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Hadoop essentials : delve into the key concepts of Hadoop and get a thorough understanding of the Hadoop ecosystem by Achari, Shiva

Table of Contents: “…Apache YARN Apache Zookeeper; Scheduling; Data analytics and machine learning; System management; Apache Ambari; Summary; Chapter 3: Pillars of Hadoop -- HDFS, MapReduce, and YARN; HDFS; Features of HDFS; HDFS Architecture; NameNode; DataNode; Checkpoint NameNode or Secondary NameNode; BackupNode; Data storage in HDFS; Read pipeline; Write pipeline; Rack awareness; Advantages of rack awareness in HDFS; HDFS Federation; Limitations of HDFS 1.0; The benefit of HDFS Federation; HDFS ports; HDFS commands; MapReduce; MapReduce architecture; JobTracker; TaskTracker; Serialization data types…”
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Cognitive radio communication and networking : principles and practice by Qiu, Robert C., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…7.9.3 Isomap 308 -- 7.9.4 Locally-Linear Embedding 308 -- 7.9.5 Laplacian Eigenmaps 309 -- 7.9.6 Semidefinite Embedding 309 -- 7.10 Ensemble Learning 311 -- 7.11 Markov Chain Monte Carlo 312 -- 7.12 Filtering Technique 313 -- 7.12.1 Kalman Filtering 314 -- 7.12.2 Particle Filtering 318 -- 7.12.3 Collaborative Filtering 319 -- 7.13 Bayesian Network 320 -- 7.14 Summary 321 -- 8 Agile Transmission Techniques (I): Multiple Input Multiple Output 323 -- 8.1 Benefits of MIMO 323 -- 8.1.1 Array Gain 323 -- 8.1.2 Diversity Gain 323 -- 8.1.3 Multiplexing Gain 324 -- 8.2 Space Time Coding 324 -- 8.2.1 Space Time Block Coding 325 -- 8.2.2 Space Time Trellis Coding 326 -- 8.2.3 Layered Space Time Coding 326 -- 8.3 Multi-User MIMO 327 -- 8.3.1 Space-Division Multiple Access 327 -- 8.3.2 MIMO Broadcast Channel 328 -- 8.3.3 MIMO Multiple Access Channel 330 -- 8.3.4 MIMO Interference Channel 331 -- 8.4 MIMO Network 334 -- 8.5 MIMO Cognitive Radio Network 336 -- 8.6 Summary 337 -- 9 Agile Transmission Techniques (II): Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 339 -- 9.1 OFDM Implementation 339 -- 9.2 Synchronization 341 -- 9.3 Channel Estimation 343 -- 9.4 Peak Power Problem 345 -- 9.5 Adaptive Transmission 345 -- 9.6 Spectrum Shaping 347 -- 9.7 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access 347 -- 9.8 MIMO OFDM 349 -- 9.9 OFDM Cognitive Radio Network 349 -- 9.10 Summary 350 -- 10 Game Theory 351 -- 10.1 Basic Concepts of Games 351 -- 10.1.1 Elements of Games 351 -- 10.1.2 Nash Equilibrium: Definition and Existence 352 -- 10.1.3 Nash Equilibrium: Computation 354 -- 10.1.4 Nash Equilibrium: Zero-Sum Games 355 -- 10.1.5 Nash Equilibrium: Bayesian Case 355 -- 10.1.6 Nash Equilibrium: Stochastic Games 356 -- 10.2 Primary User Emulation Attack Games 360 -- 10.2.1 PUE Attack 360 -- 10.2.2 Two-Player Case: A Strategic-Form Game 361 -- 10.2.3 Game in Queuing Dynamics: A Stochastic Game 362 -- 10.3 Games in Channel Synchronization 368 -- 10.3.1 Background of the Game 368 -- 10.3.2 System Model 368.…”
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Stochastic Processes And Applications To Mathematical Finance : Proceedings of the 6th Ritsumeikan International Symposium. by Akahori, Jiro

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Program; CONTENTS; Financial Markets with Asymmetric Information: Information Drift, Additional Utility and Entropy S. …”
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Beyond Bend It Like Beckham : the Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer. by Grainey, Timothy F.

