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Author Carl D. Meyer , Amy N. Langville
A website's ranking on Google can spell the difference between success and failure for a new business. NCAA football ratings determine which schools get to play for the big money in postseason bowl games. Product ratings influence everything from the clothes we wea....
Release Date 2012/02 -
When People Don't Trust Algorithms
Author Paul Michelman
Even when faced with evidence that an algorithm will deliver better results than human judgment, we consistently choose to follow our own minds. Why? MIT Sloan Management Review editor in chief Paul Michelman sat down with the University of Chicago’s Berkeley....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author David Alan Grier
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have bec....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author George Tyler
The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years. But virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Incomes have been flat since 1985. Inequality has grown, and social mobility has dropped dramatically. Equally....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On
Author Tim O'Reilly , John Battelle
Ever since we first introduced the term Web 2.0, people have been asking, What ™s next? Assuming that Web 2.0 was meant to be a kind of software version number (rather than a statement about the second coming of the Web after the dotcom bust), we ™re constantly asked about Web 3.0. ....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Author Thomas Haberkorn , Jean-Baptiste Caillau , Christoph Schnörr , Gabriel Peyré , Maïti
With a focus on the interplay between mathematics and applications of imaging, the first part covers topics from optimization, inverse problems and shape spaces to computer vision and computational anatomy. The second part is geared towards geometric control and re....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Type Inheritance and Relational Theory
Author Chris Date
Type inheritance is that phenomenon according to which we can say, for example, that every square is also a rectangle, and so properties that apply to rectangles in general apply to squares in particular. In other words, squares are a subtype of rectangles, and rec....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Author Liam Magee , Mary Kalantzis , Bill Cope
This book addresses the question of how knowledge is currently documented, and may soon be documented in the context of what it calls ‘semantic publishing’. This takes two forms: a more narrowly and technically defined ‘semantic web’; as well as a broader notion of ....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Tools, Languages, Methodologies for Representing Semantics on the Web of Things
Author Sanju Tiwari , Patrick Siarry , Shikha Mehta , M. A. Jabbar
This book is a guide to the combination of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Semantic Web, covering a variety of tools, technologies and applications that serve the myriad needs of the researchers in this field. It provides a multi dimensional view of the concepts, tools, techniques and i....
Release Date 2022/10 -
Author Chris Mayfield , Allen B. Downey
Think Java is a hands-on introduction to computer science and programming used by many universities and high schools around the world. Its conciseness, emphasis on vocabulary, and informal tone make it particularly appealing for readers with little or no experience....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Author Allen B. Downey
If you understand basic mathematics and know how to program with Python, you’re ready to dive into signal processing. While most resources start with theory to teach this complex subject, this practical book introduces techniques by showing you how they’re applied ....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Author Allen B. Downey
If you’re a student studying computer science or a software developer preparing for technical interviews, this practical book will help you learn and review some of the most important ideas in software engineering—data structures and algorithms—in a way that’s clea....
Release Date 2017/07 -
The Vanishing American Corporation
Author Gerald F. Davis
It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of ....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Author Donald Sull
A provocative user's guide to a world where the only thing that doesn't change is change itself"Before I die," Albert Einstein once said, "I hope someone will clarify quantum physics for me. After I die, I hope God will explain turbulence to me." Einstein might ha....
Release Date 2009/10 -
The Semantic Sphere 1: Computation, Cognition and Information Economy
Author Pierre Lévy
The new digital media offers us an unprecedented memory capacity, an ubiquitous communication channel and a growing computing power. How can we exploit this medium to augment our personal and social cognitive processes at the service of human development? Combining ....
Release Date 2011/10 -
The Quantum Age of IT: Why everything you know about IT is about to change
Author Charles Araujo
The guide to modern IT'IT as we know it is dead.'Forces are at work that are reshaping the very fabric of the IT organisation. Driven by our own history, changing perceptions of how technology should work and newfound, but very real, competition, IT organisations ....
Release Date 2012/11 -
The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon
Author John M. Robertson
First published in 1905, this reissued edition of The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon is an edited collection based upon the definitive seven volume edition of 1857, translated and prefaced by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding. Of great historical, philoso....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Meeting Spectrum: An Advanced Guide for Meeting Professionals
Author Rudy R. Wright , E.J. Siwek
Updated to include coverage of the latest in meeting technology, the second edition of the acclaimed reference for meeting planners is more comprehensive—and useful—than ever. Whether you are a meeting professional or new to event planning...a corporate or association exe....
Release Date 2004/11 -
The Little Book of String Theory
Author Steven S. Gubser
The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 10th Edition 2014 Cumulative Supplement
Author Bruce R. Hopkins
The cumulative supplement to The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 10th EditionNonprofit organizations are subject to a complex set of regulations and laws. Written in plain English, this book keeps tax-exempt organizations up-to-date on all current regulations perta....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Joys of Hashing: Hash Table Programming with C
Author Thomas Mailund
Build working implementations of hash tables, written in the C programming language. This book starts with simple first attempts devoid of collision resolution strategies, and moves through improvements and extensions illustrating different design ideas and approac....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Author Lance Fortnow
The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. Simply stated, it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly checked by computer can also be quickly solved by computer. The Golden Ticket provides a n....
Release Date 2013/03 -
The Art of Computer Programming: Satisfiability, Volume 4, Fascicle 6
Author Donald E. Knuth
This multivolume work on the analysis of algorithms has long been recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The four volumes published to date already comprise a unique and invaluable resource in programming theory and practice. Countl....
Release Date 2015/12 -
The Art and Science of NFC Programming
Author Serge Miranda , Anne-Marie Lesas
NFC is a world standard since 2004 which is now within every smartphone on the market. Such a standard enables us to do mobile transactions (mobile payment) in a secure way along with many other information- based tap’n play operations. This book has a double role ....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Testing and Tuning Market Trading Systems: Algorithms in C++
Author Timothy Masters
Build, test, and tune financial, insurance or other market trading systems using C++ algorithms and statistics. You’ve had an idea and have done some preliminary experiments, and it looks promising. Where do you go from here? Well, this book discusses and dissects ....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Synthesis of Quantum Circuits vs. Synthesis of Classical Reversible Circuits
Author Mitchell A. Thornton , Yvan Van Rentergem , Stijn De Baerdemacker , Alexis De Vos
At first sight, quantum computing is completely different from classical computing. Nevertheless, a link is provided by reversible computation.Whereas an arbitrary quantum circuit, acting on ?? qubits, is described by an ?? × ?? unitary matrix with ??=2??, a revers....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Swift Data Structure and Algorithms
Author Mario Eguiluz Alebicto , Erik Azar
Master the most common algorithms and data structures, and learn how to implement them efficiently using the most up-to-date features of Swift 3About This BookDevelop a deep understanding of the collections in the Swift Standard Library with this step-by-step guideD....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Author Andre Ruesch
Subtext invites and encourages personal and blatantly subjective responses to photographs and analyzes the drivers behind them. During decades of participating in critiques as both student and teacher, André Ruesch has become convinced that it is the personal respo....
Release Date 2017/08 -
String Algorithms in C: Efficient Text Representation and Search
Author Thomas Mailund
Implement practical data structures and algorithms for text search and discover how it is used inside other larger applications. This unique in-depth guide explains string algorithms using the C programming language. String Algorithms in C teaches you the follow....
Release Date 2020/08