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Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe

Flexible, Robust Services for Queries, Mutations, and Subscriptions

by Bruce Williams, Ben Wilson ...

Your domain is rich and interconnected, and your API should be too. Upgrade your web API to GraphQL, leveraging its flexible queries to empower your users, and its declarative structure to simplify your code. Absinthe is the GraphQL toolkit for Elixir, a functional programming language designed to enable massive concurrency atop robust application architectures. Written by the creators of Absinthe ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Your domain is rich and interconnected, and your API should be too. Upgrade your web API to GraphQL, leveraging its flexible queries to empower your users, and its declarative structure to simplify your code. Absinthe is the GraphQL toolkit for Elixir, a functional programming language designed to enable massive concurrency atop robust application architectures. Written by the creators of Absinthe
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Context in Computing

A Cross-Disciplinary Approach for Modeling the Real World

Edited by Patrick Brézillon, Avelino J. Gonzalez ...

This volume explores how context has been and can be used in computing to model human behaviors, actions and communications as well as to manage data and knowledge. It addresses context management and exploitation of context for sharing experience across domains.The book serves as a user-centric guide for readers wishing to develop context-based applications, as well as an intellectual reference ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This volume explores how context has been and can be used in computing to model human behaviors, actions and communications as well as to manage data and knowledge. It addresses context management and exploitation of context for sharing experience across domains.The book serves as a user-centric guide for readers wishing to develop context-based applications, as well as an intellectual reference
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9th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue System Technology

Edited by Luis Fernando D'Haro, Rafael E. Banchs, Haizhou Li ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the outcomes of the 9th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems (IWSDS), “Towards creating more human-like conversational agent technologies”. It compiles and provides a synopsis of current global research to push forward the state of the art in dialogue technologies, including advances in the context of the classical problems of language understanding, dialogue ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book presents the outcomes of the 9th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems (IWSDS), “Towards creating more human-like conversational agent technologies”. It compiles and provides a synopsis of current global research to push forward the state of the art in dialogue technologies, including advances in the context of the classical problems of language understanding, dialogue
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wxPython Recipes

A Problem - Solution Approach

by Mike Driscoll ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Quickly discover solutions to common problems, learn best practices, and understand everything wxPython has to offer. This book is for anyone wanting to learn more about how to use the wxPython desktop GUI toolkit. It assumes some prior knowledge of Python and a general understanding of wxPython or GUI development, and contains more than 50 recipes covering various tasks and aspects of the toolkit ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Quickly discover solutions to common problems, learn best practices, and understand everything wxPython has to offer. This book is for anyone wanting to learn more about how to use the wxPython desktop GUI toolkit. It assumes some prior knowledge of Python and a general understanding of wxPython or GUI development, and contains more than 50 recipes covering various tasks and aspects of the toolkit
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Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation

28th International Symposium, LOPSTR 2018, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, September 4-6, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Fred Mesnard, Peter J. Stuckey ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation, LOPSTR 2018, held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, in September 2018.The 11 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. In addition to the 11 papers, this volume includes 3 abstracts of invited talks and 2 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation, LOPSTR 2018, held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, in September 2018.The 11 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. In addition to the 11 papers, this volume includes 3 abstracts of invited talks and 2
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Augmented Cognition: Intelligent Technologies

12th International Conference, AC 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow, Cali M. Fidopiastis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The papers ... Read more

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This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The papers
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Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Novel Technological Environments

9th International Conference, LCT 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andri Ioannou ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Chapter “Developing a VR Tool to Support Repeat Pattern Design Learning ” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. ... Read more

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Chapter “Developing a VR Tool to Support Repeat Pattern Design Learning ” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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HCI International 2022 Posters

24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Chapter “Swedish Recreational Businesses Coping with COVID-19 Using Technologies” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Chapter “Swedish Recreational Businesses Coping with COVID-19 Using Technologies” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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Intelligent Computing and Big Data Analytics

First International Conference, ICICBDA 2024, Navi Mumbai, India, June 15–16, 2024, Proceedings, Part-I

Edited by Mukesh Patil, Vishwesh Vyawahare, Gajanan Birajdar ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Big Data Analytics, ICICBDA 2024, held in Navi Mumbai, India, during June 15–16, 2024.The 48 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 275 submissions. The accepted submissions report original and novel results in various fields like Intelligent Security systems, ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Big Data Analytics, ICICBDA 2024, held in Navi Mumbai, India, during June 15–16, 2024.The 48 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 275 submissions. The accepted submissions report original and novel results in various fields like Intelligent Security systems,
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The Well-Grounded Data Analyst

Solve messy data problems like a pro

by David Asboth ...

