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David Halpern, Howard B. Wilson ... 696 pages - Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 3rd edition (September, 2002) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 158488262X - ISBN-13: 978-1584882626 ...

Since its introduction in 1984, MATLAB's ever-growing popularity and functionality have secured its position as an industry-standard software package. The user-friendly, interactive environment of MATLAB 6.x, which includes a high-level programming language, versatile graphics capabilities, and abundance of intrinsic functions, helps users focus on their applications rather than on programming errors. MATLAB has now leapt far ahead of FORTRAN as the software of choice for engineering applications.

Stefan Schäffler ... 148 pages - Publisher: Springer; (June, 2012) ... Language: English - ASIN: B00A9YGPN8 by Amazon Digital Services ...

Rao V. Dukkipati ... 680 pages - Publisher: Anshan Publishers; (October, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1904798675 - ISBN-13: 978-1848290433

This book presents an introduction to MATLAB and its applications in engineering problem solving. It is designed as an introductory course in MATLAB for engineers. The classical methods of electrical circuits,control systems, numerical methods, optimization, direct numerical integration methods, engineering mechanics and mechanical vibrations are covered using MATLAB software. The numerous worked examples and unsolved exercise problems are intended to provide the reader with an awareness of the general applicability to electrical circuits, control systems, numerical methods, optimization, direct numerical integration methods, engineering mechanics and mechanical vibrations using MATLAB. Contents: MATLAB Basics - Electrical Circuits - Control Systems - Numerical Methods - Optimization - Direct Numerical Integration Methods - Engineering Mechanics - Mechanical Vibration.

Steven Robert Farnsworth ... 384 pages - Publisher: For Dummies; 1st edition (October, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470455969 - ISBN-13: 978-0470455968 ...

Get the know-how to weld like a pro: Being a skilled welder is a hot commodity in today's job market, as well as a handy talent for industrious do-it-yourself repairpersons and hobbyists. Welding For Dummies gives you all the information you need to perform this commonly used, yet complex, task. This friendly, practical guide takes you from evaluating the material to be welded all the way through the step-by-step welding process, and everything in between. Plus, you'll get easy-to-follow guidance on how to apply finishing techniques and advice on how to adhere to safety procedures. Contains: Explains each type of welding, including stick, tig, mig, and fluxcore welding, as well as oxyfuel cutting, which receives sparse coverage in other books on welding + Tips on the best welding technique to choose for a specific project + Required training and certification information. Whether you have no prior experience in welding or are looking for a thorough reference to supplement traditional welding instruction, the easy-to-understand information in Welding For Dummies is the ultimate resource for mastering this intricate skill.

ASDIP Structural Concrete v3.3.5 [Size: 64 MB] ... ASDIP CONCRETE is structural engineering software utilized by engineers for design of structural concrete members, such as columns, continuous beams, and bearing walls. ASDIP CONCRETE substantially simplifies time-consuming calculations for structural engineering design. ASDIP CONCRETE FEATURES: Simple and efficient graphical user interface. + Complete control of every single aspect of design. + Impress clients and plan-checkers with eye-catching reports. + Design concrete members in minutes (not hours). + Confidently optimize your design and comply with design Code provisions. + Software finds controlling combination for each condition to optimize design. + Verify every step of a design quickly. Not a “black box”. + Versatility to model a full set of load combinations or just a single load. + No silly assumptions or math shortcuts. Reliable, accurate results. + Design multiple types of beams, columns, and walls fast and reliably. + Sort results per span number and load combination for granular design check. + Generate the interaction, moment, and shear diagrams by click of the mouse. + Focus on engineering and let ASDIP CONCRETE handle mathematical complexity. + Any Windows® Operating System. No additional software required. Full compliance with: IBC 12 + ACI 318-11 + Graphic display of interaction diagram in columns and walls. + Graphic display of shear and moment diagram in beams. + Customizable design criteria, options and conditions. + Multiple options to model the geometry, loads and rebars. + Combined text-with-values output update with each design change. Three different units systems available: US (in, ft, Kip, ksi) + SI (cm, m, N, MPa) + MKS (cm, m, Tn, Kg/cm2). Outstanding high-quality output with Print Preview. + Multiple calculations under a single project file. + Project Manager handles calculations and file management. + At-a-Glance, Condensed, and Detailed calculation tabs. + Step-by-step calculations with formulas exposed. + Multiple loading of dead, live, roof live, snow, wind, and seismic. + Detailed calculation of magnified moments in columns and walls. ASDIP CONCRETE contains a COLUMN DESIGN module. Now structural engineers can work cost-effectively to design circular or rectangular concrete columns based upon a combination of biaxial bending moments and axial loading. All software calculations are based upon ACI design criteria and Ultimate Strength Design Method. This structural engineering software calculates magnified moments due to slenderness and generates capacity axial-moment interaction diagram. Input: The required input data is organized on tabbed pages. The column cross-section may be rectangular or circular. The slenderness condition is considered by specifying the effective member length and if the column is sway or non-sway. This structural engineering software utilizes either the actual parabolic concrete stress-strain curve or the simplified equivalent rectangular one. The steel may consider strain hardening region. The loads may be modeled as part of the dead, live, roof live, snow, wind, and seismic load cases. If necessary, the moments are internally magnified and the program combines the loads per specified load combinations. Output: The output results are organized on tabbed pages. This structural engineering software calculates magnified moments and axial loads for all the specified load combinations. The 3D capacity interaction diagram is accurately calculated based on the geometry and reinforcement for biaxial columns. The moment magnification process is detailed and reported for a granular check of the design. The values that fail the design criteria are highlighted in red for easy to identify.

