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Using the R Commander A Point-and-Click Interface for R

Using the R Commander A Point-and-Click Interface for R

This book provides a general introduction to the R Commander graphical user interface (GUI) to R for readers who are unfamiliar with R. It is suitable for use as a supplementary text in a basic or intermediate-level statistics course. It is not intended to replace a basic or other statistics text but rather to complement it although it does promote sound statistical practice in the examples. The book should also be useful to individual casual or occasional users of R for whom the standard command-line interface is an obstacle. tinyurl. com/RcmdrBookThe site includes data files used in the book and an errata list. http://socserv. mcmaster. ca/jfox/Books/RCommander/Writing-Rcmdr-Plugins. pdf Writing R Commander Plug-in Packages | Using the R Commander A Point-and-Click Interface for R

GBP 175.00
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The History of the International Biometric Society

The History of the International Biometric Society

The International Biometric Society (IBS) was formed at the First International Biometric Conference at Woods Hole on September 6 1947. The History of the International Biometric Society presents a deep dive into the voluminous archival records with primary focus on IBS’s first fifty years. It contains numerous photos and extracts from the archival materials and features many photos of important leaders who served IBS across the decades. Features: Describes events leading up to and at Woods Hole on September 6 1947 that led to the formation of IBS Outlines key markers that shaped IBS after the 1947 formation through to the modern day Describes the regional and national group structure and the formation of regions and national groups Describes events surrounding the key scientific journal of IBS Biometrics including the transfer of ownership to IBS content editors policies management and importance Describes the other key IBS publications – Biometric Bulletin Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics and regional publications Provides details of International Biometric Conferences and key early symposia Describes IBS constitution and by-laws processes and the evolution of business arrangements Provides a record of international officers including regional presidents national group secretaries journal editors and the locations of meetings Includes a gallery of international Presidents and a gallery of Secretaries and Treasurers The History of the International Biometric Society will appeal to anyone interested in the activities of our statistical and biometrical forebearers. The focus is on issues and events that engaged the attention of the officers of IBS. Some of these records are riveting some entertaining some intriguing and some colorful. Some of the issues covered were difficult to handle but even these often resulted in changes that benefited IBS.

GBP 44.99
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The Theory of Statistical Implicative Analysis Or the Implausibility of Falsehood ... When the Exception Confirms the Rule

The Theory of Statistical Implicative Analysis Or the Implausibility of Falsehood ... When the Exception Confirms the Rule

This book summarizes the methods and concepts of Statistical Implicative Analysis (SIA) created by Régis Gras in the 1980s to study in a new way the behavioural responses of French pupils to mathematics tests. Using a multidimensional non-symmetrical data analysis method SIA crosses a set of subjects or objects with a set of variables. It effectively complements traditional correlational and psychometric methods. SIA through its various extensions is today presented as a broad Artificial Intelligence method aimed at extracting trends and possible causalities in the form of rules from a set of variables. It is based on the unlikeliness of the existence of these relationships i. e. on the relative weakness of their counter-examples compared to what chance alone would produce. It establishes a dual topological relationship between the set of subjects and the set of variables. Many applications of this approach driving forces or crucibles for the development of SIA have concerned and still concern various fields such as didactics evaluation and assessment psychology sociology medicine biology economics art history and others. Key Features: Presents the foundations and representations of SIA Provides extensions of variable sets and subjects Includes a bonus exercise | The Theory of Statistical Implicative Analysis Or the Implausibility of Falsehood . When the Exception Confirms the Rule

GBP 120.00
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The Navier-Stokes Problem in the 21st Century

