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Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems
Par MengChu Zhou, JunQi Zhang. 2024
Comprehensive guide on learning automata, introducing two variants to accelerate convergence and computational update speed Learning Automata and Their Applications…
to Intelligent Systems provides a comprehensive guide on learning automata from the perspective of principles, algorithms, improvement directions, and applications. The text introduces two variants to accelerate the convergence speed and computational update speed, respectively; these two examples demonstrate how to design new learning automata for a specific field from the aspect of algorithm design to give full play to the advantage of learning automata. As noisy optimization problems exist widely in various intelligent systems, this book elaborates on how to employ learning automata to solve noisy optimization problems from the perspective of algorithm design and application. The existing and most representative applications of learning automata include classification, clustering, game, knapsack, network, optimization, ranking, and scheduling. They are well-discussed. Future research directions to promote an intelligent system are suggested. Written by two highly qualified academics with significant experience in the field, Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems covers such topics as: Mathematical analysis of the behavior of learning automata, along with suitable learning algorithms Two application-oriented learning automata: one to discover and track spatiotemporal event patterns, and the other to solve stochastic searching on a line Demonstrations of two pioneering variants of Optimal Computing Budge Allocation (OCBA) methods and how to combine learning automata with ordinal optimization How to achieve significantly faster convergence and higher accuracy than classical pursuit schemes via lower computational complexity of updating the state probabilityA timely text in a rapidly developing field, Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems is an essential resource for researchers in machine learning, engineering, operation, and management. The book is also highly suitable for graduate level courses on machine learning, soft computing, reinforcement learning and stochastic optimization.Agile Datenkompetenz: Reporting-Prozesse mit und ohne Excel gestalten
Par Andrea Weichand. 2023
In diesem Buch hinterfragt Andrea Weichand die bestehenden Reporting-Routinen. Die manuelle Arbeit im bekannten Tabellenkalkulationsprogramm Excel hat sich nicht nur…
etabliert, sie nimmt auch weiterhin zu. Dies ist ein großes Problem für die Innovations- und Zukunftsfähigkeit so mancher Controlling-, Sales-, oder Marketingabteilungen. Wie datenkompetent ist ein Unternehmen, wenn ein Großteil der Datenarbeit in Excel zurechtgeschustert wird? Wie schafft man es im Berufsalltag, Daten effizient und mit hoher Qualität in passende Datenprodukte zu bringen? Welche Rolle spielt die Pivot-Tabelle? Weichand beschreibt einen neuen Weg zu mehr Datenkompetenz und erklärt, warum die Prinzipien Kreativität, Strategie und Agilität so wertvoll dabei sind. Ihr Ziel ist es, all die Angestellten, die sich Tag für Tag mit ihren anstrengenden und monströsen Excel-Dateien quälen, zu ermutigen,die Datenprozesse (mit und ohne Excel) zu automatisieren,die eigene Datenkompetenz weiterzuentwickeln undeine kreative, zukunftsfähige Perspektive für agile Datenarbeit einzunehmen.Tú, contigo y por ti: Espabila y cáete bien
Par Ángela Sánchez Del Río. 2023
Este libro solo es un libro, pero quizá es también el impulso que necesitas. Quiero que veas que otro tú…
es posible. Quiero que consigas el cambio. Quiero ayudarte.Este libro es una llamada a la acción. Un empujoncito -sin presión, pero con mimo y humor- para detectar y cambiar los hábitos, conductas y pensamientos que te alejan de la realidad en la que te gustaría vivir y de la versión de ti que te gustaría ser. Eres tú, contigo y por ti para toda la vida. Por eso mereces caerte bien y ver de una vez tus posibilidades.Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing: 10th IFIP WG 6.12 European Conference, ESOCC 2023, Larnaca, Cyprus, October 24–25, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14183)
Par George A. Papadopoulos, Jacopo Soldani, Florian Rademacher. 2023
This book constitutes the constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 6.12 European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing , ESOCC…
2023, held in Larnaca, Cyprus, during October 24–26, 2023. The 12 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Microservices; Quality of Service; Service Orchestration; Edge Computing; PhD Symposium; and Industry Projects Track.Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging: Modelling and Data Analysis Using R (Use R!)