Concrete Beam Design: Beams are structural elements that support loads applied transversely, and therefore they mostly resist bending moments, as well as shear forces. Concrete beams are usually continuous, this is, they span between several supports. A common example of a T-beam occurs at the interior bay of a building floor, where a portion of the slab acts together with the projecting beam web. A beam at the border of the floor is called a spandrel beam. The program performs the design of a multi-span rectangular, T, or inverted-T concrete beam when subjected to a combination of bending and shear loading, based on the latest ACI design criteria and the Ultimate Strength Design Method. Multiple options are included to model the beam geometry and loads, as well as the reinforcing steel. Input: The required input data is organized on tabbed pages at the left half of the screen. The beam cross section may be either rectangular, T, spandrel, inverted-T, or L. A maximum of five spans may be modeled and two cantilevers. The end supports may be either pinned or fixed. This structural engineering software uses either the actual parabolic concrete stress-strain curve, or the simplified equivalent rectangular one. The steel considers the strain hardening region. Distributed and concentrated loads may be modeled as part of the dead, live, roof live, and snow load cases. The program internally combines the applied loads per the specified load combinations. Output: The output results are organized on tabbed pages. This structural engineering software calculates moments and shears along the beam for all the specified load combinations. The capacity is accurately calculated based upon geometry and reinforcement considering the moment gradient due to the development length of all the reinforcing bars. This structural engineering software allows to show the beam per span number and per load combination, for a granular check of the whole design process. The construction graph shows a scaled sketch of the beam elevation with information of the reinforcement.

Concrete Bearing Wall Design: Bearing walls are structural compression members which also may resist out-of-plane lateral loads. The resulting moments are referred to as weak-axis bending. A tilt-up wall panel exposed to wind is an example of this type of wall. Per ACI, bearing walls may be designed as compression members using the strength design provisions for flexure and axial loads, like columns. Any wall may be designed by this method and no minimum wall thicknesses are prescribed. As with columns, the design of walls is difficult without the use of design aids. Wall design is further complicated by the fact that slenderness is a consideration in practically all cases. The ACI Moment Magnification method is generally used to account for the slenderness effects. This structural engineering software performs design of concrete bearing wall when subjected to a combination of weak-axis bending moments and axial loading. All calculations are based upon the latest ACI design criteria and the Ultimate Strength Design Method. This structural engineering software calculates magnified moments due to slenderness and generates the capacity axial-moment interaction diagram. A multi-story wall may also be modeled. Input: The required input data is organized on tabbed pages. The wall section is rectangular with either one or two curtains of reinforcement. A parapet may be specified or the wall may be continuous at top. In this latter case, the load from the upper floor is accounted for by setting the uniform load eccentricity as zero. This structural engineering software uses the actual parabolic concrete stress-strain curve rather than the simplified equivalent rectangular one. The steel considers the strain hardening region. The loads may be modeled as part of the dead, live, roof live, snow, and wind load cases. The moments are internally magnified and the program combines the loads per the specified load combinations. Output: The output results are organized on tabbed pages. This structural engineering software calculates magnified moments and axial loads for all the specified load combinations. The capacity interaction diagram is accurately calculated based on the geometry and reinforcement. The moment magnification process is detailed and reported for a granular check of the design. The values that fail the design criteria are highlighted in red for easy to identify.

