Computers - Computer Science

Quality of Telephone-Based Spoken Dialogue Systems offers a systematic overview of assessment, evaluation, and prediction methods for the quality of services such as travel and touristic information, phone-directory and messaging, or telephone-banking services. A new taxonomy of quality-of-service is presented which serves as a...

The book introduces a new form of mathematical logic called "Information Oriented Logic" (IOL). It demonstrates that IOL is capable of solving various classical and non-classical logic problems that cannot be solved by traditional methods of logic. In this book, it is argued that...

In the past few weeks, OpenAI has released ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer). ChatGPT emerges as a formidable chatbot, surpassing various iterations of the GPT model, and plays a transformative role in user interactions with AI systems. In the dynamic realm of AI technologies,...

Synthetic Media, Deepfakes, and Cyber Deception: Attacks, Analysis, and Defenses introduces the only analytical Synthetic Media Analysis Framework (SMAF) to help describe cyber threats and help security professionals anticipate and analyze attacks. This framework encompasses seven dimensions: Credibility, Control, Medium, Interactivity, Familiarity, Intended Target,...

The Metaverse: A Critical Introduction provides a clear, concise, and well-grounded introduction to the concept of the Metaverse, its history, the technology, the opportunities, the challenges, and how it is having an impact on almost every facet of society. The book serves as a...

This book has a single purpose: to help everyone become a computational thinker. Through practical examples and easy-to-grasp terminology, this book is a guide to navigating the digital world and improving one's efficiency, productivity, and success immediately.Author: Paul S. WangISBN-10: 1032568984ISBN-13: 9781032568980Publisher: CRC PressLanguage:...

The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gaveto students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computerscience. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation, publishedin 1996, provided an overview of standard and not-so-standard...

Beginning Google Glass Development is your number one resource for learning how to develop for Google Glass--the paradigm-shifting mobile computing platform taking the world by storm now and for years to come. Mobile developers have always had to think for the future, and right...

The Burrows-Wheeler Transform is one of the best lossless compression me- ods available. It is an intriguing -- even puzzling -- approach to squeezing redundancy out of data, it has an interesting history, and it has applications well beyond its original purpose as a...

Generative AI is revolutionising industries, but moving from concept to operation requires navigating a complex landscape. Exploring GenAIOps offers practical guidance to help you on this journey, acknowledging that we are at the forefront of the AI revolution. This book dives into the essentials...

This first comprehensive book on models behind Generative AI has been thoroughly revised to cover all major classes of deep generative models: mixture models, Probabilistic Circuits, Autoregressive Models, Flow-based Models, Latent Variable Models, GANs, Hybrid Models, Score-based Generative Models, Energy-based Models, and Large Language...

The third in a new series exploring the basics of Raspberry Pi Operating System administration, this instalment focuses onText Editors, git/GitHub and LXC/LXDAuthor: Robert M. KoretskyISBN-10: 1032596910ISBN-13: 9781032596914Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2024Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Your mind is an intricate network of thoughts, emotions, and memories. This complex system forms a holographic web - a reality that exists within the confines of your brain. But what if you could extend this reality? What if you could simulate your consciousness...

This book connects predictive analytics and simulation analytics, with the end goal of providing Rich Information to stakeholders in complex systems to direct data-driven decisions. Readers will explore methods for extracting information from data, work with simple and complex systems, and meld multiple forms...

Introduction.- Dynamics of the red blood cell system.- Mathematical basics.- Chaos and ergodic theory.- The Lasota-Ważewska Equation.- Lasota equation with unimodal regulation.Author: Pawel J. MitkowskiISBN-10: 3030576779ISBN-13: 9783030576776Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2020Pages: 97Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d

The first book covering both LXC and LXD Covers LXC and LXD integration with tools such as Libvirt and SaltStackIncludes a case study on containerization within an IoT environmentAuthor: Senthil Kumaran S.ISBN-10: 148423023XISBN-13: 9781484230237Publisher: ApressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2017Pages: 159Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

Despite being an intimate part of our lives, most of us know almost nothing about the "computer on a chip". As a result, we are constantly making crucial business, political and personal decisions based on the future of the microprocessor, while intellectually standing in...

New Literacies and Teacher Learning examines the complexities of teacher professional development today in relation to new literacies and digital technologies, set within the wider context of strong demands for teachers to be innovative and to improve students' learning outcomes.Author: Michele KnobelISBN-10: 1433129116ISBN-13: 9781433129117Publisher:...

The thoroughly updated edition of a guide to parallel programming with MPI, reflecting the latest specifications, with many detailed examples. This book offers a thoroughly updated guide to the MPI (Message-Passing Interface) standard library for writing programs for parallel computers. Since the publication of...

Explore ChatGPT technologies to create state-of-the-art chatbots and voice assistants, and prepare to lead the AI revolutionKey Features: - Learn how to leverage ChatGPT to create innovative conversational AI solutions for your organization- Harness LangChain and delve into step-by-step LLM application development for conversational...

Quantum computing has shown a potential to tackle specific types of problems, especially those involving a daunting number of variables, at an exponentially faster rate compared to classical computers. This volume focuses on quantum variants of machine learning algorithms, such as quantum neural networks,...

Cryptography is a part of everyday life for almost all of us, though we may not realise we're using it. We are a far cry from the historical prediction that cryptography would only be used by militaries and governments. With vast quantities of sensitive...

The term agape has become something of a mainstream concept, as it has graced America's television screens through commercial media. This book investigates agape and presents a timely, novel argument regarding current strains on U.S. education and student learning outcomes. It interrogates the impact...