Table of Contents: “…PART TWO Challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America5 The State of the Game in theMiddle East; 6 Challenges and Successes in Africa; 7 Latin America: Fighting MachismoAttitudes; 8 Women Athletes: Objects versusWholesome Role Models; PART THREE Building Leagues and National Team Programs; 9 Ancestral Roots: Leveraging the Diasporato Build the Game Abroad; Afterword: 2011 Women's World Cup; Appendix of Tables; Selected Bibliography.…”
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Epistemological Approaches to Digital Learning in Educational Contexts. by Daniela, Linda

Table of Contents: “…3.5 Items in which pupils received maximum points (3 points) in DrScratch analysis -- 3.6 Levels of Scratch Pupil's Projects -- 3.7 Comparison of Results in Tests A1 and A2 by Nine Particular Tasks Focused on the Understanding of algorithm -- 3.8 Comparison of Results in Tests A1 and A2 by Four Particular Tasks Focused on Algorithm Design -- 3.9 Pupil's Approach to Learning Programming -- 3.10 Pupil's Approach to Programming in Scratch -- 3.11 Importance of Logic and Algorithmic Thinking From the Pupils' Perspective…”
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Lost City, Found Pyramid : Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices. by Anderson, David S.

Table of Contents: “…The Proliferation of Pseudoarchaeology through "Reality" Television Programming / Evan A. Parker; 9. Lessons Learned from Lost Civilizations / Kenneth L. …”
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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting : Social and Ethical Issues.

Table of Contents: “…Some reflections on procreation / Kathryn Pyne Addelson -- The construction of teen parenting and the decline of adoption / Lea Caragata -- Changing high-risk policies and programs to reduce high-risk sexual behaviours / Maureen Jessop Orton -- A round-table discussion of teen parenting as a social and ethical issue -- On choice, responsibility, and entitlement -- David Checkland and James Wong.…”
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Rhetoric and ethics in the cybernetic age : the transhuman condition by Pruchnic, Jeff

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User-Centered Design Stories : Real-World UCD Case Studies. by Righi, Carol

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To know her own history : writing at the woman's college, 1943-1963 by Ritter, Kelly

Table of Contents: “…Her history matters: the United States normal school and the roots of women's public education -- In her own words: the yearling and first-year writing, 1948-51 -- Revisionist history: general education reform from Harvard University to the woman's college, 1943-56 -- The double-helix of creative/composition: Randall Jarrell, May Bush, and the politics of writing programs, 1947-63 -- What's in a name? women's writing histories and archival research in composition studies.…”
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Handbook of operations research in natural resources

Table of Contents: “…Agriculture -- Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture -- Dealing with Multiple Objectives in Agriculture -- Modeling Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems with Environmental Values: Dehesa in Spain and Woodland Ranches in California -- Environmental Criteria in Pig Diet Formulation with Multi-Objective Fractional Programming -- Modeling the Interactions Between Agriculture and the Environment -- MCDM Farm System Analysis for Public Management of Irrigated Agriculture -- Water Public Agencies Agreeing to A Covenant for Water Transfers: How to Arbitrate Price-Quantity Clauses -- Positive Mathematical Programming for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis: Review and Practice -- Fisheries -- Fisheries Management -- Shared Fish Stocks and High Seas Issues -- Game Theoretic Applications to Fisheries -- Uncertainty in Bioeconomic Modelling -- Planning in Fisheries-Related Systems -- Capacity and Technical Efficiency Estimation in Fisheries: Parametric and Non-Parametric Techniques -- Studies in the Demand Structure for Fish and Seafood Products -- Forestry -- Models for Strategic Forest Management -- Tactical-Level Forest Management Models -- Harvest Operational Models in Forestry -- Log Merchandizing Model Used in Mechanical Harvesting -- Forest Transportation -- Optimization of Forest Wildlife Objectives -- Spatial Environmental Concerns -- Heuristics in Forest Planning -- Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues -- Multiple Criteria Decision-Making in Forest Planning: Recent Results and Current Challenges -- Forest Fire Management -- A Model for the Space-Time Spread of Pine Shoot Moth -- Adaptive Optimization of Forest Management in A Stochastic World -- Mining -- Application of Optimisation Techniques in Open Pit Mining -- Optimisation in Underground Mining -- Long- and Short-Term Production Scheduling at Lkab's Kiruna Mine -- An Integrated Approach to the Long-Term Planning Process in the Copper Mining Industry.…”
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The road to scientific success : inspiring life stories of prominent researchers. Volume 1

