Data Structures and Program Design Using Java. A Self-Teaching Introduction to Data Structures and Java

Mercury Learning and Information, D. Malhotra, N. Malhotra

This book introduces the fundamentals of data structures using Java in a self-teaching format. It covers managing large databases, effective SEO, and creating web indexing services. Real-world analogies help explain technical concepts. Each chapter includes programming tasks, theoretical questions, and multiple-choice quizzes.The course begins with an introduction to data structures and Java, moving through arrays, linked lists, queues, searching and sorting, stacks, trees, multi-way search trees, hashing, files, and graphs. Each chapter builds on the previous one, ensuring a thorough understanding of data structures.Understanding these concepts is crucial for managing information and optimizing web services. This book guides readers from basic to advanced techniques, blending theory with practical skills. It is an essential resource for mastering data structures with Java, enhanced by end-of-chapter exercises and real-world examples.

Python 3 Data Visualization Using Google Gemini. Unlock the Power of Python and Google Gemini for Stunning Data Visualizations

Mercury Learning and Information, Oswald Campesato

This book teaches Python 3 programming and data visualization, exploring cutting-edge techniques with ChatGPT/GPT-4 for generating compelling visuals. It starts with Python essentials, covering basic data types, loops, functions, and advanced constructs like dictionaries and matrices. The journey progresses to NumPy's array operations and data visualization using libraries such as Matplotlib and Seaborn. The book also covers tools like SVG graphics and D3 for dynamic visualizations.The course begins with foundational Python concepts, moves into NumPy and data visualization with Pandas, Matplotlib, and Seaborn. Advanced chapters explore ChatGPT and GPT-4, demonstrating their use in creating data visualizations from datasets like the Titanic. Each chapter builds on the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of Python and visualization techniques.These concepts are crucial for Python practitioners, data scientists, and anyone in data analytics. This book transitions readers from basic Python programming to advanced data visualization, blending theoretical knowledge with practical skills. Companion files with code, datasets, and figures enhance learning, making this an essential resource for mastering Python and data visualization.

Multi-Cloud Administration Guide. Manage and Optimize Cloud Resources across Azure, AWS, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud

Mercury Learning and Information, Jeroen Mulder

This is a comprehensive resource designed for IT professionals and cloud architects navigating the complexities of multi-cloud environments. As organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies, this guide provides essential frameworks and practical insights into managing and optimizing cloud resources across major platforms, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud.The book begins with an exploration of Cloud Adoption Frameworks (CAFs), offering a structured approach to cloud adoption that emphasizes governance, security, and operational excellence. Subsequent chapters delve into key aspects of cloud administration, such as virtualizing and managing connectivity, storage, and compute resources. The guide also addresses advanced topics like creating interoperability between clouds, managing data governance, and ensuring data security across multiple cloud platforms.In addition to technical insights, the guide covers critical areas like access management, cloud security, and compliance automation, equipping readers with the knowledge to secure and streamline multi-cloud operations. By offering best practices, real-world examples, and in-depth analyses, this book empowers professionals to efficiently manage multi-cloud environments and leverage the full potential of cloud technologies.

Data Science for IoT Engineers. Master Data Science Techniques and Machine Learning Applications for Innovative IoT Solutions

Mercury Learning and Information, P. G. Madhavan

This book introduces data science to professionals in engineering, physics, mathematics, and related fields. It serves as a workbook with MATLAB code, linking subject knowledge to data science, machine learning, and analytics, with applications in IoT. Part One integrates machine learning, systems theory, linear algebra, digital signal processing, and probability theory. Part Two develops a nonlinear, time-varying machine learning solution for modeling real-life business problems.Understanding data science is crucial for modern applications, particularly in IoT. This book presents a dynamic machine learning solution to handle these complexities. Topics include machine learning, systems theory, linear algebra, digital signal processing, probability theory, state-space formulation, Bayesian estimation, Kalman filter, causality, and digital twins.The journey begins with data science and machine learning, covering systems theory and linear algebra. Advanced concepts like the Kalman filter and Bayesian estimation lead to developing a dynamic machine learning model. The book ends with practical applications using digital twins.

