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The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails - Properties, Emergence, and Estimation (Hardcover): Jayakrishnan Nair, Adam Wierman, Bert Zwart The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails - Properties, Emergence, and Estimation (Hardcover)
Jayakrishnan Nair, Adam Wierman, Bert Zwart
R1,632 R1,517 Discovery Miles 15 170 Save R115 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Heavy tails -extreme events or values more common than expected -emerge everywhere: the economy, natural events, and social and information networks are just a few examples. Yet after decades of progress, they are still treated as mysterious, surprising, and even controversial, primarily because the necessary mathematical models and statistical methods are not widely known. This book, for the first time, provides a rigorous introduction to heavy-tailed distributions accessible to anyone who knows elementary probability. It tackles and tames the zoo of terminology for models and properties, demystifying topics such as the generalized central limit theorem and regular variation. It tracks the natural emergence of heavy-tailed distributions from a wide variety of general processes, building intuition. And it reveals the controversy surrounding heavy tails to be the result of flawed statistics, then equips readers to identify and estimate with confidence. Over 100 exercises complete this engaging package.

Managing IT for Innovation - Dynamic Capabilities and Competitive Advantage (Paperback): Mitsuru Kodama Managing IT for Innovation - Dynamic Capabilities and Competitive Advantage (Paperback)
Mitsuru Kodama
R1,172 Discovery Miles 11 720 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

With recent advances in IT in areas such as AI and IoT, collaboration systems such as business chat, cloud services, conferencing systems, and unified communications are rapidly becoming widely used as new IT applications in global corporations' strategic activities. Through in-depth longitudinal studies of global corporations, the book presents a new theoretical framework and implications for IT-enabled dynamic capabilities using collaboration systems from the perspective of micro strategy theory and organization theory. The content of the book is based on longitudinal analyses that employ various qualitative research methods including ethnography, participant observation, action research and in-depth case studies of global corporations in Europe, the United States and Asia that actively use collaboration systems. It presents a new concept of micro dynamism whereby dynamic "IT-enabled knowledge communities" such as "IT-enabled communities of practice" and "IT-enabled strategic communities" create "IT-enabled dynamic capabilities" through the integration of four research streams - an information systems view, micro strategy view, micro organization view and knowledge-based view. The book demonstrates that collaboration systems create, maintain and develop "IT-enabled knowledge communities" within companies and are strategic IT applications for enhancing the competitiveness of companies in the ongoing creation of new innovation and the realization of sustainable growth in a 21st century knowledge-based society. This book is primarily written for academics, researchers and graduate students, but will also offer practical implications for business leaders and managers. Its use is anticipated not only in business and management schools, graduate schools and university education environments around the world but also in the broad business environment including management and leadership development training.

Distributed Real-Time Architecture for Mixed-Criticality Systems (Hardcover): Hamidreza Ahmadian, Roman Obermaisser, Jon Perez Distributed Real-Time Architecture for Mixed-Criticality Systems (Hardcover)
Hamidreza Ahmadian, Roman Obermaisser, Jon Perez
R4,378 Discovery Miles 43 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes a cross-domain architecture and design tools for networked complex systems where application subsystems of different criticality coexist and interact on networked multi-core chips. The architecture leverages multi-core platforms for a hierarchical system perspective of mixed-criticality applications. This system perspective is realized by virtualization to establish security, safety and real-time performance. The impact further includes a reduction of time-to-market, decreased development, deployment and maintenance cost, and the exploitation of the economies of scale through cross-domain components and tools. Describes an end-to-end architecture for hypervisor-level, chip-level, and cluster level. Offers a solution for different types of resources including processors, on-chip communication, off-chip communication, and I/O. Provides a cross-domain approach with examples for wind-power, health-care, and avionics. Introduces hierarchical adaptation strategies for mixed-criticality systems Provides modular verification and certification methods for the seamless integration of mixed-criticality systems. Covers platform technologies, along with a methodology for the development process. Presents an experimental evaluation of technological results in cooperation with industrial partners. The information in this book will be extremely useful to industry leaders who design and manufacture products with distributed embedded systems in mixed-criticality use-cases. It will also benefit suppliers of embedded components or development tools used in this area. As an educational tool, this material can be used to teach students and working professionals in areas including embedded systems, computer networks, system architecture, dependability, real-time systems, and avionics, wind-power and health-care systems.

