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This open book aims to provide novice programmers solid foundation of basic knowledge regardless of the programming language. This book covers the fundamentals of programming that have not changed significantly over the last 10 years. Educational content was developed by an authoritative author team led by Svetlin Nakov from the Software University

A Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system automatically selects and supplies domain-specific context to an LLM, radically improving its ability to generate accurate, hallucination-free responses. The GraphRAG pattern employs a knowledge graph to structure the RAG's input, taking advantage of existing relationships in the data to generate rich,

This open access book describes the technologies needed to construct a secure big data infrastructure that connects data owners, analytical institutions, and user institutions in a circle of trust. It begins by discussing the most relevant technical issues involved in creating safe and privacy-preserving big data distribution platforms, and especia

Windows Server has powered a generation of organizations, from small businesses to large enterprises. No matter what your role in IT, you can be guaranteed you that have touched Windows Server at some point in your career or at very least you have seen it from afar! This book introduces you to Windows Server 2016, which is the next version of Windo

If one is reading this, they are likely interested in solving science and engineering problems. They are also likely taking a course that requires them to learn MATLAB. They might ask themselves why they should learn to code, reasoning that if they had wanted to major in computers, they would have. The most obvious reason is that there are almost n

Introduction to Programming Using Java is a free, introductory computer programming book that employs Java as its language of instruction. This particular version of the book covers Java 17. It is designed for use in introductory programming courses and is also suitable for self-learners. The author notes that there are no prerequisites other than

The AI Toolkit for IBM Z and LinuxONE is a comprehensive suite of tools designed to streamline the development and deployment of AI models on IBM's enterprise-grade platforms. This toolkit empowers developers and data scientists to leverage the power of IBM Z and LinuxONE systems for AI workloads, offering a seamless integration with popular AI fra

For many years, SAP migrations have been a standard process. An increasing number of customers are changing their database software to IBM Db2 for UNIX, Linux, and Windows or are moving their existing Db2 based infrastructure from on-premises into the cloud. When customers move to the cloud, a heterogeneous system copy is often needed because of a

In recent years, the rising complexity of Internet of Things (IoT) systems has increased their potential vulnerabilities and introduced new cybersecurity challenges. In this context, state of the art methods and technologies for security risk assessment have prominent limitations when it comes to large scale, cyber-physical and interconnected IoT s

Compressed sensing, also known as sparse representation or sparse modeling, has experienced substantial growth in research fields such as signal processing, machine learning, and statistics. In recent years, this powerful tool has been successfully applied to the design of control systems. This book provides a comprehensive guide to compressed sens