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Stream Processing with Apache Spark

Mastering Structured Streaming and Spark Streaming

by Gerard Maas, Francois Garillot ...

Before you can build analytics tools to gain quick insights, you first need to know how to process data in real time. With this practical guide, developers familiar with Apache Spark will learn how to put this in-memory framework to use for streaming data. You’ll discover how Spark enables you to write streaming jobs in almost the same way you write batch jobs.Authors Gerard Maas and François ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Before you can build analytics tools to gain quick insights, you first need to know how to process data in real time. With this practical guide, developers familiar with Apache Spark will learn how to put this in-memory framework to use for streaming data. You’ll discover how Spark enables you to write streaming jobs in almost the same way you write batch jobs.Authors Gerard Maas and François
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Python Unit Test Automation

Practical Techniques for Python Developers and Testers

by Ashwin Pajankar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Quickly learn how to automate unit testing of Python 3 code with Python 3 automation libraries, such as doctest, unittest, nose, nose2, and pytest.This book explores the important concepts in software testing and their implementation in Python 3 and shows you how to automate, organize, and execute unit tests for this language. This knowledge is often acquired by reading source code, manuals, and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Quickly learn how to automate unit testing of Python 3 code with Python 3 automation libraries, such as doctest, unittest, nose, nose2, and pytest.This book explores the important concepts in software testing and their implementation in Python 3 and shows you how to automate, organize, and execute unit tests for this language. This knowledge is often acquired by reading source code, manuals, and
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A Guided Tour of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volume I: Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Learning

Edited by Pierre Marquis, Odile Papini, Henri Prade ...

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of AI research, ranging from basic work to interfaces and applications, with as much emphasis on results as on current issues. It is aimed at an audience of master students and Ph.D. students, and can be of interest as well for researchers and engineers who want to know more about AI. The book is split into three volumes:- the first volume brings ... Read more

$215.99 USD

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of AI research, ranging from basic work to interfaces and applications, with as much emphasis on results as on current issues. It is aimed at an audience of master students and Ph.D. students, and can be of interest as well for researchers and engineers who want to know more about AI. The book is split into three volumes:- the first volume brings
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HCI in Games

Second International Conference, HCI-Games 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Xiaowen Fang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2020, held in July 2020 as part of HCI International 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark.*HCII 2020 received a total of 6326 submissions, of which 1439 papers and 238 posters were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 38 papers presented in this volume are organized in ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2020, held in July 2020 as part of HCI International 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark.*HCII 2020 received a total of 6326 submissions, of which 1439 papers and 238 posters were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 38 papers presented in this volume are organized in
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Digital Phenotyping and Mobile Sensing

New Developments in Psychoinformatics

Edited by Harald Baumeister, Christian Montag ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book offers a snapshot of cutting-edge applications of mobile sensing for digital phenotyping in the field of Psychoinformatics. The respective chapters, written by authoritative researchers, cover various aspects related to the use of these technologies in health, education, and cognitive science research. They share insights both into established applications of mobile sensing (such as ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book offers a snapshot of cutting-edge applications of mobile sensing for digital phenotyping in the field of Psychoinformatics. The respective chapters, written by authoritative researchers, cover various aspects related to the use of these technologies in health, education, and cognitive science research. They share insights both into established applications of mobile sensing (such as
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Trends in Functional Programming

19th International Symposium, TFP 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 11–13, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Michał Pałka, Magnus Myreen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers of the 19th International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming, TFP 2018, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2018. The 7 revised full papers were selected from 13 submissions and present papers in all aspects of functional programming, taking a broad view of current and future trends in the area. It aspires to be a ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers of the 19th International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming, TFP 2018, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2018. The 7 revised full papers were selected from 13 submissions and present papers in all aspects of functional programming, taking a broad view of current and future trends in the area. It aspires to be a
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UX for XR

User Experience Design and Strategies for Immersive Technologies

by Cornel Hillmann ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Extending traditional digital platforms to the new frontier of extended reality (XR) requires taking into account what best practices, new concepts, and conventions have been established and what learnings can be brought forward from case studies involving industry leaders. By looking at practical examples from the field of handheld AR breakthroughs, virtual reality (VR) success stories and ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Extending traditional digital platforms to the new frontier of extended reality (XR) requires taking into account what best practices, new concepts, and conventions have been established and what learnings can be brought forward from case studies involving industry leaders. By looking at practical examples from the field of handheld AR breakthroughs, virtual reality (VR) success stories and
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Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021