Nikon D3300 (Paperback): J.S. Parks Nikon D3300 (Paperback)
J.S. Parks
R483 R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Save R149 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is intended for entry-level digital SLR users. It is a comprehensive step-by-step guide that includes a pullout quick reference card. UK author Jon Sparks provides practical tips on how to get the best from this versatile camera. The D3300 is Nikon's latest entry-level DSLR. It is designed to marry the versatility and image quality of an SLR with the simplicity and ease of handling of the best digital compacts. Nikon has always valued continuity as well as innovation; e.g, it has retained its tried and tested F lens-mount (originally introduced in 1959). This means it's possible to use many classic Nikon lenses with the D3300. At first glance, the D3300 may look like a modest upgrade to the D3200, but there are some significant changes under the surface. The camera is almost exactly the same size as its predecessor, but significantly lighter. It has a 24-megapixel sensor; the pixel count may be the same as the D3200, but there's a major difference as the D3300 has dispensed with an 'anti-aliasing' filter in front of its sensor to make images even sharper.

Building an Innovation Hotspot - Approaches and Policies to Stimulating New Industry (Paperback): Alicia (Lucy) Cameron Building an Innovation Hotspot - Approaches and Policies to Stimulating New Industry (Paperback)
Alicia (Lucy) Cameron
R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Evaluates innovation policy and actions and considers real-world examples. Looks to the future of innovation and the role of future technologies. Provides an overview of recent policy trends in innovation and how they contribute to the creation of technology hotspots. Identifies how governments, industry, the research community and local communities can work together to craft individualised approaches to increasing innovation at a local level and building new industries.

Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Solar Power Generation (Hardcover): Prabha Umapathy, Jude Hemanth, Shelej Khera,... Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Solar Power Generation (Hardcover)
Prabha Umapathy, Jude Hemanth, Shelej Khera, Abinaya Inbamani, Suman Lata Tripathi
R2,751 Discovery Miles 27 510 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book investigates various MPPT algorithms, and the optimization of solar energy using machine learning and deep learning. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in diverse engineering domains including electrical, electronics and communication, computer, and environmental. This book: Discusses data acquisition by the internet of things for real-time monitoring of solar cells. Covers artificial neural network techniques, solar collector optimization, and artificial neural network applications in solar heaters, and solar stills. Details solar analytics, smart centralized control centers, integration of microgrids, and data mining on solar data. Highlights the concept of asset performance improvement, effective forecasting for energy production, and Low-power wide-area network applications. Elaborates solar cell design principles, the equivalent circuits of single and two diode models, measuring idealist factors, and importance of series and shunt resistances. The text elaborates solar cell design principles, the equivalent circuit of single diode model, the equivalent circuit of two diode model, measuring idealist factor, and importance of series and shunt resistances. It further discusses perturb and observe technique, modified P&O method, incremental conductance method, sliding control method, genetic algorithms, and neuro-fuzzy methodologies. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in diverse engineering domains including electrical, electronics and communication, computer, and environmental.

