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In-Memory Analytics with Apache Arrow

Accelerate data analytics for efficient processing of flat and hierarchical data structures

by Matthew Topol ...

Harness the power of Apache Arrow to optimize tabular data processing and develop robust, high-performance data systems with its standardized, language-independent columnar memory formatKey FeaturesExplore Apache Arrow's data types and integration with pandas, Polars, and ParquetWork with Arrow libraries such as Flight SQL, Acero compute engine, and Dataset APIs for tabular dataEnhance and ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Harness the power of Apache Arrow to optimize tabular data processing and develop robust, high-performance data systems with its standardized, language-independent columnar memory formatKey FeaturesExplore Apache Arrow's data types and integration with pandas, Polars, and ParquetWork with Arrow libraries such as Flight SQL, Acero compute engine, and Dataset APIs for tabular dataEnhance and
... Read more
R Data Analysis Projects

Build end to end analytics systems to get deeper insights from your data

by Gopi Subramanian, Mark Hodnett ...

Get valuable insights from your data by building data analysis systems from scratch with R. Key FeaturesA handy guide to take your understanding of data analysis with R to the next levelReal-world projects that focus on problems in finance, network analysis, social media, and moreFrom data manipulation to analysis to visualization in R, this book will teach you everything you need to know about ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get valuable insights from your data by building data analysis systems from scratch with R. Key FeaturesA handy guide to take your understanding of data analysis with R to the next levelReal-world projects that focus on problems in finance, network analysis, social media, and moreFrom data manipulation to analysis to visualization in R, this book will teach you everything you need to know about
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Big Data

Technologiegrundlagen

Edited by Mirko Schrempp ...

Series Book 43 - shortcuts
Big Data ist Chance und große Herausforderung zugleich, vor allem aber ist es ein schwer zu fassender und zu beschreibender Begriff. Mirko Schrempp, Redakteur des Business Technology Magazins, ist Herausgeber dieses shortcuts, der unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf die Herausforderung Big Data zusammenstellt. Keiner der Autoren dieses E-Books hat eine einfache Definition von Big Data parat, schon ... Read more

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Big Data ist Chance und große Herausforderung zugleich, vor allem aber ist es ein schwer zu fassender und zu beschreibender Begriff. Mirko Schrempp, Redakteur des Business Technology Magazins, ist Herausgeber dieses shortcuts, der unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf die Herausforderung Big Data zusammenstellt. Keiner der Autoren dieses E-Books hat eine einfache Definition von Big Data parat, schon
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Mastering Kafka Streams and ksqlDB

by Mitch Seymour ...

Working with unbounded and fast-moving data streams has historically been difficult. But with Kafka Streams and ksqlDB, building stream processing applications is easy and fun. This practical guide shows data engineers how to use these tools to build highly scalable stream processing applications for moving, enriching, and transforming large amounts of data in real time.Mitch Seymour, data ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Working with unbounded and fast-moving data streams has historically been difficult. But with Kafka Streams and ksqlDB, building stream processing applications is easy and fun. This practical guide shows data engineers how to use these tools to build highly scalable stream processing applications for moving, enriching, and transforming large amounts of data in real time.Mitch Seymour, data
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A City Is Not a Computer

Other Urban Intelligences

by Shannon Mattern ...

Series series Places Books
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities
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Learning to Love Data Science

Explorations of Emerging Technologies and Platforms for Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Digital Manufacturing and Supply Chain Optimization

by Mike Barlow ...

Until recently, many people thought big data was a passing fad. "Data science" was an enigmatic term. Today, big data is taken seriously, and data science is considered downright sexy. With this anthology of reports from award-winning journalist Mike Barlow, you’ll appreciate how data science is fundamentally altering our world, for better and for worse.Barlow paints a picture of the emerging data ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Until recently, many people thought big data was a passing fad. "Data science" was an enigmatic term. Today, big data is taken seriously, and data science is considered downright sexy. With this anthology of reports from award-winning journalist Mike Barlow, you’ll appreciate how data science is fundamentally altering our world, for better and for worse.Barlow paints a picture of the emerging data
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The Tableau Workshop

A practical guide to the art of data visualization with Tableau

by Sumit Gupta, Sylvester Pinto, JC Gillet, Kenneth Michael Cherven, Shweta Savale ...

