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Antahkaraṇa - The Inner Instrument

part one, #1

by Deepak Soni ...

Twenty-five centuries ago Indian thinkers charted a mind that learns without forgetting, that knows when it does not know, and that acts with restraint. This is the story of reading that map of the antaḥkaraṇa, the inner instrument — as an engineer, and building it organ by organ into a real, measured AI architecture you can run. ... Read more

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Twenty-five centuries ago Indian thinkers charted a mind that learns without forgetting, that knows when it does not know, and that acts with restraint. This is the story of reading that map of the antaḥkaraṇa, the inner instrument — as an engineer, and building it organ by organ into a real, measured AI architecture you can run.
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Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

by Soraia R. Musse, Vinícius J. Cassol, Norman I Badler, Cláudio R. Jung ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book describes, from a computer science viewpoint the software, methods of simulating and analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations.The power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and comfort in built environments. ... Read more

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This book describes, from a computer science viewpoint the software, methods of simulating and analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations.The power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and comfort in built environments.
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Integrated Formal Methods

14th International Conference, IFM 2018, Maynooth, Ireland, September 5-7, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Carlo A. Furia, Kirsten Winter ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods, IFM 2018, held in Maynooth, Ireland, in September 2018.The 17 full papers and 5 short papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The conference covers a broad spectrum of topics: from language design, to verification and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods, IFM 2018, held in Maynooth, Ireland, in September 2018.The 17 full papers and 5 short papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The conference covers a broad spectrum of topics: from language design, to verification and
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Man-Machine Speech Communication

14th National Conference, NCMMSC 2017, Lianyungang, China, October 11–13, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Jianhua Tao, Thomas Fang Zheng, Changchun Bao, Dong Wang, Ya Li ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication, NCMMSC 2017, held in Lianyungang, China, in October 2017.The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers address issues such as challenging issues in speech recognition and enhancement, speaker and language recognition, speech ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication, NCMMSC 2017, held in Lianyungang, China, in October 2017.The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers address issues such as challenging issues in speech recognition and enhancement, speaker and language recognition, speech
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Computer Simulations of Space Societies

by William Sims Bainbridge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
At the intersection of astronautics, computer science, and social science, this book introduces the challenges and insights associated with computer simulation of human society in outer space, and of the dynamics of terrestrial enthusiasm for space exploration. Never before have so many dynamic representations of space-related social systems existed, some deeply analyzing the logical implications ... Read more

$107.09 USD

At the intersection of astronautics, computer science, and social science, this book introduces the challenges and insights associated with computer simulation of human society in outer space, and of the dynamics of terrestrial enthusiasm for space exploration. Never before have so many dynamic representations of space-related social systems existed, some deeply analyzing the logical implications
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part XII

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series Book 12 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
... Read more
Quality of Experience and Learning in Information Systems

Incorporating Learning and Ethics into Characterizations of Quality of Experience

by Josephina Antoniou ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book shows how researchers, practitioners, and designers can improve user experiences with technology by understanding various user learning styles and characteristics when they interact with new and challenging applications and interfaces. Quality of experience in this new technological environment is affected by the learning curve involved in being able to use the new interfaces in a ... Read more

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The book shows how researchers, practitioners, and designers can improve user experiences with technology by understanding various user learning styles and characteristics when they interact with new and challenging applications and interfaces. Quality of experience in this new technological environment is affected by the learning curve involved in being able to use the new interfaces in a
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Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

First International Conference, TMM_CH 2018, Athens, Greece, October 10–13, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

Edited by Antonia Moropoulou, Manolis Korres, Andreas Georgopoulos, Constantine Spyrakos, Charalambos Mouzakis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set CCIS 961 and 962 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2018, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2018.73 revised full papers of 237 submissions are included in these volumes. The papers of the first volume are ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This two-volume set CCIS 961 and 962 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2018, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2018.73 revised full papers of 237 submissions are included in these volumes. The papers of the first volume are
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Computing with Data

