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Situational Project Management: The Dynamics of Success and Failure (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)
by Oliver F. LehmannMost project managers would agree that every project is unique. But not all project managers would agree that the best way to manage a unique project is unique. Many still cling to the old practice of having a methodology that is applied to all projects. "One size fits all" is still in common use, and this approach has proven to lead to project failure. Flexibility, situational intelligence, and creativity are essential to deliver project success. The need to recognize and master ever-changing requirements and environmental conditions is a tough challenge for professional project managers. The same practices that led to success yesterday may cause failure today. Selecting favorable responses to a given situation is often the most critical factor of the dynamics of success and failure. This book is designed to help project professionals assess a situation, predict the appropriate approach, methodology and achieving styles, and then apply them in a situational fashion. To guide project managers in selecting the appropriate responses, Situational Project Management (SitPM) shows how to assess a given project, determine its unique characteristics, and select the appropriate methods to complete the project. With this book, projects managers can use SitPM to develop profiles of their projects on the basis of the projects’ physical characteristics, the project teams’ behavioral characteristics, the enterprise environment, and the market environments receiving project deliverables. These profiles help project managers to determine the appropriate project life cycle approach and leadership style. The book also explores various ways to engage stakeholders on the basis of a project’s SitPM profile. The book’s author, Oliver F. Lehmann, has developed a set of templates to apply SitPM in practice. It can be downloaded from www.oliverlehmann.com/SitPM/Templates.zip.
Skeleton Battle (The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series #2)
by Winter MorganAfter a scourge of griefer attacks and a change in headmasters, Minecrafters Academy is once again at peace, and Lucy is working hard to keep up in all her classes. Meanwhile, the school is gearing up for an end-of-the-year talent show, where everyone will showcase their greatest skills, from master building and clever potion-making to strategic fighting.But when a hoard of skeletons and hostile mobs attacks the campus one night, an all-too-familiar struggle begins. Is Isaac, the school’s evil former headmaster, behind the attacks? Lucy and her friends are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and keep their school safe. As the attacks continue and their search for clues turns up more enemies than friends, Lucy, Jane, and Phoebe must rely on each other to survive-and find a way to save the school.Fans of Minecraft and magic academies won’t want to miss the latest adventure in the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. In particular, this adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Slither.io Guia de Jogo
by Hiddenstuff Entertainment Gerlon de Jesus Magalhães Santos* Guia não-oficial * Dicas avançadas & Guia de Estratégia. Este é o guia mais completo e mais detalhado que você vai encontrar online. Disponível para download imediato em seu celular, dispositivo de e-book, ou em forma de livro. Com o sucesso das minhas centenas de outros guias e estratégias que escrevi, escrevi um outro guia profissional avançado para os jogadores novos e veteranos. De estratégias e dicas específicas sobre como progredir no jogo, bater os seus adversários, adquirir mais e mais moedas, e muito mais! - Dicas profissionais e Estratégias. - Cheats e Hacks. - Segredos, Dicas, Cheats, Destraves e Truques usados pelos jogadores profissionais! - Como Conseguir Toneladas de Dinheiro / Moedas. - E muito mais! Todas as versões deste guia tem capturas de telas para ajudar você a entender melhor o jogo. Não há nenhum outro guia que é tão abrangente e avançada como este.
Slither.io Guía No Oficial del Juego, Desbloqueos, Mods y Hacks
by Hiddenstuff Entertainment Smart Copy TranslationGuía No Oficial para el juego Slither.io. Descargables, estrategias y consejos. Domina el juego desde el principio.
Smart Collaborative Identifier Network
by Hongke Zhang Wei Su Wei QuanThis book introduces a promising design for future Internet, the Smart Collaborative Identifier NETwork (SINET). By examining cutting-edge research from around the world, it is the first book to provide a comprehensive survey of SINET, including its basic theories and principles, a broad range of architectures, protocols, standards, and future research directions. For further investigation, the book also provides readers an experimental analysis of SINET to promote further, independent research. The second part of the book presents in detail key technologies in SINET such as scalable routing, efficient mapping systems, mobility management and security issues. In turn, the last part presents various implementations of SINET, assessing its merits. The authors believe SINET will greatly benefit researchers involved in designing future Internet thanks to its high degree of flexibility, security, manageability, mobility support and efficient resource utilization.
