“…The author’s extensive international experience in communicating to an audience drawn from diverse cultures and differing levels of familiarity with technical concepts and the English language enables her to enliven subject matter that otherwise can be dauntingly unapproachable. I commend this book to anyone seeking to develop their understanding of developing communications technologies, regardless of their technical background.” — Peter Leonard , Managing Partner, Technology and Communications, Gilbert & Tobin Lawyers “ Telecommunications Essentials provides a thorough overview of all aspects of the telecommunications network. …”

“…Praise for Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability "You don't need to be a Six Sigma Black Belt or a CPA to understand the principles and the practical tools presented by Callahan, Stetz, and Brooks in Project Management Accounting . …”

“…For intermediate and advanced developers, its treatment of database design and queries provides a handy treatment that otherwise has to be gleaned from relatively uninteresting textbooks, while its programming chapters constitute a handy reference to some basic operations that can be perform..…”

“…Advice on how specific language features affect security has been missing. The CERT ® C Secure Coding Standard fills this need.” –Randy Meyers, Chairman of ANSI C “For years we have relied upon the CERT/CC to publish advisories documenting an endless stream of security problems. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Coarse timing estimation -- 5.5 Coarse CFO estimation -- 5.6. Fine timing estimation -- 5.7. …”

“…With this book you'll learn how to: Develop and implement your PLM strategy to support your corporate objectives Engage all your employees in using information to eliminate waste Enable improved information flow Better organize and utilize your intellectual capital Foster an environment that drives PLM Lean manufacturing can only take your organization so far. To bring your productivity to the next level and save remarkable amounts of time, money, and resources, Product Lifecycle Management is your one-stop, hands-on guide to implementing this powerful methodology…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gathering Resources -- Setting a custom Android application icon -- Creating texture atlases -- Loading and tracking assets -- Organizing assets -- Testing assets -- Handling level data -- Summary -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Divide and conquer -- The C5.0 decision tree algorithm -- Choosing the best split -- Pruning the decision tree -- Example - identifying risky bank loans using C5.0 decision trees -- Step 1 - collecting data -- Step 2 - exploring and preparing the data -- Data preparation - creating random training and test datasets -- Step 3 - training a model on the data -- Step 4 - evaluating model performance -- Step 5 - improving model performance -- Boosting the accuracy of decision trees -- Making some mistakes more costly than others -- Understanding classification rules -- Separate and conquer -- The One Rule algorithm -- The RIPPER algorithm -- Rules from decision trees -- Example - identifying poisonous mushrooms with rule learners -- Step 1 - collecting data -- Step 2 - exploring and preparing the data -- Step 3 - training a model on the data -- Step 4 - evaluating model performance -- Step 5 - improving model performance -- Summary -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Accessing the Windows Home Server Shared Folders -- Copying Files to a Shared Folder -- Publishing a Windows Vista Calendar to the Server -- Viewing Share Storage History -- Searching the Shared Folders -- Deleting a Shared Folder -- From Here -- 7 Making Connections to Network Computers -- Configuring a Computer as a Remote Desktop Host -- Connecting via Remote Desktop Connection -- Connecting via Windows Home Server Web Site Remote Access -- Connecting via the Internet -- Customizing the Remote Access Web Pages -- From Here -- 8 Streaming and Sharing Digital Media -- Streaming Digital Media to Network Computers and Devices -- Sharing Photos -- Sharing Music -- Sharing Videos -- From Here -- 9 Backing Up and Restoring Network Computers -- Understanding Windows Home Server's Backup Technology -- Converting Client Partitions to NTFS -- Configuring Windows Home Server Backups -- Configuring a Computer for Backup -- Running a Manual Backup -- Working with Backups -- Restoring Network Backups -- From Here -- 10 Monitoring Your Network -- Monitoring the Windows Home Server Status Icon -- Monitoring the Windows Home Server Shares -- Monitoring Remote Desktop Sessions -- From Here -- 11 Implementing Windows Home Server Security -- Enabling Security Auditing on Windows Home Server -- More Ways to Secure Windows Home Server -- Securing Network Computers -- Implementing Wireless Network Security -- From Here -- 12 Setting Up a Windows Home Server Website -- Understanding the Windows Home Server Default Website -- Adding Folders and Files to the Default Website -- Creating a New Website -- Configuring a Website -- From Here -- 13 Running a SharePoint Site on Windows Home Server -- Installing and Configuring Windows SharePoint Services -- Adding Sites to SharePoint -- Working with Site Settings -- Creating Content for a SharePoint Site -- From Here…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 23: The Only False Message I KnowChapter 24: The Prehistory of the General Staff; Chapter 25: Charles J. Mendelsohn and Why I Envy Him; Chapter 26: The Man in the Iron Mask: Encore et Enfin, Cryptologically; Chapter 27: Students Better than a Pro (Bazeries) and an Author (Candela); Chapter 28: The Old Master of Austrian Cryptology; Chapter 29: Enigma Uncracked: The Allies Fail to Break the German Cipher Machine; Chapter 30: The Future of the Past: Questions in Cryptologic History; Back Cover…”

