Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The tradeoff between assertion and image recognition -- Designing your own system -- Toward specification by example -- Specification by example -- Low-code and no-code test automation -- Batch- and model-driven test automation -- This chapter is completely wrong -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Specialized Testing -- Technical requirements -- Understanding load and performance testing -- Getting to know the basics of load testing -- Setting up a load test -- Exploring security testing -- Security concepts -- Checking out common security vulnerabilities -- Learning about industry standards -- Investigating some security testing tools -- Delving into accessibility testing -- What is accessibility? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Testing the frontend -- Simulating AWS services locally -- Deploying your application -- Development workflow -- Blue-green deployment -- Deploying new versions with a different database model -- Creating a new table or column -- Renaming a table or column -- Dropping a table or column -- Rollback a deployment -- Creating staging environments -- Being careful with the production environment -- Test data -- Keeping your functions warm -- Monitoring the operation -- Monitoring costs -- Monitoring errors -- Retrieving metrics with the Serverless Framework -- Streaming Lambda logs -- Handling errors -- Monitoring performance -- Monitoring efficiency -- Summary -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.8.4 Status of activities and tasks -- 4.8.5 Database performance: Tables and indexes -- 4.8.6 Overview of backup status -- 4.8.7 Database Alert Monitor -- 4.8.8 Database check -- 4.8.9 Database Alert Monitor/System Check -- 4.8.10 Database performance monitor -- 4.8.11 Database snapshot analysis -- 4.8.12 Deadlocks analysis -- 4.8.13 Exclusive Lock Waits analysis -- 4.8.14 Monitor scheduled jobs -- 4.8.15 DB2 UDB diag log -- 4.8.16 Transactions in an SAP R/3 environment with IBM DB2 UDB on zOS -- 4.8.17 Summary of regular database activities and tasks -- Appendix A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.5.2 Benchmark Test on CEC-17 Functions -- 3.6 Analytical Validation of Proposed Variant -- 3.6.1 Convergence Rate Test -- 3.6.2 Box Plot Analysis -- 3.6.3 Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test -- 3.6.4 Scalability Test -- 3.7 Design Analysis of Harmonic Estimator -- 3.7.1 Assessment of Harmonic Estimator Design Problem 1 -- 3.7.2 Assessment of Harmonic Estimator Design Problem 2 -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Applications of Cuckoo Search Algorithm in Reliability Optimization -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Cuckoo Search Algorithm -- 4.2.1 Performance of Cuckoo Search Algorithm -- 4.2.2 Levy Flights -- 4.2.3 Software Reliability -- 4.3 Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm (MCS) -- 4.4 Optimization in Module Design -- 4.5 Optimization at Dynamic Implementation -- 4.6 Comparative Study of Support of Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm -- 4.7 Results and Discussions -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Series-Parallel Computer System Performance Evaluation with Human Operator Using Gumbel-Hougaard Family Copula -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Assumptions, Notations, and Description of the System -- 5.2.1 Notations -- 5.2.2 Assumptions -- 5.2.3 Description of the System -- 5.3 Reliability Formulation of Models -- 5.3.1 Solution of the Model -- 5.4 Some Particular Cases Based on Analytical Analysis of the Model -- 5.4.1 Availability Analysis -- 5.4.2 Reliability Analysis -- 5.4.3 Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) -- 5.4.4 Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 5.5 Conclusions Through Result Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Energy Development and Utilization -- 6.1 Energy and Environment -- 6.2 Sustainable Energy -- 6.3 Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0 -- 6.4 Introduction to AI and its Working Mechanism -- 6.5 Biodiesel -- 6.6 Transesterification Process -- 6.7 AI in Biodiesel Applications -- 6.8 Conclusion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.3 Factors Affecting Settleability -- 4.3.1 Non-BNR activated sludge