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Do you speak SQL? We do, and in this book we provide you with an in-depth yet concise tutorial on using Structured Query Language (SQL), the standard that defines how to create and manipulate databases and the data they store. SQL is a simple yet powerful language, and you’ll be amazed at how many things you can do with just a few...

Dedicated to the memory of the late Professor King Sun Fu (1930-1985), the handbook series, with first edition (1993), second edition (1999) and third edition (2005), provides a comprehensive, concise and balanced coverage of the progress and achievements in the field of pattern recognition and computer vision in the last twenty years. This is a...

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