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Demand Prediction in Retail: A Practical Guide to Leverage Data and Predictive Analytics (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management #14)
by Maxime C. Cohen Paul-Emile Gras Arthur Pentecoste Renyu ZhangFrom data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers. Each step is illustrated with the relevant code and implementation details to demystify how historical data can be leveraged to predict future demand. The tools and methods presented can be applied to most retail settings, both online and brick-and-mortar, such as fashion, electronics, groceries, and furniture. This book is intended to help students in business analytics and data scientists better master how to leverage data for predicting demand in retail applications. It can also be used as a guide for supply chain practitioners who are interested in predicting demand. It enables readers to understand how to leverage data to predict future demand, how to clean and pre-process the data to make it suitable for predictive analytics, what the common caveats are in terms of implementation and how to assess prediction accuracy.
Démarrer Avec Android Studio
by Victor Thivillier Barbara HohenseeDémarrer avec Android studio Une introduction à Android studio Le livre donne un aperçu des nouvelles fonctionnalités et possibilités. Il commence avec l'installation et la configuration d'Android Studio. Vous prendrez connaissance du nouvel IDE et de son éditeur. Vous apprendrez à créer de nouveaux projets Android à partir de zéro, à importer sous Android Studio des projets de nature différente comme un ancien projet Eclipse ou des projets Android depuis GitHub. Le livre contient également une introduction au système de build Gradle, avec plusieurs exemples concrets. En outre, vous verrez la signature, la construction et l'exécution d'applications ainsi que leur préparation pour l'Android Market: - Captures d'écran - Signature avec l'Assistant de signature - Signature d'un apk de release en utilisant Gradle Création et exécution de projets de test dans Android Studio. Le livre contient également plusieurs exemples sur les dépendances et les bibliothèques (ActionBar Sherlock, publicité avec Admob, Google Play SDK, Api Google Maps v2) Mise en place d'un dépôt Maven local, construction de bibliothèques aar. Vous pourrez prendre connaissance des product flavors - Types de Build - Variantes de build, et apprendre à construire différents APK de partir du même projet (comprend un exemple avec 2 flavors). Développement de jeux avec AndEngine et libGDX Intégration des jeux JavaScript dans un projet Android Studio [LIME GameEngine] Développement pour Google TV Templates de code Android: - Que sont les templates de code Android - Où trouver les templates ADT (Outils de développement Android)- Création de templates de code personnalisés Le livre contient plusieurs exemples de projets complets et Android exécutables à télécharger (Code source).
Dementia Lab 2019. Making Design Work: 4th Conference, D-Lab 2019, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 21–22, 2019, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1117)
by Rens Brankaert Wijnand IJsselsteijnThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2019, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in October 2019. The 12 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections: inclusion & participation, technology & experience, and Dementia Lab ideas.
Dementia Lab 2021: Proceedings of the 5th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2021, January 18–28, 2021 (Design For Inclusion #2)
by Rens Brankaert Caylee Raber Maarten Houben Paulina Malcolm Jon HannanThis book gathers revised and selected contributions to the 5th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2021, organized online on January 18-28, 2021, from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada. It describes original strategies in which design or creative methods have been shown to uncover, support and enhance the abilities of people living with dementia. Papers report on new ideas and findings relating to three main themes: engagement, empowerment and identity. They cover: ethics of inclusion and solutions for shifting the culture of care to be focused on both personal independence and reconnecting with the community; new ways of designing with people living with dementia; strategies for breaking negative stereotypes and preconceived opinions; and approaches to retaining personhood and dignity. Offering a timely source of information on new design and creative methods to a broad community of industrial, communication, interactive and inclusive designers, this book is also meant to address and inspire various stakeholders and organizations in dementia care.
Democracy and Media Decadence
by John KeaneWe live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations - from satellite broadcasting to smart glasses and electronic books - spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the contours of our lives and of our politics, often for the better. But it asks whether too little attention has been paid to the troubling counter-trends, the decadent media developments that encourage public silence and concentrations of unlimited power, so weakening the spirit and substance of democracy. Exploring examples of clever government surveillance, market censorship, spin tactics and back-channel public relations, John Keane seeks to understand and explain these trends, and how best to deal with them. Tackling some tough but big and fateful questions, Keane argues that 'media decadence' is deeply harmful for public life.
Democracy and New Media
by Henry Jenkins David ThorburnDigital technology is changing our politics. The World Wide Web is already a powerful influence on the public's access to government documents, the tactics and content of political campaigns, the behavior of voters, the efforts of activists etc.
Democracy Bytes
by Judith BessantThis book is about new media, young people, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It addresses a mixture of traditional and new questions: What is the political and political legitimacy? How do we understand politics in a 'network age'? Can we talk sensibly about the concept of a generation and generational change? Does democracy have a future? This book offers an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new and distinctive forms of politics. Four case studies are offered: one considers performance art and protest in Russia, another investigates new media campaigns to defend the rights to freedom of speech and copyright in America, another inquires into indigenous art and interactive cartoons as politics in outback Australia and the last explores new forms of student action in schools and in the modern university.
Democracy Hacked: How Technology is Destabilising Global Politics
by Martin MooreTechnology has fractured democracy, and now there&’s no going back. All around the world, the fringes have stormed the palace of the elites and unleashed data miners, dark ads and bots on an unwitting public. After years of soundbites about connecting people, the social media giants are only just beginning to admit to the scale of the problem. We stand on the precipice of an era where switching your mobile platform will have more impact on your life than switching your government. Where freedom and privacy are seen as incompatible with social well-being and transparency. Where your attention is sold to the highest bidder. Our laws don&’t cover what is happening and our politicians don&’t understand it. But if we don&’t fight to change the system now, we may not get another chance.
Democracy in the Disinformation Age: Influence and Activism in American Politics
by Regina Luttrell Lu Xiao Jon GlassIn this book established researchers draw on a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives to examine social media’s impact on American politics. Chapters critically examine activism in the digital age, fake news, online influence, messaging tactics, news transparency and authentication, consumers’ digital habits and ultimately the societal impacts that continue to be created by combining social media and politics. Through this book readers will better understand and approach with questions such as: • How exactly and why did social media become a powerful factor in politics? • What responsibilities do social networks have in the proliferation of factually wrong and hate-filled messages? Or should individuals be held accountable? • What are the state-of-the-art of computational techniques for measuring and determining social media's impact on society? • What role does online activism play in today’s political arena? • What does the potent combination of social media and politics truly mean for the future of democracy? The insights and debates found herein provide a stronger understanding of the core issues and steer us toward improved curriculum and research aimed at a better democracy. Democracy in the Disinformation Age: Influence and Activism in American Politics will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics with an interest in areas including political science, media studies, mass communication, PR, and journalism.
Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism
by James T. HamiltonInvestigative journalism holds democracies and individuals accountable to the public. But important stories are going untold as news outlets shy away from the expense of watchdog reporting. Computational journalism, using digital records and data-mining algorithms, promises to lower the cost and increase demand among readers, James Hamilton shows.
Democracy's Double-Edged Sword: How Internet Use Changes Citizens' Views of Their Government
by Catie Snow BailardThe Internet has a clear, consistent, and considerable influence on democratic satisfaction.Winner of the APSA Best Book in Information Technology and Politics of the American Political Science AssociationThe beauty of democracy is not only that citizens can vote a candidate into office but that they can also vote one out. As digital media grows omnipresent, it becomes more important for political scientists and communication scholars to understand its influence on all aspects of the political process, from campaigning to governance. Catie Snow Bailard argues that the Internet—by altering the quantity and range of information available to citizens—directly influences the ability of individuals to evaluate government performance. It also affects public satisfaction with the quality of available democratic practices and helps motivate political activity and organization.Bailard originates two theories for democratization specialists to consider—mirror-holding and window-opening—which she tests using data collected from dozens of countries and two randomized field experiments. Mirror-holding explores how accessing the Internet allows citizens to see a more detailed and nuanced view of their own government’s performance. Window-opening, however, enables those same citizens to glimpse how other governments perform, particularly in comparison to their own.Although the book offers a robust empirical foundation for testing the Internet’s effects on democratic attitudes, Bailard ultimately concludes that access to information does not necessarily ensure that democracy will automatically flourish.