Learn how to bring your data to life with this hands-on guide to visual analytics with TableauKey FeaturesMaster the fundamentals of Tableau Desktop and Tableau PrepLearn how to explore, analyze, and present data to provide business insightsBuild your experience and confidence with hands-on exercises and activitiesBook DescriptionLearning Tableau has never been easier, thanks to this practical ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to bring your data to life with this hands-on guide to visual analytics with TableauKey FeaturesMaster the fundamentals of Tableau Desktop and Tableau PrepLearn how to explore, analyze, and present data to provide business insightsBuild your experience and confidence with hands-on exercises and activitiesBook DescriptionLearning Tableau has never been easier, thanks to this practical
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Big Data Analytics with R

Leverage R Programming to uncover hidden patterns in your Big Data

by Simon Walkowiak ...

Utilize R to uncover hidden patterns in your Big Data Key Features\[\* \] Perform computational analyses on Big Data to generate meaningful results\[\*\] Get a practical knowledge of R programming language while working on Big Data platforms like Hadoop, Spark, H2O and SQL/NoSQL databases,\[\*\] Explore fast, streaming, and scalable data analysis with the most cutting-edge technologies in the ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Utilize R to uncover hidden patterns in your Big Data Key Features\[\* \] Perform computational analyses on Big Data to generate meaningful results\[\*\] Get a practical knowledge of R programming language while working on Big Data platforms like Hadoop, Spark, H2O and SQL/NoSQL databases,\[\*\] Explore fast, streaming, and scalable data analysis with the most cutting-edge technologies in the
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Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices

A comprehensive guide to building consistently fast Power BI solutions

by Bhavik Merchant ...

Supercharge performance analytics and create repeatable patterns to ensure you get the best performance and scalability from your analytics solutions with Power BIKey FeaturesLearn how to build performant data models and apply Row-Level SecurityIdentify and fix performance issues in reports, DAX, and datasets using DAX Studio/VertiPaq AnalyzerUse a formal process to manage performance, from ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Supercharge performance analytics and create repeatable patterns to ensure you get the best performance and scalability from your analytics solutions with Power BIKey FeaturesLearn how to build performant data models and apply Row-Level SecurityIdentify and fix performance issues in reports, DAX, and datasets using DAX Studio/VertiPaq AnalyzerUse a formal process to manage performance, from
... Read more
Learning Microsoft Power BI

Transforming Data into Insights

by Jeremey Arnold ...

Microsoft Power BI is a data analytics and visualization tool powerful enough for the most demanding data scientists, but accessible enough for everyday use for anyone who needs to get more from data. The market has many books designed to train and equip professional data analysts to use Power BI, but few of them make this tool accessible to anyone who wants to get up to speed on their own.This ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

Microsoft Power BI is a data analytics and visualization tool powerful enough for the most demanding data scientists, but accessible enough for everyday use for anyone who needs to get more from data. The market has many books designed to train and equip professional data analysts to use Power BI, but few of them make this tool accessible to anyone who wants to get up to speed on their own.This
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OCEB 2 Certification Guide

Business Process Management - Fundamental Level

by Tim Weilkiens, Christian Weiss, Andrea Grass, Kim Nena Duggen ...

OCEB 2 Certification Guide, Second Edition has been updated to cover the new version 2 of the BPMN standard and delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the fundamental exam material for both the business and technical tracks to further certification. The first study guide prepares candidates to take—and pass—the OCEB ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

OCEB 2 Certification Guide, Second Edition has been updated to cover the new version 2 of the BPMN standard and delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the fundamental exam material for both the business and technical tracks to further certification. The first study guide prepares candidates to take—and pass—the OCEB
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Construction Supply Chain Economics

by Kerry London ...

Series series Spon Research
This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the economic structural and behavioural characteristics of sectors integral to the construction industry ... Read more

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This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the economic structural and behavioural characteristics of sectors integral to the construction industry
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MongoDB for VB.NET by Example

by Agus Kurniawan ...