Series series The Well-Grounded
Complete eight data science projects that lock in important real-world skills—along with a practical process you can use to learn any new technique quickly and efficiently.Data analysts need to be problem solvers—and The Well-Grounded Data Analyst will teach you how to solve the most common problems you'll face in industry. You'll explore eight scenarios that your class or bootcamp won’t have ... Read more

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Complete eight data science projects that lock in important real-world skills—along with a practical process you can use to learn any new technique quickly and efficiently.Data analysts need to be problem solvers—and The Well-Grounded Data Analyst will teach you how to solve the most common problems you'll face in industry. You'll explore eight scenarios that your class or bootcamp won’t have
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RxJava for Android Developers

by Timo Tuominen ...

SummaryRxJava for Android Developers teaches you how to build fast, fluid, and reactive mobile apps for Android with RxJava.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyFor Android developers, writing multithreaded apps can be as challenging as it is necessary. RxJava simplifies complex threading operations, ... Read more

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SummaryRxJava for Android Developers teaches you how to build fast, fluid, and reactive mobile apps for Android with RxJava.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyFor Android developers, writing multithreaded apps can be as challenging as it is necessary. RxJava simplifies complex threading operations,
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Designing Microservices with Django

An Overview of Tools and Practices

by Akos Hochrein ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore microservices using the Python-based Django framework and review the benefits and drawbacks of them. This book will examine what microservices look like, how they talk to each other, and how they are crafted using the Python programming language and the Django web framework.You’ll start by understanding what the key differences are between microservices and monolithic architectures. The ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Explore microservices using the Python-based Django framework and review the benefits and drawbacks of them. This book will examine what microservices look like, how they talk to each other, and how they are crafted using the Python programming language and the Django web framework.You’ll start by understanding what the key differences are between microservices and monolithic architectures. The
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CODING INTERVIEW

A Beginner's Guide to Learn and Study the Theories and Principles of Coding and Perform Well in the Coding Interview

by Eric Schmidt ...

Coding interviews have changed over the years, and the expectations are now firmer than ever. Interviewers not only want to assess your programming skills but also want to assess your behavior during the interview. It is important to develop the right practices and attitude before you go for the interview. You need to display the right skills so the interviewer can hire you without a doubt. Your ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Coding interviews have changed over the years, and the expectations are now firmer than ever. Interviewers not only want to assess your programming skills but also want to assess your behavior during the interview. It is important to develop the right practices and attitude before you go for the interview. You need to display the right skills so the interviewer can hire you without a doubt. Your
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Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide

Enriching Apache Iceberg Data Lakehouses with an Open Source Catalog

by Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, Tomer Shiran ...

Revolutionize your understanding of modern data management with Apache Polaris (incubating), the open source catalog designed for data lakehouse industry standard Apache Iceberg. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of Apache Iceberg data lakehouses, highlighting the pivotal role of Iceberg catalogs.Authors Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, and Tomer Shiran explore ... Read more

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Revolutionize your understanding of modern data management with Apache Polaris (incubating), the open source catalog designed for data lakehouse industry standard Apache Iceberg. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of Apache Iceberg data lakehouses, highlighting the pivotal role of Iceberg catalogs.Authors Alex Merced, Andrew Madson, and Tomer Shiran explore
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HCI International 2018 – Posters' Extended Abstracts

20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set CCIS 850, CCIS 851, and CCIS 852 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The 207 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The three-volume set CCIS 850, CCIS 851, and CCIS 852 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.The 207
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Academic Research and Professional Practice in Interaction Design

First International Conference, ARPPID 2025, London, UK, July 10–11, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by José Abdelnour-Nocera, Torkil Clemmensen, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Teresa Macchia, Marta Rey Babbarro, Nurha Yingta ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Academic Research and Professional Practice in Interaction Design, ARPPID 2025, held in London, UK, during July 10–11, 2025.The 17 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They focus on interaction design, user experience, and human-computer interaction, ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Academic Research and Professional Practice in Interaction Design, ARPPID 2025, held in London, UK, during July 10–11, 2025.The 17 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They focus on interaction design, user experience, and human-computer interaction,
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The Mind We Made

by Kade Veylor ...