An Introduction to the Data Industry

by Guy Lebanon, Mohamed El-Geish ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book introduces basic computing skills designed for industry professionals without a strong computer science background. Written in an easily accessible manner, and accompanied by a user-friendly website, it serves as a self-study guide to survey data science and data engineering for those who aspire to start a computing career, or expand on their current roles, in areas such as applied ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book introduces basic computing skills designed for industry professionals without a strong computer science background. Written in an easily accessible manner, and accompanied by a user-friendly website, it serves as a self-study guide to survey data science and data engineering for those who aspire to start a computing career, or expand on their current roles, in areas such as applied
... Read more
Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2019

20th International Conference, Trento, Italy, September 9–13, 2019, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Elisa Ricci, Samuel Rota Bulò, Cees Snoek, Oswald Lanz, Stefano Messelodi, Nicu Sebe ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 11751 and 11752 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2019, held in Trento, Italy, in September 2019.The 117 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 207 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 11751 and 11752 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2019, held in Trento, Italy, in September 2019.The 117 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 207 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern
... Read more
Humanoid Robots and Physical AI

Reshaping Work, Society, and Human Purpose

Edited by Ken Huang, Chunxiao Xing, Yuyan Duan ...

Series series Artificial Intelligence (R0)
This book analyzes the convergence of humanoid robotics and agentic AI, providing the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of how physical embodiment and autonomous intelligence are transforming robotics from research prototypes into practical systems reshaping industries worldwide. It addresses the critical gap in understanding how hardware innovations, AI breakthroughs, economic ... Read more

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This book analyzes the convergence of humanoid robotics and agentic AI, providing the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of how physical embodiment and autonomous intelligence are transforming robotics from research prototypes into practical systems reshaping industries worldwide. It addresses the critical gap in understanding how hardware innovations, AI breakthroughs, economic
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Microsoft Fabric for Data Engineers

OneLake, Delta Lake, Spark, DirectLake, and the end-to-end analytics platform.

by Imad Muratspahic ...

Microsoft Fabric is a unified analytics platform that consolidates what used to be five or six separate products into a single coherent stack. Power BI, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure Data Explorer, and the underlying storage layer are now one product with one security model, one capacity model, and one governance story. That consolidation is the story. It is also the source of most of the confusion ... Read more

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Microsoft Fabric is a unified analytics platform that consolidates what used to be five or six separate products into a single coherent stack. Power BI, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure Data Explorer, and the underlying storage layer are now one product with one security model, one capacity model, and one governance story. That consolidation is the story. It is also the source of most of the confusion
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part LIX

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
... Read more
Power BI

Unleashing Insights with Power BI. A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization and Business Intelligence

by Brian Murray ...

Series Book 3 - DATA ANALYSIS FOR BEGINNERS
In today's data-driven world, businesses need to extract meaningful insights from their data to stay ahead of the competition. Power BI, a cloud-based business intelligence platform by Microsoft, has emerged as a leader in providing advanced analytics and visualization capabilities to businesses of all sizes.In "Unleashing Insights with Power BI: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization and ... Read more

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In today's data-driven world, businesses need to extract meaningful insights from their data to stay ahead of the competition. Power BI, a cloud-based business intelligence platform by Microsoft, has emerged as a leader in providing advanced analytics and visualization capabilities to businesses of all sizes.In "Unleashing Insights with Power BI: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization and
... Read more
Computer Supported Education

16th International Conference, CSEDU 2024, Angers, France, May 2–4, 2024, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Jelena Jovanovic, Bruce McLaren, Irene-Angelica Chounta, Olga Viberg, Alejandro Ortega-Arranz, Oleksandra Poquet ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2024, held in Angers, France, during May 2–4, 2024.The 17 full papers and 10 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 202 submissions. They contribute to the understanding of relevant trends in the current research on Computer Supported ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2024, held in Angers, France, during May 2–4, 2024.The 17 full papers and 10 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 202 submissions. They contribute to the understanding of relevant trends in the current research on Computer Supported
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Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

18th International Conference, VAMR 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Jessie Y. C. Chen, Gino Fragomeni ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 18th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference, HCI International 2026, took place in Montreal, QC, Canada during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 ... Read more

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The 18th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference, HCI International 2026, took place in Montreal, QC, Canada during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463
... Read more
Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages

