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Advanced Computing and AI for Sustainable Environment, Energy, and Smart Manufacturing

AI-Driven Sustainability Across Environment, Energy, and Industry

Edited by Harvinder Singh, Priyanka Kaushal, Sarabjeet Kaur ...

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge research and innovations driving sustainability across energy, environment, materials, and intelligent systems. Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives, the book highlights how advanced physics, chemistry, artificial intelligence, data science, and manufacturing technologies are shaping a greener, more resilient future.The ... Read more

$96.18 CAD

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge research and innovations driving sustainability across energy, environment, materials, and intelligent systems. Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives, the book highlights how advanced physics, chemistry, artificial intelligence, data science, and manufacturing technologies are shaping a greener, more resilient future.The
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Mastering Tableau 2023

Implement advanced business intelligence techniques, analytics, and machine learning models with Tableau

by Marleen Meier ...

Build, design, and improve advanced business intelligence solutions using Tableau's newest updates, including new Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, and Tableau Server features Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesMaster new Tableau 2023 features to solve real-world analytics challengesLearn how to use both pre-defined and your own Machine Learning models in ... Read more

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Build, design, and improve advanced business intelligence solutions using Tableau's newest updates, including new Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, and Tableau Server features Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesMaster new Tableau 2023 features to solve real-world analytics challengesLearn how to use both pre-defined and your own Machine Learning models in
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Ultimate Tailwind CSS Handbook

Build sleek and modern websites with immersive UIs using Tailwind CSS

by Kartik Bhat ...

DESCRIPTIONThis Book is the ultimate guide for both beginners and experienced front-end developers, providing a comprehensive path into the world of responsive website development with Tailwind CSS. Whether you're a beginner embarking on academic or hobby projects or an experienced developer craving the flexibility of TailwindCSS, this book is tailor-made for you.This groundbreaking book begins by ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

DESCRIPTIONThis Book is the ultimate guide for both beginners and experienced front-end developers, providing a comprehensive path into the world of responsive website development with Tailwind CSS. Whether you're a beginner embarking on academic or hobby projects or an experienced developer craving the flexibility of TailwindCSS, this book is tailor-made for you.This groundbreaking book begins by
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Computational Modelling with Single Prompts

by Maciej Matyka ...

Series series Series in Computational Physics
Computational Modelling with Single Prompts provides an overview of computer models of physical phenomena and more. Each chapter is about a different model and contains a complete description, together with the algorithm and the result of the operation. There is no mathematics extended to its limits. The book provides a complete description, allowing readers to implement the algorithm themselves. ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

Computational Modelling with Single Prompts provides an overview of computer models of physical phenomena and more. Each chapter is about a different model and contains a complete description, together with the algorithm and the result of the operation. There is no mathematics extended to its limits. The book provides a complete description, allowing readers to implement the algorithm themselves.
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Tribology for Industry 4.0

Solutions for Surface Engineering

Edited by Digvijay G. Bhosale, Hitesh Vasudev ...

Series series Advances in Surface Engineering and Tribology
Tribology for Industry 4.0: Solutions for Surface Engineering explores how data analytics, AI, IoT, and smart sensors can be combined to maximize tribological performance in modern industrial systems. It further examines the use of ML and big data analytics to enhance wear management, friction control, and surface engineering efficiency.Covering adaptive coatings, smart lubrication systems, and ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

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Tribology for Industry 4.0: Solutions for Surface Engineering explores how data analytics, AI, IoT, and smart sensors can be combined to maximize tribological performance in modern industrial systems. It further examines the use of ML and big data analytics to enhance wear management, friction control, and surface engineering efficiency.Covering adaptive coatings, smart lubrication systems, and
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RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX

Edited by Luis Almeida, Jianmin Ji, Gerald Steinbauer, Sean Luke ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is the Proceedings of the 19th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Hefei, China, in July 2015.The book contains 20 papers presented at the Symposium, carefully selected from 39 submissions. Additionally the book contains 11 champion team papers and one paper from the Workshop on Benchmarking Service Robots. The papers present current research in robotics, artificial ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book is the Proceedings of the 19th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Hefei, China, in July 2015.The book contains 20 papers presented at the Symposium, carefully selected from 39 submissions. Additionally the book contains 11 champion team papers and one paper from the Workshop on Benchmarking Service Robots. The papers present current research in robotics, artificial
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Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences III

Towards Making an Impact

Edited by Lars Linsen, Bernd Hamann, Hans-Christian Hege ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The book discusses novel visualization techniques driven by the needs in medicine and life sciences as well as new application areas and challenges for visualization within these fields. It presents ideas and concepts for visual analysis of data from scientific studies of living organs or to the delivery of healthcare. Target scientific domains include the entire field of biology at all scales - ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

The book discusses novel visualization techniques driven by the needs in medicine and life sciences as well as new application areas and challenges for visualization within these fields. It presents ideas and concepts for visual analysis of data from scientific studies of living organs or to the delivery of healthcare. Target scientific domains include the entire field of biology at all scales -
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Tests and Proofs

