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Transfer Learning through Embedding Spaces

by Mohammad Rostami ...

Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized our everyday life. Many AI algorithms have reached human-level performance and AI agents are replacing humans in most professions. It is predicted that this trend will continue and 30% of work activities in 60% of current occupations will be automated.This success, however, is conditioned on availability of huge annotated datasets ... Read more

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Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized our everyday life. Many AI algorithms have reached human-level performance and AI agents are replacing humans in most professions. It is predicted that this trend will continue and 30% of work activities in 60% of current occupations will be automated.This success, however, is conditioned on availability of huge annotated datasets
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The Management of Human Settlements in Developing Countries

Case Studies in the Application of Microcomputers

by Timothy J. Cartwright ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Urbanization
Originally published in 1990 and unique in terms of diversity and extent, this book covers a wide geographical area, including Jamaica, Tunisia, Malaysia, India, Mauritius, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Panama. Combining an emphasis on actual practice with an awareness of the wider implications of the use of high tech in developing countries, it looks at how computers can be a force for change. The ... Read more

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Originally published in 1990 and unique in terms of diversity and extent, this book covers a wide geographical area, including Jamaica, Tunisia, Malaysia, India, Mauritius, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Panama. Combining an emphasis on actual practice with an awareness of the wider implications of the use of high tech in developing countries, it looks at how computers can be a force for change. The
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Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime

16th EAI International Conference, ICDF2C 2025, Miami, FL, USA, November 17–19, 2025, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Alexander Perez-Pons, Himanshu Upadhyay, Rongxing Lu, Kam Pui Chow ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set, LNICST 685 and 686, constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th EAI International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2025, Miami, FL, USA, during November 17–19, 2025.The 66 full papers and 1 poster paper included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 163 submissions. They have been organized in the following ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This two-volume set, LNICST 685 and 686, constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th EAI International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2025, Miami, FL, USA, during November 17–19, 2025.The 66 full papers and 1 poster paper included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 163 submissions. They have been organized in the following
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Rust for C++ Developers: Modern Memory Safety Without Garbage Collection Overhead

Practical Rust for Developers

by James Neil ...

Series series Practical Rust for Developers
C++ developers already know the hard parts. Now write code the compiler proves safe.Decades of systems programming have made one truth undeniable: writing fast software in C++ demands constant, exhausting vigilance. Every pointer dereference, every heap allocation, every thread interaction carries the risk of undefined behavior, data races, and security vulnerabilities that only appear at runtime, ... Read more

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C++ developers already know the hard parts. Now write code the compiler proves safe.Decades of systems programming have made one truth undeniable: writing fast software in C++ demands constant, exhausting vigilance. Every pointer dereference, every heap allocation, every thread interaction carries the risk of undefined behavior, data races, and security vulnerabilities that only appear at runtime,
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Machine Learning for Cloud Management

by Jitendra Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anand Mohan, Rajkumar Buyya ...

Cloud computing offers subscription-based on-demand services, and it has emerged as the backbone of the computing industry. It has enabled us to share resources among multiple users through virtualization, which creates a virtual instance of a computer system running in an abstracted hardware layer. Unlike early distributed computing models, it offers virtually limitless computing resources ... Read more

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Cloud computing offers subscription-based on-demand services, and it has emerged as the backbone of the computing industry. It has enabled us to share resources among multiple users through virtualization, which creates a virtual instance of a computer system running in an abstracted hardware layer. Unlike early distributed computing models, it offers virtually limitless computing resources
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Start Programming Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

by Iztok Fajfar ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing
This text is a manual for undergraduate students in engineering and the natural sciences to discover how computer programming works. Using a dialog format between two students and a professor, the text teaches students how the mainstream web languages HTML, CSS, and JavaScript interact and how to harness their capabilities in practical settings. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme supported ... Read more

$145.99 USD

This text is a manual for undergraduate students in engineering and the natural sciences to discover how computer programming works. Using a dialog format between two students and a professor, the text teaches students how the mainstream web languages HTML, CSS, and JavaScript interact and how to harness their capabilities in practical settings. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme supported
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MATLAB Blues

How Behavioral Scientists and Others Can Learn From Mistakes for Better, Happier Programming

by David A. Rosenbaum ...

