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OpenStreetMap in GIScience:Experiences, Research, and Applications
This edited volume presents a collection of lessons learned with, and research conducted on, OpenStreetMap, the goal being to promote the project’s integration. The respective chapters address a) state-of-the-art and cutting-edge approaches to data quality analysis in OpenStreetMap, b) investigations on understanding OpenStreetMap contributors and the nature of their contributions, c) identif…
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- 978-3-319-14279-1
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- XI, 324
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- Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
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OpenSHMEM and Related Technologies. Experiences, Implementations, and Technol…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second OpenSHMEM Workshop, held in Annapolis, MD, USA, in August 2015.The 12 technical papers and one short position papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The topics of the workshop included extensions to the OpenSHMEM API, implementation of the API for current and emerging architectures, tools to deb…
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- 978-3-319-26427-1
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- X, 199
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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OpenMP: Heterogenous Execution and Data Movements:11th International Workshop…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on OpenMP, held in Aachen, Germany, in October 2015.The 19 technical full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on applications, accelerator applications, tools, extensions, compiler and runtime, and energy.
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- 978-3-319-24594-2
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- XI, 274
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations: Prejudice, can we cure it
The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations; Prejudice can we cure it?” is a highly interdisciplinary book. It includes latest theories and research from: Social Psychology, Ethics, Psychopharmacology, as well as Social Neuroscience. The book is also based on the author’s team research. The book describes experimental studies which have suggested that fear of the out-group might play a …
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- 978-3-319-46338-4
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The Shaping of Ambient Intelligence and the Internet of Things Historico-epi…
Recent advances in ICT have given rise to new socially disruptive technologies: AmI and the IoT, marking a major technological change which may lead to a drastic transformation of the technological ecosystem in all its complexity, as well as to a major alteration in technology use and thus daily living. Yet no work has systematically explored AmI and the IoT as advances in science and technolog…
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- 978-94-6239-142-0
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OpenGeoSys-Tutorial: Computational Hydrology I: Groundwater Flow Modeling
This tutorial on the application of the open-source software OpenGeoSys (OGS) in computational hydrology is based on a one-week training course at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany. It provides general information regarding hydrological and groundwater flow modeling and the pre-processing and step-by-step model setups of a case study with OGS and related compon…
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- 978-3-319-13334-8
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- XIII, 113
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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Open and Big Data Management and Innovation:14th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society, I3E 2015, held in Delft, The Netherlands, in October 2015. The 40 revised full papers presented together with 1 keynote panel were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: adoption; big and open …
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- 978-3-319-25012-0
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- XIV, 514
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- Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues
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Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact:11th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conf…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2015, held in Florence, Italy, in May 2015. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: open source software engineering; communication and collabo…
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- 978-3-319-17836-3
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- XVIII, 181
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- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
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Open Source Geospatial Tools:Applications in Earth Observation
This book focuses on the use of open source software for geospatial analysis. It demonstrates the effectiveness of the command line interface for handling both vector, raster and 3D geospatial data. Appropriate open-source tools for data processing are clearly explained and discusses how they can be used to solve everyday tasks.A series of fully worked case studies are presented including vecto…
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- 978-3-319-01823-2
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- XXVII, 358
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- Earth Systems Data and Models
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Online Game Pioneers at Work
In this groundbreaking collection of 15 interviews, successful founders of entertainment software companies reflect on their challenges and how they survived. You will learn of the strategies, the sacrifices, the long hours, the commitment, and the dedication to quality that led to their successes but also of the toll that this incredibly competitive market has on even its most brilliant minds.…
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- 978-1-4302-4186-7
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- XIV, 412
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