Computers - Computer Science

The essential guide for writing portable, parallel programs for GPUs using the OpenMP programming model. Today's computers are complex, multi-architecture systems: multiple cores in a shared address space, graphics processing units (GPUs), and specialized accelerators. To get the most from these systems, programs must...

This book will show you how to build Java-based microservices architecture using the popular Spring Boot framework by evolving a small monolith application to an event-driven architecture composed of several services. This third edition has been updated to cover Spring Boot 3, including its...

Gain the information you need to design secure, useful, high-performing apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. This book shows you how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind: explore concepts that you can use to secure...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of 19th International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation, PATMOS 2009, featuring Integrated Circuit and System Design, held in Delft, The Netherlands during September 9-11, 2009. The 26 revised full papers and 10...

Bayesian Theory.- Off-line Distributional Approximations and the Variational Bayes Method.- Principal Component Analysis and Matrix Decompositions.- Functional Analysis of Medical Image Sequences.- On-line Inference of Time-Invariant Parameters.- On-line Inference of Time-Variant Parameters.- The Mixture-based Extension of the AR Model (MEAR).- Concluding Remarks.Author: V當lav Sm?l,...

From the reviews: "This book offers a coherent treatment, at the graduate textbook level, of the field that has come to be known in the last decade or so as computational geometry. ... ... The book is well organized and lucidly written; a timely...

Designing satellite structures poses an ongoing challenge as the interaction between analysis, experimental testing, and manufacturing phases is underdeveloped. Finite Element Analysis for Satellite Structures: Applications to Their Design, Manufacture & Testing explains the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to perform design of satellite...

Author: Minghua Chen, Sid Chi-Kin ChauISBN-10: 3031115511ISBN-13: 9783031115516Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2023Pages: 79Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.19d

Blockchain and machine learning technologies can mitigate healthcare issues such as slow access to medical data, poor system interoperability, lack of patient agency, and data quality and quantity for medical research. Blockchain technology facilitates and secures the storage of information in such a way...

Computability theory is a branch of mathematical logic and computer science that has become increasingly relevant in recent years. The field has developed growing connections in diverse areas of mathematics, with applications in topology, group theory, and other subfields. In A Hierarchy of Turing...

This timely book, Making College Better: Views from the Top, offers more rational and practical responses to that public outcry by allowing college presidents and chancellors from a wide variety of postsecondary institutions the opportunity to address, in measured ways, many complex issues and...

Reversible computing refers to the computation that takes place in steps that are time reversible. Within reversible computing, if a logic gate changes an input X into an output Y, then there is an inverse operation which reverses this step. It is a "backwarddeterministic"...

This festschrift is in honour of a leading philosopher of argumentation. His theories of argument structure, whilst rooted in Aristotelian philosophy, have been influential in computer science and artificial intelligence. His theories have a strong empirical side and cover much of how argument and...

Examine the evolving enterprise security landscape and discover how to manage and survive risk. While based primarily on the author's experience and insights at major companies where he has served as CISO and CSPO, the book also includes many examples from other well-known companies...

Pro Java 8 Programming covers the core Java development kit. It takes advantage of the finer points of the core standard edition (SE) and development kit version 8. You'll discover the particulars of working with the Java language and APIs to develop applications in...

A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE illuminates how good, bad, and indeterminate public legislation impacts LGBTQ+ communities everywhere, and it animates multiple layers of campus life, ranging from lessons within a three-year-old day care center to policy-making among senior administration.Author: Virginia SteadISBN-10:...

Master the fundamentals of Spring Framework 6 while learning from the real-world experiences of Spring experts. Over the course of this book, you'll learn how to leverage Spring 6 in tandem with the Kotlin programming language to build complex enterprise applications from top to...

The Routledge Companion Literature and the Global South is an invaluable resource for anyone studying and researching global South studies and literature, as well as those interested in world literature, contemporary literature, postcolonialism, decolonizing the curriculum, critical race studies, gender studies, and politics. Author:...

This landmark textbook takes a whole subject approach to Information Science as a discipline.Introduced by leading international scholars and offering a global perspective on the discipline, this is designed to be the standard text for students worldwide. The authors' expert narrative guides you through...

Implement a basic enterprise architecture from start to finish using a four stage wheel-based approach. Aided by real-world examples, this book shows what elements are needed for the initial implementation of a fundamental enterprise architecture The book's pragmatic approach keeps existing architecture frameworks and...

Introduction 1Python For Data Science - The Ultimate Beginners' Guide to Learning Python Data Science Step by StepAccording to a report published by LinkedIn, data science is one of the fastest growing tech fields within the past 7 years. The need for companies to...

Optimization is considered as a decision-making process for getting the most out of available resources for the best attainable results. Many real-world problems are multi-objective or multi-attribute problems that naturally involve several competing objectives that need to be optimized simultaneously, while respecting some constraints...

Patient motion, which causes artifacts in reconstructed images, can be a serious problem in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging. If patient motion can be detected and quantified, the reconstruction algorithm can compensate for the motion. A real-time multi-threaded Visual Tracking System (VTS)...

Every specification point in the second topic in the International Baccalaureate Computer Science Syllabus Computer Organisation is discussed.Author: Sarah ShakibiISBN-10: 198623133XISBN-13: 9781986231336Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2018Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store, have now leveraged their...