Information Technology for Management-Driving Digi tal Transformation to Increase Local and Global Pe rformance, Growth and... Information Technology for Management-Driving Digi tal Transformation to Increase Local and Global Pe rformance, Growth and Sustainability, 12th Edition (Paperback, 12th Edition, International Adaptation)
E. Turban
R1,639 Discovery Miles 16 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Information Technology for Management provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the latest technological developments in IT and the critical drivers of business performance, growth, and sustainability. Integrating feedback from IT managers and practitioners from top-level organizations worldwide, the International Adaptation of this well-regarded textbook features thoroughly revised content throughout to present students with a realistic, up-to-date view of IT management in the current business environment. This text covers the latest developments in the real world of IT management with the addition of new case studies that are contemporary and more relevant to the global scenario. It offers a flexible, student-friendly presentation of the material through a pedagogy that is designed to help students easily comprehend and retain information. There is new and expanded coverage of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Blockchain Technology, IP Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, IT Service Management, DevOps, etc. It helps readers learn how IT is leveraged to reshape enterprises, engage and retain customers, optimize systems and processes, manage business relationships and projects, and more.

Advances in Optimization and Linear Programming (Hardcover): Ivan Stanimirovic Advances in Optimization and Linear Programming (Hardcover)
Ivan Stanimirovic
R3,427 Discovery Miles 34 270 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This new volume provides the information needed to understand the simplex method, the revised simplex method, dual simplex method, and more for solving linear programming problems. Following a logical order, the book first gives a mathematical model of the linear problem programming and describes the usual assumptions under which the problem is solved. It gives a brief description of classic algorithms for solving linear programming problems as well as some theoretical results. It goes on to explain the definitions and solutions of linear programming problems, outlining the simplest geometric methods and showing how they can be implemented. Practical examples are included along the way. The book concludes with a discussion of multi-criteria decision-making methods. Advances in Optimization and Linear Programming is a highly useful guide to linear programming for professors and students in optimization and linear programming.

Innovation in Crisis Management (Paperback): Chiara Fonio, Adam Widera, Tomasz Zweglinski Innovation in Crisis Management (Paperback)
Chiara Fonio, Adam Widera, Tomasz Zweglinski
R1,146 Discovery Miles 11 460 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book deals with how to measure innovation in crisis management, drawing on data, case studies, and lessons learnt from different European countries. The aim of this book is to tackle innovation in crisis management through lessons learnt and experiences gained from the implementation of mixed methods through a practitioner-driven approach in a large-scale demonstration project (DRIVER+). It explores innovation from the perspective of the end-users by focusing on the needs and problems they are trying to address through a tool (be it an app, a drone, or a training program) and takes a deep dive into what is needed to understand if and to what extent the tool they have in mind can really bring innovation. This book is a toolkit for readers interested in understanding what needs to be in place to measure innovation: it provides the know-how through examples and best practices. The book will be a valuable source of knowledge for scientists, practitioners, researchers, and postgraduate students studying safety, crisis management, and innovation.

Handbook of Computer Programming with Python (Hardcover): Dimitrios Xanthidis, Christos Manolas, Han-I Wang, Ourania K.... Handbook of Computer Programming with Python (Hardcover)
Dimitrios Xanthidis, Christos Manolas, Han-I Wang, Ourania K. Xanthidou
R2,751 Discovery Miles 27 510 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discusses concepts such as Basic Programming Principles, OOP Principles, Database Programming, GUI Programming, Network Programming, Data Analytics and Visualization, Statistical Analysis, Virtual Reality, Web Development, Machine Learning, Deep Learning Provides the code and the output for all the concepts discussed Includes a case study at the end of each chapter

Machine Learning - Concepts, Techniques and Applications (Hardcover): T.V. Geetha, S Sendhilkumar Machine Learning - Concepts, Techniques and Applications (Hardcover)
T.V. Geetha, S Sendhilkumar
R4,148 Discovery Miles 41 480 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Machine Learning: Concepts, Techniques and Applications starts at basic conceptual level of explaining machine learning and goes on to explain the basis of machine learning algorithms. The mathematical foundations required are outlined along with their associations to machine learning. The book then goes on to describe important machine learning algorithms along with appropriate use cases. This approach enables the readers to explore the applicability of each algorithm by understanding the differences between them. A comprehensive account of various aspects of ethical machine learning has been discussed. An outline of deep learning models is also included. The use cases, self-assessments, exercises, activities, numerical problems, and projects associated with each chapter aims to concretize the understanding. Features Concepts of Machine learning from basics to algorithms to implementation Comparison of Different Machine Learning Algorithms - When to use them & Why - for Application developers and Researchers Machine Learning from an Application Perspective - General & Machine learning for Healthcare, Education, Business, Engineering Applications Ethics of machine learning including Bias, Fairness, Trust, Responsibility Basics of Deep learning, important deep learning models and applications Plenty of objective questions, Use Cases, Activity and Project based Learning Exercises The book aims to make the thinking of applications and problems in terms of machine learning possible for graduate students, researchers and professionals so that they can formulate the problems, prepare data, decide features, select appropriate machine learning algorithms and do appropriate performance evaluation.

