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Artificial Intelligence in Project Management and Making Decisions (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1035)
By Janusz Kacprzyk, Pedro Y. Piñero Pérez, Rafael E. Bello Pérez. 2022
This book presents new developments and advances in the theory, applications, and design methods of computational intelligence, integrated in various…
areas of project management and BIM environments. The chapters of the book span different soft computing techniques, such as: linguistic data summarization, fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms, estimation distribution algorithms, computing with words, augmented reality, and hybrid intelligence systems. In addition, different applications of the neutrosophic theory are presented for the treatment of uncertainty and indeterminacy in decision-making processes. Several chapters of the book constitute systematic reviews, useful for future investigations in the following topics: linguistic summarization of data, augmented reality, and the development of BIM technologies. It is a particularly interesting book for engineers, researchers, specialists, teachers, and students related to project management and the development of BIM technologies.Optimization of Tuned Mass Dampers: Using Active and Passive Control (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #432)
By Gebrail Bekdaş, Sinan Melih Nigdeli. 2022
This book is a timely book to summarize the latest developments in the optimization of tuned mass dampers covering all…
classical approaches and new trends including metaheuristic algorithms. Also, artificial intelligence and machine learning methods are included to predict optimum results by skipping long optimization processes. Another difference and advantage of the book are to provide chapters about several types of control types including passive tuned mass dampers, active tuned mass dampers, tuned liquid dampers, tuned liquid column dampers and inerter dampers. Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are vibration absorber devices used in all types of mechanic systems. The key factor in the design is an effective tuning of TMDs for the desired performance. In practice, several high-rise structures and bridges were designed by including TMDs. Also, TMDs were installed after the construction of the structures after several negative experiences resulting from the disturbing sway of the structures. In optimum design, several closed-form expressions have been proposed for optimum frequency and damping ratio of TMDs, but the exact optimization requires iterative optimization approaches. The current trend is to use evolutionary algorithms and metaheuristic optimization methods to reach the goal.International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering: Select Proceedings of AISE 2020, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #837)
By Carlos M. Travieso-González, Goutam Sanyal, Shashank Awasthi, Carla M. A. Pinto, B. R. Purushothama. 2022
This book comprises select papers from the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering (AISE 2020). The volume focuses…
on the recent advancements in artificial intelligence and addresses how it is useful in achieving truly sustainable solutions. The key strands of this book include artificial intelligence in healthcare, IoT for modern life, security and surveillance, big data analytics, machine learning and computing, communication technologies, gesture technology, virtual intelligence, and audio & speech processing. The book addresses sustainability challenges in various computing techniques and opportunities for sustainable engineering based on AI and supporting tools such as engineering design for sustainable development using IoT/AI, smart cities: waste minimization, remanufacturing, reuse and recycling technologies using IoT/AI, industry 4.0, intelligent and smart grid systems, energy conservation using technology, green engineering/technology, robotic process automation (RPA) and water and air quality management. This book can be a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, and professionals working in AI and its applications.The Science and Development of Transport—ZIRP 2021
By Marjana Petrović, Luka Novačko, Diana Božić, Tomislav Rožić. 2022
This monograph presents the original scientific manuscripts submitted for publication at the International Conference - The Science and Development of…
Transport (ZIRP 2021), organized by the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia. The Conference takes place in Šibenik, Croatia, from 30th September until 1st October 2021, aiming to bring together the scientists and the practitioners by putting forward innovative solutions available to everyone. This monograph presents the newest scientific research, case studies, and best practices in the field of transport and logistics. In addition to the main topics, many relevant manuscripts in the field of transport and logistics have been presented, such as sustainable urban mobility and logistics, safety and policy, data science, process automation, inventory forecasting, improving competitiveness in the transport and logistics services market and raising customer satisfaction. The monograph will be of interest for the experienced researchers, professionals as well as Ph.D. students in the field of transport and logisticsFaktor Mensch (Edition HMD)