This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.This volume adopts a multi-causal, multi-level approach to analyse the use of suicide...

This book is a gentle but rigorous introduction to Formal Logic. It is intended primarily for use at the college level. However, it can also be used for advanced secondary school students, and it can be used at the start of graduate school for...

A comprehensive introduction to automata theory that uses the novel approach of viewing automata as data structures. This textbook presents automata theory from a fresh viewpoint inspired by its main modern application, program verification, where automata are viewed as data structures for the algorithmic...

Master reproducible ML and DL models with Python and PyTorch to achieve high performance, explainability, and real-world successKey Features: Learn how to improve performance of your models and eliminate model biases Strategically design your machine learning systems to minimize chances of failure in production...

Build scalable and reliable data ecosystems using Data Mesh, Databricks Spark, and KafkaKey Features: Develop modern data skills used in emerging technologies Learn pragmatic design methodologies such as Data Mesh and data lakehouses Gain a deeper understanding of data governance Purchase of the print...

This new edition of Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Platform has been completely revised and rewritten to reflect the latest changes to the C# language specification and new advances in the .NET Framework. You'll find new chapters covering all the important new...

Take your software to the next level and solve real-world data science problems by building production-ready machine learning solutions using LightGBM and PythonKey Features: Get started with LightGBM, a powerful gradient-boosting library for building ML solutions Apply data science processes to real-world problems through...

Current studies in disciplinarity range widely across philosophical and literary contexts, producing heated debate and entrenched divergences. Yet, despite their manifest significance for us today seldom have those studies engaged with the Victorian origins of modern disciplinarity. Victorian Culture and the Origin of Disciplines...

Climatology and meteorology have basically been a descriptive science until it became possible to use numerical models, but it is crucial to the success of the strategy that the model must be a good representation of the real climate system of the Earth. Models...

Molecular simulations: methodology.- Molecular simulations: applications.- Use of structural database or experimental information in modeling protein structure and dynamics.- Applications of molecular quantum mechanics.Author: Adam LiwoISBN-10: 3319958429ISBN-13: 9783319958422Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2019Pages: 851Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.04lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.81d

Dive into the world of data analysis with 'Unleashing the Power of DAX: Beginner to Advanced Techniques for Power BI'. This comprehensive guide introduces you to advanced DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) formulas, enabling you to elevate your Power BI skills to the next level....

The bestselling introduction to practical Python programming for total beginners is now in its 3rd edition, revised to include the latest Python features, even better explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files. If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds...

Spline functions entered Approximation Theory as solutions of natural extremal problems. A typical example is the problem of drawing a function curve through given n + k points that has a minimal norm of its k-th derivative. Isolated facts about the functions, now called...

A practical text suitable for an introductory or advanced course in formal methods, this book presents a mathematical approach to modelling and designing systems using an extension of the B formal method: Event-B. Based on the idea of refinement, the author's systematic approach allows...

This is a companion exercise and solution book to A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security (0-387-25464-1). Coverage includes symmetric or public-key cryptography, cryptographic protocols, design, cryptanalysis, and implementation of cryptosystems. Readers should be comfortable with basic facts of discrete probability theory,...

The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable...

Learn about different storage technologies, including OpenSearch, Redshift, Kinesis, and S3, through the eyes of cute woodland creatures.A young fox family copes with the increasing pickiness of their kits' eating habits. In the process, they discover a clever approach to searching for food.Using an...

This book introduces a variety of intelligence phenomena starting from the birth of the universe, including intelligence in physics, intelligence in chemistry, intelligence in biology, intelligence in humans and intelligence in machines. It uncovers the mystery of intelligence to the world and explores the...

This book gives an intuitive and hands-on introduction to Topological Data Analysis (TDA). Covering a wide range of topics at levels of sophistication varying from elementary (matrix algebra) to esoteric (Grothendieck spectral sequence), it offers a mirror of data science aimed at a general...

Simulating the behavior of a human heart, predicting tomorrow's weather, optimizing the aerodynamics of a sailboat, finding the ideal cooking time for a hamburger: to solve these problems, cardiologists, meteorologists, sportsmen, and engineers can count on math help. This book will lead you to...

This practical new book offers the distributed-computing fundamental knowledge for individuals to connect with one another in a more secure and efficient way than with traditional blockchains. These new forms of secure, scalable blockchains promise to replace centralized institutions to connect individuals without the...

Computing systems are of growing importance because of their wide use in many areas including those in safety-critical systems. This book describes the basic models and approaches to the reliability analysis of such systems. An extensive review is provided and models are categorized into...

This book, written by the foremost international researchers and practitioners of genetic programming (GP), explores the synergy between theoretical and empirical results on real-world problems, producing a comprehensive view of the state of the art in GP. In this year's edition, the topics covered...

Educational Data Mining (EDM) is one of the emerging fields in the pedagogy and andragogy paradigm, it concerns the techniques which research data coming from the educational domain. EDM is a promising discipline which has an imperative impact on predicting students? academic performance. It...

Every computing or information student ends up with a huge mountain to climb - that final-year research project. Now, there's no need to worry, because with this book guardian angels are at hand in the form of four brilliant academics who guide students through...