Superheroes and villains do battle over the human heart in this delightful anthology featuring all-new stories from a wide range of contributors, all set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones.An alien virus ravages the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, ...

This book presents group recommender systems, which focus on the determination of recommendations for groups of users. The authors summarize different technologies and applications of group recommender systems. They include an in-depth discussion of state-of-the-art algorithms, an overview of industrial applications, an inclusion of the aspects of decision biases in groups, and corresponding de-biasing approaches. The book includes a discussion of basic group recommendation methods, aspect...

Player-Coach is your playbook for successfully navigating the transition from workplace team member to manager.There are workplace teams, and there are managers. But what about the role that straddles both worlds? Just as some athletes stay in the game and also coach their team, the business player-coach is a doer and a leader at the same time.Shifting from purely doing to leading others can be a challenging transition—but with the right knowledge and skills, anyone can thrive in this role...

This book discusses different aspects of group recommender systems, which are systems that help to identify recommendations for groups instead of single users. In this context, the authors present different related techniques and applications. The book includes in-depth summaries of group recommendation algorithms, related industrial applications, different aspects of preference construction and explanations, user interface aspects of group recommender systems, and related psychological as...

This book presents the latest synthetic protocols for the assembly of functionalizedCp ligands and their transition metal complexes. Cyclopentadienyl (Cp) complexesof transition metals belong to the most important classes of transition metal complexeswith tightly bound ligands in the coordination sphere since their discovery in the middleof the last century. Even though they have been known for a long time, this fieldconstantly evolves to deliver novel mo...