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Beautiful Visualization

Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts

by Julie Steele, Noah Iliinsky ...

Visualization is the graphic presentation of data -- portrayals meant to reveal complex information at a glance. Think of the familiar map of the New York City subway system, or a diagram of the human brain. Successful visualizations are beautiful not only for their aesthetic design, but also for elegant layers of detail that efficiently generate insight and new understanding.This book examines ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Visualization is the graphic presentation of data -- portrayals meant to reveal complex information at a glance. Think of the familiar map of the New York City subway system, or a diagram of the human brain. Successful visualizations are beautiful not only for their aesthetic design, but also for elegant layers of detail that efficiently generate insight and new understanding.This book examines
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Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report

Q3 2016

by Akamai Technologies ...

Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform™ allows us to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics including Internet connection speeds, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress as well as traffic patterns across leading web properties and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report based on this data.This ... Read more

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Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform™ allows us to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics including Internet connection speeds, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress as well as traffic patterns across leading web properties and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report based on this data.This
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Fundamentals of Data Visualization

A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures

by Claus O. Wilke ...

Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly
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Deep Neural Networks and Data for Automated Driving

Robustness, Uncertainty Quantification, and Insights Towards Safety

Edited by Tim Fingscheidt, Hanno Gottschalk, Sebastian Houben ...

This open access book brings together the latest developments from industry and research on automated driving and artificial intelligence.Environment perception for highly automated driving heavily employs deep neural networks, facing many challenges. How much data do we need for training and testing? How to use synthetic data to save labeling costs for training? How do we increase robustness and ... Read more

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This open access book brings together the latest developments from industry and research on automated driving and artificial intelligence.Environment perception for highly automated driving heavily employs deep neural networks, facing many challenges. How much data do we need for training and testing? How to use synthetic data to save labeling costs for training? How do we increase robustness and
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Getting Started with CouchDB

Extreme Scalability at Your Fingertips

by MC Brown ...

CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today’s dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you’ll learn how CouchDB’s simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale.The code ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today’s dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you’ll learn how CouchDB’s simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale.The code
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Practical Data Analysis

For small businesses, analyzing the information contained in their data using open source technology could be game-changing. All you need is some basic programming and mathematical skills to do just that.

by Hector Cuesta ...

Each chapter of the book quickly introduces a key theme of Data Analysis, before immersing you in the practical aspects of each theme. Youll learn quickly how to perform all aspects of Data Analysis.Practical Data Analysis is a book ideal for home and small business users who want to slice & dice the data they have on hand with minimum hassle. ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Each chapter of the book quickly introduces a key theme of Data Analysis, before immersing you in the practical aspects of each theme. Youll learn quickly how to perform all aspects of Data Analysis.Practical Data Analysis is a book ideal for home and small business users who want to slice & dice the data they have on hand with minimum hassle.
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The Self-Taught Computer Scientist

The Beginner's Guide to Data Structures & Algorithms

by Cory Althoff ...

The follow-up to Cory Althoff's bestselling The Self-Taught Programmer, which inspired hundreds of thousands of professionals to learn to program outside of school!Fresh out of college and with just a year of self-study behind him, Cory Althoff was offered a dream first job as a software engineer for a well-known tech company, but he quickly found himself overwhelmed by the amount of things he ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

The follow-up to Cory Althoff's bestselling The Self-Taught Programmer, which inspired hundreds of thousands of professionals to learn to program outside of school!Fresh out of college and with just a year of self-study behind him, Cory Althoff was offered a dream first job as a software engineer for a well-known tech company, but he quickly found himself overwhelmed by the amount of things he
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Data Governance: The Definitive Guide

by Evren Eryurek, Uri Gilad, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Anita Kibunguchy-Grant, Jessi Ashdown ...