ASDIP Structural Steel v4.1.5 [Size: 9 MB] ... ASDIP STEEL is structural engineering software utilized by engineers for design of steel base plate, steel and composite beam, steel columns, and other structural steel members. ASDIP STEEL is based upon the latest AISC specifications (AISC 360). ASDIP STEEL substantially simplifies time-consuming calculations for structural engineering design. Now ASDIP STEEL includes the ACI and AISC seismic provisions. Load combinations per ASCE 7-05 or 10.

James E. Brumbaugh, Rex Miller ... 444 pages - Publisher: Audel; 1st edition (January, 2007) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0764588095 - ISBN-13: 978-0764588099 ...

Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job , this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more.

Michael A. Reeser ... 240 pages - Publisher: Cool Springs Press; 2nd edition (July, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 159186691X - ISBN-13: 978-1591866916.

Welding is a fun and surprisingly affordable activity, with complete welding kits available at home-improvement stores for a few hundred dollars. This book shows you everything you need to know to become a competent and safe welder of a wide variety of metal projects. Featured projects include a coffee table, magazine rack, wine rack, truck rack, firepit, and gate. The time has never been better to learn to weld. New tools and equipment are lower in price and easier to use. Growing interest in metalworking has made supplies easier to come by, with most home-improvement stores now stocking a variety of metals and fuels. As interest in welding expands, the number of great plans and designs continues to grow. For evidence you need only open this updated edition of Welding Complete. Packed with fresh designs and up-to-date information, this new book is your personal metal shop teacher.

Braja M. Das ... 400 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 3rd edition (January, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1498731171 - ISBN-13: 978-1498731171 ...

Following the popularity of the previous edition, Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement, Third Edition, covers all the latest developments and approaches to shallow foundation engineering. In response to the high demand, it provides updated data and revised theories on the ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of shallow foundations. Additionally, it features the most recent developments regarding eccentric and inclined loading, the use of stone columns, settlement computations, and more. Example cases have been provided throughout each chapter to illustrate the theories presented.

M. R. Carter, E. G. Gregorich ... 1264 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (August, 2007) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0849335868 - ISBN-13: 978-0849335860 ...

Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition of the bestselling Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis presents several new chapters in the areas of biological and physical analysis and soil sampling. Reflecting the burgeoning interest in soil ecology, new contributions describe the growing number and assortment of new microbiological techniques, describe in-depth methods, and demonstrate new tools that characterize the dynamics and chemistry of soil organic matter and soil testing for plant nutrients. A completely new section devoted to soil water reviews up-to-date field- and laboratory-based methods for saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Retaining the easy-to-follow, “cookbook” style of the original, this second edition provides a compilation of soil analytical techniques that are fast, straightforward, and relatively easy-to-use. Heavily referenced, peer-reviewed contributions from approximately 150 specialists make this a practical manual and resource handbook that describes a wide array of methods, both conventional and cutting-edge, for analyzing the chemical, biological, biochemical, and physical properties of many different soil types. Including several “primer” chapters that cover the overall principles and concepts behind the latest techniques, the book presents sufficient detail on the materials and procedures to characterize the potential and limitation of each method. It covers recent improvements in methodology, outlines current methods, and characterizes the best methods available for selecting the appropriate analysis technique. Promoting the research and practical application of findings in soil science, Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, Second Edition continues to be the most current, detailed, comprehensive tool for researchers and practitioners working with soil.

Culvert Studio 2017 v1.0.0 [Size: 2.48 MB] ... Tired of struggling with government-issued, outdated culvert design software? There’s good news. Culvert Studio was built from the ground up using the latest software technology providing you with a rich user experience and rock-solid, time-tested results. It employs industry standard FHWA HDS-5 methodology so you can design and model culverts and channel sections with confidence. Use Culvert Studio to model single-barrel crossings to multi-barrel culverts with various shapes, inlet configurations, materials, slopes, sizes and flow regimes including supercritical flow with hydraulic jumps and overtopping flow. The first thing you’ll notice is the graphical representation of your culvert analysis. Realistic water surface profiles match the exactness of the highly technical calculations taking place behind the scenes.

Peter Bartos ... 224 pages - Publisher: Whittles Publishing; (July, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1849953260 - ISBN-13: 978-1849953269 ...

