This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For graduate and undergraduate courses in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering.

Comprehensively covers processor and computer design fundamentals Computer Organization and Architecture, 11th Edition is about the structure and function of computers. Its purp...

Agile Data Warehouse Design is a step-by-step guide for capturing data warehousing/business intelligence (DW/BI) requirements and turning them into high performance dimensional models in the most direct way: by modelstorming (data modeling + brainstorming) with BI stakeholders. It describes BEAM✲, an agile approach to dimensional modeling, for improving communication between data warehouse designers, BI stakeholders and the whole DW/BI development team. BEAM✲ provides tools and techniques...

AI for School Teachers will help teachers and headteachers understand enough about AI to build a strategy for how it can be used in their school.

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is always only five years away, but recent developments have made the practical utility of game theory and machine learning a genuine reality. Written by leading experts in both Sports Management and AI, AI for Sports begins to answer many questions on the future of this field.

Written by a game developer and professor trained in architecture, An Architectural Approach to Level Design is one of the first books to integrate architectural and spatial design theory with the field of level design. It explores the principles of level design through the context and history of architecture. Now in its second edition, An Architectural Approach to Level Design presents architectural techniques and theories for you to use in your own work.

The author connects architecture and...

A practical guide on how to use Unity for building cross-platform mobile games and Augmented Reality apps using the latest Unity 2020 toolsetKey FeaturesCreate, deploy, and monetize captivating and immersive games on Android and iOS platformsTake your games into the real world by adding augmented reality features to your mobile projectsKick-start your mobile game development journey with step-by-step instructions and a demo game projectBook DescriptionUnity 2020 brings a lot of new features t...

De geometrische fout van het Atomium? Een omgekeerde 400 meter? Een Fibonacci-beeld in (De) Panne? Deze onderwerpen komen misschien bekend voor, maar in dit boek staan de échte verhalen uit eerste hand en 'unplugged'. De wiskunde verruimt er zich van zuiver wiskundige onderwerpen, over een hoofd dat verdween in de Antwerpse Carnotstraat of de wiskundige grens van de waarheid, tot meer kunstzinnige toepassingen, van wiskundige poëzie over Stromae tot de verboden vrucht van het Lam Gods.Over ...

Algoritmen regeren steeds meer ons leven. Ze bepalen online welk nieuws we zien en beïnvloeden welke producten we kopen. Ze doen suggesties voor potentiële datingpartners. Ze creëren en vernietigen hele bedrijfstakken en beïnvloeden verkiezingen. Hoewel algoritmen overal om ons heen worden gebruikt, weten maar weinigen hoe ze precies werken, of wie ze heeft ontwikkeld.

In Als dit, dan dat beschrijft informaticus Chris Bleakley op een heldere manier hoe een reeks simpele stappen complexe p...