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Advances in The Human Side of Service Engineering

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on The Human Side of Service Engineering, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Edited by Louis E. Freund, Wojciech Cellary ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book explores the different ways in which human-factors engineering influences organizations’ and enterprises’ well-being and competitiveness. It covers a wealth of interrelated topics such as service engineering, service science, human–computer interaction, service usability, attitude and opinion assessment, servicescape design and evaluation, and training for service delivery. Further ... Read more

$180.69 CAD

This book explores the different ways in which human-factors engineering influences organizations’ and enterprises’ well-being and competitiveness. It covers a wealth of interrelated topics such as service engineering, service science, human–computer interaction, service usability, attitude and opinion assessment, servicescape design and evaluation, and training for service delivery. Further
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Advances in Neuromorphic Hardware Exploiting Emerging Nanoscale Devices

Edited by Manan Suri ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers all major aspects of cutting-edge research in the field of neuromorphic hardware engineering involving emerging nanoscale devices. Special emphasis is given to leading works in hybrid low-power CMOS-Nanodevice design. The book offers readers a bidirectional (top-down and bottom-up) perspective on designing efficient bio-inspired hardware. At the nanodevice level, it focuses on ... Read more

$167.79 CAD

This book covers all major aspects of cutting-edge research in the field of neuromorphic hardware engineering involving emerging nanoscale devices. Special emphasis is given to leading works in hybrid low-power CMOS-Nanodevice design. The book offers readers a bidirectional (top-down and bottom-up) perspective on designing efficient bio-inspired hardware. At the nanodevice level, it focuses on
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Ambient Intelligence

15th European Conference, AmI 2019, Rome, Italy, November 13–15, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Boris De Ruyter, Irene Mavrommati ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in November 2019.The 20 full papers presented together with 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers cover topics such as embedded devices that can merge unobtrusively and in natural ways using information and ... Read more

$64.49 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in November 2019.The 20 full papers presented together with 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers cover topics such as embedded devices that can merge unobtrusively and in natural ways using information and
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Mechanism Design for Robotics

MEDER 2026

Edited by Rogério Gonçalves, Marco Ceccarelli ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the 7th IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics (MEDER), held in Uberlândia, Brazil, on 17–20 June 2026. It gathers contributions by researchers from several countries on all major areas of robotic research, development and innovation, as well as new applications and current trends. The topics covered include: theoretical and computational kinematics ... Read more

$359.99 CAD

This book presents the proceedings of the 7th IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics (MEDER), held in Uberlândia, Brazil, on 17–20 June 2026. It gathers contributions by researchers from several countries on all major areas of robotic research, development and innovation, as well as new applications and current trends. The topics covered include: theoretical and computational kinematics
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Automated Trading with R

Quantitative Research and Platform Development

by Chris Conlan ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn to trade algorithmically with your existing brokerage, from data management, to strategy optimization, to order execution, using free and publicly available data. Connect to your brokerage’s API, and the source code is plug-and-play.Automated Trading with R explains automated trading, starting with its mathematics and moving to its computation and execution. You will gain a unique insight ... Read more

$96.49 CAD

Learn to trade algorithmically with your existing brokerage, from data management, to strategy optimization, to order execution, using free and publicly available data. Connect to your brokerage’s API, and the source code is plug-and-play.Automated Trading with R explains automated trading, starting with its mathematics and moving to its computation and execution. You will gain a unique insight
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Introduction to Python for Engineers and Scientists

Open Source Solutions for Numerical Computation

by Sandeep Nagar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Familiarize yourself with the basics of Python for engineering and scientific computations using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Introduction to Python is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking for open-source solutions for numerical computation.In this book you will learn by doing, avoiding technical jargon, ... Read more

$68.79 CAD

Familiarize yourself with the basics of Python for engineering and scientific computations using this concise, practical tutorial that is focused on writing code to learn concepts. Introduction to Python is useful for industry engineers, researchers, and students who are looking for open-source solutions for numerical computation.In this book you will learn by doing, avoiding technical jargon,
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Tulkki – Romaani Auschwitzin oikeudenkäynneistä

by Annette Hess, Martti Ruokonen ...

