Bumbling Through Borneo
ISBN: 9789881806659 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bumbling Through Borneo, an educational yet comical trek through Borneo's hinterland, takes the reader on an entertaining journey of discovery by following the misadventures of a fictitious cast of bumbling characters as they stumble across the natural treasures and indigenous cultures of the Malaysian state of Sarawak - including the environmental challenges they currently face. With over 180 beautifully hand-drawn illustrations, the book's day-by-day account of the bumbling travellers' journey through Sarawak seeks to instill the reader with an environmental and cultural... Bumbling Through Borneo, an educational yet comical trek through Borneo's hinterland, takes the reader on an entertaining journey of disco... |
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Automatic Performance Prediction of Parallel Programs
ISBN: 9780792397083 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Automatic Performance Prediction of Parallel Programs presents a unified approach to the problem of automatically estimating the performance of parallel computer programs. The author focuses primarily on distributed memory multiprocessor systems, although large portions of the analysis can be applied to shared memory architectures as well.
The author introduces a novel and very practical approach for predicting some of the most important performance parameters of parallel programs, including work distribution, number of transfers, amount of data transferred, network contention,... Automatic Performance Prediction of Parallel Programs presents a unified approach to the problem of automatically estimating the performance ...
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Bumbling Through Sumatra
ISBN: 9789881806666 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bumbling Through Sumatra is an educational yet comical adventure through the Strait of Malacca, various ports in Malaysia, and across the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The reader is taken on an entertaining journey of discovery by following the misadventures of a fictitious cast of bumbling characters as they stumble across the natural treasures and indigenous cultures of the Indonesian island of Sumatra - including the environmental challenges they currently face. With over 200 beautifully hand-drawn illustrations, the book's day-by-day account of the bumbling travellers' journey... Bumbling Through Sumatra is an educational yet comical adventure through the Strait of Malacca, various ports in Malaysia, and across the ... |
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Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods
ISBN: 9780415885546 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics.
Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by in...
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808,63 zł |
Rube Goldberg: Inventions!
ISBN: 9781451646634 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the world of that archetypal American, Reuben Lucius Goldberg, the dean of American cartoonists for most of the twentieth century. For more than sixty-five years, Rube Goldberg's syndicated cartoons -- he produced more than fifty strips -- appeared in as many as a thousand newspapers annually He was earning a hundred thousand dollars a year...in 1915. He wrote hit songs and stories and was, in succession, a star in vaudeville, motion pictures, newsreels, radio, and, finally, television. He even, at the age of eighty, began an entirely new career as a sculptor, and, in...
Welcome to the world of that archetypal American, Reuben Lucius Goldberg, the dean of American cartoonists for most of the twentieth century. For more...
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90,63 zł |
Artificial Intelligence Through Search
ISBN: 9780792318682 / Angielski / Twarda / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an important textbook on artificial intelligence that uses the unifying thread of search to bring together most of the major techniques used in symbolic artificial intelligence. The authors, aware of the pitfalls of being too general or too academic, have taken a practical approach in that they include program code to illustrate their ideas. Furthermore, code is offered in both POP-11 and Prolog, thereby giving a dual perspective, highlighting the merits of these languages.
Each chapter covers one technique and divides up into three sections:
This is an important textbook on artificial intelligence that uses the unifying thread of search to bring together most of the major techniques used i...
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582,32 zł |
Computational Visualistics, Media Informatics, and Virtual Communities
ISBN: 9783824445509 / Angielski / Miękka / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years there has been a rising awareness within the international scientific commu nity that there is a need to study the various aspects of the integration of images and new me dia both from the point of view of computer science as well as from other areas which deal with users' interface to information sources, in particular design, psychology, education, po litical science, sociology, and philosophy. To a certain extent the view of the topic from any single one of these disciplines leads to a one-sided analysis. Indeed, interdisciplinary approaches involving two or more of them ap...
In recent years there has been a rising awareness within the international scientific commu nity that there is a need to study the various aspects of ...
