This report discusses the role computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) can play in transforming survey data collection to allow better monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. The first part of this publication provides rigorous quantitative evidence on why CAPI is a better alternative to the traditional pen and paper interviewing method, particularly in the context of nationally representative surveys. The second part discusses the benefits of delivering CAPI training to statisticians using the popular massive online open course format. The final part provides a summary of existing CAPI platforms and offers some preliminary advice for NSOs to consider when selecting a CAPI platform for their institution. This is a Special Supplement to the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2019.

Als Stahl bezeichnet man heute alle Eisenlegierungen - mit Ausnahme der nicht schmiedbaren hochkohlenstoffhaltigen Gu sorten wie Grauguli, Hartguf und Ternperguf - ohne Riicksichr auf ihre Eigenschaften. Friiher wurde als wesentliches Merkmal des Stahles die Hartbarkeit angesehen. Es gibt aber eine ganze Reihe von Stahlen, die sich nicht harten lassen, die durch das Abschrecken aus hohen Temperaturen im Gegenteil sogar weicher, zaher werden. Edelstdble werden vielfach solche Stahle genannt, die au er mit Kohlenstoff auch noch mit anderen Grundstoffen, z. B. mit Chrom, Nickel, Wolfram, Vanadin usw. legiert sind. Diese Begriffsbestim- mung ist jedoch nicht erschopfend und auch anfechtbar, Denn man wird einen reinen Kohlenstoffstahl, der sorgfaltig erzeugt und auf dem ganzen Wege der Herstellung - vom Gu bis zum Versand - immer wieder gewissenhaft gepriift worden ist, zweifellos auch zu den Edelstahlen rechnen miissen. Andererseits enthalten manchmal Massenstahle - auch als unbeabsichtigte Verunreinigungen - ge- wisse Mengen von Legierungselementen. Das Richtige wird man treffen, wenn man die bei den grofsen Hiittenwerken in grofien Mengen erzeugten billigen Stahle als .Mas- senstahle bezeichnet, die von einem Edelstahlwerk mit Sorgfalt und unter scharfster Kontrolle hergestellten Stahle dagegen als Edelstahle. Die billigen Massenstahle werden meistens nach Festigkeit ver- kauft, die Edelstahle dagegen nach dem Verwendungszweck und unter einer Markenbezeichnung.

Leverage the Azure analytics platform's key analytics services to deliver unmatched intelligence for your data Key Features Learn to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate business requirements Bring enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together to gain insights from your data Develop end-to-end analytics solutions using Azure Synapse Book DescriptionAzure Synapse Analytics, which Microsoft describes as the next evolution of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, is a limitless analytics service that brings enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together. With this book, you'll learn how to discover insights from your data effectively using this platform. The book starts with an overview of Azure Synapse Analytics, its architecture, and how it can be used to improve business intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Next, you'll go on to choose and set up the correct environment for your business problem. You'll also learn a variety of ways to ingest data from various sources and orchestrate the data using transformation techniques offered by Azure Synapse. Later, you'll explore how to handle both relational and non-relational data using the SQL language. As you progress, you'll perform real-time streaming and execute data analysis operations on your data using various languages, before going on to apply ML techniques to derive accurate and granular insights from data. Finally, you'll discover how to protect sensitive data in real time by using security and privacy features. By the end of this Azure book, you'll be able to build end-to-end analytics solutions while focusing on data prep, data management, data warehousing, and AI tasks. What you will learn Explore the necessary considerations for data ingestion and orchestration while building analytical pipelines Understand pipelines and activities in Synapse pipelines and use them to construct end-to-end data-driven workflows Query data using various coding languages on Azure Synapse Focus on Synapse SQL and Synapse Spark Manage and monitor resource utilization and query activity in Azure Synapse Connect Power BI workspaces with Azure Synapse and create or modify reports directly from Synapse Studio Create and manage IP firewall rules in Azure Synapse Who this book is forThis book is for data architects, data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts who are looking to get up and running with the Azure Synapse Analytics platform. Basic knowledge of data warehousing will be beneficial to help you understand the concepts covered in this book more effectively.

Data is an increasingly important business asset and enabler for organisational activities. Data quality is a key aspect of data management and failure to understand it increases organisational risk and decreases efficiency and profitability. This book explains data quality management in practical terms, focusing on three key areas - the nature of data in enterprises, the purpose and scope of data quality management, and implementing a data quality management system, in line with ISO 8000-61.

