Filter by
The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence
The first digital turn in architecture changed our ways of making; the second changes our ways of thinking. Almost a generation ago, the early software for computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) spawned a style of smooth and curving lines and surfaces that gave visible form to the first digital age, and left an indelible mark on contemporary architecture. But today's digitally int…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262341240
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Evolutionary Robotics: The Biology, Intelligence, and Technology of Self-Orga…
"A Bradford book.""Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous, artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention. Drawing heavily on biology and ethology, it uses the r…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262256735
- Collation
- 1 online resource (320 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Financial policies in emerging markets
An overview of the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies and how the impact of exchange rate regimes affects this vulnerability.The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262268691
- Collation
- 1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
From Animals to Animats 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conferenc…
The Simulation of Adaptive Behavior Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, computer science, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow adaptation and survival in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on robotic and computationa…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262316071
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xi, 420 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Wine economics
"An interdisciplinary exploration of the economics of wine, drawing on a variety of academic literatures"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262361027
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The great divestiture :evaluating the welfare impact of the British privatiza…
The privatization carried out under the Thatcher and Major governments in Britain has been widely (although not universally) considered a success, and has greatly influenced the privatization of state industries in the transition economies of Eastern Europe. Massimo Florio's systematic analysis is the first comprehensive treatment of the overall welfare impact of this broad national policy of d…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262272865
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 424 pages) : illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Investing in Science: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures
Large particle accelerators, outer space probes, genomics platforms: all are scientific enterprises managed through the new form of the research infrastructure, in which communities of scientists collaborate across nations, universities, research institutions, and disciplines. Such large projects are often publicly funded, with no accepted way to measure the benefits to society of these investm…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262355964
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Projective Geometry; Solved Problems and Theory Review
Buku tentang geometri proyektif bertujuan untuk melengkapi buku teks standar di lapangan, dengan fokus pada pendekatan “learning by doing”. Alih-alih menjadi bacaan berurutan, buku ini berfungsi sebagai pendamping untuk membantu pembaca dalam memahami materi melalui contoh dan penerapan yang dikerjakan secara menyeluruh. Penulis berharap dapat memicu rasa ingin tahu dan menantang pembaca un…
- Edition
- 104
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-42824-6
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 516.5 FOR p
Transition: The First Decade
A comparative analysis of eleven transition economies.The former socialist countries' transition to market economies is one of the momentous transformations in modern history. The pace and degree of success have varied widely, and there is increasing divergence in performance, structure, and institutions among the transition economies. These differences are largely determined by country-specifi…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262268707
- Collation
- 1 online resource (vi, 516 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Service-oriented computing
Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) promises a world of cooperating services loosely connected, creating dynamic business processes and agile applications that span organizations and platforms. As a computing paradigm, it utilizes services as fundamental elements to support rapid, low-cost development of distributed applications in heterogeneous environments. Realizing the SOC promise requires the…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262273671
- Collation
- 1 online resource (vi, 378 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography