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Learn best practices for building bots by focusing on the
technological implementation and UX in this practical book. You
will cover key topics such as setting up a development environment
for creating chatbots for multiple channels (Facebook Messenger,
Skype, and KiK); building a chatbot (design to implementation);
integrating to IFTT (If This Then That) and IoT (Internet of
Things); carrying out analytics and metrics for chatbots; and most
importantly monetizing models and business sense for chatbots.
Build Better Chatbots is easy to follow with code snippets provided
in the book and complete code open sourced and available to
download. With Facebook opening up its Messenger platform for
developers, followed by Microsoft opening up Skype for development,
a new channel has emerged for brands to acquire, engage, and
service customers on chat with chatbots. What You Will Learn Work
with the bot development life cycle Master bot UX design Integrate
into the bot ecosystem Maximize the business and monetization
potential for bots Who This Book Is For Developers, programmers,
and hobbyists who have basic programming knowledge. The book can be
used by existing chatbot developers to gain a better understanding
of analytics and the business side of bots.
Conventional coal, oil and gas resources used worldwide for power
production and transportation are limited and unsustainable.
Research and development into clean, alternative hydrocarbon fuels
is therefore aimed at improving fuel security through exploring new
feedstock conversion techniques, improving production efficiency
and reducing environmental impacts. Advances in clean hydrocarbon
fuel processing provides a comprehensive and systematic reference
on the range of alternative conversion processes and technologies.
Following introductory overviews of the feedstocks, environmental
issues and life cycle assessment for alternative hydrocarbon fuel
processing, sections go on to review solid, liquid and gaseous fuel
conversion. Solid fuel coverage includes reviews of liquefaction,
gasification, pyrolysis and biomass catalysis. Liquid fuel coverage
includes reviews of sulfur removal, partial oxidation and
hydroconversion. Gaseous fuel coverage includes reviews of
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol and dimethyl ether production,
water-gas shift technology and natural gas hydrate conversion. The
final section examines environmental degradation issues in fuel
processing plants as well as automation, advanced process control
and process modelling techniques for plant optimisation Written by
an international team of expert contributors, Advances in clean
hydrocarbon fuel processing provides a valuable reference for fuel
processing engineers, industrial petrochemists and energy
professionals, as well as for researchers and academics in this
field.
Develop applications on one of the most popular platforms for IoT
using Particle Photon and Electron with this fast-paced guide About
This Book * Get an introduction to IoT architecture, command-line
build tools and applications of IoT devices and sensors * Design
and develop connected IoT applications using Particle Photon and
Electron in a step-by-step manner, gaining an entry point into the
field of IoT * Get tips on troubleshooting IoT applications Who
This Book Is For This book is for developers, IoT enthusiasts and
hobbyists who want to enhance their knowledge of IoT
machine-to-machine architecture using Particle Photon and Electron,
and implement cloud-based IoT projects. What You Will Learn * Setup
the Particle Photon and Electron on the cloud using the
command-line tools * Build and deploy applications on the Photon
and Electron using the Web-based IDE * Setup a local cloud server
to interact with Particle Photon and Electron * Connect various
components and sensors to Particle Photon and Electron * Tinker
with the existing firmware and deploy a custom firmware on the
Photon and Electron * Setup communication between two or more
Particle Photon and Electron * Debug and troubleshoot Particle
Photon and Electron projects * Use webhooks to communicate with
various third-party server applications In Detail IoT is basically
the network of physical devices, vehicles, buildings and other
items-embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and
network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and
exchange data.. The number of connected devices is growing rapidly
and will continue to do so over years to come. By 2020, there will
be more than 20 billion connected devices and the ability to
program such devices will be in high demand. Particle provides
prototyping boards for IoT that are easy to program and deploy.
Most importantly, the boards provided by Particle can be connected
to the Internet very easily as they include Wi-Fi or a GSM module.
Starting with the basics of programming Particle Photon and
Electron, this book will take you through setting up your local
servers and running custom firmware, to using the Photon and
Electron to program autonomous cars. This book also covers in brief
a basic architecture and design of IoT applications. It gives you
an overview of the IoT stack. You will also get information on how
to debug and troubleshoot Particle Photon and Electron and set up
your own debugging framework for any IoT board. Finally, you'll
tinker with the firmware of the Photon and Electron by modifying
the existing firmware and deploying them to your boards. By the end
of this book, you should have a fairly good understanding of the
IoT ecosystem and you should be able to build standalone projects
using your own local server or the Particle Cloud Server. Style and
approach This project-based guide contains easy-to-follow steps to
program Particle Photon and Electron. You will learn to build
connected applications with the help of projects of increasing
complexity, and with each project, a new concept in IoT is taught.
In response to growing concern about the impact of environment on
our lives, this unique book identifies the problems and
opportunities of converting waste into useful material or fuel.
Written by distinguished experts in this emerging field,
cutting-edge research is provided on such issues as: waste
utilization and recycling; plastics, polymers, tires, and
automotive wastes; biosolids, biomass, and municipal solid wastes;
and potential usage of coal conversion by-products. Information is
also available on selected conversion processes, as well as the
characterization, mitigation, and the use of by-product streams.
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