Web Dragons

Author : Ian H. Witten,Marco Gori,Teresa Numerico
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080469096

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Web Dragons by Ian H. Witten,Marco Gori,Teresa Numerico Pdf

Web Dragons offers a perspective on the world of Web search and the effects of search engines and information availability on the present and future world. In the blink of an eye since the turn of the millennium, the lives of people who work with information have been utterly transformed. Everything we need to know is on the web. It's where we learn and play, shop and do business, keep up with old friends and meet new ones. Search engines make it possible for us to find the stuff we need to know. Search engines — web dragons — are the portals through which we access society's treasure trove of information. How do they stack up against librarians, the gatekeepers over centuries past? What role will libraries play in a world whose information is ruled by the web? How is the web organized? Who controls its contents, and how do they do it? How do search engines work? How can web visibility be exploited by those who want to sell us their wares? What's coming tomorrow, and can we influence it? As we witness the dawn of a new era, this book shows readers what it will look like and how it will change their world. Whoever you are: if you care about information, this book will open your eyes and make you blink. Presents a critical view of the idea of funneling information access through a small handful of gateways and the notion of a centralized index--and the problems that may cause Provides promising approaches for addressing the problems, such as the personalization of web services Presented by authorities in the field of digital libraries, web history, machine learning, and web and data mining Find more information at the author's site: webdragons.net

Author : Michael Hartmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0671643959

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A Web of Dragons by Michael Hartmann Pdf

Author : Quan Z. Sheng,Guoren Wang,Christian S. Jensen,Guandong Xu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642292521

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Web Technologies and Applications by Quan Z. Sheng,Guoren Wang,Christian S. Jensen,Guandong Xu Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific Conference APWeb 2012 held in Kunming, China, in April 2012. The 39 full papers presented together with 34 short papers, 2 keynote talks, and 5 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 initial submissions. The papers cover contemporary topics in the fields of Web management and World Wide Web related research and applications, such as advanced application of databases, cloud computing, content management, data mining and knowledge discovery, distributed and parallel processing, grid computing, internet of things, semantic Web and Web ontology, security, privacy and trust, sensor networks, service-oriented computing, Web community analysis, Web mining and social networks.

Author : Marco Aiello
Publisher : Springer
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319900087

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The Web Was Done by Amateurs by Marco Aiello Pdf

This book stems from the desire to systematize and put down on paper essential historical facts about the Web, a system that has undoubtedly changed our lives in just a few decades. But how did it manage to become such a central pillar of modern society, such an indispensable component of our economic and social interactions? How did it evolve from its roots to today? Which competitors, if any, did it have to beat out? Who are the heroes behind its success? These are the sort of questions that the book addresses. Divided into four parts, it follows and critically reflects on the Web’s historical path. “Part I: The Origins” covers the prehistory of the Web. It examines the technology that predated the Web and fostered its birth. In turn, “Part II: The Web” describes the original Web proposal as defined in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee and the most relevant technologies associated with it. “Part III: The Patches” combines a historical reconstruction of the Web’s evolution with a more critical analysis of its original definition and the necessary changes made to the initial design. In closing, “Part IV: System Engineering” approaches the Web as an engineered infrastructure and reflects on its technical and societal success. The book is unique in its approach, combining historical facts with the technological evolution of the Web. It was written with a technologically engaged and knowledge-thirsty readership in mind, ranging from curious daily Web users to undergraduate computer science and engineering students.

Author : Robert Moses Peaslee,Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786491674

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Web-Spinning Heroics by Robert Moses Peaslee,Robert G. Weiner Pdf

This volume collects a wide-ranging sample of fresh analyses of Spider-Man. It traverses boundaries of medium, genre, epistemology and discipline in essays both insightful and passionate that move forward the study of one of the world's most beloved characters. The editors have crafted the book for fans, creators and academics alike. Foreword by Tom DeFalco, with poetry and an afterword by Gary Jackson (winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize).

Author : Shawn Graham,Ian Milligan,Scott B Weingart,Kimberley Martin
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789811243059

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Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope (Second Edition) by Shawn Graham,Ian Milligan,Scott B Weingart,Kimberley Martin Pdf

Every day, more and more kinds of historical data become available, opening exciting new avenues of inquiry but also new challenges. This updated and expanded book describes and demonstrates the ways these data can be explored to construct cultural heritage knowledge, for research and in teaching and learning. It helps humanities scholars to grasp Big Data in order to do their work, whether that means understanding the underlying algorithms at work in search engines or designing and using their own tools to process large amounts of information.Demonstrating what digital tools have to offer and also what 'digital' does to how we understand the past, the authors introduce the many different tools and developing approaches in Big Data for historical and humanistic scholarship, show how to use them, what to be wary of, and discuss the kinds of questions and new perspectives this new macroscopic perspective opens up. Originally authored 'live' online with ongoing feedback from the wider digital history community, Exploring Big Historical Data breaks new ground and sets the direction for the conversation into the future.Exploring Big Historical Data should be the go-to resource for undergraduate and graduate students confronted by a vast corpus of data, and researchers encountering these methods for the first time. It will also offer a helping hand to the interested individual seeking to make sense of genealogical data or digitized newspapers, and even the local historical society who are trying to see the value in digitizing their holdings.

