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Computational Models of Reading: A Handbook (OXFORD SERIES ON COGNITIVE MODELS)

Oxford University Press, 2021

This book is about computational models of reading, or models that explain (and often simulate) the mental processes that allow us to convert the marks on a printed page into the representations that allow us to understand the contents of what we are reading. Computational Models of Reading
assumes no prior knowledge of the...

Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias: A Guide for Business Users and Data Scientists

Apress, 2019

Are algorithms friend or foe?

The human mind is evolutionarily designed to take shortcuts in order to survive. We jump to conclusions because our brains want to keep us safe. A majority of our biases work in our favor, such as when we feel a car speeding in our direction is dangerous and we instantly move, or when we...

Accident And Design: Contemporary Debates On Risk Management

UCL Press, 1996

“Four chapters good, two chapters bad” (with apologies to George Orwell) appears to have been orthodoxy’s response to the 1992 [British] Royal Society publication, Risk: analysis, perception and mana ement. The “good” four chapters were those written by distinguished engineers,...

Issues of Human Computer Interaction: Opportunities and Challenges

IRM Press, 2004

The interaction between humans and computers is evolving rapidly, impacting every aspect of human and organizational life. This book presents the latest developments in this field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). It discusses issues related End User Computing, as well as issues related to the human side of IT. This book will set a framework for...

Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology

Sams Publishing, 2001

Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology is a must-have book for anyone developing user interfaces (UI). The authors define a seemingly simple goal, the Cooperative Principle for Technology: "[T]hose who are designing, building, or managing the development of...

Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

CRC Press, 1999

Sexual difference in the brain has long been one of the more intriguing research areas in the field of neuroscience. This thorough and comprehensive text uncovers and explains recent neurobiological and molecular biological studies in the field of neuroscience as they relate to the mechanisms underlying sexual differentiation of the...

Cognitive Reasoning for Compliant Robot Manipulation (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics)

Springer, 2018

In order to achieve human-like performance, this book covers the four steps of reasoning a robot must provide in the concept of intelligent physical compliance: to represent, plan, execute, and interpret compliant manipulation tasks. A classification of manipulation tasks is conducted to identify the central research questions of the...

Reasoning About Knowledge

MIT Press, 2003

This book provides a general discussion of approaches to reasoning about knowledge and its applications to distributed systems, artificial intelligence, and game theory, as well as reasoning about the knowledge of agents who reason about the world.

Reasoning about knowledge—particularly the knowledge of agents who reason about the...

Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, Third Edition

Addison Wesley, 1997

Combines the theoretical foundations of intelligent problem-solving with he data structures and algorithms needed for its implementation. The book presents logic, rule, object and agent-based architectures, along with example programs written in LISP and PROLOG. The practical applications of AI have been kept within the context of its broader goal:...

Cost-Justifying Usability, Second Edition: An Update for the Internet Age, Second Edition (Interactive Technologies)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2005

HCI professionals will repeat quotes with statistics, learn from case studies, and copy chapters for their managers. Thorough & thoughtful, practical & actionable-- readers will be able to put the ideas to work immediately!

Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland

"Cost-Justifying Usability" delivers much...

Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon

Springer, 2006

Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures; it contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities. This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective.

This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious...

Digital Cultural Heritage

Springer, 2019

This book provides an overview of various application spheres and supports further innovations needed in information management and in the processes of knowledge generation. The professions, organizations and scientific associations involved are unusually challenged by the complexity of the data situation.

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