Tabla de Contenidos: “…Performing actions that trigger computations -- Reusing the same rdd for different actions -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Immutable Design -- Delving into the Spark RDD's parent/child chain -- Extending an RDD -- Chaining a new RDD with the parent -- Testing our custom RDD -- Using RDD in an immutable way -- Using DataFrame operations to transform -- Immutability in the highly concurrent environment -- Using the Dataset API in an immutable way -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Avoiding Shuffle and Reducing Operational Expenses -- Detecting a shuffle in a process -- Testing operations that cause a shuffle in Apache Spark -- Changing the design of jobs with wide dependencies -- Using keyBy() operations to reduce shuffle -- Using a custom partitioner to reduce shuffle -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Saving Data in the Correct Format -- Saving data in plain text format -- Leveraging JSON as a data format -- Tabular formats - CSV -- Using Avro with Spark -- Columnar formats - Parquet -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Working with the Spark Key/Value API -- Available actions on key/value pairs -- Using aggregateByKey instead of groupBy() -- Actions on key/value pairs -- Available partitioners on key/value data -- Implementing a custom partitioner -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Testing Apache Spark Jobs -- Separating logic from Spark engine-unit testing -- Integration testing using SparkSession -- Mocking data sources using partial functions -- Using ScalaCheck for property-based testing -- Testing in different versions of Spark -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Leveraging the Spark GraphX API -- Creating a graph from a data source -- Creating the loader component -- Revisiting the graph format -- Loading Spark from file -- Using the Vertex API -- Constructing a graph using the vertex -- Creating couple relationships -- Using the Edge API -- Constructing the graph using edge…”

“…In it, you'll learn the practices you'll need to program multicore processors, GPUs, and other high-performance systems. Author Kirill Bobrov skips the math, jargon, and academic language and concentrates on clear, plain-English explanations. …”

“…In it, you'll learn the practices you'll need to program multicore processors, GPUs, and other high-performance systems. Author Kirill Bobrov skips the math, jargon, and academic language and concentrates on clear, plain-English explanations. …”

“…Because tracing provides insight into behavioral problems that manifest during interactions between different code modules, we delve into the Linux Trace Toolkit, a system designed for high-volume trace capture. …”

“…Breaking the process down into its simplest terms, the authors provide component lists for a number of different PC setups: for students, home users, multimedia/home-theater enthusiasts, high-end graphic/video/audio producers, and more. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Call Rates Volatility -- Factors Influencing Call Money Market Rate -- Measures for Curbing High Volatility -- Steps to Convert the Call Money Market into a Pure Inter-bank Market -- Term Money Market -- Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO) -- Link Between the Money Market and the Monetary Policy in India -- Tools for Managing Liquidity in the Money Market -- Reserve Requirements -- Interest Rates -- Bank Rate -- Refinance from the Reserve Bank -- Repos -- Money Market Derivatives -- Interest Rate Swap -- Plain Vanilla Interest Rate Swaps -- Applications of Interest Rate Swaps -- Forward Rate Agreements -- Plain Vanilla Forward Rate Agreements -- Participants in the IRS/FRA Market -- Guidelines Relating to IRSs/FRAs -- Introduction of New Derivative Instruments -- An Overview of the Money Market -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Capital Market -- Introduction -- Functions of a Capital Market -- Primary Capital Market and Secondary Capital Market -- History of the Indian Capital Market -- A Brief History of the Rise of Equity Trading in India -- Capital Market Scams -- Introduction -- The 1991 - 92 Securities Scam (The Harshad Mehta Scam) -- The 2001 Scam (Ketan Parekh Scam) -- Comparison of the Harshad Mehta Scam and the Ketan Parekh Scam -- Conclusion -- Reforms in the Capital Market -- The Primary Capital Market -- Secondary Capital Market -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 6: The Primary Market -- Introduction -- Intermediaries to an Issue -- Free Pricing Regime -- Book Building-A New Issue Mechanism in India -- The Book Building Process -- Bidding Process -- Determination of Price -- Registering of Prospectus with Registrar of Companies -- Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (Asba) Process -- Allotment/Allocation in Book Built Issue -- Anchor Investor…”

