This new edition is intended for a one semester course in optics for juniors and seniors in science and engineering. It uses scripts from Maple, MathCad, Mathematica, and MATLAB to provide a simulated laboratory where students can learn by exploration and discovery instead of passive absorption. The text covers all the standard...
Contains a large number of MATLAB-based problems, and includes coverage of the fundamentals of analog and digital communications, with emphasis on digital communications, illustrative examples, and Exploration examples with step-by-step solutions. MATLAB solved examples and exercises (with answers) reinforce and extend concepts presented, and...
Big Data represents a new era in data exploration and utilization, and IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate this transformation. This book reveals how IBM is leveraging open source Big Data technology, infused with IBM technologies, to deliver a robust, secure, highly available, enterprise-class Big Data platform.
These contributions, written by the foremost international researchers and practitioners of Genetic Programming (GP), explore the synergy between theoretical and empirical results on real-world problems, producing a comprehensive view of the state of the art in GP.
Topics in this volume include: evolutionary constraints,...
Most books on data mining focus on principles and furnish few instructions on how to carry out a data mining project. Data Mining Using SAS Applications not only introduces the key concepts but also enables readers to understand and successfully apply data mining methods using powerful yet user-friendly SAS macro-call files. These methods...
The easy way for kids to get started with video game design
Is your youngster a designer at heart? Read on! Designing Digital Games helps children apply their design skills to video game design using Scratch—and this book! Introducing simple programming concepts over the course of three easy-to-follow projects,...
An introduction to the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence and robotics, discussing early science fiction predictions, the dawn of AI, and today's use of robots in factories and space exploration
An exploration of design considerations in the design of technologies that support local collective action.
Contemporary computing technologies have thoroughly embedded themselves in every aspect of modern lifeâconducting commerce, maintaining and extending our networks of friends, and mobilizing political movements all...