The Navier-Stokes Problem in the 21st Century

Praise for the first edition “The author is an outstanding expert in harmonic analysis who has made important contributions. The book contains rigorous proofs of a number of the latest results in the field. I strongly recommend the book to postgraduate students and researchers working on challenging problems of harmonic analysis and mathematical theory of Navier-Stokes equations. —Gregory Seregin St Hildas College Oxford University “This is a great book on the mathematical aspects of the fundamental equations of hydrodynamics the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. It covers many important topics and recent results and gives the reader a very good idea about where the theory stands at present. ”—Vladimir Sverak University of Minnesota The complete resolution of the Navier–Stokes equation—one of the Clay Millennium Prize Problems—remains an important open challenge in partial differential equations (PDEs) research despite substantial studies on turbulence and three-dimensional fluids. The Navier–Stokes Problem in the 21st Century Second Edition continues to provide a self-contained guide to the role of harmonic analysis in the PDEs of fluid mechanics now revised to include fresh examples theorems results and references that have become relevant since the first edition published in 2016. | The Navier-Stokes Problem in the 21st Century

GBP 99.99
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The Cloud Computing Book The Future of Computing Explained

The Cloud Computing Book The Future of Computing Explained

This latest textbook from bestselling author Douglas E. Comer is a class-tested book providing a comprehensive introduction to cloud computing. Focusing on concepts and principles rather than commercial offerings by cloud providers and vendors The Cloud Computing Book: The Future of Computing Explained gives readers a complete picture of the advantages and growth of cloud computing cloud infrastructure virtualization automation and orchestration and cloud-native software design. The book explains real and virtual data center facilities including computation (e. g. servers hypervisors Virtual Machines and containers) networks (e. g. leaf-spine architecture VLANs and VxLAN) and storage mechanisms (e. g. SAN NAS and object storage). Chapters on automation and orchestration cover the conceptual organization of systems that automate software deployment and scaling. Chapters on cloud-native software cover parallelism microservices MapReduce controller-based designs and serverless computing. Although it focuses on concepts and principles the book uses popular technologies in examples including Docker containers and Kubernetes. Final chapters explain security in a cloud environment and the use of models to help control the complexity involved in designing software for the cloud. The text is suitable for a one-semester course for software engineers who want to understand cloud and for IT managers moving an organization’s computing to the cloud. | The Cloud Computing Book The Future of Computing Explained

GBP 44.99
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The Garbage Collection Handbook The Art of Automatic Memory Management

The Garbage Collection Handbook The Art of Automatic Memory Management

Published in 1996 Richard Jones's Garbage Collection was a milestone in the area of automatic memory management. Its widely acclaimed successor The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management captured the state of the field in 2012. Modern technology developments have made memory management more challenging interesting and important than ever. This second edition updates the handbook bringing together a wealth of knowledge gathered by automatic memory management researchers and developers over the past sixty years. The authors compare the most important approaches and state-of-the-art techniques in a single accessible framework. The book addresses new challenges to garbage collection made by recent advances in hardware and software. It explores the consequences of these changes for designers and implementers of high performance garbage collectors. Along with simple and traditional algorithms the book covers state-of-the-art parallel incremental concurrent and real-time garbage collection. Algorithms and concepts are often described with pseudocode and illustrations. Features of this edition Provides a complete up-to-date and authoritative sequel to the 1996 and 2012 books Offers thorough coverage of parallel concurrent and real-time garbage collection algorithms Discusses in detail modern high-performance commercial collectors Explains some of the trickier aspects of garbage collection including the interface to the run-time system Over 90 more pages including new chapters on persistence and energy-aware garbage collection Backed by a comprehensive online database of over 3 400 garbage collection-related publications The adoption of garbage collection by almost all modern programming languages makes a thorough understanding of this topic essential for any programmer. This authoritative handbook gives expert insight on how different collectors work as well as the various issues currently facing garbage collectors. Armed with this knowledge programmers can confidently select and configure the many choices of garbage collectors. http://gchandbook. org | The Garbage Collection Handbook The Art of Automatic Memory Management

GBP 59.99
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The Art of Coding The Language of Drawing Graphics and Animation