Computational Intelligence-based Time Series Analysis (Hardcover): Dinesh C.S. Bisht, Mangey Ram Computational Intelligence-based Time Series Analysis (Hardcover)
Dinesh C.S. Bisht, Mangey Ram
R2,831 Discovery Miles 28 310 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The sequential analysis of data and information gathered from past to present is called time series analysis. Time series data are of high dimension, large size and updated continuously. A time series depends on various factors like trend, seasonality, cycle and irregular data set, and is basically a series of data points well-organized in time. Time series forecasting is a significant area of machine learning. There are various prediction problems that are time-dependent and these problems can be handled through time series analysis. Computational intelligence (CI) is a developing computing approach for the forthcoming several years. CI gives the litheness to model the problem according to given requirements. It helps to find swift solutions to the problems arising in numerous disciplines. These methods mimic human behavior. The main objective of CI is to develop intelligent machines to provide solutions to real world problems, which are not modelled or too difficult to model mathematically. This book aims to cover the recent advances in time series and applications of CI for time series analysis.

Responsible Graph Neural Networks (Hardcover): Nour Moustafa, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Zahir Tari, Hossam Hawash Responsible Graph Neural Networks (Hardcover)
Nour Moustafa, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Zahir Tari, Hossam Hawash
R2,257 Discovery Miles 22 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

More frequent and complex cyber threats require robust, automated and rapid responses from cyber security specialists. This book offers a complete study in the area of graph learning in cyber, emphasising graph neural networks (GNNs) and their cyber security applications. Three parts examine the basics; methods and practices; and advanced topics. The first part presents a grounding in graph data structures and graph embedding and gives a taxonomic view of GNNs and cyber security applications. Part two explains three different categories of graph learning including deterministic, generative and reinforcement learning and how they can be used for developing cyber defence models. The discussion of each category covers the applicability of simple and complex graphs, scalability, representative algorithms and technical details. Undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, cyber analysts, and AI engineers looking to understand practical deep learning methods will find this book an invaluable resource.

Information Technology and Organizational Learning - Managing Behavioral Change in the Digital Age (Hardcover, 3rd edition):... Information Technology and Organizational Learning - Managing Behavioral Change in the Digital Age (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Arthur M. Langer
R4,533 Discovery Miles 45 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focusing on the critical role IT plays in organizational development, the book shows how to employ action learning to improve the competitiveness of an organization. Defining the current IT problem from an operational and strategic perspective, it presents a collection of case studies that illustrate key learning issues. It details a dynamic model for effective IT management through adaptive learning techniques-supplying proven educational theories and practices to foster the required changes in your staff. It examines existing organizational learning theories and the historical problems that occurred with companies that have used them, as well as those that have failed to use them.

