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This book contains a selection of articles from The 2016 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'16), held between the 22nd and 24th of March at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information S…
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- 978-3-319-31306-1
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- XXIV, 773
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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New Backpropagation Algorithm with Type-2 Fuzzy Weights for Neural Networks
In this book a neural network learning method with type-2 fuzzy weight adjustment is proposed. The mathematical analysis of the proposed learning method architecture and the adaptation of type-2 fuzzy weights are presented. The proposed method is based on research of recent methods that handle weight adaptation and especially fuzzy weights. The internal operation of the neuron is changed to wo…
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- 978-3-319-34086-9
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- IX, 102
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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Direct methods for limit and shakedown analysis of structures : advanced comp…
Articles in this book examine various materials and how to determine directly the limit state of a structure, in the sense of limit analysis and shakedown analysis. Apart from classical applications in mechanical and civil engineering contexts, the book reports on the emerging field of material design beyond the elastic limit, which has further industrial design and technological applications. …
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- 9783319129280
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- 624
Ambient Intelligence- Software and Applications – 7th International Symposi…
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a recent paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence, where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable. Another main concern of AmI originates from the human computer interaction domain and focuses on offering ways to interact with systems in a more natural way by means us…
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- 978-3-319-40114-0
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- XVII, 234
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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- 006.3 AMB a
Ambient Intelligence for Health: First International Conference, AmIHEALTH 20…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Ambient Intelligence for Health, AmIHEALTH 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015. The 20 revised full papers and 9 short papers were reviewed and selected from 32 submissions and cover topics on technologies for implementing AmIHealth environments; frameworks related with AmIHealt…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-26508-7
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- XIV, 304
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications: 6th International Symposium…
This volume contains the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2015), held in Salamanca, Spain on June 3th-5th at the University of Salamanca. After a careful review, 27 papers from 10 different countries were selected to be presented in ISAmI 2015 at the conference and published in the proceedings. ISAmI has been running annually and aiming to bring t…
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- 978-3-319-19695-4
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- XIII, 274
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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- 006.3 AMB a
Ambient Intelligence: 12th European Conference, AmI 2015, Athens, Greece, Nov…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2015, held in Athens, Greece, in November 2015. The 21 revised full papers presented together with 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Over the past 20 years, the vision of Ambient Intelligence has gradually materialized into a plethora of technolog…
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- 978-3-319-26005-1
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- XIII, 372
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Ambient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations: 7th Int…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Work-Conference on Ambient Assisted Living, IWAAL 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015. The 20 full papers presented with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The focus of the papers is on following topics: ambient assisted living for tele-care and tele-rehabilitation;…
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- 978-3-319-26410-3
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- XIV, 302
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination
This Chapter will address the current protections that are available to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) individuals who allege they have been victims of employment discrimination. The Chapter's primary focus will be on federal statutory law, particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the focus here is on federal law, Appendix I to this Chapter lists the…
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- 345 GRE s
Recommender Systems Handbook
This second edition of a well-received text, with 20 new chapters, presents a coherent and unified repository of recommender systems’ major concepts, theories, methodologies, trends, and challenges. A variety of real-world applications and detailed case studies are included. In addition to wholesale revision of the existing chapters, this edition includes new topics including: decision making…
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- 978-1-4899-7637-6
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- 006.3
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