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Joe Celko's Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL
Author Joe Celko
Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern - a frightening lack of consistency between their individual encoding schemes and those of the industries in which they operate. This translates into a seri....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Methods and Applications of Longitudinal Data Analysis
Author Xian Liu
Methods and Applications of Longitudinal Data Analysis describes methods for the analysis of longitudinal data in the medical, biological and behavioral sciences. It introduces basic concepts and functions including a variety of regression models, and their practic....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Inside the Mind of the Shopper: The Science of Retailing
Author Ph.D Herb Sorensen
What do you really do when you shop? The answers are fascinating and, for retailers, they're cash in the bank. In Inside the Mind of the Shopper: The Science of Retailing, world-renowned retail consultant Dr. Herb Sorensen, Ph.D. uncovers the truth about the retail....
Release Date 2009/05 -
Author Douglas Eadline
Get Started Fast with Apache Hadoop® 2, YARN, and Today’s Hadoop EcosystemWith Hadoop 2.x and YARN, Hadoop moves beyond MapReduce to become practical for virtually any type of data processing. Hadoop 2.x and the Data Lake concept represent a radical shift away from ....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Making Sense of People: The Science of Personality Differences, Second Edition
Author Samuel Barondes
THE POPULAR SCIENTIFIC GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLEWhat really bothers you about your boss–or your daughter’s boyfriend? Why are you so attracted to the person you’re dating? Can you rely on your intuition about people? This book will help you find out.Drawi....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Clustering Methodology for Symbolic Data
Author Lynne Billard , Edwin Diday
Covers everything readers need to know about clustering methodology for symbolic data—including new methods and headings—while providing a focus on multi-valued list data, interval data and histogram dataThis book presents all of the latest developments in the field of cl....
Release Date 2019/11 -
Author Rik Rushton
A simple communication framework to begin practising todayWe all carry around the technology to stay connected 24/7, yet many of us are disengaged and challenged with our lack of communication skills. The Power of Connection provides you with practical, real-world ....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Introducing IBM Z System Recovery Boost
This IBM® Redpaper publication introduces System Recovery Boost, which is a new function of the IBM z15™ system. System Recovery Boost delivers substantially faster system shutdown and restart, short duration recovery process boosts for sysplex events, and fast catch-up of an accumulated backlog of .... -
Author Bob Bryla
The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there are stable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to know last year, needs to know this year, and will still need to know next year. The purpose of the Foundations series is to identify these co....
Release Date 2004/10 -
Architecting Data-Intensive SaaS Applications
Through explosive growth in the past decade, data now drives significant portions of our lives, from crowdsourced restaurant recommendations to AI systems identifying effective medical treatments. Software developers have unprecedented opportunity to build data applications that generate value from .... -
Selective Visual Attention: Computational Models and Applications
Author Weisi Lin , Liming Zhang
Visual attention is a relatively new area of study combining a number of disciplines: artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, vision science and psychology. The aim is to build computational models similar to human vision in order to solve tough problem....
Release Date 2013/03 -
IFRS and XBRL: How to improve Business Reporting through Technology and Object Tracking
Author Cornelis Reiman , Kurt Ramin
International Financial Reporting Standards are increasingly adopted worldwide, and it is critical to understand their place within the global business environment as well as the most up-to-date methods of applying them. In IFRS and XBRL Kurt Ramin and Cornelis Reim....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Electromagnetic Reverberation Chambers
Author Bernard Démoulin , Philippe Besnier
Dedicated to a complete presentation on all aspects of reverberation chambers, this book provides the physical principles behind these test systems in a very progressive manner. The detailed panorama of parameters governing the operation of electromagnetic reverbera....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Statistical Data Cleaning with Applications in R
Author Edwin de Jonge , Mark van der Loo
A comprehensive guide to automated statistical data cleaning The production of clean data is a complex and time-consuming process that requires both technical know-how and statistical expertise. Statistical Data Cleaning brings together a wide range of techniques f....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition
Author Michael Alexander
It’s time for some truly “Excel-lent” spreadsheet reportingBeneath the seemingly endless rows and columns of cells, the latest version of Microsoft Excel boasts an astonishing variety of features and capabilities. But how do you go about tapping into some of that power without spending all of your d....
Release Date 2022/04 -
Expert Oracle RAC Performance Diagnostics and Tuning
Author Murali Vallath
"Expert Oracle RAC Performance Diagnostics and Tuning provides comprehensive coverage of the features, technology and principles for testing and tuning RAC databases. The book takes a deep look at optimizing RAC databases by following a methodical approach based on....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Author Pete Warden
If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, a....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Author Taweh Beysolow II
Understand deep learning, the nuances of its different models, and where these models can be applied.The abundance of data and demand for superior products/services have driven the development of advanced computer science techniques, among them image and speech rec....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Practical CockroachDB: Building Fault-Tolerant Distributed SQL Databases
Author Rob Reid
Get a practical introduction to CockroachDB. This book starts with installation and foundational concepts and takes you through to creating clusters that are ready for production environments. You will learn how to create, optimize, and operate CockroarchDB clusters in single and multi-region enviro....
Release Date 2022/09 -
Author Ron L'Esteve
Design and implement a modern data lakehouse on the Azure Data Platform using Delta Lake, Apache Spark, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake. This book teaches you the intricate details of the Data Lakehouse Paradigm and how to efficiently design a cloud-based data lakehouse usin....
Release Date 2022/07 -
Author Helen Martin Taylor
While big data has already made significant advances in business and government, data analytics is also beginning to transform education. This O’Reilly report explores how the use of analytics has already helped several educational programs, such as personalized le....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Jim Blinn's Corner: Notation, Notation, Notation
Author Jim Blinn
The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced ve....
Release Date 2002/07 -
Machine Learning Systems: Designs that scale
Author Jeff Smith
SummaryMachine Learning Systems: Designs that scale is an example-rich guide that teaches you how to implement reactive design solutions in your machine learning systems to make them as reliable as a well-built web app.About the TechnologyIf you�re building machine....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Machine Learning Engineering in Action
Author Ben Wilson
Field-tested tips, tricks, and design patterns for building machine learning projects that are deployable, maintainable, and secure from concept to production. In Machine Learning Engineering in Action, you will learn: Evaluating data science problems to find the most effective solutionScoping a....
Release Date 2022/04 -
Remember Who You Are: 15 Harvard Professors Tell Life Stories That Inspire the Heart and Mind
Author Daisy Wademan
Leadership requires many attributes besides intelligence and business savvy—courage, character, compassion, and respect are just a few. New managers learn concrete skills in the classroom or on the job, but where do they hone the equally important human values that ....
Release Date 2004/05 -
A Government Librarian’s Guide to Information Governance and Data Privacy
Author Phyllis L. Elin , Max Rapaport
This book provides a concise and usable overview of the practical implications of important public sector United States federal, state, and municipal laws and standards related to information governance, as they pertain to librarians, research staff, universities, corporate regulatory managers, and ....
Release Date 2022/05 -
Hadoop Operations and Cluster Management Cookbook
Author Shumin Guo
Over 60 recipes showing you how to design, configure, manage, monitor, and tune a Hadoop clusterHands-on recipes to configure a Hadoop cluster from bare metal hardware nodesPractical and in depth explanation of cluster management commandsEasy-to-understand recipes f....
Release Date 2013/07