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Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management, 8th Edition
Author Richard H. Clough , Glenn A. Sears , S. Keoki Sears , Robert O. Segner , Jerald L. R
The definitive contracting reference for the construction industry, updated and expandedConstruction Contracting, the industry's leading professional reference for five decades, has been updated to reflect current practices, business methods, management techniques,....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Adventures in Raspberry Pi, 2nd Edition
Author Carrie Anne Philbin
Start programming quickly with this super-fun guide to Raspberry PiAdventures in Raspberry Pi, 2nd Edition includes 9 cool projects that show you how to set up and start developing on your Raspberry Pi. Updated for the release of the Rev 3 board, this second edition....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Raspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies
Author Richard Wentk
Getting acquainted with your Raspberry Pi has never been sweeterRaspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies makes it easy for kids to set-up, operate, and troubleshoot like a Pi pro! Introducing you to Pi through a series of entertaining and inspiring projects, this handy, s....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author Mark LaFay
The fast and easy way to pick out, set up, and learn to fly your droneReady to soar into the world of unmanned aircraft? Drones For Dummies introduces you to the fascinating world of UAVs. Written in plain English and brimming with friendly instruction, Drones For ....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Practical Guide to LTE-A, VoLTE and IoT
Author Mohamed A. El-saidny , Ayman ElNashar
Essential reference providing best practice of LTE-A, VoLTE, and IoT Design/deployment/Performance and evolution towards 5GThis book is a practical guide to the design, deployment, and performance of LTE-A, VoLTE/IMS and IoT. A comprehensive practical performance a....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Future Trends in Microelectronics
Author Alexander Zaslavsky , Jimmy Xu , Serge Luryi
Presents the developments in microelectronic-related fields, with comprehensive insight from a number of leading industry professionalsThe book presents the future developments and innovations in the developing field of microelectronics. The book’s chapters contain....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Robot Learning by Visual Observation
Author Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi , Aleksandar Vakanski
This book presents programming by demonstration for robot learning from observations with a focus on the trajectory level of task abstractionDiscusses methods for optimization of task reproduction, such as reformulation of task planning as a constrained optimizatio....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook
Author Hwaiyu Geng
This book examines the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) from a technical, economical and application point of viewExamines cloud computing, data analytics, and sustainability and how they relate to IoT/CPSCovers the scope of both consumer I....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Learning Computer Architecture with Raspberry Pi
Author Ben Everard , Tim Mamtora , Ralph Roberts , Jeffrey Duntemann , Eben Upton
Use your Raspberry Pi to get smart about computing fundamentalsIn the 1980s, the tech revolution was kickstarted by a flood of relatively inexpensive, highly programmable computers like the Commodore. Now, a second revolution in computing is beginning with the Rasp....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Author Derek Molloy
Expand Raspberry Pi capabilities with fundamental engineering principlesExploring Raspberry Pi is the innovators guide to bringing Raspberry Pi to life. This book favors engineering principles over a 'recipe' approach to give you the skills you need to design and....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Douglas P. McCormick
Actionable, intelligent CFO training for the Chief Family Financial OfficerFamily Inc. is a roadmap to financial security for the family CFO. Too much personal wealth management advice essentially boils down to goal-setting, which isn't helpful or effective in ter....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications, 4th Edition
Author Timothy J. Ross
Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications, Fourth EditionTimothy J. Ross, University of New Mexico, USA The latest update on this popular textbook The importance of concepts and methods based on fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory has been rapidly growing since the ea....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures
Author Rose Qingyang Hu , Yi Qian , Feng Ye
A comprehensive resource that covers all the key areas of smart grid communication infrastructuresSmart grid is a transformational upgrade to the traditional power grid that adds communication capabilities, intelligence and modern control. Smart Grid Communication ....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Author Ludwika A. Goodson , Linda B. Nilson
Bring pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environmentsOnline Teaching at Its Best: A Merger of Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research is the scholarly resource for online learning that faculty, instructional designers, and administra....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Big-Data Analytics for Cloud, IoT and Cognitive Computing
Author Min Chen , Kai Hwang
The definitive guide to successfully integrating social, mobile, Big-Data analytics, cloud and IoT principles and technologiesThe main goal of this book is to spur the development of effective big-data computing operations on smart clouds that are fully supported b....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Soft Computing Evaluation Logic
Author Jozo Dujmović
A novel approach to decision engineering, with a verified framework for modeling human reasoningSoft Computing Evaluation Logic provides an in-depth examination of evaluation decision problems and presents comprehensive guidance toward the use of the Logic Scoring of Pref....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition
Author Gareth Halfacree , Eben Upton
Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts! Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straight to the source to bring you the ultimate Rasp....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Memories for the Intelligent Internet of Things
Author David Prince , Betty Prince
A detailed, practical review of state-of-the-art implementations of memory in IoT hardware As the Internet of Things (IoT) technology continues to evolve and become increasingly common across an array of specialized and consumer product applications, the demand on ....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Advances in Embedded and Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging Technologies
Author Steffen Kroehnert , Beth Keser
Examines the advantages of Embedded and FO-WLP technologies, potential application spaces, package structures available in the industry, process flows, and material challengesEmbedded and fan-out wafer level packaging (FO-WLP) technologies have been developed acros....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Author Stephen Duneier
Smarter decision-making based on cognitive scienceAlphaBrain is the investor's guide to achieving more, doing better, and reaching higher. At its core, the magnitude of your success is based on the quality of your decisions. The problem is that human beings are po....
