Computers - General

This work discusses the theoretical abilities of three commonly used classifier learning methods and optimization techniques to cope with characteristics of real-world classification problems, more specifically varying misclassification costs, imbalanced data sets and varying degrees of hardness of class boundaries. From these discussions a...

Early pharmacokinetic optimisation is a key principle in drug discovery and development. Modeling absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) using experimentally-derived data is time-consuming and expensive. The use of computational in silico techniques to predict pharmacokinetic properties based on molecular structure is gaining wider...

Cyclopedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes - Comprising, Interesting Reminiscences and Facts, (Volume 1) is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

A careful and strict enquiry into freedom of will is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1790. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

PrimeLife (www.primelife.eu) is a European Project born with the challenge to design technology solutions for bringing sustainable privacy and identity management to future networks and services This book shows how is possible to integrate the features needed to support privacy requirements; starting from a...

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions have been implemented by most of the Fortune 500 companies since the early 1990s. Major providers include Oracle and SAP. In this book we explore the success factors of ERP implementations and comment on post implementations and the interweaving...

Developing a reliable software system, several issues need to be addressed. These issues include the definition of reliable software, reliable development methodologies, testing methods for reliability, and reliability growth prediction modeling. Many software reliability growth models were proposed with the goal to estimate the...

This best selling text now in its first edition continues to provide the most comprehensive and leading edge discussion of information technology and system issues that are transforming the business world today. The book defines the DBMS course by integrating coverage of essential new...

Spiking neurons represent the latest generation of neural networks designed to be more biologically realistic than more traditional artificial neural networks. This book provides a hands-on historical perspective on the development of neural networks, and investigates state-of-the-art methods for designing spiking neural networks to...

This book presents a solution concept that links continually updated and extensible life-cycle product data to a software independent building information model (IFC) all over the life span of the product itself. The solution concept has managed to reach a reliable building information model...

With the massive number of cameras have been widely deployed in past few years, human activity analysis has attracted great interest from computer vision researchers and become a hot research area due to its promising applications in many areas such as automated visual surveillance,...

This study discusses the implementation and evaluation of a program of professional development for adjunct faculty at Ivy Tech Community College Region 9 through the application of Donald Kirkpatrick's four-level model of evaluation for professional development programs. This study specifically addressed the first three...

Hash functions play an important role in information technology. They are incorporated in many security protocols and security-critical applications and ensure essential security properties for the overall systems. To verify their current status of security, hash functions are regularly exposed to new attacks from...

Societal demands of the 21st century have demonstrated the need for alternative delivery doctoral programs. Decreasing graduate student enrollments, need for additional qualified faculty, demand for academic program accessibility, and the need for colleges and universities to develop additional sources of revenue are concerns...

Accelerated globalization challenges educators to provide culturally accessible learning to countries other than their own. However, to do so, we must investigate the differences that may affect the achievement of equitable learning outcomes. Translation is a logical first step. Localization - a process in...

One of the key issues in making software development more efficient is facilitating reuse of existing software artifacts. In the context of large projects and a wealth of frameworks and components on the market, findability of the artifacts best matching your needs becomes essential...

Author: Ersin ElbasiISBN-10: 3639058372ISBN-13: 9783639058376Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2008Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d

Training therapists can be challenging when considering they must effectively develop a strong therapeutic alliance and obtain a clear assessment of patient problems, often in a limited number of sessions. This book seeks to present two different models of psychotherapy to address these needs....

An evolution in the sector of microelectronics took place in the past decades. A lot of features and functions, which were on external chips in the past and also totally new functions, are already integrated into one single chip. The trend goes to one...

Author: Ehsan VossoughISBN-10: 3639045475ISBN-13: 9783639045475Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2008Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Xiaohui YuISBN-10: 3639041887ISBN-13: 9783639041880Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2008Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

The problem of three-dimensional perception for mobile robots is divided into three major tasks: data acquisition, consistent and efficient representation, and semantic interpretation. For all three tasks we provide novel approaches: a 4 DOF robot arm with a laser range sensor to autonomously scan...

Electronic paper (e-paper), an electronic replacement for white paper that attempts to copy its properties as closely as possible, is available since about three decades. Research efforts in this area have created several different technological approaches to the issue, one of its most promising...

Author: Manish MehtaISBN-10: 3639031695ISBN-13: 9783639031690Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2008Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Augmented reality (AR) is a fast-growing application of computer graphics. AR systems overlay computer-generated graphics over the real world. The research described in this book puts an emphasis on specialized rendering techniques for AR. In the first part of this book, a new system...

