TY - BOOK T1 - Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL Y1 - 2010 A1 - Hansen,Derek A1 - Shneiderman, Ben A1 - Smith,Marc A. KW - Business & Economics / Marketing / Research KW - Computers / Computer Science KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / Database Management / Data Mining KW - Computers / General KW - Computers / Information Theory KW - Computers / Interactive & Multimedia KW - Computers / Social Aspects / General KW - Computers / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction KW - Computers / User Interfaces KW - data mining KW - Data mining - Computer programs KW - Data mining/ Computer programs KW - Information Visualization KW - Information visualization - Computer programs KW - Information visualization/ Computer programs KW - NodeXL KW - online social networks KW - Social Science / General KW - Social Science / Reference KW - Social Science / Sociology / General KW - Technology & Engineering / General KW - Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects KW - Webometrics KW - Webometrics - Computer programs KW - Webometrics/ Computer programs AB - "Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL provides a much needed resource for the social media research community, as it describes network theory, provides compelling examples using data sources like Twitter and Flickr, and highlights how to use a free sophisticated tool for analysis. This is the perfect book for anyone trying to analyze the behavior of online social networks and beyond." ---Adam Perer, Research Scientist, IBM Research "This book provides a basic introduction to social network analysis, followed by practical instruction and examples on gathering data from online sources, importing into Excel, and then analyzing the data through Excel. The book will be important for promoting research in the area for those in information science, sociology, cultural studies, virtual community, and e-commerce."---Caroline Haythornthwaite, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and government agencies alike are looking to social network analysis (SNA) tools for insight into trends, connections, and fluctuations in social media. Microsoft's NodeXL is a free, open-source SNA plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical representation of relationships of complex networked data. But it goes further than other SNA tools - NodeXL was developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts that bring together information studies, computer science, sociology, human-computer interaction, and over 20 years of visual analytic theory and information visualization into a simple tool anyone can use. This makes NodeXL of interest not only to end-users but also to researchers and students studying visual and network analytics and their application in the real world. PB - Morgan Kaufmann SN - 9780123822291 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Advances in Computers: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Y1 - 2006 A1 - Zelkowitz, Marvin V A1 - Tseng,Chau-Wen KW - Bioinformatics KW - Computational Biology KW - Computers / Bioinformatics KW - Computers / Computer Science KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / Information Theory KW - Computers / Interactive & Multimedia KW - Computers / Programming / General KW - Computers / Reference KW - Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General KW - Mathematics / Applied KW - Science / Life Sciences / Biology AB - The field of bioinformatics and computational biology arose due to the need to apply techniques from computer science, statistics, informatics, and applied mathematics to solve biological problems. Scientists have been trying to study biology at a molecular level using techniques derived from biochemistry, biophysics, and genetics. Progress has greatly accelerated with the discovery of fast and inexpensive automated DNA sequencing techniques. As the genomes of more and more organisms are sequenced and assembled, scientists are discovering many useful facts by tracing the evolution of organisms by measuring changes in their DNA, rather than through physical characteristics alone. This has led to rapid growth in the related fields of phylogenetics, the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms, and comparative genomics, the study of the correspondence between genes and other genomic features in different organisms. Comparing the genomes of organisms has allowed researchers to better understand the features and functions of DNA in individual organisms, as well as provide insights into how organisms evolve over time. The first four chapters of this book focus on algorithms for comparing the genomes of different organisms. Possible concrete applications include identifying the basis for genetic diseases and tracking the development and spread of different forms of Avian flu. As researchers begin to better understand the function of DNA, attention has begun shifting towards the actual proteins produced by DNA. The final two chapters explore proteomic techniques for analyzing proteins directly to identify their presence and understand their physical structure.- Written by active PhD researchers in computational biology and bioinformatics PB - Academic Press SN - 9780120121687 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Foundations of Multidimensional And Metric Data Structures Y1 - 2006 A1 - Samet, Hanan KW - Computer algorithms KW - Computers / Computer Graphics KW - Computers / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition KW - Computers / Data Modeling & Design KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / Database Management / General KW - Computers / Programming / General KW - Computers / User Interfaces KW - Data structures (Computer science) KW - Science / Physics / General AB - The field of multidimensional data structures is large and growing very quickly. Here, for the first time, is a thorough treatment of multidimensional point data, object and image-based representations, intervals and small rectangles, and high-dimensional datasets. The book includes a thorough introduction; a comprehensive survey to spatial and multidimensional data structures and algorithms; and implementation details for the most useful data structures. Along with the hundreds of worked exercises and hundreds of illustrations, the result is an excellent and valuable