Quickly build and deploy massive data pipelines and improve productivity using Azure Databricks Key Features Get to grips with the distributed training and deployment of machine learning and deep learning models Learn how ETLs are integrated with Azure Data Factory and Delta Lake Explore deep learning and machine learning models in a distributed computing infrastructure Book DescriptionMicrosoft Azure Databricks helps you to harness the power of distributed computing and apply it to create robust data pipelines, along with training and deploying machine learning and deep learning models. Databricks' advanced features enable developers to process, transform, and explore data. Distributed Data Systems with Azure Databricks will help you to put your knowledge of Databricks to work to create big data pipelines. The book provides a hands-on approach to implementing Azure Databricks and its associated methodologies that will make you productive in no time. Complete with detailed explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you'll begin with a quick introduction to Databricks core functionalities, before performing distributed model training and inference using TensorFlow and Spark MLlib. As you advance, you'll explore MLflow Model Serving on Azure Databricks and implement distributed training pipelines using HorovodRunner in Databricks. Finally, you'll discover how to transform, use, and obtain insights from massive amounts of data to train predictive models and create entire fully working data pipelines. By the end of this MS Azure book, you'll have gained a solid understanding of how to work with Databricks to create and manage an entire big data pipeline. What you will learn Create ETLs for big data in Azure Databricks Train, manage, and deploy machine learning and deep learning models Integrate Databricks with Azure Data Factory for extract, transform, load (ETL) pipeline creation Discover how to use Horovod for distributed deep learning Find out how to use Delta Engine to query and process data from Delta Lake Understand how to use Data Factory in combination with Databricks Use Structured Streaming in a production-like environment Who this book is forThis book is for software engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data engineers who are new to Azure Databricks and want to build high-quality data pipelines without worrying about infrastructure. Knowledge of Azure Databricks basics is required to learn the concepts covered in this book more effectively. A basic understanding of machine learning concepts and beginner-level Python programming knowledge is also recommended.

Oberlegungen iiber die Automatisierung der Verwaltungstatigkeit in indu striellen Unternehmungen lie en vermuten, daB die verschiedenartigen ein zelnen Arbeiten auf eine gleichartige Grundfunktion zuriickgefiihrt werden konnen. Zu dieser Fragestellung gab Herr Professor Dr. Dr. Beste dankens werterweise die Anregung, die Untersuchung in der vorliegenden allgemei nen Fassung durchzufiihren. Der Verfasser hat sich bemiiht, in mehrjahriger praktischer Tatigkeit die dargestellten theoretischen Erkenntnisse aus den in der industriellen Praxis vorgefundenen Gegebenheiten heraus zu entwickeln. Bei der Durchsprache einzelner Probleme erhielt der Verfasser dariiber hin aus von Herrn Professor Dr. Dr. Beste und Herrn Professor Dr. von Kortz fleisch wertvolle Anregungen, fUr die er auch an dieser Stelle seinen beson deren Dank aussprechen mochte. Die Arbeit wurde im Rahmen des Industrieseminars der Universitat Koln angefertigt. Essen, den 1. November 1962 INHALT Seite 5 Vorwort I. Begriffe und Bereich einer betriebswirtschaftlichen Untersuchung uber die Information in der industriellen Unternehmung . . . . . . . 9 A. Unterschiedliche Produktivit1it bei der Materialverarbeitung und der Informationsverarbeitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 B. Zum Wesen der Information als Tatigkeitsgegenstand in der industriellen Unternehmung und zur Kommunikation . . . . . . . 12 C. Bereich und Ziele der Untersuchung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 II. Die Grundbausteine der Information und ihrer Verarbeitung . . . 17 A. Die elementare Struktur der Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1. Der formale Gehalt der Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. Der informative Gehalt cler Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. Die betriebswirtschaftliche MaBeinheit der Information . . . . . . . 26 B. Die elementaren Kommunikationswege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1. Die vertikale und die horizontale Anordnung der Kommunikationswege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2. Das geschlossene Kommunikationssystem als grundsatzliche or- nisatorische Struktur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 C. Die elementaren Verarbeitungsvorgange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

