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Your no-nonsense guide to making sense of machine learning Machine learning can be a mind-boggling concept for the masses, but those (read more)

Your no-nonsense guide to making sense of machine learning Machine learning can be a mind-boggling concept for the masses, but those who are in the trenches of computer programming know just how invaluable it is. Without machine learning, fraud detection, web search results, real-time ads on web pages, credit scoring, automation, and email spam filtering wouldn't be possible, and this is only showcasing just a few of its capabilities. Written by two data science experts, Machine Learning For Dummies offers a much-needed entry point for anyone looking to use machine learning to accomplish practical tasks.

Covering the entry-level topics needed to get you familiar with the basic concepts of machine learning, this guide quickly helps you make sense of the programming languages and tools you need to turn machine learning-based tasks into a reality. Whether you're maddened by the math behind machine learning, apprehensive about AI, perplexed by preprocessing data or anything in between this guide makes it easier to understand and implement machine learning seamlessly. * Grasp how day-to-day activities are powered by machine learning * Learn to 'speak' certain languages, such as Python and R, to teach machines to perform pattern-oriented tasks and data analysis * Learn to code in R using R Studio * Find out how to code in Python using Anaconda Dive into this complete beginner's guide so you are armed with all you need to know about machine learning! (hide)

A bestselling Exchange Server guide, updated for the 2016 release Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is the gold-standard reference (read more)

A bestselling Exchange Server guide, updated for the 2016 release Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is the gold-standard reference for system administrators and first-time users alike. Fully updated to align with the latest release, this expert-led guide provides comprehensive coverage and easy-to-follow tutorials for all aspects of Exchange Server installation, configuration, and management. Whether you're migrating from an earlier version or installing Exchange Server for the first time, this book gives you quick access to the answers you need.

Step-by-step instructions walk you through planning and design, installation, administration and management, maintenance, and more, so you can get up to speed quickly and get back to work. With a focus on the hands-on details, the Microsoft Certified Masters author team provides practical insight and invaluable guidance on every aspect of Exchange Server 2016, from mastering the basics to leveraging new features. Microsoft Exchange allows access to e-mail, voicemail, and calendars at any time, from almost any device. (hide)

Mastering VMware vSphere 6 is the fully updated edition of the bestselling guide to VMware's virtualization solution. With comprehensive (read more)

Mastering VMware vSphere 6 is the fully updated edition of the bestselling guide to VMware's virtualization solution. With comprehensive coverage of this industry-leading toolset, this book acts as an informative guide and valuable reference. Step-by-step instruction walks you through installation, configuration, operation, security processes, and much more as you conquer the management and automation of your virtual environment.

Written by certified VMware vExperts, this indispensable guide provides hands-on instruction and detailed conceptual explanations, anchored by practical applications and real-world examples. (hide)

MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, winner of TAA's 2017 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty"), guides (read more)

MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, winner of TAA's 2017 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty"), guides the reader through both programming and built-in functions to easily exploit MATLAB's extensive capabilities for tackling engineering and scientific problems. Assuming no knowledge of programming, this book starts with programming concepts, such as variables, assignments, and selection statements, moves on to loops, and then solves problems using both the programming concept and the power of MATLAB. (hide)

Plot graphs, solve equations, and write code in a flash! If you work in a STEM field, chances are you'll be using MATLAB on a daily (read more)

Plot graphs, solve equations, and write code in a flash!

If you work in a STEM field, chances are you'll be using MATLAB on a daily basis. MATLAB is a popular and powerful computational tool and this book provides everything you need to start manipulating and plotting your data. MATLAB has rapidly become the premier data tool, and MATLAB For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals.

MATLAB For Dummies guides you through this complex computational language from installation to visualization to automation. * Learn MATLAB's language fundamentals including syntax, operators, and data types * Understand how to use the most important window in MATLAB - the Command Window * Get the basics of linear algebra to get up and running with vectors, matrices, and hyperspace * Automate your work with programming scripts and functions * Plot graphs in 2D and 3D to visualize your data * Includes a handy guide for MATLAB's functions and plotting routines (hide)

Learn the main features of Azure Cosmos DB and how to use Microsoft's multi-modal database service as a data store for mission-critical (read more)

Learn the main features of Azure Cosmos DB and how to use Microsoft's multi-modal database service as a data store for mission-critical applications. The clear examples help in writing your own applications to take advantage of Cosmos DB's multi-modal, globally distributed, elastic database. Simple step-by-step instructions show how to resolve common and uncommon scenarios involving Azure Cosmos DB, and scenarios such as delivering extremely low response times (in the order of milliseconds), and scaling rapidly and globally.Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Revealed demonstrates a multitude of possible implementations to get you started. (hide)

Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, (read more)

Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, from shopping lists to presentation of data, to more complex formulas and sorting tasks. Everyone in business, or indeed, in almost any job, needs to know how to use this fundamental modern tool, so this updated edition provides information on all the basic capabilities and gives guidance on some of the more advanced techniques.
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19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching (read more)

19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavil ypractical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android,Blackberry, and Windows Mobile platforms. You will learn a provenmethodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the varioustypes of attacks.

Coverage includes data storage, cryptography,transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer andenterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There iscurrently little published on the topic of mobile security, butwith over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attacksurface is significant. (hide)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering (read more)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2018 - includes many additions and improvements. This edition of Modern Fortran Explained expands on the last.

Given the release of updated versions of Fortran compilers, the separate descriptions of Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 have been incorporated into the main text, which thereby becomes a unified description of the full Fortran 2008 version of the language. This clearer standard has allowed many deficiencies and irregularities in the earlier language versions to be resolved. Four new chapters describe the additional features of Fortran 2018, with its enhancements to coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C, IEEE arithmetic, and various other improvements.
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The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced (read more)

The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced a renaissance to become a full-featured, mature language with object-orientation, namespaces, and a growing collection of reusable component libraries."Modern PHP" reveals these new language features in action. Author Josh Lockhart--creator of PHP The Right Way, a popular community initiative--shows you how to develop PHP applications using best practices for application architecture and planning, databases, security, testing, debugging, and deployment.Learn detailed, practical techniques that you can immediately implement in your PHP projectGrow your PHP skillset with the newest language features and modern best practices Get up to speed on new language features of PHP 5.x (OOP, DateTime, namespaces, traits, and more)Discover the latest from the PHP community, including what's new with the Hack programming language and the HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM)Find out how the new PHP has become a more mature language with community standards, a growing affinity for interoperable components, and a passionate community committed to improving performance. (hide)