MATLAB Blues is an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the MATLAB computer programming language—a powerful and increasingly popular tool for students and researchers. Rosenbaum identifies many of the common mistakes and pitfalls associated with using MATLAB, and shows users how they can learn from these mistakes to be better, happier programmers.Each chapter systematically addresses one of ... Read more

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MATLAB Blues is an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the MATLAB computer programming language—a powerful and increasingly popular tool for students and researchers. Rosenbaum identifies many of the common mistakes and pitfalls associated with using MATLAB, and shows users how they can learn from these mistakes to be better, happier programmers.Each chapter systematically addresses one of
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Rust for System Administrators: Automating Infrastructure Tasks and Creating DevOps Tools

Practical Rust for Developers

by James Neil ...

Series series Practical Rust for Developers
Stop Patching Brittle Scripts. Build Infrastructure That Never Breaks.If you manage servers, automate deployments, or maintain infrastructure at scale, you already know the risk. A Bash script that worked perfectly for months suddenly fails at the worst moment, leaving your system in an unknown state. Python tools break when runtime versions change. Dependency conflicts appear without warning. ... Read more

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Stop Patching Brittle Scripts. Build Infrastructure That Never Breaks.If you manage servers, automate deployments, or maintain infrastructure at scale, you already know the risk. A Bash script that worked perfectly for months suddenly fails at the worst moment, leaving your system in an unknown state. Python tools break when runtime versions change. Dependency conflicts appear without warning.
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Information and Communication Technologies

12th Ecuadorian Conference, TICEC 2024, Loja, Ecuador, October 16–18, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman, Rommel Torres, Jorge Luis Zambrano-Martinez, Jorge Herrera-Tapia ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Ecuadorian Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, TICEC 2024, held in Loja, Ecuador, during October 16–18, 2024.The 24 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. They were organized in the following topical sections: Image Processing, Classification, and Segmentation; Artificial ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Ecuadorian Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, TICEC 2024, held in Loja, Ecuador, during October 16–18, 2024.The 24 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. They were organized in the following topical sections: Image Processing, Classification, and Segmentation; Artificial
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Embedded Linux System Design and Development

by P. Raghavan, Amol Lad, Sriram Neelakandan ...

Based upon the authors' experience in designing and deploying an embedded Linux system with a variety of applications, Embedded Linux System Design and Development contains a full embedded Linux system development roadmap for systems architects and software programmers. Explaining the issues that arise out of the use of Linux in embedded systems, the book facilitates movement to embedded Linux ... Read more

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Based upon the authors' experience in designing and deploying an embedded Linux system with a variety of applications, Embedded Linux System Design and Development contains a full embedded Linux system development roadmap for systems architects and software programmers. Explaining the issues that arise out of the use of Linux in embedded systems, the book facilitates movement to embedded Linux
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Ontology-Driven Software Development

Edited by Jeff Z. Pan, Steffen Staab, Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Yuting Zhao ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book is about a significant step forward in software development. It brings state-of-the-art ontology reasoning into mainstream software development and its languages. Ontology Driven Software Development is the essential, comprehensive resource on enabling technologies, consistency checking and process guidance for ontology-driven software development (ODSD). It demonstrates how to apply ... Read more

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This book is about a significant step forward in software development. It brings state-of-the-art ontology reasoning into mainstream software development and its languages. Ontology Driven Software Development is the essential, comprehensive resource on enabling technologies, consistency checking and process guidance for ontology-driven software development (ODSD). It demonstrates how to apply
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sicher & mobil

Sicherheit in der drahtlosen Kommunikation

by Wolfgang W. Osterhage ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Die Verlinkung von Computern und ihren Komponenten hat mit den Möglichkeiten der drahtlosen Kommunikation eine neue Qualität erreicht – sowohl für private Nutzer als auch für Organisationen. Diese Entwicklung führt zu neuen Herausforderungen für die IT- Sicherheit: dies steht im Mittelpunkt des Buches. Die gesamte Bandbreite der drahtlosen Kommunikation wird abgedeckt (WLAN, Bluetooth, ... Read more

