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AI*IA 2018 – Advances in Artificial Intelligence

XVIIth International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, Trento, Italy, November 20–23, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Chiara Ghidini, Bernardo Magnini, Andrea Passerini, Paolo Traverso ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the XVIIth International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 2018, held in Trento, Italy, in November 2018.The 41 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Agents and Multi-Agent Systems; Applications of AI; Knowledge ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the XVIIth International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 2018, held in Trento, Italy, in November 2018.The 41 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Agents and Multi-Agent Systems; Applications of AI; Knowledge
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Intelligent Notification Systems

by Abhinav Mehrotra, Mirco Musolesi, Mahadev Satyanarayanan ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Notifications provide a unique mechanism for increasing the effectiveness of real-time information delivery systems. However, notifications that demand users' attention at inopportune moments are more likely to have adverse effects and might become a cause of potential disruption rather than proving beneficial to users.In order to address these challenges a variety of intelligent notification ... Read more

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Notifications provide a unique mechanism for increasing the effectiveness of real-time information delivery systems. However, notifications that demand users' attention at inopportune moments are more likely to have adverse effects and might become a cause of potential disruption rather than proving beneficial to users.In order to address these challenges a variety of intelligent notification
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Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Paphos, Cyprus, September 2–6, 2019, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by David Lamas, Fernando Loizides, Lennart Nacke, Helen Petrie, Marco Winckler, Panayiotis Zaphiris ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The four-volume set LNCS 11746–11749 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2019, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in September 2019.The total of 111 full papers presented together with 55 short papers and 48 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 385 submissions. The contributions are organized in ... Read more

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The four-volume set LNCS 11746–11749 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2019, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in September 2019.The total of 111 full papers presented together with 55 short papers and 48 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 385 submissions. The contributions are organized in
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Blended Learning: Aligning Theory with Practices

9th International Conference, ICBL 2016, Beijing, China, July 19-21, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Simon K.S. Cheung, Lam-for Kwok, Junjie Shang, Aihua Wang, Reggie Kwan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2016, held in Beijing, China, in July 2016. The conference is formerly known as International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL)The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The selected papers cover various aspects on collaborative and interactive ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2016, held in Beijing, China, in July 2016. The conference is formerly known as International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL)The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The selected papers cover various aspects on collaborative and interactive
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Practical C++ Financial Programming

by Carlos Oliveira ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Practical C++ Financial Programming is a hands-on book for programmers wanting to apply C++ to programming problems in the financial industry. The book explains those aspects of the language that are more frequently used in writing financial software, including the STL, templates, and various numerical libraries. The book also describes many of the important problems in financial engineering that ... Read more

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Practical C++ Financial Programming is a hands-on book for programmers wanting to apply C++ to programming problems in the financial industry. The book explains those aspects of the language that are more frequently used in writing financial software, including the STL, templates, and various numerical libraries. The book also describes many of the important problems in financial engineering that
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Formalizing Data-Centric Web Services

by Iman Saleh ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book presents a methodology to model and specify the data aspect of Web services, as it is overlooked by current standards for specifying Web services. The formal specification enables verification of service behavior, and the proposed methodology is based on formal methods and design-by-contract techniques.The Web has evolved from an information sharing medium to a wide-scale environment for ... Read more

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This book presents a methodology to model and specify the data aspect of Web services, as it is overlooked by current standards for specifying Web services. The formal specification enables verification of service behavior, and the proposed methodology is based on formal methods and design-by-contract techniques.The Web has evolved from an information sharing medium to a wide-scale environment for
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A Concise Introduction to Languages and Machines

by Alan P. Parkes ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
A Concise Introduction to Languages, Machines and Logic provides an accessible introduction to three key topics within computer science: formal languages, abstract machines and formal logic. Written in an easy-to-read, informal style, this textbook assumes only a basic knowledge of programming on the part of the reader.The approach is deliberately non-mathematical, and features: - Clear ... Read more

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A Concise Introduction to Languages, Machines and Logic provides an accessible introduction to three key topics within computer science: formal languages, abstract machines and formal logic. Written in an easy-to-read, informal style, this textbook assumes only a basic knowledge of programming on the part of the reader.The approach is deliberately non-mathematical, and features: - Clear
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User-Centered Interaction Design Patterns for Interactive Digital Television Applications

by Tibor Kunert ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Technology is meant to make life easier and to raise its quality. Our interaction with technology should be designed according to human needs instead of us being required to adapt to technology. Even so, technology may change quickly and people and their habits change slowly. With the aim of supporting user acceptance of iTV, the focus of this book is on the usability of iTV applications. A method ... Read more

