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Information Systems Management
Author Claudio Vitari , Jean-Loup Richet , Julien Malaurent , Philippe Eynaud , Daniel Alba
Information Systems Management is intended to sensitize the heads of organizations to the issues raised by information systems (IS). Through its pedagogical presentation, the book ensures that issues related to IS are not left solely to the experts in the field. T....
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Hands-On Ensemble Learning with Python
Author Konstantinos G. Margaritis , George Kyriakides
Combine popular machine learning techniques to create ensemble models using PythonKey FeaturesImplement ensemble models using algorithms such as random forests and AdaBoost Apply boosting, bagging, and stacking ensemble methods to improve the prediction accuracy of....
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Automation Challenges of Socio-technical Systems
Author Denis Berdjag , Mohamed Sallak , Choubeila Maaoui , Frederic Vanderhaegen
The challenges of automating socio-technical systems are strongly linked to the strengths and limitations of technical and human resources, such as perceptual characteristics, cooperative capacities, job-sharing arrangements, modeling of human behavior and the cont....
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Multi-physics Modeling of Technological Systems
Author Clément Coïc , Ion Hazyuk , Marc Budinger
The development of mechatronic and multidomain technological systems requires the dynamic behavior to be simulated before detailed CAD geometry is available. This book presents the fundamental concepts of multiphysics modeling with lumped parameters. The approach ....
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Author Renée A. Mauborgne , W. Chan Kim
The collection you need to create more blue oceans.W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne changed the field of strategy and the language of business with their pathbreaking "blue ocean strategy," a model for creating uncontested markets that unlock new demand and new oppo....
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The Making of a Democratic Economy
Author Ted Howard , Marjorie Kelly
Our economy is designed by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent. This book offers a compelling vision of an equitable, ecologically sustainable alternative that meets the essential needs of all people.We live in a world where twenty-six billionaires own as much we....
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Rebuilding Reliable Data Pipelines Through Modern Tools
Author Ted Malaska
When data-driven applications fail, identifying the cause is both challenging and time-consuming—especially as data pipelines become more and more complex. Hunting for the root cause of application failure from messy, raw, and distributed logs is difficult for perf....
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Getting Started with Enterprise Blockchain
Author Matthew Gol-Kirk , Matt Lucas , David Gorman , Michael Bradley
Blockchains have many uses beyond cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. These shared, distributed ledgers also enable businesses to record transactions between parties in an efficient, verifiable, and permanent manner—unlike traditional methods. Using a blockchain in b....
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Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition
Author Leif Madsen , Russell Bryant , Jim Van Meggelen
Design a complete Voice over IP (VoIP) or traditional PBX system with Asterisk, even if you have only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy with a detailed roadmap that shows you how to install and configure this open source softw....
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Emotional Intelligence and Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Author Carolina Machado , J. Paulo Davim
The development of a new book about Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and the challenges to managers and engineers is essential because it introduces new lines of research in management and production. The use of EI and NLP allows management to take a more strategic ....
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Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365, 2019th Edition
Author Richard Mansfield
Customize and ramp-up Office 365 applicationsNOTE: Please click the Downloads link (on the left of the page) to download “Full Code Download.”The revised 2019 edition of Mastering VBA Microsoft Office 365 offers an accessible guide that shows how to extend the capabi....
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Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, 2nd Edition
Author Zuo-Jun Max Shen , Lawrence V. Snyder
Comprehensively teaches the fundamentals of supply chain theory This book presents the methodology and foundations of supply chain management and also demonstrates how recent developments build upon classic models. The authors focus on strategic, tactical, and oper....
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Author Kate Marks
There is an increasing realisation that small businesses, including architecture practices need to pro-actively engage with HR rather than simply firefighting when something goes wrong. Good HR practices can help with business efficiency and profitability – they provide p....
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Small Practice and the Sole Practitioner
Author Marianne Davys Architects Marianne Davys Architects Ltd
This book is a practical guide for students or those already running or thinking of running a small practice on how to set up and run a small architectural practice and how to run multiple small projects efficiently. It is split into three distinct sections: Part 1 begins....
