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Consciousness
"A Bradford book."In this book, William Lycan defends an original theory of mind that he calls "homuncular functionalism." What is consciousness? The answer to this question has been pondered upon, grappled with, and argued about since time immemorial. There has never been an answer that achieved consensus; certainly philosophers have never agreed.In this book, William Lycan defends an original…
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- 1 online resource (xii, 165 pages)
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Advances in genetic programming.
Genetic programming, a form of genetic algorithm that evolves programs and program-like executable structures, is a new paradigm for developing reliable, time- and cost-effective applications. The second volume of Advances in Genetic Programming highlights many of the most recent technical advances in this increasingly popular field.Genetic programming, a form of genetic algorithm that evolves …
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- 9780262290791
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- 1 online resource (xi, 538 pages) :illustrations.
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Contracts in Trade and Transition: The Resurgence of Barter
An institutional approach to explaining countertrade and barter in international trade and domestic trade in transition economies.Difficulties in contract enforcement impede international transactions in the world economy and domestic transactions in transition economies. In Contracts in Trade and Transition, Dalia Marin and Monika Schnitzer explain how barter as an economic institution can fac…
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 206 pages) :illustrations
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Advances in genetic programming Volume 3
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262284127
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- 1 online resource (476 pages) :illustrations.
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Cost Proxy Models and Telecommunications Policy: A New Empirical Approach to …
An empirical approach to understanding telecommunications regulation based on the use of a sophisticated engineering cost proxy model.The telecommunications industry defies easy characterization. The long-distance sector is highly competitive and the local exchange sector much less so, while digital transmission and switching have blurred the distinction between traditional voice communication …
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Affective computing
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- 9780262281584
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- 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) :illustrations
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Artificial intelligence and learning environments
"A Bradford book.""Reprinted from Artificial intelligence: an international journal, volume 42, number 1, 1990"--Title page verso.New perspectives and techniques are shaping the field of computer-aided instruction. These essays explore cognitively oriented empirical trials that use AI programming as a modeling methodology and that can provide valuable insight into a variety of learning problems…
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- 1st MIT Press ed.
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- 9780262288514
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- 1 online resource (162 pages) :illustrations.
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Leveraging distortions :explanation, idealization, and universality in science
"An original argument about how scientific models often times distort reality rather than accurately reflect it. And it's this distortion that often gives scientific models their epistemic power"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Decentralization and local governance in developing countries: a comparative …
Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic policy. The contributors to Decentralization a…
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- 9780262267694
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Deliberative democracy: essays on reason and politics
"The anthology opens with four key essays - by Jon Elster, Jurgen Habermas, Joshua Cohen, and John Rawls - that helped establish the current inquiry into deliberative models of democracy. The nine essays that follow represent the latest efforts of leading democratic theorists to tackle various problems of deliberative democracy. All the contributions address tensions that arise between reason a…
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