Computers - Computer Science

This book highlights the different types of data architecture and illustrates the many possibilities hidden behind the term "Big Data", from the usage of No-SQL databases to the deployment of stream analytics architecture, machine learning, and governance. Scalable Big Data Architecture covers real-world, concrete...

The Definitive Guide to MongoDB, Third Edition, is updated for MongoDB 3 and includes all of the latest MongoDB features, including the aggregation framework introduced in version 2.2 and hashed indexes in version 2.4. The Third Edition also now includes Python. MongoDB is the...

In this book, the CEO of Cazton, Inc. and internationally-acclaimed speaker, Chander Dhall, demonstrates current website design scalability patterns and takes a pragmatic approach to explaining their pros and cons to show you how to select the appropriate pattern for your site. He then...

Beginning Python Games Development, Second Edition teaches you how to create compelling games using Python and the PyGame games development library. It will teach you how to create visuals, do event handling, create 3D games, add media elements, and integrate OpenGL into your Python...

Beginning Design for 3D Printing is the full color go-to-guide for creating just about anything on a 3D printer. This book will demystify the design process for 3D printing, providing the proper workflows for those new to 3D printing, eager artists, seasoned engineers, 3D...

The New Shop Class connects the worlds of the maker and hacker with that of the scientist and engineer. If you are a parent or educator or a budding maker yourself, and you feel overwhelmed with all of the possible technologies, this book will...

The Raspberry Pi is deceptively simple. Plug it in, boot it up, and use it as a personal computer, or attach a million gizmos and modules and invent something new and amazing. Either way, what it can actually do is not simple, and you...

Raspberry Pi is Linux, but it's a unique flavor of Linux, specifically for the ARM-based Pi. Raspberry Pi Software Reference guides you through the boot process, including options for tweaking HDMI, memory, and other boot options. You'll learn the details of run levels and...

The content and screenshots in this book are based on SharePoint 2013. The techniques shown can also be applied to SharePoint 2016.Custom SharePoint Solutions with HTML and JavaScript shows you how to build and customize SharePoint solutions to suit a wide range of business...

Business Intelligence with SQL Server Reporting Services helps you deliver business intelligence with panache. Harness the power of the Reporting Services toolkit to combine charts, gauges, sparklines, indicators, and maps into compelling dashboards and scorecards. Create compelling visualizations that seize your audience's attention and...

MATLAB is a high-level language and environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. Using MATLAB, you can analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models and applications. The language, tools, and built-in math functions enable you to explore multiple approaches and reach a solution faster...

This is the third book devoted to theoretical issues in data- bases that we have edited. Each book has been the outgrowth of papers held at a workshop in Toulouse, France. The first workshop, held in 1977 focused primarily on the important topic of...

This book provides an extensive introduction to numerical computing from the viewpoint of backward error analysis. The intended audience includes students and researchers in science, engineering and mathematics. The approach taken is somewhat informal owing to the wide variety of backgrounds of the readers,...

This book addresses an interesting area of quantum computation called quantum walks, which play an important role in building quantum algorithms, in particular search algorithms. Quantum walks are the quantum analogue of classical random walks.It is known that quantum computers have great power for...

Computational Electromagnetics is a young and growing discipline, expanding as a result of the steadily increasing demand for software for the design and analysis of electrical devices. This book introduces three of the most popular numerical methods for simulating electromagnetic fields: the finite difference...

The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina starting in fall 2003. The rst author was there for a total of two years, the...

One of the currently most active research areas within Artificial Intelligence is the field of Machine Learning. which involves the study and development of computational models of learning processes. A major goal of research in this field is to build computers capable of improving...

Fractals for the Classroom breaks new ground as it brings an exciting branch of mathematics into the classroom. The book is a collection of independent chapters on the major concepts related to the science and mathematics of fractals. Written at the mathematical level of...

This textbook provides an accessible general introduction to the essential topics in computer vision. Classroom-tested programming exercises and review questions are also supplied at the end of each chapter. Features: provides an introduction to the basic notation and mathematical concepts for describing an image...

Many people have a distorted view of what computer scientists do, what it means to study computer science at the university, and what the prerequisites are. The image of the lone nerd programmer at his or her computer working long days with no contacts...

Fractals for the Classroom breaks new ground as it brings an exciting branch of mathematics into the classroom. The book is a collection of independent chapters on the major concepts related to the science and mathematics of fractals. Written at the mathematical level of...

Chapter 1. Review of Univariate Probability.- Chapter 2. Multivariate Discrete Distributions.- Chapter 3. Multidimensional Densities.- Chapter 4. Advance Distribution Theory.- Chapter 5. Multivariate Normal and Related Distributions.- Chapter 6. Finite Sample Theory of Order Statistics and Extremes.- Chapter 7. Essential Asymptotics and Applications.- Chapter...

Smart cards are used as ATM cards, credit cards, SIM cards, signature cards, pay TV cards and citizen cards. The security of these cards is of crucial importance. Power analysis attacks are one of the most effective attacks against cryptographic tokens like smart cards;...

This book will be a valuable reference for researchers in the eare of nonparametrics.Author: Alexandre B. TsybakovISBN-10: 1441927093ISBN-13: 9781441927095Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2010Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d

In its updated 2nd edition, this book presents a variety of image analysis applications, reviews their precise mathematics and shows how to discretize them. The book is intended for two audiences. First, the mathematical community, showing the contribution of mathematics to this domain, and...

