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The datacenter as a computer : an introduction to the design of warehouse-sca…
This book describes warehouse-scale computers (WSCs), the computing platforms that power cloud computing and all the great web services we use every day. It discusses how these new systems treat the datacenter itself as one massive computer designed at warehouse scale, with hardware and software working in concert to deliver good levels of internet service performance. The book details the arch…
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- 9783031017612
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- XVIII, 189 p
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- 004 LUI t
Process mining workshops : icpm 2021 international workshops, eindhoven, the …
This open access book constitutes revised selected papers from the International Workshops held at the Third International Conference on Process Mining, ICPM 2021, which took place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, during October 31–November 4, 2021. The conference focuses on the area of process mining research and practice, including theory, algorithmic challenges, and applications. The co-loc…
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- 9783030985813
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- XIV, 410 p
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- 006.312 PRO j
Programming for computations - MATLAB/Octave : a gentle introduction to numer…
This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. There are two versions of the book, one for MATLAB and one for Python. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the s…
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- 9783319324524
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- XVI, 216 p
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- 004.0151 SVE p
Finite difference computing with PDEs : a modern software approach
This easy-to-read book introduces the basics of solving partial differential equations by means of finite difference methods. Unlike many of the traditional academic works on the topic, this book was written for practitioners. Accordingly, it especially addresses: the construction of finite difference schemes, formulation and implementation of algorithms, verification of implementations, analys…
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- 9783319554563
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- xxiii, 499p. : ill.
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- 515.353 LAN f
Data and text processing for health and life sciences
This open access book is a step-by-step introduction on how shell scripting can help solve many of the data processing tasks that Health and Life specialists face everyday with minimal software dependencies. The examples presented in the book show how simple command line tools can be used and combined to retrieve data and text from web resources, to filter and mine literature, and to explore t…
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- 9783030138455
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- xv, 98p. : ill.
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- 006.312 COU d
Pro Git
Pro Git (Second Edition) is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long way since it was first developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It has taken the open source world by storm since its inception in 2005, and this book teaches you how to use it like a pro. Effective and well-implemented version control is a necessity for success…
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- 9781484200766
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- xxi, 419p. : ill.
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- 005.1 CHA p
Energy efficient servers : blueprints for data center optimization
Energy Efficient Servers: Blueprints for Data Center Optimization introduces engineers and IT professionals to the power management technologies and techniques used in energy efficient servers. The book includes a deep examination of different features used in processors, memory, interconnects, I/O devices, and other platform components. It outlines the power and performance impact of these fea…
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- 9781430266389
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- xxi, 360p. : ill.
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- 004.068 GOU e
Making copyright work for the Asian Pacific : juxtaposing harmonisation with …
This book provides a contemporary overview of developing areas of copyright law in the Asian Pacific region. While noting the tendency towards harmonisation through free trade agreements, the book takes the perspective that there is a significant amount of potential for the nations of the Asian Pacific region to work together, find common ground and shift international bargaining power. Moreove…
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- 9781760462390
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- ix, 313p. : ill.
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- 346.190482 MAK m
The digital public domain : foundations for an open culture
Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use —copyright and related rights —have become increa…
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- 9781906924478
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- xxv, 220p. : ill.
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- 346.048 DIG d
The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital co…
The evolution of activism against the expansion of copyright in the digital domain, with case studies of resistance including eBook and iTunes hacks.The movement against restrictive digital copyright protection arose largely in response to the excesses of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. In The Digital Rights Movement, Hector Postigo shows that what began as an assertion of …
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- 9780262017954
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- 244p. : ill.
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- 345.02662 POS d
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