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Technology is meant to make life easier and to raise its quality. Our interaction with technology should be designed according to human needs instead of us being required to adapt to technology. Even so, technology may change quickly and people and their habits change slowly. With the aim of supporting user acceptance of iTV, the focus of this book is on the usability of iTV applications. A method
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Sustainable Web Ecosystem Design

by Greg O'Toole ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book is about the process of creating web-based systems (i.e., websites, content, etc.) that consider each of the parts, the modules, the organisms – binary or otherwise – that make up a balanced, sustainable web ecosystem. In the current media-rich environment, a website is more than a collection of relative html documents of text and images on a static desktop computer monitor. There is now ... Read more

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This book is about the process of creating web-based systems (i.e., websites, content, etc.) that consider each of the parts, the modules, the organisms – binary or otherwise – that make up a balanced, sustainable web ecosystem. In the current media-rich environment, a website is more than a collection of relative html documents of text and images on a static desktop computer monitor. There is now
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Optimizing HPC Applications with Intel Cluster Tools

Hunting Petaflops

by Alexander Supalov, Christopher Dahnken, Michael Klemm, Andrey Semin ...

Optimizing HPC Applications with Intel® Cluster Tools takes the reader on a tour of the fast-growing area of high performance computing and the optimization of hybrid programs. These programs typically combine distributed memory and shared memory programming models and use the Message Passing Interface (MPI) and OpenMP for multi-threading to achieve the ultimate goal of high performance at low ... Read more

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Optimizing HPC Applications with Intel® Cluster Tools takes the reader on a tour of the fast-growing area of high performance computing and the optimization of hybrid programs. These programs typically combine distributed memory and shared memory programming models and use the Message Passing Interface (MPI) and OpenMP for multi-threading to achieve the ultimate goal of high performance at low
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Operating Systems and Services

Edited by Ragunathan Rajkumar ...

Operating Systems and Services brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Operating Systems and Services serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field. ... Read more

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Operating Systems and Services brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Operating Systems and Services serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.
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Physiological Computing Systems

First International Conference, PhyCS 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, January 7-9, 2014, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Hugo Plácido da Silva, Andreas Holzinger, Stephen Fairclough, Dennis Majoe ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, PhyCS 2014, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in January 2014. The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: methodologies and methods; devices; applications; and human factors. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, PhyCS 2014, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in January 2014. The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: methodologies and methods; devices; applications; and human factors.
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Functional Programming in R

Advanced Statistical Programming for Data Science, Analysis and Finance

by Thomas Mailund ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Master functions and discover how to write functional programs in R. In this concise book, you'll make your functions pure by avoiding side-effects; you’ll write functions that manipulate other functions, and you’ll construct complex functions using simpler functions as building blocks.In Functional Programming in R, you’ll see how we can replace loops, which can have side-effects, with recursive ... Read more

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Master functions and discover how to write functional programs in R. In this concise book, you'll make your functions pure by avoiding side-effects; you’ll write functions that manipulate other functions, and you’ll construct complex functions using simpler functions as building blocks.In Functional Programming in R, you’ll see how we can replace loops, which can have side-effects, with recursive
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Human-Computer Interaction

Thematic Area, HCI 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu, Ayako Hashizume ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human-Computer Interaction thematic area of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, held in Montreal, Canada, during July 26-31, 2026.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, methodology and ... Read more

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This book set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human-Computer Interaction thematic area of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2026, held in Montreal, Canada, during July 26-31, 2026.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, methodology and
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Java Persistence with Hibernate

by Gary Gregory, Christian Bauer ...

SummaryJava Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition explores Hibernate by developing an application that ties together hundreds of individual examples. In this revised edition, authors Christian Bauer, Gavin King, and Gary Gregory cover Hibernate 5 in detail with the Java Persistence 2.1 standard (JSR 338). All examples have been updated for the latest Hibernate and Java EE specification ... Read more

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SummaryJava Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition explores Hibernate by developing an application that ties together hundreds of individual examples. In this revised edition, authors Christian Bauer, Gavin King, and Gary Gregory cover Hibernate 5 in detail with the Java Persistence 2.1 standard (JSR 338). All examples have been updated for the latest Hibernate and Java EE specification
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Multigrammatical Framework for Knowledge-Based Digital Economy

by Igor A. Sheremet ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This monograph introduces a novel multiset-based conceptual, mathematical and knowledge engineering paradigm, called multigrammatical framework (MGF), used for planning and scheduling in resource-consuming, resource-producing (industrial) and resource-distributing (economical) sociotechnological systems (STS). This framework is meant to enable smart operation not only in a “business-as-usual” mode ... Read more

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This monograph introduces a novel multiset-based conceptual, mathematical and knowledge engineering paradigm, called multigrammatical framework (MGF), used for planning and scheduling in resource-consuming, resource-producing (industrial) and resource-distributing (economical) sociotechnological systems (STS). This framework is meant to enable smart operation not only in a “business-as-usual” mode
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Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing

28th International Workshop, JSSPP 2025, Milan, Italy, June 3–4, 2025, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Dalibor Klusáček, Julita Corbalán, Gonzalo P. Rodrigo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2025, held in Milan, Italy, during June 3-4, 2025.The 17 full papers and 1 keynote paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. These papers covered interesting topics within the resource management and scheduling ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2025, held in Milan, Italy, during June 3-4, 2025.The 17 full papers and 1 keynote paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. These papers covered interesting topics within the resource management and scheduling
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Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models

A Scientific Perspective

Edited by Abbas Moallem, Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series series The Human Element in Smart and Intelligent Systems
With the latest developments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) applications, like ChatGPT and Gemini, millions of people have started using them in their personal and professional lives. Interest in them continues to grow and they are becoming the go-to applications for students, academics, engineers, lawyers, designers, writers, media experts, programmers, ... Read more

$189.99 USD

With the latest developments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) applications, like ChatGPT and Gemini, millions of people have started using them in their personal and professional lives. Interest in them continues to grow and they are becoming the go-to applications for students, academics, engineers, lawyers, designers, writers, media experts, programmers,
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Designing Our Future

Redefining Design in the Age of AI for Sustainable Innovation

by Diana Olynick ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore the field of “futures thinking” and systematically unpack its main design methodologies, such as scenario planning, strategic foresight, and speculative design. This book illustrates how AI tools and techniques can enhance and refine these approaches, and critically examines the intersection of AI with ethical and sustainable design principles.Integrating AI at the cross section of futures ... Read more

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Explore the field of “futures thinking” and systematically unpack its main design methodologies, such as scenario planning, strategic foresight, and speculative design. This book illustrates how AI tools and techniques can enhance and refine these approaches, and critically examines the intersection of AI with ethical and sustainable design principles.Integrating AI at the cross section of futures
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Cost-Effective Data Pipelines

Balancing Trade-Offs When Developing Pipelines in the Cloud

by Sev Leonard ...

The low cost of getting started with cloud services can easily evolve into a significant expense down the road. That's challenging for teams developing data pipelines, particularly when rapid changes in technology and workload require a constant cycle of redesign. How do you deliver scalable, highly available products while keeping costs in check?With this practical guide, author Sev Leonard ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The low cost of getting started with cloud services can easily evolve into a significant expense down the road. That's challenging for teams developing data pipelines, particularly when rapid changes in technology and workload require a constant cycle of redesign. How do you deliver scalable, highly available products while keeping costs in check?With this practical guide, author Sev Leonard
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Rules and Reasoning

6th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, Berlin, Germany, September 26–28, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Guido Governatori, Anni-Yasmin Turhan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, held in Berlin, Germany, during September 26–28, 2022. This is the 6th conference of a new series, joining the efforts of two existing conference series, namely “RuleML” (International Web Rule Symposium) and “RR” (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems).The 18 full research papers presented ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, held in Berlin, Germany, during September 26–28, 2022. This is the 6th conference of a new series, joining the efforts of two existing conference series, namely “RuleML” (International Web Rule Symposium) and “RR” (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems).The 18 full research papers presented
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Process Technology

Edited by Elisabetta Di Nitto, Alfonso Fuggetta ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Process Technology brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Process Technology serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field. ... Read more

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Process Technology brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.Process Technology serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.
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User-Developer Cooperation in Software Development

Building Common Ground and Usable Systems

by Eamonn O'Neill ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The topic of the research reported here is direct user participation in the task-based development of interactive software systems. Building usable software demands understanding and supporting users and their tasks. Users are a primary source of usability requirements and knowledge, since users can be expected to have intimate and extensive knowledge of themselves, their tasks and their working ... Read more

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The topic of the research reported here is direct user participation in the task-based development of interactive software systems. Building usable software demands understanding and supporting users and their tasks. Users are a primary source of usability requirements and knowledge, since users can be expected to have intimate and extensive knowledge of themselves, their tasks and their working
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The Hackable City

Digital Media and Collaborative City-Making in the Network Society

Edited by Michiel de Lange, Martijn de Waal ...

This open access book presents a selection of the best contributions to the Digital Cities 9 Workshop held in Limerick in 2015, combining a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making that are firmly rooted in empirical findings about the actual practices of citizens, designers and policy makers. It explores the affordances of new media technologies for ... Read more

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This open access book presents a selection of the best contributions to the Digital Cities 9 Workshop held in Limerick in 2015, combining a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making that are firmly rooted in empirical findings about the actual practices of citizens, designers and policy makers. It explores the affordances of new media technologies for
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