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Learning Microsoft Cognitive Services - Second Edition

Learn to build interactive and efficient applications by leveraging 24 effective cognitive services APIs powered by Microsoft About This Book • Explore the capabilities of 24 of the APIs released as part of the Cognitive Services platform • Build intelligent apps that combine the power of computer vision, speech recognition, and language processing • Give your apps human-like cognitive intelligence with this hands-on guide Who This Book Is For .NET developers who want to add AI capabilities to their applications will find this book useful. No knowledge of machine learning or AI is necessary to work through this book. What You Will Learn • Identify a person through visual inspection and audio • Reduce user effort by utilizing AI-like capabilities • Understand how to analyze images and text in different ways • Find out how to analyze images using Vision APIs • Add video analysis to applications using Vision APIs • Utilize Search to find anything you want • Analyze text to extract information and explore text structure In Detail Microsoft has revamped its Project Oxford to launch the all new Cognitive Services platform-a set of 30 APIs to add speech, vision, language, and knowledge capabilities to apps. This book will introduce you to 24 of the APIs released as part of Cognitive Services platform and show you how to leverage their capabilities. More importantly, you'll see how the power of these APIs can be combined to build real-world apps that have cognitive capabilities. The book is split into three sections: computer vision, speech recognition and language processing, and knowledge and search. You will be taken through the vision APIs at first as this is very visual, and not too complex. The next part revolves around speech and language, which are somewhat connected. The last part is about adding real-world intelligence to apps by connecting them to Knowledge and Search APIs. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to understand what Microsoft Cognitive Service can offer and how to use the different APIs. Style and approach This book takes you through essential API capabilities and shows how to utilize them to suit the needs of your application.

Learning Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control

This practical tutorial-based book is filled with information about the architecture, functionality, and extensions of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control.If you are an IT consultant/architect, system engineer, system administrator, or security engineers planning to implement Dynamic Access Control in your organization, or have already implemented it and want to discover more about the abilities and how to use them effectively, this book will be an essential resource. You should have some understanding of security solutions, Active Directory, Access Privileges/ Rights and Authentication methods, and a fundamental understanding of Microsoft technologies. Programming knowledge is not required but can be helpful for using PowerShell or the APIs to customize your solution.

Learning Mongoid

A step-by-step tutorial with focused examples that will help you build scalable, high performance Rails web applications with Mongoid.If you are an application developer who wants to learn how to use Mongoid in a Rails application, this book will be great for you. You are expected to be familiar with MongoDB and Ruby.

Learning Motor Skills: From Algorithms to Robot Experiments (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #97)

This book presents the state of the art in reinforcement learning applied to robotics both in terms of novel algorithms and applications. It discusses recent approaches that allow robots to learn motor.skills and presents tasks that need to take into account the dynamic behavior of the robot and its environment, where a kinematic movement plan is not sufficient. The book illustrates a method that learns to generalize parameterized motor plans which is obtained by imitation or reinforcement learning, by adapting a small set of global parameters and appropriate kernel-based reinforcement learning algorithms. The presented applications explore highly dynamic tasks and exhibit a very efficient learning process. All proposed approaches have been extensively validated with benchmarks tasks, in simulation and on real robots. These tasks correspond to sports and games but the presented techniques are also applicable to more mundane household tasks. The book is based on the first author’s doctoral thesis, which won the 2013 EURON Georges Giralt PhD Award.

Learning MS Dynamics AX 2012 Programming

If you are a .NET or Java developer who wants to develop and customize Dynamics AX 2012 R3, this book is for you. Some experience with object-oriented development technologies is expected, but no experience in development with AX is required.

Learning Nagios 3.0: A Detailed Tutorial To Setting Up, Configuring, And Managing This Easy And Effective System Monitoring Software

This is a beginner-level book, which will introduce Nagios to System Administrators who are interested in monitoring their systems. The focus is on teaching system administrators to secure their systems in a much improved manner incorporating the newer features of Nagios.It will teach Nagios beginners the basics of installation and configuration of version 3; it will show professionals who have already worked on earlier versions of Nagios the new features of Nagios like inheritance and also the new internal functions like better check scheduling. The target readers for this book are System Administrators interested in using Nagios. This book will introduce Nagios with the new features of Version 3 for System Administrators.

Learning Nagios 4

This book will introduce Nagios to readers who are interested in monitoring their systems. All the concepts in the book are explained in a simplified manner, presented in an easy-to-understand language with lots of tips, tricks, and illustrations. This book is great for system administrators interested in using Nagios to monitor their systems. It will also help professionals who have already worked with earlier versions of Nagios to understand the new features of Nagios 4 and provides usable solutions to real-life problems related to Nagios administration. To effectively use this book, system administration knowledge is required. If you want to create your own plug-ins, knowledge of scripting languages like Perl, shell and Python is expected.