processes -- 4.3.2 BNR processes -- 4.4 Effect of SVI on Effluent Quality -- 4.5 Foaming -- Chapter 5: BNR flowsheets -- 5.1 Nitrogen Removal -- 5.1.1 Modified Ludzack-Ettinger (MLE) -- 5.1.2 Bardenpho -- 5.2 Phosphorus Removal -- 5.2.1 Phoredox -- 5.3 Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal -- 5.3.1 Modified Bardenpho -- 5.3.2 Johannesburg (JHB) -- 5.3.3 University of Cape Town (UCT) -- 5.3.4 Modified UCT (MUCT) -- 5.3.5 Westbank -- 5.3.6 Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) -- Chapter 6: Reactors -- 6.1 Mixing -- 6.1.1 Mixing regime -- 6.1.2 Mixing intensity -- 6.2 Aeration -- 6.2.1 Oxygen transfer rate -- 6.2.2 Oxygen transfer efficiency -- 6.2.3 Carbon dioxide stripping -- 6.3 Compartmentalised Reactors -- 6.3.1 Description -- 6.3.2 Process characteristics -- 6.3.3 Operating principles -- 6.4 Oxidation Ditches -- 6.4.1 Description -- 6.4.2 Process characteristics -- 6.4.3 Hydraulics -- 6.4.4 Mechanical aerator characteristics -- 6.4.5 Operating principles -- 6.5 Membrane Bioreactors -- 6.5.1 Description -- 6.5.2 Process characteristics -- 6.5.3 Operating principles -- 6.6 Sequencing Batch Reactors -- 6.6.1 Description -- 6.6.2 Process characteristics -- 6.6.3 Operating principles -- Chapter 7: Secondary clarifiers -- 7.1 Description -- 7.2 Mass Balances -- 7.3 Operating Diagrams -- 7.4 Effluent Quality -- 7.4.1 Factors affecting effluent SS -- 7.4.2 Other effects of clarifiers on effluent quality -- 7.5 Clarifier Stress Testing -- Chapter 8: Sludge processes -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Aerobic Digestion -- 8.2.1 Stabilisation performance -- 8.2.2 Operating characteristics -- 8.2.3 Operating examples -- 8.2.4 Operating principles -- 8.3 Sludge Dewatering -- 8.3.1 Mass balances -- 8.3.2 Belt filter press -- 8.3.3 Centrifuge -- Chapter 9: Plant characteristics -- 9.1 Mass Balances…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Assess - evaluating and baselining current performance -- 3. Vision - creating a unified vision and goals -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.5 Configuring the WebSphere Integration Brokers Monitoring Agent -- 7.5.1 Configuring the agent on Windows -- 7.5.2 Configuring the agent on UNIX -- 7.6 The agent's configuration file -- 7.7 Using situations -- 7.8 Using Take Actions -- 7.9 Automating responses -- 7.10 Workspaces -- 7.11 Monitoring scenarios -- 7.12 Other considerations -- 7.12.1 Performance considerations -- 7.12.2 Working with the CandleMonitor Node -- 7.12.3 Using the sample programs -- Chapter 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Configure Tivoli Access Manager -- Set up SSO between WebSEAL and HTTP Server -- Pass WebSphere Portal authorization to Access Manager -- Enable SSL between WebSEAL and HTTP Server -- Improving Portal Server performance -- Sample configuration files -- Appendix D. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.2.2. Buffering Bad Performance3.3. Immutable or Not; 4. Collections; 4.1.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Elements of Reliability; 2.1.2. Performance Is a Reliability Issue; 2.2. Redundancy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.6.1 Overview3.7 Other Autoregressive Filters; 3.8 Adaptive Filters; 3.8.1 Varying r; 3.8.2 Varying p; 3.8.3 Criteria; 3.8.4 Adaptation; 3.9 Demodulating via Adaptive Filters; 3.9.1 Demodulation Method; 3.9.2 Step Size μ; 3.9.3 Performance; 3.10 Phase Shift via Adaptive Filter; 3.11 Inverse Problems; 3.11.1 Model Order Problem; 3.11.2 Estimating Filter Coefficients; 3.11.3 Target Tracking as an Inverse Problem; 3.12 Kalman Filter; 3.12.1 Estimating the Rate; 3.12.2 Fitting a Sine Curve; 3.12.3 Sampling in Space; 3.13 Summary; References; 4 Fourier Transform and Signal Spectrum…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Novelty -- Power -- Enjoyment -- What to Expect from This Book -- A Little Bit About You -- What to Expect from Haskell -- Compared to Traditional Static Languages -- Compared to Modern Dynamic Languages -- Haskell in Industry and Open Source -- Compilation, Debugging, and Performance Analysis -- Bundled and Third-Party Libraries -- A Brief Sketch of Haskell's History -- Prehistory -- Early Antiquity -- The Modern Era -- Helpful Resources -- Reference Material -- Applications and Libraries -- The Haskell Community -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Using Code Examples -- Safari® Books Online -- How to Contact Us -- Acknowledgments -- Bryan -- John -- Don -- Thank You to Our Reviewers -- Chapter 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.2 Impulse Response of UWB Channel 219 -- 8.3 Frequency Selective Fading in UWB Channels 226 -- 8.4 Multiple Antenna Techniques 239 -- 8.5 Implications for LTE-A 243 -- 9 Wireless Body Area Network Channels 247 / Rob Edwards, Muhammad Irfan Khattak and Lei Ma -- 9.1 Introduction 247 -- 9.2 Wearable Antennas 249 -- 9.3 Analysis of Antennas Close to Human Skin 251 -- 9.4 A Survey of Popular On-Body Propagation Models 259 -- 9.5 Antenna Implants-Possible Future Trends 263 -- 9.6 Summary 265 -- Part III SIMULATION AND PERFORMANCE -- 10 Ray-Tracing Modeling 271 / Yves Lostanlen and Thomas Kurner -- 10.1 Introduction 271 -- 10.2 Main Physical Phenomena Involved in Propagation 272 -- 10.3 Incorporating the Influence of Vegetation 277 -- 10.4 Ray-Tracing Methods 280 -- 11 Finite-Difference Modeling 293 / Guillaume de la Roche -- 11.1 Introduction 293 -- 11.2 Models for Solving Maxwell's Equations 294 -- 11.3 Practical Use of FD Methods 298 -- 11.4 Results 303 -- 11.5 Perspectives for Finite Difference Models 308 -- 11.6 Summary and Perspectives 314 -- 12 Propagation Models for Wireless Network Planning 317 / Thomas Kurner and Yves Lostanlen -- 12.1 Geographic Data for RNP 317 -- 12.2 Categorization of Propagation Models 322 -- 12.3 Empirical Models 325 -- 12.4 Semi-Empirical Models for Macro Cells 326 -- 12.5 Deterministic Models for Urban Areas 332 -- 12.6 Accuracy of Propagation Models for RNP 339 -- 12.7 Coverage Probability 344 -- 13 System-Level Simulations with the IMT-Advanced Channel Model 349 / Jan Ellenbeck -- 13.1 Introduction 349 -- 13.2 IMT-Advanced Simulation Guidelines 350 -- 13.3 The IMT-Advanced Channel Models 357 -- 13.4 Channel Model Calibration 366 -- 13.5 Link-to-System Modeling for LTE-Advanced 371 -- 13.6 3GPP LTE-Advanced System-Level Simulator Calibration 379 -- 13.7 Summary and Outlook 385 -- 14 Channel Emulators for Emerging Communication Systems 389 / Julian Webber -- 14.1 Introduction 389 -- 14.2 Emulator Systems 390 -- 14.3 Random Number Generation 391.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monitoring MongoDB -- Monitoring Memory Usage -- Introduction to Computer Memory -- Tracking Memory Usage -- Tracking Page Faults -- Minimizing Btree Misses -- IO Wait -- Tracking Background Flush Averages -- Calculating the Working Set -- Some Working Set Examples -- Tracking Performance -- Tracking Free Space -- Monitoring Replication -- Chapter 22. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.8 Geometric Brownian Motion 4.8.1 Uniform Random Numbers; 4.9 Covariance and Correlation; 4.10 Regression Analysis; 4.10.1 Ordinary Least Squares; 4.10.1.1 Coefficient of Determination; 4.10.1.2 Residual Plots; 4.10.1.3 Jarque-Bera Normality Test; 4.10.1.4 Data Analysis Tool: Regression; 4.11 Portfolio Theory; 4.11.1 Mean-Variance Analysis; 4.11.2 Solver: Portfolio Optimisation; 4.11.3 Efficient Portfolios; 5 Risk-Adjusted Return Metrics; 5.1 The Intuition behind Risk-Adjusted Returns; 5.1.1 Risk-Adjusted Returns; 5.2 Common Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios; 5.2.1 The Sharpe Ratio…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 4: Exploring the Gym and its Features -- Exploring the list of environments and nomenclature -- Nomenclature -- Exploring the Gym environments -- Understanding the Gym interface -- Spaces in the Gym -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Implementing your First Learning Agent - Solving the Mountain Car problem -- Understanding the Mountain Car problem -- The Mountain Car problem and environment -- Implementing a Q-learning agent from scratch -- Revisiting Q-learning -- Implementing a Q-learning agent using Python and NumPy -- Defining the hyperparameters -- Implementing the Q_Learner class's __init__ method -- Implementing the Q_Learner class's discretize method -- Implementing the Q_Learner's get_action method -- Implementing the Q_learner class's learn method -- Full Q_Learner class implementation -- Training the reinforcement learning agent at the Gym -- Testing and recording the performance of the agent -- A simple and complete Q-Learner