The Art of Coding The Language of Drawing Graphics and Animation

As the title suggests this book explores the concepts of drawing graphics and animation in the context of coding. In this endeavour in addition to initiating the process with some historical perspectives on programming languages it prides itself by presenting complex concepts in an easy-to-understand fashion for students artists hobbyists as well as those interested in computer science computer graphics digital media or interdisciplinary studies. Being able to code requires abstract thinking mathematics skills spatial ability logical thinking imagination and creativity. All these abilities can be acquired with practice and can be mastered by practical exposure to art music and literature. This book discusses art poetry and other forms of writing while pondering difficult concepts in programming; it looks at how we use our senses in the process of learning computing and programming. Features: Introduces coding in a visual way Explores the elegance behind coding and the outcome Includes types of outcomes and options for coding Covers the transition from front-of-classroom instruction to the use of online-streamed video tutorials Encourages abstract and cognitive thinking as well as creativity The Art of Coding contains a collection of learning projects for students instructors and teachers to select specific themes from. Problems and projects are aimed at making the learning process entertaining while also involving social exchange and sharing. This process allows for programming to become interdisciplinary enabling projects to be co-developed by specialists from different backgrounds enriching the value of coding and what it can achieve. The authors of this book hail from three different continents and have several decades of combined experience in academia education science and visual arts. Source Code: The source code for the book can be accessed here. | The Art of Coding The Language of Drawing Graphics and Animation

GBP 48.99
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The New S Language

The New S Language

This book provides documentation for a new version of the S system released in 1988. The new S enhances the features that have made S popular: interactive computing flexible graphics data management and a large collection of functions. The new S features make possible new applications and higher-level programming including a single unified language user defined functions as first-class objects symbolic computations more accurate numerical calculations and a new approach to graphics. S now provides direct interfaces to the poowerful tool of the UNIX operating system and to algorithms implemented in Fortran and C. | The New S Language

GBP 325.00
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The Shape of Space

The Shape of Space

The Shape of Space Third Edition maintains the standard of excellence set by the previous editions. This lighthearted textbook covers the basic geometry and topology of two- and three-dimensional spaces—stretching students’ minds as they learn to visualize new possibilities for the shape of our universe. Written by a master expositor leading researcher in the field and MacArthur Fellow its informal exposition and engaging exercises appeal to an exceptionally broad audience from liberal arts students to math undergraduate and graduate students looking for a clear intuitive understanding to supplement more formal texts and even to laypeople seeking an entertaining self-study book to expand their understanding of space. Features of the Third Edition: Full-color figures throughout Picture proofs have replaced algebraic proofs Simpler handles-and-crosscaps approach to surfaces Updated discussion of cosmological applications Intuitive examples missing from many college and graduate school curricula About the Author: Jeffrey R. Weeks is a freelance geometer living in Canton New York. With support from the U. S. National Science Foundation the MacArthur Foundation and several science museums his work spans pure mathematics applications in cosmology and—closest to his heart—exposition for the general public.

GBP 44.99
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The Language of Symmetry

The Language of Symmetry

The Language of Symmetry is a re-assessment of the structure and reach of symmetry by an interdisciplinary group of specialists from the arts humanities and sciences at Oxford University. It explores amongst other topics: order and chaos in the formation of planetary systems entropy and symmetry in physics group theory fractals and self-similarity symmetrical structures in western classical music how biological systems harness disorder to create order This book aims to open up the scope of interdisciplinary work in the study of symmetry and is intended for scholars of any background - whether it be science arts or philosophy.