Die Absicht, ein Buch iiber Programmieren von Ziffernrechenanlagen zu schreiben, entstand auf Grund einer Vorlesung gleichen Titels, die ich seit nunmehr sieben Jahren an der Technischen Hochschule Wien halte. Ich hatte dabei bemerkt, daB das Interesse fiir die Programmierung von Ziffernrechnern immer weitere Kreise zieht und daB es moglich ist, dieses Interesse aus einem einheitlichen Gesichtswinkel zu befriedigen. Der Zugang zur Kenntnis des Programmierens erfolgt heute iiblicher- weise mit Hille der Mathematischen Verfahrenstechnik oder von seiten der Administrativen Automation, oder schlieBlich iiber die mit tech- nischen Einzelheiten vermengte Beschreibung spezieller Maschinen. Ich bin nun der Meinung, daB man ein Buch iiber Programmieren schreiben kann, ohne auf Einzelheiten der Mathematischen Verfahrenstechnik und der Biiroautomation oder auf technische Eigenschaften spezieller Ma- schinen eingehen zu miissen, und ohne damit jewells einem Tell der Leser das Verstandnis zu erschweren. Was nach Fortlassung der ge- nannten Gebiete bleibt, ist nicht ein trockener, unverstandlicher Rest, sondern der Inbegriff aller fiir das Programmieren wesentlichen Prin- zipien. Sowohl der Naturwissenschaftler als auch der Verwaltungsfach- mann, der diese Prinzipien erfaBt hat, wird jederzeit in der Lage sein, sie seinen besonderen Aufgaben dienstbar zu machen. Kapitel A solI zeigen, welchen Platz der Rechenautomat unter den technischen Errungenschaften einnimmt und wie er dorthin gelangt ist. Besonderes Anliegen ist mir hier der geschichtliche Uberblick, well einer- seits die deutschsprachigen Biicher auf diesem Gebiet kaum historische Angaben enthalten und andererseits die anglo-amerikanische Literatur die kontinentaleuropaische Entwicklung iibergeht. - Kapitel B enthalt die Beschreibung einer gedachten Maschine TElCO in allen Einzelheiten.

A comprehensive introduction to help you get up and running with creating interactive dashboards to visualize and monitor time-series data in no time Key Features Install, set up, and configure Grafana for real-time data analysis and visualization Visualize and monitor data using data sources such as InfluxDB, Prometheus, and Elasticsearch Explore Grafana's multi-cloud support with Microsoft Azure, Amazon CloudWatch, and Google Stackdriver Book DescriptionGrafana is an open-source analytical platform used to analyze and monitoring time-series data. This beginner's guide will help you get to grips with Grafana's new features for querying, visualizing, and exploring metrics and logs no matter where they are stored. The book begins by showing you how to install and set up the Grafana server. You'll explore the working mechanism of various components of the Grafana interface along with its security features, and learn how to visualize and monitor data using, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Logstash, and Elasticsearch. This Grafana book covers the advanced features of the Graph panel and shows you how Stat, Table, Bar Gauge, and Text are used. You'll build dynamic dashboards to perform end-to-end analytics and label and organize dashboards into folders to make them easier to find. As you progress, the book delves into the administrative aspects of Grafana by creating alerts, setting permissions for teams, and implementing user authentication. Along with exploring Grafana's multi-cloud monitoring support, you'll also learn about Grafana Loki, which is a backend logger for users running Prometheus and Kubernetes. By the end of this book, you'll have gained all the knowledge you need to start building interactive dashboards. What you will learn Find out how to visualize data using Grafana Understand how to work with the major components of the Graph panel Explore mixed data sources, query inspector, and time interval settings Discover advanced dashboard features such as annotations, templating with variables, dashboard linking, and dashboard sharing techniques Connect user authentication to Google, GitHub, and a variety of external services Find out how Grafana can provide monitoring support for cloud service infrastructures Who this book is forThis book is for business intelligence developers, business analysts, data analysts, and anyone interested in performing time-series data analysis and monitoring using Grafana. Those looking to create and share interactive dashboards or looking to get up to speed with the latest features of Grafana will also find this book useful. Although no prior knowledge of Grafana is required, basic knowledge of data visualization and some experience in Python programming will help you understand the concepts covered in the book.