Adobe InDesign. Creative Class for Beginners

Mercury Learning and Information, Lauren Saalmuller, Stephanie Torta

This book explores digital design, tailored for beginners eager to master Adobe InDesign, and serves as a valuable resource for experienced users refining their skills. It demystifies Adobe InDesign, defining essential tools through engaging projects and tutorials. Starting with navigating the interface, it lays a solid foundation by teaching how to open and create documents, understand the workspace, and tailor the program to individual needs.The book offers practical experience with projects such as web banners, social media ads, logos, flyers, posters, covers, newsletters, and booklets. Each project builds on the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of InDesign's capabilities. A complete “Save the Sharks” marketing campaign allows users to apply their skills in a real-world context, with options to customize content for personal campaigns.Understanding Adobe InDesign is crucial for creating professional-quality designs. This book transitions users from novices to confident designers, equipped with practical skills and comprehensive knowledge. It ensures a smooth learning journey, enhancing creative potential and proficiency in digital design. Companion files with video tutorials and project files enrich the learning experience, making it an essential resource for all levels.

Data Structures and Program Design Using C++. A Self-Teaching Introduction to Data Structures and C++

Mercury Learning and Information, D. Malhotra, N. Malhotra

This book introduces the fundamentals of data structures using C++ in a self-teaching format. It covers managing large amounts of information, SEO, and creating Internet/Web indexing services. Practical analogies with real-world applications help explain technical concepts. The book includes end-of-chapter exercises such as programming tasks, theoretical questions, and multiple-choice quizzes.The course starts with an introduction to data structures and the C++ language, progressing through arrays, linked lists, queues, searching and sorting, stacks, trees, multi-way search trees, hashing, files, and graphs. Each chapter builds on the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of data structures.Understanding these concepts is crucial for managing large databases and optimizing web services. This book guides readers from basic to advanced data structure techniques, blending theoretical knowledge with practical skills. Companion files with source code and data sets enhance the learning experience, making this book an essential resource for mastering data structures with C++.

Data Wrangling Using Pandas, SQL, and Java. A Comprehensive Guide to Data Cleaning and Transformation

Mercury Learning and Information, Oswald Campesato

This book is designed for aspiring data scientists and those involved in data cleaning. It covers features of NumPy and Pandas, along with creating databases and tables in MySQL. It also addresses various data wrangling tasks using Python scripts and awk-based shell scripts. Companion files with code are available from the publisher.Understanding data cleaning and manipulation is vital for data scientists. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to essential tools and techniques. From Python basics to advanced data wrangling, it equips readers with the skills needed to manage and clean data effectively.The journey begins with an introduction to Python and progresses through working with data, Pandas, and SQL. It also covers Java, JSON, XML, and specific data cleaning tasks. The book culminates with detailed data wrangling techniques, ensuring readers gain practical, hands-on experience in data management.

Basic Electronics. Theory and Practice

Mercury Learning and Information, Sean Westcott, Jean Riescher Westcott

This updated edition introduces students and hobbyists to electronics, covering microcontrollers, sensors, and wireless communication. Each chapter includes a lab, progressing to building a robot with Arduino and Netduino. New material on Raspberry Pi and Python is included, with companion files featuring videos and code samples.The course begins with basic electronics concepts, building circuits, and understanding components. It covers digital theory and practical applications with sensors, motors, and microcontrollers. Topics include electricity theory, currents, circuits, tools, safety, and components like resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors. Advanced topics include power supplies, soldering, digital theory, integrated circuits, memory, and microcontrollers.These concepts are crucial for innovation in electronics. This book transitions readers from basic labs to constructing a robot using open-source hardware. It covers Raspberry Pi projects and explores cybersecurity and IoT. Appendices include math for electronics, a timeline of innovations, careers in electronics, and a glossary. This guide provides both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, making it invaluable for mastering electronics.

