The conjunction of several factors having occurred throughout the past few years will make humans significantly change their behavior vis-à-vis machines. In particular the use of speech technologies will become normal in the professional domain, but also in everyday life. The performance of speech recognition components...
If you are a developer who wants to use Oracle to build effective, robust, and scalable software applications, look no further. Written by a team of leading authorities on the Oracle database, this example-packed book is divided into three main areas: how the Oracle database works, how to use SQL and programming...
It is a great book to learn about materials behavior in shock waves and instrumentation used to obtain the data. -- IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
This book presents, in a concise and comprehensive manner, the essential techniques by which shock wave physicists probe the boundaries of material response to...
Python’s simplicity lets you become productive quickly, but this often means you aren’t using everything it has to offer. With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to write effective, idiomatic Python code by leveraging its best—and possibly most neglected—features. Author Luciano Ramalho takes you...
These papers on Intelligent Data Analysis and Management (IDAM) examine issues related to the research and applications of Artificial Intelligence techniques in data analysis and management across a variety of disciplines. The papers derive from the 2013 IDAM conference in Kaohsiung ,Taiwan. It is an interdisciplinary research field involving...
Develop next-generation web applications with ASP.NET MVC
Go deep into the architecture and features of ASP.NET MVC 5, and learn how to build web applications that work well on both the desktop and mobile devices. Web development expert Dino Esposito takes you through the web framework’s Model-View-Controller (MVC)...
A new theory of how and why we cooperate, drawing from economics, political theory, and philosophy to challenge the conventional wisdom of game theory
Game theory explains competitive behavior by working from the premise that people are self-interested. People don’t just compete, however; they also...
If you want to learn about JavaScript from scratch—what it is, what to use it for, and how to make it work with other technologies like CSS and HTML—you have picked up the right book. If you already have a considerable amount of experience with JavaScript, but want to bring your knowledge up to date, you have also picked up the right...
Based on over 20 years of research, Drs. Mollenauer and Gordon have written an indispensable reference on solitons for the engineering and applied physics communities. Covering the soliton from both the theoretical and practical side, this book is at once a fundamental text and an extensive handbook of contemporary engineering practice. ...
In 1988, Jerry Fodor and Zenon Pylyshyn challenged connectionist theorists to explain the systematicity of cognition. In a highly influential critical analysis of connectionism, they argued that connectionist explanations, at best, can only inform us about details of the neural substrate; explanations at the cognitive level must be classical...
Take advantage of the open, tinker-friendly Android platform and make your device work the way you want it to. Quickly create Android tasks, scripts, and programs entirely on your Android device--no PC required. Learn how to build your own innovative Android programs and workflows with tools you can run on Android itself, and tailor the...