Build a continuously learning and adapting organization that can extract increasing levels of business, customer and operational value from the amalgamation of data and advanced analytics such as AI and Machine Learning Key Features Master the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index methodology to transition to a value-driven organizational mindset Acquire implementable knowledge on digital transformation through 8 practical laws Explore the economics behind digital assets (data and analytics) that appreciate in value when constructed and deployed correctly Book DescriptionIn today's digital era, every organization has data, but just possessing enormous amounts of data is not a sufficient market discriminator. The Economics of Data, Analytics, and Digital Transformation aims to provide actionable insights into the real market discriminators, including an organization's data-fueled analytics products that inspire innovation, deliver insights, help make practical decisions, generate value, and produce mission success for the enterprise. The book begins by first building your mindset to be value-driven and introducing the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index, its maturity index phases, and how to navigate the index. You will explore value engineering, where you will learn how to identify key business initiatives, stakeholders, advanced analytics, data sources, and instrumentation strategies that are essential to data science success. The book will help you accelerate and optimize your company's operations through AI and machine learning. By the end of the book, you will have the tools and techniques to drive your organization's digital transformation. Here are a few words from Dr. Kirk Borne, Data Scientist and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton, about the book: Data analytics should first and foremost be about action and value. Consequently, the great value of this book is that it seeks to be actionable. It offers a dynamic progression of purpose-driven ignition points that you can act upon. What you will learn Train your organization to transition from being data-driven to being value-driven Navigate and master the big data business model maturity index Learn a methodology for determining the economic value of your data and analytics Understand how AI and machine learning can create analytics assets that appreciate in value the more that they are used Become aware of digital transformation misconceptions and pitfalls Create empowered and dynamic teams that fuel your organization's digital transformation Who this book is forThis book is designed to benefit everyone from students who aspire to study the economic fundamentals behind data and digital transformation to established business leaders and professionals who want to learn how to leverage data and analytics to accelerate their business careers.

Discover the true power of DAX and build advanced DAX solutions for practical business scenarios Key Features Solve complex business problems within Microsoft BI tools including Power BI, SQL Server, and Excel Develop a conceptual understanding of critical business data modeling principles Learn the subtleties of Power BI data visualizations, evaluation context, context transition, and filtering Book DescriptionThis book helps business analysts generate powerful and sophisticated analyses from their data using DAX and get the most out of Microsoft Business Intelligence tools. Extreme DAX will first teach you the principles of business intelligence, good model design, and how DAX fits into it all. Then, you'll launch into detailed examples of DAX in real-world business scenarios such as inventory calculations, forecasting, intercompany business, and data security. At each step, senior DAX experts will walk you through the subtleties involved in working with Power BI models and common mistakes to look out for as you build advanced data aggregations. You'll deepen your understanding of DAX functions, filters, and measures, and how and when they can be used to derive effective insights. You'll also be provided with PBIX files for each chapter, so that you can follow along and explore in your own time. What you will learn Understand data modeling concepts and structures before you start working with DAX Grasp how relationships in Power BI models are different from those in RDBMSes Secure aggregation levels, attributes, and hierarchies using PATH functions and row-level security Get to grips with the crucial concept of context Apply advanced context and filtering functions including TREATAS, GENERATE, and SUMMARIZE Explore dynamically changing visualizations with helper tables and dynamic labels and axes Work with week-based calendars and understand standard time-intelligence Evaluate investments intelligently with the XNPV and XIRR financial DAX functions Who this book is forExtreme DAX is written for analysts with a working knowledge of DAX in Power BI or other Microsoft analytics tools. It will help you upgrade your knowledge and work with analytical models more effectively, so you'll need practical experience with DAX before you can get started.

Vehicular traffic congestion and accidents remain universal issues in today's world. Due to the continued growth in the use of vehicles, optimizing traffic management operations is an immense challenge. To reduce the number of traffic accidents, improve the performance of transportation systems, enhance road safety, and protect the environment, vehicular ad-hoc networks have been introduced. Current developments in wireless communication, computing paradigms, big data, and cloud computing enable the enhancement of these networks, equipped with wireless communication capabilities and high-performance processing tools. Cloud-Based Big Data Analytics in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on cloud and data analytic applications in intelligent transportation systems. While highlighting topics such as location routing, accident detection, and data warehousing, this publication addresses future challenges in vehicular ad-hoc networks and presents viable solutions. This book is ideally designed for researchers, computer scientists, engineers, automobile industry professionals, IT practitioners, academicians, and students seeking current research on cloud computing models in vehicular networks.

Learn Azure's cloud capabilities with the help of this introductory guide to employing Azure for your cloud infrastructure needs. Key Features Get a clear overview of Azure's capabilities and benefits, and learn how to get started efficiently Develop the ability to opt for cloud architecture and design that best fits your organization Leverage Azure opportunities for cost savings and optimization Book DescriptionMicrosoft Azure is a powerful cloud computing platform that offers a multitude of services and capabilities for organizations of any size moving to a cloud strategy. Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide Third Edition encapsulates the entire spectrum of measures involved in Azure deployment that includes understanding Azure fundamentals, choosing a suitable cloud architecture, building on design principles, becoming familiar with Azure DevOps, and learning best practices for optimization and management. The book begins by introducing you to the Azure cloud platform and demonstrating the substantial scope of digital transformation and innovation that can be achieved by leveraging Azure's capabilities. The guide further acquaints you with practical insights on application modernization, Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployment, infrastructure management, key application architectures, best practices of Azure DevOps, and Azure automation. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in driving Azure operations right from the planning and cloud migration stage to cost management and troubleshooting. What you will learn Deploy and run Azure infrastructure services Carry out detailed planning for migrating applications to the cloud with Azure Move underlying code class structure into a serverless model Use a gateway to isolate your services and applications Define roles and responsibilities in DevOps Implement release & deployment coordination and automation Who this book is forAzure Strategy and Implementation Guide Third Edition is designed to benefit Azure architects, cloud solution architects, Azure developers, Azure administrators, and anyone who wants to develop an expertise in operating and administering the Azure cloud. A basic familiarity with operating systems and databases will help you grasp the concepts covered in this book.

