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Advances in Information Architecture

The Academics / Practitioners Roundtable 2014–2019

Edited by Andrea Resmini, Sarah A. Rice, Bernadette Irizarry ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume reveals the history of Information Architecture (IA), reflects on the relationship between practice and research within the discipline, and presents educators with the latest models, frameworks and theories that have emerged from the Information Architecture Academics and Practitioners Roundtable between 2014 and 2019. The most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Information ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This volume reveals the history of Information Architecture (IA), reflects on the relationship between practice and research within the discipline, and presents educators with the latest models, frameworks and theories that have emerged from the Information Architecture Academics and Practitioners Roundtable between 2014 and 2019. The most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Information
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Delivering Data Analytics

A Step-By-Step Guide to Driving Adoption of Business Intelligence from Planning to Launch

by Nicholas Kelly ...

The importance of data analytics is well known, but how can you get end users to engage with analytics and business intelligence (BI) when adoption of new technology can be frustratingly slow or may not happen at all?Avoid wasting time on dashboards and reports that no one uses with this practical guide to increasing analytics adoption by focusing on people and process, not technology. Pulling ... Read more

$50.59 CAD

The importance of data analytics is well known, but how can you get end users to engage with analytics and business intelligence (BI) when adoption of new technology can be frustratingly slow or may not happen at all?Avoid wasting time on dashboards and reports that no one uses with this practical guide to increasing analytics adoption by focusing on people and process, not technology. Pulling
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Researching UX: Analytics

Understanding Is the Heart of Great UX

by Luke Hay ...

Good UX is based on evidence. Qualitative evidence, such as user testing and field research, can only get you so far. To get the full picture of how users are engaging with your website or app, you'll need to use quantitative evidence in the form of analytics.This book will show you, step by step, how you can use website and app analytics data to inform design choices and definitively improve user ... Read more

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Good UX is based on evidence. Qualitative evidence, such as user testing and field research, can only get you so far. To get the full picture of how users are engaging with your website or app, you'll need to use quantitative evidence in the form of analytics.This book will show you, step by step, how you can use website and app analytics data to inform design choices and definitively improve user
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Supercharge Excel

When you learn to Write DAX for Power Pivot

by Matt Allington ...

Data analysis expressions (DAX) is the formula language of Power Pivot. Learning the DAX language is key to empower Excel users so they can take advantage of these new Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities. This volume clearly explains the concepts of Power Pivot while at the same time offering hands-on practice to engage the reader and help new knowledge stick. This second edition has been ... Read more

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Data analysis expressions (DAX) is the formula language of Power Pivot. Learning the DAX language is key to empower Excel users so they can take advantage of these new Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities. This volume clearly explains the concepts of Power Pivot while at the same time offering hands-on practice to engage the reader and help new knowledge stick. This second edition has been
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Understanding and Using AI

A Resource for Nonprofit Leaders

by Daniel O. Livvarcin, Yacouba Traoré ...

Embrace the future with confidence and harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence to supercharge your nonprofit's efficiency and impact.Guided by our motto "Don't be afraid, be prepared," this book demystifies AI, making it accessible and practical for everyday use in your organization. It provides straightforward strategies and real-world examples to show how AI can streamline ... Read more

$19.79 CAD

Embrace the future with confidence and harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence to supercharge your nonprofit's efficiency and impact.Guided by our motto "Don't be afraid, be prepared," this book demystifies AI, making it accessible and practical for everyday use in your organization. It provides straightforward strategies and real-world examples to show how AI can streamline
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Building Arduino PLCs

The essential techniques you need to develop Arduino-based PLCs

by Pradeeka Seneviratne ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the fundamentals of PLCs and how to control them using Arduino software to create your first Arduino PLC. You will learn how to draw Ladder Logic diagrams to represent PLC designs for a wide variety of automated applications and to convert the diagrams to Arduino sketches.A comprehensive shopping guide includes the hardware and software components you need in your tool box. You will learn to ... Read more

$56.29 CAD

Learn the fundamentals of PLCs and how to control them using Arduino software to create your first Arduino PLC. You will learn how to draw Ladder Logic diagrams to represent PLC designs for a wide variety of automated applications and to convert the diagrams to Arduino sketches.A comprehensive shopping guide includes the hardware and software components you need in your tool box. You will learn to
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JavaServer Faces

Building Web-based User Interfaces

by Hans Bergsten ...

JavaServer Faces, or JSF, brings a component-based model to web application development that's similar to the model that's been used in standalone GUI applications for years. The technology builds on the experience gained from Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and numerous commercial and open source web application frameworks that simplify the development process.In JavaServer Faces, developers ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

JavaServer Faces, or JSF, brings a component-based model to web application development that's similar to the model that's been used in standalone GUI applications for years. The technology builds on the experience gained from Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and numerous commercial and open source web application frameworks that simplify the development process.In JavaServer Faces, developers
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Java Data Analysis

Data mining, big data analysis, NoSQL, and data visualization

by John R. Hubbard ...