GBP 22.99
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The R Student Companion

The R Student Companion

R is the amazing free open-access software package for scientific graphs and calculations used by scientists worldwide. The R Student Companion is a student-oriented manual describing how to use R in high school and college science and mathematics courses. Written for beginners in scientific computation the book assumes the reader has just some high school algebra and has no computer programming background. The author presents applications drawn from all sciences and social sciences and includes the most often used features of R in an appendix. In addition each chapter provides a set of computational challenges: exercises in R calculations that are designed to be performed alone or in groups. Several of the chapters explore algebra concepts that are highly useful in scientific applications such as quadratic equations systems of linear equations trigonometric functions and exponential functions. Each chapter provides an instructional review of the algebra concept followed by a hands-on guide to performing calculations and graphing in R. R is intuitive even fun. Fantastic publication-quality graphs of data equations or both can be produced with little effort. By integrating mathematical computation and scientific illustration early in a student‘s development R use can enhance one's understanding of even the most difficult scientific concepts. While R has gained a strong reputation as a package for statistical analysis The R Student Companion approaches R more completely as a comprehensive tool for scientific computing and graphing.

GBP 175.00
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The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

The Most Comprehensive Book on the SubjectChronicles the Development of the Weibull Distribution in Statistical Theory and Applied StatisticsExploring one of the most important distributions in statistics The Weibull Distribution: A Handbook focuses on its origin statistical properties and related distributions. The book also presents various approaches to estimate the parameters of the Weibull distribution under all possible situations of sampling data as well as approaches to parameter and goodness-of-fit testing. Describes the Statistical Methods Concepts Theories and Applications of This DistributionCompiling findings from dozens of scientific journals and hundreds of research papers the author first gives a careful and thorough mathematical description of the Weibull distribution and all of its features. He then deals with Weibull analysis using classical and Bayesian approaches along with graphical and linear maximum likelihood techniques to estimate the three Weibull parameters. The author also explores the inference of Weibull processes Weibull parameter testing and different types of goodness-of-fit tests and methods. Successfully Apply the Weibull ModelBy using inferential procedures for estimating testing forecasting and simulating data this self-contained detailed handbook shows how to solve statistical life science and engineering problems. | The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

GBP 44.99
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The Elements of Advanced Mathematics

The Elements of Advanced Mathematics

This book has enjoyed considerable use and appreciation during its first four editions. With hundreds of students having learned out of early editions the author continues to find ways to modernize and maintain a unique presentation. What sets the book apart is the excellent writing style exposition and unique and thorough sets of exercises. This edition offers a more instructive preface to assist instructors on developing the course they prefer. The prerequisites are more explicit and provide a roadmap for the course. Sample syllabi are included. As would be expected in a fifth edition the overall content and structure of the book are sound. This new edition offers a more organized treatment of axiomatics. Throughout the book there is a more careful and detailed treatment of the axioms of set theory. The rules of inference are more carefully elucidated. Additional new features include: An emphasis on the art of proof. Enhanced number theory chapter presents some easily accessible but still-unsolved problems. These include the Goldbach conjecture the twin prime conjecture and so forth. The discussion of equivalence relations is revised to present reflexivity symmetry and transitivity before we define equivalence relations. The discussion of the RSA cryptosystem in Chapter 8 is expanded. The author introduces groups much earlier. Coverage of group theory formerly in Chapter 11 has been moved up; this is an incisive example of an axiomatic theory. Recognizing new ideas the author has enhanced the overall presentation to create a fifth edition of this classic and widely-used textbook. | The Elements of Advanced Mathematics

GBP 82.99
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Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

