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Such Small Hands
Author: Andrés Barba
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781945492006
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Incerto
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 2021-05-04
Total Pages: 1873
ISBN-13: 059324365X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe landmark five-book series--all together in one boxed set The Incerto is an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making when we don't understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientific discussions, in non-overlapping volumes that can be accessed in any order. The main thread is that while there is inordinate uncertainty about what is going on, there is great certainty as to what one should do about it. This boxed set includes: FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS THE BLACK SWAN THE BED OF PROCRUSTES ANTIFRAGILE SKIN IN THE GAME
Advances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehumidification Thermal Desalination Systems
Author: Majid Amidpour
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2024-09-04
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0323956599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehumidification Thermal Desalination Systems: 4E Analysis, Process Integration, and Materials presents the newest developments in humidification–dehumidification (HDH) systems and improvements in their applications for reducing energy usage. This book is split into three parts, first outlining principles, analysis, and optimization of HDH technology, its economy, its impacts on the environment, and a multistage approach for maximizing energy efficiency. This is followed by practical guides on implementing sustainable HDH systems within a variety of hybridization scenarios. Finally, this book provides an evaluation of different packing materials for HDH desalination units. Showing how the major advances in this technology impact the energy requirements of fresh-water production, Advances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehumidification Thermal Desalination Systems: 4E Analysis, Process Integration, and Materials takes readers from fundamental principles to sustainable real-world applications of HDH thermal desalination systems. - Presents the fundamentals, principles, and technological overview of HDH desalination systems for lowering energy expenditure - Details the modeling, application, and integration of HDH desalination systems in a variety of scenarios, as well as material evaluation/selection - Employs a mixture of methods, analysis, and applications to ensure readers not only understand the fundamentals but can also apply these across a range of real-world scenarios - Provides a guide to implementing the possibilities of HDH desalination through renewable and low-grade energy sources for a sustainable future
Massively Multi-Agent Technology
Author: Nadeem Jamali
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008-08-17
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 3540854495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the proliferation of consumer devices, computation is becoming truly ubiq- tous. Multi-agent systems hold the promise to enable utilization of these compu- tional resources for ground-breaking new applications. However, as the number of agents involved in multi-agent computations rises, traditional approaches of bui- ing multi-agent systems fail to scale. Massively multi-agent systems address this challenge of scale. Massive, in this context, is meant to capture the complexity of such systems, which precludes decision making to focus on individual agents. Agents making decisions have to reduce the complexity of the space in which they must decide. The focus, therefore, is on the approaches to manage the compl- ity, implications of this abstraction, as well as on identifying ways of applying the paradigm to problems. Papers appearing in this volume have been selected from three inter- tional workshops held in conjunction with the International Conferences on - tonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) held in 2006 and 2007: First International Workshop on Coordination and Control in Massively Mul- agent Systems (CCMMS 2007); and the jointly held Second International Workshop on Massively Multi-agent Systems (MMAS 2006) and the Third Int- national Workshop on Challenges in the Coordination of Large-Scale Multi-agent Systems (LSMAS 2006).
Programming Massively Parallel Processors
Author: David B. Kirk
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Published: 2016-11-24
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 012811987X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgramming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Third Edition shows both student and professional alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture, exploring, in detail, various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies demonstrate the development process, detailing computational thinking and ending with effective and efficient parallel programs. Topics of performance, floating-point format, parallel patterns, and dynamic parallelism are covered in-depth. For this new edition, the authors have updated their coverage of CUDA, including coverage of newer libraries, such as CuDNN, moved content that has become less important to appendices, added two new chapters on parallel patterns, and updated case studies to reflect current industry practices. - Teaches computational thinking and problem-solving techniques that facilitate high-performance parallel computing - Utilizes CUDA version 7.5, NVIDIA's software development tool created specifically for massively parallel environments - Contains new and updated case studies - Includes coverage of newer libraries, such as CuDNN for Deep Learning
Programming Massively Parallel Processors
Author: Wen-mei W. Hwu
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Published: 2022-05-28
Total Pages: 581
ISBN-13: 0323984630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgramming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach shows both students and professionals alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture. Concise, intuitive, and practical, it is based on years of road-testing in the authors' own parallel computing courses. Various techniques for constructing and optimizing parallel programs are explored in detail, while case studies demonstrate the development process, which begins with computational thinking and ends with effective and efficient parallel programs. The new edition includes updated coverage of CUDA, including the newer libraries such as CuDNN. New chapters on frequently used parallel patterns have been added, and case studies have been updated to reflect current industry practices. - Parallel Patterns Introduces new chapters on frequently used parallel patterns (stencil, reduction, sorting) and major improvements to previous chapters (convolution, histogram, sparse matrices, graph traversal, deep learning) - Ampere Includes a new chapter focused on GPU architecture and draws examples from recent architecture generations, including Ampere - Systematic Approach Incorporates major improvements to abstract discussions of problem decomposition strategies and performance considerations, with a new optimization checklist
