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Clustering: Theoretical And Practical Aspects

by Dan A Simovici ...

This unique compendium gives an updated presentation of clustering, one of the most challenging tasks in machine learning. The book provides a unitary presentation of classical and contemporary algorithms ranging from partitional and hierarchical clustering up to density-based clustering, clustering of categorical data, and spectral clustering.Most of the mathematical background is provided in ... Read more

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This unique compendium gives an updated presentation of clustering, one of the most challenging tasks in machine learning. The book provides a unitary presentation of classical and contemporary algorithms ranging from partitional and hierarchical clustering up to density-based clustering, clustering of categorical data, and spectral clustering.Most of the mathematical background is provided in
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Rewriting Logic and Its Applications

12th International Workshop, WRLA 2018, Held as a Satellite Event of ETAPS, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 14-15, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Vlad Rusu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 12th International Workshop on Rewriting Logic and Its Applications, WRLA 2018, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2018.The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They deal with rewriting, a natural model of computation and an expressive semantic framework for concurrency, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 12th International Workshop on Rewriting Logic and Its Applications, WRLA 2018, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2018.The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They deal with rewriting, a natural model of computation and an expressive semantic framework for concurrency,
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Azure The One Part 1

Azure Cloud, Data Fundamentals & Migrations

by Team The One ...

Book Highlights:Coverage: Deep dive into Azure Fundamentals (Cloud, Entra, Networking, Storage), fundamentals of data analytics and data modelling, and Azure Migrations (SQL, NoSQL, Heterogeneous databases, Storage, etc.).DualFaceted Answers: Questions are answered concisely for quick reference, followed by an indepth exploration section with use cases and examples for detailed understanding ... Read more

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Book Highlights:Coverage: Deep dive into Azure Fundamentals (Cloud, Entra, Networking, Storage), fundamentals of data analytics and data modelling, and Azure Migrations (SQL, NoSQL, Heterogeneous databases, Storage, etc.).DualFaceted Answers: Questions are answered concisely for quick reference, followed by an indepth exploration section with use cases and examples for detailed understanding
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Cross-Cultural Design

16th International Conference, CCD 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Pei-Luen Patrick Rau ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This four-volume set LNCS 14699-14702 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This four-volume set LNCS 14699-14702 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from
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Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications

11th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2018, Pisa, Italy, June 13-16, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Domenico Prattichizzo, Hiroyuki Shinoda, Hong Z. Tan, Emanuele Ruffaldi, Antonio Frisoli ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 10893 and 10894 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference EuroHaptics 2018, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2018.The 95 papers (40 oral presentations and 554 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 138 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover all aspects of ... Read more

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The two-volume set LNCS 10893 and 10894 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference EuroHaptics 2018, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2018.The 95 papers (40 oral presentations and 554 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 138 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover all aspects of
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Electronic Books and ePublishing

A Practical Guide for Authors

by Harold Henke ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Since the advent of personal computers, experts have predicted the paperless office, the rise of the electronic book, and the mass communication effect of the World Wide Web as the beginning of the end of the book. However, trends show that sales of paper increased with sales of computer networks - people have been trained to read books, and are more familiar with the act of picking up a book and ... Read more

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Since the advent of personal computers, experts have predicted the paperless office, the rise of the electronic book, and the mass communication effect of the World Wide Web as the beginning of the end of the book. However, trends show that sales of paper increased with sales of computer networks - people have been trained to read books, and are more familiar with the act of picking up a book and
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SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet

18th International SDL Forum, Budapest, Hungary, October 9–11, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Gábor Kovács, György Réthy, Tibor Csöndes ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International System Design Language Forum, SDL 2017, held in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2017. The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The selected papers cover a wide spectrum of topics related to system design languages ranging from the system design language usage to UML and GRL ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International System Design Language Forum, SDL 2017, held in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2017. The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The selected papers cover a wide spectrum of topics related to system design languages ranging from the system design language usage to UML and GRL
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The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces, Volume 2

Signal Processing, Architectures, and Detection of Emotion and Cognition

Edited by Sharon Oviatt, Björn Schuller, Philip Cohen, Daniel Sonntag, Gerasimos Potamianos, Antonio Krüger ...

Series series ACM Books
The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces: user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, hand and body gestures, facial expressions, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces that often include biosignals. This edited collection is written by international ... Read more

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The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces provides the first authoritative resource on what has become the dominant paradigm for new computer interfaces: user input involving new media (speech, multi-touch, hand and body gestures, facial expressions, writing) embedded in multimodal-multisensor interfaces that often include biosignals. This edited collection is written by international
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Scala for Machine Learning

Build systems for data processing, machine learning, and deep learning

by Patrick R. Nicolas, Mohammed Rafi ...

