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Moving to Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010
by Patrice Pelland Pascal Pare Ken HainesThis book will show you how to transition from previous versions of Microsoft® Visual Studio, to Visual Studio 2010. The book will showcase new features in Visual Studio 2010 that ease the creation of applications. Real-world applications will be used throughout to demonstrate the features and ease of use. This book is for professional developers who are working with previous versions of Visual Studio and are looking to make the move to Visual Studio 2010 Professional. The book is not a language primer, a language reference, or a single technology book. It's a book that will help professional developers move from previous versions of Visual Studio (starting with 2003 and on up). It will cover the features of Visual Studio 2010 through an application. It will go through a lot of the exciting new language features and new versions of the most popular technologies without putting the emphasis on the technologies themselves. It will instead put the emphasis on how you would get to those new tools and features from Visual Studio 2010. If you are expecting this book to thoroughly cover the new Entity Framework or ASP.NET MVC 2, this is not the book for you. If you want to read a book where the focus is on Visual Studio 2010 and on the reasons for moving to Visual Studio 2010, this is the book for you.
Moving to Office 365
by Matt KatzerThis book takes a concentrated look at the very latest best practices for Office 365 migration, with a focus on the needs of senior managers, IT managers, and others involved in key decisions when moving their business to the cloud. Based on popular chapters in his first book, Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud (Apress Open, co-authored with Don Crawford), author Matt Katzer revises and expands on his original material to bring you the very latest guidance on planning methods, management best practices, personnel decisions and migration and maintenance costs, along with brand new material on some of the most important and cutting-edge considerations when moving your business to the cloud: securing company data, and driving social collaboration in the workplace. Cloud technology provides a tremendous opportunity for an organization to reduce IT costs, and to improve productivity with increased mobile access, simpler administration, better security, and enterprise social collaboration. Those businesses that embrace the advantages of the cloud will receive huge rewards in better security, productivity and lower total cost of ownership over those businesses that choose to ignore it. The challenge for those charged with implementing Microsoft Office 365 is to maximize these advantages with minimal disruption to their organization. Moving to Office 365 provides practical help in moving your business to the cloud and covers the security, planning, migration and the follow-on management of the Office 365 cloud services, with an emphasis on securing your corporate information in the cloud. What you'll learn Overview of the Office 365 cloud security model and best practices to apply when securing your business in the cloud Overview of Microsoft Office 365's operation and usage for any size enterprise Proven methods for planning and minimizing disruption Step-by-step migration plan How to improve business collaboration and productivity by building a social enterprise Office 365 site management advice for IT administrators and business owners Who this book is for Business owners, and CIO/CTOs and IT managers who have responsibility for the IT needs of their business. These people need refined reference information on cloud security, basic set-up and configuration of their Office 365 deployment, and best-practice-driven instruction on managing and troubleshooting their Office 365 systems. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Why Office 365 Chapter 2: Understanding the End User Experience Chapter 3: Office 365: The Apps Chapter 4: Security Best Practices Chapter 5: Deployment Step by Step Chapter 6: Workstation Setup Configuration for Office 365 Chapter 7: Managing Your Office 365 Deployment
Moving to Responsive Web Design
by Inayaili De LeónRedesign your static website into a modern, fully responsive website. As the usage of mobile devices of all shapes and sizes increases exponentially every year, and dominates the manner in which many users access the web, it is now imperative for any business to have a responsive website that adapts seamlessly to any screen size and resolution — a change that will impact not only your designs but the way you build your site.Moving to Responsive Web Design shows you how to convert fixed grids, previously built on absolute units such as pixels, into fluid ones, based on relative units such as percentages or ems. You will also learn to plan how your designs and patterns will adapt across various breakpoints, and how to approach the challenge of responsive images.The prospect of converting an existing site into responsive design, when you don’t have all the time in the world and your resources are already outstretched, can be daunting, but with this book and the right tools you can tame the scope of the project from the start and find the time for you and your team to work on making your site enjoyable on any device. Moving to Responsive Web Design is full of ideas and examples of how you can more easily plan, design, develop, and release, your responsively redesigned site.Provides ways of finding time in your hectic schedule to complete a project that is truly important Helps you to scope a responsive redesign project so it’s achievable with the resources you have availableProvides examples of how other teams have solved some of the most common problems What You Will LearnFind the time in your busy schedule to redesign your site.Engage the entire team in the plan, design and development process.Use your resources in clever and efficient ways.Focus on reusability to save your team time and money.Release your first fully responsive site.Who This Book is ForBusy designers, and developers who want to convert an existing site to responsive design and don’t have all the time in the world. It’s for teams who know that the move to having a responsive site is the right one, but are struggling to find the time and resources to fit such an expansive project into their already overflowing schedules.