Translated by Pirkko Roinila ...

Miten löytää sanat pahuudelle?Ajatuksia herättävä lukuromaani Saksan historian synkimmän aikakauden varjosta.Frankfurt, 1963. Eva Bruhnsin asiat ovat hyvin. Vanhempien majatalo menestyy, töitä riittää puolan kielen tulkkina, ja poikaystävänkin pitäisi pian kosia. Mutta kun Eva päätyy tulkkaamaan todistajanlausuntoja sotaoikeudenkäynnissä, hän kuulee ensi kertaa sanan Auschwitz. Tulkki käsittelee ... Read more

$24.94 CAD

Miten löytää sanat pahuudelle?Ajatuksia herättävä lukuromaani Saksan historian synkimmän aikakauden varjosta.Frankfurt, 1963. Eva Bruhnsin asiat ovat hyvin. Vanhempien majatalo menestyy, töitä riittää puolan kielen tulkkina, ja poikaystävänkin pitäisi pian kosia. Mutta kun Eva päätyy tulkkaamaan todistajanlausuntoja sotaoikeudenkäynnissä, hän kuulee ensi kertaa sanan Auschwitz. Tulkki käsittelee
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Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing

29th International Conference, CollabTech 2023, Osaka, Japan, August 29–September 1, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Hideyuki Takada, D. Moritz Marutschke, Claudio Alvarez, Tomoo Inoue, Yugo Hayashi, Davinia Hernandez-Leo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2023, held in Osaka, Japan, during August 29–September 1, 2023, in hybrid mode.The 8 full papers presented in this book together with 12 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions.The papers focus on innovative technical, ... Read more

$83.89 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2023, held in Osaka, Japan, during August 29–September 1, 2023, in hybrid mode.The 8 full papers presented in this book together with 12 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions.The papers focus on innovative technical,
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Tomorrow's Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing

11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Dublin, Ireland, July 3-6, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Arthur Tatnall, Mary Webb ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, held in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2017.The 57 revised full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: futures ... Read more

$116.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, held in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2017.The 57 revised full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: futures
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Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis

15th International Symposium, ATVA 2017, Pune, India, October 3–6, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by K. Narayan Kumar, Deepak D'Souza ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, ATVA 2017, held in Pune, India, in October 2017.The 22 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full-paper length.The contributions are organized in ... Read more

$64.49 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, ATVA 2017, held in Pune, India, in October 2017.The 22 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full-paper length.The contributions are organized in
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Die ultimative Synology NAS Bibel

mit vielen Insider Tipps und Tricks - komplett in Farbe

by Wolfram Gieseke ...

Die ultimative Synology NAS BibelMit diesem umfassenden Praxisbuch zu NAS-Systemen der bekannten Firma Synology bekommen Sie nicht nur einen tiefen Einblick in das komplette Thema der Network-Attached-Storage-Geräte, sondern einen Ratgeber mit vielen Tipps, Tricks und praktischen Hinweisen. Sie erfahren alles von der Kaufberatung über die Installation bis zur Nutzung als Musikarchiv, Fotospeicher, ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die ultimative Synology NAS BibelMit diesem umfassenden Praxisbuch zu NAS-Systemen der bekannten Firma Synology bekommen Sie nicht nur einen tiefen Einblick in das komplette Thema der Network-Attached-Storage-Geräte, sondern einen Ratgeber mit vielen Tipps, Tricks und praktischen Hinweisen. Sie erfahren alles von der Kaufberatung über die Installation bis zur Nutzung als Musikarchiv, Fotospeicher,
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Design for Experience

Where Technology Meets Design and Strategy

by Jinwoo Kim ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Presents a strategic perspective and design methodology that guide the process of developing digital products and services that provide ‘real experience’ to users. Only when the material experienced runs its course to fulfilment is it then regarded as ‘real experience’ that is distinctively senseful, evaluated as valuable, and harmoniously related to others.Based on the theoretical background of ... Read more

$64.49 CAD

Presents a strategic perspective and design methodology that guide the process of developing digital products and services that provide ‘real experience’ to users. Only when the material experienced runs its course to fulfilment is it then regarded as ‘real experience’ that is distinctively senseful, evaluated as valuable, and harmoniously related to others.Based on the theoretical background of
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Building Medallion Architectures

Designing with Delta Lake and Spark

by Piethein Strengholt ...

