Exercises for Programmers

Self-driving cars, natural language recognition, and online recommendation engines are all possible thanks to Machine Learning. Now you can create your own genetic algorithms, nature-inspired swarms, Monte Carlo simulations, cellular automata, and clusters. Learn how to test your ML code and dive into even more advanced topics. If you are a beginner-to-intermediate programmer keen to understand machine learning, this book is for you.Discover machine learning algorithms using a handful of self-contained recipes. Build a repertoire of algorithms, discovering terms and approaches that apply generally. Bake intelligence into your algorithms, guiding them to discover good solutions to problems.In this book, you will:Use heuristics and design fitness functions.Build genetic algorithms.Make nature-inspired swarms with ants, bees and particles.Create Monte Carlo simulations.Investigate cellular automata.Find minima and maxima, using hill climbing and simulated annealing.Try selection methods,

This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners

Written for developers with a background in any high-level language, Introduction to Python and Data Science for Programmers explores the Python language and Python APIs in depth, applying the Deitels

Random Number Generators, Principles and Practices has been written for programmers, hardware engineers, and sophisticated hobbyists interested in understanding random numbers generators and gaining t

A practical, concise guide to relieving the stress of everyday life specially devised by one of the UK's leading health writers.We all need some tranquillity in our lives. Without any long explanation

A practical and inspirational book for anyone who wants to promote harmony and wellbeing in their life through yoga, guided safely and expertly by accomplished teacher Tara Fraser.Specially selected s

Move data back and forth between database and application. The must-have knowledge in this book helps programmers learn how to use the official driver, MySQL Connector/Python, by which Python programs

Like a laboratory manual, this book collects a series of awareness and self-exploration exercises with simple instructions for carrying out each one. Each recipe contained within the book may be taken

This book offers a challenging spirituality for a world filled with uncertainty and emotional struggle. Drawing from the work of ancient and contemporary thinkers, the author constructs a path to unde

The Mata Book: A Book for Serious Programmers and Those Who Want to Be is the book that Stata programmers have been waiting for. Mata is a serious programming language for developing small- and large-

Apple's Swift language is the de-facto standard for iOS and Mac development, and it's rapidly becoming a great choice for any general-purpose programming task.Classic Computer Science Problems in Swif

This textbook discusses central statistical concepts and their use in business and economics. To endure the hardship of abstract statistical thinking, business and economics students need to see inter

Developmental Exercises for Hacker Handbooks offers more than 175 class-tested exercise sets in a wide variety of formats, all designed for developing college writers. The exercises in each set includ

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski’s System. Author Nick O’Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike through the use

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski’s System. Author Nick O’Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike through the use

Felix Muñoz-Garcia's Advanced Microeconomic Theory provides examples and exercises that help students understand how to apply theoretical models and offers tools for approaching similar problems on t

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers ? the show control devices that control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and pro

Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind• Explains how eliminating external stimulation can alleviate stress and anxiety for a calmer state of mind• Detail

Evolved from working with head injured groups at Headway and those attempting to return to work, this is a rich, comprehensive and photocopiable workbook for professionals, carers and clients. It cont

Written by the world-renowned Zed Shaw, this book of 52 hands-on projects is perfect for everyone who's written Python code but isn't yet comfortable taking new ideas all the way to finished software.

Digital Design Exercises for Architecture Students teaches you the basics of digital design and fabrication tools with creative design exercises, featuring over 200 illustrations, which emphasize proc

From the occasional rider to the high-performance athlete, everyone can benefit from knowledge about biomechanics, ergonomics, stretching techniques, and more. Discover guidelines and advice designed

Digital Design Exercises for Architecture Students teaches you the basics of digital design and fabrication tools with creative design exercises, featuring over 200 illustrations, which emphasize proc

Discovering Modern C++ will quickly lead you to the more sophisticated styles and advanced features that are typically used for scientific and engineering applications. Learni

Volume Two picks up where Volume One left off. It is comprised of 300 progressive eight-bar exercises that train reading skills for both hands equally: Half of the pieces emphasize the right hand, the

Poetry. "The inspiration for ROMAN EXERCISES stems from my reading of Bertolt Brecht'sManual of Piety. It is an ancient impulse. His work may be thought of as a set of 'exercises' for respons

Valerie J. Janesick uses dance and yoga metaphors to illustrate her argument that tapping into one’s artistic side—the side that is more creative and less inhibited—is fundamental to realizing one’s p

Algorithms are nothing more than step-by-step procedures for solving problems and most algorithms used by programmers have already been discovered, tested, and proven. Those wanting to take a hard pas

Runners who want to improve their overall flexibility, feel great, and look great too will want this comprehensive guide. It features over 100 stretching exercises to help runners improve their range

(Guitar Educational). Bass players: customize your warm-up routine with this fantastic collection of stretches, coordination exercises, pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, and arpeggios sure to