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Pro Android with Kotlin

Developing Modern Mobile Apps

by Peter Späth ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Develop Android apps with Kotlin to create more elegant programs than the Java equivalent. This book covers the various aspects of a modern Android app that professionals are expected to encounter. There are chapters dealing with all the important aspects of the Android platform, including GUI design, file- and data-handling, coping with phone calls, multimedia apps, interaction with location and ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Develop Android apps with Kotlin to create more elegant programs than the Java equivalent. This book covers the various aspects of a modern Android app that professionals are expected to encounter. There are chapters dealing with all the important aspects of the Android platform, including GUI design, file- and data-handling, coping with phone calls, multimedia apps, interaction with location and
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020

by Asian Development Bank ...

The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020, the 51st edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 49 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development ... Read more

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The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020, the 51st edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 49 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development
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Software Engineering and Formal Methods

17th International Conference, SEFM 2019, Oslo, Norway, September 18–20, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Peter Csaba Ölveczky, Gwen Salaün ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2019, held in Oslo, Norway, in September 2019.The 27 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The papers cover a large variety of topics, including testing, formal verification, program analysis, runtime verification, malware ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2019, held in Oslo, Norway, in September 2019.The 27 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The papers cover a large variety of topics, including testing, formal verification, program analysis, runtime verification, malware
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R Data Mining

Implement data mining techniques through practical use cases and real-world datasets

by Andrea Cirillo, Enrico Pegoraro ...

Mine valuable insights from your data using popular tools and techniques in RKey FeaturesUnderstand the basics of data mining and why R is a perfect tool for it.Manipulate your data using popular R packages such as ggplot2, dplyr, and so on to gather valuable business insights from it.Apply effective data mining models to perform regression and classification tasks.Book DescriptionR is widely used ... Read more

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Mine valuable insights from your data using popular tools and techniques in RKey FeaturesUnderstand the basics of data mining and why R is a perfect tool for it.Manipulate your data using popular R packages such as ggplot2, dplyr, and so on to gather valuable business insights from it.Apply effective data mining models to perform regression and classification tasks.Book DescriptionR is widely used
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Amazon Redshift Cookbook

Recipes for building modern data warehousing solutions

by Shruti Worlikar, Thiyagarajan Arumugam, Harshida Patel ...

Discover how to build a cloud-based data warehouse at petabyte-scale that is burstable and built to scale for end-to-end analytical solutionsKey FeaturesDiscover how to translate familiar data warehousing concepts into Redshift implementationUse impressive Redshift features to optimize development, productionizing, and operations processesFind out how to use advanced features such as concurrency ... Read more

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Discover how to build a cloud-based data warehouse at petabyte-scale that is burstable and built to scale for end-to-end analytical solutionsKey FeaturesDiscover how to translate familiar data warehousing concepts into Redshift implementationUse impressive Redshift features to optimize development, productionizing, and operations processesFind out how to use advanced features such as concurrency
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HCI International 2025 – Late Breaking Posters

27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, George Margetis, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set CCIS 2771-2773 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.A total of 7972 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 92 countries submitted contributions. 1430 papers and 355 posters (as short research papers) were ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The three-volume set CCIS 2771-2773 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.A total of 7972 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 92 countries submitted contributions. 1430 papers and 355 posters (as short research papers) were
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Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT 7)

Edited by Giacomo Bonanno, Michael Wooldridge, Wiebe Hoek ...

Series series Texts in Logic and Games
This volume collects together revised papersoriginally presented at the 7th Conference onLogic and the Foundations of Game and DecisionTheory (LOFT 2006). LOFT is a key venue forpresenting research at the intersection of logic,economics and computer science, and the presentcollection gives a lively and wide-rangingview of an exciting and rapidly growing area. ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This volume collects together revised papersoriginally presented at the 7th Conference onLogic and the Foundations of Game and DecisionTheory (LOFT 2006). LOFT is a key venue forpresenting research at the intersection of logic,economics and computer science, and the presentcollection gives a lively and wide-rangingview of an exciting and rapidly growing area.
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Newbies coding html&css

by Tatenda Majira ...

