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Algorithm-Architecture Matching for Signal and Image Processing

Springer, 2010

Advances in signal and image processing together with increasing computing power are bringing mobile technology closer to applications in a variety of domains like automotive, health, telecommunication, multimedia, entertainment and many others. The development of these leading applications, involving a large diversity of algorithms...

Cyberpolitics in International Relations (MIT Press)

MIT Press, 2012

Cyberspace is widely acknowledged as a fundamental fact of daily life in today's world. Until recently, its political impact was thought to be a matter of low politics -- background conditions and routine processes and decisions. Now, however, experts have begun to recognize its effect on high politics -- national security, core...

Coherent Systems, Volume 2 (Studies in Logic and Practical Reasoning)

Elsevier Limited, 2004

One aspect of common sense reasoning is reasoning about normal cases, e.g. a physician will first try to interpret symptoms by a common disease, and will take more exotic possibilities only later into account. Such "normality" can be encoded, e.g. by
a relation, where case A is considered more normal than case B. This gives a...

The Turing Test and the Frame Problem: Ai's Mistaken Understanding of Intelligence

Ablex Publishing, 1994

Part of what it means to be a researcher is to identify what appears to be a relationship that others either have not noticed or have not fully appreciated. Both the Turing test and the frame problem have been significant items of discussion for more than 20 years in the philosophy of artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind, but there...

Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment

ABC Clio, 2000

This invaluable A-to-Z reference work presents nearly 300 entries that survey the history of prisoners of war and interned civilians from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores such themes as famous prisoners of war throughout history, medical conditions, atrocities, escapes,...

Complexity Theory and Cryptology

Springer, 2005

Modern cryptology increasingly employs mathematically rigorous concepts and methods from complexity theory. Conversely, current research topics in complexity theory are often motivated by questions and problems from cryptology. This book takes account of this situation, and therefore its subject is what may be dubbed "cryptocomplexity'', a...

Game Theory: Decisions, Interaction and Evolution (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series)

Springer, 2006

This book is an introduction to game theory from a mathematical perspective. It is intended to be a first course for undergraduate students of mathematics, but I also hope that it will contain something of interest to advanced students or researchers in biology and economics who often encounter the basics of game theory informally via relevant...

E: The Story of a Number

Princeton Press, 1994

Maor attempts to give the irrational number e its rightful standing alongside pi as a fundamental constant in science and nature; he succeeds very well.... Maor writes so that both mathematical newcomers and long-time professionals alike can thoroughly enjoy his book, learn something new, and witness the ubiquity of mathematical ideas in...

Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy

Schaffner Press, Inc., 2011

From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive...

The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

Scribner, 1996

"Few false ideas have more firmly gripped the minds of so many intelligent men than the one that, if they just tried, they could invent a cipher that no one could break," writes David Kahn in this massive (almost 1,200 pages) volume. Most of The Codebreakers focuses on the 20th century, especially World War II. But its reach is...

The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

I graduated from Long Island University in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. In the years since, much of the specifi c material I learned has been forgotten in the whirlwind of family and career life. Even so, there are some important lessons I still recall. Dr. Donald Baker often told us undergraduate students that states...

The Executive Guide to E-mail Correspondence: Including Model Letters for Every Situation

Career Press, 2006

Sit down at the keyboard and cinch that deal! Press the send button and get the account!

Writing skills are more important than ever in determining business success. They can make the difference between climbing the corporate ladder and getting stuck on a low rung. An e-mail that's clear, concise, and targeted will get more than just a...

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