Learning Nagios - Third Edition

Learn and monitor your entire IT infrastructure to ensure your systems, applications, services, and business function effectively.About This BookPacked with tips, tricks and illustrations, the book will explain the configuration and monitoring concepts in a simplified mannerExperience the scalability and flexibility of Nagios in a very practical and easy-to-understand approach.Unleash the power of Nagios Core and Nagios XI 5 to monitor and secure your infrastructure with ease.Who This Book Is ForThis book is targeted at System Administrators, both, who have no prior knowledge of Nagios as well as readers experienced with it. It not only covers the basics of Nagios but also the advanced features.What You Will LearnSet up and use the built-in Nagios web interfaceUpskill the additional interfaces available for Nagios to monitor your IT infrastructureLearn how to perform various checks using both, Nagios standard plugins and third-party pluginsExplore the working of notifications and events in NagiosFamiliarize yourself with SNMP and use it for monitoring devices such as routers, switches, modems and printersDiscover how can be Nagios can be customized and tailored to your needsGet to know more about the entreprise version of Nagios, Nagios XIIn DetailNagios, a powerful and widely used IT monitoring and management software for problem -solving. It detects problems related to your organizations infrastructure and helps in resolving the issue before it impacts the business.Following the success of the previous edition, this book will continue to help you monitor the status of network devices and also notify the system administrators of network problems. Starting with the fundamentals, the book will teach you how to install and configure Nagios for your environment. The book helps you learn how to end downtimes, adding comments and generating reports using the built-in Web interface of Nagios. Moving on, you will be introduced to the third-party web interfaces and applications for checking the status and report specific information. As you progress further in Learning Nagios, you will focus on the standard set of Nagios plugins and also focus on teach you how to efficiently manage large configurations and using templates. Once you are up to speed with this, you will get to know the concept and working of notifications and events in Nagios. The book will then uncover the concept of passive check and shows how to use NRDP (Nagios Remote Data Processor). The focus then shifts to how Nagios checks can be run on remote machines and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) can be used from Nagios. Lastly, the book will demonstrate how to extend Nagios by creating custom check commands, custom ways of notifying users and showing how passive checks and NRDP can be used to integrate your solutions with Nagios.By the end of the book, you will be a competent system administrator who could monitor mid-size businesses or even large scale enterprises.Style and approachThis will be a practical learning guide for system administrators which will teach them everything about Nagios along with implementing it for your organization and then ending with securing it.

Learning Neo4j

This book is for developers who want an alternative way to store and process data within their applications. No previous graph database experience is required; however, some basic database knowledge will help you understand the concepts more easily.

Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

Run blazingly fast queries on complex graph datasets with the power of the Neo4j graph database About This Book • Get acquainted with graph database systems and apply them in real-world use cases • Use Cypher query language, APOC and other Neo4j extensions to derive meaningful analysis from complex data sets. • A practical guide filled with ready to use examples on querying, graph processing and visualizing information to build smarter spatial applications. Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want an alternative way to store and process data within their applications. No previous graph database experience is required; however, some basic database knowledge will help you understand the concepts more easily. What You Will Learn • Understand the science of graph theory, databases and its advantages over traditional databases. • Install Neo4j, model data and learn the most common practices of traversing data • Learn the Cypher query language and tailor-made procedures to analyze and derive meaningful representations of data • Improve graph techniques with the help of precise procedures in the APOC library • Use Neo4j advanced extensions and plugins for performance optimization. • Understand how Neo4j's new security features and clustering architecture are used for large scale deployments. In Detail Neo4j is a graph database that allows traversing huge amounts of data with ease. This book aims at quickly getting you started with the popular graph database Neo4j. Starting with a brief introduction to graph theory, this book will show you the advantages of using graph databases along with data modeling techniques for graph databases. You'll gain practical hands-on experience with commonly used and lesser known features for updating graph store with Neo4j's Cypher query language. Furthermore, you'll also learn to create awesome procedures using APOC and extend Neo4j's functionality, enabling integration, algorithmic analysis, and other advanced spatial operation capabilities on data. Through the course of the book you will come across implementation examples on the latest updates in Neo4j, such as in-graph indexes, scaling, performance improvements, visualization, data refactoring techniques, security enhancements, and much more. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the skills to design and implement modern spatial applications, from graphing data to unraveling business capabilities with the help of real-world use cases. Style and approach A step-by-step approach of adopting Neo4j, the world's leading graph database. This book includes a lot of background information, helps you grasp the fundamental concepts behind this radical new way of dealing with connected data, and will give you lots of examples of use cases and environments where a graph database would be a great fit

Learning .NET High-performance Programming

If you are a .NET developer with an understanding of application development, but want to learn how to optimize the performance of your applications, this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of C# is expected.

