modem workloads, identifying bottlenecks during their execution, and appropriately tailoring microprocessors, memory systems, and the overall system to minimize bottlenecks. This book contains
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Internet of Things From Hype to Reality

The Road to Digitization

by Ammar Rayes, Samer Salam ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book comprehensively describes an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that is comprised of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components. It is organized into five main parts, comprising of a total of 11 chapters. Part I presents a generic IoT reference model to establish a common vocabulary for IoT solutions. This ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This book comprehensively describes an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that is comprised of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components. It is organized into five main parts, comprising of a total of 11 chapters. Part I presents a generic IoT reference model to establish a common vocabulary for IoT solutions. This
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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics

Third International Conference, AVR 2016, Lecce, Italy, June 15-18, 2016. Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Antonio Mongelli ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 2-volume set LNCS 9768 and 9769 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics, AVR 2016, held in Lecce, Italy, in June 2016.The 40 full papers and 29 short papers presented werde carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. The SALENTO AVR 2016 conference intended to bring together researchers, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The 2-volume set LNCS 9768 and 9769 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics, AVR 2016, held in Lecce, Italy, in June 2016.The 40 full papers and 29 short papers presented werde carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. The SALENTO AVR 2016 conference intended to bring together researchers,
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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics

5th International Conference, AVR 2018, Otranto, Italy, June 24–27, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Patrick Bourdot ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 2-volume set LNCS 10850 and 10851 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2018, held in Otranto, Italy, in June 2018.The 67 full papers and 26 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: virtual ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The 2-volume set LNCS 10850 and 10851 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2018, held in Otranto, Italy, in June 2018.The 67 full papers and 26 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: virtual
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Social Computing and Social Media. Technologies and Analytics

10th International Conference, SCSM 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two volumes set LNCS 10913-10914 of SCSM 2018 constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2018, held as part of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in July 2018. The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters presented at the 14 colocated HCII 2018 conferences.The papers ... Read more

$71.99 USD

The two volumes set LNCS 10913-10914 of SCSM 2018 constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2018, held as part of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in July 2018. The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters presented at the 14 colocated HCII 2018 conferences.The papers
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Practical Business Intelligence

Optimize Business Intelligence for Efficient Data Analysis

by Ahmed Sherif ...

Learn to get the most out of your business data to optimize your businessKey Features\[\*\] This book will enable and empower you to break free of the shackles of spreadsheets\[\*\] Learn to make informed decisions using the data at hand with this highly practical, comprehensive guide\[\*\] This book includes real-world use cases that teach you how analytics can be put to work to optimize your ... Read more

$41.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to get the most out of your business data to optimize your businessKey Features\[\*\] This book will enable and empower you to break free of the shackles of spreadsheets\[\*\] Learn to make informed decisions using the data at hand with this highly practical, comprehensive guide\[\*\] This book includes real-world use cases that teach you how analytics can be put to work to optimize your
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The iPhone App Design Manual

Create Perfect Designs for Effortless Coding and App Store Success

by Dave Brown, Vicky Roberts ...

The creation of apps for Apple's iPhone is now a huge, and global business, with hundreds of thousands of developers, entrepreneurs and companies attracted by the potential rewards. But games, functional apps and promotional apps alike depend on attractive, intuitive design for their appeal, and most fail to find a significant audience.With this book, you'll be able to turn your great app idea ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The creation of apps for Apple's iPhone is now a huge, and global business, with hundreds of thousands of developers, entrepreneurs and companies attracted by the potential rewards. But games, functional apps and promotional apps alike depend on attractive, intuitive design for their appeal, and most fail to find a significant audience.With this book, you'll be able to turn your great app idea
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ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 21-25 September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus

Edited by Olav W. Bertelsen, Luigina Ciolfi, Maria Antonietta Grasso, George Angelos Papadopoulos ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume presents the proceedings of ECSCW 2013, the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Each conference offers an occasion to critically review our research field, which has been multidisciplinary and committed to high scientific standards, both theoretical and methodological, from its beginning. The papers this year focus on work and the enterprise as well as on ... Read more

$188.09 USD

This volume presents the proceedings of ECSCW 2013, the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Each conference offers an occasion to critically review our research field, which has been multidisciplinary and committed to high scientific standards, both theoretical and methodological, from its beginning. The papers this year focus on work and the enterprise as well as on
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Learning Qlik® Sense: The Official Guide

by Christopher Ilacqua, Henric Cronstrom, James Richardson ...

About This BookGet insider insight on Qlik Sense and its new approach to business intelligenceCreate your own Qlik Sense applications, and administer server architectureExplore practical demonstrations for utilizing Qlik Sense to discover data for sales, human resources, and moreWho This Book Is ForLearning Qlik® Sense is for anyone seeking to understand and utilize the revolutionary new approach ... Read more

$27.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

About This BookGet insider insight on Qlik Sense and its new approach to business intelligenceCreate your own Qlik Sense applications, and administer server architectureExplore practical demonstrations for utilizing Qlik Sense to discover data for sales, human resources, and moreWho This Book Is ForLearning Qlik® Sense is for anyone seeking to understand and utilize the revolutionary new approach
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Unified low-power design flow for data-dominated multi-media and telecom applications

Based on selected partner contributions of the European Low Power Initiative for Electronic System Design of the European Community ESPRIT4 programme

Edited by Francky Catthoor ...

This book is the first in aseries on novellow power design architectures, methods and design practices. It results from of a large European project started in 1997, whose goal is to promote the further development and the faster and wider industrial use of advanced design methods for reducing the power consumption of electronic systems. Low power design became crucial with the wide spread of ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book is the first in aseries on novellow power design architectures, methods and design practices. It results from of a large European project started in 1997, whose goal is to promote the further development and the faster and wider industrial use of advanced design methods for reducing the power consumption of electronic systems. Low power design became crucial with the wide spread of
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Chatbot Research and Design

5th International Workshop, CONVERSATIONS 2021, Virtual Event, November 23–24, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Asbjørn Følstad, Theo Araujo, Symeon Papadopoulos, Effie L.-C. Law, Ewa Luger, Morten Goodwin, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2021, which was held during November 2021.Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.The 12 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 25 submissions. The papers in the proceedings are structured in four topical groups: Chatbot ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2021, which was held during November 2021.Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.The 12 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 25 submissions. The papers in the proceedings are structured in four topical groups: Chatbot
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ColorWise

A Data Storyteller's Guide to the Intentional Use of Color

by Kate Strachnyi ...

Data has become the most powerful tool in business today, and telling its story effectively is critical. Yet one of the best communicators—color—is the most neglected tool in data visualization. With this book, DATAcated founder Kate Strachnyi provides the ultimate guide to the correct use of color for representing data in graphs, charts, tables, and infographics.Ideal for data and business ... Read more

$22.39 USD

Data has become the most powerful tool in business today, and telling its story effectively is critical. Yet one of the best communicators—color—is the most neglected tool in data visualization. With this book, DATAcated founder Kate Strachnyi provides the ultimate guide to the correct use of color for representing data in graphs, charts, tables, and infographics.Ideal for data and business
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