Visual languages are the defining component of interactive computing environments, yet in spite of the rapid pace of evolution of this domain, significant challenges remain. This book presents comprehensive coverage of the problems and methodologies related to the syntax, semantics, and...

This book is intended for those who want to learn how to use R's capabilities to build models in quantitative finance at a more advanced level. If you wish to perfectly take up the rhythm of the chapters, you need to be at an intermediate level in quantitative finance and you also need to have a...

If you're just getting started with Perl 6, this is the book you want, whether you're a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. Perl 6 isn't just another version of the language-it's a modern reinvention of Perl, suitable for almost any task on almost any platform, from short fixes to...

This book provides a contemporary treatment of quantitative economics, with a focus on data science. The book introduces the reader to R and RStudio, and uses expert Hadley Wickham’s tidyverse package for different parts of the data analysis workflow. After a gentle introduction to R code, the...