Smart Education and e-Learning 2016
by Vladimir L. Uskov Robert J. Howlett Lakhmi C. JainThis book contains the contributions presented at the 3rd international KES conference on Smart Education and Smart e-Learning, which took place in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, June 15-17, 2016. It contains a total of 56 peer-reviewed book chapters that are grouped into several parts: Part 1 - Smart University: Conceptual Modeling, Part 2 - Smart Education: Research and Case Studies, Part 3 - Smart e-Learning, Part 4 - Smart Education: Software and Hardware Systems, and Part 5 - Smart Technology as a Resource to Improve Education and Professional Training. We believe that the book will serve as a useful source of research data and valuable information for faculty, scholars, Ph. D. students, administrators, and practitioners - those who are interested in innovative areas of smart education and smart e-learning.
Smart Grid: Networking, Data Management, and Business Models
by Hussein T. Mouftah Melike Erol-KantarciSmart Grid: Networking, Data Management, and Business Models delivers a comprehensive overview of smart grid communications, discussing the latest advances in the technology, the related cyber security issues, and the best ways to manage user demand and pricing. Comprised of 16 chapters authored by world-renowned experts, this book: Considers the use of cognitive radio and software-defined networking in the smart grid Explores the space of attacks in the energy management process, the need for a smart grid simulator, and the management issues that arise around smart cities Describes a real-time pricing scheme that aims to reduce the peak-to-average load ratio Explains how to realize low-carbon economies and the green smart grid through the pervasive management of demand Presents cutting-edge research on microgrids, electric vehicles, and energy trading in the smart grid Thus, Smart Grid: Networking, Data Management, and Business Models provides a valuable reference for utility operators, telecom operators, communications engineers, power engineers, electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electric vehicle service providers, university professors, researchers, and students.
Smart Health
by Xiaolong Zheng Daniel Dajun Zeng Hsinchun Chen Scott J. LeischowThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health,ICSH 2015, held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, in November 2015. The 33 papers presented together were carefully reviewedand selected from 43 submissions. The conference focused on topics and issuesincluding medical monitoring and information extraction, clinical and medicaldata mining, health data analysis and management, big data and smart health,and healthcare intelligent systems and clinical practice.
Smart Internet of Things Projects
by Agus KurniawanDiscover how to build your own smart Internet of Things projects and bring a new degree of interconnectivity to your world About This Book * Learn how to extract and analyse data from physical devices and build smart IoT projects * Master the skills of building enticing projects such as a neural network autonomous car, computer vision through a camera, and cloud-based IoT applications * This project-based guide leverages revolutionary computing chips such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and so on Who This Book Is For If you are hobbyist who is keen on making smart IoT projects, then this book is for you. You should have a basic knowledge of Python. What You Will Learn * Implement data science in your IoT projects and build a smart temperature controller * Create a simple machine learning application and implement decision system concepts * Develop a vision machine using OpenCV * Build a robot car with manual and automatic control * Implement speech modules with your own voice commands for IoT projects * Connect IoT to a cloud-based server In Detail Internet of Things (IoT) is a groundbreaking technology that involves connecting numerous physical devices to the Internet and controlling them. Creating basic IoT projects is common, but imagine building smart IoT projects that can extract data from physical devices, thereby making decisions by themselves. Our book overcomes the challenge of analyzing data from physical devices and accomplishes all that your imagination can dream up by teaching you how to build smart IoT projects. Basic statistics and various applied algorithms in data science and machine learning are introduced to accelerate your knowledge of how to integrate a decision system into a physical device. This book contains IoT projects such as building a smart temperature controller, creating your own vision machine project, building an autonomous mobile robot car, controlling IoT projects through voice commands, building IoT applications utilizing cloud technology and data science, and many more. We will also leverage a small yet powerful IoT chip, Raspberry Pi with Arduino, in order to integrate a smart decision-making system in the IoT projects. Style and approach The book follows a project-based approach to building smart IoT projects using powerful boards such as the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and the IoT chip.