Get the most out of the popular Java libraries and tools to perform efficient data analysisKey FeaturesGet your basics right for data analysis with Java and make sense of your data through effective visualizations.Use various Java APIs and tools such as Rapidminer and WEKA for effective data analysis and machine learning.This is your companion to understanding and implementing a solid data ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get the most out of the popular Java libraries and tools to perform efficient data analysisKey FeaturesGet your basics right for data analysis with Java and make sense of your data through effective visualizations.Use various Java APIs and tools such as Rapidminer and WEKA for effective data analysis and machine learning.This is your companion to understanding and implementing a solid data
... Read more
Spring Boot Persistence Best Practices

Optimize Java Persistence Performance in Spring Boot Applications

by Anghel Leonard ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book is a collection of developer code recipes and best practices for persisting data using Spring, particularly Spring Boot. The book is structured around practical recipes, where each recipe discusses a performance case or performance-related case, and almost every recipe has one or more applications. Mainly, when we try to accomplish something (e.g., read some data from the database), ... Read more

$95.79 CAD

This book is a collection of developer code recipes and best practices for persisting data using Spring, particularly Spring Boot. The book is structured around practical recipes, where each recipe discusses a performance case or performance-related case, and almost every recipe has one or more applications. Mainly, when we try to accomplish something (e.g., read some data from the database),
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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

$42.39 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
Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide - Volume III: Sequences & NLP

Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide, #3

by Daniel Voigt Godoy ...

Series Book 3 - Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide
Revised for PyTorch 2.x!Why this book?Are you looking for a book where you can learn about deep learning and PyTorch without having to spend hours deciphering cryptic text and code? A technical book that's also easy and enjoyable to read?This is it!How is this book different?First, this book presents an easy-to-follow, ... ... Read more

$9.95 CAD

Revised for PyTorch 2.x!Why this book?Are you looking for a book where you can learn about deep learning and PyTorch without having to spend hours deciphering cryptic text and code? A technical book that's also easy and enjoyable to read?This is it!How is this book different?First, this book presents an easy-to-follow, ...
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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

$47.19 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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Designing React Hooks the Right Way

Explore design techniques and solutions to debunk the myths about adopting states using React Hooks

by Fang Jin, Sagar Kale ...

Get to grips with React Hooks and design your own custom Hook to manage application states for making better decisions in site architecture Key Features • Get to grips with Hooks' design and understand each built-in Hook's pitfalls with examples • Discover how to turn your existing code into a reusable Hook via code refactoring • Explore design solutions to identify and solve site performance ... Read more

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Get to grips with React Hooks and design your own custom Hook to manage application states for making better decisions in site architecture Key Features • Get to grips with Hooks' design and understand each built-in Hook's pitfalls with examples • Discover how to turn your existing code into a reusable Hook via code refactoring • Explore design solutions to identify and solve site performance
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The Expert Guide to Peoplesoft Security

by Jason D. Carter ...

Are you new to PeopleSoft? Experienced, but somewhat baffled by PeopleSoft Security? Just wondering what the heck a Primary Permission List does anyway? Well, The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security is for you.The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security provides all the information you need to successfully implement and administer security in PeopleSoft 8. Covering specifics for PeopleTools versions 8 ... Read more

$5.39 CAD

Are you new to PeopleSoft? Experienced, but somewhat baffled by PeopleSoft Security? Just wondering what the heck a Primary Permission List does anyway? Well, The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security is for you.The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security provides all the information you need to successfully implement and administer security in PeopleSoft 8. Covering specifics for PeopleTools versions 8
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Managing Data Science

Effective strategies to manage data science projects and build a sustainable team

by Kirill Dubovikov ...

Understand data science concepts and methodologies to manage and deliver top-notch solutions for your organizationKey FeaturesLearn the basics of data science and explore its possibilities and limitationsManage data science projects and assemble teams effectively even in the most challenging situationsUnderstand management principles and approaches for data science projects to streamline the ... Read more

$28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand data science concepts and methodologies to manage and deliver top-notch solutions for your organizationKey FeaturesLearn the basics of data science and explore its possibilities and limitationsManage data science projects and assemble teams effectively even in the most challenging situationsUnderstand management principles and approaches for data science projects to streamline the
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User-Centered Agile Methods

by Hugh Beyer ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development, existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product Owner, the Customer (but not the user), short iterations, User Stories. Where do UX professionals fit in this new world? Agile methods also bring a new ... Read more

$26.39 CAD

With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development, existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product Owner, the Customer (but not the user), short iterations, User Stories. Where do UX professionals fit in this new world? Agile methods also bring a new
... Read more
3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook

A comprehensive guide to exploring rendering algorithms in modern OpenGL and Vulkan

by Sergey Kosarevsky, Viktor Latypov ...

