Penalaran tentang pengetahuan--khususnya pengetahuan agen yang bernalar tentang dunia dan pengetahuan satu sama lain--dulunya hanya dilakukan oleh para filsuf dan pemecah teka-teki. Baru-baru ini, jenis penalaran ini terbukti memainkan peran penting dalam sejumlah konteks yang mengejutkan, mulai dari memahami percakapan hingga analisis algoritma komputer terdistribusi. Penalaran Tentang Pengeta…
Mengacu pada survei telepon representatif nasional yang dilakukan dari tahun 1995 hingga 2000, James Katz dan Ronald Rice menawarkan gambaran yang kaya dan bernuansa tentang penggunaan Internet di Amerika. Dengan menggunakan data kuantitatif, serta studi kasus situs Web, mereka mengeksplorasi dampak Internet pada masyarakat dari tiga perspektif: akses ke teknologi Internet (kesenjangan digital)…
A comparative analysis of global environmental assessments shows the importance of policy salience, scientific credibility, and social and political legitimacy in determining the influence of scientific assessments on global environmental policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The contributors first discuss Heckscher's efforts to forge the discipline of economic history by combining both the historian's careful evaluation of sources and the economist's rigorous models. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of factor proportions is described and tested empirically. Contributors then apply the theory to historical material, including Mediterranean trade in Biblical times, the ec…
Analysis and case studies from interdisciplinary perspectives explore the possibility and desirability of collaboration between the grassroots-oriented environmental justice movement and mainstream environmental organizations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Essays by prominent scholars and policymakers honor one of the most influential macroeconomists of the last thirty years discussing the themes behind his work.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
“Ingat Orang Austria” atau “Apa Hubungan Katalaktik dengan Teknik Sipil?” Judul “Purposeful Engineering Economics” dipilih untuk menekankan pentingnya niat di balik setiap tindakan ekonomi. Untuk menjelaskan gagasan ini secara memadai memerlukan penyelidikan yang jauh melampaui ilmu ekonomi teknik. Faktanya, sebagian besar narasi akan berkisar pada bidang subjek yang luas yang dapat…
Experimental and theoretical approaches to global brain dynamics that draw on the latest research in the field. The consideration of time or dynamics is fundamental for all aspects of mental activity--perception, cognition, and emotion--because the main feature of brain activity is the continuous change of the underlying brain states even in a constant environment. The application of nonlinear …
Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology describes the successes and failures of the commercialization efforts of the U.S. solar thermal energy program, from the oil embargo of 1973 through the demise of the program in the early Reagan administration and its afterlife since then. The emphasis throughout is on lessons learned from the solar experience, with an eye toward applications to other …