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The Digital Transformation of Labor : Automation, the Gig Economy and Welfare
ABSTRACT Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process causes (or may cause) the autonomy of various labor functions, and its impact in creating (or stymieing) various job opportunities on the labor market. This book also seeks to illuminate what actors/groups are mostly benefited by the digitalizati…
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- 9780429317866
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- 366 p
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Mobile ad hoc networks : current status and future trends
Guiding readers through the basics of these rapidly emerging networks to more advanced concepts and future expectations, this book examines the most pressing research issues in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs). Leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics provide an authoritative perspective of the state of the art in MANETs. The book includes surveys of recent publications that in…
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- 9780429192227
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- 538 p
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- 001 MOB
Rights for Robots : Artificial Intelligence, Animal and Environmental Law
ABSTRACT Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on animal rights and the rights of nature to assess the status of robots. Through extensive philosophical and legal analyses, the book explores how rights can be applied to nonhuman entities. This task is …
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- 9780429288159
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- 190 p
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Signal processing : a mathematical approach
Signal Processing: A Mathematical Approach is designed to show how many of the mathematical tools the reader knows can be used to understand and employ signal processing techniques in an applied environment. Assuming an advanced undergraduate- or graduate-level understanding of mathematics-including familiarity with Fourier series, matrices, probab
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- 9780429158711
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- 439 p
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- 001 BYR s
Genetic algorithms and genetic programming: modern concepts and practical app…
Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming: Modern Concepts and Practical Applications discusses algorithmic developments in the context of genetic algorithms (GAs) and genetic programming (GP). It applies the algorithms to significant combinatorial optimization problems and describes structure identification using HeuristicLab as a platform for al
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- 9780429141973
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- 379 p
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- 001 AFF g
Information Security Governance Simplified : From the Boardroom to the Keyboard
Security practitioners must be able to build a cost-effective security program while at the same time meet the requirements of government regulations. This book lays out these regulations in simple terms and explains how to use the control frameworks to build an effective information security program and governance structure. It discusses how organizations can best ensure that the information i…
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- 9780429131905
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- 431 p
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- 001 FIT i
Engineering Systems Integration : Theory, Metrics, and Methods
ABSTRACT The first book to address the underlying premises of systems integration and how to exposit them into a practical and productive manner, this book prepares systems managers and systems engineers to consider their decisions in light of systems integration metrics. The book addresses two questions: Is there a way to express the interplay of human actions and the result of system interac…
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- 9780429109744
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- 406 p
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- 005 LAN e
Foundations of fuzzy logic and semantic web languages
Managing vagueness/fuzziness is starting to play an important role in Semantic Web research, with a large number of research efforts underway. Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Semantic Web Languages provides a rigorous and succinct account of the mathematical methods and tools used for representing and reasoning with fuzzy information within Semantic
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- 9780429109614
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- 386 p
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- 005 STR f
Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs
While there are countless books on wireless networks, few actually quantify the key performance-limiting factors of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and describe various methods for improving WLAN performance. Fulfilling these needs, Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs: A Practical Guide provides both theoretical background and empirical
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- 9780429100369
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- 472 p
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- 005 SAR i
Advanced location-based technologies and services
ABSTRACT Since the publication of the first edition in 2004, advances in mobile devices, positioning sensors, WiFi fingerprinting, and wireless communications, among others, have paved the way for developing new and advanced location-based services (LBSs). This second edition provides up-to-date information on LBSs, including WiFi fingerprinting, mobile computing, geospatial clouds, geospatial…
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- 9780429098468
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- 348 p
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- 005 ADV
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