Build a 3D rendering engine from scratch while solving problems in a step-by-step way with the help of useful recipesKey FeaturesLearn to integrate modern rendering techniques into a single performant 3D rendering engineLeverage Vulkan to render 3D content, use AZDO in OpenGL applications, and understand modern real-time rendering methodsImplement a physically based rendering pipeline from scratch ... Read more

$44.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build a 3D rendering engine from scratch while solving problems in a step-by-step way with the help of useful recipesKey FeaturesLearn to integrate modern rendering techniques into a single performant 3D rendering engineLeverage Vulkan to render 3D content, use AZDO in OpenGL applications, and understand modern real-time rendering methodsImplement a physically based rendering pipeline from scratch
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Modern Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

A.I., #1

by rayaan, Abdellah Idrissi ...

Series Book 1 - A.I.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often all over the news these last few years. Some fearthat AI is getting so advanced that people will start losing their jobs and their habits.In fact, one area humans will always be better at is emotional intelligence. Computerscan't be emotional, but they can trick us into believing they are.Yes, we can say that AI is breaking records lately on all fronts. Its ... Read more

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often all over the news these last few years. Some fearthat AI is getting so advanced that people will start losing their jobs and their habits.In fact, one area humans will always be better at is emotional intelligence. Computerscan't be emotional, but they can trick us into believing they are.Yes, we can say that AI is breaking records lately on all fronts. Its
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Rust for the IoT

Building Internet of Things Apps with Rust and Raspberry Pi

by Joseph Faisal Nusairat ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the ... Read more

$80.19 CAD

Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the
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Rules and Reasoning

6th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, Berlin, Germany, September 26–28, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Guido Governatori, Anni-Yasmin Turhan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, held in Berlin, Germany, during September 26–28, 2022. This is the 6th conference of a new series, joining the efforts of two existing conference series, namely “RuleML” (International Web Rule Symposium) and “RR” (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems).The 18 full research papers presented ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, held in Berlin, Germany, during September 26–28, 2022. This is the 6th conference of a new series, joining the efforts of two existing conference series, namely “RuleML” (International Web Rule Symposium) and “RR” (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems).The 18 full research papers presented
... Read more
SQL Pocket Guide

A Guide to SQL Usage

by Alice Zhao ...

If you use SQL in your day-to-day work as a data analyst, data scientist, or data engineer, this popular pocket guide is your ideal on-the-job reference. You'll find many examples that address the language's complexities, along with key aspects of SQL used in Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.In this updated edition, author Alice Zhao describes how these database ... Read more

$31.19 CAD

If you use SQL in your day-to-day work as a data analyst, data scientist, or data engineer, this popular pocket guide is your ideal on-the-job reference. You'll find many examples that address the language's complexities, along with key aspects of SQL used in Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.In this updated edition, author Alice Zhao describes how these database
... Read more
Designing the Search Experience

The Information Architecture of Discovery

by Tony Russell-Rose, Tyler Tate ...

Search is not just a box and ten blue links. Search is a journey: an exploration where what we encounter along the way changes what we seek. But in order to guide people along this journey, designers must understand both the art and science of search.In Designing the Search Experience, authors Tony Russell-Rose and Tyler Tate weave together the theories of information seeking with the practice of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Search is not just a box and ten blue links. Search is a journey: an exploration where what we encounter along the way changes what we seek. But in order to guide people along this journey, designers must understand both the art and science of search.In Designing the Search Experience, authors Tony Russell-Rose and Tyler Tate weave together the theories of information seeking with the practice of
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Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Computer Technology and Media Convergence Design (CTMCD 2022)

Edited by Kannimuthu Subramanian, Jian Ouyang, Wei Wei ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This is an open access book.With the rapid development of society and the continuous progress of computer science and technology, when entering the information age, design has also been integrated into the new media age in time.The application of computer technology in design has broken the limitations of traditional design, achieved a huge breakthrough in the field of design, provided more ... Read more

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This is an open access book.With the rapid development of society and the continuous progress of computer science and technology, when entering the information age, design has also been integrated into the new media age in time.The application of computer technology in design has broken the limitations of traditional design, achieved a huge breakthrough in the field of design, provided more
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Fast Track UML 2.0

by Kendall Scott ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a methodology to document the analysis and design of the software development process. Through the use of standard diagrams for such concepts as use cases, interactions, and collaborations, among many others, "Fast Track UML 2.0" explores the modeling techniques and the changes since the prior UML 1.3 standard.This book presents a distillation of the contents ... Read more

$25.69 CAD

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a methodology to document the analysis and design of the software development process. Through the use of standard diagrams for such concepts as use cases, interactions, and collaborations, among many others, "Fast Track UML 2.0" explores the modeling techniques and the changes since the prior UML 1.3 standard.This book presents a distillation of the contents
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