Think coding is just for geniuses? Think again. "HTML and CSS for Newbies" breaks down the two most essential languages of the web into simple step-by-step lessons. Go from zero to your first webpage in one weekend. No jargon no confusion just the skills you need to build the websites you've always imagined. ... Read more

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Think coding is just for geniuses? Think again. "HTML and CSS for Newbies" breaks down the two most essential languages of the web into simple step-by-step lessons. Go from zero to your first webpage in one weekend. No jargon no confusion just the skills you need to build the websites you've always imagined.
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Make an E-commerce Site in a Weekend

Using PHP

by Bintu Harwani ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn to build e-commerce sites using PHP by installing a server using WAMP, configuring MySQL for your product database, creating your product database and tables, and writing the required PHP scripts for accessing and inserting data into the database. Make an E-commerce Site in a Weekend: Using PHP details how to create shopping carts for your customers and how to set up secure payment and ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Learn to build e-commerce sites using PHP by installing a server using WAMP, configuring MySQL for your product database, creating your product database and tables, and writing the required PHP scripts for accessing and inserting data into the database. Make an E-commerce Site in a Weekend: Using PHP details how to create shopping carts for your customers and how to set up secure payment and
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Neural Computing

Edited by Anna Esposito, Marcos Faudez-Zanuy, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Eros Pasero ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents a collection of contributions in the field of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The themes addressedare multidisciplinary in nature, and closely connected in their ultimate aim to identify features from dynamic realistic signal exchanges and invariant machine representations that can be exploited to improve the quality of life of their end users.Mathematical tools like ANNs are ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book presents a collection of contributions in the field of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The themes addressedare multidisciplinary in nature, and closely connected in their ultimate aim to identify features from dynamic realistic signal exchanges and invariant machine representations that can be exploited to improve the quality of life of their end users.Mathematical tools like ANNs are
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User Science and Engineering

5th International Conference, i-USEr 2018, Puchong, Malaysia, August 28–30, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Natrah Abdullah, Wan Adilah Wan Adnan, Marcus Foth ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on User Science and Engineering, i-USEr 2018, held in Puchong, Malaysia, in August 2018.The 32 papers accepted for i-USEr 2018 were selected from 72 submissions with a thorough double-blind review process. The selected papers illustrate how HCI is inclusive and omnipresent within the domains of informatics, Internet ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on User Science and Engineering, i-USEr 2018, held in Puchong, Malaysia, in August 2018.The 32 papers accepted for i-USEr 2018 were selected from 72 submissions with a thorough double-blind review process. The selected papers illustrate how HCI is inclusive and omnipresent within the domains of informatics, Internet
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Information-Driven Machine Learning

Data Science as an Engineering Discipline

by Gerald Friedland ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This groundbreaking book transcends traditional machine learning approaches by introducing information measurement methodologies that revolutionize the field.Stemming from a UC Berkeley seminar on experimental design for machine learning tasks, these techniques aim to overcome the 'black box' approach of machine learning by reducing conjectures such as magic numbers (hyper-parameters) or model ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This groundbreaking book transcends traditional machine learning approaches by introducing information measurement methodologies that revolutionize the field.Stemming from a UC Berkeley seminar on experimental design for machine learning tasks, these techniques aim to overcome the 'black box' approach of machine learning by reducing conjectures such as magic numbers (hyper-parameters) or model
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HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust

6th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Abbas Moallem ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This proceedings, HCI-CPT 2024, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place from June 29 - July 4, 2024 in Washington DC, USA.Two volumes of the HCII 2024 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT Conference. The first ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This proceedings, HCI-CPT 2024, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place from June 29 - July 4, 2024 in Washington DC, USA.Two volumes of the HCII 2024 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT Conference. The first
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Community-Built Databases

Research and Development

Edited by Eric Pardede ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Wikipedia, Flickr, You Tube, Facebook, LinkedIn are all examples of large community-built databases, although with quite diverse purposes and collaboration patterns. Their usage and dissemination will further grow introducing e.g. new semantics, personalization, or interactive media.Pardede delivers the first comprehensive research reference on community-built databases. The contributions discuss ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Wikipedia, Flickr, You Tube, Facebook, LinkedIn are all examples of large community-built databases, although with quite diverse purposes and collaboration patterns. Their usage and dissemination will further grow introducing e.g. new semantics, personalization, or interactive media.Pardede delivers the first comprehensive research reference on community-built databases. The contributions discuss
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Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications

7th International Conference, CHIRA 2023, Rome, Italy, November 16–17, 2023, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Hugo Plácido da Silva, Pietro Cipresso ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
These 2 volumes constitute the selected papers of the 7th International Conference, CHIRA 2023, held Rome, Italy, during November 16–17, 2023.The 14 full papers and the 29 short papers presented in these books were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers selected contribute to the advancement of research and practical applications of human-technology and human-computer ... Read more

$80.99 USD

These 2 volumes constitute the selected papers of the 7th International Conference, CHIRA 2023, held Rome, Italy, during November 16–17, 2023.The 14 full papers and the 29 short papers presented in these books were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers selected contribute to the advancement of research and practical applications of human-technology and human-computer
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Tailoring Prompts For Success - The Ultimate ChatGPT Prompt Engineering Guide

by Michael Ferguson ...

