Simulation Modeling and Analysis with Arena is a highly readable textbook which treats the essentials of the Monte Carlo discrete-event simulation methodology, and does so in the context of a popular Arena simulation environment. It treats simulation modeling as an in-vitro laboratory that facilitates the understanding of complex systems and experimentation with what-if scenarios in order to estimate their performance metrics. The book contains chapters on the simulation modeling methodolo...

A comprehensive yet quick guide to the best approaches to designing data visualizations, with real examples and illustrative diagrams. Whatever the desired outcome ensure success by following this expert design process. This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data. There is no skill, no knowledge and no role-based pre-requisites or expectations of anyone reading this book.

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample code to create and explore several MapReduce views through the course of the book, using...

Packed with illustrations and step-by-step guidelines, this book will serve as a guide for DraftSight and get you up and running with it! Getting Started with DraftSight is for anyyone who wants to create accurate 2D drawings in the DWG file format. It is also a great resource for architectural, engineering, or design professionals and students. The reader needs to have basic knowledge of CAD.

Handy, Invaluable AutoCAD Pocket Reference. The AutoCAD Pocket Reference, Seventh Edition, at 360 pages in softcover, is indispensable and handy. Authors Cheryl R. Schrock's and Steve Heather'sAutoCAD series at Industrial Press is on our top seller's list for good reason. In the AutoCAD Pocket Reference, the authors provide easy access to the important fundamental commands, concepts, and "how to" information for everyday use. The book is divided into 13 sections. It's like an expert's chea...

A beginner\\'s guide to storing, managing, and analyzing data with the updated features of Elastic 7.0Key FeaturesGain access to new features and updates introduced in Elastic Stack 7.0Grasp the fundamentals of Elastic Stack including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and KibanaExplore useful tips for using Elastic Cloud and deploying Elastic Stack in production environmentsBook DescriptionThe Elastic Stack is a powerful combination o...

Build four projects using Blender for 3D Printing, giving you all the information that you need to know to create high-quality 3D printed objectsKey FeaturesA project based guide that helps you design beautiful 3D printing objects in BlenderUse mesh modeling and intersections to make a custom architectural model of a houseCreate a real world 3D printed prosthetic hand with organic modeling and texturing paintingBook Description

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is intended for the budding data scientist, predictive modeler, or quantitative analyst with only a basic exposure to R and statistics. It is also designed to be a reference for experienced professionals wanting to brush up on the details of a particular type of predictive model. Mastering Predictive Analytics with R assumes familiarity with only the fundamentals of R, such as the main data types, simple functions,...

Additional Features and Multibody PartsThis chapter covers additional commands to create complex geometry. In addition, the multibody parts are also covered.• Rib• Slot• Multi-body Parts• Emboss BodyModifying PartsThis chapter explores the commands and techniques to modify the part geometry.• Edit Sketches• Edit Feature Parameters• Suppress Features• Synchronous Modeling Comman...

This is the right book for users if they’re new to AutoCAD or want to brush up on the basics, they’re looking for a clear, no nonsense, easy-to-follow text, or they want to learn AutoCAD quickly and easily. All exercises print easily on a standard 8 ½” x 11” printer. For use with the PC version of AutoCAD 2015 only.New Features include …· The “New Tab” page containing two sliding content frames – Learn and Create, enabling you to quickly access rec...

Design thinking, the label given to the acts of designing, has become a paradigmatic view that has transcended the discipline of design and is now widely used in business and elsewhere. As a consequence there is an increasing interest in design research. This is because of the realization that design is part of the wealth creation of a nation and needs to be better understood and taught. The continuing globalization of industry and trade has required nations to re-examine where their core ...

This book contains extended and revised versions of the best papers presented at the 21st IFIP WG 10.5/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC 2013, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2013. The 11 papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from the 48 full papers presented at the conference. An extended version of a previously unpublished high-quality paper from VLSI-SoC 2012 is also included. The papers cover a wide range of topics i...