“…quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section* Chapter-ending Key Topic tables, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly* The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports* An online, interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter* A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies* Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success. …”

“…Copper-Bottom leaders areUsing top-down, "command-and-control" leadership behaviors rather than recognizing their people as Subject Matter Experts and listening to themIssuing instructions to their people rather than observing then improving performance through coachingKeeping employees in the dark as to the impact their work has on the organization's missionUnaware of the obstacles in their people's paths; hence, never using the authority of their positions to remove those obstaclesStaying in their offices, aloof to the difficulties their subordinates faceAs Don and Tim see it, Copper-Bottom's problems stem from the way its leaders lead. …”

“…What You Will Learn Understand what machine learning is Build linear models with TensorFlow 2 Learn how to build deep neural networks with TensorFlow 2 Learn how to perform image classification and regression with ANN Learn loss functions such as mean-squared error and cross-entropy loss Learn about stochastic gradient descent, momentum, and Adam optimization Audience This course is designed for anyone interested in deep learning and machine learning, anyone who wants to implement deep neural networks in TensorFlow 2, or anyone interested in building a foundation for convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, LSTMs (Long Short Term Memory), and transformers. …”

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“…Implement industry best practices to identify vulnerabilities and protect your data, models, environment, and applications while learning how to recover from a security breach Key Features Learn about machine learning attacks and assess your workloads for vulnerabilities Gain insights into securing data, infrastructure, and workloads effectively Discover how to set and maintain a better security posture with the Azure Machine Learning platform Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description With AI and machine learning (ML) models gaining popularity and integrating into more and more applications, it is more important than ever to ensure that models perform accurately and are not vulnerable to cyberattacks. …”

“…Whether you're a beginner who wants to establish a solid foundation or an experienced developer looking to refine your skills, this guide offers invaluable insights, practical solutions, and real-world examples to enable you to excel at building scalable, elegant, and high-performing React applications…”

“…Improve your game's code to make it more readable, reusable, modular, and optimized, guided by design patterns to enhance your overall use of C++ with Unreal Engine Key Features Explore the fascinating world of design patterns and their applications in Unreal Engine 5 game development Learn how to translate code from Blueprint to C++ to implement performant solutions in game development Discover best practices for writing clean code and applying it to Unreal Engine 5 and C++ Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description Design patterns serve as a toolkit of techniques and practices that enable you to write code that's not only faster, but also more manageable. …”

“…By the end of this machine learning book, you will have learned essential concepts of graph theory and all the algorithms and techniques used to build successful machine learning applications.What you will learn* Write Python scripts to extract features from graphs* Distinguish between the main graph representation learning techniques* Learn how to extract data from social networks, financial transaction systems, for text analysis, and more* Implement the main unsupervised and supervised graph embedding techniques* Get to grips with shallow embedding methods, graph neural networks, graph regularization methods, and more* Deploy and scale out your application seamlesslyWho this book is forThis book is for data scientists, data analysts, graph analysts, and graph professionals who want to leverage the information embedded in the connections and relations between data points to boost their analysis and model performance using machine learning. It will also be useful for machine learning developers or anyone who wants to build ML-driven graph databases. …”

“…Finally, the book takes you through debugging and testing your app with Qt Creator IDE.By the end of this book, you'll be able to build cross-platform applications with a modern GUI along with the speed and power of native apps.What you will learn* Write cross-platform code using the Qt framework to create interactive applications* Build a desktop application using Qt Widgets* Create a touch-friendly user interface with Qt Quick* Develop a mobile application using Qt and deploy it on different platforms* Get to grips with Model/View programming with Qt Widgets and Qt Quick* Discover Qts graphics framework and add animations to your user interface* Write test cases using the Qt Test framework and debug code* Build a translation-aware application* Follow best practices in Qt to write high-performance codeWho this book is forThis book is for application developers who want to use C++ and Qt to create modern, responsive applications that can be deployed to multiple operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux desktop platforms. …”

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“…Some basic JavaScript knowledge is expected, but no prior experience with data visualization or D3 is required What You Will Learn Gain a solid understanding of the common D3 development idioms Find out how to write basic D3 code for servers using Node.js Install and use D3.js to create HTML elements within a document Create and style graphical elements such as circles, ellipses, rectangles, lines, paths, and text using SVG Turn your data into bar and scatter charts, and add margins, axes, labels, and legends Use D3.js generators to perform the magic of creating complex visualizations from data Add interactivity to your visualizations, including tool-tips, sorting, hover-to-highlight, and grouping and dragging of visuals Write, test, and distribute a D3-based charting package Make a real-time application with Node and D3 In Detail D3 has emerged as one of the leading platforms to develop beautiful, interactive visualizations over the web. …”

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“…Style and approach This book builds on your early knowledge and experience of Node.js and takes a craftsman approach to understanding the whole picture more deeply and shaping your Node applications to perform the way a craftsman would want. So, we take a..…”

“…Incorporate ASP.NET Ajax into any new or existing web site or application Use ASP.NET architecture, key concepts, and client-side scripting techniques Design and build a complete e-commerce application Use ASP.NET Ajax to create higher-performance web applications Use all the key Ajax Server Extensions, including the Ajax Control Toolkit Work with the ASP.NET Ajax authentication and profile services Extend the Microsoft Ajax Library Efficiently debug and trace ASP.NET Ajax code Leverage the benefits of Ajax by implementing a sample application Joydip Kanjilal, honored by Microsoft as an ASP.NET MVP, writes frequently on ASP.NET and other .NET technologies for web sites such as www.asptoday.com, www.devx.com, www.aspalliance.com, and www.aspnetpro.com. …”

“…The second CD-ROM features ‘Roblimo’ showing you how to perform twenty essential OpenOffice.org tasks in easy, bite-sized video tutorials... just watch, and do!…”

“…Coverage includes Planning high-level game design, components, and difficulty levels Using game loops to make sure the right events happen at the right time Rendering images, creating sprite sheets, and building basic animations Using tile maps to build large game worlds from small reusable images Creating fire, explosions, smoke, sparks, and other organic effects Delivering great sound via OpenAL and the iPhone’s media player Providing game control via iPhone’s touch and accelerometer features Crafting an effective, intuitive game interface Building game objects and entities and making them work properly Detecting collisions and ensuring the right response to them Polishing, testing, debugging, and performance-tuning your game Learning iOS Game Programming focuses on the features, concepts, and techniques you’ll use most often—and helps you master them in a real-world context. …”

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“…This Python library quickly performs operations on millions of rows, and it interfaces easily with other tools in the Python data ecosystem. …”