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“…Through extensive team experience and interviews with hundreds of individuals who have spent thousands of hours in team meetings, Perry has identified the attributes of great teams and great teamwork. iTeam examines the ten biggest challenges standing between most teams and excellence and explores in depth the fifty best practices teams can employ to improve performance. …”

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Materias:

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Groovy 2 Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Groovy 2 Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? …”

“…Coverage includes Mastering best practices for designing forms and working with data Setting up Forms Services in SharePoint 2010 Using new InfoPath controls and customization techniques Adding logic without code via Quick Rules and the Rules Management pane Using the InfoPath Form Web Part to create powerful solutions with minimal code, including data mashups Submitting, saving, and publishing, including Quick Publish Building reusable components, custom controls, and add-ins Securing and efficiently deploying solutions Making the most of reporting and workflows Writing better InfoPath code more quickly with Visual Studio Tools for Office Using import/export and the new import wizard Customizing forms for creating, viewing, and editing SharePoint lists Building dynamic queries to REST Web services Using these techniques, you can automate your processes for collecting, managing, and sharing information; create applications that interact with external data, enhance web pages, and drive workflow; and solve real business problems…”

“…CRM segmentation and clustering using SAS Enterprise miner…”

“…You will be taken through the various methodologies, architectures, and deployments so you can select, implement, and maintain Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Example of logistic regression using German credit data -- Random forest -- Example of random forest using German credit data -- Grid search on random forest -- Variable importance plot -- Comparison of logistic regression with random forest -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Tree-Based Machine Learning Models -- Introducing decision tree classifiers -- Terminology used in decision trees -- Decision tree working methodology from first principles -- Comparison between logistic regression and decision trees -- Comparison of error components across various styles of models -- Remedial actions to push the model towards the ideal region -- HR attrition data example -- Decision tree classifier -- Tuning class weights in decision tree classifier -- Bagging classifier -- Random forest classifier -- Random forest classifier - grid search -- AdaBoost classifier -- Gradient boosting classifier -- Comparison between AdaBoosting versus gradient boosting -- Extreme gradient boosting - XGBoost classifier -- Ensemble of ensembles - model stacking -- Ensemble of ensembles with different types of classifiers -- Ensemble of ensembles with bootstrap samples using a single type of classifier -- Summary -- Chapter 5: K-Nearest Neighbors and Naive Bayes -- K-nearest neighbors -- KNN voter example -- Curse of dimensionality -- Curse of dimensionality with 1D, 2D, and 3D example -- KNN classifier with breast cancer Wisconsin data example -- Tuning of k-value in KNN classifier -- Naive Bayes -- Probability fundamentals -- Joint probability -- Understanding Bayes theorem with conditional probability -- Naive Bayes classification -- Laplace estimator -- Naive Bayes SMS spam classification example -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks -- Support vector machines working principles -- Maximum margin classifier -- Support vector classifier…”

“…This book helps examiners mitigate fraud in their own organizations, while taking the necessary steps to prevent potential legal exposure. …”