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Author Nina Zumel and John Mount
SummaryPractical Data Science with R lives up to its name. It explains basic principles without the theoretical mumbo-jumbo and jumps right to the real use cases you'll face as you collect, curate, and analyze the data crucial to the success of your business. You'....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Ethernet: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
Author Joann Zimmerman , Charles E. Spurgeon
Get up to speed on the latest Ethernet capabilities for building and maintaining networks for everything from homes and offices to data centers and server machine rooms. This thoroughly revised, comprehensive guide covers a wide range of Ethernet technologies, from ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Business Transformation: A Roadmap for Maximizing Organizational Insights
Author Jim Davis , Aiman Zeid
Effectively introduce and promote analytics within your enterpriseAll companies use information to set strategies and accomplish business objectives. But how many CEOs and CIOs would say they are satisfied that their companies get maximum value from information? Bus....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Mario Massari , Gianfranco Gianfrate , Laura Zanetti
This book presents the main valuation approaches that can be used to value financial institutions. By sketching 1) the different business models of banks (both commercial and investment banks) and insurance companies (life, property and casualty and reinsurance); 2)....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Georg Wicherski , Stephen A. Ridley , Pau Oliva Fora , Collin Mulliner , Zach Lanier
The first comprehensive guide to discovering and preventing attacks on the Android OSAs the Android operating system continues to increase its share of the smartphone market, smartphone hacking remains a growing threat. Written by experts who rank among the world'....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Houman Zarrinkoub
An introduction to technical details related to the Physical Layer of the LTE standard with MATLAB®The LTE (Long Term Evolution) and LTE-Advanced are among the latest mobile communications standards, designed to realize the dream of a truly global, fast, all-IP-bas....
Release Date 2014/03 -
IBM zEnterprise System Technical Introduction
Author Chen Zhu , Andre Spahni , Vicente Ranieri Jr. , Martijn Raave , Ewerson Palacio , Fra
In a smarter planet, information-centric processes are exploding in growth. The mainframe has always been the IT industry's leading platform for transaction processing, consolidated and secure data serving, and support for available enterprise-wide applications. IB....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership - United Kingdom
Author Barry Z. Posner , James M. Kouzes
This 20-page article is perfect for leaders with limited time and budget. It provides a concise overview of Kouzes and Posner's model and overall thoughts on leadership in The United Kingdom. Ideal for orienting readers to the Five Practices model at the beginning ....
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Statistical Analysis in Forensic Science: Evidential Values of Multivariate Physicochemical Data
Author Agnieszka Martyna , Grzegorz Zadora , Daniel Ramos , Colin Aitken
A practical guide for determining the evidential value of physicochemical dataMicrotraces of various materials (e.g. glass, paint, fibres, and petroleum products) are routinely subjected to physicochemical examination by forensic experts, whose role is to evaluate s....
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Author Piero Baraldi , Roger Flage , Terje Aven , Enrico Zio
Explores methods for the representation and treatment of uncertainty in risk assessmentIn providing guidance for practical decision-making situations concerning high-consequence technologies (e.g., nuclear, oil and gas, transport, etc.), the theories and methods stu....
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Examples and Problems in Mathematical Statistics
Author Shelemyahu Zacks
Provides the necessary skills to solve problems in mathematical statistics through theory, concrete examples, and exercisesWith a clear and detailed approach to the fundamentals of statistical theory, Examples and Problems in Mathematical Statistics uniquely bridges....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Andrew Zacharakis , William D. Bygrave
Entrepreneurship 3rd Edition combines concepts and cases while presenting the latest theories of entrepreneurship. The concepts cover what aspiring entrepreneurs need to know to start and grow their businesses and the cases tell the stories of real entrepreneurs. Th....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2
Author Craig Zacker
Fully updated for Windows Server 2012 R2, and designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Release Date 2014/02 -
Quotient Space Based Problem Solving
Author Bo Zhang , Ling Zhang
Quotient Space Based Problem Solving provides an in-depth treatment of hierarchical problem solving, computational complexity, and the principles and applications of multi-granular computing, including inference, information fusing, planning, and heuristic search. E....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Implementing and Managing InfiniBand Coupling Links on IBM System z
Author Christian Zass , Iain Neville , Masaya Nakagawa , Marek Liedel , George Handera , Hua
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides introductory, planning, migration, and management information about InfiniBand coupling links on IBM System z® servers.The book will help you plan and implement the migration from earlier coupling links (ISC3 and ICB4) to Inf....