By Stefan Reinheimer, Kristin Weber. 2022
Durch die fortschreitende Digitalisierung und die damit verbundene, immer stärkere Durchdringung der Lebens- und Arbeitswelten mit IT sehen sich Forscher*innen…
und Praktiker*innen der Wirtschaftsinformatik heute mit vielfältigen ethischen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Fragestellungen rund um das Thema Mensch und IT konfrontiert. In Zeiten von Corona hat die IT an noch stärkerer Bedeutung gewonnen und somit auch die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und IT. Diese Beziehung wird aus den oben genannten Perspektiven beleuchtet.Eine vergleichbare Zusammenstellung interdisziplinärer Beiträge existiert bisher nicht.Die Edition HMD „Faktor Mensch“ enthält eine breit gefächerte Auswahl von Beiträgen, die die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und IT thematisieren. In Zeiten der Digitalisierung bietet die IT Chancen, die es unter Einbeziehung des Menschen zu nutzen gilt. Gleichzeitig birgt die IT Risiken, derer sich der Mensch bewusst sein muss, um sie abwägen und kontrollieren zu können. Die Vielfalt der zu adressierenden Themen ist in dieser umfassenden Form am Markt bislang noch nicht diskutiert.In this fast-paced global economy, academia and industry must innovate to evolve and succeed. Today’s researchers and industry experts are…
seeking transformative technologies to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Cutting-edge technological advances in cybersecurity solutions aid in enabling the security of complex heterogeneous high-performance computing (HPC) environments. On the other hand, HPC facilitates powerful and intelligent innovative models for reducing time to response to identify and resolve a multitude of potential, newly emerging cyberattacks. Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing Environments provides a collection of the current and emergent research innovations, practices, and applications focusing on the interdependence of cybersecurity and HPC domains for discovering and resolving new emerging cyber-threats. KEY FEATURES Represents a substantial research contribution to the state-of-the-art solutions for addressing the threats to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA triad) in HPC environments Covers the groundbreaking and emergent solutions that utilize the power of the HPC environments to study and understand the emergent, multifaceted, anomalous, and malicious characteristics The content will help university students, researchers, and professionals understand how HPC research fits broader cybersecurity objectives and vice versa.Application of Big Data in Petroleum Streams
By Jay Gohil, Manan Shah. 2022
The book aims to provide comprehensive knowledge and information pertaining to application or implementation of big data in the petroleum industry…
and its operations (such as exploration, production, refining and finance). The book covers intricate aspects of big data such as 6Vs, benefits, applications, implementation, research work and real-world implementation pertaining to each petroleum-associated operation in a concise manner that aids the reader to apprehend the overview of big data’s role in the industry. The book resonates with readers who wish to understand the intricate details of working with big data (along with data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence) in general and how it affects and impacts an entire industry. As the book builds various concepts of big data from scratch to industry level, readers who wish to gain big data-associated knowledge of industry level in simple language from the very fundamentals would find this a wonderful read.From Grand Challenges to Great Solutions: 20th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2021, Virtual Event, December 11, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #443)
By Kexin Zhao, Shaokun Fan, Noyan Ilk, Zhe Shan. 2022
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 20th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2021, which took place virtually on December…
11, 2021.The purpose of WeB is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss findings, novel ideas, and lessons learned to address major challenges and map out the future directions for e-Business. The WeB 2021 theme was “From Grand Challenges to Great Solutions: Digital Transformation in the Age of COVID-19.” The 8 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 24 submissions. The contributions are organized in topical sections as follows: digital innovation and transformation, and e-commerce and social media.F the Shoulds. Do the Wants: Get Clear on Who You Are, What You Want, and Why You Want It.