Leverage Scala and Machine Learning to study and construct systems that can learn from dataKey Features\[\*\]Explore a broad variety of data processing, machine learning, and genetic algorithms through diagrams, mathematical formulation, and updated source code in Scala\[\*\]Take your expertise in Scala programming to the next level by creating and customizing AI applications\[\*\]Experiment with ... Read more

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Leverage Scala and Machine Learning to study and construct systems that can learn from dataKey Features\[\*\]Explore a broad variety of data processing, machine learning, and genetic algorithms through diagrams, mathematical formulation, and updated source code in Scala\[\*\]Take your expertise in Scala programming to the next level by creating and customizing AI applications\[\*\]Experiment with
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Tools and Methods of Program Analysis

4th International Conference, TMPA 2017, Moscow, Russia, March 3-4, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Vladimir Itsykson, Andre Scedrov, Victor Zakharov ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Tools and Methods for Program Analysis, TMPA 2017, Moscow, Russia, March 3-4, 2017.The 12 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented together with three abstracts of keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as software test automation, ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Tools and Methods for Program Analysis, TMPA 2017, Moscow, Russia, March 3-4, 2017.The 12 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented together with three abstracts of keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as software test automation,
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Advances in Data Mining. Applications and Theoretical Aspects

16th Industrial Conference, ICDM 2016, New York, NY, USA, July 13-17, 2016. Proceedings

Edited by Petra Perner ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Industrial Conference on Advances in Data Mining, ICDM 2016, held in New York, NY, USA, in July 2016.The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The topics range from theoretical aspects of data mining to applications of data mining, such as in multimedia data, in marketing, in medicine, ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Industrial Conference on Advances in Data Mining, ICDM 2016, held in New York, NY, USA, in July 2016.The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The topics range from theoretical aspects of data mining to applications of data mining, such as in multimedia data, in marketing, in medicine,
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Demystifying the Brain

A Computational Approach

by V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy ...

This book presents an emerging new vision of the brain, which is essentially expressed in computational terms, for non-experts. As such, it presents the fundamental concepts of neuroscience in simple language, without overwhelming non-biologists with excessive biological jargon. In addition, the book presents a novel computational perspective on the brain for biologists, without resorting to ... Read more

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This book presents an emerging new vision of the brain, which is essentially expressed in computational terms, for non-experts. As such, it presents the fundamental concepts of neuroscience in simple language, without overwhelming non-biologists with excessive biological jargon. In addition, the book presents a novel computational perspective on the brain for biologists, without resorting to
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Automated Reasoning

10th International Joint Conference, IJCAR 2020, Paris, France, July 1–4, 2020, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Nicolas Peltier, Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNAI 12166 and 12167 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning, IJCAR 2020, held in Paris, France, in July 2020.* In 2020, IJCAR was a merger of the following leading events, namely CADE (International Conference on Automated Deduction), FroCoS (International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems), ITP ... Read more

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This two-volume set LNAI 12166 and 12167 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning, IJCAR 2020, held in Paris, France, in July 2020.* In 2020, IJCAR was a merger of the following leading events, namely CADE (International Conference on Automated Deduction), FroCoS (International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems), ITP
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Mastering Invideo AI

by Robert Keyser ...

Unleash your creativity with Mastering InVideo AI: A Beginner's Guide!Ready to transform your video creation game? This guide is your ultimate ticket to mastering InVideo AI, the cutting-edge tool that's revolutionizing how we create, edit, and share videos. Whether you're a budding content creator, a marketing professional, or just someone with a passion for storytelling, this book will elevate ... Read more

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Unleash your creativity with Mastering InVideo AI: A Beginner's Guide!Ready to transform your video creation game? This guide is your ultimate ticket to mastering InVideo AI, the cutting-edge tool that's revolutionizing how we create, edit, and share videos. Whether you're a budding content creator, a marketing professional, or just someone with a passion for storytelling, this book will elevate
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Social Robotics

11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Madrid, Spain, November 26–29, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Miguel A. Salichs, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Emilia Ivanova Barakova, John-John Cabibihan, Alan R. Wagner, Álvaro Castro-González, Hongsheng He ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019, held in Madrid, Spain, in November 2019.The 69 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The theme of the 2018 conference is: Friendly Robotics.The papers focus on the following topics: perceptions and expectations of social robots; cognition and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019, held in Madrid, Spain, in November 2019.The 69 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The theme of the 2018 conference is: Friendly Robotics.The papers focus on the following topics: perceptions and expectations of social robots; cognition and
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NASA Formal Methods

11th International Symposium, NFM 2019, Houston, TX, USA, May 7–9, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Julia M. Badger, Kristin Yvonne Rozier ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2019, held in Houston, TX, USA, in May 2019.The 20 full and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The papers focus on formal verification, including theorem proving, model checking, and static analysis; advances in automated theorem ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2019, held in Houston, TX, USA, in May 2019.The 20 full and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The papers focus on formal verification, including theorem proving, model checking, and static analysis; advances in automated theorem
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Hands-On Differential Privacy

Introduction to the Theory and Practice Using OpenDP

by Ethan Cowan, Michael Shoemate, Mayana Pereira ...