Hidden and Devalued Feminized Labour in the Digital Humanities - On the Index Thomisticus Project 1954-67 (Paperback): Julianne... Hidden and Devalued Feminized Labour in the Digital Humanities - On the Index Thomisticus Project 1954-67 (Paperback)
Julianne Nyhan
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Hidden and Devalued Feminized Labour in the Digital Humanities examines the data-driven labour that underpinned the Index Thomisticus-a preeminent project of the incunabular digital humanities-and advanced the data-foundations of computing in the Humanities. Through oral history and archival research, Nyhan reveals a hidden history of the entanglements of gender in the intellectual and technical work of the early digital humanities. Setting feminized keypunching in its historical contexts-from the history of concordance making, to the feminization of the office and humanities computing-this book delivers new insight into the categories of work deemed meritorious of acknowledgement and attribution and, thus, how knowledge and expertise was defined in and by this field. Focalizing the overlooked yet significant data-driven labour of lesser-known individuals, this book challenges exclusionary readings of the history of computing in the Humanities. Contributing to ongoing conversations about the need for alternative genealogies of computing, this book is also relevant to current debates about diversity and representation in the Academy and the wider computing sector. Hidden and Devalued Feminized Labour in the Digital Humanities will be of interest to researchers and students studying digital humanities, library and information science, the history of computing, oral history, the history of the humanities, and the sociology of knowledge and science.

Responsible Graph Neural Networks (Paperback): Nour Moustafa, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Zahir Tari, Hossam Hawash Responsible Graph Neural Networks (Paperback)
Nour Moustafa, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Zahir Tari, Hossam Hawash
R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

More frequent and complex cyber threats require robust, automated and rapid responses from cyber security specialists. This book offers a complete study in the area of graph learning in cyber, emphasising graph neural networks (GNNs) and their cyber security applications. Three parts examine the basics; methods and practices; and advanced topics. The first part presents a grounding in graph data structures and graph embedding and gives a taxonomic view of GNNs and cyber security applications. Part two explains three different categories of graph learning including deterministic, generative and reinforcement learning and how they can be used for developing cyber defence models. The discussion of each category covers the applicability of simple and complex graphs, scalability, representative algorithms and technical details. Undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, cyber analysts, and AI engineers looking to understand practical deep learning methods will find this book an invaluable resource.

Bornologies and Lipschitz Analysis (Hardcover): Gerald Beer Bornologies and Lipschitz Analysis (Hardcover)
Gerald Beer
R2,541 Discovery Miles 25 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This monograph, for the first time in book form, considers the large structure of metric spaces as captured by bornologies: families of subsets that contain the singletons, that are stable under finite unions, and that are stable under taking subsets of its members. The largest bornology is the power set of the space and the smallest is the bornology of its finite subsets. Between these lie (among others) the metrically bounded subsets, the relatively compact subsets, the totally bounded subsets, and the Bourbaki bounded subsets. Classes of functions are intimately connected to various bornologies; e.g., (1) a function is locally Lipschitz if and only if its restriction to each relatively compact subset is Lipschitz; (2) a subset is Bourbaki bounded if and only if each uniformly continuous function on the space is bounded when restricted to the subset. A great deal of attention is given to the variational notions of strong uniform continuity and strong uniform convergence with respect to the members of a bornology, leading to the bornology of UC-subsets and UC-spaces. Spaces on which its uniformly continuous real-valued functions are stable under pointwise product are characterized in terms of the coincidence of the Bourbaki bounded subsets with a usually larger bornology. Special attention is given to Lipschitz and locally Lipschitz functions. For example, uniformly dense subclasses of locally Lipschitz functions within the real-valued continuous functions, Cauchy continuous functions, and uniformly continuous functions are presented. It is shown very generally that a function between metric spaces has a particular metric property if and only if whenever it is followed in a composition by a real-valued Lipschitz function, the composition has the property. Bornological convergence of nets of closed subsets, having Attouch-Wets convergence as a prototype, is considered in detail. Topologies of uniform convergence for continuous linear operators between normed spaces is explained in terms of the bornological convergence of their graphs. Finally, the idea of a bornological extension of a topological space is presented, and all regular extensions can be so realized.

