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Paperback. The construction industry is subject to more risk and uncertainty than perhaps any other industry. Yet, surprisingly, managerial techniques used to identify, analyse and respond to risk were not applied in the industry until the 80a s. Existing texts deal with the theoretical concepts of risk and the techniques that identify and manage it. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60. BIC Classification: KJM; KNJC; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632028160
- ISBN
- 9780632028160
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€ 97.18
€ 97.18
Paperback. A practical introduction to programming for people interested in language. Simple programming expertise is an essential part of many forms of data collection and analysis in these fields. This book undertakes to introduce a completely naive person to the rudiments of Perl. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37. BIC Classification: CFX; UMW; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234340
- ISBN
- 9780631234340
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€ 74.89
€ 74.89
Hardcover. A practical introduction to programming for people interested in language. Simple programming expertise is an essential part of many forms of data collection and analysis in these fields. This book undertakes to introduce a completely naive person to the rudiments of Perl. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37. BIC Classification: CFX; UMW; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234333
- ISBN
- 9780631234333
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€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. This guide provides a survey of the themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the field of the philosophy of computing and information. It presents an introduction to a wide range of topics, including computer ethics, Internet culture, digital art, cybernetics and hypertext theory. Editor(s): Floridi, Luciano. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20. BIC Classification: HP; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229193
- ISBN
- 9780631229193
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€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Hardcover. This Guide provides an ambitious state--of--the--art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. * A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. * Comprises 26 newly--written chapters by leading international experts. Editor(s): Floridi, Luciano. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20. BIC Classification: HP; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 28. Weight in Grams: 948.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229186
- ISBN
- 9780631229186
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€ 165.26
€ 165.26
Paperback. * Emphasizes the computational theory of mind in both its digital and connectionist forms. * Explains the basic concepts rather than particular hypotheses and experiments. * Provides historical background to theory of mind: philosophical, psychological, biological and computational. Num Pages: 464 pages, 153. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAQ; PSAN; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212607
- ISBN
- 9780631212607
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Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Hardback. * Emphasizes the computational theory of mind in both its digital and connectionist forms. * Explains the basic concepts rather than particular hypotheses and experiments. * Provides historical background to theory of mind: philosophical, psychological, biological and computational. Num Pages: 464 pages, 153. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAQ; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 818.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212591
- ISBN
- 9780631212591
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Condition: New
€ 162.55
€ 162.55
Paperback. The contributions to this volume examine the implications of recent advances in artificial intelligence and ask whether machines with artificial intelligence can develop artifical minds. Editor(s): Broadbent, Donald E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 52 line drawings, index. BIC Classification: UBJ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631187332
- ISBN
- 9780631187332
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Condition: New
€ 46.42
€ 46.42
Paperback. In recent years there have been major advances in understanding visual processing. This work brings together experts from various disciplines, ranging from computer science to neuropsychology, to discuss how the work carried out in their field fits into the broader context of vision research. Editor(s): Humphreys, Glyn W. Series: Readings in Mind & Language S. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMM; JMR; UYQV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179092
- ISBN
- 9780631179092
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Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Paperback. Search is among the most disruptive innovations of our time. It influences what we buy and where we go. It shapes how we learn and what we believe. This book explores design patterns that apply across the categories of web, ecommerce, enterprise, desktop, mobile, social, and realtime search and discovery. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: UNH; UYZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596802271
- ISBN
- 9780596802271
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€ 42.99€ 40.59
€ 42.99
€ 40.59
Paperback. Introduces readers to computer vision and demonstrates how they can quickly build applications that enable computers to "see" and make decisions based on the data. Num Pages: 575 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UMN; UYQV. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 926.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596516130
- ISBN
- 9780596516130
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.99
€ 51.99
€ 49.99
Paperback. Puts theory into practice with ready-made answers to common Flash development questions. This practical toolkit is the useful resource for Flash developers, as well as designers who are ready to start doing development work. It offers 280 recipes that include an explanation of how and why the solution works. Num Pages: 536 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UG; UYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 845.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596102401
