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Practical Synthetic Data Generation

Balancing Privacy and the Broad Availability of Data

by Khaled El Emam, Lucy Mosquera, Richard Hoptroff ...

Building and testing machine learning models requires access to large and diverse data. But where can you find usable datasets without running into privacy issues? This practical book introduces techniques for generating synthetic data—fake data generated from real data—so you can perform secondary analysis to do research, understand customer behaviors, develop new products, or generate new ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

Building and testing machine learning models requires access to large and diverse data. But where can you find usable datasets without running into privacy issues? This practical book introduces techniques for generating synthetic data—fake data generated from real data—so you can perform secondary analysis to do research, understand customer behaviors, develop new products, or generate new
... Read more
Building Machine Learning Pipelines

by Hannes Hapke, Catherine Nelson ...

Companies are spending billions on machine learning projects, but it’s money wasted if the models can’t be deployed effectively. In this practical guide, Hannes Hapke and Catherine Nelson walk you through the steps of automating a machine learning pipeline using the TensorFlow ecosystem. You’ll learn the techniques and tools that will cut deployment time from days to minutes, so that you can focus ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Companies are spending billions on machine learning projects, but it’s money wasted if the models can’t be deployed effectively. In this practical guide, Hannes Hapke and Catherine Nelson walk you through the steps of automating a machine learning pipeline using the TensorFlow ecosystem. You’ll learn the techniques and tools that will cut deployment time from days to minutes, so that you can focus
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Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson

Build smart applications using artificial intelligence as a service

by Tanmay Bakshi, Robert High ...

Understand, design, and create cognitive applications using Watson's suite of APIsKey FeaturesWork with IBM Watson APIs to build efficient and powerful cognitive appsBuild smart apps to carry out different sets of activities with the help of real-world use casesGet well-versed with the best practices of IBM Watson and implement them in your daily workBook DescriptionCognitive computing is rapidly ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand, design, and create cognitive applications using Watson's suite of APIsKey FeaturesWork with IBM Watson APIs to build efficient and powerful cognitive appsBuild smart apps to carry out different sets of activities with the help of real-world use casesGet well-versed with the best practices of IBM Watson and implement them in your daily workBook DescriptionCognitive computing is rapidly
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Digital Archaeology

Bridging Method and Theory

Edited by Patrick Daly, Thomas L. Evans ...

The use of computers in archaeology is entering a new phase of unparalleled development, moving on from a specialist methodology on the margins to a powerful practical and analytical tool used across all areas of archaeological interest. With a thorough examination of the ways in which both everyday and cutting-edge technologies can be used to inform and enhance traditional methods, this book ... Read more

$83.99 CAD

The use of computers in archaeology is entering a new phase of unparalleled development, moving on from a specialist methodology on the margins to a powerful practical and analytical tool used across all areas of archaeological interest. With a thorough examination of the ways in which both everyday and cutting-edge technologies can be used to inform and enhance traditional methods, this book
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Feature Engineering for Machine Learning

Principles and Techniques for Data Scientists

by Alice Zheng, Amanda Casari ...

Feature engineering is a crucial step in the machine-learning pipeline, yet this topic is rarely examined on its own. With this practical book, you’ll learn techniques for extracting and transforming features—the numeric representations of raw data—into formats for machine-learning models. Each chapter guides you through a single data problem, such as how to represent text or image data. Together, ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Feature engineering is a crucial step in the machine-learning pipeline, yet this topic is rarely examined on its own. With this practical book, you’ll learn techniques for extracting and transforming features—the numeric representations of raw data—into formats for machine-learning models. Each chapter guides you through a single data problem, such as how to represent text or image data. Together,
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XSLT Cookbook

Solutions and Examples for XML and XSLT Developers

by Sal Mangano ...

Forget those funky robot toys that were all the rage in the '80s, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Transformations) is the ultimate transformer. This powerful language is expert at transforming XML documents into PDF files, HTML documents, JPEG files--virtually anything your heart desires. As useful as XSLT is, though, most people have a difficult time learning its many peculiarities. And now Version 2 ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Forget those funky robot toys that were all the rage in the '80s, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Transformations) is the ultimate transformer. This powerful language is expert at transforming XML documents into PDF files, HTML documents, JPEG files--virtually anything your heart desires. As useful as XSLT is, though, most people have a difficult time learning its many peculiarities. And now Version 2
... Read more
Data Visualization in Excel

A Guide for Beginners, Intermediates, and Wonks

by Jonathan Schwabish ...