Ramsey theory is a fascinating topic. The author shares his view of the topic in this contemporary overview of Ramsey theory. He presents from several points of view adding intuition and detailed proofs in an accessible manner unique among most books on the topic. This book covers all of the main results in Ramsey theory along with results that have not appeared in a book before. The presentation is comprehensive and reader friendly. The book covers integer graph and Euclidean Ramsey theory with many proofs being combinatorial in nature. The author motivates topics and discussion rather than just a list of theorems and proofs. In order to engage the reader each chapter has a section of exercises. This up-to-date book introduces the field of Ramsey theory from several different viewpoints so that the reader can decide which flavor of Ramsey theory best suits them. Additionally the book offers: A chapter providing different approaches to Ramsey theory e. g. using topological dynamics ergodic systems and algebra in the Stone-Čech compactification of the integers. A chapter on the probabilistic method since it is quite central to Ramsey-type numbers. A unique chapter presenting some applications of Ramsey theory. Exercises in every chapter The intended audience consists of students and mathematicians desiring to learn about Ramsey theory. An undergraduate degree in mathematics (or its equivalent for advanced undergraduates) and a combinatorics course is assumed. TABLE OF CONENTS Preface List of Figures List of Tables Symbols 1. Introduction 2. Integer Ramsey Theory 3. Graph Ramsey Theory 4. Euclidean Ramsey Theory 5. Other Approaches to Ramsey Theory 6. The Probabilistic Method 7. Applications Bibliography Index Biography Aaron Robertson received his Ph. D. in mathematics from Temple University under the guidance of his advisor Doron Zeilberger. Upon finishing his Ph. D. he started at Colgate University in upstate New York where he is currently Professor of Mathematics. He also serves as Associate Managing editor of the journal Integers. After a brief detour into the world of permutation patterns he has focused most of his research on Ramsey theory. | Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

GBP 82.99
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Geometry for the Artist

Geometry for the Artist

Geometry for the Artist is based on a course of the same name which started in the 1980s at Maharishi International University. It is aimed both at artists willing to dive deeper into geometry and at mathematicians open to learning about applications of mathematics in art. The book includes topics such as perspective symmetry topology fractals curves surfaces and more. A key part of the book’s approach is the analysis of art from a geometric point of view—looking at examples of how artists use each new topic. In addition exercises encourage students to experiment in their own work with the new ideas presented in each chapter. This book is an exceptional resource for students in a general-education mathematics course or teacher-education geometry course and since many assignments involve writing about art this text is ideal for a writing-intensive course. Moreover this book will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in connections between mathematics and art. Features Abundant examples of artwork displayed in full color Suitable as a textbook for a general-education mathematics course or teacher-education geometry course Designed to be enjoyed by both artists and mathematicians

GBP 44.99
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R Markdown The Definitive Guide

R Markdown The Definitive Guide

R Markdown: The Definitive Guide is the first official book authored by the core R Markdown developers that provides a comprehensive and accurate reference to the R Markdown ecosystem. With R Markdown you can easily create reproducible data analysis reports presentations dashboards interactive applications books dissertations websites and journal articles while enjoying the simplicity of Markdown and the great power of R and other languages. In this book you will learn Basics: Syntax of Markdown and R code chunks how to generate figures and tables and how to use other computing languages Built-in output formats of R Markdown: PDF/HTML/Word/RTF/Markdown documents and ioslides/Slidy/Beamer/PowerPoint presentations Extensions and applications: Dashboards Tufte handouts xaringan/reveal. js presentations websites books journal articles and interactive tutorials Advanced topics: Parameterized reports HTML widgets document templates custom output formats and Shiny documents. Yihui Xie is a software engineer at RStudio. He has authored and co-authored several R packages including knitr rmarkdown bookdown blogdown shiny xaringan and animation. He has published three other books Dynamic Documents with R and knitr bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown and blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown. J. J. Allaire is the founder of RStudio and the creator of the RStudio IDE. He is an author of several packages in the R Markdown ecosystem including rmarkdown flexdashboard learnr and radix. Garrett Grolemund is the co-author of R for Data Science and author of Hands-On Programming with R. He wrote the lubridate R package and works for RStudio as an advocate who trains engineers to do data science with R and the Tidyverse. | R Markdown The Definitive Guide

GBP 31.99
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SAS Programming The One-Day Course