By Tricia Huffman. 2022
A simple, sticky yet powerful mindset hack from Tricia Huffman, founder and CEO of Your Joyologist, to set yourself free…
from the "shoulds" and reclaim your life for YOU in every moment throughout your day.Forget what you have been told about what you "should" do or be- and ask yourself what do you want?You have no idea how much the shoulds are running your life, holding you back, and making you question your worth on a daily basis. Tricia Huffman didn't-until she committed to eliminating all shoulds from her life. In F THE SHOULDS. DO THE WANTS, Tricia takes you on her journey of uncovering the deep-rooted implications of the word should and helps you gain the self-awareness that this simple, yet effective one word swap gave her.She shows how the word should consciously and unconsciously weighs on us in our daily language, thoughts, and beliefs and teaches how by shifting shoulds into wants, you will:* Recognize the "shoulds" that are at the root of your doubts, fears, resentment, and shame.* Call out the BS stories you create and believe about yourself.* Stop beating yourself up over the "should haves" and what already happened.* Build a direct line to your intuition and integrity.* Cut out your excuses and procrastination.* Embrace, heal, and own who you are fully each day.Stop shoulding all over yourself and learn how to listen to what it is that you truly want and feel ! By focusing on this one word, you will give yourself a direct line to what truly matters to you-and live your most present, aligned, and alive life.Tricia Huffman's message is simple but effective: replace the word "should" with the word "want" in your vocabulary and unlock a true connection to yourself on a daily basis.Content (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
By Kate Eichhorn. 2022
A concise introduction to content and the content industry, from the early internet to the Instagram egg.From the time we…
roll out of bed to check overnight updates to our last posts, likes, and views of the previous day, we're consuming and producing content. But what does the term &“content&” even mean? When did it become ubiquitous? And at what cost? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kate Eichhorn offers a concise introduction to content and the content industry, examining the far-reaching effects content has on culture, politics, and labor in a digital age. Eichhorn traces the evolution of our current understanding of content from the early internet to the current social mediaverse. The quintessential example of content, she says, is the Instagram egg—an image that imparted no information or knowledge and circulated simply for the sake of circulation. Eichhorn explores what differentiates user-generated content from content produced by compensated (although often undercompensated) workers; examines how fields from art and literature to journalism and politics have weathered the rise of the content industry; and investigates the increasing importance of artists&’ &“content capital&”—the ability of artists, writers, and performers to produce content not about their work but about their status as artists.The Live Life Now List: Plan and Live Your Best Life—Starting Today!
By Austa Somvichian-Clausen. 2022
Kickstart your social life with over 325 fun-filled activities designed to help you make new friends, bond with your family,…
and make the most out of every day.What do you want to do today? That&’s easy—simply gather some friends and pick out your next adventure from The Live Life Now List. If you&’re struggling to figure out your weekend plans, trying to avoid the same-old activities you and your friends do every night, or simply can&’t stand to spend another night on the couch, this book has you covered. From planning the perfect themed dinner party to checking out the latest nightlife hotspots, simply pick-and-choose from over 350 fun and unique activities that are sure to kickstart your social plans. Try activities like: -Living like a tourist in your own city by visiting an unexplored neighborhood -Reconnecting with old friends through double dating -Visiting your childhood competitive game of laser tag with your siblings -And many more! Whether you&’re looking to meet new friends, bond with old ones, or spend more time with your family, you&’ll soon be able to keep your social calendar packed with fun and exciting activities everyone can enjoy.The Life Plan
By Shannah Kennedy. 2022
With more than twenty years of experience as a professionally certified life coach in Australia, Shannah Kennedy lays out her…
