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Giuseppe C. Calafiore,‎ Laurent El Ghaoui ... 650 pages - Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press; 1st edition (October, 2014) ... Language: English ... ISBN-10: 1107050871 - ISBN-13: 978-1107050877 ...

Emphasizing practical understanding over the technicalities of specific algorithms, this elegant textbook is an accessible introduction to the field of optimization, focusing on powerful and reliable convex optimization techniques. Students and practitioners will learn how to recognize, simplify, model and solve optimization problems - and apply these principles to their own projects. A clear and self-contained introduction to linear algebra demonstrates core mathematical concepts in a way that is easy to follow, and helps students to understand their practical relevance. Requiring only a basic understanding of geometry, calculus, probability and statistics, and striking a careful balance between accessibility and rigor, it enables students to quickly understand the material, without being overwhelmed by complex mathematics. Accompanied by numerous end-of-chapter problems, an online solutions manual for instructors, and relevant examples from diverse fields including engineering, data science, economics, finance, and management, this is the perfect introduction to optimization for undergraduate and graduate students.

Luis Rabelo,‎ Sayli Bhide,‎ Edgar Gutierrez ... 350 pages - Publisher: Nova Science; (February, 2018) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1536126772 - ISBN-13: 978-1536126778.

After decades of basic research and more promises than impressive applications, artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to deliver benefits. Organizations around the world have been realizing that there are substantial performance gains and increases in productivity for the use of AI and predictive analytics techniques. Their use is bringing a new era of breakthrough innovation and opportunities. This book, compiles research insights and applications in diverse areas such as manufacturing, supply chain management, pricing, autonomous vehicles, healthcare, ecommerce, and aeronautics. Using classical and advanced tools in AI such as deep learning, particle swarm optimization, support vector machines and genetic programming among others. This is a very distinctive book which discusses important applications using a variety of paradigms from AI and outlines some of the research to be performed. The work supersedes similar books that do not cover as diversified a set of sophisticated applications. The authors present a comprehensive and articulated view of recent developments, identifies the applications gap by quoting from the experience of experts, and details suggested research areas. Artificial Intelligence: Advances in Research and Applications guides the reader through an intuitive understanding of the methodologies and tools for building and modeling intelligent systems. The book's coverage is broad, starting with clustering techniques with unsupervised ensemble learning, where the optimal combination strategy of individual partitions is robust in comparison to the selection of an algorithmic clustering pool. The book discusses how the use of AI can allow for productivity development and other benefits not just for businesses, but also for economies. Finally, you can find an interesting investigation of the "transhuman" dimension of AI. (Nova)

Josh Patterson, Adam Gibson ... 532 pages - Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (August, 2017) - Language: English - ISBN-10: 1491914254 - ISBN-13: 978-1491914250 ...

Slava Gomzin .. 138 pages - Publisher: Universal Publishers; (March, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1627340718 - ISBN-13: 978-1627340717 ...

It's thoughtless to start using something you don't trust. It's difficult to start trusting something you don't understand. Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians contains answers to the following questions: how bitcoin is different from other payment systems, and why we can trust cryptocurrencies. The book compares bitcoin with its predecessors and competitors, and demonstrates the benefits of cryptocurrency over any other existing methods of payments. Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians starts from overview of the evolution of payment systems from gold and paper money to payment cards to cryptocurrencies, and ends up with explaining the fundamentals of security and privacy of crypto payments by explaining the details of cryptography behind bitcoin in layman's terms.

Gerard Dreyfus ... 498 pages - Publisher: Springer; Reprint of 1st edition (November, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3642061877 - ISBN-13: 978-3642061875 ...

Neural networks represent a powerful data processing technique that has reached maturity and broad application. When clearly understood and appropriately used, they are a mandatory component in the toolbox of any engineer who wants make the best use of the available data, in order to build models, make predictions, mine data, recognize shapes or signals, etc. Ranging from theoretical foundations to real-life applications, this book is intended to provide engineers and researchers with clear methodologies for taking advantage of neural networks in industrial, financial or banking applications, many instances of which are presented in the book. For the benefit of readers wishing to gain deeper knowledge of the topics, the book features appendices that provide theoretical details for greater insight, and algorithmic details for efficient programming and implementation. The chapters have been written by experts and edited to present a coherent and comprehensive, yet not redundant, practically oriented introduction.

Bruce Rogers ... 544 pages - Publisher: Heinle ELT; 1st edition (April, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 111122059X - ISBN-13: 978-1111220594 ...

The instruction and practice in The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test, PBT Edition, helps students master the skills necessary to achieve the best possible score on the Paper-based TOEFL and to prepare them for success in an academic setting. It is also suitable for preparation for the Institutional TOEFL.