SAS Programming The One-Day Course

Aimed at researchers and students SAS Programming: The One-Day Course provides an introduction to the SAS programming language. It gives the reader a start in SAS programming and the basic data manipulations and statistical summaries that are available through SAS. The book has its origins in material prepared by the author for a one-day course in SAS programming and the fact that it has been developed from a training course is reflected in the concise nature of the presentation. Unlike other introductory competitors on the market this is a pocket-sized reference that does not clutter the programming techniques presented by trying to teach statistical techniques at the same time. Strong on explanations of how to carry out data manipulations that real-life data often call for each programming technique is supported by tasks to develop skills and confidence. It also contains tasks for the reader complete with solutions. Datasets and the programming code are available to download from www. crcpress. com/e_products/downloads. Once readers have mastered the topics covered in the book they will be well placed to learn further aspects of SAS programming. | SAS Programming The One-Day Course

GBP 175.00
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The Sharpe Ratio Statistics and Applications

The Sharpe Ratio Statistics and Applications

The Sharpe ratio is the most widely used metric for comparing theperformance of financial assets. The Markowitz portfolio is the portfolio withthe highest Sharpe ratio. The Sharpe Ratio: Statistics and Applications examines the statistical propertiesof the Sharpe ratio and Markowitz portfolio both under the simplifying assumption of Gaussian returns and asymptotically. Connections are drawn between the financial measures and classical statistics includingStudent's t Hotelling's T^2 and the Hotelling-Lawley trace. The robustness of these statistics to heteroskedasticity autocorrelation fat tails and skew of returns are considered. The construction of portfolios to maximizethe Sharpe is expanded from the usual static unconditional model to include subspace constraints heding out assets and the use of conditioning information on both expected returns and risk. {book title} is the most comprehensivetreatment of the statistical properties of the Sharpe ratio and Markowitzportfolio ever published. Features: * Material on single asset problems market timing unconditional and conditional portfolio problems hedged portfolios. * Inference via both Frequentist and Bayesian paradigms. *A comprehensive treatment of overoptimism and overfitting of trading strategies. *Advice on backtesting strategies. *Dozens of examples and hundreds of exercises for self study. This book is an essential reference for the practicing quant strategist and the researcher alike and an invaluable textbook for the student. Steven E. Pav holds a PhD in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and degrees in mathematics and ceramic engineering sciencefrom Indiana University Bloomington and Alfred University. He was formerly a quantitative strategist at Convexus Advisors and CerebellumCapital and a quantitative analyst at Bank of America. He is the author of a dozen R packages including those for analyzing the significance of the Sharpe ratio and Markowitz portfolio. He writes about the Sharpe ratio at https://protect-us. mimecast. com/s/BUveCPNMYvt0vnwX8Cj689u?domain=sharperat. io . | The Sharpe Ratio Statistics and Applications

GBP 44.99
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Secret History The Story of Cryptology

Secret History The Story of Cryptology

The first edition of this award-winning book attracted a wide audience. This second edition is both a joy to read and a useful classroom tool. Unlike traditional textbooks it requires no mathematical prerequisites and can be read around the mathematics presented. If used as a textbook the mathematics can be prioritized with a book both students and instructors will enjoy reading. Secret History: The Story of Cryptology Second Edition incorporates new material concerning various eras in the long history of cryptology. Much has happened concerning the political aspects of cryptology since the first edition appeared. The still unfolding story is updated here. The first edition of this book contained chapters devoted to the cracking of German and Japanese systems during World War II. Now the other side of this cipher war is also told that is how the United States was able to come up with systems that were never broken. The text is in two parts. Part I presents classic cryptology from ancient times through World War II. Part II examines modern computer cryptology. With numerous real-world examples and extensive references the author skillfully balances the history with mathematical details providing readers with a sound foundation in this dynamic field. FEATURES Presents a chronological development of key concepts Includes the Vigenère cipher the one-time pad transposition ciphers Jefferson’s wheel cipher Playfair cipher ADFGX matrix encryption Enigma Purple and other classic methods Looks at the work of Claude Shannon the origin of the National Security Agency elliptic curve cryptography the Data Encryption Standard the Advanced Encryption Standard public-key cryptography and many other topics New chapters detail SIGABA and SIGSALY successful systems used during World War II for text and speech respectively Includes quantum cryptography and the impact of quantum computers | Secret History The Story of Cryptology