Series series AK Peters Visualization Series
This enhanced version includes video content to provide a greater understanding of the text. This consists of five videos by the author explaining topics including conditional formatting, combining charts, tables, and exporting content from Excel. ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

This enhanced version includes video content to provide a greater understanding of the text. This consists of five videos by the author explaining topics including conditional formatting, combining charts, tables, and exporting content from Excel.
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Natural Language Processing with PyTorch

Build Intelligent Language Applications Using Deep Learning

by Delip Rao, Brian McMahan ...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides boundless opportunities for solving problems in artificial intelligence, making products such as Amazon Alexa and Google Translate possible. If you’re a developer or data scientist new to NLP and deep learning, this practical guide shows you how to apply these methods using PyTorch, a Python-based deep learning library.Authors Delip Rao and Brian McMahon ... Read more

$85.99 CAD

Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides boundless opportunities for solving problems in artificial intelligence, making products such as Amazon Alexa and Google Translate possible. If you’re a developer or data scientist new to NLP and deep learning, this practical guide shows you how to apply these methods using PyTorch, a Python-based deep learning library.Authors Delip Rao and Brian McMahon
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Learning Jupyter

Select, Share, Interact and Integrate with Jupyter Notebook

by Toomey ...

Learn how to write code, mathematics, graphics, and output, all in a single document, as well as in a web browser using Project JupyterKey Features\[\*\] Learn to write, execute, and comment your live code and formulae all under one roof using this unique guide\[\*\] This one-stop solution on Project Jupyter will teach you everything you need to know to perform scientific computation with ease\[\* ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to write code, mathematics, graphics, and output, all in a single document, as well as in a web browser using Project JupyterKey Features\[\*\] Learn to write, execute, and comment your live code and formulae all under one roof using this unique guide\[\*\] This one-stop solution on Project Jupyter will teach you everything you need to know to perform scientific computation with ease\[\*
... Read more
Elixir in Action, Third Edition

by Saša Juric ...

Series series In Action
Fully updated to Elixir 1.15, this authoritative bestseller reveals how Elixir tackles problems of scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.Thousands of developers have learned to build applications in Elixir by using Saša Juric’s Elixir in Action. You’ll skip the programming basics or 101 introductions; this book builds on your existing knowledge to get you quickly writing real Elixir ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Fully updated to Elixir 1.15, this authoritative bestseller reveals how Elixir tackles problems of scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.Thousands of developers have learned to build applications in Elixir by using Saša Juric’s Elixir in Action. You’ll skip the programming basics or 101 introductions; this book builds on your existing knowledge to get you quickly writing real Elixir
... Read more
SQL Programming & Database Management For Noobee

by Kishor Sarkar ...

Do you want to understand how to manage databases without getting overwhelmed by complicated jargon?If so, "SQL Programming & Database Management For Noobee" by Kishor Sarkar is the book for you! It breaks down the fundamental elements that are essential to make you a confident SQL programmer and proficient in Database Management.SQL is a software language that is powerful yet simple, flexible, ... Read more

$0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you want to understand how to manage databases without getting overwhelmed by complicated jargon?If so, "SQL Programming & Database Management For Noobee" by Kishor Sarkar is the book for you! It breaks down the fundamental elements that are essential to make you a confident SQL programmer and proficient in Database Management.SQL is a software language that is powerful yet simple, flexible,
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Beginning Data Science with Python and Jupyter

Use powerful industry-standard tools within Jupyter and the Python ecosystem to unlock new, actionable insights from your data

by Alex Galea ...

Getting started with data science doesn t have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction.Key FeaturesGet up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasetsLearn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random ForestsDiscover how you can use web ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Getting started with data science doesn t have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction.Key FeaturesGet up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasetsLearn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random ForestsDiscover how you can use web
... Read more
Data Wrangling with R

Load, explore, transform and visualize data for modeling with tidyverse libraries

by Gustavo Santos ...