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300 - (wyd.II)
ISBN: 9788328118652 / Polski / Twarda / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sławny album Franka Millera, za który autor został uhonorowany najważniejszymi amerykańskimi wyróżnieniami komiksowymi: Nagrodą Eisnera i Nagrodą Harveya. Na podstawie 300 w 2007 roku powstał film o tym samym tytule w reżyserii Zacka Snydera i Franka Millera. Rok 480 przed naszą erą. Wielka armia perska wkracza na ziemie greckie. Skłócone państewka Hellenów nie są w stanie porozumieć się w sprawie utworzenia jednolitej obrony. W tej sytuacji król Sparty, wbrew decyzji sędziów swojego ludu, wyrusza wraz z nieliczną gwardią przyboczną, by stawić czoło najeźdźcom....
Sławny album Franka Millera, za który autor został uhonorowany najważniejszymi amerykańskimi wyróżnieniami komiksowymi: Nagrodą Eisnera i Nagr...
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59,99 zł |
Foundation of Computational Visualistics
ISBN: 9783835060159 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Time and again over the last few decades, we have read that the world is full of pic tures and that, in fact, pictures are filling up the world at such a tremendously accel erating rate that our environment is about to become a picture itself, and of itself. However, when a phenomenon gradually occupies and transplants almost everything else, then it starts disappearing as a particular phenomenon. In order to be noticeable, something must stand out against others. Otherwise it transforms into a true medium. In saying so, we assume that media are characterized as more or less ubiquitous and...
Time and again over the last few decades, we have read that the world is full of pic tures and that, in fact, pictures are filling up the world at suc...
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What the World Needs Now: A Resource Book for Daydreamers, Frustrated Inventors, Cranks, Efficiency Experts, Utopians, Gadgeteers, Tinkerers and
ISBN: 9780615630410 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever wanted a chair that converts into a rowing machine? Sunglasses that serve as a wallet? A car with a sundeck so you can work on your tan on those long road trips? Well, inventor and illustrator Steven Johnson has designed these marvels and many, many more, spurred on by a truly insatiable imagination. His wacky, wonderful concepts could very well change the world-that is, if someone was ever bold enough to build them. From clothing to dining technology, home furnishings to appliances, and gardening gadgets to survival gear, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW is a sourcebook of revolutionary designs...
Ever wanted a chair that converts into a rowing machine? Sunglasses that serve as a wallet? A car with a sundeck so you can work on your tan on those ...
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72,45 zł |
Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-97: Proceedings of the 9th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 22-24 May 1997
ISBN: 9781447115229 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the Proceedings of the 9th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-97, organised by the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies ((Eduardo R. Caianiello" (IIASS), the Societa Italiana Reti Neuroniche (SIREN) and the IEEE NNC Italian RIG. As in the previous editions some invited and reviewed talks on updated subjects are presented in addition to the original contributions selected by the Refereeing Committee. Also included is Professor C.M. Bishop's Invited paper on: Latent Variables, Topographic Mappings and Data Visualization; and two review talks that...
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 9th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-97, organised by the International Institute for Advanced ...
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388,20 zł |
Intelligent Agents for Mobile and Virtual Media
ISBN: 9781447111757 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the Internet and the WWW impact on corporate and private activities, the human-computer interface is becoming a central issue for the designers of these systems. Such interfaces will decide the success or failure of future technologies, which will have to provide users with easy-to-use 'intelligent' problem solving tools.
'Intelligent Agents' are likely to play a significant role in the design of these interfaces, and this book explores how they are starting to influence media-based systems. As you read Intelligent Agents for Mobile and Virtual Media, you will discover the... As the Internet and the WWW impact on corporate and private activities, the human-computer interface is becoming a central issue for the designers of ...
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Making the E-Business Transformation
ISBN: 9781447111955 / Angielski / Miękka / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Read this book and you'll not only understand WHY e-Business is vital to the continuing success of your organization but also HOW you can incorporate it into your business.
Four key questions are asked within Making the e-Business Transformation - How do you transform your existing business into an e-business? How do you go about introducing e-business into your Company? - What are the key enabling technologies? - What tools are needed to effectively manage domain and process knowledge? e-Business and e-Commerce is a revolution driven by IT. While computers... Read this book and you'll not only understand WHY e-Business is vital to the continuing success of your organization but also HOW you can incorporate ...