Glassfibre reinforced concrete (GRC) is the most complex material widely used in current construction practice. It is an unusual composite, in which both the matrix and the reinforcement themselves are composites. This book provides guidance on the properties, its specification, testing and the latest methods for efficient production. Detailed information is presented about the unique aspects of the internal structure and fracture mechanisms of GRC and how the latest advances in nanotechnology are leading towards a fuller understanding of the rational design of GRC and the potential for further improvement of properties beyond those used in contemporary construction practice.GRC is already firmly established as the high-tech material of choice for architects and designers and recent decades have witnessed a rapid increase in production of GRC world-wide. However, to provide the full picture and encompass the most recent developments in GRC and how it can be exploited in major projects, a substantial part of the book is made up of case studies. GRC has been always a very versatile material; however, its range of practical applications has grown significantly.From small, simple items (flowerpots, drainage channels, window sills, etc. ) to large-scale, high-tech iconic projects from leading architects, where GRC has to cope with the highest demands regarding structural complexity, freedom of shape, striking appearance combined with durability and overall quality and excellent environmental performance. The composite is well used in the reconstruction of complex historic facades and GRC has moved beyond construction into the domain of art and interior decorations and furniture. The case studies show numerous examples of such designs and products, including recently developed large double-curved panels with unusual surfaces and strong colours, and self-cleaning and photocatalytic (air-cleaning) e-GRC.

Steve Brooks, Andrew Gelman ... 619 pages - Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC; (May, 2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1420079417 - ISBN-13: 978-1420079418.

Since their popularization in the 1990s, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have revolutionized statistical computing and have had an especially profound impact on the practice of Bayesian statistics. Furthermore, MCMC methods have enabled the development and use of intricate models in an astonishing array of disciplines as diverse as fisheries science and economics. The wide-ranging practical importance of MCMC has sparked an expansive and deep investigation into fundamental Markov chain theory. 

UniSoft Geotechnical Solutions: UniPile v5.0.0.56 UniSettle v4.0.0.55 [Size: 44 MB] ... UniPile 5.0:  An application for the analysis of piles and pile groups according to various design methods. UniPile considers bearing capacity, pile group settlement, negative skin friction, and drag load. Aspects of drivability and residual stress are also included. It also simulates the load-movement behaviour of the pile in a static Head-Down and Bidirectional (O-Cell) loading test. Pile ultimate resistance may be calculated using the Static (Beta or Alpha), Eslami & Fellenius (CPTu), Schmertmann & Nottingham (CPT), deRuiter & Beringen - Dutch (CPT), Bustamente - LCPC (CPT), Decourt (SPT), O'Neill-Reese (SPT), or the Meyerhof (SPT) methods. UniSettle 4.0: A software application specifically developed to assist engineers in performing stress and settlement calculations involving complex load combinations and site conditions.

Frederick Bloom, Douglas Coffin ... 800 pages - Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 1st edition (December, 2000) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1584882220 - ISBN-13: 978-1584882220 ...

Stop searching through the endless amount of literature to find the most recent information on plate buckling. The authors of Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Post Buckling have already done the work for you. Detailed and clearly written, the book contains a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the buckling and postbuckling behavior of perfect and imperfect thin plates. The authors study, in detail and with specific solved examples, the essential factors that influence critical buckling loads, initial mode shapes, and postbuckling behavior for thin plates. Through their analysis of rectangular, circular, and annular plates, they present valuable information, some of which has never before been published in book form. Such topics include hygrothermal buckling, viscoelastic and plastic buckling, and buckling of various thickness plates. With this important collection, the Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Post Buckling provides you with a one-stop source of current research findings.

Harry G. Poulos ... 560 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (July 20, 2017) - Language: English - ASIN: B0744NWPYY by Amazon Digital Services ...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of foundations for tall buildings. After a general review of the characteristics of tall buildings, various foundation options are discussed followed by the general principles of foundation design as applied to tall buildings. Considerable attention is paid to the methods of assessment of the geotechnical design parameters, as this is a critical component of the design process. A detailed treatment is then given to foundation design for various conditions, including ultimate stability, serviceability, ground movements, dynamic loadings and seismic loadings. Basement wall design is also addressed. The last part of the book deals with pile load testing and foundation performance measurement, and finally, the description of a number of case histories. A feature of the book is the emphasis it places on the various stages of foundation design: preliminary, detailed and final, and the presentation of a number of relevant methods of design associated with each stage.

