This book offers a comprehensive introduction to relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases. The authors thoroughly review the current state of database tools and techniques, and examine coming innovations.The book opens with a broad look at data management, including an overview of information systems and databases, and an explanation of contemporary database types:SQL and NoSQL databases, and their respective management systemsThe n...

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases. The authors thoroughly review the current state of database tools and techniques and examine upcoming innovations.In the first five chapters, the authors analyze in detail the management, modeling, languages, security, and architecture of relational databases, graph databases, and document databases. Moreover, an overview of other SQL- and NoSQL-based database approaches is p...

Corruption is one of the main obstacles to sustainable development and has a significant negative impact on a country's productivity. In this book, which reproduces the transcribed presentations and lively discussions at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), four panels including internationally known arbitration practitioners, criminal lawyers and accountants exchange views on the causes, costs, and impacts of corruption not only on society but also on the...

This edited book presents the state-of-the-art of applying fuzzy logic to managerial decision-making processes in areas such as fuzzy-based portfolio management, recommender systems, performance assessment and risk analysis, among others. Presenting the latest research, with a strong focus on applications and case studies, it is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, project leaders and managers wanting to apply or improve their fuzzy-based skills.

This book addresses the latest research and applications of fuzzy management methods for business decisions. It showcases a broad set of applications and discusses topics such as measures for the quality of analytics outcomes in big data environments; how fuzzy management methods support the inclusion of human thinking and human behavior in decision making processes; how to generate better results with fuzzy management methods in cases of imprecise information; new personalization concepts...

Red hot passion is just the cherry on top! Contains 18 titles!Taste of your lipsMocha Pleasures by Pamela YayeBest Friend Bride by Kat CantrellCappuccino Kisses by Yahrah St. JohnThings are heating up…The Single Dad's Family Recipe by Rachael JohnsHer Las Vegas Wedding by Andrea BolterA Bride for the Italian Boss by Susan Meier

Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes:MOTHER OF THE BRIDE’S SECOND CHANCEThe Bridal PartyBy Susan MeierTraveling to Tuscany for her daughter’s wedding, mother of the bride Juliette is caught off guard by father of the groom, Lorenzo. The Italian billionaire is certainly charming—and their chemistry i...

The perfect recipeTake one single dad working night and day to open his hot new restaurant. Mix in his irresistible new employee – a woman with a secret, looking for a fresh start. Simmer until a kiss leads to a clandestine affair that plunges Lachlan McKinnel and Eliza Coleman from the frying pan and right into the fire!•When hotel heiress Audrey Girard’s safe, convenient wedding to a business partner is called off, she’s left to contend with her ex-...

'I love Elinor Lipman's wit and lightness of touch' – Marian Keyes 'The perennially mood-lifting Lipman is equally revered for her lovable characters, spitfire wit and happily-ever-after romantic escapades' – Booklist Running her parents' estate-sale business in a small Massachusetts town is not the high-flying career that 32-year-old Emma Lewis imagined for herself. But her parents make an offer she can't refuse when they move to the coast and invite her to take over their home as well as...

Join bestselling author Sheila Roberts in the town of Icicle Falls, where life’s full of surprises, and happiness is just around the corner!Together for the first time in one box set, books 4-6 in her popular Life in Icicle Falls series:The Cottage on Juniper RidgeMuriel Sterling’s guide to plain living, Simplicity, inspires Jen Heath has left her stressful, overcommitted life and moved to Icicle Falls, where she rents a lovely little cotta...

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes:HER WYOMING VALENTINE WISH (A Return to the Double C novel)by New York Times bestselling author Allison LeighWhen Delia Templeton is tapped to run her wealthy grandmother’s new charitable foundation, she finds herself dea...

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way.Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile p...