Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About The Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need to Use This Book -- How This Book Is Structured -- Part I: Introduction to Databases and Database Design -- Part II: Database Design Process and Techniques -- Part III: A Detailed Case Study -- Part IV: Example Programs -- Part V: Advanced Topics -- Appendixes -- How to Use This Book -- Note to Instructors -- Note to Students -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Contacting the Author -- Disclaimer -- Part 1 Introduction to Databases and Database Design -- Chapter 1 Database Design Goals -- The Importance of Design -- Space Spat -- Information Containers -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Information Containers -- Desirable Database Features -- CRUD -- Retrieval -- Consistency -- Validity -- Easy Error Correction -- Speed -- Atomic Transactions -- ACID -- BASE -- NewSQL -- Persistence and Backups -- Low Cost and Extensibility -- Ease of Use -- Portability -- Security -- Sharing -- Ability to Perform Complex Calculations -- CAP Theorem -- Cloud Considerations -- Legal and Security Considerations -- Consequences of Good and Bad Design -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Relational Overview -- Picking a Database -- Relational Points of View -- Table, Rows, and Columns -- Relations, Attributes, and Tuples -- Keys -- Indexes -- Constraints -- Domain Constraints -- Check Constraints -- Primary Key Constraints -- Unique Constraints -- Foreign Key Constraints -- Database Operations -- Popular RDBs -- Spreadsheets -- Summary -- Chapter 3 NoSQL Overview -- The Cloud -- Picking a Database -- NoSQL Philosophy -- NoSQL Databases -- Document Databases -- Key-Value Database -- Column-Oriented Databases -- Graph Databases -- Street Networks -- Communication Networks -- Social Media Apps -- E-Commerce Programs -- Algorithms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Periodic Table of the Elements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Content -- Preface -- For Instructors -- 1 Chemical Tools: Experimentation and Measurement -- 1.1 The Scientific Method: Nanoparticle Catalysts for Fuel Cells -- 1.2 Measurements: SI Units and Scientific Notation -- 1.3 Mass and Its Measurement -- 1.4 Length and Its Measurement -- 1.5 Temperature and Its Measurement -- 1.6 Derived Units: Volume and Its Measurement -- 1.7 Derived Units: Density and Its Measurement -- 1.8 Derived Units: Energy and Its Measurement -- 1.9 Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures in Measurement -- 1.10 Significant Figures in Calculations -- 1.11 Converting from One Unit to Another -- INQUIRY? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Let's take a test drive -- 3.1 The learner test drive -- 3.2 The instructor test drive -- 3.2.1 Taking a course -- 3.2.2 Course Builder -- 3.2.3 About the Library -- 3.3 The administrator test drive -- 3.3.1 Managing registered users and user profiles -- 3.3.2 Managing the course catalog -- 3.3.3 Managing servers -- 3.3.4 Managing site settings -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 WIND ENERGY BACKGROUND -- 1.2 ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK -- 1.2.1 Who Should Use This Book -- 1.2.2 Note for Instructors -- 1.2.3 Datasets Used in the Book -- Part I: Wind Field Analysis -- Chapter 2: A Single Time Series Model -- 2.1 TIME SCALE IN SHORT- TERM FORECASTING -- 2.2 SIMPLE FORECASTING MODELS -- 2.2.1 Forecasting Based on Persistence Model -- 2.2.2 Weibull Distribution -- 2.2.3 Estimation of Parameters in Weibull Distribution -- 2.2.4 Goodness of Fit -- 2.2.5 Forecasting Based on Weibull Distribution -- 2.3 DATA TRANSFORMATION AND STANDARDIZATION -- 2.4 AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE MODELS -- 2.4.1 Parameter Estimation -- 2.4.2 Decide Model Order -- 2.4.3 Model Diagnostics -- 2.4.4 Forecasting Based on ARMA Model -- 2.5 OTHER METHODS -- 2.5.1 Kalman Filter -- 2.5.2 Support Vector Machine -- 2.5.3 Artificial Neural Network -- 2.6 PERFORMANCE METRICS -- 2.7 COMPARING WIND FORECASTING METHODS -- Chapter 3: Spatio temporal Models -- 3.1 COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS AND KRIGING -- 3.1.1 Properties of Covariance Functions -- 3.1.2 Power Exponential Covariance Function -- 3.1.3 Kriging -- 3.2 SPATIO-TEMPORAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS -- 3.2.1 Gaussian Spatio-temporal Autoregressive Model -- 3.2.2 Informative Neighborhood -- 3.2.3 Forecasting and Comparison -- 3.3 SPATIO-TEMPORAL ASYMMETRY AND SEPARABILITY -- 3.3.1 Definition and Quantification -- 3.3.2 Asymmetry of Local Wind Field -- 3.3.3 Asymmetry Quantification -- 3.3.4 Asymmetry and Wake Effect -- 3.4 ASYMMETRIC SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS -- 3.4.1 Asymmetric Non-separable Spatio-temporal Model -- 3.4.2 Separable Spatio-temporal Models -- 3.4.3 Forecasting Using Spatio-temporal Model -- 3.4.4 Hybrid of Asymmetric Model and SVM -- 3.5 CASE STUDY…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Responsabilidad de los maestros e instructores. -- 12.1 Condiciones de esta responsabilidad. -- 12.2. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents in Detail -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Brief History of R -- About This Book -- Part I: The Language -- Part II: Programming -- Part III: Statistics and Probability -- Part IV: Statistical Testing and Modeling -- Part V: Advanced Graphics -- For Students -- For Instructors -- Part I: The Language -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- 1.1 Obtaining and Installing R from CRAN -- 1.2 Opening R for the First Time -- 1.2.1 Console and Editor Panes -- 1.2.2 Comments -- 1.2.3 Working Directory -- 1.2.4 Installing and Loading R Packages -- 1.2.5 Help Files and Function Documentation -- 1.2.6 Third-Party Editors -- 1.3 Saving Work and Exiting R -- 1.3.1 Workspaces -- 1.3.2 Scripts -- 1.4 Conventions -- 1.4.1 Coding -- 1.4.2 Math and Equation References -- 1.4.3 Exercises -- Exercise 1.1 -- Chapter 2: Numerics, Arithmetic, Assignment, and Vectors -- 2.1 R for Basic Math -- 2.1.1 Arithmetic -- 2.1.2 Logarithms and Exponentials -- 2.1.3 E-Notation -- Exercise 2.1 -- 2.2 Assigning Objects -- Exercise 2.2 -- 2.3 Vectors -- 2.3.1 Creating a Vector -- 2.3.2 Sequences, Repetition, Sorting, and Lengths -- Exercise 2.3 -- 2.3.3 Subsetting and Element Extraction -- Exercise 2.4 -- 2.3.4 Vector-Oriented Behavior -- Exercise 2.5 -- Chapter 3: Matrices and Arrays -- 3.1 Defining a Matrix -- 3.1.1 Filling Direction -- 3.1.2 Row and Column Bindings -- 3.1.3 Matrix Dimensions -- 3.2 Subsetting -- 3.2.1 Row, Column, and Diagonal Extractions -- 3.2.2 Omitting and Overwriting -- Exercise 3.1 -- 3.3 Matrix Operations and Algebra -- 3.3.1 Matrix Transpose -- 3.3.2 Identity Matrix -- 3.3.3 Scalar Multiple of a Matrix -- 3.3.4 Matrix Addition and Subtraction -- 3.3.5 Matrix Multiplication -- 3.3.6 Matrix Inversion -- Exercise 3.2 -- 3.4 Multidimensional Arrays -- 3.4.1 Definition…”

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