To deliver the insights that give them a competitive advantage, organizations increasingly turn to the proven Medallion architecture. Yet implementing a robust data architecture can be difficult, particularly when it comes to using the Medallion architecture's Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers—done wrong, it can hamper your ability to make data-driven decisions. This practical guide helps you build ... Read more

$51.19 CAD

To deliver the insights that give them a competitive advantage, organizations increasingly turn to the proven Medallion architecture. Yet implementing a robust data architecture can be difficult, particularly when it comes to using the Medallion architecture's Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers—done wrong, it can hamper your ability to make data-driven decisions. This practical guide helps you build
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Data Flow Analysis

Theory and Practice

by Uday Khedker, Amitabha Sanyal, Bageshri Sathe ...

Data flow analysis is used to discover information for a wide variety of useful applications, ranging from compiler optimizations to software engineering and verification. Modern compilers apply it to produce performance-maximizing code, and software engineers use it to re-engineer or reverse engineer programs and verify the integrity of their programs.Supplementary Online Materials to Strengthen ... Read more

$100.42 CAD

Data flow analysis is used to discover information for a wide variety of useful applications, ranging from compiler optimizations to software engineering and verification. Modern compilers apply it to produce performance-maximizing code, and software engineers use it to re-engineer or reverse engineer programs and verify the integrity of their programs.Supplementary Online Materials to Strengthen
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180 Casos Resolvidos em Linguagem DAX

POWER BI: CASOS RESOLVIDOS, #1

by Ramón Javier Castro Amador ...

Series Book 1 - POWER BI: CASOS RESOLVIDOS
O guia inclui um arquivo do Power BI para download para que você possa trabalhar e experimentar o código.Este guia completo foi pensado para uma rápida resolução dos casos mais comuns que podem ser encontrados ao realizar modelagem do zero no POWER BI. Através de seu uso, pretende-se parar de investir horas em desenvolvimento e código mal escrito (não otimizado) que gera falhas graves. O resultado ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

O guia inclui um arquivo do Power BI para download para que você possa trabalhar e experimentar o código.Este guia completo foi pensado para uma rápida resolução dos casos mais comuns que podem ser encontrados ao realizar modelagem do zero no POWER BI. Através de seu uso, pretende-se parar de investir horas em desenvolvimento e código mal escrito (não otimizado) que gera falhas graves. O resultado
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User Interface Design and Evaluation

by Debbie Stone, Caroline Jarrett, Mark Woodroffe, Shailey Minocha ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
User Interface Design and Evaluation provides an overview of the user-centered design field. It illustrates the benefits of a user-centered approach to the design of software, computer systems, and websites. The book provides clear and practical discussions of requirements gathering, developing interaction design from user requirements, and user interface evaluation. The book's coverage includes ... Read more

$56.79 CAD

User Interface Design and Evaluation provides an overview of the user-centered design field. It illustrates the benefits of a user-centered approach to the design of software, computer systems, and websites. The book provides clear and practical discussions of requirements gathering, developing interaction design from user requirements, and user interface evaluation. The book's coverage includes
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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement

20th International Conference, PROFES 2019, Barcelona, Spain, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Xavier Franch, Tomi Männistö, Silverio Martínez-Fernández ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2019, held in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2019.The 24 revised full papers 4 industry papers, and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers cover a broad range of topics related to professional software ... Read more

$64.49 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2019, held in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2019.The 24 revised full papers 4 industry papers, and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers cover a broad range of topics related to professional software
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Blended Learning: Aligning Theory with Practices

9th International Conference, ICBL 2016, Beijing, China, July 19-21, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Simon K.S. Cheung, Lam-for Kwok, Junjie Shang, Aihua Wang, Reggie Kwan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2016, held in Beijing, China, in July 2016. The conference is formerly known as International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL)The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The selected papers cover various aspects on collaborative and interactive ... Read more

$64.49 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2016, held in Beijing, China, in July 2016. The conference is formerly known as International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL)The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The selected papers cover various aspects on collaborative and interactive
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Futuristic Information and Communication

A Multimodal Multidisciplinary Signal Analysis

Edited by Mihir Narayan Mohanty, Bibhuprasad Mohanty, Kandarpa Kumar Sarma, Dmitrii Kaplun ...