“…Plain-spoken and convivial, this casebook makes a deliberate effort to explain the law, rather than to provide a mere compilation of readings and questions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Forest Eco-system: Types, Characteristic, Features, Structure and Functions -- Forest Biomes -- Eco-system -- Grassland Eco-system: Types, Characteristic Features, Structure and Function -- Features -- Components of Grassland Eco-system -- Desert Eco-system: Types, Characteristic Features, Structure and Functions -- Hot Deserts -- Cold Deserts -- Vegetation -- Animals -- Desert Eco-system -- Aquatic Eco-system: Ponds, Streams, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Estuaries Lakes and Ponds -- Biotic Communities of Lakes and Ponds -- Biota of Littoral Zone -- Biota of Limnetic Zone -- Biota of Profundal Zone -- Biotic Components in Ponds -- Rivers and Streams -- Oceans -- Physico-chemical Aspects of Ocean -- Zonation of Marine Environment -- Basic Components in Ocean -- Estuary Eco-system -- Classification -- Questions -- Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Its Conservation -- Genetic, Species and Eco-system Diversity -- Biodiversity -- Mutation -- Species Genetic Diversity -- Diversity Explained -- Importance of Species and Genetic Diversity -- Measurement of Biodiversity -- Number of Species Worldwide -- Biogeographical Classification of India -- Soils of India -- Climate of India -- Western Himalayas -- Eastern Himalayas -- West Indian Deserts (Indus Plain) -- Gangetic Plain -- Assam -- Central India -- Malabar -- The Deccan -- Andamans -- Consumptive, Productive, Social, Ethical, Aesthetic and Option Values of Biodiversity -- Ethical Value -- Deep Ecology -- Biodiversity at National Level -- Himalayan Mountain System -- Himalaya Foothills -- Western Himalayas (High-altitude Region) -- Eastern Himalayas -- Peninsular-lndian Sub-region -- Tropical Rain Forest Region -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Mangrove Swamps of Sunderbans -- Mammals -- Hotspots of Biodiversity -- Definition and Details -- Main Hotspots of the World -- Main Hotspots of India…”

“…This Special Issue will discuss water intake, the scientific rationale surrounding the U.S. and European water intake guidelines, homeostatic mechanisms, diseases related to dysfunction of water regulation, and differences in the volume and the vehicle in which the water is contained (i.e., plain water versus mixed beverages) on water intake during and following exercise. …”

“…Photography in the Middle, eschewing a high theoretical mode, seeks to exploit the bag of tricks that is the dispatch. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- 24 Risk Management -- Risk -- Risk Management -- The Coin Toss Example -- Optimal Betting -- Hunches and Systems -- Fixed Bet and Fixed-Fraction Bet -- Simulations -- Pyramiding and Martingale -- Optimizing-Using Simulation -- Optimizing-Using Calculus -- Optimizing-Using the Kelly Formula -- Some Graphic Relationships Between Luck, Payoff, and Optimal Bet Fraction -- Nonbalanced Distributions and High Payoffs -- Almost-Certain-Death Strategies -- Diversification -- The Uncle Point…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Identifying insightful interview questions -- Sharpening interview skills with AI-generated responses -- Generating strategic questions for client engagements with AI -- Summary -- Chapter 4: LLMs for Creative Writing -- Using AI for creative writing -- Using AI to generate fiction -- Using AI to write poetry -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Unlocking Insights from Unstructured Text - AI Techniques for Text Analysis -- Sentiment analysis - AI techniques for emotion detection in text -- Organizing unstructured data - using AI for automated text categorization and data classification -- Cleaning up dirty data - how AI identifies and resolves issues in datasets -- Making sense of unstructured data - pattern matching for information extraction -- Summary -- Part 3: Advanced Use Cases for Different Industries -- Chapter 6: Applications of LLMs in Education and Law -- Creating course materials with ChatGPT -- Creating handouts and other materials -- Creating handouts for the unit -- Creating solved examples -- Word problems -- Creating quizzes -- Creating rubrics -- Creating cloze comprehension tests -- AI for legal research -- Reviewing legal documents using an LLM -- Drafting legal documents with an LLM -- AI for legal education and training -- LLMs for eDiscovery and litigation support -- AI for intellectual property (IP) management -- Other applications of LLMs for lawyers -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The Rise of AI Pair Programmers - Teaming Up with Intelligent Assistants for Better Code -- Code generation with coding assistants -- From confusion to clarity - AI explains what code does in plain English -- Commenting, formatting, and optimizing code -- Fixing faulty code - how AI transforms the debugging process -- Translating code from one language to another -- Case study 1 - developing a website code using AI…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…We're Going to Fail-It's a Question of When and by How Much -- Designing the Right Thing -- There's Nothing Wrong About Being Wrong -- We Seek Intelligent Failures -- Risk Factors -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Chapter 5 - Create, Discover, Analyze -- Overview -- Begin at the End -- The Artifact Provokes Discovery -- Analyze What They Mean, Not Just What We Heard -- Taking the Low Road -- High-Fidelity Artifacts Look and Feel Like Finished Products -- Low-Fidelity Artifacts Cost Less -- Risk Factors -- Effort -- Reality, Timidity, and Incrementalism -- Missing the Point -- Focusing on the Small -- Hiding in Plain Sight -- Diminished Value -- Summary -- Chapter 6 - Make Assumptions Explicit -- Overview -- Revealing Assumptions Isn't Easy -- Discussing Solutions, not Assumptions -- Released Product is No Place to Learn What Stakeholders Need -- Nonsensical Artifacts Generate Useful Results -- Good Assumptions are Hard to Find -- Ass.U.Me-Implicit Assumptions Make Us All Look Stupid -- We Really Want to Believe -- We Don't Know Anybody Else's Assumptions Either -- Risk Factors -- Insincerity -- Not Getting to Yes -- Summary -- Chapter 7 - Iterate, Iterate, Iterate! …”