Security Architecture - How & Why (Hardcover): Tom Madsen Security Architecture - How & Why (Hardcover)
Tom Madsen
R2,837 Discovery Miles 28 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Security Architecture, or Enterprise Information security architecture, as it was originally coined by Gartner back in 2006, has been applied to many things and different areas, making a concrete definition of Security architecture a difficult proposition. But having an architecture for the cyber security needs of an organization is important for many reasons, not least because having an architecture makes working with cyber security a much easier job, since we can now build on a, hopefully, solid foundation. Developing a security architecture is a daunting job, for almost anyone, and in a company that has not had a cyber security program implemented before, the job becomes even harder. The benefits of having a concrete cyber security architecture in place cannot be overstated! The challenge here is that a security architecture is not something that can stand alone, it absolutely must be aligned with the business in which is being implemented. This book emphasizes the importance, and the benefits, of having a security architecture in place. The book will be aligned with most of the sub frameworks in the general framework called SABSA, or Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture. SABSA is comprised of several individual frameworks and there are several certifications that you can take in SABSA. Aside from getting a validation of your skills, SABSA as a framework focusses on aligning the Security Architecture with the business and its strategy. Each of the chapters in this book will be aligned with one or more of the components in SABSA, the components will be described along with the introduction to each of the chapters.

Cryptocurrency Concepts, Technology, and Applications (Paperback): Jay Liebowitz Cryptocurrency Concepts, Technology, and Applications (Paperback)
Jay Liebowitz
R1,395 Discovery Miles 13 950 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Whether the source is more industry-based or academic research, there certainly appears to be a growing interest in the field of cryptocurrency. The New York Times had a cover story on March 24, 2022, titled "Time to Enter the Crypto Zone?," and they talked about institutional investors pouring billions into digital tokens, salaries being taken in Bitcoins, and even Bitcoin ATMs in grocery stores. Certainly, there have been ups and downs in crypto, but it has a kind of alluring presence that tempts one to include crypto as part of one’s portfolio. Those who are "prime crypto-curious" investors are usually familiar with the tech/pop culture and feel they want to diversify a bit in this fast-moving market. Even universities are beginning to offer more courses and create "Centers on Cryptocurrency." Some universities are even requiring their students who take a crypto course to pay the course tuition via cryptocurrency. In response to the growing interest and fascination about the crypto industry and cryptocurrency in general, Cryptocurrency Concepts, Technology, and Applications brings together many leading worldwide contributors to discuss a broad range of issues associated with cryptocurrency. The book covers a wide array of crypto-related topics, including: Blockchain NFTs Data analytics and AI Crypto crime Crypto industry and regulation Crypto and public choice Consumer confidence Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Presenting various viewpoints on where the crypto industry is heading, this timely book points out both the advantages and limitations of this emerging field. It is an easy-to-read, yet comprehensive, overview of cryptocurrency in the U.S. and international markets.

Emerging Technologies and the Indian IT Sector (Hardcover): Rajalaxmi Kamath, Vinay Reddy Venumuddala Emerging Technologies and the Indian IT Sector (Hardcover)
Rajalaxmi Kamath, Vinay Reddy Venumuddala
R2,233 Discovery Miles 22 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the implementation of emerging technology projects in the service-based Indian IT sector. The title shows how emerging technologies impact IT-enabled Services (ITeS) organizations and examines the mobility prospects for engineers and students looking to enter IT. Indian IT, dominated by organizations offering ITeS, provides services to clients across the world. Fueling this sector's growth are engineering graduates. Emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, Cloud, and Blockchain, have brought the IT and engineering education sectors to a crossroads, with global implications. The IT sector is facing growing demands for new technology solutions from its clients and it is engineering students who are expected to upskill in order to build these solutions. The volume provides a rare, bottom-up look at the intersection of technology, education and organizational structure, based on an ethnographic study. This book will be a helpful and unique resource for managers in IT enabled Services grappling with emerging technologies, researchers looking at how emerging technologies impact organizations and for those developing innovative IT courses in higher education. Readers interested in the global structure of IT education and industry will also find a fresh, ethnographically-informed take on these issues.