The development of novel techniques that can easily extract information from the joint observations of measurements coming from many modalities is necessary to realise the full potential of futuristic information processing applications in communication industries. Communication is an essential process in the design, development, and operation of systems and is expanded upon by exploring the ... Read more

$99.06 CAD

The development of novel techniques that can easily extract information from the joint observations of measurements coming from many modalities is necessary to realise the full potential of futuristic information processing applications in communication industries. Communication is an essential process in the design, development, and operation of systems and is expanded upon by exploring the
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Decision Support System

Tools and Techniques

by Susmita Bandyopadhyay ...

This book presents different tools and techniques used for Decision Support Systems (DSS), including decision tree and table, and their modifications, multi-criteria decision analysis techniques, network tools of decision support, and various case-based reasoning methods supported by examples and case studies. Latest developments for each of the techniques have been discussed separately, and ... Read more

$100.42 CAD

This book presents different tools and techniques used for Decision Support Systems (DSS), including decision tree and table, and their modifications, multi-criteria decision analysis techniques, network tools of decision support, and various case-based reasoning methods supported by examples and case studies. Latest developments for each of the techniques have been discussed separately, and
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Designers, Users and Justice

by Turkka Keinonen ...

How do we design for users? How might users best participate in the design process? How can we evaluate the user's experience of designed products and services? These fundamental questions are addressed in Designers, Users, and Justice, through a series of dialogues between a design scholar and a designer. In a series of conversations, the scholar and the designer address the concepts and practice ... Read more

$47.49 CAD

How do we design for users? How might users best participate in the design process? How can we evaluate the user's experience of designed products and services? These fundamental questions are addressed in Designers, Users, and Justice, through a series of dialogues between a design scholar and a designer. In a series of conversations, the scholar and the designer address the concepts and practice
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Apache Spark for Data Science Cookbook

Solve real-world analytical problems

by Padma Priya Chitturi ...

Over insightful 90 recipes to get lightning-fast analytics with Apache SparkKey Features\[\*\] Use Apache Spark for data processing with these hands-on recipes\[\*\] Implement end-to-end, large-scale data analysis better than ever before\[\*\] Work with powerful libraries such as MLLib, SciPy, NumPy, and Pandas to gain insights from your dataBook DescriptionSpark has emerged as the most promising ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Over insightful 90 recipes to get lightning-fast analytics with Apache SparkKey Features\[\*\] Use Apache Spark for data processing with these hands-on recipes\[\*\] Implement end-to-end, large-scale data analysis better than ever before\[\*\] Work with powerful libraries such as MLLib, SciPy, NumPy, and Pandas to gain insights from your dataBook DescriptionSpark has emerged as the most promising
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Intelligent Human Computer Interaction

15th International Conference, IHCI 2023, Daegu, South Korea, November 8–10, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part II

Edited by Bong Jun Choi, Dhananjay Singh, Uma Shanker Tiwary, Wan-Young Chung ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2023, held in Daegu, South Korea, during November 8–10, 2023.The 55 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 139 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Volume I: Natural Language and ... Read more

$96.79 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2023, held in Daegu, South Korea, during November 8–10, 2023.The 55 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 139 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Volume I: Natural Language and
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The Essential Guide to Prompt Engineering

Key Principles, Techniques, Challenges, and Security Risks

by Vladimir Geroimenko ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to mastering the entire spectrum of prompt engineering, from fundamental concepts to pro-level techniques and essential security considerations. Filled with practical examples and detailed explanations, it delivers actionable knowledge that can be directly applied to AI projects. The guide includes dedicated chapters on key challenges and ... Read more

$70.99 CAD

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to mastering the entire spectrum of prompt engineering, from fundamental concepts to pro-level techniques and essential security considerations. Filled with practical examples and detailed explanations, it delivers actionable knowledge that can be directly applied to AI projects. The guide includes dedicated chapters on key challenges and
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