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Learn Swift on the Mac

For OS X and iOS

by Waqar Malik ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
There's a new language in town. Swift is Apple's new, native, fast, and easy to learn programming language for iOS and OS X app development. It's their "Objective-C without the C". If you are an iOS developer or planning to become one, learning Swift is your #1 priority, and Learn Swift on the Mac tells you everything you need to get up to speed, well, swiftly.You'll start with the Swift ... Read more

$35.99 USD

There's a new language in town. Swift is Apple's new, native, fast, and easy to learn programming language for iOS and OS X app development. It's their "Objective-C without the C". If you are an iOS developer or planning to become one, learning Swift is your #1 priority, and Learn Swift on the Mac tells you everything you need to get up to speed, well, swiftly.You'll start with the Swift
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Instant Heat Maps in R: How-to

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to
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Participation Based Intelligent Manufacturing

Customisation, Costs, and Engagement

Edited by Birutė Mockevičienė ...

Manufacturing companies around the world, large and small, in developed and developing regions, tend to suffer from the inefficiencies of a cost-simulated, early pricing process for new products. Often, however, solutions to the complex challenges of the manufacturing industry lie at the intersection of social science and technology, where intelligent manufacturing plays a crucial role.Providing a ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Manufacturing companies around the world, large and small, in developed and developing regions, tend to suffer from the inefficiencies of a cost-simulated, early pricing process for new products. Often, however, solutions to the complex challenges of the manufacturing industry lie at the intersection of social science and technology, where intelligent manufacturing plays a crucial role.Providing a
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Federated Learning

From Algorithms to System Implementation

by Liefeng Bo, Heng Huang, Songxiang Gu, Yanqing Chen ...

Authored by researchers and practitioners who build cutting-edge federated learning applications to solve real-world problems, this book covers the spectrum of federated learning technology from concepts and application scenarios to advanced algorithms and finally system implementation in three parts. It provides a comprehensive review and summary of federated learning technology, as well as ... Read more

$120.99 USD

Authored by researchers and practitioners who build cutting-edge federated learning applications to solve real-world problems, this book covers the spectrum of federated learning technology from concepts and application scenarios to advanced algorithms and finally system implementation in three parts. It provides a comprehensive review and summary of federated learning technology, as well as
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Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

Second International Conference, MOBILE 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Gavriel Salvendy, June Wei ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This conference proceeding LNCS 12796 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2021 which was held as part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021 as a virtual event, due to COVID-19, in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This conference proceeding LNCS 12796 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2021 which was held as part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021 as a virtual event, due to COVID-19, in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021
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High Performance Computing

ISC High Performance 2018 International Workshops, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, June 28, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Rio Yokota, Michèle Weiland, John Shalf, Sadaf Alam ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 13 workshops held at the 33rd International ISC High Performance 2018 Conference, in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2018: HPC I/O in the Data Center, HPC-IODC 2018; Workshop on Performance and Scalability of Storage Systems, WOPSSS 2018; 13th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing, VHPC 2018; Third International ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 13 workshops held at the 33rd International ISC High Performance 2018 Conference, in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2018: HPC I/O in the Data Center, HPC-IODC 2018; Workshop on Performance and Scalability of Storage Systems, WOPSSS 2018; 13th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing, VHPC 2018; Third International
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Human Centred Intelligent Systems

Proceedings of KES-HCIS 2023 Conference

Edited by Alfred Zimmermann, R.J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The volume includes papers presented at the International KES Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems 2023 (KES HCIS 2023), held in Rome, Italy on June 14–16, 2023. This book highlights new trends and challenges in intelligent systems, which play an important part in the digital transformation of many areas of science and practice. It includes papers offering a deeper understanding of the ... Read more

$260.99 USD

The volume includes papers presented at the International KES Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems 2023 (KES HCIS 2023), held in Rome, Italy on June 14–16, 2023. This book highlights new trends and challenges in intelligent systems, which play an important part in the digital transformation of many areas of science and practice. It includes papers offering a deeper understanding of the
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Connecting Families

The Impact of New Communication Technologies on Domestic Life

Edited by Carman Neustaedter, Steve Harrison, Abigail Sellen ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
New technologies are radically changing the way that families connect with one another: we can text our teenagers from work, eat dinner with far-away parents via video link, and instantly upload and share photos after a family day out. Whether we are bridging time or distance, and whether we are enhancing our closest relationships or strengthening the bonds of extended family, as computer ... Read more

$49.99 USD

New technologies are radically changing the way that families connect with one another: we can text our teenagers from work, eat dinner with far-away parents via video link, and instantly upload and share photos after a family day out. Whether we are bridging time or distance, and whether we are enhancing our closest relationships or strengthening the bonds of extended family, as computer
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Ensemble Machine Learning

Methods and Applications

Edited by Cha Zhang, Yunqian Ma ...

