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Designing information technology in the postmodern age: from method to metaphor
Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age puts the theoretical discussion of computer systems and information technology on a new footing. Shifting the discourse from its usual rationalistic framework, Richard Coyne shows how the conception, development, and application of computer systems is challenged and enhanced by postmodern philosophical thought. He places particular emphasis…
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) :illustrations.
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Designing sociable robots
"A Bradford book."Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us and grow with us. It will be socially intelligent in a humanlike way. Eventually sociable robots will assist us in our daily lives, as colla…
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- 9780262255837
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) :illustrations.
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Modeling and analysis of communicating systems
Complex communicating computer systems -- computers connected by data networks and in constant communication with their environments -- do not always behave as expected. This book introduces behavioral modeling, a rigorous approach to behavioral specification and verification of concurrent and distributed systems. It is among the very few techniques capable of modeling systems interaction at a …
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- 0262321033
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) :illustrations
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Analytical methods for dynamics modelers
"Simulation modeling is increasingly integrated into research and policy analysis of complex sociotechnical systems in a variety of domains. Model-based analysis and policy design inform a range of applications in fields from economics to engineering to health care. This book offers a hands-on introduction to key analytical methods for dynamic modeling. Bringing together tools and methodologies…
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- 1 online resource (xxvi, 416 pages) :illustrations
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Interface
In this book, Branden Hookway considers the interface not as technology but as a form of relationship with technology. The interface, Hookway proposes, is at once ubiquitous and hidden from view. It is both the bottleneck through which our relationship to technology must pass and a productive encounter embedded within the use of technology. It is a site of contestation -- between human and mach…
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Intelligence emerging : adaptivity and search in evolving neural systems
"Emergence--the formation of global patterns from solely local interactions--is a frequent and fascinating theme in the scientific literature both popular and academic. In this book, Keith Downing undertakes a systematic investigation of the widespread (if often vague) claim that intelligence is an emergent phenomenon. Downing focuses on neural networks, both natural and artificial, and how the…
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- 0262328666
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 475 pages) :illustrations
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Human Information Interaction: An Ecological Approach to Information Behavior
In this work, Raya Fidel proposes a research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of information systems: cognitive work analysis (CWA).OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301473
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The future was here :the Commodore Amiga
Exploring the often-overlooked history and technological innovations of the world's first true multimedia computer. Long ago, in 1985, personal computers came in two general categories: the friendly, childish game machine used for fun (exemplified by Atari and Commodore products); and the boring, beige adult box used for business (exemplified by products from IBM). The game machines became f…
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- 9780262301510
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- 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) :illustrations.
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Building the Trident network :a study of the enrollment of people, knowledge,…
In Building the Trident Network, Maggie Mort approaches the United Kingdom's Trident submarine and missile system as a sociotechnical network. Drawing on the sociology of scientific and technical knowledge and on actor-network theory, Mort recounts how the Trident program was stabilized in the United Kingdom and brought into "successful" production. She uncovers the nature of this success by re…
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- 9780262280235
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- 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) :illustrations.
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Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications
An introduction to a powerful and flexible network modeling tool for developing and understanding complex systems, with many examples from a range of industries.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :color illustrations.
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