10th International Conference, TAP 2016, Held as Part of STAF 2016, Vienna, Austria, July 5-7, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Bernhard K. Aichernig, Carlo A. Furia ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, TAP 2016, held as part of STAF 2016, in Vienna, Austria, in July 2016.The 8 full papers, 2 short papers, and 1 tool demonstration paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full-paper length. The TAP ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, TAP 2016, held as part of STAF 2016, in Vienna, Austria, in July 2016.The 8 full papers, 2 short papers, and 1 tool demonstration paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full-paper length. The TAP
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The Insider You Built

How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents

by Camille Stewart Gloster ...

An operational playbook for maintaining control as AI agents scale across the enterpriseAI agents are rapidly becoming embedded across enterprise systems. They schedule meetings, generate reports, approve transactions, interact with customers, and make decisions across digital environments. Organizations have, in effect, created a new kind of insider: software trusted to act on the company’s ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

An operational playbook for maintaining control as AI agents scale across the enterpriseAI agents are rapidly becoming embedded across enterprise systems. They schedule meetings, generate reports, approve transactions, interact with customers, and make decisions across digital environments. Organizations have, in effect, created a new kind of insider: software trusted to act on the company’s
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SQL for Data Analytics

Harness the power of SQL to extract insights from data

by Jun Shan, Matt Goldwasser, Upom Malik, Benjamin Johnston ...

Take your first steps to becoming a fully qualified data analyst by learning how to explore complex datasetsKey FeaturesMaster each concept through practical exercises and activitiesDiscover various statistical techniques to analyze your dataImplement everything you’ve learned on a real-world case study to uncover valuable insightsBook DescriptionEvery day, businesses operate around the clock, and ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take your first steps to becoming a fully qualified data analyst by learning how to explore complex datasetsKey FeaturesMaster each concept through practical exercises and activitiesDiscover various statistical techniques to analyze your dataImplement everything you’ve learned on a real-world case study to uncover valuable insightsBook DescriptionEvery day, businesses operate around the clock, and
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Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century

by Stephen Lucci, Danny Kopec ...

This new edition provides a comprehensive, colorful, up-to-date, and accessible presentation of AI without sacrificing theoretical foundations. It includes numerous examples, applications, full color images, and human interest boxes to enhance student interest. New chapters on robotics and machine learning are now included. Advanced topics cover neural nets, genetic algorithms, natural language ... Read more

$54.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This new edition provides a comprehensive, colorful, up-to-date, and accessible presentation of AI without sacrificing theoretical foundations. It includes numerous examples, applications, full color images, and human interest boxes to enhance student interest. New chapters on robotics and machine learning are now included. Advanced topics cover neural nets, genetic algorithms, natural language
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Real-World Implementation of C# Design Patterns

Overcome daily programming challenges using elements of reusable object-oriented software

by Bruce M. Van Horn II, Van Symons ...

Build robust applications in C# easily using effective and popular design patterns and best practices Key Features • Recognize solutions to common problems in software design with C# • Explore real-world applications of design patterns that can be used in your everyday work • Get to grips with 14 patterns and their design implementations Book Description As a software developer, you need to learn ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build robust applications in C# easily using effective and popular design patterns and best practices Key Features • Recognize solutions to common problems in software design with C# • Explore real-world applications of design patterns that can be used in your everyday work • Get to grips with 14 patterns and their design implementations Book Description As a software developer, you need to learn
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Companion Technology

A Paradigm Shift in Human-Technology Interaction

Edited by Susanne Biundo, Andreas Wendemuth ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Future technical systems will be companion systems, competent assistants that provide their functionality in a completely individualized way, adapting to a user’s capabilities, preferences, requirements, and current needs, and taking into account both the emotional state and the situation of the individual user.This book presents the enabling technology for such systems. It introduces a variety of ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Future technical systems will be companion systems, competent assistants that provide their functionality in a completely individualized way, adapting to a user’s capabilities, preferences, requirements, and current needs, and taking into account both the emotional state and the situation of the individual user.This book presents the enabling technology for such systems. It introduces a variety of
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Distributed User Interfaces: Usability and Collaboration

Edited by Victor M.R. Penichet, Ricardo Tesoriero, María D. Lozano, Jose A. Gallud ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings. Throughout the thirteen chapters authors address key questions concerning how collaboration can be improved by using DUIs, including:in which situations a DUI is suitable to ease the ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings. Throughout the thirteen chapters authors address key questions concerning how collaboration can be improved by using DUIs, including:in which situations a DUI is suitable to ease the
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The Art of Design Strategy

Tracing the Future of Design Innovation

by Garkay Wong ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Although business leaders and designers may appear to have different objectives, they actually share a common goal: ensuring the long-term success and profitability of their organization. This book highlights the shared objective, examining the progression of Design Strategy to bridge the gap between design practice and executive decision-making. Featuring the TRACES framework, it aligns design ... Read more