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Greenhouse gas control technologies. Volume II : Proceedings of the 6th international conference on greenhouse gas control technologies, 1-4 October 2002, Kyoto, Japan

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Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation by Cosminsky, Sheila

Table of Contents: “…Medicinal plants and remedies mentioned by midwives -- Appendix II. common and scientific names of medicinal plants.…”
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The agile college : how institutions successfully navigate demographic changes by Grawe, Nathan D.

Table of Contents: “…Strategies and tactics for tackling disruptive change ; Recruitment and financial aid policies ; Retention initiatives ; Program reforms ; Reorganization, rightsizing, and other names for retrenchment ; Growth plans ; Collaborative action ; Something between Chicken Little and Pollyanna -- Appendix 1. …”
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Theoretical Computer Science : Proceedings of the 10th Italian Conference on ICTCS '07. by Italiano, Giuseppe F.

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Big Data Architect's Handbook : a Guide to Building Proficiency in Tools and Systems Used by Leading Big Data Experts. by Akhtar, Syed Muhammad Fahad

Table of Contents: “…Creating a directory in HDFSCopying files from a local file system to HDFS; Copying files from HDFS to a local file system; Deleting files and folders in HDFS; Hadoop MapReduce; Job Tracker and Task Tracker; The execution flow of MapReduce ; Mapper; Shuffle and Sort; Reducer; Example program; Preparing the data file for analysis; Program code; Driver program; Mapper program; Reducer program; Observations and results; YARN; Resource Manager; Node Manager; Container; Application Master; Apache Projects related to big data; Apache Zookeeper; Apache Kafka; Apache Flume; Apache Cassandra.…”
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Real-Time Student Assessment : Meeting the Imperative for Improved Time-To-Degree. by Maki, Peggy L.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4: Guiding Principles of Real-Time Student Assessment at the Institution and Program LevelsChapter 5: Technology That Contributes to Real-Time Student Assessment ; Appendix 5: ""All Play Means Something"": Using Digital Learning Games and Simulations to Support Instructional Planning and Assessment ; Chapter 6: Approaches to Taking Real-Time Student Assessment to Scale ; References ; Index ; Also available from Stylus.…”
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Photomechanical materials, composites, and systems : wireless transduction of light into work

Table of Contents: “…A historical overview of photomechanical effects in materials, composites, and systems / Toru Ube and Tomiki Ikeda -- Photochromism in the solid state / Oleg Bushuyev and Christopher Barrett -- Photo-mechanics: bend, curl, topography, and topology / Daniel Corbett, Carl Modes and Mark Warner -- Photomechanical effects in amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers / Jeong Jae Wie -- Photomechanical effects in liquid crystalline polymer networks and elastomers / Timothy White -- Photomechanical effects in polymer nanocomposites / Balaji Panchapakesan, James Loomis and Eugene Terentjev -- Photomechanical effects in photochromic crystals / Lingyan Zhu, Fei Tong, Christopher Bardeen and Rabih Al-Kaysi -- Photomechanical effects in piezoelectric ceramics / Kenji Uchino -- Switching surface topographies based on liquid crystal network coatings / Danqing Liu and Dick Broer -- Photoinduced shape programming / Taylor Ware -- Photomechanical effects to enable devices / M. …”
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Direct3D Rendering Cookbook. by Stenning, Justin

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