Take your data wrangling skills to the next level by gaining a deep understanding of tidyverse libraries and effectively prepare your data for impressive analysis Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesExplore state-of-the-art libraries for data wrangling in R and learn to prepare your data for analysisFind out how to work with different data types such as ... Read more

$38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take your data wrangling skills to the next level by gaining a deep understanding of tidyverse libraries and effectively prepare your data for impressive analysis Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesExplore state-of-the-art libraries for data wrangling in R and learn to prepare your data for analysisFind out how to work with different data types such as
... Read more
Python Data Cleaning Cookbook

Prepare your data for analysis with pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, and OpenAI

by Michael Walker ...

Learn the intricacies of data description, issue identification, and practical problem-solving, armed with essential techniques and expert tips.Key FeaturesGet to grips with new techniques for data preprocessing and cleaning for machine learning and NLP modelsUse new and updated AI tools and techniques for data cleaning tasksClean, monitor, and validate large data volumes to diagnose problems ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn the intricacies of data description, issue identification, and practical problem-solving, armed with essential techniques and expert tips.Key FeaturesGet to grips with new techniques for data preprocessing and cleaning for machine learning and NLP modelsUse new and updated AI tools and techniques for data cleaning tasksClean, monitor, and validate large data volumes to diagnose problems
... Read more
Building Data Science Applications with FastAPI

Develop, manage, and deploy efficient machine learning applications with Python

by François Voron ...

Get well-versed with FastAPI features and best practices for testing, monitoring, and deployment to run high-quality and robust data science applicationsKey FeaturesCover the concepts of the FastAPI framework, including aspects relating to asynchronous programming, type hinting, and dependency injectionDevelop efficient RESTful APIs for data science with modern PythonBuild, test, and deploy high ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get well-versed with FastAPI features and best practices for testing, monitoring, and deployment to run high-quality and robust data science applicationsKey FeaturesCover the concepts of the FastAPI framework, including aspects relating to asynchronous programming, type hinting, and dependency injectionDevelop efficient RESTful APIs for data science with modern PythonBuild, test, and deploy high
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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

Explore GIS processing and learn to work with GeoDjango, CARTOframes and MapboxGL-Jupyter

by Silas Toms, Eric van Rees, Paul Crickard ...

Explore GIS processing and learn to work with various tools and libraries in Python. Key Features\[\*\] Analyze and process geospatial data using Python libraries such as; Anaconda, GeoPandas\[\*\] Leverage new ArcGIS API to process geospatial data for the cloud.\[\*\] Explore various Python geospatial web and machine learning frameworks.Book DescriptionPython comes with a host of open source ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore GIS processing and learn to work with various tools and libraries in Python. Key Features\[\*\] Analyze and process geospatial data using Python libraries such as; Anaconda, GeoPandas\[\*\] Leverage new ArcGIS API to process geospatial data for the cloud.\[\*\] Explore various Python geospatial web and machine learning frameworks.Book DescriptionPython comes with a host of open source
... Read more
Data Analysis with R, Second Edition

A comprehensive guide to manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing data in R

by Tony Fischetti ...

Learn, by example, the fundamentals of data analysis as well as several intermediate to advanced methods and techniques ranging from classification and regression to Bayesian methods and MCMC, which can be put to immediate use. Key Features\*\]Analyze your data using R – the most powerful statistical programming language\[\*\]Learn how to implement applied statistics using practical use-cases\[\*\ ... Read more

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn, by example, the fundamentals of data analysis as well as several intermediate to advanced methods and techniques ranging from classification and regression to Bayesian methods and MCMC, which can be put to immediate use. Key Features\*\]Analyze your data using R – the most powerful statistical programming language\[\*\]Learn how to implement applied statistics using practical use-cases\[\*\
... Read more
Customer Data and Privacy: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Timothy Morey, Andrew Burt, Christine Moorman, Thomas C. Redman ...