A novel approach to hybrid AI aimed at developing trustworthy agent collaborators. The vast majority of current AI relies wholly on machine learning (ML). However, the past thirty years of effort in this paradigm have shown that, despite the many things that ML can...

The monograph is devoted to the construction of the high-order finite difference and finite element methods for numerical solving multidimensional boundary-value problems (BVPs) for different partial differential equations, in particular, linear Helmholtz and wave equations, nonlinear Burgers' equations, and elliptic (Schrödinger) equation. Despite of...

This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the...

This book is both an easy-to-read textbook for invariant theory and a challenging research monograph that introduces a new approach to the algorithmic side of invariant theory. Students will find the book an easy introduction to this "classical and new" area of mathematics. Researchers...

MATLAB Mathematical Analysis is a reference book that presents the techniques of mathematical analysis through examples and exercises resolved with MATLAB software. The purpose is to give you examples of the mathematical analysis functions offered by MATLAB so that you can use them in...

Given their tremendous success in commercial applications, machine learning (ML) models are increasingly being considered as alternatives to science-based models in many disciplines. Yet, these "black-box" ML models have found limited success due to their inability to work well in the presence of limited...

"Sustainability in Healthcare: Advances in mHealth AI and Robotics" explores sustainable methods in the healthcare industry, focusing on rural and community healthcare improvement, the use of robots for sustainability, and the implementation of AI in healthcare. It also explores additive manufacturing, mobile health, biomedical...

In 1902 The Gramophone Company in London sent out recording experts on "expeditions" across the world to record voices from different cultures and backgrounds. All over India, it was women who embraced the challenge of overcoming numerous social taboos and aesthetic handicaps that came...

This fourth volume in the Current Perspectives on School/University/Community Research series brings together the perspectives of authors who are deeply committed to the integration of digital technology with teaching and learning. Authors were invited to discuss either a completed project, a work-in-progress, or a...

Short Tour Through the Book.- Simplicity & Uncertainty.- Universal Sequence Prediction.- Agents in Known Probabilistics Environments.- The Universal Algorithmic Agent AIXI.- Important Environmental Classes.- Computational Aspects.- Discussion.Author: Marcus HutterISBN-10: 3642060528ISBN-13: 9783642060526Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2010Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d

Symmetry has a central role in the study of vision. The concept of symmetry has an ancient origin in considerations of visual appearance; in modern times, abstracted and formalized into Group Theory, it has found spectacular applications, far beyond the visible; but its importance...

In February 1996, a chess-playing computer known as Deep Blue made history by defeating the reigning world chess champion, Gary Kasparov, in a game played under match conditions. Kasparov went on to win the six-game match 4-2 and at the end of the match...

Triangular arrays are a unifying thread throughout various areas of discrete mathematics such as number theory and combinatorics. They can be used to sharpen a variety of mathematical skills and tools, such as pattern recognition, conjecturing, proof-techniques, and problem-solving techniques.While a good deal of...

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and -- not least -- on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping...

Ad hoc networks, which include a variety of autonomous networks for specific purposes, promise a broad range of civilian, commercial, and military applications. These networks were originally envisioned as collections of autonomous mobile or stationary nodes that dynamically auto-configure themselves into a wireless network...

Pro Python System Administration, Second Edition explains and shows how to apply Python scripting in practice. It will show you how to approach and resolve real-world issues that most system administrators will come across in their careers. This book has been updated using Python...

ASP.NET 4 is the latest version of Microsoft's revolutionary web technology. It is the principal technology for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Applied ASP.NET 4 In Context sets the standard for clear, simple, hands-on advice for learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic...

The ability to learn concepts lies at the very core of human cognition, enabling us to efficiently classify, organize, identify, and store complex information. In view of the basic role that concepts play in our everyday physical and mental lives, the fields of cognitive...

The popular C programming language is used for a huge range of applications, from the tiny microcontrollers used in toasters and watches up to complete operating systems. The first half of this book is an introduction to C, and covers the basics of writing...

CISSP(R) Study Guide, Fourth Edition provides the latest updates on CISSP(R) certification, the most prestigious, globally-recognized, vendor neutral exam for information security professionals. In this new edition, readers will learn about what's included in the newest version of the exam's Common Body of Knowledge....

"This is a delightful little paperback which presents a day-by-day transcription of a course taught jointly by P?lya and Tarjan at Stanford University. Woods, the teaching assistant for the class, did a very good job of merging class notes into an interesting mini-textbook; he...

Author: W. R. FullerISBN-10: 038790283XISBN-13: 9780387902838Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/1977Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.35d

This book presents a mathematical theory of finite elements. Recent developments are covered in detail. Several reading paths are proposed, allowing for a readership with diverse interests. Engineers and applications-oriented researchers will find it useful. It can also be used as a graduate-level textbook.Author:...

Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and monetary policy.Latin America is richly endowed with natural resources, fertile land, and vibrant cultures. Yet the region remains much poorer than...

If you thought data structures and algorithms were all just theory, you're missing out on what they can do for your JavaScript code. Learn to use Big O notation to make your code run faster by orders of magnitude. Choose from data structures such...

Author: Petar RadanlievISBN-10: 0135352940ISBN-13: 9780135352946Publisher: Addison-Wesley ProfessionalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2024Format: Paperback

The French School of Programming is a collection of insightful discussions of programming and software engineering topics, by some of the most prestigious names of French computer science. The authors include several of the originators of such widely acclaimed inventions as abstract interpretation, the...