Moving to the Cloud Corporation
by Edgar A. Whitley Leslie Willcocks Will VentersCloud technology is being adopted by corporations around the world. Its introduction brings not only challenges but also huge opportunities and potential. Moving to the Cloud Corporation outlines everything that a manager needs to know in order to make strategic decisions about cloud technology. This sharp and easy-to-read book explores the future potential of cloud over the next ten years, including the profound implications that it can have for businesses and their employees if it is managed correctly, alongside the fundamentals of cloud technology, from its introduction through to implementation and management. Based upon a wealth of research and data from a survey of over 1,000 business and IT executives, this book also features over 45 interviews with key international cloud providers, integrators and users, which provides a deep insight into the progress of the cloud so far and supports the need for a new operating model. This is the essential guide for managers who want to understand the impact and implications that cloud technology can have on a business over the next ten years.
Moving without a Body
by Stamatia PortanovaDigital technologies offer the possibility of capturing, storing, and manipulating movement, abstracting it from the body and transforming it into numerical information. In Moving without a Body, Stamatia Portanova considers what really happens when the physicality of movement is translated into a numerical code by a technological system. Drawing on the radical empiricism of Gilles Deleuze and Alfred North Whitehead, she argues that this does not amount to a technical assessment of software's capacity to record motion but requires a philosophical rethinking of what movement itself is, or can become. Discussing the development of different audiovisual tools and the shift from analog to digital, she focuses on some choreographic realizations of this evolution, including works by Loie Fuller and Merce Cunningham. Throughout, Portanova considers these technologies and dances as ways to think -- rather than just perform or perceive -- movement. She distinguishes the choreographic thought from the performance: a body performs a movement, and a mind thinks or choreographs a dance. Similarly, she sees the move from analog to digital as a shift in conception rather than simply in technical realization. Analyzing choreographic technologies for their capacity to redesign the way movement is thought, Moving without a Body offers an ambitiously conceived reflection on the ontological implications of the encounter between movement and technological systems.
Moving without a Body: Digital Philosophy and Choreographic Thoughts (Technologies of Lived Abstraction)
by Stamatia PortanovaA radically empirical exploration of movement and technology and the transformations of choreography in a digital realm.Digital technologies offer the possibility of capturing, storing, and manipulating movement, abstracting it from the body and transforming it into numerical information. In Moving without a Body, Stamatia Portanova considers what really happens when the physicality of movement is translated into a numerical code by a technological system. Drawing on the radical empiricism of Gilles Deleuze and Alfred North Whitehead, she argues that this does not amount to a technical assessment of software's capacity to record motion but requires a philosophical rethinking of what movement itself is, or can become.Discussing the development of different audiovisual tools and the shift from analog to digital, she focuses on some choreographic realizations of this evolution, including works by Loie Fuller and Merce Cunningham. Throughout, Portanova considers these technologies and dances as ways to think—rather than just perform or perceive—movement. She distinguishes the choreographic thought from the performance: a body performs a movement, and a mind thinks or choreographs a dance. Similarly, she sees the move from analog to digital as a shift in conception rather than simply in technical realization. Analyzing choreographic technologies for their capacity to redesign the way movement is thought, Moving without a Body offers an ambitiously conceived reflection on the ontological implications of the encounter between movement and technological systems.
Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution
by Bill KroyerWhat’s changed most in your lifetime? The switch from land lines to cell phones? From snail mail to email? How about the transition from Bugs Bunny to Buzz Lightyear? Those Bugs and Daffy cartoons you loved as a kid look nothing like the PIXAR classics Toy Story or The Incredibles.Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution is the fascinating and hilarious saga of one of animation's computer graphics pioneers, Bill Kroyer, making his way to Hollywood to end up as a key figure in the technical revolution of animation’s "Second Golden Age". He provides an artist’s explanation of the fundamental principles of animation, from the basic mechanics of motion to the immersive, artful experience of visualizing and realizing the performance of an imaginary character.Rather than a scholarly listing of films and filmmakers, the book is instead a captivating first-person journey through what may be the most important transition in the history of the arts—the transformation and renaissance of the animated film in the digital age. An important work for scholars, and an eye-opening and page-turning adventure for any film or cartoon fan, Mr. In-Between is a book that has the ultimate writing credit. Bill Kroyer was there.Key Features: Explains the step-by-step evolution of the digital tools of computer animation, from the most basic primitive “scripted” motion to the current application of artificial intelligence Describes some of the most remarkable, eccentric, and colorful geniuses who populated the quirky now-vanished subculture of “hand-drawn animation” Takes the reader on a world-wide tour of animation studios on four continents, explaining the vast cultural differences, but common artistic devotion, of animators in places as diverse as communist China, Europe, India, and the Philippines Recounts fascinating and surprising interactions with world-famous celebrities that worked with the animation industry, including legendary musicians, Oscar-winning actors and the King of the United Kingdom
Mrexcel 2021: Unmasking Excel
by Bill JelenOriginally designed for Bill Jelen's live Power Excel seminars, the target audience already uses Excel 40 hours a week. These tips are the "aha" tips that uncover secret methods in Excel. The book covers general Excel functions, pivot tables, and formulas such as VLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP. It introduces elements of modern Excel such as the Power Pivot Data Model and cleaning data with Power Query. Updated annually, this edition for 2021 adds information on LET and LAMBDA functions, amazing new data types, dynamic array formulas, and more.
Mrs. Yonkers Is Bonkers! (My Weird School #18)
by Dan Gutman Jim PaillotSomething weird is going on!Mrs. Yonkers, the computer teacher, is the nerdiest teacher in the history of the world. She can type with her feet! She buys foam cheeseheads off eBay! She even puts a Webcam on a turtle! Is she trying to take over the planet?
Mudbox 2013 Cookbook
by Jeremy RolandWritten in cookbook style, this book offers many recipes to learn digital sculpting with Mudbox. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. The book is designed so that you can read it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and refer to them in no particular order,This book is for 3D modelers and texture artists who are, or would like to be, working in the games, movies, product design, television, medical imaging, or advertising industries. By learning the techniques in this book you will be able to create "next gen" assets for the game industry, create realistic creatures and sets for movies, and add the fine details needed for medical images and animations. Whether you are an Environment Artist or a Character Artist there is much to learn from this book.
Mueller-Matrix Tomography of Biological Tissues and Fluids: Digital Image Processing and Analysis Techniques (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Zhengbing Hu Iryna V. Soltys Yuriy A. Ushenko Oleksandr V. Dubolazov M. P. Gorsky Oleksandr V. Olar Liliya Yu. TrifonyukThis book presents experimental investigations and digital image processing, highlighting the interaction of polarized radiation with phase-inhomogeneous and optically anisotropic biological layers. The promising and efficient use of vector-parametric description of the formation of polarization-inhomogeneous object fields is noted. Applications of a set of Mueller-matrix polarimetry methods are highlighted. The book includes- structural and logical scheme of multi-parameter (singular, interference and layer-by-layer Stokes-polarimetric), polarization-correlation study of the structure of distributions of the number of singularities, maps of local contrast of interference distributions and layer-by-layer maps of microscopic polarization azimuth and ellipticity; determination of relationships between changes in the magnitude of statistical parameters characterizing polarization-correlation distributions and pathology of prostate tumors.
Mule ESB Cookbook
by Dr Zakir Laliwala Uchit Vyas Abdul Samad Azaz DesaiWith this book you will learn in a step-by-step manner and build solutions from the ground up using Mule ESB. Each tak is well illustrated through recipes and the code contained in the examples is very engaging.This book targets Java developers, architects, and IT managers who want to learn MuleESB and get solutions to their Enterprise and Web Service problem. T This book requires familiarity with Java, but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs is required.