Learning Network Forensics

Learning Network Programming with Java

Harness the hidden power of Java to build network-enabled applications with lower network traffic and faster processes About This Book • Learn to deliver superior server-to-server communication through the networking channels • Gain expertise of the networking features of your own applications to support various network architectures such as client/server and peer-to-peer • Explore the issues that impact scalability, affect security, and allow applications to work in a heterogeneous environment Who This Book Is For Learning Network Programming with Java is oriented to developers who wish to use network technologies to enhance the utility of their applications. You should have a working knowledge of Java and an interest in learning the latest in network programming techniques using Java. No prior experience with network development or special software beyond the Java SDK is needed. Upon completion of the book, beginner and experienced developers will be able to use Java to access resources across a network and the Internet. What You Will Learn • Connect to other applications using sockets • Use channels and buffers to enhance communication between applications • Access network services and develop client/server applications • Explore the critical elements of peer-to-peer applications and current technologies available • Use UDP to perform multicasting • Address scalability through the use of core and advanced threading techniques • Incorporate techniques into an application to make it more secure • Configure and address interoperability issues to enable your applications to work in a heterogeneous environment In Detail Network-aware applications are becoming more prevalent and play an ever-increasing role in the world today. Connecting and using an Internet-based service is a frequent requirement for many applications. Java provides numerous classes that have evolved over the years to meet evolving network needs. These range from low-level socket and IP-based approaches to those encapsulated in software services. This book explores how Java supports networks, starting with the basics and then advancing to more complex topics. An overview of each relevant network technology is presented followed by detailed examples of how to use Java to support these technologies. We start with the basics of networking and then explore how Java supports the development of client/server and peer-to-peer applications. The NIO packages are examined as well as multitasking and how network applications can address practical issues such as security. A discussion on networking concepts will put many network issues into perspective and let you focus on the appropriate technology for the problem at hand. The examples used will provide a good starting point to develop similar capabilities for many of your network needs. Style and approach Each network technology's terms and concepts are introduced first. This is followed up with code examples to explain these technologies. Many of the examples are supplemented with alternate Java 8 solutions when appropriate. Knowledge of Java 8 is not necessary but these examples will help you better understand the power of Java 8.

Learning Network Services for Professional Development

A "Learning Network" is a community of people who help each other to better understand and handle certain events and concepts in work or life. As a result – and sometimes also as an aim – participating in learning networks stimulates personal development, a better understanding of concepts and events, career development, and employability. "Learning Network Services" are Web services that are designed to facilitate the creation of distributed Learning Networks and to support the participants with various functions for knowledge exchange, social interaction, assessment and competence development in an effective way. The book presents state-of-the-art insights into the field of Learning Networks and Web-based services which can facilitate all kinds of processes within these networks.

Learning, Networks and Statistics (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences #382)

The contents of these proceedings reflect the intention of the organizers of the workshop to bring together scientists and engineers having a strong interest in interdisciplinary work in the fields of computer science, mathematics and applied statistics. Results of this collaboration are illustrated in problems dealing with neural nets, statistics and networks, classification and data mining, and (machine) learning.

Learning NGUI for Unity

If you are a Unity 3D developer who wants to create an effective and user-friendly GUI using NGUI for Unity, then this book is for you. Prior knowledge of C# scripting is expected; however, no knowledge of NGUI is required.

Learning NHibernate 4

This book targets .NET developers who have never used an ORM before, developers who have used an ORM before but are new to NHibernate, or have used NHibernate sparingly and want to learn more about NHibernate.

