Practical Programming, 2nd Edition 
by Paul Gries, Jennifer Campbell, Jason Montojo
This book is for anyone who wants to understand computer programming. You'll learn to program in a language that' s used in millions of smartphones, tablets, and PCs. You'll code along with the book, writing programs to solve real-world problems as you learn the fundamentals of programming using Python 3. You'll learn about design, algorithms, testing, and debugging, and come away with a...
Price: $15.00 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2013
Algorithms from and for Nature and Life
by Andrea Cerioli, Marco Riani, Francesca Torti
This volume provides approaches and solutions to challenges occurring at the interface of research fields such as, e.g., data analysis, data mining and knowledge discovery, computer science, operations research, and statistics. In addition to theory-oriented contributions various application areas are included. Moreover, traditional classification research directions concerning network data, graphs, and soc...
Price: $149.49 | Publisher: Springer | Release: 2013
A Journey from Robot to Digital Human
by Edward Y.L. Gu
This book provides readers with a solid set of diversified and essential tools for the theoretical modeling and control of complex robotic systems, as well as for digital human modeling and realistic motion generation. Following a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of robotic kinematics, dynamics and control systems design, the author extends robotic modeling procedures and motion algorithms to ...
Price: $79.42 | Publisher: Springer | Release: 2013
FREE EBOOK - Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C#
by Svetlin Nakov
This open book aims to provide novice programmers solid foundation of basic knowledge regardless of the programming language. This book covers the fundamentals of programming that have not changed significantly over the last 10 years. Educational content was developed by an authoritative author team led by Svetlin Nakov from the Software University (SoftUni) and covers topics such as variables conditional s...
Price: $30.14 | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2013
FREE EBOOK - Clever Algorithms
by Jason Brownlee
This book provides a handbook of algorithmic recipes from the fields of Metaheuristics, Biologically Inspired Computation and Computational Intelligence that have been described in a complete, consistent, and centralized manner. These standardized descriptions were carefully designed to be accessible, usable, and understandable. Most of the algorithms described in this book were originally inspired by biolo...
Price: $8.17 | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2012
by Drew Conway, John Myles White
If you're an experienced programmer interested in crunching data, this book will get you started with machine learning - a toolkit of algorithms that enables computers to train themselves to automate useful tasks. Authors Drew Conway and John Myles White help you understand machine learning and statistics tools through a series of hands-on case studies, instead of a traditional math-heavy presentation....
Price: $18.12 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
FREE EBOOK - Programming Computer Vision with Python
by Jan Erik Solem
If you want a basic understanding of computer vision's underlying theory and algorithms, this hands-on introduction is the ideal place to start. You'll learn techniques for object recognition, 3D reconstruction, stereo imaging, augmented reality, and other computer vision applications as you follow clear examples written in Python.Programming Computer Vision with Python explains computer vision in...
Price: $22.50 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization
by John Myles White
When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase...
Price: $15.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, 7th Edition
by Siddhartha Rao
Completely updated for the C++11 standard, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day presents the language from a practical point of view, helping you learn how to use C++11 to create faster, simpler, and more efficient C++ applications.Master the fundamentals of C++ and object-oriented programming; Understand how C++11 features help you write compact and efficient code using concepts such as lambda express...
Price: $8.99 | Publisher: SAMS Publishing | Release: 2012
by Sasha Goldshtein, Dima Zurbalev, Ido Flatow
Maximizing the performance of your algorithms and applications is extremely important and can give you a competitive advantage, a lower cost of ownership, and happier users. Pro .NET Performance explains the internals of Windows, the CLR, and the physical hardware that affect the performance of your applications, and gives you the knowledge and tools to measure how your code performs in isolation from exter...
Price: $11.48 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012