Release Date 2019/02 -
The Energy Disruption Triangle
Author David C. Fessler
A real-world guide for adapting to the new energy eraThe Energy Disruption Triangle is a treatise on the energy revolution's real-world impacts, and a handbook for anyone looking to weather the storm. Three major technologies are already changing the energy paradi....
Release Date 2019/01 -
Author Yoshiji Horikoshi , Hajime Asahi
Covers both the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art technology used for MBEWritten by expert researchers working on the frontlines of the field, this book covers fundamentals of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) technology and science, as well as state-of-the-art MBE ....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Author Luca Veltri , Marco Picone , Gianluigi Ferrari , Simone Cirani
This book addresses researchers and graduate students at the forefront of study/research on the Internet of Things (IoT) by presenting state-of-the-art research together with the current and future challenges in building new smart applications (e.g., Smart Cities, ....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Transportation and Power Grid in Smart Cities
Author Mubashir Husain Rehmani , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Hussein T. Mouftah
With the increasing worldwide trend in population migration into urban centers, we are beginning to see the emergence of the kinds of mega-cities which were once the stuff of science fiction. It is clear to most urban planners and developers that accommodating the ....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Carbon Nanomaterials for Bioimaging, Bioanalysis, and Therapy
Author Xueji Zhang , Haifeng Dong , Huang-Cheng Chang , Yuen Y. Hui
A comprehensive reference on biochemistry, bioimaging, bioanalysis, and therapeutic applications of carbon nanomaterialsCarbon nanomaterials have been widely applied for biomedical applications in the past few decades, because of their unique physical properties, v....
Release Date 2019/01 -
Energy Processing and Smart Grid
Author James A. Momoh
The first book in the field to incorporate fundamentals of energy systems and their applications to smart grid, along with advanced topics in modeling and controlThis book provides an overview of how multiple sources and loads are connected via power electronic dev....
Release Date 2018/07 -
A Practical Introduction to Human-in-the-Loop Cyber-Physical Systems
Author Fernando Boavida , Jorge Sá Silva , David Nunes
The first book focusing on one of the hottest new topics in Internet of Things systems research and developmentStudies estimate that by 2020 we will have a vast Internet of Things (IoT) network comprising 26 billion connected devices, including everything from ligh....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution
Author Yunong Zhang , Long Jin
Introduces a revolutionary, quadratic-programming based approach to solving long-standing problems in motion planning and control of redundant manipulators This book describes a novel quadratic programming approach to solving redundancy resolutions problems with....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Energy Harvesting Communications
Author Yunfei Chen
Provides a systematic overview of a hot research area, examining the principles and theories of energy harvesting communications This book provides a detailed and advanced level introduction to the fundamentals of energy harvesting techniques and their use in state....
Release Date 2019/03 -
3D Printing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Kalani Kirk Hausman , Richard Horne
The bestselling book on 3D printing3D printing is one of the coolest inventions we've seen in our lifetime, and now you can join the ranks of businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who use it to do everything from printing foods and candles to replacement par....
Release Date 2017/05