03876oam 2200673I 450 991045736810332120200520144314.01-283-43522-597866134352241-136-80767-50-203-82834-810.4324/9780203828342 (CKB)2550000000065781(EBL)684096(OCoLC)773564589(SSID)ssj0000566047(PQKBManifestationID)11355059(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566047(PQKBWorkID)10534296(PQKB)10210258(MiAaPQ)EBC684096(Au-PeEL)EBL684096(CaPaEBR)ebr10514328(CaONFJC)MIL343522(OCoLC)774284279(EXLCZ)99255000000006578120180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaw, human agency and autonomic computing the philosophy of law meets the philosophy of technology /edited by Mireille Hildebrandt and Antoinette RouvroyMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (249 p.)"A GlassHouse book.""Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."0-415-72015-X 0-415-59323-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : a multifocal view of human agency in the era of autonomic computing / Mireille Hilderbrandt -- Smart : Amsterdam urinals and autonomic computing / Don Ihde -- Subject to technology on autonomic computing and human autonomy / Peter-Paul Verbeek -- Remote control : human autonomy in the age of computer-mediated agency / Jos de Mul & Bibi van den Berg -- Autonomy, delegation and responsibility : agents in autonomic computing environments / Roger Brownsword -- Rethinking human identity in the age of autonomic computing : the philosophical idea of the trace / Massimo Durante -- Autonomic computing, genomic data, and human agency : the case for embodiment / Hyo Yoon Kang -- Technology, virtuality and Utopia : governmentality in an age of autonomic computing / Antoinette Rouvroy -- Autonomic and autonomous "thinking" : preconditions for criminal accountability / Mireille Hildebrandt -- Technology and accountability : autonomic computing and human agency / Jannis Kallinikos -- Of machines and men : the road to identity : scenes for a discussion / Stefano Rodot -- 'The BPI Nexus' : a philosophical echo to Stefano Rodotas of machines and men / Paul Mathias -- Epilogue : technological mediation, and human agency as recalcitrance / Antoinette Rouvroy.Law, Human Agency and Autonomic Computing interrogates the legal implications of the notion and experience of human agency implied by the emerging paradigm of autonomic computing, and the socio-technical infrastructures it supports. The development of autonomic computing and ambient intelligence - self-governing systems - challenge traditional philosophical conceptions of human self-constitution and agency, with significant consequences for the theory and practice of constitutional self-government. Ideas of identity, subjectivity, agency, personhood, intentionality, and embodiment Technology and lawLawPhilosophyLibertyElectronic books.Technology and law.LawPhilosophy.Liberty.344/.095Hildebrandt M987205Rouvroy Antoinette987206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457368103321Law, human agency and autonomic computing2256340UNINA05468nam 2200673Ia 450 991047986010332120190402181624.01-282-87903-097866128790360-12-378553-7(CKB)2670000000046462(EBL)622174(OCoLC)688999525(SSID)ssj0000443863(PQKBManifestationID)11287372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000443863(PQKBWorkID)10473785(PQKB)11641833(MiAaPQ)EBC622174(CaSebORM)9780123750921(PPN)170236803(EXLCZ)99267000000004646220100618d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUsability testing essentials[electronic resource] ready, set-- test /Carol Barnum1st editionBurlington, MA Morgan Kaufmann Publishers20101 online resource (405 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-12-375092-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-365) and index.Front cover; Usability Testing Essentials; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the author; Image credits and permissions; Introduction: Getting started guide; Usability is invisible; U R usability; How to use this book; But wait, there's more on the companion website; Chapter 1 Establishing the essentials; Focus on the user, not the product; Start with some essential definitions; Know when to conduct small studies; Know how to conduct small studies; Know when to conduct large studies; Think of usability testing as hill climbing; Chapter 2 Testing here, there, everywhereTesting in a lab offers some benefitsFormal labs can cost a lot, or not; Informal labs can be set up anywhere at very little cost; Field testing gets you into the world of your users; Remote testing extends your reach to your users; Choosing the right method is a balancing act; Chapter 3 Big U and little u usability; Introducing big U and little u usability; Using a user-centered design process; Opening your toolkit and seeing what's there; Choosing heuristic evaluation from the toolkit; Conducting a heuristic evaluation; Comparing the results from heuristic evaluation and usability testingPutting both methods together: The 1-2 punchCost-justifying usability; Case Study: Heuristic evaluation of Holiday Inn China website; Chapter 4 Understanding users and their goals; People are goal-oriented; When people use the web, they bring their experience and expectations; Personas help you get to know your users; Scenarios tell the story of your users' goals; Chapter 5 Planning for usability testing; Scheduling the planning meeting; Writing the test plan; Case Study: Test plan for Holiday Inn China website usability study; Chapter 6 Preparing for usability testingRecruiting participantsAssigning team roles