"Get ready to unlock your full potential with ChatGPT! In this comprehensive guide, you'll discover the power of prompt engineering to boost your creativity, productivity, and effectiveness in various niches such as writing, music, business, health, and even fun. With well-researched content, practical strategies, real-world examples, and 100 carefully crafted prompts, you'll learn how to harness ... Read more

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"Get ready to unlock your full potential with ChatGPT! In this comprehensive guide, you'll discover the power of prompt engineering to boost your creativity, productivity, and effectiveness in various niches such as writing, music, business, health, and even fun. With well-researched content, practical strategies, real-world examples, and 100 carefully crafted prompts, you'll learn how to harness
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Numerical C

Applied Computational Programming with Case Studies

by Philip Joyce ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn applied numerical computing using the C programming language, starting with a quick primer on the C programming language and its SDK. This book then dives into progressively more complex applied math formula for computational methods using C with examples throughout and a larger, more complete application towards the end.Numerical C starts with the quadratic formula for finding solutions to ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Learn applied numerical computing using the C programming language, starting with a quick primer on the C programming language and its SDK. This book then dives into progressively more complex applied math formula for computational methods using C with examples throughout and a larger, more complete application towards the end.Numerical C starts with the quadratic formula for finding solutions to
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part LXXVI

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision;
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Rigorous State-Based Methods

10th International Conference, ABZ 2024, Bergamo, Italy, June 25–28, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Silvia Bonfanti, Angelo Gargantini, Michael Leuschel, Elvinia Riccobene, Patrizia Scandurra ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Rigorous State-Based Methods, ABZ 2024, held in Bergamo, Italy, during June 25–28, 2024.The 29 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: research papers; short research papers; case study; doctoral symposium. ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Rigorous State-Based Methods, ABZ 2024, held in Bergamo, Italy, during June 25–28, 2024.The 29 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: research papers; short research papers; case study; doctoral symposium.
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Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs

Security, Scheduling, Performance & More

by Arup Nanda, Steven Feuerstein ...

PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years. Although primarily a tool for developers, PL/SQL has also become an essential tool for database administration, as DBAs take increasing responsibility for site performance and as the lines between developers and DBAs blur.Until now, there has not been a book focused ... Read more

$25.99 USD

PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years. Although primarily a tool for developers, PL/SQL has also become an essential tool for database administration, as DBAs take increasing responsibility for site performance and as the lines between developers and DBAs blur.Until now, there has not been a book focused
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Python Data Science Essentials

A practitioner's guide covering essential data science principles, tools, and techniques

by Alberto Boschetti, Luca Massaron, Pietro Marinelli, Matteo Malosetti ...

Gain useful insights from your data using popular data science toolsKey FeaturesA one-stop guide to Python libraries such as pandas and NumPyComprehensive coverage of data science operations such as data cleaning and data manipulationChoose scalable learning algorithms for your data science tasksBook DescriptionFully expanded and upgraded, the latest edition of Python Data Science Essentials will ... Read more

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Gain useful insights from your data using popular data science toolsKey FeaturesA one-stop guide to Python libraries such as pandas and NumPyComprehensive coverage of data science operations such as data cleaning and data manipulationChoose scalable learning algorithms for your data science tasksBook DescriptionFully expanded and upgraded, the latest edition of Python Data Science Essentials will
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PRICAI 2019: Trends in Artificial Intelligence

16th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, August 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Abhaya C. Nayak, Alok Sharma ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three-volume set, LNAI 11670, LNAI 11671, and LNAI 11672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th Pacific Rim Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2019, held in Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in August 2019.The 111 full papers and 13 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 265 submissions. PRICAI covers a wide range of topics ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This three-volume set, LNAI 11670, LNAI 11671, and LNAI 11672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th Pacific Rim Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2019, held in Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in August 2019.The 111 full papers and 13 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 265 submissions. PRICAI covers a wide range of topics
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Perl 6 Quick Syntax Reference

A Pocket Guide to the Language, the Core Modules, and the Community

by J.J. Merelo ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This condensed code and syntax reference book presents the Raku (formerly known as Perl 6) scripting language in a well-organized format designed to be used time and again. It contains an easy-to-read and use guide to Raku for software application development.Using this book will give you a feel for the language, as well as an introduction to the different features (such as object-oriented ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This condensed code and syntax reference book presents the Raku (formerly known as Perl 6) scripting language in a well-organized format designed to be used time and again. It contains an easy-to-read and use guide to Raku for software application development.Using this book will give you a feel for the language, as well as an introduction to the different features (such as object-oriented
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Design, User Experience, and Usability: Theory, Methodology, and Management

6th International Conference, DUXU 2017, Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Aaron Marcus, Wentao Wang ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 10288, 10289, and 10290 constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2017, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in July 2017, jointly with 14 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1228 papers presented at the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The three-volume set LNCS 10288, 10289, and 10290 constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2017, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in July 2017, jointly with 14 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1228 papers presented at the
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