A Treatise on the Continued Fevers is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

Cyclopedia of commercial and business anecdotes - Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

Cyclopedia of commercial and business anecdotes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

A framework for better management practice The transition from individual contributor to manager is arguably the hardest career change to make. It can be overwhelming, and there is plenty of bad advice around that will only make things worse. The process is often unpredictable,...

Author: Yoav YahavISBN-10: 1782172432ISBN-13: 9781782172437Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2014Pages: 380Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.44lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.78d

Author: James Watts, Jorge GonzalezISBN-10: 1782160086ISBN-13: 9781782160083Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2014Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.72d

This book is about the methodology of custom operating system development. It covers process management, memory management, storage management hardware/software codesign and SMP. It also touches basic concept of operating system, bitbake build and ARM processor. The latest code is maintained in https: //github.com/chungae9ri/slosAuthor:...

On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures is a treatise on labor economics and how to reduce the cost of workers by dividing tasks based on skill level. In his Preface, Babbage claimed that the work was a direct "consequence" of his supervising the...

Managing Business in a Multi-Channel World: Success Factors for E-Business addresses the concerns of existing companies who wish to succeed in the new multi-channel environment as it develops and becomes commonplace. Readers will obtain academically rigorous yet manager-accessible insight into recent studies on multi-channel...

This volume is the latest addition to the Cases on Information Technology Series, a series which provides a collection of case studies focusing on IT implementation in organizations. The cases included in Cases on Information Technology: Lessons Learned, Volume 7 cover a variety of...

Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations presents the applicable concepts and methodologies of information and communication technologies, such as agent-based technologies, HUB, knowledge management, GRID, and wireless communication. This book covers these concepts, while taking into account the current results and outlining the trends...

Big Data Processing - Computational Solutions For Robust Performance is a comprehensive guide about the big data analytics. In-depth and advanced applicative methods are the pride of this compilation. History of data processing, computational complexity and what else? The book covers extensive content regarding...

Quantum computing uses the phenomena of quantum mechanics to perform it's calculations. The computational speed would be orders of magnitude greater than present day digital computers that we have become used to using whether it be a large scale mainframe or a desktop, laptop,...

"Procedural C++ for Science and Engineering" is an introductory programming text on the procedural C++. The need for another book on C++, when the market is already flooded with books on this great programming language, is due to a strong desire for a programming...

This is an introductory guide to the techniques of Data warehousing and business intelligence. Centered on modeling, this devotional book explores the topic of fundamental of Data warehouse architectures. Using the anatomy analogy, Taiwei is able to clearly explain multi-layered structure of data warehouse...

Whether you are looking to start a career in software testing or if you already are a tester but want to take your career to the next level, this book will give you the information you need to join an elite group of Quality...

I attended the Caltech Seminar Day on 16th May 09 and heard a lecture: Quantum Information Science presented by Professor J Preskill. His lecture had a number of slides showing how the three dimensions of Quantum states function. He mentioned Quantum Computers as the...

The Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) certification is used by technicians to prove their Windows XP troubleshooting skills. It is used by many new technicians to break into the field and by some to improve their marketability as a Help Desk technician. The...

This is the second book on CommVault's Common Technology Engine and the first in a new series of books relating to Data Management and how CommVault can offer cost-effective, business solutions. In this book I have attempted to expand upon recommended best practices in...

This is Dr. Eghosa Ugboma's second textbook on learning SQL programming using different versions of MS Windows operating systems and different versions of MS Access. Although, this book is written using MS Windows Vista and MS Access 2007, his first textbook teaches SQL programming...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Java is an Object-Oriented Language. I believe that the Object-Oriented paradigm is extremely useful, but is very difficult to teach to beginning students. I also believe that there is a lot of benefit in understanding how to develop and debug good solid methods before...

Oracle Planning & Budgeting Cloud takes your confusing budgeting application or existing Excel spreadsheets and makes them into a world-class budgeting application. This Cloud solution will reduce your plan cycle time, increase timeliness of information for business decisions, and improve accuracy in forecasts. And...

NVivo 11 Essentials, 2nd Edition, now for version 11.4.1 is our comprehensive guide to the world's most popular qualitative data analysis software. This book has two authors. Bengt Edhlund is a software trainer with decades of experience teaching and writing about research software. Allan...