"The digital revolution is here. It's changing how work gets done, how industries are structured, and how people from all walks of life work, behave, and relate to each other. To thrive in a world driven by data and powered by algorithms, we must learn to see, think, and act in new ways. We need...

Science of Information -- Part I Understanding Big Data -- Big Data Essentials -- Big Data Analytics -- Part II Understanding Big Data Systems -- Distributed File System -- MapReduce Programming Platform -- Part III Understanding Machine Learning -- Modeling and Algorithms -- Supervised Learning...

Der Textileinzelhandel ist, nach dem Lebensmitteleinzelhandel der zweitgrößte Sektor im Einzelhandel in Deutschland. Gleichzeitig sind die stationären Textilhandelsunternehmen in jüngster Zeit besonders unter wirtschaftlichen Druck geraten.Dabei stehen in der vorliegenden Arbeit die...

This book provides the reader with a broad coverage of the concepts, themes and instrumentalities of this important and evolving area of optimization. In doing so, the editors hope to encourage an even wider adoption of metaheuristic methods for assisting in problem solving, and to stimulate...