Ronald Christensen, Wesley Johnson, Adam Branscum, T. E. Hanson ... 516 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (July, 2010) - Language: English - ISBN-10: 1439803544 - ISBN-13: 978-1439803547 ...

Emphasizing the use of WinBUGS and R to analyze real data, Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis: An Introduction for Scientists and Statisticians presents statistical tools to address scientific questions. It highlights foundational issues in statistics, the importance of making accurate predictions, and the need for scientists and statisticians to collaborate in analyzing data. The WinBUGS code provided offers a convenient platform to model and analyze a wide range of data. The first five chapters of the book contain core material that spans basic Bayesian ideas, calculations, and inference, including modeling one and two sample data from traditional sampling models. The text then covers Monte Carlo methods, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation. After discussing linear structures in regression, it presents binomial regression, normal regression, analysis of variance, and Poisson regression, before extending these methods to handle correlated data. The authors also examine survival analysis and binary diagnostic testing. A complementary chapter on diagnostic testing for continuous outcomes is available on the book’s website. The last chapter on nonparametric inference explores density estimation and flexible regression modeling of mean functions. The appropriate statistical analysis of data involves a collaborative effort between scientists and statisticians. Exemplifying this approach, Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis focuses on the necessary tools and concepts for modeling and analyzing scientific data.

Leonid Nadolinets, Eugene Levin, Daulet Akhmedov ... 252 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (June, 2017) - Language: English - ISBN-10: 1498762387 - ISBN-13: 978-1498762380 ...

With the advent of GPS/GNSS satellite navigation systems and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) surveying profession is nowadays facing its transformative stage. Written by a team of surveying experts, Surveyor’s Instruments and Technology gives surveying students and practitioners profound understanding of how surveying instruments are designed and operating based on surveying instrument functionality. The book includes the required basic knowledge of accurate measurements of distances and angles from theoretical principles to advanced optical, mechanical, electronic and software components for comparative analysis. Readers are presented with basic elements of UAS systems, practical interpretation techniques, sensor components, and operating platforms. Appropriate for surveying courses at all levels, this guide helps students and practitioners alike to understand what is behind the buttons of surveying instruments of all kinds when considering practical project implementations.

Ashish Gajurel ... 159 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (October 14, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 8132234855 - ISBN-13: 978-8132234852 ...

This book focuses on the aspects of contracting contracts, basically related to road construction and management contracts. The book presents an analytical study of Performance-Based Road Management and Maintenance (PMMR), Funktionsbauvertrag (FBV) (Function-Based Construction Contract) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP). A separate chapter is also included about the comparative study of these contract types. The book provides useful material for university libraries, construction companies and government departments of construction.

Isaac Elishakoff ... 400 pages - Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co.; 3rd edition (May, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 981314985X - ISBN-13: 978-9813149854 ...

The first edition of this book appeared over three decades ago (Wiley-Interscience, 1983), whereas the second one saw light on the verge of new millennium (Dover, 1999). This is third, corrected and expanded edition that appears in conjunction with its companion volume Probabilistic Methods in the Theory of Structures: Complete Worked-Through Solutions. Thus, the reader is able to both get acquainted with the theoretical material and be able to master some of the problems, following Chinese dictum: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand — Confucius. The main idea of the book lies in the fact that three topics: probabilistic strength of materials, random vibrations, and probabilistic buckling are presented in a single package allowing one to see the forest in between the trees. Indeed, these three topics usually are presented in separate manners, in different specialized books. Here, the reader gets a feeling of true unity of the subject at large in order to appreciate that in the end what one wants is reliability of the structure, in conjunction with its operating conditions. As the author describes in the Preface of the second edition, this book was not conceived ab initio, as a book that author strived to compose. Rather, it was forced, as it were, upon me due to two reasons. One was rather a surprising but understandable requirement in the venerable Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands to prepare the lecture notes for students with the view of reducing skyrocketing costs of acquisition of textbooks by the students. The other one was an unusually warm acceptance of the notes that the author prepared while at Delft University of Technology and later in Haifa, at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology by the legendary engineering scientist Warner Tjardus Koiter (1914–1997). The energy necessary to prepare the second and third editions came from enthusiastic reviews that appeared in various sources. Author embraced the simplicity of exposition as the main virtue following Isaac Newton's view that "Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." Readership: Researchers and academics interested in the theory of structures.

