Feature Learning and Understanding [[electronic resource] ] : Algorithms and Applications / / by Haitao Zhao, Zhihui Lai, Henry Leung, Xianyi Zhang

• Record Nr.: UNISA996418174703316
• Autore: Zhao Haitao
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 3-030-40794-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 291 p. 126 illus., 109 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Information Fusion and Data Science, , 2510-1528
• Disciplina: 006.31
• Soggetti: Sociophysics; Econophysics; Machine learning; Computational intelligence; Pattern recognition; Signal processing; Image processing; Speech processing systems; Optical data processing; Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building; Machine Learning; Computational Intelligence; Pattern Recognition; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter1. A Gentle Introduction to Feature Learning -- Chapter2. Latent Semantic Feature Learning -- Chapter3. Principal Component Analysis -- Chapter4. Local-Geometrical-Structure-based Feature Learning -- Chapter5. Linear Discriminant Analysis -- Chapter6. Kernel-based nonlinear feature learning -- Chapter7. Sparse feature learning -- Chapter8. Low rank feature learning -- Chapter9. Tensor-; based Feature Learning -- Chapter10. Neural-network-based Feature Learning: Autoencoder -- Chapter11. Neural-network-based Feature Learning: Convolutional Neural Network -- Chapter12. Neural-network-based Feature Learning: Recurrent Neural Network.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the essential concepts and strategies within traditional and cutting-edge feature learning methods thru both theoretical analysis and case studies. Good features give good models and it is usually not classifiers but features that determine the effectiveness of a model. In this book, readers can find not only traditional feature learning methods, such as principal component analysis, linear discriminant analysis, and geometrical-structure-based methods, but also advanced feature learning methods, such as sparse learning, low-rank decomposition, tensor-based feature extraction, and deep-learning-based feature learning. Each feature learning method has its own dedicated chapter that explains how it is theoretically derived and shows how it is implemented for real-world applications. Detailed illustrated figures are included for better understanding. This book can be used by students, researchers, and engineers looking for a reference guide for popular methods of feature learning and machine intelligence.

Prioritizing death and society : the archaeology of Chalcolithic and contemporary cemeteries in the Southern Levant / / Assaf Nativ

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789036203321
• Autore: Nativ Assaf
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-317-54431-5; 1-315-72890-7; 1-317-54432-3; 1-84465-752-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Approaches to anthropological archaeology
• Disciplina: 939.4
• Soggetti: Death - Social aspects - Middle East - History; Funeral rites and ceremonies - Middle East; Cemeteries - Middle East; Human remains (Archaeology) - Middle East; Middle East Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: Introduction -- Binary oppositions, logical gaps and thick descriptions -- Part II: Chalcolithic cemeteries: winks, twitches, and faked twitches -- Isolated in the landscape: single-cave cemeteries -- Multiple components: multiple-cave cemeteries -- Dark, damp, and deep: karstic-cave systems -- Funerary structures -- Exceptions, outliers and misfits -- Structured deposition and depositional structures -- Part III: Contemporary cemeteries: an archaeology of us -- The raw materials: from matt to lustre, from grey to colour -- Tombstone morphology: communal trajectories -- Tombstone elaboration.
• Sommario/riassunto: Death, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have rarely been the focus of archaeological research. Prioritizing Death and Society examines the structure, organisation and significance of cemeteries in the Southern Levant, one of the key areas for both migration and ; settlement in both prehistory and antiquity.

Managing quality in projects / / Ron Basu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953625003321
• Autore: Basu Ron.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-351-92035-9; 1-283-70573-7; 1-4094-4092-3; 1-315-24987-1; 1-4094-4093-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 254 p. : ill., port
• Collana: Advances in project management
• Disciplina: 658.4/013
• Soggetti: Project management; Quality control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Gower Book"--cover.; First published 2012 by Gower Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Fundamentals of project management -- 2. The definition and dimensions of project quality -- 3. The application of the guidelines of project quality in bodies of knowledge -- 4. Project success criteria and success factors -- 5. Project excellence and maturity models -- 6. Operational excellence concepts in major projects -- 7. How project quality and project excellence are practised : an empirical study -- 8. Heathrow terminal 5 : case study -- 9. Channel tunnel rail link high speed 1 project (HS1) : case study -- 10. Implementation : how to make project quality and project excellence happen.
• Sommario/riassunto: Project managers appear to accept the 'iron triangle' of cost, budget and quality but in reality focus more on being on time and budget. Quality in projects is often paid mere lip service and relegated to tick-box compliance. This lack of clarity and focus on quality is often the source of project failures. Ron Basu's Managing Quality in Projects ; shines the spotlight on this aspect of project management that can often be overshadowed by the pressure to deliver on time and on budget. His investigation focuses initially on defining the dimensions of quality in project management and identifying sources of measurement for project excellence. Thereafter he expands his focus to discuss which tools can be effectively used in the quest for achieving and sustaining project excellence; and which processes are important in assessing the project maturity. The text also explores how the successes of operational excellence concepts, such as supply chain management, Lean Thinking and Six Sigma may be gainfully deployed in enhancing project quality and excellence. Finally a structured implantation plan guides those directly involved in project delivery, including suppliers, in how to 'make it happen'. A shared understanding and implementation of project quality by key project stakeholders will go a long way to ensuring a stable platform for delivering successful projects with longer lasting outcomes. It is also a fundamental building block in any organization's strategy for improving consistency and achieving sustainable performance. On that basis, Ron Basu's book is a must-have reference and guide for all project organizations.