As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively
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The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement

by David Loshin ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement offers a comprehensive look at data quality for business and IT, encompassing people, process, and technology. It shares the fundamentals for understanding the impacts of poor data quality, and guides practitioners and managers alike in socializing, gaining sponsorship for, planning, and establishing a data quality program. It demonstrates how ... Read more

$55.19 CAD

The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement offers a comprehensive look at data quality for business and IT, encompassing people, process, and technology. It shares the fundamentals for understanding the impacts of poor data quality, and guides practitioners and managers alike in socializing, gaining sponsorship for, planning, and establishing a data quality program. It demonstrates how
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The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

Mastering complex data transformation with Power Query

by Rick de Groot, Melissa de Korte, Greg Deckler ...

Learn how to use the Power Query M formula language and its functions effectively for better data modeling and impactful business intelligence reports. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesGet comprehensive coverage of fundamental and advanced Power Query conceptsGain hands-on experience with practical examples based on real-world problemsDelve ... Read more

$44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to use the Power Query M formula language and its functions effectively for better data modeling and impactful business intelligence reports. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesGet comprehensive coverage of fundamental and advanced Power Query conceptsGain hands-on experience with practical examples based on real-world problemsDelve
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Python in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Alex Martelli, Anna Martelli Ravenscroft, Steve Holden, Paul McGuire ...

Python was recently ranked as today's most popular programming language on the TIOBE index, thanks to its broad applicability to design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance. With this updated fourth edition, you'll learn how to get the most out of Python, whether you're a professional programmer or someone who needs this language to solve problems in a particular field.Carefully ... Read more

$77.59 CAD

Python was recently ranked as today's most popular programming language on the TIOBE index, thanks to its broad applicability to design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance. With this updated fourth edition, you'll learn how to get the most out of Python, whether you're a professional programmer or someone who needs this language to solve problems in a particular field.Carefully
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Data Engineering with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse

Create scalable pipelines that ingest, curate, and aggregate complex data in a timely and secure way

by Manoj Kukreja ...

Understand the complexities of modern-day data engineering platforms and explore strategies to deal with them with the help of use case scenarios led by an industry expert in big dataKey FeaturesBecome well-versed with the core concepts of Apache Spark and Delta Lake for building data platformsLearn how to ingest, process, and analyze data that can be later used for training machine learning ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand the complexities of modern-day data engineering platforms and explore strategies to deal with them with the help of use case scenarios led by an industry expert in big dataKey FeaturesBecome well-versed with the core concepts of Apache Spark and Delta Lake for building data platformsLearn how to ingest, process, and analyze data that can be later used for training machine learning
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SQL and Relational Theory

How to Write Accurate SQL Code

by C.J. Date ...

SQL is full of difficulties and traps for the unwary. You can avoid them if you understand relational theory, but only if you know how to put that theory into practice. In this book, Chris Date explains relational theory in depth, and demonstrates through numerous examples and exercises how you can apply it to your use of SQL.This third edition has been revised, extended, and improved throughout. ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

SQL is full of difficulties and traps for the unwary. You can avoid them if you understand relational theory, but only if you know how to put that theory into practice. In this book, Chris Date explains relational theory in depth, and demonstrates through numerous examples and exercises how you can apply it to your use of SQL.This third edition has been revised, extended, and improved throughout.
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Managing Data in Motion

Data Integration Best Practice Techniques and Technologies

by April Reeve ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
Managing Data in Motion describes techniques that have been developed for significantly reducing the complexity of managing system interfaces and enabling scalable architectures. Author April Reeve brings over two decades of experience to present a vendor-neutral approach to moving data between computing environments and systems. Readers will learn the techniques, technologies, and best practices ... Read more

$44.79 CAD

Managing Data in Motion describes techniques that have been developed for significantly reducing the complexity of managing system interfaces and enabling scalable architectures. Author April Reeve brings over two decades of experience to present a vendor-neutral approach to moving data between computing environments and systems. Readers will learn the techniques, technologies, and best practices
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Scaling MongoDB

Sharding, Cluster Setup, and Administration

by Kristina Chodorow ...