Mule in Action
by David Dossot Victor Romero John D'EmicSummaryMule in Action, Second Edition is a totally-revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data.About the TechnologyAn enterprise service bus is a way to integrate enterprise applications using a bus-like infrastructure. Mule is the leading open source Java ESB. It borrows from the Hohpe/Woolf patterns, is lightweight, can publish REST and SOAP services, integrates well with Spring, is customizable, scales well, and is cloud-ready.About the BookMule in Action, Second Edition is a totally revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data. You'll get a close look at Mule's standard components and how to roll out custom ones. You'll also pick up techniques for testing, performance tuning, and BPM orchestration, and explore cloud API integration for SaaS applications.Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.What's InsideFull coverage of Mule 3Integration with cloud servicesCommon transports, routers, and transformersSecurity, routing, orchestration, and transactionsAbout the AuthorsDavid Dossot is a software architect and has created numerous modules and transports for Mule. John D'Emic is a principal solutions architect and Victor Romero a solutions architect, both at MuleSoft, Inc.Table of ContentsPART 1 CORE MULEDiscovering Mule Processing messages with Mule Working with connectorsTransforming data with MuleRouting data with MuleWorking with components and patternsPART 2 RUNNING MULEIntegration architecture with Mule Deploying MuleException handling and transaction management with Mule Securing MuleTuning MulePART 3 TRAVELING FURTHER WITH MULEDeveloping with MuleWriting custom cloud connectors and processorsAugmenting Mule with orthogonal technologies
MuleSoft Platform Architect's Guide: A practical guide to using Anypoint Platform's capabilities to architect, deliver, and operate APIs
by Jim Andrews Jitendra BafnaUnlock the power of Anypoint Platform by leveraging MuleSoft methodology, Accelerators, runtime engines, and management tools to deliver secure, high-value APIs and integration solutions across the enterprise Key FeaturesDiscover Anypoint Platform's capabilities for creating high-availability, high-performance APIsLearn about AnyPoint architecture and platform attributes for Mule app deploymentExplore best practices, tips, and tricks that will help you tackle challenging exam topics and achieve MuleSoft certificationPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook Description We’re living in the era of digital transformation, where organizations rely on APIs to enable innovation within the business and IT teams are asked to continue doing more with less. As such, this book will help you deliver a robust, secure, and flexible enterprise API platform, supporting any required business outcome. You’ll begin by understanding Anypoint Platform’s architecture and its capabilities for a modern integration approach. Then, you’ll learn how to align business outcomes with functional requirements and how non-functional requirements influence the shape of the architecture. You’ll also explore how Catalyst and Accelerators can be leveraged successfully, enabling efficient development cycles. As you progress, you’ll become familiar with hassle-free deployment and hosting APIs in CloudHub 1.0/2.0, Runtime Fabric Manager, and a hybrid customer-hosted environment. You’ll discover advanced operating and monitoring techniques with API Manager and Anypoint Monitoring. The concluding chapters will offer guidance and best practices on how to tackle complex topics, which will also be useful in helping you pass the challenging MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect exam. By the end of this book, you’ll understand Anypoint Platform’s capabilities and be able to architect solutions that deliver the desired business outcomes.What you will learnUnderstand Anypoint Platform's integration architecture with core componentsDiscover how to architect a solution using Catalyst principlesExplore best practices to design an application networkAlign microservices, application networks, and event architectures with Anypoint Platform's capabilitiesIdentify non-functional requirements that shape the architecturePerform hassle-free application deployment to CloudHub using the Mule Maven plugin, CLI, and Platform APIUnderstand how to manage the API life cycle for MuleSoft and non-MuleSoft APIsWho this book is forThis book is for technical and infrastructure architects with knowledge of integration and APIs who are looking to implement these solutions with MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform. Architects enrolled in the platform architect course who want to understand the platform's capabilities will also find this book helpful. The book is also a great resource for MuleSoft senior developers transitioning to platform architect roles and planning to take the MuleSoft Platform Architect exam. A solid understanding of MuleSoft API development, ideally 3 to 5 years of experience with the platform, is necessary.