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Deploying a Database Instance in an IBM Cloud Private Cluster on IBM Z
Author Christian May
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication shows you how to deploy a database instance within a container using an IBM Cloud™ Private cluster on IBM Z®. A preinstalled IBM Spectrum™ Scale 5.0.3 cluster file system provides back-end storage for the persistent volumes bound to ....
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Casting the Dark Web in a New Light
Author Stuart Madnick , Keri Pearlson , Michael Siegel , Keman Huang
Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency, sophistication, and impact. Defending against them requires a new perspective on the attacks and the attackers. By applying a value chain lens to the problem, we can better understand the dark web as an ecosystem in which w....
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Author Jacques Magliolo
This book will help you find faults and then solutions to establish a solid foundation for your company and, when required, quickly fix, coordinate recovery, raise finance, and advise you on how you can run a profitable business.Global statistics proclaim that 80 p....
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Interactive IR User Study Design, Evaluation, and Reporting
Author Jiqun Liu , Chirag Shah , Gary Marchionini
Since user study design has been widely applied in search interactions and information retrieval (IR) systems evaluation studies, a deep reflection and meta-evaluation of interactive IR (IIR) user studies is critical for sharpening the instruments of IIR research and impr....
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Author Steve Blank , Rita Gunther McGrath , Mark W. Johnson , Clayton M. Christensen , Harv
Rethink how your organization creates, delivers, and captures value--or risk becoming irrelevant.If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most ....
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Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures - Third Edition
Author Project Management Institute
The work breakdown structure (WBS) is an essential component of the planning process of all project types, whether external or internal facing, regardless of industry or discipline. The WBS organizes the total scope of a project and reflects the work specified for ....
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Author David Bush , Michiel Mulders , Ivaylo Gerchev , Maria Antonietta Perna , James Hibba
Since its release in 2014, Vue.js has seen a meteoric rise to popularity and is is now considered one of the primary front-end frameworks, and not without good reason. Its component-based architecture was designed to be flexible and easy to adopt, making it just as....
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Graph Algorithms - Neo4j version
Author Amy E. Hodler , Mark Needham
Learn how graph algorithms can help you leverage relationships within your data to develop intelligent solutions and enhance your machine learning models. With this practical guide,developers and data scientists will discover how graph analytics deliver value, wheth....
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The Care and Feeding of Data Scientists
Author Katie Malone , Michelangelo D'Agostino
As a discipline, data science is relatively young, but the job of managing data scientists is younger still. Many people undertake this management position without the tools, mentorship, or role models they need to do it well. This report examines the steps necessa....
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Author Mark Marinelli , Liam Cleary , Nik Bates-Haus , Michael Stonebraker , Andy Palmer
Many large organizations have accumulated dozens of disconnected data sources to serve different lines of business over the years. These applications might be useful to one area of the enterprise, but they’re usually inaccessible to other data consumers in the orga....
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Stream Processing with Apache Spark
Author Francois Garillot , Gerard Maas
Before you can build analytics tools to gain quick insights, you first need to know how to process data in real time. With this practical guide, developers familiar with Apache Spark will learn how to put this in-memory framework to use for streaming data. You’ll d....
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Author Diana MacDonald
Understanding UI patterns is invaluable to anyone creating websites for the first time. It helps you make connections between which tools are right for which jobs, understand the processes, and think deeply about the context of a problem. This is your concise guid....
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Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success
Author Michael Dowden , Martine Dowden
Understand the realities of modern web accessibility and what considerations should be made to include everyone. There are hundreds of millions of people who are being left out every single day on the web due to disability or circumstance. The purpose of web access....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Rapid Java Persistence and Microservices: Persistence Made Easy Using Java EE8, JPA and Spring
Author Raj Malhotra
Gain all the essentials you need to create scalable microservices, which will help you solve real challenges when deploying services into production. This book will take you through creating a scalable data layer with polygot persistence. You’ll cover data access a....
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Author Jouni Korhonen , Jean Mahoney , Sébastien Decugis , Hannes Tschofenig
Presents the principles, design, development and applications of the Diameter protocol suiteThe Diameter protocol was born in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and designed to be a general-purpose Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) protoco....
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Author Lesley Malone
Desire lines are the paths that people create through regular usage. They appear where people repeatedly choose to walk and usually signify a route from A to B that’s quicker than the formal path provided. In most cases they indicate the mismatch between what local people....
Release Date 2019/06