18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bari, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 2021, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Carmelo Ardito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Alessio Malizia, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Giuseppe Desolda, Kori Inkpen ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized
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Intelligent Sustainable Systems

Selected Papers of WorldS4 2021, Volume 2

Edited by Atulya K. Nagar, Dharm Singh Jat, Gabriela Marín-Raventós, Durgesh Kumar Mishra ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book provides insights of World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2021) which is divided into different sections such as Smart IT Infrastructure for Sustainable Society; Smart Management prospective for Sustainable Society; Smart Secure Systems for Next Generation Technologies; Smart Trends for Computational Graphics and Image Modeling; and Smart Trends ... Read more

$215.99 USD

This book provides insights of World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2021) which is divided into different sections such as Smart IT Infrastructure for Sustainable Society; Smart Management prospective for Sustainable Society; Smart Secure Systems for Next Generation Technologies; Smart Trends for Computational Graphics and Image Modeling; and Smart Trends
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part XXIV

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
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Real-World Data Analysis, Step by Step

A New Analyst's Hands-On Guide to SAS, R, Python, and Excel

by Jiazheng Chen ...

Most data-analysis books teach one tool. The real job demands four.In the working world, analysts rarely choose their software. A hospital runs on SAS, a research lab on R, a startup on Python, and almost every office on Excel. The same analytical idea-load the data, summarize it, model it, explain it-has to travel across all of them. Real-World Data Analysis, Step by Step teaches that idea in all ... Read more

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Most data-analysis books teach one tool. The real job demands four.In the working world, analysts rarely choose their software. A hospital runs on SAS, a research lab on R, a startup on Python, and almost every office on Excel. The same analytical idea-load the data, summarize it, model it, explain it-has to travel across all of them. Real-World Data Analysis, Step by Step teaches that idea in all
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part XLVII

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision
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Serious Games

11th Joint International Conference, JCSG 2025, Lucerne, Switzerland, December 4–5, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by André Thomas, Michelle Meyer, Markus Zank ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2025, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, during December 4–5, 2025.The 14 full papers, 5 short papers, 16 other papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions.The conference covers a wide range from artificial intelligence applications in games, ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2025, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, during December 4–5, 2025.The 14 full papers, 5 short papers, 16 other papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions.The conference covers a wide range from artificial intelligence applications in games,
... Read more
Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Vol. 3

Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2025

Edited by Roland Platz, Garrison Flynn, Kyle Neal, Scott Ouellette ...

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the third volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and ... Read more

$130.99 USD

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the third volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and
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Optimization and Applications

9th International Conference, OPTIMA 2018, Petrovac, Montenegro, October 1–5, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Yury Evtushenko, Milojica Jaćimović, Michael Khachay, Yury Kochetov, Vlasta Malkova, Mikhail Posypkin ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2018, held in Petrovac, Montenegro, in October 2018.The 35 revised full papers and the one short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on mathematical programming; combinatorial and discrete ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2018, held in Petrovac, Montenegro, in October 2018.The 35 revised full papers and the one short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on mathematical programming; combinatorial and discrete
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The Semantic Web

23rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2026, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 10–14, 2026, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Maribel Acosta, Marieke van Erp, Sebastian Rudolph, Olaf Hartig, Blerina Spahiu, Anisa Rula, Daniel Garijo, Francesco Osborne ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 16549 + 16550 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2026, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during May 2026.The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. For the research track 28 papers have been accepted from 116 submissions; the resources track received 63 submissions of which 17 have ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 16549 + 16550 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2026, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during May 2026.The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. For the research track 28 papers have been accepted from 116 submissions; the resources track received 63 submissions of which 17 have
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part XI

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series Book 11 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision
... Read more
Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality

21st EuroXR International Conference, EuroXR 2024, Athens, Greece, November 27–29, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona, Gabriel Zachmann, Monica Bordegoni, Jian Chen, Giannis Karaseitanidis, Alain Pagani, Patrick Bourdot ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, EuroXR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during November 27–29, 2024.The 14 full papers presented together with 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The papers are grouped into the following topics: Designing Experiences, Human Factors, Rendering ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, EuroXR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during November 27–29, 2024.The 14 full papers presented together with 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The papers are grouped into the following topics: Designing Experiences, Human Factors, Rendering
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Culture and Computing

13th International Conference, C&C 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Matthias Rauterberg ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Culture and Computing, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7972 submissions.Two volumes of ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Culture and Computing, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7972 submissions.Two volumes of
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Building Design Systems

Unify User Experiences Through a Shared Design Language

by Sarrah Vesselov ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to build a design system with your specific business needs in mind. This book guides you through the process of defining a shared design language, establishing design tokens, introducing scalable governance models, and understanding the growing role of AI in design system workflows. You’ll learn how to surface inconsistencies through an interface inventory, document patterns and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Learn how to build a design system with your specific business needs in mind. This book guides you through the process of defining a shared design language, establishing design tokens, introducing scalable governance models, and understanding the growing role of AI in design system workflows. You’ll learn how to surface inconsistencies through an interface inventory, document patterns and
... Read more
Microsoft Fabric Cookbook

Advanced Recipes for AI-Driven Data Architecture and Cloud-Native Analytics with Microsoft Fabric

by Ranadeep Singh, Jyotiprakash Behera ...

Build scalable, AI-powered analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric. Master data engineering, real-time analytics, governance, Copilot, and GenAI workflows with practical, production-ready recipes.Key FeaturesArchitect end-to-end analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric workloadsApply hands-on recipes for AI, real-time analytics, governance, and CopilotOptimize cost, performance, security, and ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Build scalable, AI-powered analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric. Master data engineering, real-time analytics, governance, Copilot, and GenAI workflows with practical, production-ready recipes.Key FeaturesArchitect end-to-end analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric workloadsApply hands-on recipes for AI, real-time analytics, governance, and CopilotOptimize cost, performance, security, and
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Mapping Experiences

A Complete Guide to Activating Customer-Centered Collaboration

by Jim Kalbach ...

It's not the map. It's the mapping.Organizations struggle to improve customer experiences when they focus on internal processes over people's needs. Visualizing experiences helps teams gain an outside-in view of the business, but maps alone don't provide magic answers. The real value is in mapping as a process: the conversations, analysis, and activation that turn insights into action. As data and ... Read more

$36.99 USD

It's not the map. It's the mapping.Organizations struggle to improve customer experiences when they focus on internal processes over people's needs. Visualizing experiences helps teams gain an outside-in view of the business, but maps alone don't provide magic answers. The real value is in mapping as a process: the conversations, analysis, and activation that turn insights into action. As data and
... Read more
Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win

19th International Conference, iConference 2024, Changchun, China, April 15–26, 2024, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Isaac Sserwanga, Hideo Joho, Jie Ma, Preben Hansen, Dan Wu, Masanori Koizumi, Anne J. Gilliland ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The Three-volume set LNCS 14596, 14597 and 14598 constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win, iConference 2024, which was hosted virtually by University of Tsukuba, Japan and in presence by Jilin University, Changchun, China, during April 15–26, 2024.The 36 full papers and 55 short papers are presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed ... Read more

$134.99 USD

The Three-volume set LNCS 14596, 14597 and 14598 constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win, iConference 2024, which was hosted virtually by University of Tsukuba, Japan and in presence by Jilin University, Changchun, China, during April 15–26, 2024.The 36 full papers and 55 short papers are presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed
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Usability Evaluation for In-Vehicle Systems

by Catherine Harvey, Neville A. Stanton ...

Ergonomics often seems to be involved too late in commercial project development processes to have substantive impact on design and usability. However, in the automotive industry, and specifically in relation to In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS), a lack of attention to usability can not only lead to poor customer satisfaction, it can also present problems. This book presents a process which ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Ergonomics often seems to be involved too late in commercial project development processes to have substantive impact on design and usability. However, in the automotive industry, and specifically in relation to In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS), a lack of attention to usability can not only lead to poor customer satisfaction, it can also present problems. This book presents a process which
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