MuleSoft for Salesforce Developers: A practical guide to deploying MuleSoft APIs and integrations for Salesforce enterprise solutions
by Arul Christhuraj Alphonse Akshata SawantDesign, secure, test, and deploy APIs with MuleSoft, and learn to integrate it with Salesforce by utilizing the latest featuresKey FeaturesWork with the new additions to MuleSoft like Visual Editor, Anypoint Code Builder, and AIEnhance your MuleSoft expertise by incorporating AI and automationPrepare to achieve MCD Level 1 certification with expert insights from Akshata Sawant and Arul Christhuraj AlphonsePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionSalesforce developers often need help with complex integrations to manage multi-cloud environments, data mapping, data security, API scalability, and real-time integration issues. Written by industry veterans with 20+ years of experience, this revised edition will help you overcome these challenges and unlock data with MuleSoft. In this second edition, you’ll learn about MuleSoft’s newest IDE (aka Anypoint Code Builder) and its tools and capabilities. The chapters will show you how to use AI-enabled APIs to maximize productivity, integration of Data Cloud with MuleSoft, Mule APIs with AI agents, and Mule AI Chain connectors. You’ll grasp the fundamentals of APIs and integration and confidently design your APIs, while also utilizing a no-code visual editor for API design to build your Mule applications using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Code Builder. The chapters will teach you about data transformation, API management, deployment models, and MuleSoft’s security features. Progressively, you’ll leverage MuleSoft connectors to integrate with Salesforce, Data Cloud, and other systems. You’ll explore AI-driven integrations and automation, and get practical tips to ace MuleSoft interviews and achieve MCD Level 1 certification. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to implement the entire API lifecycle and manage complex integrations with MuleSoft like a pro.What you will learnUnderstand the fundamentals of MuleSoft APIs and integrationsUnlock siloed data and implement the API lifecycle with MuleSoft's latest capabilitiesGet started with AnyPoint Code Builder with the capabilities of MuleSoft IDEsUnderstand DataWeave to build, secure, transform, and test MuleSoft applicationsExplore CloudHub 2.0 features along with other deployment modelsGain expertise in MuleSoft connectors, security configuration, and integration of AI and automationAttain practical guidance and interview tips to achieve MCD level 1 certificationWho this book is forThis book is for Salesforce developers starting their journey with MuleSoft. Salesforce architects will also find the concepts beneficial for effective solutions. A basic understanding of any programming language, fundamental integration concepts, familiarity with APIs, and basic knowledge of Salesforce development are necessary. Experience with at least one Salesforce API is needed—be it SOAP, REST, Bulk, or Streaming API.
MuleSoft for Salesforce Developers: A practitioner's guide to deploying MuleSoft APIs and integrations for Salesforce enterprise solutions
by Arul Christhuraj Alphonse Alexandra Martinez Akshata SawantDesign, secure, test, and deploy APIs with MuleSoft, and integrate it with Salesforce to maximize productivityKey FeaturesBuild, implement, transform, secure, test, and deploy APIs using Anypoint Studio and Anypoint PlatformIntegrate MuleSoft with Salesforce and other end systems to build an application networkEnhance your Salesforce and MuleSoft skills and employability with interview and certification tips and tricksBook DescriptionMuleSoft for Salesforce Developers will help you build state-of-the-art enterprise solutions with flexible and scalable integration capabilities using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform and Anypoint Studio. If you're a Salesforce developer looking to get started with this useful tool, look no further. This book will get you up to speed in no time, leveling up your integration developer skills. This essential guide will first introduce you to the fundamentals of MuleSoft and API-led connectivity, before walking you through the API life cycle and the Anypoint Studio IDE. Once you have the IDE set up, you'll be ready to create Mule applications. You'll look at the core components of MuleSoft and Anypoint Platform, and before long you'll know how to build, transform, secure, test, and deploy applications using the wide range of components available to you. Finally, you'll learn about using connectors to integrate MuleSoft with Salesforce and to fulfill a number of use cases, which will be covered in depth, along with interview and certification tips. By the end of this book, you will be confident building MuleSoft integrations at an enterprise scale and be able to gain the fundamental MuleSoft certification – MCD.What you will learnUnderstand how to use MuleSoft to achieve API-led connectivityDesign and create documentation for your APIDevelop Mule applications and run them in Anypoint StudioMonitor your applications from Anypoint PlatformTransform your data using DataWeaveUse the CI/CD and Mule Maven pluginsRun tests using MUnit and generate a code coverage reportUse best practices to maintain coding standardsWho this book is forThis book is for Salesforce developers who want to get started with MuleSoft. Salesforce architects will also find the concepts covered in the book useful in designing Salesforce solutions. Prior knowledge of any programming language and some basic integration concepts will be helpful, alongside basic familiarity with Salesforce development and experience with at least one Salesforce API – including the SOAP API, REST API, Bulk API, or Streaming API.
