Poorly performing enterprise applications are the weakest links in a
corporation ’ s management chains, causing delays and disruptions of
critical business functions. In trying to strengthen the links, companies
spend dearly on applications tuning and sizing; unfortunately, the only
deliverables of many of such ventures...
Programming Languages/Web Programming The World of Scripting Languages David Barron The explosive growth of Internet applications has seen a corresponding growth in the use and development of scripting languages. Their power and flexibility enables even nonexpert programmers to prototype graphical user interfaces more rapidly, end to develop...
A First Course in Probability, Eighth Edition, features clear and intuitive explanations of the mathematics of probability theory, outstanding problem sets, and a variety of diverse examples and applications. This book is ideal for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate level introduction to probability for math, science, engineering...
Due to the ability of graphs to represent properties of entities and binary relations at the same time, a growing interest in graph based object repre sentation can be observed in science and engineering. Yet, graphs are still not the common data structure in pattern recognition and related fields. The reason for this is twofold. First,...
Despite intense study during the 20th century, at its end the causes of the great
majority of congenital malformations were still unknown. Several means had been
used to try to remedy this unsatisfactory situation, a major one being the epidemiological
approach, that is, by analyzing patterns of occurrence and association....
In several of my earlier Kogan Page titles I have provided readers
with the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of IQ
testing by means of practice tests in which readers have been able
to familiarize themselves with the type of questions they are likely
to encounter when taking such tests.
Decision Making and Problem Solving Strategies will help you to master the process of practical thinking that lies behind effective decision making, problem solving and creative thinking.
There are three forms of applied thinking that we all need:
decision making, problem solving and creative thinking. These
overlap...
Microsoft Visual C# is a powerful but simple language aimed primarily at developers creating applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. It inherits many of the best features of C++ and Microsoft Visual Basic, but few of the inconsistencies and anachronisms, resulting in a cleaner and more logical language. C# 1.0 made its...
The automation of visual inspection is becoming more and more important in modern industry as a consistent, reliable means of judging the quality of raw materials and manufactured goods . The Machine Vision Handbook equips the reader with the practical details required to engineer integrated mechanical-optical-electronic-software...
It is common wisdom that gathering a variety of views and inputs improves the process of decision making, and, indeed, underpins a democratic society. Dubbed “ensemble learning” by researchers in computational intelligence and machine learning, it is known to improve a decision system’s robustness and accuracy. Now, fresh...
