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| | Bob holds a BS in Mathematics from SUNY Brockport and a PhD in Statistics from University of Northern Colorado. Currently, he teaches statistics and analytics (big data, visualization, and statistics/optimization) at the master’s and bachelor’s levels. In addition, his consulting company delivers software and ancillary services to government and corporate groups in the Rocky Mountain region. Bob has served as a Fulbright Professor in Thailand and also as a visiting professor at institutions in Western Australia and the US Virgin Islands. He was Dean of the Monfort College of Business from 1995 to 2001. He maintains a regular research and publication program in statistics and analytics. He has been a CR reviewer since 1985 and has written 46 reviews. |
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Deviance in social media and social cyber forensics: uncovering hidden relations using open source information (OSINF)
Al-khateeb S., Agarwal N., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 124 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030136-89-5)
This short treatise is part of the “SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity” series. The briefs in this series are either topic focused, like this book, or country focused. As the title suggests, the book focuses on deviant...
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Aug 26 2020 |
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Data science and digital business
Márquez F., Lev B., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 316 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319956-50-3)
To quote the editors, “This book combines the analytic principles of digital business and data science with business practice and big data.” To this end, the 16 chapters, each written by a different group of authors...
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Sep 9 2019 |
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Human centered software product lines
Sottet J., Frey A., Vanderdonckt J., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 152 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319609-45-4)
To quote the authors of chapter 3, “[graphical user interface, GUI] design remains an open, wicked, complex and multifaceted problem, owing to ever increasing variability to design options resulting from multiple contexts of ...
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May 3 2019 |
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Understanding information: from the big bang to big data
Schuster A., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 237 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319590-89-9)
This is a very good book! It’s a thought piece about a range of ideas that couples information across several disciplines and across large timeframes. As the title suggests, it’s illustrations range from the big ban...
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Apr 24 2018 |
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Programming for computations -- MATLAB/Octave
Linge S., Langtangen H., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2016. 216 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319324-51-7)
The title suggests the book is about MATLAB programming, and it is. It’s also about numerical analysis. It’s a textbook for a numerical analysis course that integrates MATLAB programming as its method for solving nu...
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Feb 22 2017 |
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How clouds hold IT together: integrating architecture with cloud deployment
Waschke M., CA Inc., New York, NY, 2015. 373 pp. Type: Book (978-1-430261-66-7)
Waschke has divided his material into five sections. As you read it, you will find a seamless transition from one section or topic to another. The reader is given a fairly thorough history of information technology (IT) development and...
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Jul 12 2016 |
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Agile IT organization design: for digital transformation and continuous delivery
Narayan S., Addison-Wesley Professional, Old Tappan, NJ, 2015. 304 pp. Type: Book (978-0-133903-35-5)
Continuous delivery is often viewed from a technical side. Instead, Narayan addresses it from an organizational and business side. He focuses on agile organization design. The book considers the 12 principles of agile and examines info...
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Nov 24 2015 |
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Information systems management in the big data era
Lake P., Drake R., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2015. 293 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319135-02-1)
As the authors note, this is not a book about technology--no databases, no SQL, no maps. Rather, it is about business, about realizing the value of information systems, and about governing our systems and people in a big data ...
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Jun 30 2015 |
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Beginning T-SQL (3rd ed.)
Kellenberger K., Shaw S., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2014. 496 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484200-47-6)
If you are interested in teaching yourself SQL, this 400-plus-page softcover book is a gem. It provides a complete walkthrough, from installing SQL Server Express free of charge and a working database, to working with SQL, to working w...
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Nov 20 2014 |
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Rapidminer: data mining use cases and business analytics applications
Hofmann M., Klinkenberg R., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2013. 525 pp. Type: Book (978-1-482205-49-7)
Hofmann and Klinkenberg have produced a fine collection of essays on data mining and analytic models, presented in several cross-disciplinary cases. This book describes data mining and case applications using Rapidminer models and anal...
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