Focused on practical matters: this book will not cover Shiny concepts, but practical tools and methodologies to use for production. Based on experience: this book will be a formalization of several years of experience building Shiny applications. Original content: this book will present new methodology and tooling, not just do a review of what already exists.

A clear, comprehensive treatment of the subject, Environmental Statistics with S-PLUS is an ideal resource for environmental scientists, engineers, regulators, and students, even those with only a limited knowledge of statistics. It provides insight into what to think about before you collect environmental data, how to collect it, and how to make sense of it after you have it. This book addresses the vast array of methods used today by scientists, researchers, and regulators.

Through its convenient showcase of information and numerous data sets posted on the Web, Environmental Statistics with S-PLUS shows you how to implement these methods using the statistical software package S-PLUS and the add-in modules EnvironmentalStats for S-PLUS, S+SpatialStats, and S-PLUS for ArcView. This survey of statistical methods, definitions, and concepts helps you collect and effectively analyze data for environmental pollution problems.

Microsoft's Works 2000 suite replaces Works 4.0 and the minor upgrade 4.5. The suite contains word processing, spreadsheet and database software, plus an address book, calendar and a range of templates and wizards to give users a start on many types of documents. This is an introduction to Works 2000 for new users, with the assumption that the new Works user probably has little prior experience of computers. It starts with the basics of screen control and file management, then looks at each of the main components in turn. The focus is on what is being processed - text, numbers - rather than the application being used, as the same techniques recur in different applications.

The constantly evolving technological infrastructure of the modem world presents a great challenge of developing software systems with increasing size, complexity, and functionality. The software engineering field has seen changes and innovations to meet these and other continuously growing challenges by developing and implementing useful software engineering methodologies. Among the more recent advances are those made in the context of software portability, formal verification. techniques, software measurement, and software reuse. However, despite the introduction of some important and useful paradigms in the software engineering discipline, their technological transfer on a larger scale has been extremely gradual and limited. For example, many software development organizations may not have a well-defined software assurance team, which can be considered as a key ingredient in the development of a high-quality and dependable software product. Recently, the software engineering field has observed an increased integration or fusion with the computational intelligence (Cl) field, which is comprised of primarily the mature technologies of fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, and rough sets. Hybrid systems that combine two or more of these individual technologies are also categorized under the Cl umbrella. Software engineering is unlike the other well-founded engineering disciplines, primarily due to its human component (designers, developers, testers, etc. ) factor. The highly non-mechanical and intuitive nature of the human factor characterizes many of the problems associated with software engineering, including those observed in development effort estimation, software quality and reliability prediction, software design, and software testing."

ITIL(R) 4 High-velocity ITIf you've achieved your ITIL(R) 4 Foundation certificate, you're probably planning the next stage in your ITIL journey and which qualification to work towards. ITIL 4 High-velocity IT (HVIT) provides essential knowledge and capabilities for service management professionals, supporting those involved in the delivery of digital products and services and anyone working on digital transformation programs. High-velocity IT is one of the ITIL 4 advanced level modules that leads to the MP (Managing Professional) certification. The module is aimed at professionals who are working in fast-paced environments, including adapting service management to work with Lean, Agile and DevOps. The majority of this book is based on the official AXELOS ITIL(R) 4: High-velocity IT publication and the associated High-velocity IT Managing Professional syllabus. It provides students with the information they need to pass the High-velocity IT exam, and help them become a successful practitioner. Suitable for existing ITIL v3 experts, ITIL 4 MP students, ITSM (IT service management) practitioners who are adopting ITIL 4, approved training organisations, IT service managers, IT managers and those in IT support roles. The guide focuses on: Digital product lifecycle and the ITIL operating model; High-velocity key behaviours; Principles, models and concepts; Ensuring: valuable investments, fast development, resilient operations and assured conformance; and Exam preparation. A useful tool throughout your careerIn addition to being an essential study aid, the author - a seasoned ITSM professional - also provides additional guidance throughout the book which you can lean on once your training and exam are over. The book includes her own practical experience from which she gives advice and points to think about along the way so that you can refer back to this book for years to come - long after you've passed your exam. The essential link between your ITIL qualification and the real world - buy this book today!

The latest volume in this influential series brings together topical and authoritative contributions from leading international professionals involved in the use of games and simulations. With contributors offering examples drawn from a wide variety of countries including the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia and Russia, the book provides a global perspective on a key topic.