Learning Node.js for Mobile Application Development

Make use of Node.js to learn the development of a simple yet scalable cross-platform mobile application About This Book • Use Node.js to satisfy the core backend requirements of modern apps, including user management, security, data access, and real-time data communication • Build practical real-world mobile applications, which will give you the necessary knowledge to build your very own mobile solutions • Step-by-step development of projects using Ionic Framework as the frontend and Node.js for the backend supported by a MongoDB database Who This Book Is For This book is intended for web developers of all levels of expertise who want to deep dive into cross-platform mobile application development without going through the pains of understanding the languages and native frameworks that form an integral part of developing for different mobile platforms. This book is also for you if you are a developer who wants to capitalize on the MobileFirst strategy and so are going to use JavaScript for your complete stack. What You Will Learn • Develop an API from scratch • Set up a MongoDB Database as part of your mobile application backend • Deploy a cross-platform mobile application from the command line • Incorporate features within your mobile application that use native phone features such as a gyroscope, GPS, and accelerometer • Implement mobile applications that use web-enabled APIs • Build a mobile application with real-time chat messaging features • Develop a secure mobile application that is capable of functioning with real-time data In Detail Node.js is a massively popular JavaScript library that lets you use JavaScript to easily program scalable network applications and web services. People approaching Node.js for the first time are often attracted by its efficiency, scalability, and the fact that it's based on JavaScript, the language of the Web, which means that developers can use the same language to write backend code. Also, it's increasingly being seen as a "modern" replacement for PHP in web development, which relies on fast-paced data exchange. The growing community and the large amount of available modules makes Node.js one of the most attractive development environments. This book takes a step-wise and incremental approach toward developing cross-platform mobile technologies using existing web technologies. This will allow you to truly understand and become proficient in developing cross-platform mobile applications with Node.js, Ionic Framework, and MongoDB. The book starts off by introducing all the necessary requirements and knowledge to build a mobile application with a companion web service. It covers the ability to create an API from scratch and implement a comprehensive user database that will give you the opportunity to offer a mobile application with a personalized experience. Midway through the book, you will learn the basic processes to create a successful mobile application. You will also gain higher-level knowledge, allowing you to develop a functional and secure mobile application to ensure a seamless user experience for end users. Finally, the book ends with more advanced projects, which will bring together all the knowledge and expertise developed in the previous chapters to create a practical and functional mobile-application that has useful real-world features. Style and approach This book is an easy-to-follow guide that takes a step-wise approach in giving expertise and knowledge to help you truly understand what is needed to create a memorable user experience for end users. Each topic is placed in the context of the bigger picture, that is, to create cross-platform mobile applications using existing technologies.

Learning Node.js for .NET Developers

Solve practical real-world problems using JavaScript and Node.jsAbout This BookLearn the concepts of Node.js to gain a high-level understanding of the Node.js execution modelBuild an interactive web application with MongoDB and Redis and create your own JavaScript modules that work both on the client side and server sideFamiliarize yourself with the new features of Node.js and JavaScript with this exclusive step-by-step guideWho This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who want to learn JavaScript and Node.js. Previous experience with programming is desired, but no JavaScript or Node.js knowledge is required. The book focuses mostly on web development, such as networking, serving dynamic pages, and real-time client-server communication.What You Will LearnUnderstand which problems Node.js best solvesWrite idiomatic JavaScript and Node.js codeBuild web applications and command-line toolsMinimise complexity and efficiently solve difficult problemsTest and deploy Node.js applicationsWork with persistent dataImplement real-time client-server applicationsIntegrate .NET and Node.js codeIn DetailNode.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows you to use JavaScript to develop server-side web applications.This short guide will help you develop applications using JavaScript and Node.js, leverage your existing programming skills from .NET or Java, and make the most of these other platforms through understanding the Node.js programming model. You will learn how to build web applications and APIs in Node, discover packages in the Node.js ecosystem, test and deploy your Node.js code, and more. Finally, you will discover how to integrate Node.js and .NET code.Style and approachThis is a step-by-step and practical guide to Node.js for .Net developers. It covers the fundamentals relating to typical applications. The focus is on providing the practical skills required to develop applications, with a summary of the key concepts covered.

Learning NServiceBus Sagas

If you are an Enterprise C# developer who wishes to extend your knowledge of NServiceBus and Enterprise Service Bus in C#, this is the book for you. This book is designed to enhance the education of ESBs and their messaging, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned expert in Enterprise C#, Apex, and Visualforce pages.

Learning NServiceBus - Second Edition

If you are a .NET developer who wants to eliminate the problems related to defective third-party web service integration or batch job failures, then this is the book for you. It is also perfect for those of you who are new to NServiceBus and service-oriented architecture and would like to learn how you can streamline all of your development efforts.

Learning NumPy Array

A step-by-step guide, packed with examples of practical numerical analysis that will give you a comprehensive, but concise overview of NumPy. This book is for programmers, scientists, or engineers, who have basic Python knowledge and would like to be able to do numerical computations with Python.

Learning Object-Oriented Programming

If you're a Python, JavaScript, or C# developer and want to learn the basics of object-oriented programming with real-world examples, then this book is for you.

Learning on the Net: A Practical Guide to Enhancing Learning in Primary Classrooms

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Learning on the Net: A Practical Guide to Enhancing Learning in Primary Classrooms

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.