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Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-98: Proceedings of the 10th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 21-23 May 1998
ISBN: 9781447112082 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From its early beginnings in the fifties and sixties, the field of neural networks has been steadily developing to become one of the most interdisciplinary areas of research within computer science. This volume contains selected papers from WIRN Vietri-98, the 10th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, 21-23 May 1998, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy. This annual event, sponsored amongst others by the IEEE Neural Network Council and the INNS/SIG Italy, brings together the best of research from all over the world. The papers cover a range of key topics within neural networks, including pattern...
From its early beginnings in the fifties and sixties, the field of neural networks has been steadily developing to become one of the most interdiscipl...
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International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition: Proceedings of Icapr '98, 23-25 November 1998, Plymouth, UK
ISBN: 9781447112143 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition (ICAPR 98) at Plymouth represents an important meeting for advanced research in pattern recognition. There is considerable interest in the areas of image processing, medical imaging, speech recognition, document analysis and character recognition, fuzzy data analysis and neural networks. ICAPR 98 is aimed at providing an international platform for invited research in this multi-disciplinary area. It is expected that the conference will grow in future years to include more research contributions that detail state-of the-art research...
International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition (ICAPR 98) at Plymouth represents an important meeting for advanced research in pattern re...
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Digital Convergence: The Information Revolution
ISBN: 9781447112204 / Angielski / Miękka / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that is still difficult to comprehend. This digital convergence is shaping society, technology and the media for the next millennium. Areas as diverse as home banking and shopping over the Internet; WWW access over mobile phone networks; and television systems such as Web TV which combine on-line services with television. But convergence is not just about technology. It is also about services and new ways of doing business and of interacting with...
Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that ...
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Large Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments
ISBN: 9781447112228 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collaborative virtual environments are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation. This book addresses the theory, design, realisation and evaluation of such systems, with a particular emphasis on support for large numbers of distributed users. A broad approach is taken, which ranges from the sociology of interpersonal communication to the management of communication in distributed systems. The emphasis on multi-user environments distinguishes this book from the many general books on virtual reality which only deal with single-user systems. This book...
Collaborative virtual environments are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation. This book addresses the the...
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Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-99: Proceedings of the 11th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 20-22 May 1999
ISBN: 9781447112266 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From its early beginnings in the fifties and sixties, the field of neural networks has been steadily developing to become one of the most interdisciplinary areas of research within computer science. This volume contains a selection of papers from WIRN Vietri-99, the 11th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets. This annual event, sponsored, amongst others, by the IEEE Neural Networks Council and the INNS/SIG Italy, brings together the best of research from all over the world. The papers cover a range of topics within neural networks, including pattern recognition, signal and image processing,...
From its early beginnings in the fifties and sixties, the field of neural networks has been steadily developing to become one of the most interdiscipl...
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388,20 zł |
Graphics Programming in C++: Writing Graphics Applications for Windows 98
ISBN: 9781447112310 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a book about computer graphics. It is aimed primarily at anyone wishing to develop graphics applications for Windows 98 and attempts to provide a quick and clear introduction to the subject without encumbering the reader in a mass of extraneous details. The application of object oriented techniques to graphics programming is a principal theme throughout the text and most of the software is written in C++ so a familiarity with C/C++ will be helpful - for a fuller introduction to the C++ language than is possible here consult the book 'Programming in C++' (ISBN 0 85934 435 5). Beyond...
This is a book about computer graphics. It is aimed primarily at anyone wishing to develop graphics applications for Windows 98 and attempts to provid...
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Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-96: Proceedings of the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 23-25 May 1996
ISBN: 9781447112402 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the Proceedings of the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96, organized by the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies "Eduardo R. Caianiello" and by the Societa Italiana Reti Neuroniche (SIREN). We would like to thank Professor L.B. Almeida who agreed to deliver an invited lecture which is included in these Proceedings. The spectrum of contributors and participants covers the activity of Italian research in the field and of some European groups. The highly qualified and motivated attendance is.proof of the interest with which this annual...
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96, organized by the International Institute for Advanced ...
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388,20 zł |