Code illustration for MongoDB programming using VB.NET (2012). Book topics cover:* Development Environment* Connecting to MongoDB* Create and Delete Database* Create, Read and Delete Database Collection* Create, Read, Update and Delete Collection Data* Finding and Querying Data* Binary and Image Collection Data* Working with GridFS* Embedded Document* LINQ ... Read more

$6.61 CAD

Code illustration for MongoDB programming using VB.NET (2012). Book topics cover:* Development Environment* Connecting to MongoDB* Create and Delete Database* Create, Read and Delete Database Collection* Create, Read, Update and Delete Collection Data* Finding and Querying Data* Binary and Image Collection Data* Working with GridFS* Embedded Document* LINQ
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Arduino Programming: A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide for Learning Arduino Programming Gradually

by Chloe Annable ...

Are you're new to programming and in search of an open-source electronic platform,Arduino is an excellent starting point. With a diverse range of Arduino models and a growing array of online and offline projects utilizing Arduino technologies, its flexibility and user-friendly approach have attracted individuals ranging from beginners to seasoned professionals.Enter the realm of Arduino with ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you're new to programming and in search of an open-source electronic platform,Arduino is an excellent starting point. With a diverse range of Arduino models and a growing array of online and offline projects utilizing Arduino technologies, its flexibility and user-friendly approach have attracted individuals ranging from beginners to seasoned professionals.Enter the realm of Arduino with
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Functional Reactive Programming

by Stephen Blackheath ...

SummaryFunctional Reactive Programming teaches the concepts and applications of FRP. It offers a careful walk-through of core FRP operations and introduces the concepts and techniques you'll need to use FRP in any language.About the TechnologyToday's software is shifting to more asynchronous, event-based solutions. For decades, the Observer pattern has been the go-to event infrastructure, but it ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

SummaryFunctional Reactive Programming teaches the concepts and applications of FRP. It offers a careful walk-through of core FRP operations and introduces the concepts and techniques you'll need to use FRP in any language.About the TechnologyToday's software is shifting to more asynchronous, event-based solutions. For decades, the Observer pattern has been the go-to event infrastructure, but it
... Read more
The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition

Write modern professional Python

by Naomi Ceder ...

A fast-paced introduction to Python for intermediate developers–now with coverage of generative AI!For over 25 years, The Quick Python Book has been one of the best Python books money can buy. It concisely covers programming basics, while introducing Python's comprehensive standard library and unique features in depth and detail. In this fourth edition, you’ll find new coverage of AI coding tools ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

A fast-paced introduction to Python for intermediate developers–now with coverage of generative AI!For over 25 years, The Quick Python Book has been one of the best Python books money can buy. It concisely covers programming basics, while introducing Python's comprehensive standard library and unique features in depth and detail. In this fourth edition, you’ll find new coverage of AI coding tools
... Read more
Big Data Ethics in Research

by Nicolae Sfetcu ...

The main problems faced by scientists in working with Big Data sets, highlighting the main ethical issues, taking into account the legislation of the European Union. After a brief Introduction to Big Data, the Technology section presents specific research applications. There is an approach to the main philosophical issues in Philosophical Aspects, and Legal Aspects with specific ethical issues in ... Read more

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The main problems faced by scientists in working with Big Data sets, highlighting the main ethical issues, taking into account the legislation of the European Union. After a brief Introduction to Big Data, the Technology section presents specific research applications. There is an approach to the main philosophical issues in Philosophical Aspects, and Legal Aspects with specific ethical issues in
... Read more
Implementing Analytics

A Blueprint for Design, Development, and Adoption

by Nauman Sheikh ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
Implementing Analytics demystifies the concept, technology and application of analytics and breaks its implementation down to repeatable and manageable steps, making it possible for widespread adoption across all functions of an organization. Implementing Analytics simplifies and helps democratize a very specialized discipline to foster business efficiency and innovation without investing in multi ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Implementing Analytics demystifies the concept, technology and application of analytics and breaks its implementation down to repeatable and manageable steps, making it possible for widespread adoption across all functions of an organization. Implementing Analytics simplifies and helps democratize a very specialized discipline to foster business efficiency and innovation without investing in multi
... Read more
Learning TensorFlow

A Guide to Building Deep Learning Systems

by Tom Hope, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Itay Lieder ...

