This book has 33 actionable tips and tricks that you need to know about Minecraft. Imagine finding yourself all alone on a bare, deserted land. You have to survive. Following your intuition, you begin collecting stone, wood and sand. You build yourself a shelter. Soon enough, you realize that you need food and start...

Discover the essential building blocks of a common and powerful form of deep belief network: convolutional nets. This book shows you how the structure of these elegant models is much closer to that of human brains than traditional neural networks; they have a ‘thought process’ that is capable of learning abstract co...

This comprehensive and richly illustrated volume provides up-to-date material on Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA). SSA is a well-known methodology for the analysis and forecasting of time series. Since quite recently, SSA is also being used to analyze digital images and other objects that are not necessarily of plan...

App Inventor 2: Databases and Files is a step-by-step guide to writing apps that use TinyDB, TinyWebDB, Fusion Tables and data files for information storage and retrieval. Includes detailed explanations, examples, and a link to download sample code. TinyDB stores data on your smart phone or tablet and is a primary w...

The history of robotics and artificial intelligence in many ways is also the history of humanity’s attempts to control such technologies. From the Golem of Prague to the military robots of modernity, the debate continues as to what degree of independence such entities should have and how to make sure that they do no...

This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 con...

Real-world examples of cross-browser, mobile, and data-driven testing with all the latest features of Selenium WebDriver 3 Key Features Unlock the full potential of Selenium to test your web applications Use Selenium Grid for faster, parallel running, and cross-browser testing Test iOS and Android Apps with Appium ...

What would life be like when wealth generation is automated completely? What would it mean to move towards a world with zero employment? These are not distant thoughts. Powered by the trio of AI, IoT and Robotics technologies, automation has already set us on this path, and that too in the fast lane. The transition ...

A comprehensive guide with extensive coverage on concepts such as OOP, functional programming, generic programming, and STL along with the latest features of C++ Key Features Delve into the core patterns and components of C++ in order to master application design Learn tricks, techniques, and best practices to solv...

Drawing from many years of professional software development and teaching experience, I prepared an innovative text that presents the COBOL language in a simple, yet powerful way, at the same time integrating Biblical perspective. Few textbooks address the simplicity of COBOL, many are unable to address the complexi...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Bioinformatics Research and Applications, ISBRA 2018, held in Beijing, China, in June 2018. The 24 full and 10 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 138 submissions. They were organized ...

Ad tech pays for everything that’s free online. Email, search, games, news, entertainment. It’s caused countless problems and we just want a way out of the mess. In just 80 pages this book contains the essential knowledge to understand the problem, and fix your own online life. The original Free Is Bad contains more...

Would you LIKE to tap into the most lucrative business model currently available online? You are here to definitely change your life. Maybe you don't have enough time to spend with your family, pursuing your passions, enjoying the living of your dream. Whether you are already a business owner or you are working a re...

When I first started selling on Amazon, I had no idea what I was doing when it came to bookkeeping and accounting. After diving in headfirst and doing a leave self-learning, I soon realized how important these tasks were. Bookkeeping is not just crucial for when the taxman comes around to collect, but also for your ...

Ripple versus bitcoin The battle of the cryptocurrencies Do want to diversify your bitcoin investments in other cryptocurrencies? Do you want to invest (more) in ripple and / or bitcoin? Do you want to know where to start? Do you want of an overview of the exchanges where you can buy ripple? Do you want of an overvi...

This book provides an overview of Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA across the key process areas ー General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Fixed Assets. Explore the user experience in SAP S/4HANA and learn how to navigate the SAP Fiori front-end and obtain details on the various reporting metho...