Series series HBR Insights Series
A curated collection of HBR's latest thinking on the business implications of the collection, storage, and use of customer data and privacy.Features for readers: Curates the latest and most important thinking on customer data and privacy--a topic that all leaders and managers--actually ALL individuals--need to be up to speed and conversant on. Provides a range of diverse contributors and ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A curated collection of HBR's latest thinking on the business implications of the collection, storage, and use of customer data and privacy.Features for readers: Curates the latest and most important thinking on customer data and privacy--a topic that all leaders and managers--actually ALL individuals--need to be up to speed and conversant on. Provides a range of diverse contributors and
... Read more
Python: Real World Machine Learning

by Prateek Joshi, John Hearty, Bastiaan Sjardin, Luca Massaron, Alberto Boschetti ...

Learn to solve challenging data science problems by building powerful machine learning models using PythonAbout This BookUnderstand which algorithms to use in a given context with the help of this exciting recipe-based guideThis practical tutorial tackles real-world computing problems through a rigorous and effective approachBuild state-of-the-art models and develop personalized recommendations to ... Read more

$79.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to solve challenging data science problems by building powerful machine learning models using PythonAbout This BookUnderstand which algorithms to use in a given context with the help of this exciting recipe-based guideThis practical tutorial tackles real-world computing problems through a rigorous and effective approachBuild state-of-the-art models and develop personalized recommendations to
... Read more
Stream Processing with Apache Spark

Mastering Structured Streaming and Spark Streaming

by Gerard Maas, Francois Garillot ...

Before you can build analytics tools to gain quick insights, you first need to know how to process data in real time. With this practical guide, developers familiar with Apache Spark will learn how to put this in-memory framework to use for streaming data. You’ll discover how Spark enables you to write streaming jobs in almost the same way you write batch jobs.Authors Gerard Maas and François ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

Before you can build analytics tools to gain quick insights, you first need to know how to process data in real time. With this practical guide, developers familiar with Apache Spark will learn how to put this in-memory framework to use for streaming data. You’ll discover how Spark enables you to write streaming jobs in almost the same way you write batch jobs.Authors Gerard Maas and François
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Building Blockchain Projects

Building decentralized Blockchain applications with Ethereum and Solidity

by Narayan Prusty ...

Develop real-time practical DApps using Ethereum and JavaScriptKey Features\[\*\] Create powerful, end-to-end applications for Blockchain using Ethereum\[\*\] Write your first program using the Solidity programming language\[\*\] Change the way you think and design your applications by using the all new database-BlockchainBook DescriptionBlockchain is a decentralized ledger that maintains a ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop real-time practical DApps using Ethereum and JavaScriptKey Features\[\*\] Create powerful, end-to-end applications for Blockchain using Ethereum\[\*\] Write your first program using the Solidity programming language\[\*\] Change the way you think and design your applications by using the all new database-BlockchainBook DescriptionBlockchain is a decentralized ledger that maintains a
... Read more
Hadoop: Data Processing and Modelling

by Garry Turkington, Tanmay Deshpande, Sandeep Karanth ...

Unlock the power of your data with Hadoop 2.X ecosystem and its data warehousing techniques across large data setsAbout This BookConquer the mountain of data using Hadoop 2.X toolsThe authors succeed in creating a context for Hadoop and its ecosystemHands-on examples and recipes giving the bigger picture and helping you to master Hadoop 2.X data processing platformsOvercome the challenging data ... Read more

$87.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the power of your data with Hadoop 2.X ecosystem and its data warehousing techniques across large data setsAbout This BookConquer the mountain of data using Hadoop 2.X toolsThe authors succeed in creating a context for Hadoop and its ecosystemHands-on examples and recipes giving the bigger picture and helping you to master Hadoop 2.X data processing platformsOvercome the challenging data
... Read more
Human-Centered Data Science

An Introduction

by Cecilia Aragon, Shion Guha, Marina Kogan, Michael Muller, Gina Neff ...

Best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of large datasets.Human-centered data science is a new interdisciplinary field that draws from human-computer interaction, social science, statistics, and computational techniques. This book, written by founders of the field, introduces best practices for addressing the ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

Best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of large datasets.Human-centered data science is a new interdisciplinary field that draws from human-computer interaction, social science, statistics, and computational techniques. This book, written by founders of the field, introduces best practices for addressing the
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Raw Data Is an Oxymoron

Edited by Lisa Gitelman ...

Series series Infrastructures
Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture.We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture.We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click
... Read more

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