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Unconventional Models of Computation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 442

Unconventional Models of Computation

Covering recent research into unconventional methods of computing for disciplines in computer science, mathematics, biology, physics and philosophy, the subjects include: nonconventional computational methods, DNA computation, quantum computation, and beyong Turing computability; new methods of discrete computation; theoretical and conceptual new computational paradigms; practical knowledge on new computing technologies.

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Visual Representations and Interpretations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 451

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Visual Representations and Interpretations

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-12-09
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

The value of multi-disciplinary research lies in the exchange of ideas and methods across the traditional boundaries between areas of study. It could be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline become re-applied in another.The topic of "the visual" has become increasingly important as advances in technology have led to multi-media and multi-modal representations, and extended the range and scope of visual representation and interpretation in our lives. Under this broad heading there are many different perspectives and approaches, from across the entire spectrum of human knolwedge and activit...

Virtual, Distributed and Flexible Organisations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 321

Virtual, Distributed and Flexible Organisations

Organisational Semiotics offers an effective approach to analysing organisations and modelling organisational behaviour. The methods and techniques derived from Organisational Semiotics enable us to study the organisation by examining how information is created and used for communication, coordination and performance of actions towards organisational objectives. The latest development of the young discipline and its applications have been reported in this book, which provides a useful guide and a valuable reference to anyone working in the areas of organisational study and information systems development.

Reviving the Living
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 321

Reviving the Living

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-08-30
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

Reviving the Living: Meaning Making in Living Systems presents a novel perspective that relates to current biological knowledge and issues. Written by polymath Dr. Yair Neuman, the book challenges the dogmas that frame our understanding of living systems and presents a radical alternative approach to understanding the world around us, one that avoids the pitfalls of non-scientific perspectives such as Vitalism and Creationism. In this thought provoking and iconoclastic manuscript, Neuman follows the footsteps of Gregory Bateson, Mikhail Bakhtin, Michael Polanyi and others, to suggest that living systems are meaning making systems. The book delves into the unique processes of meaning making t...

Evolutionary Computing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 352

Evolutionary Computing

This volume is based on the Workshop on Evolutionary Computing held in Leeds, U.K. in April 1994 under the sponsorship of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour. In addition to the 22 best papers presented at the workshop, there are two invited contributions by Ray Paton and Colin Reever. The volume addresses several aspects of evolutionary computing, particularly genetic algorithms, and its applications, for example in search, robotics, signal processing, machine learning, and scheduling. The papers are organized in sections on theoretical and biological foundations, techniques, classifier systems, and applications.

Bloomsbury Semiotics Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 369

Bloomsbury Semiotics Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences

Bloomsbury Semiotics offers a state-of-the-art overview of the entire field of semiotics by revealing its influence on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. With four volumes spanning theory, method and practice across the disciplines, this definitive reference work emphasizes and strengthens common bonds shared across intellectual cultures, and facilitates the discovery and recovery of meaning across fields. It comprises: Volume 1: History and Semiosis Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences Volume 3: Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences Volume 4: Semiotic Movements Written by leading international experts, the chapters provide comprehensive overviews of the hist...

Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 812

Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006-11-23
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly UML conferences), MoDELS 2006. The book presents 51 revised full papers and 2 invited papers. Discussion is organized in topical sections on evaluating UML, MDA in software development, concrete syntax, applying UML to interaction and coordination, aspects, model integration, formal semantics of UML, security, model transformation tools and implementation, and more.

Cellular Computing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 239

Cellular Computing

The view of the genome as a network of interacting computational components is well-established, but researchers try to reverse the analogy, by using living organisms to construct logic circuits. This book deals with the implementation of this technology, describing working experimental demonstrations using cells as components of logic circuits.

Soul Made Flesh
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

Soul Made Flesh

Soul Made Flesh is the remarkable untold story of a dramatic turning point in history -- the exciting discovery of how the human brain works.

Intelligent Agents II - Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 464

Intelligent Agents II - Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages

This book is based on the second International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, held in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI'95 in Montreal, Canada in August 1995. The 26 papers are revised final versions of the workshop presentations selected from a total of 54 submissions; also included is a comprehensive introduction, a detailed bibliography listing 355 relevant publications, and a subject index. The book is structured into seven sections, reflecting the most current major directions in agent-related research. Together with its predecessor, Intelligent Agents, published as volume 890 in the LNAI series, this book provides a timely and comprehensive state-of-the-art report.