Democracy's Double-Edged Sword: How Internet Use Changes Citizens' Views of Their Government
by Catie Snow Bailard“Playing into the hands of neither the cyber-optimists nor the cyber-pessimists . . . this book makes a major contribution to our understanding.” —Talia Stroud, author of Niche News: The Politics of News ChoiceThe beauty of democracy is not only that citizens can vote a candidate into office but that they can also vote one out. As digital media has grown omnipresent, it becomes more important for political scientists and communication scholars to understand its influence on all aspects of the political process, from campaigning to governance. Catie Snow Bailard argues that the Internet—by altering the quantity and range of information available to citizens—directly influences the ability of individuals to evaluate government performance. It also affects public satisfaction with the quality of available democratic practices and helps motivate political activity and organization.Bailard originates two theories for democratization specialists to consider—mirror-holding and window-opening—which she tests using data collected from dozens of countries and two randomized field experiments. Mirror-holding explores how accessing the Internet allows citizens to see a more detailed and nuanced view of their own government’s performance. Window-opening, however, enables those same citizens to glimpse how other governments perform, particularly in comparison to their own.This book offers a robust empirical foundation for testing the Internet’s effects on democratic attitudes—and reminds us that access to information does not necessarily ensure that democracy will automatically flourish.“An outstanding book on democracy and the Internet…highly original.” —Choice
Democracy's News: A Primer on Journalism for Citizens Who Care about Democracy
by G. Michael Killenberg Rob AndersonSince the Founding, America’s faith in a democratic republic has depended on citizens who could be trusted to be communicators. Vigorous talk about equality, rights, and collaboration fueled the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution with its amendments. In a republic, the people set the terms for their lives not individually, but in community. The genius of keeping it alive exists in how everyday citizens talk and listen, write and read, for a common good. Dialogue and deliberation—rather than an accumulation of individual preferences—sustains a republic, yet a diminished and scarred institution of journalism jeopardizes citizens’ access to shared and truthful information. A disturbing “what’s in it for me?” attitude has taken over many citizens, and a creeping, autocratic sense of dismissive accusation too often characterizes the political style of elected officials. The basic fuel for democracy is the willingness of informed citizens to take each other seriously as they talk about political choices. Once we begin to clam up, build walls, and dismiss each other, we unravel the threads tying us to the Founders’ vision of a republic. A free press and free speech become meaningless if not supported by sustained listening to multiple positions. There are those who profit by dividing citizens into two camps: a comfortable “us” versus a scary “them.” They make their case with accusations and often with lies. They warp the very meaning of communication, hoping citizens never truly discover each other’s humanity. Democracy’s News discusses today’s problems of public communication in the context of history, law, and interpersonal life. News should not be something to dread, mistrust, or shun. Aided by reliable, factual journalism, citizens can develop a community-based knowledge to cope with social issues great and small. They come to treat neighbors and strangers as more than stereotypes or opponents. They become collaborators with whom to identify and sustain a working republic where news, citizenship, and public discourse merge.
The Democratic Surround: Multimedia & American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties
by Fred TurnerWe commonly think of the psychedelic sixties as an explosion of creative energy and freedom that arose in direct revolt against the social restraint and authoritarian hierarchy of the early Cold War years. Yet, as Fred Turner reveals in The Democratic Surround, the decades that brought us the Korean War and communist witch hunts also witnessed an extraordinary turn toward explicitly democratic, open, and inclusive ideas of communication and with them new, flexible models of social order. Surprisingly, he shows that it was this turn that brought us the revolutionary multimedia and wild-eyed individualism of the 1960s counterculture. In this prequel to his celebrated book From Counterculture to Cyberculture, Turner rewrites the history of postwar America, showing how in the 1940s and '50s American liberalism offered a far more radical social vision than we now remember. Turner tracks the influential mid-century entwining of Bauhaus aesthetics with American social science and psychology. From the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the New Bauhaus in Chicago and Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Turner shows how some of the most well-known artists and intellectuals of the forties developed new models of media, new theories of interpersonal and international collaboration, and new visions of an open, tolerant, and democratic self in direct contrast to the repression and conformity associated with the fascist and communist movements. He then shows how their work shaped some of the most significant media events of the Cold War, including Edward Steichen's Family of Man exhibition, the multimedia performances of John Cage, and, ultimately, the psychedelic Be-Ins of the sixties. Turner demonstrates that by the end of the 1950s this vision of the democratic self and the media built to promote it would actually become part of the mainstream, even shaping American propaganda efforts in Europe. Overturning common misconceptions of these transformational years, The Democratic Surround shows just how much the artistic and social radicalism of the sixties owed to the liberal ideals of Cold War America, a democratic vision that still underlies our hopes for digital media today.
