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Author Hadley Wickham
R packages are a great way to share and create code that you and others can use over and over again.Why is it important?Developing R code for inclusion in a package is different than simply writing R scripts.What you'll learn—and how you can apply itLearn best pra....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Alfonso Asensio
The world is currently in the midst of a data revolution. Consumers now inhabit a digital world and companies have no option but to follow them there. Governments are reviewing the rules of usage for consumer data in marketing and advertising in order to take advan....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Shannon Cutt , Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton
Our new 2015 Edition of O'Reilly's Women in Data report reveals inspiring stories of success and insights from four women working in data, across the European Union. Now featuring a total of 19 interviews with women who are central to data businesses, authors Cor....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Author Paul Breeze
Wind Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to one of the leading renewable power generation technologies. It includes detailed descriptions of on and offshore generation systems, and demystifies the relevant wind ene....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty
Author Herbert Weisberg
An original account of willful ignorance and how this principle relates to modern probability and statistical methodsThrough a series of colorful stories about great thinkers and the problems they chose to solve, the author traces the historical evolution of probabi....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?
Author Paul J. Nahin
A collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul NahinWhat are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the o....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Richard WHITMIRE
The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a....
Release Date 2011/09 -
What Sets Breakthrough Strategies Apart
Author Todd Zenger , Teppo Felin
Composing valuable strategies requires seeing the world in new and unique ways. It requires asking novel questions that prompt fresh insight. Even the most sophisticated, deep learning-enhanced computers or algorithms simply cannot generate such an outlook. Innovat....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Matthew Harrison , Jake VanderPlas
Why has Python become an essential tool for programmers, engineers, researchers, and data scientists across academia and industry? This programming language is known for its simplicity and beauty, as well as its large ecosystem of domain-specific tools such as NumP....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Alvin J. Silk
This book explores what marketing is and how an enterprise can differentiate itself from others in attracting and retaining customers. The book is organized according to the design of the first-year marketing course in the two-year MBA program at the Harvard Busines....
Release Date 2006/10 -
What Is Data Governance? Understanding the Business Impact
Author Andy Petrella
Data isn't just a commodity. It's a capital asset for driving businesses, creating value, and inspiring new ventures. Like money, data must be treated sustainably and with a serious dose of respect. Once you govern it properly and instill confidence in its quality, data....
Release Date 2020/12 -
Author Joshua S. Bloom
Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest--and, until recently, among the least understood--cosmic events in the universe. Discovered by chance during the cold war, these evanescent high-energy explosions confounded astronomers for decades. But a rapid series of startling ....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series
Author Ben Brubaker , Daniel Bump , Solomon Friedberg
Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series are generalizations of the Riemann zeta function. Like the Riemann zeta function, they are Dirichlet series with analytic continuation and functional equations, having applications to analytic number theory. By contrast, these We....
Release Date 2011/07 -
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume IV, Wellbeing in Later Life
Author Cary L. Cooper , Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging.Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affect aging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factorsExamines t....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Richard Lawson
Successfully scrape data from any website with the power of PythonAbout This BookA hands-on guide to web scraping with real-life problems and solutionsTechniques to download and extract data from complex websitesCreate a number of different web scrapers to extract ....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Ryan Mitchell
Learn web scraping and crawling techniques to access unlimited data from any web source in any format. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to use Python scripts and web APIs to gather and process data from thousands—or even millions—of web pages at once.Idea....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Web Application Development with R Using Shiny - Third Edition
Author Shitalkumar R. Sukhdeve , Chris Beeley
Analyze, communicate, and design your own sophisticated and interactive web applications using the R (v 3.4) Shiny (1.1.0) packageKey FeaturesExplore the power of R Shiny to make interactive web applications easily Create engaging user interfaces using elements suc....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Web Application Development with R Using Shiny - Second Edition
Author Chris Beeley
Integrate the power of R with the simplicity of Shiny to deliver cutting-edge analytics over the WebAbout This BookUse Shiny's built-in functions to produce engaging user interfaces, and integrate them into your own web pagesImplement powerful user-contributed pac....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Web Application Development with R Using Shiny
Author Chris Beeley
Shiny and R were made for each other, and this tutorial will show you how to make the most of them. In no time, you’ll be producing fully-featured interactive data summaries to share over the web.Helps you to use Shiny's built in functions to produce engaging and u....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World
Author Hillary Rodham Clinton , Alyse Nelson
How women around the world are leading powerful changeWomen's progress is global progress. Where there is an increase in women's university enrollment rates, women's earnings, and maternal health, and a reduction in violence against women, we see more prosperous ....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Author Corey L. Lanum
SummaryVisualizing Graph Data teaches you not only how to build graph data structures, but also how to create your own dynamic and interactive visualizations using a variety of tools. This book is loaded with fascinating examples and case studies to show you the re....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Visualizing Data in R 4: Graphics Using the base, graphics, stats, and ggplot2 Packages
Master the syntax for working with R’s plotting functions in graphics and stats in this easy reference to formatting plots. The approach in Visualizing Data in R 4 toward the application of formatting in ggplot() will follow the structure of the formatting used by the plotting functions in grap.... -
Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics
Author Nathan Yau
Practical data design tips from a data visualization expert of the modern ageData doesn't decrease; it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could actually visualiz....
Release Date 2011/07 -
Visual Media Processing Using MATLAB Beginner's Guide
Author George Siogkas
Using the versatility and power of MATLAB to apply sophisticated effects to images and videos is easy for novice programmers in any language thanks to this fantastic guide. Also suitable for photographers and video-editors.Apply sophisticated techniques to images an....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Visual Data Storytelling with Tableau, First edition
Author Lindy Ryan
Tell Insightful, Actionable Business Stories with Tableau, the World’s Leading Data Visualization Tool!Visual Data Storytelling with Tableau brings together knowledge, context, and hands-on skills for telling powerful, actionable data stories with Tableau. This ful....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Visual Data Mining: The VisMiner Approach, 2nd Edition
Author Russell K. Anderson
A visual approach to data mining.Data mining has been defined as the search for useful and previously unknown patterns in large datasets, yet when faced with the task of mining a large dataset, it is not always obvious where to start and how to proceed.This book int....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Author Alexander Loth
A four-color journey through a complete Tableau visualization Tableau is a popular data visualization tool that’s easy for individual desktop use as well as enterprise. Used by financial analysts, marketers, statisticians, business and sales leadership, and many ot....
Release Date 2019/05