and responsibilities; Developing team checklists; Writing the moderator's script; Preparing or using other forms; Creating questionnaires; Using standard post-test questionnaires; Creating or using qualitative feedback methods; Testing the test; Case Study: Sample test materials for Holiday Inn China website usability study; Chapter 7 Conducting a usability test; Setting up for testing; Meeting, greeting, briefing; Being an effective and unbiased moderator; Managing variations on the theme of testingProviding help or customer support during testingLogging observations; Handling observers and visitors; Working solo; Case Study: Session log from Holiday Inn China website usability study; Chapter 8 Analyzing the findings; What did we see?; What does it mean?; What should we do about it?; Case Study: Findings analysis from Holiday Inn China website usability study; Chapter 9 Reporting the findings; Following Aristotle's advice; Preparing the message for the medium; Writing an informal memo report; Writing a formal report; Presenting the findings; Presenting post-task and post-test resultsMaking recommendationsDo you love your mobile phone? Your MP3 player? Your e-book reader? You laptop or tablet PC? There's a reason for that. Usability. When usability testing is part of the design and development of products, the results are better products that users want and like. You may be doing testing now or want to help your company get started, but you may not have all the tools to know how to properly prepare, test, analyze, and measure the results across a multitude of cultures, generations, and countries. And you may be facing tight budgets and short timeframes for testing. If this is your siUser interfaces (Computer systems)TestingWeb-based user interfacesTestingHuman-computer interactionElectronic books.User interfaces (Computer systems)Testing.Web-based user interfacesTesting.Human-computer interaction.004.01/9004.019Barnum Carol M953599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910479860103321Usability testing essentials2156160UNINA03330nam 2200697Ia 450 991014526160332120210209181231.01-119-96447-41-282-03422-797866120342200-470-69972-80-470-71444-1(CKB)1000000000707296(EBL)416352(OCoLC)437096635(SSID)ssj0000182339(PQKBManifestationID)11181417(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182339(PQKBWorkID)10167021(PQKB)10949098(MiAaPQ)EBC416352(MiAaPQ)EBC4041335(Au-PeEL)EBL4041335(CaPaEBR)ebr11114237(CaONFJC)MIL203422(OCoLC)927509010(PPN)152375090(EXLCZ)99100000000070729620080721d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn introduction to 3D computer vision techniques and algorithms[electronic resource] /Bogusław Cyganek, J. Paul Siebert1st ed.Chichester, U.K. John Wiley & Sons20091 online resource (514 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-01704-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-474) and index.AN INTRODUCTION TO 3D COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notation and Abbreviations; Part I; 1 Introduction; 2 Brief History of Research on Vision; Part II; 3 2D and 3D Vision Formation; 4 Low-level Image Processing for Image Matching; 5 Scale-space Vision; 6 Image Matching Algorithms; 7 Space Reconstruction and Multiview Integration; 8 Case Examples; Part III; 9 Basics of the Projective Geometry; 10 Basics of Tensor Calculus for Image Processing; 11 Distortions and Noise in Images; 12 Image Warping Procedures13 Programming Techniques for Image Processing and Computer Vision14 Image Processing Library; References; Index; ColorplateComputer vision encompasses the construction of integrated vision systems and the application of vision to problems of real-world importance. The process of creating 3D models is still rather difficult, requiring mechanical measurement of the camera positions or manual alignment of partial 3D views of a scene. However using algorithms, it is possible to take a collection of stereo-pair images of a scene and then automatically produce a photo-realistic, geometrically accurate digital 3D model. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods, theories and algorithms of 3D comComputer visionThree-dimensional imagingComputer algorithmsComputer vision.Three-dimensional imaging.Computer algorithms.006.3/7006.37Cyganek Bogusław890978Siebert J. Paul732402MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145261603321An introduction to 3D computer vision techniques and algorithms1990216UNINA03993oam 2200889I 450 991078445060332120230126203946.01-135-75566-31-135-75567-11-280-28877-997866102887790-203-30740-210.4324/9780203307403 (CKB)1000000000351298(EBL)199736(OCoLC)475907414(SSID)ssj0000096795(PQKBManifestationID)11121597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096795(PQKBWorkID)10103914(PQKB)10646126(MiAaPQ)EBC199736(Au-PeEL)EBL199736(CaPaEBR)ebr10162965(CaONFJC)MIL28877(OCoLC)900284877(EXLCZ)99100000000035129820180331d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAcross the blocs Cold War cultural and social history /editors, Rana Mitter, Patrick MajorLondon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (189 p.)Cold War History"This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue of Cold War History (ISSN 1468-2745), Vol.4, No.1 (October 2003)"--T.p. verso.0-7146-5581-3 0-7146-8464-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; East is East and West is West?Towards a Comparative Socio-CulturalHistory of the Cold War; 'The Man Who Invented Truth': The