recommended approach to life in The Life Plan, an easy-to-follow guide that helps readers build their confidence, declutter their lives, form strategic habits, envision their potential, prioritize their goals, and make their dreams a reality.With more than twenty years of experience as one of Australia&’s foremost life coaches, bestselling author Shannah Kennedy describes her approach to living your best life in The Life Plan, a workbook that gives you a collection of simple strategies designed to build your confidence, prioritize your goals, and make your dreams a reality in a changing world. Do you want to change your life? Do you find yourself not quite accomplishing all of your goals and dreams? Do you feel stagnant in your routine and need to establish a new one? The Life Plan has you covered. Shannah&’s time-tested strategies will motivate you to retake control over your life, give you space to explore your true self and values, and provide a how-to manual on creating new beneficial wellness habits, prioritizing your professional and personal goals, and effectively developing and maintaining methods for self-care and the revitalization of your life. Whether you&’re years into building your career, have a family, and want to re-evaluate your life or you&’re newly out of school and looking to plan your future effectively, this book will both motivate and give you the tools to start fresh and help you succeed—all while feeling like you have a life coach in your pocket cheering you on. So what are you waiting for? Start living your best life today.El autor de Yo era un cabr*n amargado, The Angry Therapist, ahora te enseña cómo priorizar tu relación contigo mismo…
y vivir una vida más significativa, ya sea que estés solo, saliendo o con una pareja. Hay más en la vida que amar a alguien. Pero estar sin pareja puede parecer una sentencia de muerte. ¿Por qué estar solo = estar solo? ¿Y por qué dejamos de trabajar en nosotros mismos cuando estamos en una relación? Después de un divorcio doloroso, "The Angry Therapist" John Kim se dio cuenta de que nunca había estado realmente solo. Se embarcó en un viaje para reconstruir su relación consigo mismo, pasando de estar solo y desconectado a estar solo y satisfecho. Kim ha continuado ayudando a miles de clientes a encontrar su propia manera única de liberarse de las expectativas y finalmente vivir su verdad. En el libro Sin pareja a proposito, Kim adopta su enfoque característico de "autoayuda en un vaso de chupito" sin tonterías mientras comparte su propia historia de soltería y muestra a los lectores cómo ser dueños de su mierda, romper sus patrones y encontrar un sentido de sí mismo bien fundamentado. Dedicar tiempo a cultivar la relación contigo mismo no debería ser algo que solo hagas cuando tocas fondo, atraviesas una pérdida importante o tienes una crisis de un cuarto de vida. Todos, en algún momento, necesitamos ser solteros, a propósito.A spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining thoughtful essays…
and more than 100 gorgeous landscape photos—half fan favorites, and half never-before-seen.“Each photograph really does come down to a split second when you decide to freeze that moment in time. . . . You ask yourself what the story is that you want to tell, and let the rest unfold: Click.”—from the introductionJoe Greer never imagined he would become a photographer. Raised in Florida by an aunt and uncle after his mother’s death when he was four, Joe had a seemingly normal childhood, spending summers at church camp and dreaming of going to college. But nearly fifteen years later, the ground shifted beneath his feet when he discovered a family secret that would impact the rest of his life.Trying to make sense of that revelation and what it meant for his future, Greer set his sights on becoming a pastor at Spokane’s Moody Bible Institute. There, he discovered Instagram—and a passion for photography. His pictures of the lush, wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape attracted a large following that has grown to more than three quarters of a millions fans and continues to expand. The Lay of the Land is Joe’s story in words and pictures. In this stunning compendium, he reflects on the trauma of his early life and what photography has taught him: how to find his light; how to slow down; how to appreciate the world around him, a reverence for the nature world that that both nurtures and amplifies his creativity and faith; how to love—his photography led him to his wife, Madison—and how to heal. For Joe, photography has been a way to find purpose, better understand his faith, and express himself. Though he began with landscapes, meeting his wife sparked a new love of portraiture, and he turned to making photos of street scenes that explored his complicated feelings about family. A love letter to the natural world, to faith, and to finding your calling in the most unexpected places, The Lay of the Land is a window into the beautiful mind and heart of one of the internet’s favorite photographers. Moving and inspiring, it is a creative and spiritual journey that offers lessons on life and living. As Greer reminds us all, whatever it is you want, it’s up to you to make the moment (and the photograph).Mastering Azure Machine Learning: Execute large-scale end-to-end machine learning with Azure, 2nd Edition
