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Mental leaps :analogy in creative thought
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- 0585026610
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) :illustrations, map
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Megalopolis :the urbanized north-eastern seaboard of the United States
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- 9780262367936
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- 1 online resource (810 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Media and sovereignty :the global information revolution and its challenge to…
Media have been central to government efforts to reinforce sovereignty and define national identity, but globalization is fundamentally altering media practices, institutions, and content. More than the activities of large conglomerates, globalization entails competition among states as well as private entities to dominate the world's consciousness. Changes in formal and informal rules, in addi…
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- 9780262281904
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- 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) :illustrations
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Materialized views :techniques, implementations, and applications
"When an application is built, an underlying data model is chosen to make that application effective. Frequently, other applications need the same data, only modeled differently. The solution of copying the underlying data and modeling is costly in terms of storage and makes data maintenance and evolution impossible. View mechanisms are a technique to model data differently for various applicat…
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- 9780262287500
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- 1 online resource (xix, 589 pages) :illustrations
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Markets for technology :the economics of innovation and corporate strategy
The past two decades have seen a gradual but noticeable change in the economic organization of innovative activity. Most firms used to integrate research and development with activities such as production, marketing, and distribution. Today firms are forming joint ventures, research and development alliances, licensing deals, and a variety of other outsourcing arrangements with universities, te…
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- 9780262267366
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- 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) :illustrations
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Market institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa :theory and evidence
An analysis of recent data on the economic behavior of market institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, with implications for future research and current policy.In Market Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Marcel Fafchamps synthesizes the results of recent surveys of indigenous market institutions in twelve countries, including Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, and presents find…
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- 9780262272452
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- 1 online resource (xx, 521 pages) :illustrations.
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Making space :the development of spatial representation and reasoning
"A Bradford book."Spatial competence is a central aspect of human adaptation. To understand human cognitive functioning, we must understand how people code the locations of things, how they navigate in the world, and how they represent and mentally manipulate spatial information. Until recently three approaches have dominated thinking about spatial development. Followers of Piaget claim that in…
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- 9780262280594
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- 1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) :illustrations.
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Machine musicianship
"Musicians begin formal training by acquiring a body of musical concepts commonly known as musicianship. These concepts underlie the musical skills of listening, performance, and composition. Like humans, computer music programs can benefit from a systematic foundation of musical knowledge. This book explores the technology of implementing musical processes such as segmentation, pattern process…
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- 9780262256896
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- 1 online resource (x, 399 pages) :illustrations
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Looking into pictures :an interdisciplinary approach to pictorial space
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- 9780262275163
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 417 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color).
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Logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning :proceedings of the second inte…
Papers presented during the workshop held in Lisbon in June 1993."This is the second in a series of workshops that are bringing together researchers from the theoretical end of both the logic programming and artificial intelligence communities to discuss their mutual interests. This workshop emphasizes the relationship between logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning.Luis' Moniz Pereira is…
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- 9780262291378
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- 1 online resource (vii, 494 pages) :illustrations
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