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Pro TBB : C++ parallel programming with threading building blocks
This open access book is a modern guide for all C++ programmers to learn Threading Building Blocks (TBB). Written by TBB and parallel programming experts, this book reflects their collective decades of experience in developing and teaching parallel programming with TBB, offering their insights in an approachable manner. Throughout the book the authors present numerous examples and best practice…
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- 9781484243978
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- lvi, 754p. : ill.
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- 005.13 VOS p
Issues in open research data
In 2010 the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science were published. These principles were founded upon the idea that Science is based on building on, reusing and openly criticising the published body of scientific knowledge’ (http://pantonprinciples.org) and they provide a succinct list of the fundamentals to observe when making your data open. Intended for a broad audience of academics, p…
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- 9781909188303
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- 172 p.; 24 cm.
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- 174.95 ISS i
A Matter of trust: building integrity into data, statistics and records to su…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals initiative has the potential to set the direction for a future world that works for everyone. Approved by 193 United Nations member countries in September 2016 to help guide global and national development policies in the period to 2030, the 17 goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, but also include new priority areas,…
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- 9781912250349
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- xviii, 270p.: ill.
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- 338.90091724 AMA a
Mapping crisis: participation, datafication and humanitarianism in the age of…
The digital age has thrown questions of representation, participation and humanitarianism back to the fore, as machine learning, algorithms and big data centres take over the process of mapping the subjugated and subaltern. Since the rise of Google Earth in 2005, there has been an explosion in the use of mapping tools to quantify and assess the needs of those in crisis, including those affected…
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- 9781912250387
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- xviii, 259p.: ill
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- 526 MAP m
Blockchain and crypto currency : building a high quality marketplace for cryp…
This open access book contributes to the creation of a cyber ecosystem supported by blockchain technology in which technology and people can coexist in harmony. Blockchains have shown that trusted records, or ledgers, of permanent data can be stored on the Internet in a decentralized manner. The decentralization of the recording process is expected to significantly economize the cost of transac…
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- 9789811533761
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- xiii, 141p. : ill.
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- 005.74 BLO b
Measuring the business value of cloud computing
The importance of demonstrating the value achieved from IT investments is long established in the Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) literature. However, emerging technologies such as the ever-changing complex area of cloud computing present new challenges and opportunities for demonstrating how IT investments lead to business value. Recent reviews of extant literature highlight…
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- 9783030431983
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- xxiii, 125p. : ill.
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- 004.6782 MEA m
Towards interoperable research infrastructures for environmental and earth sc…
This open access book summarises the latest developments on data management in the EU H2020 ENVRIplus project, which brought together more than 20 environmental and Earth science research infrastructures into a single community. It provides readers with a systematic overview of the common challenges faced by research infrastructures and how a ‘reference model guided’ engineering approach ca…
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- 9783030528294
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- 333.7072 TOW t
Knowledge graphs and big data processing
This open access book is part of the LAMBDA Project (Learning, Applying, Multiplying Big Data Analytics), funded by the European Union, GA No. 809965. Data Analytics involves applying algorithmic processes to derive insights. Nowadays it is used in many industries to allow organizations and companies to make better decisions as well as to verify or disprove existing theories or models. The term…
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- 9783030531997
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- vi, 207p. : ill.
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- 005.7 KNO k
Data privacy and trust in cloud computing : building trust in the cloud throu…
This open access book brings together perspectives from multiple disciplines including psychology, law, IS, and computer science on data privacy and trust in the cloud. Cloud technology has fueled rapid, dramatic technological change, enabling a level of connectivity that has never been seen before in human history. However, this brave new world comes with problems. Several high-profile cases o…
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- 9783030546601
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- xxi, 149p. : ill.
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- 005.8 DAT d
Bisociative knowledge discovery : an introduction to concept, algorithms, too…
Modern knowledge discovery methods enable users to discover complex patterns of various types in large information repositories. However, the underlying assumption has always been that the data to which the methods are applied originates from one domain. The focus of this book, and the BISON project from which the contributions originate, is a network-based integration of various types of da…
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- 9783642318306
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- ix, 483p. : ill.
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- 006.312 BIS b
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