GBP 74.99
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Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

With COVID-19 sweeping across the globe with near impunity it is thwarting governments and health organizations efforts to contain it. Not since the 1918 Spanish Flu have citizens of developed countries experienced such a large-scale disease outbreak that is having devastating health and economic impacts. One reason such outbreaks are not more common has been the success of the public health community including epidemiologists and biostatisticians in identifying and then mitigating or eliminating the outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking. The work of public health officials often crucially depends on statistical methods to help discern whether an outbreak may be occurring and if there is sufficient evidence of an outbreak then to locate and track it. Statisticians also help collect critical information and they analyze the resulting data to help investigators zero in on a cause for a disease. With the recent outbreaks of diseases such as swine and bird flu Ebola and now COVID-19 the role that epidemiologists and biostatisticians play is more important than ever. Features: · Discusses the crucial roles of statistics in early disease detection. · Outlines the concepts and methods of disease surveillance. · Covers surveillance techniques for communicable diseases like Zika and chronic diseases such as cancer. · Gives real world examples of disease investigations including smallpox syphilis anthrax yellow fever and microcephaly (and its relationship to the Zika virus). Via the process of identifying an outbreak finding its cause and developing a plan to prevent its reoccurrence this book tells the story of how medical and public health professionals use statistics to help mitigate the effects of disease. This book will help readers understand how statisticians and epidemiologists help combat the spread of such diseases in order to improve public health across the world. | Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

GBP 31.99
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The Internet Book Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and How the Internet Works

The Internet Book Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and How the Internet Works

The Internet Book Fifth Edition explains how computers communicate what the Internet is how the Internet works and what services the Internet offers. It is designed for readers who do not have a strong technical background — early chapters clearly explain the terminology and concepts needed to understand all the services. It helps the reader to understand the technology behind the Internet appreciate how the Internet can be used and discover why people find it so exciting. In addition it explains the origins of the Internet and shows the reader how rapidly it has grown. It also provides information on how to avoid scams and exaggerated marketing claims. The first section of the book introduces communication system concepts and terminology. The second section reviews the history of the Internet and its incredible growth. It documents the rate at which the digital revolution occurred and provides background that will help readers appreciate the significance of the underlying design. The third section describes basic Internet technology and capabilities. It examines how Internet hardware is organized and how software provides communication. This section provides the foundation for later chapters and will help readers ask good questions and make better decisions when salespeople offer Internet products and services. The final section describes application services currently available on the Internet. For each service the book explains both what the service offers and how the service works. About the Author Dr. Douglas Comer is a Distinguished Professor at Purdue University in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has created and enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on computer networks and Internets operating systems computer architecture and computer software. One of the researchers who contributed to the Internet as it was being formed in the late 1970s and 1980s he has served as a member of the Internet Architecture Board the group responsible for guiding the Internet’s development. Prof. Comer is an internationally recognized expert on computer networking the TCP/IP protocols and the Internet who presents lectures to a wide range of audiences. In addition to research articles he has written a series of textbooks that describe the technical details of the Internet. Prof. Comer’s books have been translated into many languages and are used in industry as well as computer science engineering and business departments around the world. Prof. Comer joined the Internet project in the late 1970s and has had a high-speed Internet connection to his home since 1981. He wrote this book as a response to everyone who has asked him for an explanation of the Internet that is both technically correct and easily understood by anyone. An Internet enthusiast Comer displays INTRNET on the license plate of his car. | The Internet Book Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and How the Internet Works

GBP 84.99
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The Art of Algorithm Design

