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“…What you will learn Implement ensemble methods to generate models with high accuracy Overcome challenges such as bias and variance Explore machine learning algorithms to evaluate model performance Understand how to construct, evaluate, and apply ensemble models Analyze tweets in real time using Twitter's streaming API Use Keras to build an ensemble of neural networks for the MovieLens dataset Who this book is for This book is for data analysts, data scientists, machine learning engineers and other professionals who are looking to generate advanced models using ensemble techniques. …”

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“…Coverage includes: Customizing language, region, and locale settings, including date, time, currency, quotation marks, separators, and more Working with character sets, including Unicode and ligatures Coding for locale with NSLocale and locale-specific arguments Systematically prepping your app for localization Leveraging the full power of base localization Generating dot-strings files and working with their key-value pairs Localizing images and app names Effectively using translation services—and avoiding the pitfalls Adjusting your UI to avoid clipped strings in longer languages Using constraint settings to support right-to-left languages Specifying App Store supported territories and pricing tiers Localizing your App Store summary page: name, descriptions, keywords, URLs, screenshots, and EULAs If you're an experienced Objective-C developer, iOS Internationalization will help you expand your iOS market worldwide and capture opportunities that would otherwise be far beyond your grasp. …”

“…., atomic clocks, NTP, hybrid logical clocks) used in real time systems Learn from Christopher Meiklejohn (Instituto Superior Técnico) about Martinelli, a new programming language that allows fault tolerant, highly scalable operations of applications See Janna Brummel (ING Netherlands) describe the process of setting up SRE for a highly regulated global financial institution Watch sessions on networking, traffic, and edge management; distributed data and databases, orchestration, scheduling, and containers; hardware, storage, datacenters, and capacity planning; monitoring, tracing and metrics; and much more…”

“…You will: Understand how deep reinforcement learning works in games Grasp the fundamentals of deep reinforcement learning Integrate these fundamentals with the Unity ML Toolkit SDK Gain insights into practical neural networks for training Agent Brain in the context of Unity ML Agents Create different models and perform hyper-parameter tuning Understand the Brain-Academy architecture in Unity ML Agents Understand the Python-C# API interface during real-time training of neural networks Grasp the fundamentals of generic neural networks and their variants using Tensorflow Create simulations and visualize agents playing games in Unity…”

“…Changes in options prices based upon changes in market volatility, the passage of time, and price movements in the underlying stock or index are reviewed. …”

“…These designs have included VMEbus systems, microcontrollers, IBM PCs, Apple Macintoshes, and both CISC and RISC based multiprocessor systems, while using operating systems as varied as MS-DOS, UNIX, Macintosh OS and real time kernels. An avid user of computer systems, he has written numerous articles and papers for the electronics press, as well as books from Butterworth-Heinemann including VMEbus: A Practical Companion; PowerPC: A Practical Companion; MAC User's Pocket Book; UNIX Pocket Book; Upgrading Your PC Pocket Book; Upgrading Your MAC Pocket Book; and Effective PC Networking…”

“…This comprehensive multimedia training solution teaches you how to: create professional-looking documents with InDesign's powerful text and graphic tools, import text from a word processor, move and scale existing text frames, and check spelling, use the line, pen, and geometric shape tools to draw complex graphic objects, apply fill and stroke, specify process and spot colors, and design custom rules, use Adobe Bridge to organize and manage your digital assets, import and modify layered artwork from Photoshop and Illustrator, create inline graphics and anchored objects that move automatically with your text from one page to the next, create, edit, and link paragraph styles, complete with nested character styles, apply a sequence of style sheets to format an entire document in one operation, build object styles with embedded paragraph styles in order to format entire frames at a time, use master pages to automate repeating page features, automatically generate a table of contents, compose a fully interactive document-with bookmarks, hyperlinks, buttons, sounds, and movies-and export your creation to a PDF file that can be played on most computers.…”

“…Surf the Web, and send and receive email Download and install apps to make your iPad even more useful Use the new iBooks app features Record and edit video using iMovie for iPad Take photos, and then edit them using iPhoto for iPad Stream audio and video to Apple TV and other devices Manage your contacts, and then connect with others using Messaging Stay organized with the Calendar app Use FaceTime and Skype to stay connected with friends and family, or to conduct video conferences Use Pages and Numbers to create documents and spreadsheets Use Keynote to build and display presentations…”

“…Topics covered in the Encyclopedia include the historical development of quantitative modelling in finance, including biographies of influential figures self-contained expositions of mathematical and statistical tools used in financial modelling authoritative expositions on the foundations of financial theory and mathematical finance, including arbitrage pricing, asset pricing theory, option pricing and asset allocation comprehensive reviews of various aspects of risk management: credit risk, market risk, operational risk, economic capital and Basel II with a detailed coverage of topics related to credit risk up-to-date surveys of the state of the art in computational finance: Monte Carlo simulation, partial differential equations (PDEs), Fourier transform methods, model calibration detailed entries on various types of financial derivatives and methods used for pricing and hedging them, including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives pedagogical surveys of econometric methods and models used in finance, including GARCH models, GMM, realized volatility, factor models, Mixed Data Sampling and high-frequency data empirical and theoretical aspects of market microstructure and trade-level modelling timely entries on new topics such as commodity risk, electricity derivatives, algorithmic trading and multi-fractals quantitative methods in actuarial science, including insurance derivatives, catastrophe..…”

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“…Through complete example projects, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript covers Understanding powerful new improvements in Windows 8 developer experience Using Windows 8’s more flexible binding to update the UI as underlying data changes Creating layouts and typography that fit Windows 8 style and leverage its advantages Working with audio, video, captured media, animation, and HTML5 graphics Making your app “connectable” with PlayTo Integrating WinJS navigation services to improve UI control Maintaining app states built up over time, and sharing them across devices Writing highly responsive async apps Supporting true-touch metaphors and interactions, location data, and sensors Designing apps for the Windows 8 design language Extending JavaScript code to integrate existing C/C++ code or to access Windows capabilities that WinRT doesn’t expose Discovering best practices for monetizing Windows Store apps All of the downloadable examples can be created and run with Microsoft’s free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8, which includes all you need to build, package, and deploy your Windows Store apps…”

“…You also gain new insight into broader themes, including risk analysis, usability, trust, privacy, ethics, and forensics. One step at a time, the book systematically helps you develop the problem-solving skills needed to protect any information infrastructure. …”

“… • Features an engaging, writing style that makes learning advanced Photoshop techniques fun • Provides detailed, step-by-step examples, walking through complex compositing projects from start to finish • Includes “Visual Masters” spreads that highlight beautiful and innovative work by current digital artists to inspire you to bring what’s in your imagination–the wildly impossible–to reality • Includes access to downloadable resource files so you can work through the projects along with the author Bret Malley is an award-winning digital artist and full-time college instructor living in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Erin, and new baby boy, Kellen. …”

“…This groundbreaking guide includes: The latest benchmark data from a comprehensive study of resource management Case studies from organizations that have used the book's methods with great success Tools for overcoming common barriers and making decisions involving time capture, resource assignments, and competing priorities Recommendations on ownership of the organization's resource management and capacity planning functions Considerations for addressing the human side of resource management and capacity planning The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook gives you the information, insight, and proven methods to take your company where it has never been before. …”