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Book SynopsisHeavy tails extreme events or values more common than expected emerge everywhere: the economy, natural events, and social and information networks are just a few examples. Yet after decades of progress, they are still treated as mysterious, surprising, and even controversial, primarily because the necessary mathematical models and statistical methods are not widely known. This book, for the first time, provides a rigorous introduction to heavy-tailed distributions accessible to anyone who knows elementary probability. It tackles and tames the zoo of terminology for models and properties, demystifying topics such as the generalized central limit theorem and regular variation. It tracks the natural emergence of heavy-tailed distributions from a wide variety of general processes, building intuition. And it reveals the controversy surrounding heavy tails to be the result of flawed statistics, then equips readers to identify and estimate with confidence. Over 100 exercises complete this engTrade Review'Heavy tailed distributions are ubiquitous in many disciplines which use probabilistic models. The book by Nair, Wierman and Zwart is a superb introduction to the topic and presents fundamental principles in a rigorous yet accessible manner. It is a must-read for researchers interested in understanding heavy tails.' R. Srikant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign'As one of the people who keeps discovering heavy tails in computer systems, I'm thrilled to see a book that delves into the deeper foundations behind these ubiquitous distributions. This beautifully written book is both mathematically precise and also full of intuitions and examples which make it accessible to newcomers in the field.' Mor Harchol-Balter, Carnegie Mellon University'The book provides a fresh look at heavy-tailed probability distributions on the real line and their role in applied probability. The authors show that these distributions appear via natural algebraic operations. Their approach, towards understanding properties of these distributions, combines the key mathematical ideas alongside with informal explanations. Physical intuition is also provided, for example, the 'catastrophe/big jump principle' for heavy-tailed distributions versus the 'conspiracy principle' for light-tailed ones. The book is designed to help the practitioner and includes many interesting examples and exercises that may help to the reader to adjust and enjoy its content.' Sergey Foss, Heriot-Watt UniversityTable of ContentsCommonly used notation; 1. Introduction; Part I. Properties: 2. Scale invariance, power laws, and regular variation; 3. Catastrophes, conspiracies, and subexponential distributions; 4. Residual lives, hazard rates, and long tails; Part II. Emergence: 5. Additive processes; 6. Multiplicative processes; 7. Extremal processes; Part III. Estimation: 8. Estimating power-law distributions: Listen to the body; 9. Estimating power-law tails: Let the tail do the talking; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisAn up-close account from the world's first metaverse-embedded reporter In Making a Metaverse That Matters: From Snow Crash & Second Life to A Virtual World Worth Fighting For, the celebrated author of The Making of Second Life and Game Design Secrets, Wagner James Au, delivers an engrossing exploration of how nascent metaverse platforms have already captured the imagination of millions. Featuring powerful stories and dozens of incisive interviews with insiders including Metaverse creator Neal Stephenson himself, the author uses his unique, grassroots-level perspective as the first reporter embedded in a metaverse platform. Readers will learn about: How to understand and define the Metaverse and cut through the many myths and misconceptions around it. A behind-the-scenes account of launching Second Life, the first metaverse platform to achieve mainstream awareness, and what its many controversies teach us. Where currenTable of Contents Preface xiii Introduction: Five Stories about Five Core Metaverse Concepts xix Part I Conception 1 Chapter 1 Crash Course—A Simple History of a Complex Idea 3 Creating the Metaverse Immediately after Snow Crash 7 Reclaiming the Metaverse’s Definition Taken from Its Source 11 Chapter 2 Second Life and the Mystery of the First Metaverse Platform 23 Chapter 3 How Facebook Became Meta (But Lost the Metaverse on the Way) 77 Part II Realization 101 Chapter 4 Kid Stuff: Minecraft, and the Rise of Roblox 103 Chapter 5 Battle Royale for the Fortnite Metaverse 127 Chapter 6 Neal Stephenson Enters the Metaverse— Lamina1, Blockchain, and the Utopia of Ownership 141 Chapter 7 VRChat and Finding Furry Anime Utopia 161 Part III Promises and Perils 185 Chapter 8 VR, Interoperability, Web3, and Other Metaverse Myths 187 Chapter 9 Sex, Abuse, and the Eternal Content Moderation Challenge 205 Chapter 10 Metaverse Real-World Use Cases—Separating Substance from Hype 225 Chapter 11 Overcoming the Metaverse Age Cliff and the Immersion Funnel 249 Part IV A Metaverse Worth Fighting For 263 Chapter 12 Future Paths 265 Chapter 13 Future Pitfalls—Manipulation, Takedowns, and the Experience Machine 279 Chapter 14 Metaverse Lessons for the Next 30 Years 295 Glossary 319 Appendix A: Rules for Avatar Radicals and Reformers 323 Appendix B: Advice for Metaverse Reporters 329 Acknowledgments 331 About the Author 333 Index 335