It is common wisdom that gathering a variety of views and inputs improves the process of decision making, and, indeed, underpins a democratic society. Dubbed “ensemble learning” by researchers in computational intelligence and machine learning, it is known to improve a decision system’s robustness and accuracy. Now, fresh developments are allowing researchers to unleash the power of ensemble ... Read more

$215.99 USD

It is common wisdom that gathering a variety of views and inputs improves the process of decision making, and, indeed, underpins a democratic society. Dubbed “ensemble learning” by researchers in computational intelligence and machine learning, it is known to improve a decision system’s robustness and accuracy. Now, fresh developments are allowing researchers to unleash the power of ensemble
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The Way of Data

From Technology to Applications

by Hequan Wu, Weimin Zheng ...

Everyone is already in the era of big data. It is gradually changing people's lifestyles. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the development path of big data, balance the relationship between technology, policy, and the market, so that it can better serve human society.This comprehensive book introduces what big data is, big data processing systems, big data management technologies, and big ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Everyone is already in the era of big data. It is gradually changing people's lifestyles. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the development path of big data, balance the relationship between technology, policy, and the market, so that it can better serve human society.This comprehensive book introduces what big data is, big data processing systems, big data management technologies, and big
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Model Context Protocol: Der neue Standard für KI-Integrationen?

by Zara Loop ...

Model Context Protocol (MCP) – Der neue Standard an der Schnittstelle zwischen KI und realen Datenquellen.In einer Zeit, in der KI-Modelle immer leistungsfähiger werden, fehlt oft noch eine entscheidende Komponente: der strukturierte Zugang zu aktuellen, externen Informationen. Genau hier setzt das Model Context Protocol an.Dieses E-Book bietet eine fundierte und gut verständliche Einführung in ... Read more

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) – Der neue Standard an der Schnittstelle zwischen KI und realen Datenquellen.In einer Zeit, in der KI-Modelle immer leistungsfähiger werden, fehlt oft noch eine entscheidende Komponente: der strukturierte Zugang zu aktuellen, externen Informationen. Genau hier setzt das Model Context Protocol an.Dieses E-Book bietet eine fundierte und gut verständliche Einführung in
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Letting Go of the Words

Writing Web Content that Works

by Janice (Ginny) Redish ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
"Redish has done her homework and created a thorough overview of the issues in writing for the Web. Ironically, I must recommend that you read her every word so that you can find out why your customers won't read very many words on your website -- and what to do about it."-- Jakob Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group“There are at least twelve billion web pages out there. Twelve billion voices ... Read more

$46.99 USD

"Redish has done her homework and created a thorough overview of the issues in writing for the Web. Ironically, I must recommend that you read her every word so that you can find out why your customers won't read very many words on your website -- and what to do about it."-- Jakob Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group“There are at least twelve billion web pages out there. Twelve billion voices
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Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Cognition and Design

17th International Conference, EPCE 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters included in the 37 HCII 2020 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters included in the 37 HCII 2020 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from
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Models, Mindsets, Meta: The What, the How, and the Why Not?

Essays Dedicated to Bernhard Steffen on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

Edited by Tiziana Margaria, Susanne Graf, Kim G. Larsen ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This Festschrift volume is published in honor of Bernhard Steffen, Professor at the Technical University of Dortmund, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. His vision as well as his theoretical and practical work span the development and implementation of novel, specific algorithms, and the establishment of cross-community relationships with the effect to obtain simpler, yet more powerful ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This Festschrift volume is published in honor of Bernhard Steffen, Professor at the Technical University of Dortmund, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. His vision as well as his theoretical and practical work span the development and implementation of novel, specific algorithms, and the establishment of cross-community relationships with the effect to obtain simpler, yet more powerful
... Read more
Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Vol. 3

Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2025

Edited by Roland Platz, Garrison Flynn, Kyle Neal, Scott Ouellette ...