Par Jörg Polzehl, Karsten Tabelow. 2023
This book discusses modelling and analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data of the human brain. For the data processing…
pipelines we rely on R, the software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The book is intended for readers from two communities: Statisticians, who are interested in neuroimaging and look for an introduction to the acquired data and typical scientific problems in the field and neuroimaging students, who want to learn about the statistical modeling and analysis of MRI data. Being a practical introduction, the book focuses on those problems in data analysis for which implementations within R are available. By providing full worked-out examples the book thus serves as a tutorial for MRI analysis with R, from which the reader can derive its own data processing scripts.The book starts with a short introduction into MRI. The next chapter considers the process of reading and writing common neuroimaging data formats to and from the R session. The main chapters then cover four common MR imaging modalities and their data modeling and analysis problems: functional MRI, diffusion MRI, Multi-Parameter Mapping and Inversion Recovery MRI. The book concludes with extended Appendices on details of the utilize non-parametric statistics and on resources for R and MRI data.The book also addresses the issues of reproducibility and topics like data organization and description, open data and open science. It completely relies on a dynamic report generation with knitr: The books R-code and intermediate results are available for reproducibility of the examples.Astrology and Western Society from the First World War to Covid-19
Par William Burns. 2023
This book gathers contributions on the topic of astrology in the West during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from 1914–2022.…
It is the first collection exclusively devoted to a period that has been mostly neglected by historians of astrology, who have mostly devoted themselves to the ancient, medieval and early modern periods. Uninterested in vindicating or debunking astrology, contributors consider its cultural impact, its relation to historical events, and the ways in which it has changed in the last century. The broad range of subjects on modern Europe and the US include the relation of astrology with indigenous thought, interwar Polish astrology, and the relation of American astrologers to COVID. A bibliography of studies of modern astrology on a global basis is also included. This collection is a thoughtful contribution to the history of astrology and the sociology of belief as well as carrying significant implications for twentieth and twenty-first century history broadly.Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research VII: Selected Papers from the XXV International Conference on Neuroinformatics, October 23-27, 2023, Moscow, Russia (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1120)
Par Boris Kryzhanovsky, Witali Dunin-Barkowski, Vladimir Redko, Yury Tiumentsev, Valentin Klimov. 2023
This book describes new theories and applications of artificial neural networks, with a special focus on answering questions in neuroscience,…
biology and biophysics and cognitive research. It covers a wide range of methods and technologies, including deep neural networks, large-scale neural models, brain–computer interface, signal processing methods, as well as models of perception, studies on emotion recognition, self-organization and many more. The book includes both selected and invited papers presented at the XXV International Conference on Neuroinformatics, held on October 23-27, 2023, in Moscow, Russia.Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Physical-Layer Security (Wireless Networks)
Par Jiangzhou Wang, Feng Shu. 2023
This book discusses the problems of Physical Layer Security (PLS) in Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-assisted wireless networks.It also discusses the…
corresponding methods to solve these problems in a comprehensive style. Furthermore, some potential challenges are well analyzed.This book is divided into 11 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the propagation characteristics of IRS-aided PLS communications. From Chapter 2 to Chapter 10,The authors mainly provide deep investigations of different PLS problems of IRS-aided wireless networks, namely, directional modulation (DM) networks. Chapter 11 draws a conclusion and includes the future research directions.Researchers working in wireless communications, or advanced-level computer science or electrical engineering students, can learn about secure communication in the physical layer through our book.Professionals or engineers working in this field will also benefit from this book.Service-Oriented Computing: 17th Symposium and Summer School, SummerSOC 2023, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 25 – July 1, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1847)
Par Frank Leymann, Schahram Dustdar, Marco Aiello, Johanna Barzen. 2023
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Symposium and Summer School, SummerSOC 2023, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece,…
in June 25–July 1, 2023.The 6 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions.They are organized in the following sections as follows: Distributed Systems; Smart; and Mixed Technologies.Cultural Mobilities Between China and Italy (Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture)
Par Gaoheng Zhang, Valentina Pedone. 2024
This book offers a critical analysis of global mobilities across China and Italy in history. In three periods in the…