By Christoph Korner, Marcel Alsdorf. 2022
Supercharge and automate your deployments to Azure Machine Learning clusters and Azure Kubernetes Service using Azure Machine Learning servicesKey FeaturesImplement…
end-to-end machine learning pipelines on AzureTrain deep learning models using Azure compute infrastructureDeploy machine learning models using MLOpsBook DescriptionAzure Machine Learning is a cloud service for accelerating and managing the machine learning (ML) project life cycle that ML professionals, data scientists, and engineers can use in their day-to-day workflows. This book covers the end-to-end ML process using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, including data preparation, performing and logging ML training runs, designing training and deployment pipelines, and managing these pipelines via MLOps. The first section shows you how to set up an Azure Machine Learning workspace; ingest and version datasets; as well as preprocess, label, and enrich these datasets for training. In the next two sections, you'll discover how to enrich and train ML models for embedding, classification, and regression. You'll explore advanced NLP techniques, traditional ML models such as boosted trees, modern deep neural networks, recommendation systems, reinforcement learning, and complex distributed ML training techniques - all using Azure Machine Learning. The last section will teach you how to deploy the trained models as a batch pipeline or real-time scoring service using Docker, Azure Machine Learning clusters, Azure Kubernetes Services, and alternative deployment targets. By the end of this book, you'll be able to combine all the steps you've learned by building an MLOps pipeline.What you will learnUnderstand the end-to-end ML pipelineGet to grips with the Azure Machine Learning workspaceIngest, analyze, and preprocess datasets for ML using the Azure cloudTrain traditional and modern ML techniques efficiently using Azure MLDeploy ML models for batch and real-time scoringUnderstand model interoperability with ONNXDeploy ML models to FPGAs and Azure IoT EdgeBuild an automated MLOps pipeline using Azure DevOpsWho this book is forThis book is for machine learning engineers, data scientists, and machine learning developers who want to use the Microsoft Azure cloud to manage their datasets and machine learning experiments and build an enterprise-grade ML architecture using MLOps. This book will also help anyone interested in machine learning to explore important steps of the ML process and use Azure Machine Learning to support them, along with building powerful ML cloud applications. A basic understanding of Python and knowledge of machine learning are recommended.An Ars Technica Holiday Reading Title of 2021 A lively and approachable meditation on how we can transform our digital…
lives if we let a little Nietzsche in. Who has not found themselves scrolling endlessly on screens and wondered: Am I living or distracting myself from living? In Emergency, Break Glass adapts Friedrich Nietzsche’s passionate quest for meaning into a world overwhelmed by “content.” Written long before the advent of smartphones, Nietzsche’s aphoristic philosophy advocated a fierce mastery of attention, a strict information diet, and a powerful connection to the natural world. Drawing on Nietzsche’s work, technology journalist Nate Anderson advocates for a life of goal-oriented, creative exertion as more meaningful than the “frictionless” leisure often promised by our devices. He rejects the simplicity of contemporary prescriptions like reducing screen time in favor of looking deeply at what truly matters to us, then finding ways to make our technological tools serve this vision. With a light touch suffused by humor, Anderson uncovers the impact of this “yes-saying” philosophy on his own life—and perhaps on yours.Radical Confidence: 10 No BS Lessons on Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life
By Lisa Bilyeu. 2022
An inspiring and laugh-out-loud guide to building the kind of confidence it really takes to live the life of your…
dreams, from Impact Theory co-founder and growth mindset guru Lisa Bilyeu.Lisa Bilyeu grew up in London, where she was told her dreams of Hollywood were a little too big for a girl. After all, in her traditional Greek culture, who cared about prestigious awards when you could be a housewife? Lisa cared. Except after graduating from college, meeting the man of her dreams, and moving to Los Angeles, a housewife was exactly what Lisa became - for eight years! Radical Confidence is the story of how Lisa unpaused her life to co-found a company that went from zero to a billion dollars in just five years and become a leader in the world of personal development. Transforming herself with a growth mindset, Lisa learned to face her insecurities and inadequacies, embrace new challenges, solve her own problems, tell her negative voice to shut up and become the hero of her own life by life-hacking her way to feeling confident.Radical Confidence is deeply personal and filled with insight and practical tools for honest self-assessment, mastering emotions and staying motivated. With humour and honesty, this book teaches you how to be driven by your insecurities to create the life of your dreams.Be the Love: Seven ways to unlock your heart and manifest happiness
