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Distributed morphology today : morphemes for Morris Halle
"This festschrift honors Morris Halle, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, for his many foundational and lasting contributions to our understanding of morphology."This book offers a snapshot of current research in distributed morphology, highlighting the lasting influence of Morris Halle, a pioneer in generative linguistics. Distributed morphology, which integrates the morphological with the …
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- 9781461935650
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages)
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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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An introduction to genetic algorithms
"A Bradford book."Genetic algorithms have been used in science and engineering as adaptive algorithms for solving practical problems and as computational models of natural evolutionary systems. This brief, accessible introduction describes some of the most interesting research in the field and also enables readers to implement and experiment with genetic algorithms on their own. It focuses in d…
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- 9780262280013
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- 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) :illustrations.
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- 510 MIT i
Investigations in universal grammar : a guide to experiments on the acquisiti…
This introductory guide to language acquisition research is presented within the framework of Universal Grammar, a theory of the human faculty for language. The authors focus on two experimental techniques for assessing children's linguistic competence: the Elicited Production task, a production task, and the Truth Value Judgment task, a comprehension task. Their methodologies are designed to o…
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- 0585360723
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- 1 online resource (ix, 342 pages).
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- 400 CRA i
A History of Canberra
Designed as an 'ideal city' and emblem of the nation, Canberra has long been a source of ambivalence for many Australians. In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown challenges these ideas and looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the unique, layered and often colourful history of Australia's capital. Brown covers Canberra's selection as the site of the national capital, the turbulent …
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- 9781139196260
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Inventive Minds: Marvin Minsky on Education
Six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky on how education can foster inventiveness, paired with commentary by Minsky's former colleagues and students. Marvin Minsky was a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence whose work led to both theoretical and practical advances. His work was motivated not only by technological advancement but also by the desire to understan…
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- 9780262350273
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Sensorimotor Cognition and Natural Language Syntax
A proposal that the syntactic structure of a sentence reporting a concrete episode in the world can be interpreted as a description of the sensorimotor processes involved in experiencing that episode.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1283707527
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- 1 online resource (xi, 392 pages) :illustrations
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Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation
""Manipulation" refers to a variety of physical changes made to the world around us. Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation addresses one form of robotic manipulation, moving objects, and the various processes involved--grasping, carrying, pushing, dropping, throwing, and so on. Unlike most books on the subject, it focuses on manipulation rather than manipulators. This attention to processes rather …
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Reframing Rights: Bioconstitutionalism in the Genetic Age
Legal texts have been with us since the dawn of human history. Beginning in 1953, life too became textual. The discovery of the structure of DNA made it possible to represent the basic matter of life with permutations and combinations of four letters of the alphabet, A, T, C, and G. Since then, the biological and legal conceptions of life have been in constant, mutually constitutive interplay -…
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- 9780262298667
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- 1 online resource (x, 310 pages).
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Computational Thinking Education in K–12: Artificial Intelligence Literacy …
A guide to computational thinking education, with a focus on artificial intelligence literacy and the integration of computing and physical objects. Computing has become an essential part of today's primary and secondary school curricula. In recent years, K–12 computer education has shifted from computer science itself to the broader perspective of computational thinking (CT), which is les…
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