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Human-Centered Software Engineering, Integrating Usability in the Soft...
. Ed(S): Seffah, Ahmed; Gulliksen, Jan; Desma...
Hardback. Brings to light the major issues and challenges in the integration of the fields of HCI and Software Engineering. This book offers various solutions to bridging the HCI and SE gap, including: extending software engineering artifacts for UI specification. Editor(s): Seffah, Ahmed; Gulliksen, Jan; Desmarais, Michel C. (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal). Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 421 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402040276
- ISBN
- 9781402040276
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€ 123.71
€ 123.71
hardcover. The emergence and widespread use of personal computers and network technologies have seen the development of interest in the use of computers to support cooperative work. This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth European conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). It is useful to researchers and practitioners alike. Editor(s): Gellersen, Hans W. (Lancaster University); Schmidt, Kjeld; Beaudouin-Lafon, Michel (Universite Paris-Sud); Mackay, Wendy. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402040221
- ISBN
- 9781402040221
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€ 187.45
€ 187.45
Hardback. Describes the advanced concepts and models of cognitive information retrieval (IR) that explore the nexus between human cognition, information and the social conditions which drive humans to seek information using IR systems. Editor(s): Spink, Amanda; Cole, Charles. Series: The Information Retrieval Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1200.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402040139
- ISBN
- 9781402040139
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€ 126.25
€ 126.25
Hardback. Presents an overview of applications of multi-user virtual environments, ranging from highly immersive virtual reality systems to internet-based virtual environments on personal computers. This title examines uses of shared virtual environments in practical settings such as scientific collaboration, building models together, and others. Editor(s): Schroeder, Ralph; Axelsson, Ann-Sofie (Chalmers University). Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402038839
- ISBN
- 9781402038839
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€ 193.78
€ 193.78
Hardback. Collections of digital documents can be found everywhere in institutions, universities or companies. But searching them for information can still be painful. This book presents a search system that can suggest ways of refining or relaxing the query to assist a user in the search process. Series: The Information Retrieval Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UB; UNH; UYD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402037672
- ISBN
- 9781402037672
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€ 125.37
€ 125.37
hardcover. Leverages the experiences of thought leaders functioning in multiple industry verticals and provides knowledge for creating the agile enterprise. This book helps readers learn how to balance the delivery of immediate business value while creating long-term strategic capability. Series: Enterprise. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UMZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402037047
- ISBN
- 9781402037047
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€ 129.82
€ 129.82
hardcover. Constitutes the proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS). This work features papers selected from different aspects, including: Databases and Information Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, and other areas. Editor(s): Seruca, Isabel; Cordeiro, Jose; Hammoudi, Slimane; Filipe, Joaquim. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UG; UKR; UN; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 673.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402036743
- ISBN
- 9781402036743
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€ 238.46
€ 238.46
Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communiti...
. Ed(S): Besselaar, Peter Van Den; Michelis, ...
hardcover. Includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a variety of communities. This book includes chapters that discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. Editor(s): Besselaar, Peter van den; Michelis, Giorgio De; Preece, Jenny; Simone, Carla. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; KJE; KJU; UKR; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 954.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 467
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402035906
- ISBN
- 9781402035906
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€ 240.69
€ 240.69
Hardback. Explores the active role of people, collectively and individually, in shaping the use of information and communication technologies. This work examines issues around acquiring and using that knowledge of users, how we should conceptualise the role of users and understand the forms and limitations of their participation. Editor(s): Haddon, Leslie; Mante, Enid; Sapio, Bartolomeo; Kommonen, Kari-Hans (University of Art and Design); Fortunati, Leopoldina; Kant, Annevi. Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Num Pages: 238 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: UBJ; UG; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402035104
- ISBN
- 9781402035104
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€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Biological and Artificial Intelligence Environments
. Ed(S): Apolloni, Bruno; Marinaro, Maria; Ta...
Hardback. Reports the proceedings of the 15th Italian workshop on neural networks issued by the Italian Society on Neural Networks SIREN. This volume contains papers in various fields, such as Pattern Recognition, Stochastic Optimization, Learning, Granular Computing, and more, with a bias toward bioinformatics operational applications. Editor(s): Apolloni, Bruno; Marinaro, Maria; Tagliaferri, Roberto. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 759.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402034312
- ISBN
- 9781402034312
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€ 240.70
€ 240.70
Hardback. Sponsored by ACM and jointly organised with the Eight ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI '2004 13-16 January 2004, Funchal, Isle of Madeira Editor(s): Jacob, Robert J. K. (Tufts University); Limbourg, Quentin; Vanderdonckt, Jean. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402031458
- ISBN
- 9781402031458
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€ 244.25
€ 244.25
Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments
. Ed(S): Minker, Wolfgang; Buhler, Dirk; Dybk...