By Sarah Prout. 2022
The bestselling author of Dear Universe shares seven simple and powerful lessons full of practical guidance, soulful exercises and nuggets…
of wisdom in Be The Love - your invitation to use the power of your emotions to achieve happiness.Emotional empowerment expert Sarah Prout shares how to Be the Love you believe you deserve, and how to do it by embracing lessons such as overcoming comparison traps, finding freedom in forgiveness and accepting that making choices is how life happens, but living with your choices is how growth happens. These lessons are illustrated by Prout's own raw, personal stories that range from humorous to harrowing.By following the seven pieces of advice and trying them in your own life, you will create radical and magical inner transformation, and inner transformation will lead to outer results, whether that's within your career, relationships, or something as simple as your own self-confidence as you walk down the street. If you live your life with self-love and self-compassion as your North Star, then you will thrive.So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game
By Rick Reilly. 2022
This is the book Rick Reilly has been writing in the back of his head since he fell in love…
with the game of golf at eleven years old. He unpacks and explores all of the wonderful, maddening, heart-melting, heart-breaking, cool, and captivating things about golf that make the game so utterly addictive. We meet the PGA Tour player who robbed banks by night to pay his motel bills, the golf club maker who takes weekly psychedelic trips, and the caddy who kept his loop even after an 11-year prison stint. We learn how a man on his third heart nearly won the U.S. Open, how a Vietnam POW saved his life playing 18 holes a day in his tiny cell, and about the course that's absolutely free.We'll visit the eighteen most unforgettable holes around the world (Reilly has played them all), including the hole in Indonesia where the biggest hazard is monkeys, the one in the Caribbean that's underwater, and the one in South Africa that requires a shot over a pit of alligators; not to mention Reilly's attempt to play the most mini-golf holes in one day. Reilly will admire and unload on all the great figures in the game, from Phil Mickelson to Bobby Jones to the simple reason Jack Nicklaus is better than Tiger Woods. Reilly will explain why we should stop hating Bryson DeChambeau unless we hate genius, the greatest upset in women's golf history, and why Ernie Els throws away every ball that makes a birdie. Plus all the Greg Norman stories Reilly has never been able to tell before. Connecting it all will be the story of Reilly's own personal journey through the game, especially as it connects to his tumultuous relationship with his alcoholic father, and how the two eventually reconciled through golf. This is Reilly's valentine to golf, a cornucopia of stories that no golfer will want to be without.The Worthy Project: Learn Your Value. Own It. Celebrate It.
By Meadow DeVor. 2022
Yes, self-worth is something you can learn and practice! The Worthy Project tells you how.Take a step back and think…
about how satisfied you are with your life. Is your home too cluttered? Do you have trouble saving money? Do you feel like your friends and family take more of your energy than they give back? We all have an area (or two!) in our lives that we're not quite satisfied with—and often those trouble spots stem from one simple place: a lack of self-worth. Worthiness is the quality of deserving attention, energy, and respect. It's not confidence. It's not bravado. You can't fake worthiness, nor can you accidentally end up with it. But what does it actually mean to cultivate self-worth, and how do you do it?The Worthy Project guides you through a practical, six-week personal discovery program that helps you identify where feelings of unworthiness might manifest in your life, complete with exercises, journal prompts, and personal stories from real women. Internationally recognized personal development teacher Meadow DeVor explains the importance of self-care, setting boundaries, and defining your priorities in your self-worth journey. It's time to let go of the self-doubt that is holding you back in order to unleash your true potential!