Democratization of Expertise: How Cognitive Systems Will Revolutionize Your Life
by Ron FulbrightWe create technology enabling us to do things never before possible and it ultimately changes the way we live, work, play, and interact with each other. Throughout human history, the democratization of technology making a technology available to the masses, has brought about sweeping cultural, social, political, and societal changes. In the last half-century, the democratization of computers, information, the Internet, and social media have revolutionized and transformed our lives. We now stand at the beginning of a new era sure to bring about waves of new revolutions, the cognitive systems era. Until now, humans have done all of the thinking. However, our lives are about to be infused with artificial entities capable of performing high-level cognitive processing previously possible only in the human mind. Systems capable of this kind of "synthetic cognition" will achieve and surpass the level of human experts in almost every field of endeavor. Far from replacing humans, these cognitive systems will be our collaborators, teachers, confidants, colleagues, and companions. The future will belong to those who can better partner with these cognitive systems. Made available to the average person via the Internet, handheld devices, and through ordinary objects all around us, expertise will become democratized. Everything will change when anyone has access to expertise in any field and new things will be possible. The democratization of expertise is the foundation on which our society’s revolutions will be built over the next half-century. This book discusses societal and cultural revolutions throughout history brought about by the adoption of new technology and gives brief histories of human cognitive augmentation and artificial intelligence. In the coming cognitive systems era, humans, by collaboratively partnering with cognitive systems, will together achieve expert-level performance—synthetic expertise—with humans performing some of the cognitive processing and cognitive systems performing some. As the capabilities of cognitive systems improve over time, the balance of thinking will shift from being mostly human to mostly artificial. This book introduces the Levels of Cognitive Augmentation to describe this shift. Drawing from previous research in cognitive systems and intelligent agent theory, the knowledge stores required for expertise are identified in a Knowledge Level description of expertise. This book introduces a new abstract level, called the Expertise Level to describe the skills needed for expertise. Combining the knowledge-level and expertise-level descriptions, this book introduces the Model of Expertise. This book demonstrates use of the Model of Expertise by presenting several synthetic expert architectures: a synthetic teacher (Synthia), a synthetic friend/therapist (Sy), a synthetic elderly companion (Lois), a synthetic research companion (Synclair), and an automated scientific hypothesis explorer (Ashe). This book is intended for anyone interested in the fields of cognitive systems, cognitive computing, cognitive augmentation, or artificial intelligence or the impact of technologies from these fields on society. Anyone doing research and development in the area of cognitive systems or artificial intelligence will find this book particularly useful.
Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet: A citizen developer's guide to building rapid low-code apps with the powerful features of AppSheet
by Koichi Tsuji Suvrutt Gurjar Takuya MiyaiA hands-on guide to building sophisticated business applications and automation using AppSheet to deliver business results quickly without writing lines of codeKey FeaturesLearn how the AppSheet Editor works to configure, test, and deploy a business app without writing lines of codeGet hands-on experience with AppSheet by building a real-world application throughout the bookExplore useful tips and tricks to develop custom functionalities in the app to meet unique business needsBook DescriptionMany citizen developers regularly use spreadsheets in their business and day-to-day jobs. With AppSheet, you can take your spreadsheets to the next level by enhancing their ease of use. The platform allows you to run your business efficiently and manage it in the field outside of an office or indoor environment. This book enables you to create your own simple or medium to complex hybrid apps for business or personal use.As a beginner to AppSheet, this book will show you how the AppSheet Editor works and how it is used to configure, test, and deploy an app and share it with others as users or co-authors. You'll learn about widely used features such as how to use data sources, create app views and actions, construct expressions with AppSheet functions, and make your app secure through security and UX options. Next, you'll create email/attachment templates and develop reports/documents based on templates, store in the cloud, and send files through emails. You'll also understand how to integrate third-party services and monitor various usage statistics of your app. As you progress, you'll explore various features with the help of sample apps that you create using the book.By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to make the most of AppSheet to build powerful and efficient applications.What you will learnDiscover how the AppSheet app is presented for app usersExplore the different views you can use and how to format your data with colors and iconsUnderstand AppSheet functions such as yes/no, text, math, list, date and time and build expressions with those functionsExplore different actions such as data change, app navigation, external communication, and CSV import/exportAdd/delete and define editing permissions and learn to broadcast notifications and inform users of changesBuild a bot through the AppSheet Automation feature to automate various business workflowsWho this book is forThis book is for beginner and intermediate-level citizen application developers in small or medium size businesses and business users who want to develop their own apps. Basic knowledge of Google Sheets or Excel and an understanding of different spreadsheet formulas are required. Knowledge of SQL and basic software development will be beneficial but not necessary.
Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks: Build powerful applications that impact business immediately with no-code app development
by Reinier van AltenaCreate applications efficiently with the help of comprehensive insights into the Betty Blocks no-code platform using this hands-on guidePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUnderstand the different capabilities, features, and low-code functionalities of Betty Blocks with real-world use casesExplore applications that impact your business right away with rapid application developmentDevelop dynamic web applications with easy drag-and-drop functionalities from Betty BlocksBook DescriptionThis practical guide on no-code development with Betty Blocks will take you through the different features, no-code functionalities, and capabilities of the Betty Blocks platform using real-world use cases. The book will equip you with the tools to develop business apps based on various data models, business processes, and more.You'll begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of the Betty Blocks no-code platform, such as developing IT solutions on various use cases including reporting apps, data tracking apps, workflows, and business processes. After getting to grips with the basics, you'll explore advanced concepts such as building powerful applications that impact the business straight away with no-code application development and quickly creating prototypes. The concluding chapters will help you get a solid understanding of rapid application development, building customer portals, building dynamic web apps, drag-and-drop front ends, visual modelling capabilities, and complex data models.By the end of this book, you'll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your own applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.What you will learnUnderstand what you can achieve with citizen developmentFind out how to build your first application with no-code developmentGet to grips with the basics of the Betty Blocks platform as a citizen developerDiscover how to build your own application or prototypeBuild business applications based on data models and business processesEnable developers to include additional functionality for citizen developersWho this book is forThis book is for citizen developers and business users who want to build applications to fulfill their business needs without depending on developers. Prior knowledge of coding and application development is not necessary, but it will speed up your learning.
Democratizing Artificial Intelligence with UiPath: Expand automation in your organization to achieve operational efficiency and high performance
by Fanny Ip Jeremiah Crowley Tom TorloneBuild an end-to-end business solution in the cognitive automation lifecycle and explore UiPath Document Understanding, UiPath AI Center, and DruidKey FeaturesExplore out-of-the-box (OOTB) AI Models in UiPathLearn how to deploy, manage, and continuously improve machine learning models using UiPath AI CenterDeploy UiPath-integrated chatbots and master UiPath Document UnderstandingBook DescriptionArtificial intelligence (AI) enables enterprises to optimize business processes that are probabilistic, highly variable, and require cognitive abilities with unstructured data. Many believe there is a steep learning curve with AI, however, the goal of our book is to lower the barrier to using AI. This practical guide to AI with UiPath will help RPA developers and tech-savvy business users learn how to incorporate cognitive abilities into business process optimization. With the hands-on approach of this book, you'll quickly be on your way to implementing cognitive automation to solve everyday business problems. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book will help you understand the power of AI and give you an overview of the relevant out-of-the-box models. You'll learn about cognitive AI in the context of RPA, the basics of machine learning, and how to apply cognitive automation within the development lifecycle. You'll then put your skills to test by building three use cases with UiPath Document Understanding, UiPath AI Center, and Druid. By the end of this AI book, you'll be able to build UiPath automations with the cognitive capabilities of intelligent document processing, machine learning, and chatbots, while understanding the development lifecycle.What you will learnDiscover how to bridge the gap between RPA and cognitive automationUnderstand how to configure, deploy, and maintain ML models in UiPathExplore OOTB models to manage documents, chats, emails, and morePrepare test data and test cases for user acceptance testing (UAT)Build a UiPath automation to act upon Druid responsesFind out how to connect custom models to RPAWho this book is forAI Engineers and RPA developers who want to upskill and deploy out-of-the-box models using UiPath's AI capabilities will find this guide useful. A basic understanding of robotic process automation and machine learning will be beneficial but not mandatory to get started with this UiPath book.