reference tool for professionals in many areas, including computer graphics, databases, geographic information systems (GIS), game programming, image processing, pattern recognition, solid modeling, similarity retrieval, and VLSI design. Award Winner in 2006 "Best Book" competition in Professional and Scholarly Publishing from the Association of American Publishers. Morgan Kaufmann would like to congratulate Hanan Samet on receiving the UCGIS 2009 Research Award! Read the announcement here: http://www.ucgis.org/summer2009/researchaward.htm * First comprehensive work on multidimensional data structures available, a thorough and authoritative treatment. * An algorithmic rather than mathematical approach, with a liberal use of examples that allows the readers to easily see the possible implementation and use. * Each section includes a large number of exercises and solutions to self-test and confirm the reader's understanding and suggest future directions. * Written by a well-known authority in the area of spatial data structures who has made many significant contributions to the field. The author's website includes: Spatial Index Demos PB - Morgan Kaufmann SN - 9780123694461 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Foundations of Multidimensional And Metric Data Structures Y1 - 2006 A1 - Samet, Hanan KW - Computers / Data Modeling & Design KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / Databases / General AB - The field of multidimensional data structures is large and growing very quickly. Here, for the first time, is a thorough treatment of multidimensional point data, object and image-based representations, intervals and small rectangles, and high-dimensional datasets. The book includes a thorough introduction; a comprehensive survey to spatial and multidimensional data structures and algorithms; and implementation details for the most useful data structures. Along with the hundreds of worked exercises and hundreds of illustrations, the result is an excellent and valuable reference tool for professionals in many areas, including computer graphics, databases, geographic information systems (GIS), game programming, image processing, pattern recognition, solid modeling, similarity retrieval, and VLSI design. Award Winner in 2006 Best Book competition in Professional and Scholarly Publishing from the Association of American Publishers. Morgan Kaufmann would like to congratulate Hanan Samet on receiving the UCGIS 2009 Research Award! Read the announcement here: http: //www.ucgis.org/summer2009/researchaward.htm * First comprehensive work on multidimensional data structures available, a thorough and authoritative treatment. * An algorithmic rather than mathematical approach, with a liberal use of examples that allows the readers to easily see the possible implementation and use. * Each section includes a large number of exercises and solutions to self-test and confirm the reader's understanding and suggest future directions. * Written by a well-known authority in the area of spatial data structures who has made many significant contributions to the field. The author's website includes: Spatial Index Demos PB - Morgan Kaufmann SN - 9780123694461 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies Y1 - 2003 A1 - Shneiderman, Ben KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / Data Processing / General KW - Computers / Data Processing / Storage & Retrieval KW - Computers / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction KW - Computers / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval KW - Electronic data processing KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Technological forecasting KW - Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects AB - 2003 IEEE-USAB Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession. and Selected as a Finalist in the category of Computer/Internet in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) presented by Independent Publisher MagazineBen Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to think freshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build products that better support human needs and that are usable at any bandwidth. Shneiderman proposes Leonardo da Vinci as an inspirational muse for the "new computing." He wonders how Leonardo would use a laptop and what applications he would create.Shneiderman shifts the focus from what computers can do to what users can do. A key transformation is to what he calls "universal usability," enabling participation by young and old, novice and expert, able and disabled. This transformation would empower those yearning for literacy or coping with their limitations. Shneiderman proposes new computing applications in education, medicine, business, and government. He envisions a World Wide Med that delivers secure patient histories in local languages at any emergency room and thriving million-person communities for e-commerce and e-government. Raising larger questions about human relationships and society, he explores the computer's potential to support creativity, consensus-seeking, and conflict resolution. Each chapter ends with a Skeptic's Corner that challenges assumptions about trust, privacy, and digital divides. PB - MIT Press SN - 9780262692991 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Algorithm Engineering and Experiments: 4th International Workshop, Alenex 2002, San Francisco, Ca, Usa, January 4-5. 2002 : Revised Papers Y1 - 2002 A1 - Mount, Dave A1 - Stein,Clifford KW - Architecture / General KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Computer algorithms KW - Computer algorithms/ Congresses KW - COMPUTERS KW - Computers / Computer Graphics KW - Computers / Computer Science KW - Computers / Data Modeling & Design KW - Computers / Data Processing KW - Computers / General KW - Computers / Programming / Algorithms KW - Electronic books KW - Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics KW - Medical / General AB - This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments, ALENEX 2002, held in San Francisico, CA, USA in January 2002.The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. Among the topics addressed are hewistics for algorithms, combinatorial optimization, searching, graph computation, network optimization, scheduling, computational geometry, sorting, and clustering algorithms. PB - Springer SN - 9783540439776 ER -