Author : Ethan Watrall,Jeff Siarto
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780596520304

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Head First Web Design by Ethan Watrall,Jeff Siarto Pdf

Whether you are building a personal blog or a corporate website, there is a lot more to web design than div's and CSS selectors, but what do you really need to know? With this book, you'll learn the secrets of designing effective, user-friendly sites, fro

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Digital libraries
ISBN : 8184242824

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E-libraries by Anonim Pdf

Ashok Babu Tummala, b. 1948, library scientist from Andhra Pradesh, India; contributed articles.

Author : David Lee Hall,John M. Jordan
Publisher : Artech House
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781596934351

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Human-Centered Information Fusion by David Lee Hall,John M. Jordan Pdf

Information fusion refers to the merging of information from disparate sources with differing conceptual, contextual and typographical representations. Rather than focusing on traditional data fusion applications which have been mainly concerned with physical military targets, this unique resource explores new human-centered trends, such as locations, identity, and interactions of individuals and groups (social networks). Moreover, the book discusses two new major sources of information: human observations and web-based information.This cutting-edge volume presents a new view of multi-sensor data fusion that seeks to address these new developments, explicitly considering the active role of a human user/analyst. Professionals become knowledgeable about the key inputs into this innovative information fusion process, including traditional sensing resources (S-space), dynamic communities of human observers (H-space), and resources such as archived sensor data, blogs, and dynamic news reports from citizen reporters via the Internet (I-space).

Author : Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher : Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn Pdf

Now that I know where Gretchen Wyre lives--the witch who hexed my great-great grandmother and all her female descendants--it's time to break the curse. I enlist my grandmother Rowan and my grandmother Naomi--who's visiting from Ireland--to help. But just because we know where Gretchen is, doesn't guarantee success. And some curses take on a demonic life of their own, and those demons aren't willing to vanish into the sunset without a fight.

Author : Fabrizio Luccio,Linda Pagli,Graham Steel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781439831397

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Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet by Fabrizio Luccio,Linda Pagli,Graham Steel Pdf

To truly understand how the Internet and Web are organized and function requires knowledge of mathematics and computation theory. Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet introduces the concepts and methods upon which computer networks rely and explores their applications to the Internet and Web. The book offers a unique approach to

Author : William Jones
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080554156

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Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management by William Jones Pdf

Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management is the first comprehensive book on new 'favorite child' of R&D at Microsoft and elsewhere, personal information management (PIM). It provides a comprehensive overview of PIM as both a study and a practice of the activities people do, and need to be doing, so that information can work for them in their daily lives. It explores what good and better PIM looks like, and how to measure improvements. It presents key questions to consider when evaluating any new PIM informational tools or systems. This book is designed for R&D professionals in HCI, data mining and data management, information retrieval, and related areas, plus developers of tools and software that include PIM solutions. Focuses exclusively on one of the most interesting and challenging problems in today's world Explores what good and better PIM looks like, and how to measure improvements Presents key questions to consider when evaluating any new PIM informational tools or systems

Author : McKenna Ruebush
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781627796576

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Enter a Glossy Web by McKenna Ruebush Pdf

Twelve-year-old George has no idea what to expect when she’s sent to stay with eccentric relatives following the disappearance of her brother. Soon after her arrival, she learns that Uncle Constantine has been kidnapped. George sets off to recover him and is joined by two orphaned boys along the way and Cavendish, a talking map. Together they visit magical worlds full of monsters, witches, and dragons as they attempt to find Constantine--the Timekeeper--a man of great significance. If he’s not rescued, events will cease to happen at their designated times, disrupting the unfolding of the universe. Can this ragtag crew save the future before being outwitted by evil captors? A Christy Ottaviano Book

Author : Łukasz Muniowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476689401

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Turnpike Team by Łukasz Muniowski Pdf

A sense of impending doom surrounded the New Jersey Nets. No matter how well things were going for the perennial underdogs, something would go wrong sooner or later--injuries, bad trades, inner conflicts. But if the Nets were never a stable organization, it made following them as entertaining as it was painful. The team's 2012 move to Brooklyn was supposed to make a clean break with their past. That past was in fact rich and eventful, filled with heroes, often unfairly vilified or underappreciated. Shedding new light on the careers of such figures as Julius Erving, Buck Williams, Sam Bowie, Derrick Coleman, Stephon Marbury, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter, this book celebrates a team of strong-willed individuals whose best efforts always ended in heartbreak.

Author : Christian-Eric Falardeau
Publisher : Eric Falardeau
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Wild Worlds' Web by Christian-Eric Falardeau Pdf

The Alas League is an entertaining humorous series made up of episodes ranging from 80 to 140 pages each. Brief “interlude” short stories are inserted between instalments exploring new facets of life among the stars!. Episode 5: Crossroads Slowly, but surely, the events shaking up the Universe are catching up with our villagers. Now part of the Wild Worlds’s Web, they try as well as they can to fulfill the various missions they are given. Obviously, small side-track stories are aplenty. Who will win the first intergalactic elections of Verminus? Will the surprising resemblance between Xybef and Big Arlene lead Alberic on an extra-marital path? Episode 6: Twice upon a time… As feared by the few remaining sane people of the Universe, the confrontation between the Wild Worlds’ web, commanded by Phyerhiderant assisted by Fido, and the army of the Universal Guard under the orders of Gabriel MCLXVI and General Watwase Datagain, looks unavoidable. the face-to-face is a bit clumsy due to the collective lack of experience, but all expect the worst. The fight begins and leads to the extinctions of several species. Will the Wild World’s Web survive the conflict? Will the duo Andrew Bank and Muddlers succeed to pass the defences of the Debt Star, Sully Citor’s new war vessel, and succeed on time in their secret mission?