On Sonic Art (Paperback, Revised ed): Trevor Wishart On Sonic Art (Paperback, Revised ed)
Trevor Wishart; Edited by Simon Emmerson
R2,900 Discovery Miles 29 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this newly revised book On Sonic Art, Trevor Wishart takes a wide-ranging look at the new developments in music-making and musical aesthetics made possible by the advent of the computer and digital information processing. His emphasis is on musical rather than technical matters. Beginning with a critical analysis of the assumptions underlying the Western musical tradition and the traditional acoustic theories of Pythagoras and Helmholtz, he goes on to look in detail at such topics as the musical organization of complex sound-objects, using and manipulating representational sounds and the various dimensions of human and non-human utterance. In so doing, he seeks to learn lessons from areas (poetry and sound-poetry, film, sound effects and animal communication) not traditionally associated with the field of music.
About the Author
Trevor Wishart is a composer, living and working in the North of England. His musical works cover a wide range, from environmental music events staged in spe

Will Schooling Ever Change? - School Culture, Distance Learning and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Hardcover): Piotr Mikiewicz, Marta... Will Schooling Ever Change? - School Culture, Distance Learning and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Hardcover)
Piotr Mikiewicz, Marta Jurczak-Morris
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is an insightful meta-narrative about schooling which explores the global natural experiment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on school culture. The proposed book discusses how the abrupt and somewhat forced digital transformation of schooling on a global scale (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic) did not change the educational status quo. It states that online teaching and learning failed to transform the role of the key school actors, students and teachers as well as the relationship between them, despite megatrends such as digitalisation, automation and the development of artificial intelligence. This focus text discusses why the global experience of distance education did not translate into a significant qualitative change and provides a theoretical framework which enables the reader to interpret and explain the processes that occurred during distance education, as well as understand why extraordinarily little (if nothing) has changed in school culture. It will appeal to scholars and students from the sociology of education and from education studies, particularly those interested in school culture, innovation in education, online teaching and learning, curriculum studies, and education policy.

Ethics for People Who Work in Tech (Paperback): Marc Steen Ethics for People Who Work in Tech (Paperback)
Marc Steen
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is for people who work in the tech industry-computer and data scientists, software developers and engineers, designers, and people in business, marketing or management roles. It is also for people who are involved in the procurement and deployment of advanced applications, algorithms, and AI systems, and in policy making. Together, they create the digital products, services, and systems that shape our societies and daily lives. The book's aim is to empower people to take responsibility, to 'upgrade' their skills for ethical reflection, inquiry, and deliberation. It introduces ethics in an accessible manner with practical examples, outlines of different ethical traditions, and practice-oriented methods. Additional online resources are available at: ethicsforpeoplewhoworkintech.com.

The Practice of Corporate Governance (Paperback): Bob Tricker The Practice of Corporate Governance (Paperback)
Bob Tricker
R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers a straight-forward guide to the fundamental work of governing bodies and the people who serve on them. The aim is of the book is to help every member serving on a governing body understand and improve their contribution to the entity and governing body they serve. The book is rooted in research, including five years' work by the author as a Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.

Applied Computer Science for GGOS Observatories - Communication, Coordination and Automation of Future Geodetic Infrastructures... Applied Computer Science for GGOS Observatories - Communication, Coordination and Automation of Future Geodetic Infrastructures (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Alexander N.J. Neidhardt
R1,790 Discovery Miles 17 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book combines elementary theory from computer science with real-world challenges in global geodetic observation, based on examples from the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Germany. It starts with a step-by-step introduction to developing stable and safe scientific software to run successful software projects. The use of software toolboxes is another essential aspect that leads to the application of generative programming. An example is a generative network middleware that simplifies communication. One of the book's main focuses is on explaining a potential strategy involving autonomous production cells for space geodetic techniques. The complete software design of a satellite laser ranging system is taken as an example. Such automated systems are then combined for global interaction using secure communication tunnels for remote access. The network of radio telescopes is used as a reference. Combined observatories form coordinated multi-agent systems and offer solutions for operational aspects of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) with regard to "Industry 4.0".

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