Smart Mobility
by Barbara FlüggeDas Herausgeberwerk bietet einen umfassenden Zugang zum Trendthema Smart Mobility: ausgehend von sozio-ökologischen und sozio-ökonomischen Aspekten der Mobilität, den Anforderungen von Anbietern und Nachfragern bis hin zu Mobilitätsansprüchen ganzer Ökosysteme und der Anwendbarkeit digitaler Lösungen für die Lebensbereiche jedes Einzelnen. Das Buch setzt wirkungsvoll die Ausgangssituation im Bereich Mobilität in Kontext mit den unterschiedlichsten Nutzungsszenarien und Initiativen. Die Leserschaft erhält einen Fahrplan für die Mobilität in Zeiten der Digitalisierung: Bausteine Intelligenter Mobilität (BIM), ein Vorgehensmodell und eine Reihe praxisorientierter Handlungsempfehlungen erleichtern die Analyse-, Planungs- und Umsetzungsphasen von Mobilitätsvorhaben.Die Beschreibungen erfolgen bewusst anschaulich und nachvollziehbar durch Checklisten und Anleitungen. Damit richtet sich das Buch an alle Entscheider, Innovationstreiber und Vordenker aus der Praxis, die sich mit dem Thema Mobilität beschäftigen – sei es im Personen- oder Frachtverkehr.
Smart Systems Integration and Simulation
by Nicola Bombieri Massimo Poncino Graziano PravadelliThis book-presents new methods and tools for the integration and simulation of smart devices. The design approach described in this book explicitly accounts for integration of Smart Systems components and subsystems as a specific constraint. It includes methodologies and EDA tools to enable multi-disciplinary and multi-scale modeling and design, simulation of multi-domain systems, subsystems and components at all levels of abstraction, system integration and exploration for optimization of functional and non-functional metrics. By covering theoretical and practical aspects of smart device design, this book targets people who are working and studying on hardware/software modelling, component integration and simulation under different positions (system integrators, designers, developers, researchers, teachers, students etc. ). In particular, it is a good introduction to people who have interest in managing heterogeneous components in an efficient and effective way on different domains and different abstraction levels. People active in smart device development can understand both the current status of practice and future research directions. · Provides a comprehensive overview of smart systems design, focusing on design challenges and cutting-edge solutions; · Enables development of a co-simulation and co-design environment that accounts for the peculiarities of the basic subsystems and components to be integrated; · Describes development of modeling and design techniques, methods and tools that enable multi-domain simulation and optimization at various levels of abstraction and across different technological domains.
Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications
by Aynur Unal Malaya Nayak Durgesh Kumar Mishra Dharm Singh Amit JoshiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2016, held in Jaipur, India, in August 2016. The 106 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 469 submissions. The papers address issues on smart and secure systems; technologies for digital world; data centric approaches; applications for e-agriculture and e-health; products and IT innovations; research for knowledge computing.
Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications: First International Conference, SmartCom 2016, Jaipur, India, August 6–7, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #628)
by Aynur Unal Malaya Nayak Durgesh Kumar Mishra Dharm Singh Amit JoshiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2016, held in Jaipur, India, in August 2016.The 106 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 469 submissions. The papers address issues on smart and secure systems; technologies for digital world; data centric approaches; applications for e-agriculture and e-health; products and IT innovations; research for knowledge computing.