Anthony P. Chrest, Mary S. Smith, Sam Bhuyan, Mohammad Iqbal, Donald R. Monahan ... 856 pages - Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (November, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1461356237 - ISBN-13: 978-1461356233 ...

Parking Structures provides a single-source reference for parking structure designers, builders, and owners. This third edition is still the only such book. It addresses how to select the best functional and structural designs for a given situation, ensure long-term durability, design for easy maintenance, decide on the number and placement of entrances and exits, design an easily understood wayfinding system, design for ADA compliance, plan for internal auto and pedestrian traffic circulation, select the most effective and energy efficient lighting system, avoid the most common design and construction pitfalls, provide for adequate patron safety and security, carry out needed repairs, and extend the parking structure life. Parking Structures addresses all the major issues related to parking garages. It is an essential reference for parking structure owners, structural engineers, architects, contractors, and other professionals.  New in the third edition: This third edition of Parking Structures includes new material on metric dimensions and recommendations for functional design globally, new research on flow capacity and queuing at parking entry/exits, an entirely new chapter on planning for a new parking structure, including cost issues and alternatives to structure construction, pedestrian considerations, safety in parking facilities, plazas above parking structures, an expanded chapter on seismic design, seismic retrofit, life cycle cost analysis, and upgrades to existing structures.

Tariq Rashid ... 222 pages - Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (March, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1530826608 - ISBN-13: 978-1530826605 ...

A step-by-step gentle journey through the mathematics of neural networks, and making your own using the Python computer language. Neural networks are a key element of deep learning and artificial intelligence, which today is capable of some truly impressive feats. Yet too few really understand how neural networks actually work. This guide will take you on a fun and unhurried journey, starting from very simple ideas, and gradually building up an understanding of how neural networks work. You won't need any mathematics beyond secondary school, and an accessible introduction to calculus is also included. The ambition of this guide is to make neural networks as accessible as possible to as many readers as possible - there are enough texts for advanced readers already! You'll learn to code in Python and make your own neural network, teaching it to recognise human handwritten numbers, and performing as well as professionally developed networks. Part 1 is about ideas. We introduce the mathematical ideas underlying the neural networks, gently with lots of illustrations and examples. Part 2 is practical. We introduce the popular and easy to learn Python programming language, and gradually builds up a neural network which can learn to recognise human handwritten numbers, easily getting it to perform as well as networks made by professionals. Part 3 extends these ideas further. We push the performance of our neural network to an industry leading 98% using only simple ideas and code, test the network on your own handwriting, take a privileged peek inside the mysterious mind of a neural network, and even get it all working on a Raspberry Pi. All the code in this has been tested to work on a Raspberry Pi Zero.

Daniel Graupe ... 500 pages - Publisher: World Scientific Publishing; 3rd edition (November 19, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 9814522732 - ISBN-13: 978-9814522731 ...

Artificial neural networks are most suitable for solving problems that are complex, ill-defined, highly nonlinear, of many and different variables, and/or stochastic. Such problems are abundant in medicine, in finance, in security and beyond. This volume covers the basic theory and architecture of the major artificial neural networks. Uniquely, it presents 18 complete case studies of applications of neural networks in various fields, ranging from cell-shape classification to micro-trading in finance and to constellation recognition all with their respective source codes. These case studies demonstrate to the readers in detail how such case studies are designed and executed and how their specific results are obtained. The book is written for a one-semester graduate or senior-level undergraduate course on artificial neural networks.

Karl Hinderer, Ulrich Rieder, Michael Stieglitz ... 530 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (January, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3319488139 - ISBN-13: 978-3319488134 ...

Jacek M. Zurada ... 758 pages - Publisher: West Group; 1st Edition (October, 1992) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0314933913 - ISBN-13: 978-031493391 ...

Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems by Jacek M. Zurada. Covering algorithms with their advantages, disadvantages and most of all their stability and why they work!

Joseph P. Bigus ... 220 pages - Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; (May, 1996) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0070057796 - ISBN-13: 978-0070057791 ...

Readers will find concrete implementation strategies, reinforced with real-world business examples and a minimum of formulas, and case studies drawn from a broad range of industries. The book illustrates the popular data mining functions of classification, clustering, modeling, and time-series forecasting--through examples developed using the IBM Neural Network Utility.

Simon Haykin ... 842 pages - Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (July, 1998) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0132733501 - ISBN-13: 978-0132733502 ...