Many organizations today analyze and share large, sensitive datasets about individuals. Whether these datasets cover healthcare details, financial records, or exam scores, it's become more difficult for organizations to protect an individual's information through deidentification, anonymization, and other traditional statistical disclosure limitation techniques. This practical book explains how ... Read more

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Many organizations today analyze and share large, sensitive datasets about individuals. Whether these datasets cover healthcare details, financial records, or exam scores, it's become more difficult for organizations to protect an individual's information through deidentification, anonymization, and other traditional statistical disclosure limitation techniques. This practical book explains how
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Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Games and Virtual Environments for Learning

8th International Conference, LCT 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andri Ioannou ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 12784 and 12785 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2021, held as Part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, which took place in July 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII ... Read more

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This two-volume set LNCS 12784 and 12785 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2021, held as Part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, which took place in July 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII
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The Language of Creative AI

Practices, Aesthetics and Structures

Edited by Craig Vear, Fabrizio Poltronieri ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Creative AI defines art and media practices that have AI embedded into the process of creation, but also encompass novel AI approaches in the realisation and experience of such work, e.g. robotic art, distributed AI artworks across locations, AI performers, artificial musicians, synthetic images generated by neural networks, AI authors and journalist bots.This book builds on the discourse of AI ... Read more

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Creative AI defines art and media practices that have AI embedded into the process of creation, but also encompass novel AI approaches in the realisation and experience of such work, e.g. robotic art, distributed AI artworks across locations, AI performers, artificial musicians, synthetic images generated by neural networks, AI authors and journalist bots.This book builds on the discourse of AI
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Serious Games

10th Joint International Conference, JCSG 2024, New York City, NY, USA, November 7–8, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Jan L. Plass, Xavier Ochoa ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024, held in New York City, NY, USA, during November 7–8, 2024.The 19 full papers, 5 short papers, 12 posters and 5 demos included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence in ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024, held in New York City, NY, USA, during November 7–8, 2024.The 19 full papers, 5 short papers, 12 posters and 5 demos included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence in
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Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)

Volume III: Sector Based Ergonomics

Edited by Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology ... Read more

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This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology
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Designing Across Senses

A Multimodal Approach to Product Design

by Christine W. Park, John Alderman ...

Today we have the ability to connect speech, touch, haptic, and gestural interfaces into products that engage several human senses at once. This practical book explores examples from current designers and devices to describe how these products blend multiple interface modes together into a cohesive user experience.Authors Christine Park and John Alderman explain the basic principles behind ... Read more

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Today we have the ability to connect speech, touch, haptic, and gestural interfaces into products that engage several human senses at once. This practical book explores examples from current designers and devices to describe how these products blend multiple interface modes together into a cohesive user experience.Authors Christine Park and John Alderman explain the basic principles behind
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Multimodal Agents for Ageing and Multicultural Societies

Communications of NII Shonan Meetings

Edited by Juliana Miehle, Wolfgang Minker, Elisabeth André, Koichiro Yoshino ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book aims to explore and discuss theories and technologies for the development of socially competent and culture-aware embodied conversational agents for elderly care. To tackle the challenges in ageing societies, this book was written by experts who have a background in assistive technologies for elderly care, culture-aware computing, multimodal dialogue, social robotics and synthetic agents ... Read more

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This book aims to explore and discuss theories and technologies for the development of socially competent and culture-aware embodied conversational agents for elderly care. To tackle the challenges in ageing societies, this book was written by experts who have a background in assistive technologies for elderly care, culture-aware computing, multimodal dialogue, social robotics and synthetic agents
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Dashboard Design

by Michael Burch, Marco Schmid ...

Series series River Publishers Series in Computing and Information Science and Technology
Interactive visualization and visual analytics tools have been designed and developed in the past and will be developed in the future as well. In each application domain in which data is measured, generated, and recorded we see a potential candidate for an interactive visualization tool with the goal to find insights and knowledge in the data. This knowledge can be found either visually by humans’ ... Read more

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Interactive visualization and visual analytics tools have been designed and developed in the past and will be developed in the future as well. In each application domain in which data is measured, generated, and recorded we see a potential candidate for an interactive visualization tool with the goal to find insights and knowledge in the data. This knowledge can be found either visually by humans’
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