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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots

Que, 2003

Finally, a robots book for people who don't know the first thing about robotics! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Robots is well-written, inviting, and action-packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots and robot-related arts and sciences. You are led gently into the...

Reinventing ITIL® in the Age of DevOps: Innovative Techniques to Make Processes Agile and Relevant

Apress, 2018

Delve into the principles of ITIL® and DevOps and examine the similarities and differences. This book re-engineers the ITIL framework to work in DevOps projects without changing its meaning and its original objectives, making it fit for purpose for use in DevOps...

Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On: Apply modern RL methods, with deep Q-networks, value iteration, policy gradients, TRPO, AlphaGo Zero and more

Packt Publishing, 2018

This practical guide will teach you how deep learning (DL) can be used to solve complex real-world problems.

Key Features

Explore deep reinforcement learning (RL), from the first principles to the latest algorithms

Evaluate high-profile RL methods, including value...

Scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements: The Creative Cropping Cookbook

Sybex, 2004

Today's advancements in digital technology are transforming the traditional art of scrapbooking. With a computer, digital camera, scanner, ink-jet printer, and Photoshop Elements—Adobe's popular digital imaging software for home users—you have all the ingredients you need to create a truly astounding and unforgettable...

Foundations and Novel Approaches in Data Mining (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2005

Data-mining has become a popular research topic in recent years for the treatment of the "data rich and information poor" syndrome. Currently, application oriented engineers are only concerned with their immediate problems, which results in an ad hoc method of problem solving. Researchers, on the other hand, lack an understanding of the...

Principles of Computer Graphics: Theory and Practice Using OpenGL and Maya®

Springer, 2005

to think about what it means. What is Computer Graphics? Simply defined, Computer Graphics (or CG) is the images generated or modified on a computer. These images may be visualizations of real data or imaginary depictions of a fantasy world.

The use of Computer Graphics effects in movies such as The Incredibles and games such as Myst...

Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic

SIAM, 2001

Are you familiar with the IEEE floating point arithmetic standard? Would you like to understand it better? This book gives a broad overview of numerical computing, in a historical context, with a special focus on the IEEE standard for binary floating point arithmetic. Key ideas are developed step by step, taking the reader from floating point...

Curves and Singularities

Cambridge University Press, 1985

The object of this book is to introduce to a new generation of students an area of mathematics that has received a tremendous impetus during the last twenty years or so from developments in singularity theory.

The differential geometry of curves, families of curves and surfaces in Euclidean space has fascinated mathematicians and users...

101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them

AMACOM, 2008

Before becoming a consultant on meetings and effective decision making, I was employed as an engineer. My motto then was: Silence is golden. Keeping quiet in meetings was safe and risk-free, and rarely did anyone solicit my ideas anyway. Had I shared my input, however, it might have improved the quality of my team’s decisions and reduced its...

Illiberal Liberal States

Ashgate, 2009

Understanding the dynamics of the illiberal practices of liberal states is increasingly important in Europe today. This book examines the changing relationship and interaction between immigration, citizenship and integration at the European and national arenas. It studies some of the main effects and open questions as regards the...

I. M. Wright's "Hard Code": A Decade of Hard-Won Lessons from Microsoft (Best Practices)

Microsoft Press, 2011

Get the brutal truth about coding, testing, and project management—from a Microsoft insider who tells it like it is. I. M. Wright's deliberately provocative column "Hard Code" has been sparking debate amongst thousands of engineers at Microsoft for years. And now (despite our better instincts), we're making...

Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2010 (Frommer's Complete Guides)

Frommers, 2009

Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2010

With Fold out Map

The giant pandas are the undisputed stars of the National Zoo. See chapter 7.

Foldout map, plus detailed maps throughout

Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information

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