Living with Robots: Emerging Issues on the Psychological and Social Implications of Robotics focuses on the issues that come to bear when humans interact and collaborate with robots. The book dives deeply into critical factors that impact how individuals interact with robots at home, work and play. It includes topics ranging from robot anthropomorphic design, degree of autonomy, trust, individual differences and machine learning. While other books focus on engineering capabilities or the highly conceptual, philosophical issues of human-robot interaction, this resource tackles the human elements at play in these interactions, which are essential if humans and robots are to coexist and collaborate effectively. Authored by key psychology robotics researchers, the book limits its focus to specifically those robots who are intended to interact with people, including technology such as drones, self-driving cars, and humanoid robots. Forward-looking, the book examines robots not as the novelty they used to be, but rather the practical idea of robots participating in our everyday lives.

Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such as economics and game theory. Game Balance offers readers a dynamic look into game design and player theory. Throughout the book, relevant topics on the use of spreadsheet programs will be included in each chapter. This book therefore doubles as a useful reference on Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and other spreadsheet programs and their uses for game designers. FEATURES The first and only book to explore game balance as a topic in depth Topics range from intermediate to advanced, while written in an accessible style that demystifies even the most challenging mathematical concepts to the point where a novice student of game design can understand and apply them Contains powerful spreadsheet techniques which have been tested with all major spreadsheet programs and battle-tested with real-world game design tasks Provides short-form exercises at the end of each chapter to allow for practice of the techniques discussed therein along with three long-term projects divided into parts throughout the book that involve their creation Written by award-winning designers with decades of experience in the field Ian Schreiber has been in the industry since 2000, first as a programmer and then as a game designer. He has worked on eight published game titles, training/simulation games for three Fortune 500 companies, and has advised countless student projects. He is the co-founder of Global Game Jam, the largest in-person game jam event in the world. Ian has taught game design and development courses at a variety of colleges and universities since 2006. Brenda Romero is a BAFTA award-winning game director, entrepreneur, artist, and Fulbright award recipient and is presently game director and creator of the Empire of Sin franchise. As a game director, she has worked on 50 games and contributed to many seminal titles, including the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series and titles in the Ghost Recon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Def Jam franchises.

Become a stats superstar by using Excel to reveal the powerful secrets of statistics.

Microsoft Excel offers numerous possibilities for statistical analysis―and you don’t have to be a math wizard to unlock them. In Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies, fully updated for the 2021 version of Excel, you’ll hit the ground running with straightforward techniques and practical guidance to unlock the power of statistics in Excel.

Bypass unnecessary jargon and skip right to mastering formulas, functions, charts, probabilities, distributions, and correlations. Written for professionals and students without a background in statistics or math, you’ll learn to create, interpret, and translate statistics―and have fun doing it!

In this book you’ll find out how to:

• Understand, describe, and summarize any kind of data, from sports stats to sales figures
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For anyone who’s ever wanted to unleash the full potential of statistical analysis in Excel―and impress your colleagues or classmates along the way―Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies walks you through the foundational concepts of analyzing statistics and the step-by-step methods you use to apply them.

ALL THE CRAZIEST HIGHLIGHTS FROM FORTNITE'S LATEST SEASONS IN THE BRAND-NEW OFFICIAL ANNUAL FROM EPIC GAMES It's been another wild ride in the world of Fortnite, with new challenges, rewards, map changes, and awesome Outfits keeping the game as fresh as ever. Now, in this official yearbook from Epic Games, you can relive all the major Battle Royale stories and surprises from the past 12 months. Packed full of fun features, cool artwork, quizzes, and exclusive inside knowledge, this is essential reading for any Fortnite fan.

The aim of the book is to help students become data scientists. Since this requires a series of courses over a considerable period of time, the book intends to accompany students from the beginning to an advanced understanding of the knowledge and skills that define a modern data scientist. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the mathematical foundations of the programming language R and of its applications to data science.

Contents:
Introduction. Silicon and Carbon. Mainstream Software. Peripheral Software. Innovative Software. Frontier Software Case 1: Cyberquest. Frontier Software Case 2: Strad. Frontier Software Case 3: Expert Choice. Frontier Software Case 4: Stategizer. A United Frontier? Conclusions.