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Die Verlinkung von Computern und ihren Komponenten hat mit den Möglichkeiten der drahtlosen Kommunikation eine neue Qualität erreicht – sowohl für private Nutzer als auch für Organisationen. Diese Entwicklung führt zu neuen Herausforderungen für die IT- Sicherheit: dies steht im Mittelpunkt des Buches. Die gesamte Bandbreite der drahtlosen Kommunikation wird abgedeckt (WLAN, Bluetooth,
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Software Architecture Design Patterns in Java

by Partha Kuchana ...

Software engineering and computer science students need a resource that explains how to apply design patterns at the enterprise level, allowing them to design and implement systems of high stability and quality. Software Architecture Design Patterns in Java is a detailed explanation of how to apply design patterns and develop software architectures. It provides in-depth examples in Java, and ... Read more

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Software engineering and computer science students need a resource that explains how to apply design patterns at the enterprise level, allowing them to design and implement systems of high stability and quality. Software Architecture Design Patterns in Java is a detailed explanation of how to apply design patterns and develop software architectures. It provides in-depth examples in Java, and
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Multiagent System Technologies

14th German Conference, MATES 2016, Klagenfurt, Österreich, September 27-30, 2016. Proceedings

Edited by Matthias Klusch, Onn Shehory, Sebastian Ahrndt, Rainer Unland, Alexander Pokahr ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies, MATES 2016, held in Klagenfurt, Austria, in September 2016.12 long papers and 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions.MATES 2016 conference talks covered a broad area of topics of interest including MAS engineering and modeling, issues of human-agent interaction, ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies, MATES 2016, held in Klagenfurt, Austria, in September 2016.12 long papers and 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions.MATES 2016 conference talks covered a broad area of topics of interest including MAS engineering and modeling, issues of human-agent interaction,
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Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications

13th International Conference, ICTERI 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 15-18, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Nick Bassiliades, Vadim Ermolayev, Hans-Georg Fill, Vitaliy Yakovyna, Heinrich C. Mayr, Mykola Nikitchenko, Grygoriy Zholtkevych, Aleksander Spivakovsky ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book contains extended versions of the best papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications, ICTERI 2017, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 151 initial submissions during several rounds of ... Read more

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This book contains extended versions of the best papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications, ICTERI 2017, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 151 initial submissions during several rounds of
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The Semantic Web

14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Eva Blomqvist, Diana Maynard, Aldo Gangemi, Rinke Hoekstra, Pascal Hitzler, Olaf Hartig ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two volumes LNCS 10249 and 10250 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2017, held in Portorož, Slovenia.The 51 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. In addition, 10 PhD papers are included, selected out of 14 submissions. The papers are organized in the following tracks: semantic data ... Read more

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The two volumes LNCS 10249 and 10250 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2017, held in Portorož, Slovenia.The 51 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. In addition, 10 PhD papers are included, selected out of 14 submissions. The papers are organized in the following tracks: semantic data
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Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services

13th International Conference, GECON 2016, Athens, Greece, September 20-22, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by José Ángel Bañares, Konstantinos Tserpes, Jörn Altmann ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2016, held in Athens. Greece, in September 2016.The 11 revised full papers and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions.This volume has been structured following the seven sessions that comprised the conference ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2016, held in Athens. Greece, in September 2016.The 11 revised full papers and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions.This volume has been structured following the seven sessions that comprised the conference
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Emerging Internet-Based Technologies

by Matthew N. O. Sadiku ...