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Book Synopsis Here is your perfect companion for learning about and developing React applications. This book introduces concepts innovatively, using real-world examples based on the most recommended practices to help you establish a firm foundation. This comprehensive approach provides a strong focus on building components by using React hooks. You''ll begin by learning web fundamentals, next-generation JavaScript, and how React fits into this. In the chapters that follow, you''ll build a React application from scratch and learn about JSX, components, props, state management, prop drilling, context, and lifecycle events. Along the way you''ll build a multi-component app and see how the components interact. Debugging and styling React applications are also discussed. You''ll then take an in depth look at React hooks and see how to create a custom hook. There is also a penultimate chapter that explores important concepts such as routing and authentication. The book concludes with Table of Contents Chapter 1: Time to React Chapter Goal: The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to React and to introduce the role it plays in modern web development. No of pages: 20 Subtopics 1. Think before you React 2. How React Reacts compared to JavaScript? 3. React Vs Angular . 4. Where to React? Chapter 2: JavaScript Before You React Chapter Goal: Next gen JavaScript (ES6 and above) is the subject of this chapter. The goal of this chapter is to get you familiar with the latest features of this most popular programming language. No of pages: 40 Sub - Topics 1. Variables, Conditionals, and loops 2. Functions and Arrow Functions 3. Modules 4. Events 5. Reference Types 6. Async Await 7. Template Literals. Chapter 3: Start Reacting Chapter Goal: The goal of this chapter is to get you started on your React journey. You will gain an in-depth understanding of React project setup and fundamental concepts. No of pages: 60 Sub - Topics: 1. Set up an environment to ‘React’ 2. How to React? 3. create-react-app 4. Introduction to Components 5. JSX 6. Reacting to inputs 7. Styling your component 8. Virtual DOM 9. Props and State 10. Just React to Child 11. React on a Condition Chapter 4: Think React Chapter Goal: Using the most recommended concepts of React, this chapter creates a fully functional application. You'll gain an understanding of state management, component interactions etc., and you will start thinking the React way. No of pages:50 Sub - Topics: 1. VS Code Extensions 2. Restructuring the React form 3. Combining Reactions 4. Sibling Reactions 5. Component chat continues… 6. Reacting to edits 7. More Reactions to the parent Chapter 5: Rethink React Chapter Goal: The goal of this chapter is to get you to rethink. It will show you how to identify and fix common problems with React applications. You will learn some advanced concepts such as code splitting and React Context. No of pages:50 Sub - Topics: 1. React Lazy and Suspense 2. Props Drilling 3. Multi View React app 4. React Context Chapter 6: React to Bugs Chapter Goal: This chapter covers several ways to debug React applications. It mostly focuses on how you, as a developer, react to bugs in React applications.You will learn about the rich capabilities of Chrome DevTools and React DevTools. No of pages:30 Sub - Topics: 1. Chrome Reacts 2. Don’t React, Debug first 3. Console Reactions 4. React to Errors 5. React Developer Tools 6. React to Bugs within VS Code Chapter 7: Reacting in style Chapter Goal: The purpose of this chapter is to present different ways of styling components, their pros and cons, and introduce some tools to assist you in styling React components. No of pages:30 Sub - Topics: 1. CSS-in-JS 2. Styled Components 3. CSS Style Sheets 4. Sassy CSS (SCSS) 5. CSS Modules 6. Overview of CodeSandbox and Material UI 7. Responsive React Chapter 8: Hook into React Chapter Goal: In this chapter, we will cover in depth about React Hooks with examples. You will learn about all the hooks and how to create custom hooks. No of pages:60 Sub - Topics: 1. Life of a Class 2. Life of a Function and the birth of Hooks 3. useState 4. useEffect 4. useRef 5. useReducer 6. Remember to React 7. useMemo 8. useCallback 9. useContext 10. Few more ‘Hookies’ 11. Custom ‘Hookies’ Chapter 9: React more Chapter Goal: This chapter covers basics about Routing, Authentication, sending HTTP requests from a React App, Redux and a few other concepts we haven't talked about so far in other chapters. etc. No of pages:50 Sub - Topics: 1. React to Routes 2. Identify before React 3. . HTTP Reactions 4. Redux Chapter 10: New Reactions Chapter Goal: This chapter summarizes all the new features in React 18 No of pages:20 Sub - Topics: 1. New Root and the new way to Render 2. React Concurrently 3. React slowly for faster response 4. Server on Suspense 5. Automatic Batching 6. ’Too Strict’ Mode 7. New ‘Hookies’

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