implementation for solving the Mountain Car problem -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Implementing an Intelligent Agent for Optimal Control using Deep Q-Learning -- Improving the Q-learning agent -- Using neural networks to approximate Q-functions -- Implementing a shallow Q-network using PyTorch -- Implementing the Shallow_Q_Learner -- Solving the Cart Pole problem using a Shallow Q-Network -- Experience replay -- Implementing the experience memory -- Implementing the replay experience method for the Q-learner class -- Revisiting the epsilon-greedy action policy -- Implementing an epsilon decay schedule -- Implementing a deep Q-learning agent -- Implementing a deep convolutional Q-network in PyTorch -- Using the target Q-network to stabilize an agent's learning -- Logging and visualizing an agent's learning process -- Using TensorBoard for logging and visualizing a PyTorch RL agent's progress…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Need for Controller-Based Wireless Networks -- Why Wireless LAN Controllers Were Created -- Why Wireless LAN Controllers Were Created -- Controller-Based WLAN Functional and Elemental Architecture -- Autonomous AP Issues and the WLC Remedy -- Problem: WLAN APs Are Difficult to Deploy -- Problem: WLANs Are Not Secure -- Problem: Infrastructure Device Configuration and Scaling -- Problem: Autonomous AP Costs for Configuring Each AP -- Problem: Autonomous AP Costs for Keeping Each AP's Software Up to Date -- Problem: RF Expertise and Configuration Challenges -- Mobility Applications Enabled by Controller-Based WLANs -- WLANs Do Not Provide the Performance and Robustness Needed for Use as a Primary Access Network -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Protocols -- Understanding the Relevant Standards -- Wi-Fi Alliance -- Cisco Compatible Extensions -- IETF -- The Physical Layer -- Physical Layer Concepts -- CAPWAP -- CAPWAP Versus LWAPP -- CAPWAP Protocol Fundamentals -- CAPWAP Terminology -- CAPWAP Control Messages -- CAPWAP Data Messages -- CAPWAP State Machine -- CUWN Implementation of the CAPWAP Discovery -- CAPWAP Transport -- CAPWAP MAC Modes -- Split MAC Mode -- Local MAC Mode -- Summary of CAPWAP -- Packet Flow in the Cisco Unified Wireless Network -- CAPWAP Control -- CAPWAP Data Path: Centrally Bridged Traffic -- CAPWAP Data Path: Locally Bridged Traffic -- Summary of Packet Flow -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 802.11n -- IEEE 802.11n Standard -- 802.11n MAC -- Other 802.11 Standards Used with 802.11n -- Frequency Bands Supported by 802.11n -- Antenna Arrays -- Transmit Beam Forming (TxBF) -- Beam Steering -- Spatial Multiplexing -- Transmit Diversity -- Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) -- Multipath -- MIMO Nomenclature -- Receiver Diversity -- Branch Selection Diversity…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Misprediction; 4.4. Performance and Scalability; 4.4.1. Performance Issues; 4.4.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.5.6 Coding Gain of Forward Error Correction (FEC)1.6 Packet-switching Networks; 1.6.1 Connection-oriented Approach; 1.6.2 Connectionless Approach; 1.6.3 Relationship between Circuit-switching and Packet-switching; 1.6.4 Considerations of Packet Network Designs; 1.6.5 Packet Header and Payload; 1.6.6 Complexity and Heterogeneous Networks; 1.6.7 Performance of Packet Transmissions; 1.6.8 Impact of Bit Level Errors on Packet Level; 1.7 OSI/ISO Reference Model; 1.7.1 Protocol Terminology; 1.7.2 Layering Principle; 1.7.3 Functions of the Seven Layers; 1.7.4 Fading of the OSI/ISO Reference Model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3A.1.4 Distributed File Systems (DFS)3A.1.5 Virtualization or CFS: How to Choose; 3A.2 CLIENT TRANSACTION TYPES AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE; 3A.2.1 Optimizing Storage Array Data Throughput; 3A.2.2 Fragmentation, OS Caching, and Command Reordering; 3A.3 STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS; 3A.3.1 HDD Capacity and Access Data Rate; 3A.3.2 Aggregate Array I/O Rates; 3A.3.3 General Storage Requirements; 3A.4 JBOD AND RAID ARRAYS; 3A.5 NAS AND SAN STORAGE; 3A.6 OBJECT STORAGE; 3A.7 HIERARCHICAL AND ARCHIVAL STORAGE; 3A.7.1 Data Flows across Tiered Storage; 3A.7.2 Managing Storage; 3A.7.3 Archive Storage Choices…”