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Pattern Recognition with Neural Networks in C++

CRC Press, 1995

Why do we feel a need to write a book about pattern recognition when many excellent books are already available on this classical topic? The answer lies in the depth of our coverage of neural networks as natural pattern classifiers and clusterers. Artificial neural network computing has emerged as an extremely active research area with a central...

Perl Medic : Transforming Legacy Code

Addison Wesley, 2004

Bring new power, performance, and scalability to your existing Perl code!

Today's Perl developers spend 60-80% of their time working with existing Perl code. Now, there's a start-to-finish guide to understanding that code, maintaining it, updating it, and refactoring it for maximum performance and reliability. Peter J. Scott, lead author of...

Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, Third Edition

Addison Wesley, 1997

Combines the theoretical foundations of intelligent problem-solving with he data structures and algorithms needed for its implementation. The book presents logic, rule, object and agent-based architectures, along with example programs written in LISP and PROLOG. The practical applications of AI have been kept within the context of its broader goal:...

Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition)

Addison Wesley, 2006

“Agile Software Development is a highly stimulating and rich book. The author has a deep background and gives us a tour de force of the emerging agile methods.”

–Tom Gilb

The agile model of...

eBay Hacks, 2nd Edition: Tips & Tools for Bidding, Buying, and Selling

O'Reilly, 2005

Whatever you call it--an online auction house, the world's largest flea market, or a vast social experiment--no metaphor completely describes the huge trading community that is eBay. Underneath it all, eBay is also a computer program and a complex socio-economic system, requiring experience, finesse, and the right tools to master.

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Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation (With CD-ROM) (Networking Series)

Charles River, 2002

The mightiest fortresses in the world can fail, and when that happens all you can do (you being the person responsible for castle security) is figure out what went wrong, what damage was done, and by whom. If the castle was located in the right kind of kingdom--to take a metaphor too far--you can hope to prosecute the perpetrator. Computer...

Extreme Programming Explored

Addison Wesley, 2001

In Extreme Programming Explored, you can read about best practices as learned from the concrete experience of successful XP developers. Author and programmer Bill Wake provides answers to practical questions about XP implementation. Using hands-on examples--including code samples written in the Java programming...

Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity: Inside the Mind of Brutus, A Storytelling Machine

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Now that IBM's Deep Blue computer beat the world's greatest human chess player, Gary Kasparov, this book will see if a story can be written better by a human or a machine.

This book marks the marriage of logic and creativity.

While it may be true that incompatible humans often wed, there are doubtless unions of a less palpable...

Designing with Blends: Conceptual Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering

MIT Press, 2007

The evolution of the concept of mind in cognitive science over the past 25 years creates new ways to think about the interaction of people and computers. New ideas about embodiment, metaphor as a fundamental cognitive process, and conceptual integration--a blending of older concepts that gives rise to new, emergent properties--have become...

Windows Vista: The L Line, The Express Line to Learning

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Welcome to Windows Vista: The L Line, The Express Line to Learning.

This book is one in a new tutorial series from Wiley Publishing created for independent learners, students, and teachers. Whether you are learning (or teaching) in a classroom setting or gaining new skills while you explore Windows Vista for fun, this book is for you. As...

Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems (Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity)

Oxford University Press, 1999

Social insects--ants, bees, termites, and wasps--can be viewed as powerful problem-solving systems with sophisticated collective intelligence. Composed of simple interacting agents, this intelligence lies in the networks of interactions among individuals and between individuals and the environment. A fascinating subject, social insects are also a...

Music And Philosophy (Marquette Studies in Philosophy)

Marquette University Press, 2005

Music played a central role in the thought of existentialist philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973). One of the most tantalizing claims he made in a set of conversations with Paul Ricoeur. Employing a geographic metaphor, he claimed that philosophy was the continent of his work while his plays formed the off-shore islands; but what was deepest was...

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