Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."A masterful synthesis of the field’s intellectual roots and its practical tools.”—Saurabh Sawant, MicrosoftReinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: LLM alignment and post-training helps you understand how modern AI models can be adapted to better match the needs and expectations of their users. Rather than surveying the vast field of reinforcement learning, ...

In the idyllic town of Wahlheim, a web of forbidden desires entangles four souls. Eduard, a wealthy landowner, and his beautiful wife, Charlotte, find their marriage tested by the arrival of the enigmatic Captain and his charming wife, Ottilie. As the couples spend idyllic days together, their hearts begin to stray, leading to a dangerous game of love and betrayal. Goethe's masterpiece, "Elective Affinities," is a timeless exploration of the complexities of human relationships, the power o...

Discover the potential applications, challenges, and opportunities of deep learning from a business perspective with technical examples. These applications include image recognition, segmentation and annotation, video processing and annotation, voice recognition, intelligent personal assistants, automated translation, and autonomous vehicles.An Introduction to Deep Learning Business Applications for Developers covers some common DL algorithms such as content-based recommen...

With an evolutionary advancement of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, a rapid increase of data volumes and a significant improvement of computation powers, machine learning becomes hot in different applications. However, because of the nature of “black-box” in ML methods, ML still needs to be interpreted to link human and machine learning for transparency and user acceptance of delivered solutions. This edited book addresses such links from the perspectives of visualisation, explanation, t...

Understanding Models Developed by AI: Including Applications with Python and MATLAB Code is a comprehensive guide on the intricacies of AI models and their real-world applications. The book demystifies complex AI methodologies by providing clear explanations and practical examples that are reinforced with Python and MATLAB program codes. Its content structure emphasizes a practical, applications-driven approach to understanding AI models, with hands-on coding examples throughout each chapt...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2021, held virtually and in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, in June 2021.The 50 full papers and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 113 submissions. They cover a broad range of topics related to technical, legal, and ethical aspects of artificial intelligence systems and their applications and are ...

This book covers a wide range of highly qualified papers presented at the Computer Vision Conference 2026, held on May 21–22, 2026, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The paper submissions for this conference were received from researchers, academicians, and industry practitioners from various countries. To ensure the high standards of originality, technical quality, and relevance to the conference themes, all papers were double-blind peer-reviewed to ensure that the final published papers meet hi...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 48th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Künstliche Intelligenz), KI 2025, which was held in Potsdam, Germany, during September 16–19, 2025.The 15full papers, 8 short papers and 5 extended abstracts presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. They focus on new research results on theory and applications in AI. The papers were categorized in the following sections: Full Technical Pape...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems on Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence, IEA/AIE 2025, held in Kitakyushu, Japan, in July 1–4, 2025.The 80 full papers and 9 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 130 submissions. They focus on the following topical sections:Part I: Reinforcement Learning; Optimiz...

This book presents high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from 5th International Conference on Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms (ICACCP 2025), organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, India, during 6–8 June 2025. The book covers advanced computational paradigms and communications techniques which provide failsafe and robust solutions to the emerging problems faced by ma...

Machine Learning in Manufacturing: Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision reviews process monitoring based on machine learning algorithms and the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution and proposes Learning Quality Control (LQC), the evolution of Statistical Quality Control (SQC). This book identifies 10 big data issues in manufacturing and addresses them using an ad-hoc, 5-step problem-solving strategy that increases the likelihood of successfully deploying this Quality 4.0 ini...

The CCIS book constitutes selected papers accepted in the Research Track on Artificial Intelligence of the 11th International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2024, which took place in Las Vegas, NV, USA, during December 11–13, 2024.The 31 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 383 submissions. They were organized in topical sections on prediction methods and novel applications; large language m...