Create a MongoDB cluster that will grow to meet the needs of your application. With this short and concise book, you'll get guidelines for setting up and using clusters to store a large volume of data, and learn how to access the data efficiently. In the process, you'll understand how to make your application work with a distributed database system.Scaling MongoDB will help you:Set up a MongoDB ... Read more

$15.19 CAD

Create a MongoDB cluster that will grow to meet the needs of your application. With this short and concise book, you'll get guidelines for setting up and using clusters to store a large volume of data, and learn how to access the data efficiently. In the process, you'll understand how to make your application work with a distributed database system.Scaling MongoDB will help you:Set up a MongoDB
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J'apprends à me servir de Access 2019

Utiliser et interroger une base access

by joel green ...

Series series J'apprends à me servir de
Ce livre est accès sur l'interrogation d'une base de données existante et l'exploitation et la présentation des données extraites.Au programme :Comment utiliser Access sous Windows ?Comment arrêter ou démarrer une session ? Utiliser le clavier, la souris, afficher le bureau, lancer une application, la fermer ?…De quoi est composée une fenêtre Access ? Comment utiliser la souris et le clavier avec ... Read more

$15.32 CAD

Ce livre est accès sur l'interrogation d'une base de données existante et l'exploitation et la présentation des données extraites.Au programme :Comment utiliser Access sous Windows ?Comment arrêter ou démarrer une session ? Utiliser le clavier, la souris, afficher le bureau, lancer une application, la fermer ?…De quoi est composée une fenêtre Access ? Comment utiliser la souris et le clavier avec
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Oracle Quick Guides Part 2 - Oracle Database Design

by Malcolm Coxall ...

Series Book 2 - Oracle Quick Guides
This is Part 2 of a series of quick learning guides for Oracle designers, developers and managers. Part 2 introduces completely new entrants to concepts of Oracle database analysis and design, database normalisation, the logical data model, E-R modelling and diagrams, logical to physical transformation in Oracle Designer, physical database design, de-normalization, database design for performance, ... Read more

$4.53 CAD

This is Part 2 of a series of quick learning guides for Oracle designers, developers and managers. Part 2 introduces completely new entrants to concepts of Oracle database analysis and design, database normalisation, the logical data model, E-R modelling and diagrams, logical to physical transformation in Oracle Designer, physical database design, de-normalization, database design for performance,
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The Road to General Intelligence

by Jerry Swan, Eric Nivel, Neel Kant, Jules Hedges, Timothy Atkinson, Bas Steunebrink ...

Series Book 1049 - Studies in Computational Intelligence
Humans have always dreamed of automating laborious physical and intellectual tasks, but the latter has proved more elusive than naively suspected. Seven decades of systematic study of Artificial Intelligence have witnessed cycles of hubris and despair. The successful realization of General Intelligence (evidenced by the kind of cross-domain flexibility enjoyed by humans) will spawn an industry ... Read more

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Humans have always dreamed of automating laborious physical and intellectual tasks, but the latter has proved more elusive than naively suspected. Seven decades of systematic study of Artificial Intelligence have witnessed cycles of hubris and despair. The successful realization of General Intelligence (evidenced by the kind of cross-domain flexibility enjoyed by humans) will spawn an industry
... Read more
A Hands-On Guide to Fine-Tuning Large Language Models with PyTorch and Hugging Face

by Daniel Voigt Godoy ...

Are you ready to fine-tune your own LLMs?This book is a practical guide to fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs), combining high-level concepts with step-by-step instructions to train these powerful models for your specific use cases.Who Is This Book For?This is an intermediate-level resource—positioned between building a large language model from scratch and deploying an LLM in producti... ... Read more

$9.95 CAD

Are you ready to fine-tune your own LLMs?This book is a practical guide to fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs), combining high-level concepts with step-by-step instructions to train these powerful models for your specific use cases.Who Is This Book For?This is an intermediate-level resource—positioned between building a large language model from scratch and deploying an LLM in producti...
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Learning Spark

by Jules S. Damji, Brooke Wenig, Tathagata Das, Denny Lee ...