The author of this book has identified the seven key emerging Internet-related technologies: Internet of things, smart everything, big data, cloud computing, cybersecurity, software-defined networking, and online education. Together these technologies are transformational and disruptive. This book provides researchers, students, and professionals a comprehensive introduction, applications, ... Read more

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The author of this book has identified the seven key emerging Internet-related technologies: Internet of things, smart everything, big data, cloud computing, cybersecurity, software-defined networking, and online education. Together these technologies are transformational and disruptive. This book provides researchers, students, and professionals a comprehensive introduction, applications,
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Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems

Edited by Panos M. Pardalos, Petraq Papajorgji ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Agriculture has experienced a dramatic change during the past decades. The change has been structural and technological. Structural changes can be seen in the size of current farms; not long ago, agricultural production was organized around small farms, whereas nowadays the agricultural landscape is dominated by large farms. Large farms have better means of applying new technologies, and therefore ... Read more

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Agriculture has experienced a dramatic change during the past decades. The change has been structural and technological. Structural changes can be seen in the size of current farms; not long ago, agricultural production was organized around small farms, whereas nowadays the agricultural landscape is dominated by large farms. Large farms have better means of applying new technologies, and therefore
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice

30th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2017, Arras, France, June 27-30, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Salem Benferhat, Karim Tabia, Moonis Ali ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 10350 and 10351 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2017, held in Arras, France, in June 2017.The 70 revised full papers presented together with 45 short papers and 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 180 ... Read more

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The two-volume set LNCS 10350 and 10351 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2017, held in Arras, France, in June 2017.The 70 revised full papers presented together with 45 short papers and 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 180
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Formal Methods

27th International Symposium, FM 2026, Tokyo, Japan, May 18–22, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Augusto Sampaio, Marielle Stoelinga ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The open access book set LNCS 16556 + 16557 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2026, held in Tokyo, Japan, during May 18–22, 2026.The 49 full and 2 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 239 submissions. The proceedings also include 4 invited talks, 8 tutorial papers, and 9 papers from the ... Read more

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The open access book set LNCS 16556 + 16557 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2026, held in Tokyo, Japan, during May 18–22, 2026.The 49 full and 2 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 239 submissions. The proceedings also include 4 invited talks, 8 tutorial papers, and 9 papers from the
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Design and Safety Assessment of Critical Systems

by Marco Bozzano, Adolfo Villafiorita ...

Safety-critical systems, by definition those systems whose failure can cause catastrophic results for people, the environment, and the economy, are becoming increasingly complex both in their functionality and their interactions with the environment. Unfortunately, safety assessments are still largely done manually, a time-consuming and error-prone ... Read more

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Safety-critical systems, by definition those systems whose failure can cause catastrophic results for people, the environment, and the economy, are becoming increasingly complex both in their functionality and their interactions with the environment. Unfortunately, safety assessments are still largely done manually, a time-consuming and error-prone
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Principles of Verification: Cycling the Probabilistic Landscape

Essays Dedicated to Joost-Pieter Katoen on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, Part I

Edited by Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Benjamin Lucien Kaminski, Christoph Matheja, Thomas Noll, Tim Quatmann, Mariëlle Stoelinga, Matthias Volk ...

Series Book 1 - Computer Science (R0)
This Festschrift is dedicated to Joost-Pieter Katoen in recognition of his outstanding research, teaching, and organizational successes. Joost-Pieter received his Master's and later his Ph.D. from the University of Twente, and his Professional Doctorate in Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. He had research positions at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Philips Research, ... Read more

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This Festschrift is dedicated to Joost-Pieter Katoen in recognition of his outstanding research, teaching, and organizational successes. Joost-Pieter received his Master's and later his Ph.D. from the University of Twente, and his Professional Doctorate in Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. He had research positions at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Philips Research,
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Toward Solving Complex Human Problems

Techniques for Increasing Our Understanding of What Matters in Doing So

by Brian E. White ...

Series series Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering
This book serves three basic purposes: (1) a tutorial-type reference for complex systems engineering (CSE) concepts and associated terminology, (2) a recommendation of a proposed methodology showing how the evolving practice of CSE can lead to a more unified theory, and (3) a complex systems (CSs) initiative for organizations to invest some of their resources toward helping to make the world a ... Read more

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This book serves three basic purposes: (1) a tutorial-type reference for complex systems engineering (CSE) concepts and associated terminology, (2) a recommendation of a proposed methodology showing how the evolving practice of CSE can lead to a more unified theory, and (3) a complex systems (CSs) initiative for organizations to invest some of their resources toward helping to make the world a
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