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Multimodal Analyses enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Second Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human Interaction, MA3HMI 2014, held in Conjunction with INTERSPEECH 2014, in Singapore, Singapore, on September 14th, 2014. The 9 revised papers presented together with a keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submission…
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- 978-3-319-15556-2
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- XII, 109
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science
This book is intended for the GIS Science and Decision Science communities. It is primarily targeted at postgraduate students and practitioners in GIS and urban, regional and environmental planning as well as applied decision analysis. It is also suitable for those studying and working with spatial decision support systems. The main objectives of this book are to effectivley integrate Multicrit…
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- 978-3-662-50152-8
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- XV
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- Advances in Geographic Information Science
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Multi-Project Management with a Multi-Skilled Workforce
This book covers three fundamental problems at the interface of multi-project management and human resource management: the selection of projects, the composition of small project teams, and workload leveling. Matthias Walter proposes optimization models and solution methods for these problems, assuming multi-skilled workers with heterogeneous skill levels. For the first time, the author presen…
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- 978-3-658-08035-8
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- XXIII, 301
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- Produktion und Logistik
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Morton Deutsch: Major Texts on Peace Psychology
Commemorating Morton Deutsch’s 95th birthday, this book presents ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war and peace. This second volume presents Deutsch in his role as a leading social science activist on issues of war and peace – writing papers, making speeches and participating in demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and being …
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- 978-3-319-15442-8
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- XIII, 167
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- SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Mobility and Ancient Society in Asia and the Americas
Mobility and Ancient Society in Asia and the Americas contains contributions by leading international scholars concerning the character, timing, and geography of regional migrations that led to the dispersal of human societies from Inner and northeast Asia to the New World in the Upper Pleistocene (ca. 20,000-15,000 years ago). This volume bridges scholarly traditions from Europe, Central Asia,…
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- 978-3-319-15137-3
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- XIII, 202
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Labor Law in China: Progress and Challenges
The primary aim of this book is to help readers understand the development of the theory and practice of labor law in China, and to familiarize them with major advances and remaining challenges in this field. The author also puts forward suggestions on how to improve labor law in China on the basis of an analysis of key problems and comparative study. The book can also serve as a useful guid…
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- 978-3-662-46929-3
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Morton Deutsch: A Pioneer in Developing Peace Psychology
Commemorating Morton Deutsch’s 95th birthday, this book presents ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war and peace. This first volume presents Deutsch in his role as a leading social science activist on issues of war and peace – writing papers, making speeches and participating in demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and being a…
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- 978-3-319-15439-8
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- XVI, 139
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- SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Mobile Services for Toy Computing
The goal of this book is to crystallize the emerging mobile computing technologies and trends by focusing on the most promising solutions in services computing. The book will provide clear proof that mobile technologies are playing an increasingly important and critical role in supporting toy computing. The goal of this book is to bring together academics and practitioners to describe the use a…
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- 978-3-319-21322-4
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- VIII, 192
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- International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology
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Media Art and the Urban Environment; Engendering Public Engagement with Urban…
This text formally appraises the innovative ways new media artists engage urban ecology. Highlighting the role of artists as agents of technological change, the work reviews new modes of seeing, representing and connecting within the urban setting. The book describes how technology can be exploited in order to create artworks that transcend the technology’s original purpose, thus expanding th…
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- 978-3-319-15152-6
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- Future City
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- XIV, 299
More Playful User Interfaces
This book covers the latest advances in playful user interfaces – interfaces that invite social and physical interaction. These new developments include the use of audio, visual, tactile and physiological sensors to monitor, provide feedback and anticipate the behavior of human users. The decreasing cost of sensor and actuator technology makes it possible to integrate physical behavior inform…
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- 978-981-287-545-7
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- X, 261
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- Gaming Media and Social Effects
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