$56.29 CAD

Although business leaders and designers may appear to have different objectives, they actually share a common goal: ensuring the long-term success and profitability of their organization. This book highlights the shared objective, examining the progression of Design Strategy to bridge the gap between design practice and executive decision-making. Featuring the TRACES framework, it aligns design
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Brain Informatics

International Conference, BI 2017, Beijing, China, November 16-18, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Yi Zeng, Yong He, Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Maryann Martone, Bo Xu, Hanchuan Peng, Qingming Luo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2017, held in Beijing, China, in November 2017. The 31 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. BI addresses the computational, cognitive, physiological, biological, physical,ecological and social perspectives of brain informatics, as well as topics related ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2017, held in Beijing, China, in November 2017. The 31 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. BI addresses the computational, cognitive, physiological, biological, physical,ecological and social perspectives of brain informatics, as well as topics related
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Applications of Evolutionary Computation

20th European Conference, EvoApplications 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 19-21, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Giovanni Squillero, Kevin Sim ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two volumes LNCS 10199 and 10200 constitute the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 2017, collocated with the Evo* 2016 events EuroGP, EvoCOP, and EvoMUSART.The 46 revised full papers presented together with 26 poster papers were carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The two volumes LNCS 10199 and 10200 constitute the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 2017, collocated with the Evo* 2016 events EuroGP, EvoCOP, and EvoMUSART.The 46 revised full papers presented together with 26 poster papers were carefully reviewed and
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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

$115.29 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
... Read more
Central European Functional Programming School

5th Summer School, CEFP 2013, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 8-20, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Lehel Csató, Viktória Zsók, Zoltán Horváth ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the Fifth Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2013, held in July 2013 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The lectures cover a wide range of distributed and multicore functional programming subjects. The last 5 papers are selected papers of the ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the Fifth Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2013, held in July 2013 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The lectures cover a wide range of distributed and multicore functional programming subjects. The last 5 papers are selected papers of the
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Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment

8th International Conference, INTETAIN 2016, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 28–30, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ronald Poppe, John-Jules Meyer, Remco Veltkamp, Mehdi Dastani ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2016, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in June 2016.The 19 full papers, 5 short and 6 workshop papers were selected from 49 submissions and present novel interactive techniques and their application in entertainment, education, culture and art. The ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2016, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in June 2016.The 19 full papers, 5 short and 6 workshop papers were selected from 49 submissions and present novel interactive techniques and their application in entertainment, education, culture and art. The
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Computer Games

6th Workshop, CGW 2017, Held in Conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August, 20, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Tristan Cazenave, Mark H.M. Winands, Abdallah Saffidine ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 6th Workshop on Computer Games, CGW 2017, held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017, in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2017.The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics related to computer games; ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 6th Workshop on Computer Games, CGW 2017, held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017, in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2017.The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics related to computer games;
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Digital Logic for Computing

by John Seiffertt ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The book provides a bottom-up approach to understanding how a computer works and how to use computing to solve real-world problems. It covers the basics of digital logic through the lens of computer organization and programming. The reader should be able to design his or her own computer from the ground up at the end of the book. Logic simulation with Verilog is used throughout, assembly languages ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

The book provides a bottom-up approach to understanding how a computer works and how to use computing to solve real-world problems. It covers the basics of digital logic through the lens of computer organization and programming. The reader should be able to design his or her own computer from the ground up at the end of the book. Logic simulation with Verilog is used throughout, assembly languages
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Haptic Interaction

Perception, Devices and Algorithms

Edited by Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Dongjun Lee, Sang-Youn Kim, Masashi Konyo, Ki-Uk Kyung ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the third international conference AsiaHaptics 2018, held in Songdo, Korea. It presents the state-of-the-art of the diverse haptics (touch)-related research, including perception and illusion, development of haptics devices, and applications to a wide variety of fields such as education, medicine, telecommunication, navigation and entertainment. This book ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the third international conference AsiaHaptics 2018, held in Songdo, Korea. It presents the state-of-the-art of the diverse haptics (touch)-related research, including perception and illusion, development of haptics devices, and applications to a wide variety of fields such as education, medicine, telecommunication, navigation and entertainment. This book
... Read more
The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI

by David Clinton ...

The last book on AI you’ll ever need. We swear!AI technology moves so fast that this book is probably already out of date! But don’t worry—The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI is still an essential read for anyone who wants to make generative AI into a tool rather than a toy. It shows you how to get the best out of AI no matter what changes come in the future. You’ll be able to use common ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

The last book on AI you’ll ever need. We swear!AI technology moves so fast that this book is probably already out of date! But don’t worry—The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI is still an essential read for anyone who wants to make generative AI into a tool rather than a toy. It shows you how to get the best out of AI no matter what changes come in the future. You’ll be able to use common
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