Hardback. Combines overview chapters of key areas in spoken multimodal dialogue (systems and components, architectures, and evaluation) with chapters focused on particular applications or problems in the field. This title focuses on the influence of the environment when building and evaluating an application. Editor(s): Minker, Wolfgang; Buhler, Dirk; Dybkjaer, Laila. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UT; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030734
- ISBN
- 9781402030734
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€ 192.58
€ 192.58
Hardback. Offers a treatment of a mathematical model for reasoning robotic agents. This book contains an introduction to a programming method and system based on this model. It covers the issues of reasoning about sensor input, acting under incomplete knowledge and uncertainty, planning, intelligent troubleshooting, and other topics. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; UM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030680
- ISBN
- 9781402030680
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€ 70.30
€ 70.30
Paperback. Relates to the ability of a computer system to automatically produce interactive information presentations, taking into account the specifics about the user, such as needs, interests and knowledge, and engaging in a collaborative interaction that helps the retrieval of relevant information and its understanding on the part of the user. Editor(s): Stock, Oliviero; Zancanaro, Massimo. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030505
- ISBN
- 9781402030505
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Condition: New
€ 189.99
€ 189.99
Hardback. Relates to the ability of a computer system to automatically produce interactive information presentations, taking into account the specifics about the user, such as needs, interests and knowledge, and engaging in a collaborative interaction that helps the retrieval of relevant information and its understanding on the part of the user. Editor(s): Stock, Oliviero; Zancanaro, Massimo. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFX; UG; UYQL; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030499
- ISBN
- 9781402030499
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€ 191.16
€ 191.16
Paperback. How an efficient search engine works? What algorithms are used to rank resulting documents in response to user requests? This book aims to answer these and other information retrieval design and implementation questions. It explains how a query is ranked against a document collection using either a single or a combination of retrieval strategies. Series: The Information Retrieval Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UN; UYQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030048
- ISBN
- 9781402030048
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Condition: New
€ 356.71
€ 356.71
Hardback. Suitable for both computer science students and practitioners who work on search-related applications, this book provides information on retrieval design and implementation questions. It includes sections on language models, cross-language information retrieval, peer-to-peer processing, XML search, mediators, and duplicate document detection. Series: The Information Retrieval Series. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030031
- ISBN
- 9781402030031
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€ 361.50
€ 361.50
Paperback. Traditionally, Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an important issue. This book reflects the move in HCI studies from standard usability concerns towards a set of problems to do with fun, aesthetics and the experience of use. Editor(s): Blythe, M. A. (University of York); Overbeeke, K. (Eindhoven University of Technology); Monk, A.F.; Wright, P. C. (University of York). Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 194 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029660
- ISBN
- 9781402029660
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Condition: New
€ 240.39
€ 240.39
Artificial Intelligence Methods and Tools for Systems Biology
. Ed(S): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco
Paperback. Provides a design blueprint, user guide, research agenda, and communication platform for future developments in artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to systems biology. This book places an emphasis on the molecular dimension of life phenomena and in one chapter on anatomical and functional modeling of the brain. Editor(s): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco. Series: Computational Biology. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029592
- ISBN
- 9781402029592
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Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardback. Provides the reader with an understanding of modeling and design strategies of Current-Mode digital circuits. This work allows the reader not only to understand the operating principle and the features of bipolar and MOS Current-Mode digital circuits, but also to design optimized digital gates. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TGB; THR; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402028786
- ISBN
- 9781402028786
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Condition: New
€ 190.76
€ 190.76
hardcover. Addresses the design of real-time applications implemented using distributed heterogeneous architectures. This work considers the mapping and scheduling tasks within an incremental design process. It is useful for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and designers involved in the field of embedded systems. Num Pages: 326 pages, 111 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 758.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402028724
- ISBN
- 9781402028724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Artificial Intelligence Methods and Tools for Systems Biology
. Ed(S): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco
Hardback. Provides a design blueprint, research agenda, and communication platform for the developments in artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to systems biology. This book emphasises the molecular dimension of life phenomena and on anatomical and functional modeling of the brain. It is suitable for scientists and professionals using AI technologies. Editor(s): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco. Series: Computational Biology. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 515.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402028595
- ISBN
- 9781402028595
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Condition: New
€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Hardback. Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are autonomous software entities with human-like appearance and communication skills. This book helps experts and designers in the specification and development of applications incorporating ECAs. It provides guidelines for evaluation methodologies and the identification of design and evaluation parameters. Editor(s): Ruttkay, Zsofia; Pelachaud, Catherine. Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402027291
- ISBN
- 9781402027291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Paperback. Aims to provide information for those who want to take the next step beyond the basics of the speech applications but isn't yet ready to dive into the technical literature. This book helps readers gain an understanding of spoken dialog technology and the practical aspects of developing and deploying spoken dialog applications. Editor(s): Dahl, Deborah. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402026751
- ISBN
- 9781402026751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.60
€ 123.60