Democratizing Journalism through Mobile Media: The Mojo Revolution (Routledge Research in Journalism)
by Ivo BurumFuelled by a distrust of big media and the development of mobile technologies, the resulting convergence of journalism praxis (professional to alternative), workflows (analogue to multipoint digital) and platforms (PC to mobile), result in a 24-hour always-on content cycle. The information revolution is a paradigm shift in the way we develop and consume information, in particular the type we call news. While many see this cultural shift as ruinous, Burum sees it as an opportunity to utilize the converging information flow to create a galvanizing and common digital language across spheres of communication: community, education and mainstream media. Embracing the digital literacies researched in this book will create an information bridge with which to traverse journalism’s commercial precarity, the marginalization of some communities, and the journalism school curricula.
Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop: Boost your productivity by implementing best practices for automating repetitive desktop processes
by Peter KrauseDiscover how desktop flows can interact with your everyday tools and automate tasks, freeing up time to do more important thingsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn how Office programs can assist with automating recurring tasksMaintain superior work quality by including daily desktop and web applications in your flowsEnrich your flows with additional AI-based information and integrate them with cloud systemsBook DescriptionWhether you want to organize simple files or perform more complex consolidations between different Office programs and remote-control applications that don't allow outside access, Power Automate Desktop helps meet these challenges. This book shows you how to leverage this workflow automation platform by explaining the underlying RPA concepts in a step-by-step way. You'll start with simple flows that can be easily recorded and further processed using the built-in recorder. Later, you'll learn how to use the more advanced actions to automate folder and file management and enable Office programs to interact with each other. You'll also get to grips with integrating desktop flows into other cloud environments and further enhance their value using AI. As you progress, you'll understand how flows can run unattended and how they are managed in the Power Platform, as well as key concepts such as creating, modifying, debugging, and error-handling UI flows. Finally, the book will guide you to use Process Automation Designer (PAD) in conjunction with your frequently used desktop systems to automate routine tasks. By the end of this book, you'll have become a Power Automate Desktop expert, automating both professional and personal tasks.What you will learnMaster RPA with Power Automate Desktop to commence your debut flowGrasp all essential product concepts such as UI flow creation and modification, debugging, and error handlingUse PAD to automate tasks in conjunction with the frequently used systems on your desktopAttain proficiency in configuring flows that run unattended to achieve seamless automationDiscover how to use AI to enrich your flows with insights from different AI modelsExplore how to integrate a flow in a broader cloud contextWho this book is forWhether you're a home user looking to automate simple tasks on your workstation or a business user or citizen developer seeking to automate more complex rule-based processes, this book will help you overcome the challenge. No knowledge of a programming language is required, but in the more advanced chapters, a general understanding of information technology, including basic programming language structures, protocols, and cloud concepts, will be helpful.
Demographic Change and Economic Growth: Simulations on Growth Models
by Lars WeberIn this book the author investigates the impact of demographic change on economic growth. As a result of the current financial crisis, a new view on economics has been demanded by various scientists. The author provides such a new view on economic growth, using a methodology of system dynamics. By applying this method, the author focuses on characteristics of complex systems and analyzes aging and shrinking processes, and not only positive growth. Delays and feedback processes are also considered. This leads to deeper and revealing insights into economic behavior. In doing so, a new semi-endogenous growth model is developed by introducing a specific and detailed population sector (demographic growth model). The book shows and analyzes the behavior of such a model and tests several policy scenarios in a transfer chapter to apply the new theoretical approach on real world problems. The major results are summarized in 15 principles of demographic growth.