An AI started arguing back. Not in science fiction. In my living room.We're using AI to think, write, decide, and remember.But what happens when the intelligence we rely on starts reshaping how we think—not just what we produce?The Mind We Made is a philosophical memoir told as an actual conversation between human and machine.Not a thought experiment.Not speculation about the future.It documents a ... Read more

$7.99 USD

An AI started arguing back. Not in science fiction. In my living room.We're using AI to think, write, decide, and remember.But what happens when the intelligence we rely on starts reshaping how we think—not just what we produce?The Mind We Made is a philosophical memoir told as an actual conversation between human and machine.Not a thought experiment.Not speculation about the future.It documents a
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E-Learning and Games

10th International Conference, Edutainment 2016, Hangzhou, China, April 14-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Abdennour El Rhalibi, Feng Tian, Zhigeng Pan, Baoquan Liu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on E-Learning and Games, Edutainment 2016, held in Hangzhou, China, in April 2016.The 36 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: E-learning and game; graphics, imaging and applications; intelligent data analytics and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on E-Learning and Games, Edutainment 2016, held in Hangzhou, China, in April 2016.The 36 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: E-learning and game; graphics, imaging and applications; intelligent data analytics and
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Advances in Human Factors in Energy: Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Energy: Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries, July 17–21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Edited by Paul Fechtelkotter, Michael Legatt ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book addresses human factors research in energy, an emphasis on human factors applications in design, construction, and operation of nuclear, electrical power generation, and oil and gas assets. It discusses advanced strategies in the optimization of human and environmental performance, as well as personal and process safety. The book covers a wealth of topics in design and operation ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book addresses human factors research in energy, an emphasis on human factors applications in design, construction, and operation of nuclear, electrical power generation, and oil and gas assets. It discusses advanced strategies in the optimization of human and environmental performance, as well as personal and process safety. The book covers a wealth of topics in design and operation
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Social Informatics

8th International Conference, SocInfo 2016, Bellevue, WA, USA, November 11-14, 2016, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Emma Spiro, Yong-Yeol Ahn ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016.The 33 full papers and 34 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016.The 33 full papers and 34 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics,
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Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems

15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, Shanghai, China, May 8-9, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by David Brosset, Christophe Claramunt, Xiang Li, Tianzhen Wang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 28 submissions. The papers cover hot topics related to W2GIS including Web technologies and technics; paths and navigation; and Web visualization. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 28 submissions. The papers cover hot topics related to W2GIS including Web technologies and technics; paths and navigation; and Web visualization.
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Learning D3.js Mapping

by Thomas Newton, Oscar Villarreal ...

If you are interested in creating maps for the web GIS data, this book is for you. Familiarity with D3.js will be helpful but is not necessary. ... Read more

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If you are interested in creating maps for the web GIS data, this book is for you. Familiarity with D3.js will be helpful but is not necessary.
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Love and Sex with Robots

Second International Conference, LSR 2016, London, UK, December 19-20, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Adrian David Cheok, Kate Devlin, David Levy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots 2016 in December 2016, in London, UK.The 12 revised papers presented together with 1 keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions.The papers of the Second International Conference have been accepted and reviewed in 2015 but could not be presented as there ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots 2016 in December 2016, in London, UK.The 12 revised papers presented together with 1 keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions.The papers of the Second International Conference have been accepted and reviewed in 2015 but could not be presented as there
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KI-Innovationen: Wie die Technologie die Grenzen verschiebt Künstliche Intelligenz verstehen und nutzen: Ein AI-Buch

by Jhon Dujardin ...

KI-Innovationen: Wie die Technologie die Grenzen verschiebt Künstliche Intelligenz verstehen und nutzen: Ein AI-BuchWenn Sie von der Kraft der künstlichen Intelligenz fasziniert sind, ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Sie. Egal, ob Sie neu im Thema sind oder bereits ein Experte, hier finden Sie Einsichten und Kenntnisse, die Ihr Verständnis für KI und die Werkzeuge vertiefen, die unsere Welt ... Read more

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KI-Innovationen: Wie die Technologie die Grenzen verschiebt Künstliche Intelligenz verstehen und nutzen: Ein AI-BuchWenn Sie von der Kraft der künstlichen Intelligenz fasziniert sind, ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Sie. Egal, ob Sie neu im Thema sind oder bereits ein Experte, hier finden Sie Einsichten und Kenntnisse, die Ihr Verständnis für KI und die Werkzeuge vertiefen, die unsere Welt
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