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Machine Learning in Non-Stationary Environments: Introduction to Covariate Shift Adaptation English | 2012 | ISBN: 0262017091 | ISBN-13: 9780262017091 | 280 pages | PDF | 12,1 MB As the power of computing has grown over the past few decades, the field of machine learning has advanced rapidly in both theory and practice. Machine learning methods are usually based on the assumption that the data generation mechanism does not change over time. Yet real-world applications of machine learning, including image recognition, natural language processing, speech recognition, robot control, and bioinformatics, often violate this common assumption. Dealing with non-stationarity is one of modern machine learning’s greatest challenges. This book focuses on a specific non-stationary environment known as covariate shift, in which the distributions of inputs (queries) change but the conditional distribution of outputs (answers) is unchanged, and presents machine learning theory, algorithms, and applications to overcome this variety of non-stationarity. After reviewing the state-of-the-art research in the field, the authors discuss topics that include learning under covariate shift, model selection, importance estimation, and active learning. They describe such real world…

Hydrodynamics and sedimentation in wave-dominated coastal environments, Volume 39 by Richard A. Davis Jr. and B. Greenwood English | ISBN: 0444424008 | edition 1984 | PDF | 476 pages | 9 MB This volume evolved from a symposium held at the Eleventh International Congress on Sedimentology which met at Hamilton, Ontario in August 1982 under the auspices of the International Association of Sedimentologists. The symposium entitled Coastal Environments Dominated by Waves was convened jointly by Brian Greenwood (representing the primary sponsors, the Geological Association of Canada and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists) and Skip Davis (representing the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, the co-sponsor).  

Irvin B. Tucker, Microeconomics for Today ISBN: 0324006233 | edition 1999 | CHM | 475 pages | 9 mb A concise text focusing on core concepts, MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY includes a wealth of use pedagogical features to provide opportunities for critical thinking, interactive reading, and built-in self-assessment. It also aids the visual learner by giving special attention to figures and graphs.    

Laboratory Animal Medicine, Second Edition (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine) by James G. Fox, Lynn C. Anderson, Franklin M. Loew and Fred W. Quimby English | ISBN: 0122639510 | edition 2002 | PDF | 1345 pages | 130 mb A volume in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series, this second edition has over 40 new material, including the addition of six new topics and many others that are completely rewritten. The book comprehensively covers the biological and disease aspects of laboratory animal medicine while examining other aspects such as the biohazards associated with the use of animal experimentation and factors complicating the bioethics of animal research.    

Leading Open Innovation English | 2013 | ISBN: 0262018497 | ISBN-13: 9780262018494 | 336 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB In today’s competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (OI). Organizations including Siemens, Nokia, Wikipedia, Hyve, and innosabi may launch elaborate OI initiatives, actively seeking partners to help them innovate in specific areas. Individuals affiliated by common interests rather than institutional ties use OI to develop new products, services, and solutions to meet unmet needs. This volume describes the ways that OI expands the space for innovation, describing a range of OI practices, participants, and trends. The contributors come from practice and academe, and reflect international, cross-sector, and transdisciplinary perspectives. They report on a variety of OI initiatives, offer theoretical frameworks, and consider new arenas for OI from manufacturing to education.

Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors Elizabeth Lunday, English | 2009 | ISBN: 159474257X | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB In the tradition of our best-selling Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents (120 000 copies in print) here are outrageous and uncensored profiles of the world’s greatest artists complete with hundreds of little-known politically incorrect and downright bizarre facts. Consider: ï Michelangelo had such repellant body odor that his assistants couldn’t stand working for him. ï Pablo Picasso did jail time for ripping off several statues from the Louvre. ï Gabriel Dante Rossetti’s favorite pet was a wombat that slept on his dining room table. ï Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube. ï Georgia O’Keeffe liked to paint in the nude. ï Salvador DalÌ concocted a perfume from dung to attract the attention of his future wife. With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo (accused sodomist) to Caravaggio (convicted murderer) to Edward Hopper (alleged wife beater) Secret Lives of Great Artists is…

Stan Gibilisco – Math Proofs Demystified Published: 2005-04-22 | ISBN: 0071445765 | PDF | 290 pages | 3 MB PROOF POSITIVE — YOU CAN DO MATH PROOFS! Here’s an entertaining way to learn to prove math theorems! You won’t need formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Math Proofs Demystified, best-selling math and science writer Stan Gibilisco provides an effective and painless way to overcome the intimidation most students feel when venturing into math theory. By the time you finish this book, you ‘ll be proving math theorems with confidence! You’ll also understand the fundamentals of elementary logic. With Math Proofs Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time — at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers problems at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 70-question final exam to reinforce the entire book. If you want to build or refresh your math proof skills, here’s a fast and entertaining self-teaching course that’s specially designed to minimize anxiety. Get ready to: Explore the wonders of the…

Software Process Dynamics by Raymond J. Madachy English | 2008 | ISBN: 0471274550 | 601 pages | PDF | 6.08 MB Advance Praise for Software Process Dynamics “Not only the best software engineering book of 2007, but quite possibly the most important book of this entire decade.” -Ed Yourdon, internationally recognized consultant and author of twenty-seven books, including Death March “A major and much needed new textbook. . . . [It] contains a wealth of material covering all important aspects of software project dynamics.” -Dr. Tarek Abdel-Hamid, Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, the Naval Postgraduate School “Brings together a tremendous amount of useful process modeling material and experience in using it in practical software decision situations. . . . [It] will serve as a standard reference for the software process dynamics field.” -Dr. Barry Boehm, Professor in the Computer Science and Industrial Systems Engineering Departments, University of Southern California This book is designed for professionals and students in software engineering or information technology who are interested in understanding the dynamics of software development…

Christopher Kelly – The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction Published: 2006-09-14 | ISBN: 0192803913 | PDF | 168 pages | 4 MB The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked bank s of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force–employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture. Here, historian Christopher Kelly covers the history of the Empire from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius, describing the empire’s formation, and its political, religious, cultural, and social structures. It looks at the daily lives of the Empire’s people: both those in Rome as well as those living in its furthest colonies. Romans used astonishing logistical feats, political savvy, and military oppression to rule their vast empire. This Very Short Introduction examines how they “romanised” the cultures they conquered, imposing their own culture in order to subsume them…

Srinivasan Sriram, Advanced Perl Programming ISBN: 1565922204 | edition 1997 | PDF | 549 pages | 5 mb This book has two goals: to make you a Perl expert, and, at a broader level, to supplement your current arsenal of techniques and tools for crafting applications. It covers advanced features of the Perl language, teaches you how the perl interpreter works, and presents areas of modern computing technology such as networking, user interfaces, persistence, and code generation.