This textbook presents methods and techniques for time series analysis and forecasting and shows how to use Python to implement them and solve data science problems. It covers not only common statistical approaches and time series models, including ARMA, SARIMA, VAR, GARCH and state space and Markov switching models for (non)stationary, multivariate and financial time series, but also modern machine learning procedures and challenges for time series forecasting. Providing an organic combination of the principles of time series analysis and Python programming, it enables the reader to study methods and techniques and practice writing and running Python code at the same time. Its data-driven approach to analyzing and modeling time series data helps new learners to visualize and interpret both the raw data and its computed results. Primarily intended for students of statistics, economics and data science with an undergraduate knowledge of probability and statistics, the book will equally appeal to industry professionals in the fields of artificial intelligence and data science, and anyone interested in using Python to solve time series problems.

About PowerPoint 2000 Traditionally, presenters have had to travel to reach audiences in different parts of the world. With today's technologies, this is no longer necessary. Using Microsoft PowerPoint (R) 2000, presenters can now easily and inexpensively collaborate on presentations and show them to remote audiences without leaving their offices. PowerPoint 2000 offers new ease-of-use features that speed users through presentation development and help users deliver Web-based presentations to remote audiences. Let this NEW Made Simple book guide you through the new features of PowerPoint 2000 and help you make the most of the product.

A Simple Guide to SPSS for Political Science, International Edition is a supplemental text that can be used with another statistics or research methods text. Designed for Political Science majors, A Simple Guide to SPSS for Political Science, International Edition helps students navigate through SPSS while taking a statistics or research methods course. The text includes additional coverage of categorical dependent variables, sample problems, and data sets specifically for Political Science. The American National Election Studies (ANES) database is used for sample problems, providing students with well-known and widely used resources in Political Science.

Contents:
Part 1: First Steps with Excel Making Sense of Pupil Performance Figures How Can We Describe Performance? How Can We Investigate the Relationship between Sets of Marks? Confidence in Sample Estimates Creating an Expectancy Table Part 2A: Scales and their Interpretation Part 2B: Handling Test Data Appendices

This volume contains the results of the Manchester Benchmarking exercise for railway vehicle dynamics simulation packages. Five of the main computer packages currently used for this purpose were examined in the exercise and the results are presented in the form of tables and graphs.

Are you thinking about working in the board game industry? Here's what you need to know. There are so many jobs and roles that need to be filled in the board game industry. You might just have the right skills and experience to excel. But first you need to know what opportunities exist and what the hardest gaps are to fill! In this book, you'll discover * What jobs are really in demand * How you can get your foot in the door with a publisher * Jobs in the industry you've never even thought of * What other opportunities exist for people with skills just like yours With insights from over 40 industry pros, as well as the author's many years of experience, you'll be able to put your own skills and experience to great use in an amazing, growing industry.

With the ever-increasing volume of data, proper management of data is a challenging proposition to scientists and researchers, and given the vast storage space required, multimedia data is no exception in this regard. Scientists and researchers are investing great effort to discover new space-efficient methods for storage and archiving of this data. Intelligent Innovations in Multimedia Data Engineering and Management provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of storage systems and computing methods for large forms of data. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as binary image, fuzzy logic, and metaheuristic algorithms, this book is ideally designed for computer engineers, IT professionals, technology developers, academicians, and researchers seeking current research on advancing strategies and computing techniques for various types of data.

Der Einsatz von Informations- und (Tele-)Kommunikationssystemen fA1/4r die Wirtschaft ist durch den rapiden technologischen Fortschritt zu Beginn des 3. Jahrtausends zur allgegenwArtigen Erscheinung geworden. Unter Schlagworten wie e(lectronic)-, m(obile)-, u(biquitious)-Computing/Commerce werden heute Zukunftsvisionen diskutiert, die den Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen weit A1/4ber ihre derzeitigen Einsatzzwecke hinaus eine zentrale Rolle auf dem Weg zur Elektronischen Dienstleistungswirtschaft einrAumen. Dieses Buch betrachtet diese Entwicklung in all ihren Facetten und stellt richtungsweisende Forschungs- und Praxisarbeiten an der Schnittstelle von moderner Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftsinformatik und angewandter Informatik vor. Es schlAgt die BrA1/4cke zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis, indem es die wesentlichen Gestaltungsoptionen- und Empfehlungen aufzeigt, die den Unternehmungen den erfolgreichen Weg in die "Information Age Economy" ebnen.