Tenure of Edward R. Murrow as Director of the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy Years; Soviet Cinema in the Early Cold War:Pudovkin's Admiral Nakhimov in Context; Future Perfect? Communist Science Fiction inthe Cold War; The Education of Dissent: The Reception of theVoice of Free Hungary, 1951-56; The Debate over Nuclear Refuge'Some Writers are More Equal than Others':George Orwell, the State and Cold War PrivilegeAbstracts; Notes on Contributors; IndexThis book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West block divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting, public opinion, and the production and consumption of popular culture.Cold War HistoryCold WarCold WarSocial aspectsEuropeCold WarSocial aspectsUnited StatesCold WarSocial aspectsSoviet UnionPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPopular cultureSoviet UnionHistory20th centuryAnti-communist movementsUnited StatesHistoryMass mediaPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryResearch institutesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryResearch institutesSoviet UnionHistory20th centuryPolitics and cultureSoviet UnionCold War.Cold WarSocial aspectsCold WarSocial aspectsCold WarSocial aspectsPopular cultureHistoryPopular cultureHistoryAnti-communist movementsHistory.Mass mediaPolitical aspectsHistoryResearch institutesHistoryResearch institutesHistoryPolitics and culture909.82/5Major Patrick1525456Mitter Rana1969-1501217MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784450603321Across the blocs3766850UNINA06077nam 22008653u 450 991082264020332120230803201923.01-118-84236-7(CKB)3710000000093491(EBL)1650838(SSID)ssj0001211897(PQKBManifestationID)11659870(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001211897(PQKBWorkID)11206186(PQKB)10120564(JP-MeL)3000030644(MiAaPQ)EBC1650838(EXLCZ)99371000000009349120140324d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrExcel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies2nd ed.Hoboken Wiley20141 online resource (339 p.)For dummies Excel dashboards & reports for dummies Description based upon print version of record.1-118-84224-3 Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used In This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Excel Dashboards and Reports; Chapter 1: Getting in the Dashboard State of Mind; Defining Dashboards and Reports; Preparing for Greatness; A Quick Look at Dashboard Design Principles; Chapter 2: Building a Super Model; Data Modeling Best Practices; Excel Functions That Really Deliver; Using Smart Tables That Expand with Data; Part II: Building Basic Dashboard Components; Chapter 3: Dressing Up Your Data TablesTable Design PrinciplesGetting Fancy with Custom Number Formatting; Chapter 4: Sparking Inspiration with Sparklines; Introducing Sparklines; Understanding Sparklines; Customizing Sparklines; Chapter 5: Formatting Your Way to Visualizations; Enhancing Reports with Conditional Formatting; Using Symbols to Enhance Reporting; The Magical Camera Tool; Chapter 6: The Pivotal Pivot Table; An Introduction to the Pivot Table; The Four Areas of a Pivot Table; Creating Your First Pivot Table; Customizing Your Pivot Table Reports; Creating Useful Pivot-Driven ViewsPart III: Building Advanced Dashboard ComponentsChapter 7: Charts That Show Trending; Trending Dos and Don'ts; Comparative Trending; Emphasizing Periods of Time; Other Trending Techniques; Chapter 8: Grouping and Bucketing Data; Creating Top and Bottom Displays; Using Histograms to Track Relationships and Frequency; Emphasizing Top Values in Charts; Chapter 9: Displaying Performance against a Target; Showing Performance with Variances; Showing Performance against Organizational Trends; Using a Thermometer-Style Chart; Using a Bullet Graph; Showing Performance against a Target RangePart IV: Advanced Reporting TechniquesChapter 10: Macro-Charged Dashboarding; Why Use a Macro?; Recording Your First Macro; Running Your Macros; Enabling and Trusting Macros; Excel Macro Examples; Chapter 11: Giving Users an Interactive Interface; Getting Started with Form Controls; Using the Button Control; Using the Check Box Control; Using the Option Button Control; Option Button Example: Showing Many Views through One Chart; Using the Combo Box Control; Combo Box Example: Changing Chart Data with a Drop-Down Selector; Using the List Box Control; Using the List Box ControlList Box Example: Controlling Multiple Charts with One SelectorChapter 12: Adding Interactivity with Pivot Slicers; Understanding Slicers; Creating a Standard Slicer; Formatting Slicers; Controlling Multiple Pivot Tables with One Slicer; Creating a Timeline Slicer; Using Slicers as Form Controls; Part V: Working with the Outside World; Chapter 13: Using External Data for Your Dashboards and Reports; Importing Data from Microsoft Access; Importing Data from SQL Server; Chapter 14: Sharing Your Workbook with the Outside World; Protecting Your Dashboards and ReportsLinking Your Excel Dashboards to PowerPoint Create dynamic dashboards and put your data on display with For DummiesNo matter what business you're in, reports have become a staple of the workplace, but what good is a report if no reads it, or even worse, understands it? This all new edition of Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies is here to help you make meaning of all your data and turn it into clear and actionable visualizations. 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