twentieth century, new patterns of physical mobilities and cultural contact were established between the two countries which were either novel at the time of their emergence or impactful on subsequent periods. The first two chapters provide overviews of writings by Italians in China and by Chinese in Italy in the twentieth century. The remaining chapters cover: Republican China’s relationships with Italy and Italian Fascist colonialism in China during the 1920s–1930s; Italian travelers to China during the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s; migrations between China and Italy during the 2000s–2010s. In analyzing these cultural mobilities, this book opens a new line of inquiry in Chinese-Italian Cultural Studies, which has been dominated by historical study, and contributes a significant case study to the scholarship on global cultural mobilities.The Human Firewall: Wie eine Kultur der Cyber-Sicherheit geschaffen wird (essentials)
Par Florian Jörgens. 2023
Nicht nur im privaten Umfeld, auch im beruflichen sind Computer, Smartphones und das Internet Begleiter unseres täglichen Lebens. Dabei spielt…
der Schutz von Informationen eine wichtige Rolle. Über 70% aller Cyber-Angriffe zielen auf den Nutzer ab, lediglich ein kleiner Teil auf die tatsächlichen Systeme. Daher sind geschulte und aufmerksame Mitarbeiter ein unabdingbarer Bestandteil der allgemeinen Sicherheitsstrategie zum Schutz der Informationen. Das Ziel ist dabei der Aufbau einer Kultur der Cyber-Sicherheit, einer sogenannten human firewall.This Bridge Will Not Be Gray
Par Dave Eggers. 2015
In this delightfully original take on nonfiction, bestselling author Dave Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural and natural…
monuments in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Cut-paper illustrations by Tucker Nichols ensures that this book feels like a special object, and the revised edition includes real-life letters from constituents making the case for keeping the bridge orange. The narrative's sly humor makes the topic perfectly accessible for kids enthusiastic about nonfiction. This one-of-a-kind book transports readers to the glorious Golden Gate, no matter where they live.Buenos hábitos: Una guía minimalista para una vida mejor
Par Fumio Sasaki. 2018
Del autor del bestseller internacional Goodbye, Things, llega un nuevo fenómeno: una guía que nos ayudará a adoptar nuevos hábitos…
y a convertirnos en la mejor versión de nosotros mismos. Fumio Sasaki cambió su vida cuando se convirtió en minimalista, pero antes que nada tuvo que convertirlo en un hábito. Todos nosotros vivimos nuestras vidas basándonos en los hábitos que hemos ido formando, desde el momentoen que nos levantamos por la mañana hasta lo que comemos y bebemos o la probabilidad de que lleguemos a ir o no al gimnasio. En Buenos hábitos, Sasaki nos explica cómo podemos adquirir los nuevos hábitos que queremos y, lo más importante, cómo deshacernos de aquellos que no nos hacen ningún bien. Basándose en las principales teorías sobre la ciencia de la formación de hábitos de la psicología cognitiva, la neurociencia y la sociología,junto con ejemplos de la cultura popular y las técnicas experimentadas por el propio autor, Fumio Sasaki desentraña las percepciones erróneas y comunes sobre conceptos como «fuerza de voluntad» y «talento», ofreciendo una guía paso a paso hacia el equilibrio y el éxito, una serie de principios para crear unos buenos hábitos para mejorar y cambiar nuestra vida. La crítica ha dicho...«Una guía práctica que ofrece una metodología para desarrollar hábitos útiles y saludables. A aquellos a los que se les haga difícil establecer una rutina les encantará el método Sasaki.»Publishers Weekly«Solo diré que hoy mismo comienzo con un par de hábitos que, después de reflexionar, creo que van a ser beneficiosos para mi vida. ¡Muy recomendado!»Aytaragc, BabelioC# 12 in a Nutshell
Par Joseph Albahari. 2024
Ebook available on November 16, 2023When you have questions about C# 12 or .NET 8, this best-selling guide has the…
answers you need. C# is a language of unusual flexibility and breadth, and with its continual growth, there's always so much more to learn. In the tradition of O'Reilly's Nutshell guides, this thoroughly updated edition is simply the best one-volume reference to the C# language available today.Aimed at intermediate and advanced programmers, this is a book whose explanations get straight to the point, covering C#, the CLR, and the core .NET libraries in depth without long intros or bloated samples.Get up to speed on C# from syntax and variables to advanced topics such as pointers, closures, and patternsDig deep into LINQ, with three chapters dedicated to the topicExplore concurrency and asynchrony, advanced threading, and parallel programmingWork with .NET features including regular expressions, networking, assemblies, spans, cryptography, and reflection.emitCloud Native Development with Google Cloud
Par Daniel Vaughan. 2024
Cloud native development gives you the power to rapidly build, secure, and scale software. But you still need to navigate…
many potential pitfalls along the way. Through practical examples, this book demonstrates how to use Google Cloud as a laboratory to enable rapid innovation, a factory to automate build and testing, and a citadel to operate applications at scale securely.Author Daniel Vaughan shows you how to take applications from prototype to production by combining Google Cloud services, a cloud native programming model, and best practices. By following an example project from start to finish, developers, architects, and engineering managers working with the Google Cloud Platform will learn how to build and run cloud native applications on Google Cloud with confidence.With this book, you will:Understand cloud native development concepts including microservices, containerization, and event-driven architectureLearn Google Cloud services that specifically support this development style: compute, persistence, messaging, DevOps, security and networking, and observabilityConfidently build cloud native applications on Google CloudLearn how to address nonfunctional requirements such as security, observability, and testingSuccessfully make the transition from initial proofs of concept and prototypes to production systemsKubernetes Cookbook