Release Date 2014/01 -
IBM DB2 Web Query for i Version 2.1 Implementation Guide
Author Hernando Bedoya , Yu Zhu , Yu Zhe Zhi , Yu Yu Wang , Septia Sukariningrum , Simona Pa
Business Intelligence (BI) is a broad term relating to applications designed to analyze data for purposes of understanding and acting on the key metrics that drive profitability in an enterprise. Key to analyzing that data is providing fast, easy access to it while ....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Learn 2D Game Development with C#
Author Robert Zhu , Kelvin Sung , Jack Keng-Wei Chang , Jebediah Pavleas
2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you're new to game development. With Learn 2D Game Development with C#, you'll learn your way around the universal building blocks of game development, and how to put them....
Release Date 2013/12 -
PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Fourth Edition
Author Matt Zandstra
PHP Objects Patterns and Practice, Fourth Edition is revised and updated throughout. The book begins by covering PHP's object-oriented features. It introduces key topics including class declaration, inheritance, reflection and much more. These provide the fundament....
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IBM zEnterprise EC12 Technical Guide
Author Parwez Hamid , Chen Zhu , Andre Spahni , Ewerson Palacio , Vicente Ranieri , Frank Pa
The popularity of the Internet and the affordability of IT hardware and software have resulted in an explosion of applications, architectures, and platforms. Workloads have changed. Many applications, including mission-critical ones, are deployed on various platform....
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Instant Optimizing Embedded Systems Using BusyBox
Author Cao Ziqiang , Wu Zhangjin
Learn to optimize embedded systems with Busybox using practical, hands-on recipesBuild and play embedded (Android Linux) system with Busybox from scratchConfigure, compile, cross compile, and install BusyboxBuild external utilities and development environments (incl....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Learning Python Design Patterns
Author Gennadiy Zlobin
Written for intermediate Python programmers, this excellent tutorial will help streamline your work through the use of Design Patterns. You’ll learn through example and clear explanations to expand your know-how and speed up your output.Explore the Model-View-Contro....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Danil Zburivsky
Construct a modern Hadoop data platform effortlessly and gain insights into how to manage clusters efficientlyChoose the hardware and Hadoop distribution that best suits your needsGet more value out of your Hadoop cluster with Hive, Impala, and SqoopLearn useful tip....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Advanced Theory of Constraint and Motion Analysis for Robot Mechanisms
Author Ning Ma , Fulei Chu , Zhijing Feng , Jingshan Zhao
Advanced Theory of Constraint and Motion Analysis for Robot Mechanisms provides a complete analytical approach to the invention of new robot mechanisms and the analysis of existing designs based on a unified mathematical description of the kinematic and geometric co....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Data Mining Applications with R
Author Yonghua Cen , Yanchang Zhao
Data Mining Applications with R is a great resource for researchers and professionals to understand the wide use of R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, in solving different problems in industry. R is widely used in leveraging data....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Yong Zhen
Capital markets in China include stock, bond, futures and other derivatives, as well as the private equity market. China’s Capital Markets is the first book to systematically study China’s capital markets, examining its evolution, policies, reforms, current si....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Luca Zamboni
Written by an experienced engineer, this book will help you utilize the great user-friendly features of Simulink to advance your modeling, testing, and interfacing skills. Packed with illustrations and step-by-step walkthroughs.Dig deep into SimulinkNo unnecessary t....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook
Author Nick Qi Zhu
Turn your digital data into dynamic graphics with this exciting, leading-edge cookbook. Packed with recipes and practical guidance it will quickly make you a proficient user of the D3 JavaScript library.Create stunning data visualization with the power of D3Bootstra....
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Author Pieter J. Mosterman , Justyna Zander
The exponential progress and accessibility of computing has vastly increased data flows and revolutionized the practice of science, engineering, and communication. Computing plays a critical role in advancing research across almost every scientific discipline. Comp....
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Pro iOS and Android Apps for Business: with jQuery Mobile, node.js, and MongoDB
Author Frank Zammetti
With Pro iOS and Android Apps for Business, you can take your web development experience and apply it toward creating a full-featured business app, from soup to nuts. Frank Zammetti shows you how to create a client app using jQuery Mobile wrapped in PhoneGap, and ho....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Entity Framework 6 Recipes, Second Edition
Author Larry Tenny , Zeeshan Hirani , Rob Vettor , Nitin Gupta , Brian Driscoll
Entity Framework 6 Recipes provides an exhaustive collection of ready-to-use code solutions for Entity Framework, Microsoft's model-centric, data-access platform for the .NET Framework and ASP.NET development. With this book, you will learn the core concepts of Ent....
Release Date 2013/10