Smarter Decisions – The Intersection of Internet of Things and Decision Science
by Jojo MoolayilEnter the world of Internet of Things with the power of data science with this highly practical, engaging book About This Book * Explore real-world use cases from the Internet of Things (IoT) domain using decision science with this easy-to-follow, practical book * Learn to make smarter decisions on top of your IoT solutions so that your IoT is smart in a real sense * This highly practical, example-rich guide fills the gap between your knowledge of data science and IoT Who This Book Is For If you have a basic programming experience with R and want to solve business use cases in IoT using decision science then this book is for you. Even if your're a non-technical manager anchoring IoT projects, you can skip the code and still benefit from the book. What You Will Learn * Explore decision science with respect to IoT * Get to know the end to end analytics stack - Descriptive + Inquisitive + Predictive + Prescriptive * Solve problems in IoT connected assets and connected operations * Design and solve real-life IoT business use cases using cutting edge machine learning techniques * Synthesize and assimilate results to form the perfect story for a business * Master the art of problem solving when IoT meets decision science using a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques along with hands on tasks in R In Detail With an increasing number of devices getting connected to the Internet, massive amounts of data are being generated that can be used for analysis. This book helps you to understand Internet of Things in depth and decision science, and solve business use cases. With IoT, the frequency and impact of the problem is huge. Addressing a problem with such a huge impact requires a very structured approach. The entire journey of addressing the problem by defining it, designing the solution, and executing it using decision science is articulated in this book through engaging and easy-to-understand business use cases. You will get a detailed understanding of IoT, decision science, and the art of solving a business problem in IoT through decision science. By the end of this book, you'll have an understanding of the complex aspects of decision making in IoT and will be able to take that knowledge with you onto whatever project calls for it Style and approach This scenario-based tutorial approaches the topic systematically, allowing you to build upon what you learned in previous chapters.
SMITE: The Pantheon War
by Jack BanishMillions play Hi-Rez Studios' SMITE--a Massive Online Battle Arena game where gods from any different Pantheons fight it out to determine the fate of both the godly realm, and our own world.Revealed here is the never before told tale of how the conflict between the gods began--from the assassination of Zeus in Olympus, to the goddess Hel tricking Thor into leading an army against her own father Loki, to the death of Ares and the plunging of the Pantheons into all-out war!Be a god. Choose a side. Save the world . . . or destroy it!Millions play the game, and this is the first time the backstory has been told!
Snow Fight: An Unofficial Terrarian Warrior Novel (Tales of a Terrarian Warrior #2)
by Winter MorganAs Miles’s quest to become Terraria’s greatest hero continues, he finds himself in a new biome where even the slightest attack could be lethal. He befriends a wizard and quickly begins to master the art of magic.But when he picks up an innocent-looking snow globe and accidentally sets the Frost Legion loose, Miles may just have met his match. While sinister snowmen attack and plummeting temperatures threaten to bring Miles’s adventures to an end, he must summon all his strength to fight.As this action-packed series develops, unlikely enemies appear, allies are tested, and Miles’s world is changed forever.
So, You Want to Be a Coder?: The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Programming, Video Game Creation, Robotics, and More!
by Jane J. BedellLove coding? Make your passion your profession with this comprehensive guide that reveals a whole host of careers working with code.Behind the screen of your phone, tablet, computer, or game console lies a secret language that allows it all to work. Computer code has become as integral to our daily lives as reading and writing, even if you didn't know it! Now it's time to plug in and start creating the same technology you're using every day. Covering everything from navigating the maze of computer languages to writing code for games to cyber security and artificial intelligence, So, You Want to Be a Coder? debugs the secrets behind a career in the diverse and state-of-the-art industry. In addition to tips and interviews from industry professionals, So, You Want to Be a Coder? includes inspiring stories from kids who are working with code right now, plus activities, a glossary, and helpful resources to put you on the path to a fun and rewarding career with computer code today!
Social Computing in Digital Education
by Fernando Koch Andrew Koster Tiago PrimoThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop, SOCIALEDU 2015, held in Stanford, CA, USA, in August 2015. The workshop aimed to discuss computational models of social computing applied to Digital Education. The 9 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. The papers address issues such as novel data mining and machine learning for social intelligence in digital education. - Social modelling and simulation to investigate social behaviours, emotional intelligence, influence processes and other social aspects that may influence learning performance in an educational environment. - Smart environments and interactive systems of social computing in digital education. - Analysis of social media and media intelligence in digital education. - Mobile social gaming in digital education. - The utilization of mobile and wearable technology in social systems in digital education, and others.