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the third volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and ... Read more

$130.99 USD

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the third volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and
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Digital Phenotyping and Mobile Sensing

New Developments in Psychoinformatics

Edited by Christian Montag, Harald Baumeister ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book offers a snapshot of cutting-edge applications of digital phenotyping and mobile sensing for studying human behavior and planning innovative e-healthcare interventions. The respective chapters, written by authoritative researchers, cover both theoretical perspectives and good scientific and professional practices related to the use and development of these technologies. They share novel ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book offers a snapshot of cutting-edge applications of digital phenotyping and mobile sensing for studying human behavior and planning innovative e-healthcare interventions. The respective chapters, written by authoritative researchers, cover both theoretical perspectives and good scientific and professional practices related to the use and development of these technologies. They share novel
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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, El Capitan Edition

by David Pogue ...

Those who have made the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac have made Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual a runaway bestseller. The latest edition of this guide delivers what Apple doesn't—everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move your files and adapt to Mac's way of doing things. Written with wit and objectivity by Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Those who have made the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac have made Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual a runaway bestseller. The latest edition of this guide delivers what Apple doesn't—everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move your files and adapt to Mac's way of doing things. Written with wit and objectivity by Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author
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HCI International 2024 Posters

26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part VI

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 6 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The seven-volume set CCIS 2114-2120 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29–July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The posters presented in ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The seven-volume set CCIS 2114-2120 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29–July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The posters presented in
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

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

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

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

$80.99 USD

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

Select Proceedings of ICISHMC 2022

Edited by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Mario Koeppen, Debashis De, Vincenzo Piuri ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The book constitutes proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Human-Machine Collaboration 2022. The papers consist of research from different domains of human-machine interaction, computer engineering like quantum computational intelligence, big data analytics, the Internet of things, etc. The book includes significant contributions from academia and industry dealing ... Read more

$179.99 USD

The book constitutes proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Human-Machine Collaboration 2022. The papers consist of research from different domains of human-machine interaction, computer engineering like quantum computational intelligence, big data analytics, the Internet of things, etc. The book includes significant contributions from academia and industry dealing
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Impact: Design With All Senses

Proceedings of the Design Modelling Symposium, Berlin 2019

Edited by Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Jane Burry, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Stefan Weinzierl ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reflects and expands on the current trend in the building industry to understand, simulate and ultimately design buildings by taking into consideration the interlinked elements and forces that act on them. Shifting away from the traditional focus, which was exclusively on building tasks, this approach presents new challenges in all areas of the industry, from material and structural to ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book reflects and expands on the current trend in the building industry to understand, simulate and ultimately design buildings by taking into consideration the interlinked elements and forces that act on them. Shifting away from the traditional focus, which was exclusively on building tasks, this approach presents new challenges in all areas of the industry, from material and structural to
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Die ultimative FRITZ!Box Bibel - Das Praxisbuch 2. aktualisierte Auflage - mit vielen Insider Tipps und Tricks - komplett in Farbe

by Wolfram Gieseke ...

Die ultimative FRITZ!Box-Bibel - Das Praxisbuch – komplett in Farbe! 2. aktualisierte AuflageUnd sollten einmal Probleme auftreten, steht Ihnen der erfahrene Autor Wolfram Gieseke ebenfalls mit Rat und Tat zur Seite.Aus dem Inhalt: ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die ultimative FRITZ!Box-Bibel - Das Praxisbuch – komplett in Farbe! 2. aktualisierte AuflageUnd sollten einmal Probleme auftreten, steht Ihnen der erfahrene Autor Wolfram Gieseke ebenfalls mit Rat und Tat zur Seite.Aus dem Inhalt:
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Design, User Experience, and Usability. Case Studies in Public and Personal Interactive Systems

9th International Conference, DUXU 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238
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Quantum Computing

by Nihal Mehta Ph.D. ...

You've heard that quantum computing is going to change the world. Now you can check it out for yourself. Learn how quantum computing works, and write programs that run on the IBM Q quantum computer, one of the world's first functioning quantum computers. Learn a simple way to apply quantum mechanics to computer programming. Create algorithms to solve intractable problems for classical computers, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

You've heard that quantum computing is going to change the world. Now you can check it out for yourself. Learn how quantum computing works, and write programs that run on the IBM Q quantum computer, one of the world's first functioning quantum computers. Learn a simple way to apply quantum mechanics to computer programming. Create algorithms to solve intractable problems for classical computers,
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