Par Sébastien Goasguen, Sameer Naik, Jonathan Michaux. 2024
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration and distributed applications management across a microservices framework. With this practical…
cookbook, you'll learn hands-on Kubernetes recipes for automating the deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts.In this fully updated second edition, Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, and Jonathan Michaux from TriggerMesh provide a problem-solution-discussion format with easy lookups to help you find the detailed answers you need—fast. Kubernetes lets you deploy your applications quickly and predictably, so you can efficiently respond to customer demand. This cookbook delivers the essential knowledge that developers and system administrators need to get there.Recipes in this cookbook focus on:Creating a Kubernetes clusterUsing the Kubernetes command-line interfaceManaging fundamental workload typesWorking with servicesExploring the Kubernetes APIManaging stateful and non-cloud-native appsWorking with volumes and configuration dataCluster-level and application-level scalingSecuring your applicationsMonitoring and loggingMaintenance and troubleshootingThe Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
Par Steve Hendricks. 2022
A journalist delves into the history, science, and practice of fasting, an ancient cure enjoying a dynamic resurgence. When should…
we eat, and when shouldn’t we? The answers to these simple questions are not what you might expect. As Steve Hendricks shows in The Oldest Cure in the World, stop eating long enough and you’ll set in motion cellular repairs that can slow aging and prevent and reverse diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Fasting has improved the lives of people with epilepsy, asthma, and arthritis, and has even protected patients from the worst of chemotherapy’s side effects. But for such an elegant and effective treatment, fasting has had a surprisingly long and fraught history. From the earliest days of humanity and the Greek fathers of medicine through Christianity’s “fasting saints” and a 19th-century doctor whose stupendous 40-day fast on a New York City stage inaugurated the modern era of therapeutic fasting, Hendricks takes readers on a rich and comprehensive tour. Threaded throughout are Hendricks’s own adventures in fasting, including a stay at a luxurious fasting clinic in Germany and in a more spartan one closer to home in Northern California. This is a playful, insightful, and persuasive exploration of our bodies and when we should—and should not—feed them.Mummies Exposed!: Creepy and True #1 (Creepy and True)
Par Kerrie Logan Hollihan. 2019
Discover all the mysteries, facts, and discoveries about mummies that are creepy—and true—in Kerrie Logan Hollihan’s illustrated Mummies Exposed!, first…
in the Creepy and True series. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about mummies, new facts are unearthed. Mummies Exposed! goes beyond the familiar Egyptian mummies and uncovers the secrets of mummified bodies from around the globe. New technologies have uncovered fresh facts about old favorites, such as Ötzi the Ice Man found in the Alps, and recent findings have unearthed mummies rarely discussed before, like the Orlovits family of Vác, Hungary, laid to rest in a forgotten church crypt. Among those included are the first example of a Moche warrior priestess found in Peru, bog bodies that were preserved in Irish wetlands, the body of a Buddhist monk hidden within a sculpture, and more. The Creepy and True series explores strange phenomena, fun facts, and out-of-the-ordinary discoveries. Read them all to uncover the creepy and true histories of mummies, ghosts, skeletons, and more! The Creepy and True series:Mummies Exposed! (#1)Ghosts Unveiled! (#2)Bones Unearthed! (#3)Malala Yousafzai (First Names)
Par Lisa Williamson. 2020
Meet the young activist who stood up for her rights—and changed millions of lives Before Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) became…
the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. Growing up, Malala’s father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational rights. When she did, she was shot by a member of the Taliban and the story received worldwide media coverage. Protests and petitions from around the world helped to pass an educational-rights bill in Pakistan, and Malala used this platform to continue her activism and fight for women’s rights. Inspiring and moving, Malala Yousafzai tells the story of one girl’s bravery in her fight for equal rights. It includes a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index.Beyoncé (First Names)
Par Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl. 2021
Meet the woman who changed music forever and showed that girls can run the world! Before she was an international…
superstar and feminist icon, Beyoncé was a girl from Texas who loved to sing and dance. As a member of Destiny’s Child, she climbed the charts and became a member of one of the most famous girl groups in history. This launched Beyoncé into her solo career, and since then, she’s become an unstoppable force in music and pop culture. Beyond music, she is a successful businesswoman and activist who helps bring issues of race and gender into the global conversation. Empowering and inspirational, Beyoncé tells the story of the woman who showed that girls can run the world. It includes a timeline, glossary, and index. First Names is a highly illustrated nonfiction series that puts readers on a first-name basis with some of the most incredible people in history and of today!