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling: 9th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2016, Washington, DC, USA, June 28 - July 1, 2016, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9708)
by Kevin S. Xu, David Reitter, Dongwon Lee and Nathaniel OsgoodThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2016, held in Washington, DC, USA, in June/July 2016. The 38 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The goal of this conference was to build a new community of social cyber scholars by bringing together and fostering interaction between members of the scientific, corporate, government and military communities interested in understanding, forecasting and impacting human socio-cultural behavior. For this three challenges have to be met: deep understanding, socio-cognitive reasoning, and re-usable computational technology. Thus papers come from a wide number of disciplines: computer science, psychology, sociology, communication science, public health, bioinformatics, political science, and organizational science.
Social Customer Relationship Management: Grundlagen, Anwendungen und Technologien
by Rainer Alt Olaf ReinholdDieses Buch zeigt wie die Verbindung von Social Media mit Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Perspektiven für Marketing, Verkauf und Service schafft. Es kombiniert dazu Grundlagenwissen und Fallbeispiele. Für das Social CRM identifizieren die Autoren vier Verwendungszwecke sowie drei Umsetzungsstufen und thematisieren auch Fragen der Datenerschließung und der Datenqualität. Es richtet sich sowohl an Praktiker als auch an Lehrende und Studierende.
Social Informatics
by Emma Spiro Yong-Yeol AhnThe two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016. The 36 full papers and 39 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics, news, and events; markets, crowds, and consumers; and privacy, health, and well-being.
Social Informatics
by Emma Spiro Yong-Yeol AhnThe two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016. The 36 full papers and 39 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics, news, and events; markets, crowds, and consumers; and privacy, health, and well-being.
Social Informatics: 8th International Conference, SocInfo 2016, Bellevue, WA, USA, November 11-14, 2016, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10046)
by Emma Spiro and Yong-Yeol AhnThe two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016. The 36 full papers and 39 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics, news, and events; markets, crowds, and consumers; and privacy, health, and well-being.
Social Informatics: 8th International Conference, SocInfo 2016, Bellevue, WA, USA, November 11-14, 2016, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10047)
by Emma Spiro and Yong-Yeol AhnThe two-volume set LNCS 10046 and 10047 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2016, held in Bellevue, WA, USA, in November 2016. The 33 full papers and 34 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: networks, communities, and groups; politics, news, and events; markets, crowds, and consumers; and privacy, health, and well-being.
Social Machines
by James Hendler Alice M. MulvehillWill your next doctor be a human being--or a machine? Will you have a choice? If you do, what should you know before making it? This book introduces the reader to the pitfalls and promises of artificial intelligence (AI) in its modern incarnation and the growing trend of systems to "reach off the Web" into the real world. The convergence of AI, social networking, and modern computing is creating an historic inflection point in the partnership between human beings and machines with potentially profound impacts on the future not only of computing but of our world and species. AI experts and researchers James Hendler--co-originator of the Semantic Web (Web 3. 0)--and Alice Mulvehill--developer of AI-based operational systems for DARPA, the Air Force, and NASA--explore the social implications of AI systems in the context of a close examination of the technologies that make them possible. The authors critically evaluate the utopian claims and dystopian counterclaims of AI prognosticators. Social Machines: The Coming Collision of Artificial Intelligence, Social Networking, and Humanity is your richly illustrated field guide to the future of your machine-mediated relationships with other human beings and with increasingly intelligent machines. What Readers Will Learn What the concept of a social machine is and how the activities of non-programmers are contributing to machine intelligence How modern artificial intelligence technologies, such as Watson, are evolving and how they process knowledge from both carefully produced information (such as Wikipedia and journal articles) and from big data collections The fundamentals of neuromorphic computing, knowledge graph search, and linked data, as well as the basic technology concepts that underlie networking applications such as Facebook and Twitter How the change in attitudes towards cooperative work on the Web, especially in the younger demographic, is critical to the future of Web applications Who This Book Is For General readers and technically engaged developers, entrepreneurs, and technologists interested in the threats and promises of the accelerating convergence of artificial intelligence with social networks and mobile web technologies.