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive
... Read more
Data Visualization with Microsoft Power BI

How to Design Savvy Dashboards

by Alex Kolokolov, Maxim Zelensky ...

The first book that delivers data viz best practices precisely for Power BIThis practical guide shows how to quickly create visualizations and build savvy dashboards, with 25 chapters that explore different chart types plus 40 visuals from the AppSource gallery, from default to advanced, all over 400 color pages.Key features:Beautiful examples of charts, along with specific use casesStep-by-step ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

The first book that delivers data viz best practices precisely for Power BIThis practical guide shows how to quickly create visualizations and build savvy dashboards, with 25 chapters that explore different chart types plus 40 visuals from the AppSource gallery, from default to advanced, all over 400 color pages.Key features:Beautiful examples of charts, along with specific use casesStep-by-step
... Read more
Streaming Data

Understanding the real-time pipeline

by Andrew Psaltis ...

SummaryStreaming Data introduces the concepts and requirements of streaming and real-time data systems. The book is an idea-rich tutorial that teaches you to think about how to efficiently interact with fast-flowing data.About the TechnologyAs humans, we're constantly filtering and deciphering the information streaming toward us. In the same way, streaming data applications can accomplish amazing ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

SummaryStreaming Data introduces the concepts and requirements of streaming and real-time data systems. The book is an idea-rich tutorial that teaches you to think about how to efficiently interact with fast-flowing data.About the TechnologyAs humans, we're constantly filtering and deciphering the information streaming toward us. In the same way, streaming data applications can accomplish amazing
... Read more
Big Data Analysis with Python

Combine Spark and Python to unlock the powers of parallel computing and machine learning

by Ivan Marin, Sarang VK, Ankit Shukla ...

Get to grips with processing large volumes of data and presenting it as engaging, interactive insights using Spark and Python.Key FeaturesGet a hands-on, fast-paced introduction to the Python data science stackExplore ways to create useful metrics and statistics from large datasetsCreate detailed analysis reports with real-world dataBook DescriptionProcessing big data in real time is challenging ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get to grips with processing large volumes of data and presenting it as engaging, interactive insights using Spark and Python.Key FeaturesGet a hands-on, fast-paced introduction to the Python data science stackExplore ways to create useful metrics and statistics from large datasetsCreate detailed analysis reports with real-world dataBook DescriptionProcessing big data in real time is challenging
... Read more
Statistical Signal Processing for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology

Edited by Karim G. Oweiss ...

This is a uniquely comprehensive reference that summarizes the state of the art of signal processing theory and techniques for solving emerging problems in neuroscience, and which clearly presents new theory, algorithms, software and hardware tools that are specifically tailored to the nature of the neurobiological environment. It gives a broad overview of the basic principles, theories and ... Read more

$118.99 CAD

This is a uniquely comprehensive reference that summarizes the state of the art of signal processing theory and techniques for solving emerging problems in neuroscience, and which clearly presents new theory, algorithms, software and hardware tools that are specifically tailored to the nature of the neurobiological environment. It gives a broad overview of the basic principles, theories and
... Read more
iPhone 12 Guide

The Ultimate Guide to Revolutionizing Your iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Max Pro, iOS 14 In The Best Optimal Way (Tips and Tricks Edition)

by Melissa L. Moody ...

iPhone has never been more indispensable than it is now. It’s a device that enables us to stay in touch with our loved ones wherever they are around the world. It lets us capture important moments and relive treasured memories, and it keeps us informed and entertained. The iPhone 12 takes one of the most significant steps forward, in both design and technology. It includes support for 5G, improved ... Read more

$6.87 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

iPhone has never been more indispensable than it is now. It’s a device that enables us to stay in touch with our loved ones wherever they are around the world. It lets us capture important moments and relive treasured memories, and it keeps us informed and entertained. The iPhone 12 takes one of the most significant steps forward, in both design and technology. It includes support for 5G, improved
... Read more

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