- ISBN
- 9780596102401
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.28
€ 47.99
€ 45.28
Paperback. Contains life hacks that teach you to: use mnemonic tricks to remember numbers, names, dates, and other flotsam you need to recall. This work also helps you perform complex math in your head, with your fingers, or on the back of a napkin; use effective systems to capture new ideas; and communicate in creative new ways using artificial languages. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ; UY; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596101534
- ISBN
- 9780596101534
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€ 26.99€ 26.55
€ 26.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Collects 34 essays from leading security and human-computer interaction (HCI) researchers on authentication, privacy and anonymity, secure systems, commercialization, and more. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UYD; UYF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596006686
- ISBN
- 9780596006686
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.59
€ 42.99
€ 40.59
Paperback. This work covers two distinct areas: performance tuning, or the art of increasing performance for a specific application, and capacity planning, or deciding what hardware best fulfils a given role. This book focuses on the operating system, the underlying hardware, and their interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UL; UM; UYD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596002848
- ISBN
- 9780596002848
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.28
€ 47.99
€ 45.28
Paperback. Artificial Life is the brainchild of scientists who view self-replicating computer programs - such as computer viruses - as new forms of life. This book looks at the social and simulated worlds of Artificial Life - primarily at the Santa Fe Institute, a well-known center for studies in the sciences of complexity. Num Pages: 330 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: PS; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208001
- ISBN
- 9780520208001
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. Genetic algorithms (GA) and evolution strategies (ES) are relatively new stochastic based techniques for solving engineering problems on computers. GA and ES are based on a loose biological analogy: evolutionary theory (mutation, crossover, selection, survival of the fittest). Editor(s): Miettinen, K.; Neittaanmaki, Pekka; Makela, M. M.; Periaux, Jacques. Num Pages: 500 pages, references. BIC Classification: PBWH; TBJ; TGB; UYAM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471999027
- ISBN
- 9780471999027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 293.99
€ 293.99
Paperback. Humanless space exploration, as in the use of Rover in exploring Mars, has demonstrated the importance of human-computer communications. This book provides a comprehensive look at 'general automata' as a method of establishing the fundamentals for communication in human-computer systems (HCS). Series: Practitioners. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJF; UYQE; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471998136
- ISBN
- 9780471998136
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Condition: New
€ 95.94
€ 95.94
Hardback. Fuzzy clustering, which combines fuzzy logic and cluster analysis techniques, has experienced a spur of interest in recent years owing to its important applications in image recognition. This revised, updated, and expanded translation of the German book deals with the ideas and algorithms of fuzzy clustering and their applications. Num Pages: 300 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBWX; UNC; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471988649
- ISBN
- 9780471988649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.62
€ 229.62
Hardback. Time varying process identification (TVPI) techniques facilitate adaptive noise reduction, echo cancellation and predictive coding of signals. This treatment addresses the identification of time-varying characteristics of dynamic processes. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJK; UYS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471986294
- ISBN
- 9780471986294
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Condition: New
€ 253.15
€ 253.15
Hardback. Signal analysis gives an insight into the properties of signals and stochastic processes by methodology. Linear transforms are integral to the continuing growth of signal processes as they characterize and classify signals. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TJK; UYS; UYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471986263
- ISBN
- 9780471986263
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Condition: New
€ 253.15
€ 253.15
Hardback. Focusing on the algorithms which are the building blocks of the design automation software which generates the layout of VLSI circuits. This text covers all stages of design from layout synthesis through logic synthesis to high-level synthesis. Num Pages: 340 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: UMZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471984894
- ISBN
- 9780471984894
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Condition: New
€ 76.39
€ 76.39
Hardback. This text on evolutionary computation presents an account of neural network and evolutionary programming applications as optimization techniques in electric power systems. It provides a treatment of evolutionary programming and neural network applications to power system optimization problems. Num Pages: 286 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: TJ; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471980957
- ISBN
- 9780471980957
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Condition: New
€ 253.15
€ 253.15
Paperback. A tutorial on the most popular text processing system used in the academic community. It explains formatting fundamentals and the more complex techniques for typesetting mathematical formulas. The text is suitable for people with no previous LATEX experience. Num Pages: 328 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: UGD; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 186 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471979180
- ISBN
- 9780471979180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.14
€ 76.14