The Art of Algorithm Design

The Art of Algorithm Design is a complementary perception of all books on algorithm design and is a roadmap for all levels of learners as well as professionals dealing with algorithmic problems. Further the book provides a comprehensive introduction to algorithms and covers them in considerable depth yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers. All algorithms are described and designed with a pseudo-code to be readable by anyone with little knowledge of programming. This book comprises of a comprehensive set of problems and their solutions against each algorithm to demonstrate its executional assessment and complexity with an objective to: Understand the introductory concepts and design principles of algorithms and their complexities Demonstrate the programming implementations of all the algorithms using C-Language Be an excellent handbook on algorithms with self-explanatory chapters enriched with problems and solutions While other books may also cover some of the same topics this book is designed to be both versatile and complete as it traverses through step-by-step concepts and methods for analyzing each algorithmic complexity with pseudo-code examples. Moreover the book provides an enjoyable primer to the field of algorithms. This book is designed for undergraduates and postgraduates studying algorithm design.

GBP 150.00
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Introductory Statistics for the Health Sciences

Introductory Statistics for the Health Sciences

Introductory Statistics for the Health Sciences takes students on a journey to a wilderness where science explores the unknown providing students with a strong practical foundation in statistics. Using a color format throughout the book contains engaging figures that illustrate real data sets from published research. Examples come from many areas of the health sciences including medicine nursing pharmacy dentistry and physical therapy but are understandable to students in any field. The book can be used in a first-semester course in a health sciences program or in a service course for undergraduate students who plan to enter a health sciences program. The book begins by explaining the research context for statistics in the health sciences which provides students with a framework for understanding why they need statistics as well as a foundation for the remainder of the text. It emphasizes kinds of variables and their relationships throughout giving a substantive context for descriptive statistics graphs probability inferential statistics and interval estimation. The final chapter organizes the statistical procedures in a decision tree and leads students through a process of assessing research scenarios. Web ResourceThe authors have partnered with William Howard Beasley who created the illustrations in the book to offer all of the data sets graphs and graphing code in an online data repository via GitHub. A dedicated website gives information about the data sets and the authors’ electronic flashcards for iOS and Android devices. These flashcards help students learn new terms and concepts.

GBP 44.99
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Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities

Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities

The science of AI was born a little over 60 years ago but for most of that time its achievements were modest. In 2012 it experienced a big bang when a branch of statistics called Machine Learning (and a sub-branch called Deep Learning) was applied to it. Now machines have surpassed humans in image recognition and they are catching up with us at speech recognition and natural language processing. Every day the media reports the launch of a new service a new product and a new demonstration powered by AI. When will it end? The surprising truth is the AI revolution has only just begun. Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities argues that in the course of this century the exponential growth in the capability of AI is likely to bring about two singularities - points at which conditions are so extreme that the normal rules break down. The first is the economic singularity when machine skill reaches a level that renders many of us unemployable and requires an overhaul of our current economic and social systems. The second is the technological singularity when machine intelligence reaches and then surpasses the cognitive abilities of an adult human relegating us to the second smartest species on the planet. These singularities will present huge challenges but this book argues that we can meet these challenges and overcome them. If we do the rewards could be almost unimaginable. This book covers: • Recent developments in AI and its future potential • The economic singularity and the technological singularity in depth • The risks and opportunities presented by AI • What actions we should take Artificial intelligence can turn out to be the best thing ever to happen to humanity making our future wonderful almost beyond imagination. But only if we address head-on the challenges that it will raise. Calum Chace is a best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction books and articles focusing on the subject of artificial intelligence. He is a regular speaker on artificial intelligence and related technologies and runs a blog on the subject at www. pandoras-brain. com. Prior to becoming a full-time writer and speaker he spent 30 years in business as a marketer a strategy consultant and a CEO. He studied philosophy at Oxford University where he discovered that the science fiction he had been reading since boyhood was simply philosophy in fancy dress.

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