CSS3 and SVG with Claude 3. Mastering CSS3 and SVG: Techniques for Advanced Data Visualization and Animation

Mercury Learning and Information, Oswald Campesato

This book is an essential guide for mastering advanced CSS3 and SVG techniques, ideal for web developers aiming to create visually striking and interactive web content. It starts with an in-depth look at CSS3, covering shadow effects, gradients, 2D and 3D transforms, and sophisticated animations. You'll learn to implement complex styling, use media queries for responsive design, and create dynamic keyframe animations. Security practices and effective use of CSS3 are also addressed.Moving to SVG, the book explores creating scalable vector graphics for advanced data visualizations and animations. You'll learn to use SVG elements like shapes, gradients, and Bezier curves, and how to seamlessly integrate them with CSS3 for dynamic, interactive graphics. Detailed tutorials on SVG filters, transforms, and animations enable you to build intricate visual effects and engaging content. Practical examples show how to combine CSS3 and SVG for responsive, high-performance web projects.By the end, you’ll have the skills to craft compelling web applications using CSS3 and SVG, whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer looking to elevate your web design expertise.

Using AI in Marketing. Harness AI technologies to transform marketing strategies and results

Mercury Learning and Information, Greg Kihlström

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the marketing landscape. This book begins with a foundational overview of AI and its history, establishing the importance of AI in modern marketing practices. Readers will gain insights into the integration of AI with marketing fundamentals, paving the way for strategic advancements.Delving deeper, the book explores current applications of AI, from data analytics to campaign automation, and personalized customer experiences. With chapters dedicated to generative AI, prompt optimization, and team augmentation, the book provides actionable insights and case studies to guide readers through real-world usage.As the journey concludes, readers are equipped with an understanding of AI's transformative impact, ethical considerations, and strategies for adoption. This book ensures that marketers are ready to embrace AI, optimize their workflows, and make informed investment decisions for future growth.

The Creation of a Conscious Machine. The AI Quest: Building Awareness with Advanced Artificial Intelligence Technologies

Mercury Learning and Information, Jean E. Tardy

This book delves into Generative AI and the potential for AI to achieve consciousness. It covers historical and modern perspectives on AI, from ancient myths to the Turing Test and current advancements. The book explores the theoretical and practical aspects of creating a conscious AI, including specifications for synthetic consciousness and integrating AI with human cognition. It questions whether generative AI can meet traditional criteria of consciousness.The journey begins with understanding consciousness, tracing AI's origins, and clarifying human cognition through AI. It examines early AI failures, fears of success, and the engineering of consciousness. The book also explores archaic AI representations, the intelligence of automatons, and the relevance of the Turing Test, concluding with strategies for achieving synthetic consciousness.These concepts are crucial for advancing AI towards synthetic consciousness. This book transitions readers from historical perspectives to modern AI challenges, blending theory with practical insights. It is an essential resource for understanding the future of AI and its potential to achieve consciousness.

C Programming Pocket Primer. An Essential Guide to C Programming Basics

Mercury Learning and Information, Oswald Campesato

As part of the Pocket Primer series, this book provides an overview of major concepts in C programming. It covers essential techniques, including up-to-date information on the C11 standard and comprehensive chapters on pointers. Companion files with source code and figures from the book are included.The course begins with an introduction to C, moving through conditional logic, loops, and arrays. It then delves into functions and provides detailed coverage of pointers, essential for mastering C programming. Miscellaneous topics are also addressed to ensure a well-rounded understanding.Understanding these concepts is crucial for developing efficient C programs. This book transitions readers from beginners to proficient C programmers, combining theoretical knowledge with practical skills. Companion files enhance the learning experience, making this book an invaluable resource for mastering C programming.