Data is bigger, arrives faster, and comes in a variety of formatsâ??and it all needs to be processed at scale for analytics or machine learning. But how can you process such varied workloads efficiently? Enter Apache Spark.Updated to include Spark 3.0, this second edition shows data engineers and data scientists why structure and unification in Spark matters. Specifically, this book explains how ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Data is bigger, arrives faster, and comes in a variety of formatsâ??and it all needs to be processed at scale for analytics or machine learning. But how can you process such varied workloads efficiently? Enter Apache Spark.Updated to include Spark 3.0, this second edition shows data engineers and data scientists why structure and unification in Spark matters. Specifically, this book explains how
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Getting Started with Simulink

Written by an experienced engineer, this book will help you utilize the great user-friendly features of Simulink to advance your modeling, testing, and interfacing skills. Packed with illustrations and step-by-step walkthroughs.

by Luca Zamboni ...

Written by an experienced engineer, this book will help you utilize the great user-friendly features of Simulink to advance your modeling, testing, and interfacing skills. Packed with illustrations and step-by-step walkthroughs.Key FeaturesDig deep into SimulinkNo unnecessary theory - start modelling right awayComplex concepts made easy through examplesPacked with illustrations and detailed step ... Read more

$33.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Written by an experienced engineer, this book will help you utilize the great user-friendly features of Simulink to advance your modeling, testing, and interfacing skills. Packed with illustrations and step-by-step walkthroughs.Key FeaturesDig deep into SimulinkNo unnecessary theory - start modelling right awayComplex concepts made easy through examplesPacked with illustrations and detailed step
... Read more
Tableau 10 Business Intelligence Cookbook

Create powerful, effective visualizations with Tableau 10

by Donabel Santos, Paul Banoub ...

Create powerful, effective visualizations to help analyze your data with Tableau 10 by your sideKey Features\[\*\] Cook your favorite Tableau 10 business intelligence recipe with the help of this easy-to-follow book\[\*\] Build beautiful, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Tableau 10 that help you make informed decisions\[\*\] This rich collection of independent recipes cover everything ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create powerful, effective visualizations to help analyze your data with Tableau 10 by your sideKey Features\[\*\] Cook your favorite Tableau 10 business intelligence recipe with the help of this easy-to-follow book\[\*\] Build beautiful, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Tableau 10 that help you make informed decisions\[\*\] This rich collection of independent recipes cover everything
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SQL Cheat Sheet - Quick Reference Guide

by Kaitlyn Chick ...

Series series Learning at a GLANCE
SQL Cheat Sheet & Guide, is designed as a quick reference, goto book for the working Microsoft and MySQL user. If you are like me, you like to keep all of your reference material together and not in a hundred internet searches. This QUICK LOOK reference is intended for the working IT professional in real world scenarios without having to find what you are looking for within a sea of webpage ... Read more

$2.04 CAD

SQL Cheat Sheet & Guide, is designed as a quick reference, goto book for the working Microsoft and MySQL user. If you are like me, you like to keep all of your reference material together and not in a hundred internet searches. This QUICK LOOK reference is intended for the working IT professional in real world scenarios without having to find what you are looking for within a sea of webpage
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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

Implement DDoS protection, PKI-based identity, 2FA, and DNS security using Blockchain

by Rajneesh Gupta ...

Develop blockchain application with step-by-step instructions, working example and helpful recommendationsKey FeaturesUnderstanding the blockchain technology from the cybersecurity perspectiveDeveloping cyber security solutions with Ethereum blockchain technologyUnderstanding real-world deployment of blockchain based applicationsBook DescriptionBlockchain technology is being welcomed as one of the ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop blockchain application with step-by-step instructions, working example and helpful recommendationsKey FeaturesUnderstanding the blockchain technology from the cybersecurity perspectiveDeveloping cyber security solutions with Ethereum blockchain technologyUnderstanding real-world deployment of blockchain based applicationsBook DescriptionBlockchain technology is being welcomed as one of the
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