Big data � unstructured and/or structured data being used to influence underwriting, rating, pricing, forms, marketing and claims handling and incentivize risk reduction � is a relatively recent development in the insurance industry, the data sets previously being too impossibly great to analyse through traditional methods.However, with the global capacity to collect and store data…
.Big DataConcepts, Warehousing, and AnalyticsBig Data is a concept of major relevance in today’s world, sometimes highlighted as a key asset for productivity growth, innovation, and customer relationship, whose popularity has increased considerably during the last years. Areas like smart cities, manufacturing, retail, finance, software development, environment, digital media, among others, can benefit from the…
.Over the past decade, since the publication of the first edition, there have been new advances in solving complex geoinformatics problems. Advancements in computing power, computing platforms, mathematical models, statistical models, geospatial algorithms, and the availability of data in various domains, among other things, have aided in the automation of complex real-world tasks and decision-making…
In this unique guide, classroom teachers, coaches, curriculum coordinators, college students, and teacher educators get a practical look at the foundational concepts and skills of early mathematics, and see how to implement them in their early childhood classrooms. Big Ideas of Early Mathematics presents the skills educators need to organize for mathematics teaching and learning…
.This book showcases small hotels, all located in the United States, designed by architects who use light and materials in interesting and intentional ways. The designs also deliberately connect to their local history, context, or land – in many cases all three. Both the architecture and the operations harmonize with the place, whether that is…
What are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture? and architectural principles? in general? In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples of small houses. Each project is under 1,000 square feet (100 square meters) in size…
This book asks a simple question: are the tech giants monopolies? In the current environment of suspicion towards the major technology companies as a result of concerns about their power and influence, it has become commonplace to talk of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, or Netflix as the modern day version of the 19th century…
Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing Theory, Algorithms and Applications This book reviews the theoretical concepts, leading-edge techniques and practical tools involved in the latest multi-disciplinary approaches addressing the challenges of big data. Illuminating perspectives from both academia and industry are presented by an international selection of experts in big data science. Topics and features: describes…
Many complex systems-from immensely complicated ecosystems to minute assemblages of molecules-surprise us with their simple behavior. Consider, for instance, the snowflake, in which a great number of water molecules arrange themselves in patterns with six-way symmetry. How is it that molecules moving seemingly at random become organized according to the simple, six-fold rule? How do…
.Released to the public for the first time, writings by the incomparable Barton Biggs Long considered one of the best brains on Wall Street, Barton Biggs acquired the stature of a legend within his lifetime. Among his many coups, he accurately called the rise and fall of the dot-com market, and was an energetic promoter…
Implementing cryptography requires integers of significant magnitude to resist cryptanalytic attacks.Modern programming languages only provide support for integers which are relatively small and single precision. The purpose of this text is to instruct the reader regarding how to implement efficient multiple precision algorithms.Bignum math is the backbone of modern computer security algorithms. It is the…
This timely book assesses national and supranational bilateral approaches to dealing with the rising tide of migration into the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea. International law and EU migration law specialists critically assess the legal tools adopted to engage with the ‘refugee crisis’. While the EU works to develop a unified approach to Mediterranean…
Wie kann in unterschiedlichen Handlungsrahmen über die Singstimme kommuniziert werden? In vorliegender Publikation werden Hunderte von Beschreibungen klanglicher Phänomene und gesangstechnischer Aspekte systematisiert präsentiert. Die Zusammenstellung einer offenen Menge an Wörtern und Wortfolgen zeigt die unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten des Sprachgebrauchs und erkennt die Wirksamkeit nicht nur kodifizierter, sondern auch spontan formulierter Äußerungen an. Ein höchst beeindruckendes…
Alle relevanten Techniken, praxisorientiert: Mit einer Zusammenstellung der Stellungnahmen der Kommission “Bildgebende Verfahren” der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie gibt dieses Buch eine konzentrierte Darstellung der modernen Bildgebung: konventionelle Röntgendiagnostik inkl. Scoringmethoden, Arthrosonographie, Magnetresonanztomographie, Szintigraphie bei den wichtigsten entzündlich- und degenerativ- rheumatischen Erkrankungen.Bildgebende Verfahren in der Rheumatologie 1st Edition is written by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie…
BildsemiotikGrundlagen und exemplarische Analysen visueller KommunikationDiese Einführung vermittelt in gut verständlicher Weise die theoretischen Grundlagen der drei Bereiche Syntaktik, Semantik und Pragmatik und erläutert dann in exemplarischen, didaktisch aufgebauten Bildanalysen die unterschiedlichen Strategien visuellen Gestaltens. Die wichtigsten Grundbegriffe und die produktivsten Analysemethoden werden nachvollziehbar und anregend dargestellt, ohne dass dabei ihre Komplexität über Gebühr reduziert…
Bildung als Aufgabe Zur Neuvermessung der Paedagogik Die P?dagogik als Wissenschaft steht heute vor neuen Herausforderungen.In der Zeit nach PISA wird die Vorstellung, es gen?ge, die Bildungslandschaft zu vermessen, zunehmend als Verfremdung ihrer eigentlichen Aufgabe erkannt. Die Frage nach dem Ma?, von dem her bzw. auf das hin Messungen legitimiert und orientiert werden k?nnen, r?ckt…