The development of pattern recognition methods on the basis of so-called Markov
models is tightly coupled to the technological progress in the field of automatic
speech recognition. Today, however, Markov chain and hidden Markov models are
also applied in many other fields where the task is the modeling and analysis of
chronologically...
This book is intended to serve the needs of individuals and information systems pro- fessionals who are interested in learning more about networking technologies, but who may have little or no background in this subject matter. In the first edition of this book, the materials were originally designed to help individuals prepare for Microsoft...
Word sense disambiguation is a core research problem in computational
linguistics, which was recognized at the beginning of the scientific interest
in machine translation and artificial intelligence. And yet no book has been
fully devoted to review the wide variety of approaches to solving the problem.
The time is right for such a...
Welcome to Computer Science Made Simple, a novice’s guide to one of the most
important fields today. I wrote this book with several kinds of readers in mind. For the
person curious about how computers work and what the computer terms used in
magazine advertisements mean, this book will provide the answers. For those considering...
Natural language processing is often called an "Al-complete" task, in the sense that in order to truly process language (i.e. to comprehend, to translate, to generate) full understanding is required, which is itself the ultimate goal of Artificial Intelligence. For those who seek solutions to practical problems, this is not a...
The compiler is one of the most important aspects of system software. When
any computer user develops a computer program, one must use some programming
language, rather than using a computer instruction set. This implies
that there must be the compiler of the programming language that
has been installed on the computer one uses, and...
Cancers share a restricted set of characteristics crucial to the tumor phenotype:
proliferation in the absence of external growth stimuli, avoidance of apoptosis and
no limits to replication, escape from external growth-suppressive forces and the
immune response, an inflammatory micro-environment with new blood vessel...
When Joe first asked me to write a foreword for this latest edition of Understanding
IPv6, I looked to forewords from previous editions as well as other networking
books, hoping to draw some inspiration. As will become increasingly obvious, my writing
skills are not as honed as Joe’s.
Since the publication of the Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and
Learning in 2008, information communication technology (ICT) has continued to create new learning
paths to assist language learning. While CD-ROMs, multimedia computer labs, the World Wide Web,
e-mail, and SMS still play an important...
Please do not consider any construction you find in this
book to be a final or definitive design. There is always room
for tinkering and improvements: As a matter of fact, some of
the constructions shown in this guide make deliberate use of
basic LEGO pieces, to help those who try to build with limited...
Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound, this book describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. It specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its pages. This volume is not only an exhaustive atlas dealing with the most variable aspects of the critically ill...
Intelligent systems can take many forms. Natural-language translation systems,
computer chess games, robotics applications, vision- and speech-recognition
systems, neural networks, and knowledge-based or expert systems are all special
types of intelligent systems. What each of these systems offers to a varying
degree is the...