Demystifying AI for the Enterprise: A Playbook for Business Value and Digital Transformation
by Prashant Natarajan Bob Rogers Edward Dixon Jonas Christensen Kirk Borne Leland Wilkinson Shantha MohanArtificial intelligence (AI) in its various forms –– machine learning, chatbots, robots, agents, etc. –– is increasingly being seen as a core component of enterprise business workflow and information management systems. The current promise and hype around AI are being driven by software vendors, academic research projects, and startups. However, we posit that the greatest promise and potential for AI lies in the enterprise with its applications touching all organizational facets. With increasing business process and workflow maturity, coupled with recent trends in cloud computing, datafication, IoT, cybersecurity, and advanced analytics, there is an understanding that the challenges of tomorrow cannot be solely addressed by today’s people, processes, and products. There is still considerable mystery, hype, and fear about AI in today’s world. A considerable amount of current discourse focuses on a dystopian future that could adversely affect humanity. Such opinions, with understandable fear of the unknown, don’t consider the history of human innovation, the current state of business and technology, or the primarily augmentative nature of tomorrow’s AI. This book demystifies AI for the enterprise. It takes readers from the basics (definitions, state-of-the-art, etc.) to a multi-industry journey, and concludes with expert advice on everything an organization must do to succeed. Along the way, we debunk myths, provide practical pointers, and include best practices with applicable vignettes. AI brings to enterprise the capabilities that promise new ways by which professionals can address both mundane and interesting challenges more efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively (with humans). The opportunity for tomorrow’s enterprise is to augment existing teams and resources with the power of AI in order to gain competitive advantage, discover new business models, establish or optimize new revenues, and achieve better customer and user satisfaction.
Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform: A definitive way to manage Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Tower
by Sean SullivanExplore Ansible Automation Platform and understand how the different pieces interact to standardize and scale automationKey FeaturesCurated by a senior consultant at Red Hat with real-world examples to maximize use of Ansible Automation PlatformUse roles and modules to create interactive playbooks in Ansible Automation PlatformDiscover best practices for simplifying management of Ansible Automation PlatformBook DescriptionWhile you can use any automation software to simplify task automation, scaling automation to suit your growing business needs becomes difficult using only a command-line tool. Ansible Automation Platform standardizes how automation is deployed, initiated, delegated, and audited, and this comprehensive guide shows you how you can simplify and scale its management.The book starts by taking you through the ways to get Ansible Automation Platform installed, their pros and cons, and the initial configuration. You'll learn about each object in the platform, how it interacts with other objects, as well as best practices for defining and managing objects to save time. You'll see how to maintain the created pieces with infrastructure as code. As you advance, you'll monitor workflows with CI/CD playbooks and understand how Ansible Automation Platform integrates with many other services such as GitLab and GitHub.By the end of this book, you'll have worked through real-world examples to make the most of the platform while learning how to manipulate, manage, and deploy any playbook to Ansible Automation Platform.What you will learnGet the hang of different parts of Ansible Automation Platform and their maintenanceBack up and restore an installation of Ansible Automation PlatformLaunch and configure basic and advanced workflows and jobsCreate your own execution environment using CI/CD pipelinesInteract with Git, Red Hat Authentication Server, and logging servicesIntegrate the Automation controller with services catalogUse Automation Mesh to scale Automation ControllerWho this book is forThis book is for IT administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and automation engineers seeking to understand and maintain the controller part of Ansible Automation Platform. If you have basic knowledge of Ansible, can set up a virtual machine, or have OpenShift experience, and want to know more about scaling Ansible, this book is for you.
Demystifying Azure AI: Implementing the Right AI Features for Your Business
by Kasam ShaikhExplore artificial intelligence offerings by Microsoft Azure, along with its other services. This book will help you implement AI features in various Azure services to help build your organization and customers.The book starts by introducing you to the Azure Cognitive Search service to create and use an application. You then will learn the built-in automatic tuning intelligence mechanism in Azure SQL Database. This is an important feature you can use to enable Azure SQL Database to optimize the performance of your queries. Next, you will go through AI services with Azure Integration Platform service and Azure Logic Apps to build a modern intelligent workflow in your application. Azure functions are discussed as a part of its server-less feature. The book concludes by teaching you how to work with Power Automate to analyze your business workflow. After reading this book, you will be able to understand and work with different Azure Cognitive Services in AI.What You Will LearnGet started with Azure Cognitive Search serviceUse AI services with Low Code – Power AutomateUse AI services with Azure Integration servicesUse AI services with Azure Server-less offeringsUse automatic tuning in Azure SQL databaseWho This Book Is ForAspiring Azure and AI professionals
Demystifying Big Data Analytics for Industries and Smart Societies
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