19th International Symposium, PADL 2017, Paris, France, January 16-17, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Yuliya Lierler, Walid Taha ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2017, held in Paris, France, in January 2017 and collocated with the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions.They deal with novel applications and ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2017, held in Paris, France, in January 2017 and collocated with the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions.They deal with novel applications and
... Read more
Social Robotics

13th International Conference, ICSR 2021, Singapore, Singapore, November 10–13, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Haizhou Li, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Yan Wu, Agnieszka Wykowska, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Dongyu Li, Jairo Perez-Osorio ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, held in Singapore, Singapore, in November 2021. The conference was held as a hybrid event.The 64 full papers and 15 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The conference presents topics on humans and intelligent robots and on the integration ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, held in Singapore, Singapore, in November 2021. The conference was held as a hybrid event.The 64 full papers and 15 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The conference presents topics on humans and intelligent robots and on the integration
... Read more
Building Games with Flutter

The ultimate guide to creating multiplatform games using the Flame engine in Flutter 3

by Paul Teale ...

Build a complete game from start to finish using Flutter and Flame while getting acquainted with each building block in game design along the wayKey FeaturesBegin your Flutter game development journey with step-by-step instructions and best practicesUnderstand the Flame game engine and its essential elements for making games, sprite animation, tilemaps, and audioBuild enjoyable games with Flutter ... Read more

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Build a complete game from start to finish using Flutter and Flame while getting acquainted with each building block in game design along the wayKey FeaturesBegin your Flutter game development journey with step-by-step instructions and best practicesUnderstand the Flame game engine and its essential elements for making games, sprite animation, tilemaps, and audioBuild enjoyable games with Flutter
... Read more
Windows 11 For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Learning How To Use Windows Like A Pro

by Voltaire Lumiere ...

Windows 11 For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Learning How To Use Windows Like A ProHave you recently bought a new computer that runs Windows 11 but are a little afraid of having to learn how to use a whole new operating system?Are you looking for a clear, easy-to-use, and all-inclusive guide to assist you in navigating this new digital journey?Have you searched the internet for ... Read more

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Windows 11 For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Learning How To Use Windows Like A ProHave you recently bought a new computer that runs Windows 11 but are a little afraid of having to learn how to use a whole new operating system?Are you looking for a clear, easy-to-use, and all-inclusive guide to assist you in navigating this new digital journey?Have you searched the internet for
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Advances in Computer Games

18th International Conference, ACG 2023, Virtual Event, November 28–30, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Michael Hartisch, Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Jonathan Schaeffer ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Advances in Computer Games, ACG 2023, held online, during November 28–30, 2023.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Chess and its Variants, Solving Games, Board Games, Card Games, Player ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Advances in Computer Games, ACG 2023, held online, during November 28–30, 2023.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Chess and its Variants, Solving Games, Board Games, Card Games, Player
... Read more
Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain

Edited by José Luis Pons, Jaime Ibáñez, José González-Vargas, José María Azorín, Metin Akay ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and ... Read more

$539.09 USD

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and
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Context-Aware Systems and Applications

5th International Conference, ICCASA 2016, Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, November 24-25, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Phan Cong Vinh, Le Tuan Anh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan, Waralak Vongdoiwang Siricharoen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2016, held in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, in November 2016.The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 35 submissions and cover a wide spectrum in the area of Context-Aware-Systems (CAS). CAS is characterized by its self- facets such as self-organization, self ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2016, held in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, in November 2016.The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 35 submissions and cover a wide spectrum in the area of Context-Aware-Systems (CAS). CAS is characterized by its self- facets such as self-organization, self
... Read more
ES6 for Humans

The Latest Standard of JavaScript: ES2015 and Beyond

by Deepak Grover, Hanu Prateek Kunduru ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn ES6 best practices for code optimization and organization and walk through practical, common examples of how to implement complete components of your applications. While this book covers the basic concepts of modern JavaScript, it primarily focuses on the new syntax, data-types, functionalities, and everything else that's new in ES6, the latest standard of JavaScript.You'll examine how to ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Learn ES6 best practices for code optimization and organization and walk through practical, common examples of how to implement complete components of your applications. While this book covers the basic concepts of modern JavaScript, it primarily focuses on the new syntax, data-types, functionalities, and everything else that's new in ES6, the latest standard of JavaScript.You'll examine how to
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