From the reviews of the first edition: "Although the book is written as a textbook, with many carefully worked out examples and exercises, it will be very useful for the researcher since the authors discuss their favorite research topics (Monte Carlo optimization and convergence...

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a solid background and understanding of the basic results and methods in probability theory before entering into more advanced courses (in probability and/or statistics). The presentation is fairly thorough and detailed with many...

Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference can be a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher education, as it addresses key issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and differentiated approaches to educating the full range...

This second edition of Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education and Care is a foundational text that presents contemporary theories, debates, and political concerns regarding early education and child care around the globe.Author: Gaile S. CannellaISBN-10: 143315417XISBN-13: 9781433154171Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2018Pages:...

STEM21: Equity in Teaching and Learning to Meet Global Challenges of Standards, Engagement and Transformation is designed to contribute to discourses about how STEM teaching and learning can become more equitable, serving the needs of readers across the STEM educational spectrum. Author: Sj MillerISBN-10:...

The Idea of the University: Contemporary Perspectives consists of essays from the leading contemporary scholars of the university across the world. Author: Tina (Athlone C. ). BesleyISBN-10: 1433149796ISBN-13: 9781433149795Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2018Pages: 624Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Opening Doors: Community Centers Connecting Working-Class Immigrant Families and Schools examines the role and impact of a community-based organization, the Chinatown Community Center, and its youth program the Community Youth Center, which is located in an east coast city.Author: Sj Miller, Nga-Wing Anjela WongISBN-10:...

This book provides a deeper understanding of the phone-based composing practices of youth and their implications for literacy learning.Author: Michele Knobel, Julie WarnerISBN-10: 1433144085ISBN-13: 9781433144080Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/28/2017Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Radical Imagine-Nation: Public Pedagogy & Praxis provides a platform for critical educators, public intellectuals, and activists from all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in critical education and social movements.Author: Michael Adrian PetersISBN-10: 1433143798ISBN-13: 9781433143793Publisher: Peter Lang...

Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, Colleges at the Crossroads: Taking Sides on Contested Issues challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America's colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today's troubled world.Author: Shirley R. SteinbergISBN-10: 1433134217ISBN-13:...

A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity is a call to radical educators, grassroots organizers, and others on the left to recognize the enormous historical legacy of and potential for revolutionary praxis that exists among Women of Color and Indigeneity.Author: Peter...

Mapping Holisitic Learning: An Introductory Guide to Aestetigrams introduces the concept of aesthetigrams. These are participant-produced visual maps of aesthetic engagement. Author: Boyd White, Am駘ie LeMieuxISBN-10: 1433132761ISBN-13: 9781433132766Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2017Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d

This guide focuses on the dissertation work as a step-by-step process and details the structure and the content of dissertation chapters.Author: Shirley R. SteinbergISBN-10: 143313201XISBN-13: 9781433132018Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2017Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

This book provides an expansive guide for designing and conducting robust qualitative research across a diverse range of purposes concerned with understanding new literacies in theory and in practice. It is based on the idea that one of the best ways of learning how...

This volume highlights Derrick Bell's influence as the first African American to earn tenure at the Harvard Law School and author of Race, Racism, and American Law on a number of prominent education and legal scholars by identifying some of his specific work and...

Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer by Charles Bell is your guide to keeping your 3D printer running through preventive maintenance, repair, and diagnosing and solving problems in 3D printing. If you've bought or built a 3D printer such as a MakerBot only to...

Unity for Absolute Beginners walks you through the fundamentals of creating a small third-person shooter game with Unity. Using the free version of Unity to begin your game development career, you'll learn how to import, evaluate and manage your game resources to create awesome...

Advanced .NET IL Assembler is a comprehensive drill-down into the inner workings of the .NET Framework. Acknowledged runtime expert and Microsoft insider Serge Lidin steps through the internal structures and operations that take place when .NET code is executed, showing how the syntax and...

Beginning Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 is your step-by-step guide to learning how to embrace responsive design for all devices. You will learn how to develop your existing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills to make your sites work for the modern world....

Learn Office the easy way, no jargon. Clear, concise and to the point... Using Microsoft Office 365, is the essential step by step guide to getting the most out of the traditional Microsoft Office applications (not SharePoint), providing a complete resource for both the...

Learning how to write C/C++ code is only the first step. To be a serious programmer, you need to understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler: object files, static libraries, shared libraries, and, of course, executables. Advanced C...

You are interested in making an app. You have read all of the stories of successful developers and appreneurs. You are determined to get a piece of the pie. The world of apps is the fastest growing market in the world today, and it...

Pro JavaScript Development is a practical guide for front-end web developers who are experienced at building web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and now wish to advance their JavaScript skills to a higher level. You will learn how to build large, well-structured, high...

Use Arrow's affordable and breadboard-friendly FPGA development board (BeMicro MAX 10) to create a light sensor, temperature sensor, motion sensor, and the KITT car display from Knight Rider. You don't need an electronics engineering degree or even any programming experience to get the most...

By now you'll have heard of ASP.NET MVC. This exciting new approach to developing ASP.NET web applications has taken the development world by storm over the last few years. Now a mature technology suitable for mainstream use, its adoption has exploded in recent times.Until...