CSS3 and SVG with GPT-4. Explore CSS3 animations and SVG techniques with GPT-4 insights

Mercury Learning and Information, Oswald Campesato

This book is your gateway to exploring the seamless integration of CSS3, SVG, and GPT-4. It begins by introducing the fundamentals of GPT-4 and generative AI, setting a solid foundation for understanding its capabilities. Alongside, you'll learn prompt engineering techniques to effectively interact with AI tools.The journey progresses into CSS3, covering its core principles and advanced features such as 3D animations. You'll discover innovative ways to integrate GPT-4 into web design processes, creating dynamic and visually engaging content. The book also delves into Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), offering insights into creating scalable and crisp graphics. Combining SVG with GPT-4, you'll uncover new possibilities for unique designs.By the end, you'll have mastered the tools and techniques to harness AI-driven creativity, making your web development projects more efficient and imaginative. This book is perfect for designers, developers, and anyone looking to explore the intersection of AI and design.

Big Data Using Hadoop and Hive. Master Big Data Solutions with Hadoop and Hive

Mercury Learning and Information, Nitin Kumar

This book is a guide for developers and engineers to use Hadoop and Hive for scalable big data applications. It covers reading, writing, and managing large datasets with Hive and provides a concise introduction to Apache Hadoop and Hive, detailing their collaboration to simplify development. Through clear examples, the book explains the logic, code, and configurations needed for building successful distributed applications.The course starts with an introduction to big data and Apache Hadoop fundamentals. It then covers the Hadoop Distributed Filesystem and how to get started with Hadoop. The journey continues with interfaces to access HDFS files, resource management with Yet Another Resource Negotiator, and MapReduce for data processing. The book also explores Hive architecture, storage types, and the Hive query language.Mastering these concepts is vital for creating scalable big data solutions. This book ensures a smooth transition from novice to proficient Hadoop and Hive user, providing practical skills and comprehensive knowledge. By the end, readers will be able to set up, configure, and optimize Hadoop, utilize Hive for data management, and effectively solve big data challenges.

Excel 2021 / Microsoft 365 Programming By Example. A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Excel VBA

Mercury Learning and Information, Julitta Korol

Updated for Excel 2021, this book is a practical guide for those proficient with the Excel user interface and looking to automate routine tasks. It introduces programming concepts through numerous hands-on exercises, progressing to advanced topics via custom projects. The journey begins with recording and editing macros, writing VBA code, and extends to programming the Ribbon interface and working with XML documents. The course covers automating operations on files, folders, and other Microsoft Office applications. It also delves into event procedures, testing, and debugging. Advanced features include working with VBA classes and raising custom events in standalone class modules. By mastering these skills, users can significantly enhance their productivity and efficiency in Excel.The book's structure, with 29 chapters and over 275 examples, ensures comprehensive learning. Companion files with source code, projects, and figures further support the user. This course is essential for anyone aiming to streamline their Excel tasks and harness the full power of Excel programming.

Data Structures and Program Design Using Python. A Self-Teaching Introduction to Data Structures and Python

Mercury Learning and Information, D. Malhotra, N. Malhotra

This book, part of the Pocket Primer series, introduces the basic concepts of data science using Python 3 and other applications. It offers a fast-paced introduction to data analytics, statistics, data visualization, linear algebra, and regular expressions. The book features numerous code samples using Python, NumPy, R, SQL, NoSQL, and Pandas. Companion files with source code and color figures are available.Understanding data science is crucial in today's data-driven world. This book provides a comprehensive introduction, covering key areas such as Python 3, data visualization, and statistical concepts. The practical code samples and hands-on approach make it ideal for beginners and those looking to enhance their skills.The journey begins with working with data, followed by an introduction to probability, statistics, and linear algebra. It then delves into Python, NumPy, Pandas, R, regular expressions, and SQL/NoSQL, concluding with data visualization techniques. This structured approach ensures a solid foundation in data science.