Multi Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications towards Human-Centered (Springer Tracts in Human-Centered Computing)
by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya Shibakali Gupta Indradip BanerjeeThe book presents latest multi-agent technologies in human-centered computing (HCC) to provide a new research direction to enrich the human socio computations. Nowadays, the research in the field of multi-agent system (MAS) has gained a wide spread recognition due to its interdisciplinary nature and a vast versatile application domain including engineering, social science, economics, mathematics, operational research, etc. It has been proved that agents in MAS are the most appropriate technological paradigm for providing the most optimal solution for different kinds of complex real world problems that may be industrial or it might be specifically related to social problems. Keeping these features in mind, we planned to tune the research of latest multi-agent technologies and tried to compose its effect on HCC corridor. The primary audience of this book are research students of computer science, information technology and it will be also very helpful for software professionals to get developmental ideas to boost their computing activities.
Multi Modality State-of-the-Art Medical Image Segmentation and Registration Methodologies. Volume 1
by Jasjit S. Suri Majid Mirmehdi Ayman S. El-Baz Rajendra Acharya UWith the advances in image guided surgery for cancer treatment, the role of image segmentation and registration has become very critical. The central engine of any image guided surgery product is its ability to quantify the organ or segment the organ whether it is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), X-ray, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and Molecular imaging modality. Sophisticated segmentation algorithms can help the physicians delineate better the anatomical structures present in the input images, enhance the accuracy of medical diagnosis and facilitate the best treatment planning system designs. The focus of this book in towards the state of the art techniques in the area of image segmentation and registration.
Multi Modality State-of-the-Art Medical Image Segmentation and Registration Methodologies: Volume II
by Jasjit S. Suri Ayman S. El-Baz Rajendra Acharya U Andrew F. LaineWith the advances in image guided surgery for cancer treatment, the role of image segmentation and registration has become very critical. The central engine of any image guided surgery product is its ability to quantify the organ or segment the organ whether it is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), X-ray, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and Molecular imaging modality. Sophisticated segmentation algorithms can help the physicians delineate better the anatomical structures present in the input images, enhance the accuracy of medical diagnosis and facilitate the best treatment planning system designs. The focus of this book in towards the state of the art techniques in the area of image segmentation and registration.
Multi Tenancy for Cloud-Based In-Memory Column Databases: Workload Management and Data Placement
by Jan SchaffnerWith the proliferation of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings, it is becoming increasingly important for individual SaaS providers to operate their services at a low cost. This book investigates SaaS from the perspective of the provider and shows how operational costs can be reduced by using "multi tenancy," a technique for consolidating a large number of customers onto a small number of servers. Specifically, the book addresses multi tenancy on the database level, focusing on in-memory column databases, which are the backbone of many important new enterprise applications. For efficiently implementing multi tenancy in a farm of databases, two fundamental challenges must be addressed, (i) workload modeling and (ii) data placement. The first involves estimating the (shared) resource consumption for multi tenancy on a single in-memory database server. The second consists in assigning tenants to servers in a way that minimizes the number of required servers (and thus costs) based on the assumed workload model. This step also entails replicating tenants for performance and high availability. This book presents novel solutions to both problems.