Learn to extract actionable insights from your big data in real time using a range of Microsoft Azure features Key Features Updated with the latest features and new additions to Microsoft Azure Master the fundamentals of cloud analytics using Azure Learn to use Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly known as Azure SQL Data Warehouse) to derive real-time customer insights Book DescriptionCloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure serves as a comprehensive guide for big data analysis and processing using a range of Microsoft Azure features. This book covers everything you need to build your own data warehouse and learn numerous techniques to gain useful insights by analyzing big data The book begins by introducing you to the power of data with big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, artificial intelligence, and DataOps. You will learn about cloud-scale analytics and the services Microsoft Azure offers to empower businesses to discover insights. You will also be introduced to the new features and functionalities added to the modern data warehouse. Finally, you will look at two real-world business use cases to demonstrate high-level solutions using Microsoft Azure. The aim of these use cases will be to illustrate how real-time data can be analyzed in Azure to derive meaningful insights and make business decisions. You will learn to build an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloud with machine learning and deep learning concepts. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in analyzing large amounts of data with Azure and using it effectively to benefit your organization. What you will learn Explore the concepts of modern data warehouses and data pipelines Discover unique design considerations while applying a cloud analytics solution Design an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloud Differentiate between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data Choose a cloud-based service for your data analytics solutions Use Azure services to ingest, store, and analyze data of any scale Who this book is forThis book is designed to benefit software engineers, Azure developers, cloud consultants, and anyone who is keen to learn the process of deriving business insights from huge amounts of data using Azure. Though not necessary, a basic understanding of data analytics concepts such as data streaming, data types, the machine learning life cycle, and Docker containers will help you get the most out of the book.

Design, secure, and protect the privacy of edge analytics applications using platforms and tools such as Microsoft's Azure IoT Edge, MicroPython, and Open Source Computer Vision (OpenCV) Key Features Become well-versed with best practices for implementing automated analytical computations Discover real-world examples to extend cloud intelligence Develop your skills by understanding edge analytics and applying it to research activities Book DescriptionEdge analytics has gained attention as the IoT model for connected devices rises in popularity. This guide will give you insights into edge analytics as a data analysis model, and help you understand why it's gaining momentum. You'll begin with the key concepts and components used in an edge analytics app. Moving ahead, you'll delve into communication protocols to understand how sensors send their data to computers or microcontrollers. Next, the book will demonstrate how to design modern edge analytics apps that take advantage of the processing power of modern single-board computers and microcontrollers. Later, you'll explore Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, MicroPython, and the OpenCV visual recognition library. As you progress, you'll cover techniques for processing AI functionalities from the server side to the sensory side of IoT. You'll even get hands-on with designing a smart doorbell system using the technologies you've learned. To remove vulnerabilities in the overall edge analytics architecture, you'll discover ways to overcome security and privacy challenges. Finally, you'll use tools to audit and perform real-time monitoring of incoming data and generate alerts for the infrastructure. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to use edge analytics programming techniques and be able to implement automated analytical computations. What you will learn Discover the key concepts and architectures used with edge analytics Understand how to use long-distance communication protocols for edge analytics Deploy Microsoft Azure IoT Edge to a Raspberry Pi Create Node-RED dashboards with MQTT and Text to Speech (TTS) Use MicroPython for developing edge analytics apps Explore various machine learning techniques and discover how machine learning is related to edge analytics Use camera and vision recognition algorithms on the sensory side to design an edge analytics app Monitor and audit edge analytics apps Who this book is forIf you are a data analyst, data architect, or data scientist who is interested in learning and practicing advanced automated analytical computations, then this book is for you. You will also find this book useful if you're looking to learn edge analytics from scratch. Basic knowledge of data analytics concepts is assumed to get the most out of this book.