Multi-Access Edge Computing in Action
by Dario Sabella Alex Reznik Rui FrazaoThis book provides a complete and strategic overview of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). It covers network and technology aspects, describes the market scenarios from the different stakeholders’ point of view, and analyzes deployment aspects and actions to engage the ecosystem. MEC exists in and supports a highly complex "5G world" in which technologists and non-technology decision makers must act in concert and do so within a large interconnected ecosystem of which MEC is just one, albeit an important, part. Divided into three sections, with several chapters in each, the book addresses these three key aspects: technology, markets, and ecosystems.
Multi-Agent Based Beam Search for Real-Time Production Scheduling and Control
by Shiu Hong Choi Shu Gang KangThe Multi-Agent Based Beam Search (MABBS) method systematically integrates four major requirements of manufacturing production - representation capability, solution quality, computation efficiency, and implementation difficulty - within a unified framework to deal with the many challenges of complex real-world production planning and scheduling problems. Multi-agent Based Beam Search for Real-time Production Scheduling and Control introduces this method, together with its software implementation and industrial applications. This book connects academic research with industrial practice, and develops a practical solution to production planning and scheduling problems. To simplify implementation, a reusable software platform is developed to build the MABBS method into a generic computation engine. This engine is integrated with a script language, called the Embedded Extensible Application Script Language (EXASL), to provide a flexible and straightforward approach to representing complex real-world problems. Adopting an in-depth yet engaging and clear approach, and avoiding confusing or complicated mathematics and formulas, this book presents simple heuristics and a user-friendly software platform for system modelling. The supporting industrial case studies provide key information for students, lecturers, and industry practitioners alike. Multi-agent Based Beam Search for Real-time Production Scheduling and Control offers insights into the complex nature of and a practical total solution to production planning and scheduling, and inspires further research and practice in this promising research area.
Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVI
by Benoit Gaudou Jaime Simão SichmanThis bookconstitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16thInternational Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2015, held inIstanbul, Turkey, in May 2015. The workshop was held in conjunction with the14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems,AAMAS 2015. The 12revised full papers included in this volume ware carefully selected from 22submissions. The papers focus on theinfluence of social sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strongapplication/empirical vein, and its emphasis is stressed on exploratory agentbased simulation as a principled way of undertaking scientific research in thesocial sciences and using social theories as an inspiration to new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.
Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII: International Workshop, Mabs 2017, São, Brazil, May 8-12. 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10798)
by Luis Antunes Graçaliz Pereira DimuroThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2017, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2017. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, AAMAS 2017. The 15 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully selected from 23 submissions. The topic of the papers is about applying agent-based simulation techniques to real-world problems focusing on the confluence of socio-technical-natural sciences and multi-agent systems with a strong application/empirical vein.
Multi-Agent Coordination: A Reinforcement Learning Approach (Wiley - IEEE)
by Amit Konar Arup Kumar SadhuDiscover the latest developments in multi-robot coordination techniques with this insightful and original resource Multi-Agent Coordination: A Reinforcement Learning Approach delivers a comprehensive, insightful, and unique treatment of the development of multi-robot coordination algorithms with minimal computational burden and reduced storage requirements when compared to traditional algorithms. The accomplished academics, engineers, and authors provide readers with both a high-level introduction to, and overview of, multi-robot coordination, and in-depth analyses of learning-based planning algorithms. You'll learn about how to accelerate the exploration of the team-goal and alternative approaches to speeding up the convergence of TMAQL by identifying the preferred joint action for the team. The authors also propose novel approaches to consensus Q-learning that address the equilibrium selection problem and a new way of evaluating the threshold value for uniting empires without imposing any significant computation overhead. Finally, the book concludes with an examination of the likely direction of future research in this rapidly developing field. Readers will discover cutting-edge techniques for multi-agent coordination, including: An introduction to multi-agent coordination by reinforcement learning and evolutionary algorithms, including topics like the Nash equilibrium and correlated equilibrium Improving convergence speed of multi-agent Q-learning for cooperative task planning Consensus Q-learning for multi-agent cooperative planning The efficient computing of correlated equilibrium for cooperative q-learning based multi-agent planning A modified imperialist competitive algorithm for multi-agent stick-carrying applications Perfect for academics, engineers, and professionals who regularly work with multi-agent learning algorithms, Multi-Agent Coordination: A Reinforcement Learning Approach also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with an advanced interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence as it applies to the field of cooperative or competitive robotics.