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  • 1
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    Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (2008)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402066627
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (319 Seiten)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology 1
    Series Statement: The international library of ethics, law and technology
    RVK:
    SR 850
    Keywords: Computer science ; Information systems ; Computers Law and legislation ; Economics
    Abstract: Aims to warn policy-makers, industry, academia, civil society organisations, the media and the public about the threats and vulnerabilities facing our privacy, identity, trust, security and inclusion in the rapidly approaching world of ambient intelligence (AmI)
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction; The brave new world of ambient intelligence; Dark scenarios; Threats and vulnerabilities; Safeguards; Recommendations for stakeholders; Conclusions; Back Matter;
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6662-7
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  • 2
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    Accessing and sharing the benefits of the genomics revolution (2007)
    Dordrecht : Springer | [Berlin : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402058226
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics Vol. 11
    DDC: 174.957286
    RVK:
    MK 8500
    RVK:
    PE 715
    RVK:
    WF 9710
    RVK:
    ZB 40500
    Keywords: Genomics ; Intellectual property
    Abstract: This volume explores the legal, economic and political debate over intellectual property rights for traditional knowledge and genetic resources, analyzing theory and practice of access and benefits sharing around the world. The book investigates current flashpoints - the battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser over farmers' rights; disputes over coexistence of genetically modified and organic produce; and ownership and control of human genetic materials stored in human gene banks around the world.
    Abstract: There is a veritable gold rush mentality in the life science world as scientists, entrepreneurs and multinationals are staking claims to the code of life embodied in the world s current stock of plants, animals, microbes and human populations. This edited volume explores the legal, economic and political context for the debate about intellectual property rights for traditional knowledge and genetic resources and critically analyses the theory and practice of access and benefits sharing efforts around the world. The book also investigates the current flashpoints the David and Goliath battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser over farmers rights, the dispute over coexistence of GM and organic production, and the ownership and control of human genetic materials stored in human gene banks around the world.
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING IN CONTEXT; 1. Introduction to the Challenge of Access and Benefit Sharing; PART TWO: SHARING THE BENEFITS OF INVENTIONS, PGRS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; 2. Ideology of the Commons and Property Rights: Who Owns PlantGenetic Resources and the Associated Traditional Knowledge?; 3. Farmers' Privilege and Patented Seeds; 4. Traditional Knowledge and Benefit Sharing: From Compensationto Transaction
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. Biological Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and InternationalHuman Rights: Impacts on Indigenous and Local Communities6. Lost in Translation? The Rhetoric of Protecting Indigenous Peoples'Knowledge in International Law and the Omnipresent Realityof Biopiracy; PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING; 7. Liability Principles and their Impact on Access and Benefits Sharing; 8. Beyond the Rhetoric: Population Genetics and Benefit-Sharing; 9. Bioprocessing Partnerships in Practice: A Decade of Experiencesat INBio in Costa Rica
    Description / Table of Contents: PART FOUR: ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM10. Conclusions: New Paths to Access and Benefit Sharing; Index;
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5822-6
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  • 3
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    A Life (Un)Worthy of Living : Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany (2007)
    Dordrecht : Springer | [Berlin : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402052187
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 34
    Series Statement: International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hashiloni-Dolev, Yael A life (un)worthy of living
    DDC: 362.1983200943
    RVK:
    WG 7150
    Keywords: Ethics ; Reproductive Medicine ; Human genetics ; Sociology ; Philosophy (General) ; Reproductive Techniques ; Genetic Screening ; Genetic Screening ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Reproductive Techniques ; Israel ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik ; Deutschland ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik
    Abstract: This book presents the findings of a study into the social shaping of reproductive genetics in Germany and Israel. The study reveals dramatic differences between German and Israeli societies in addressing the question of a life (un)worthy of living. A close analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates controversies over reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way.
    Abstract: Based on a variety of empirical materials the study reveals dramatic differences between the way that the German and Israeli societies address the question of a life (un)worthy of living: while in Germany, social, cultural, religious and legal conditions restrict the selection of embryos based on prenatal diagnosis, in Israel they strongly encourage it. A close comparative analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the delicate balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates the controversy around reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way. The study is also innovative in its use of contemporary social theory concerning the politics of life in comprehending the differences between two societies positioned at opposite extremes in their adoption of reproductive genetics. It thus offers an original cross-cultural discussion concerning present-day techno-medical manipulations of life itself.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Theoretical Background; Methodology; Getting to Know the Field of Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany; Genetic Counselors' Moral Practices; Abortions on Embryopathic Grounds: Policy and Practice in Israel and Germany; Sex Chromosome Anomalies (SCAs) in Israel and Germany: Assessing "Birth Defects" and edical Risks According to the Importance of Fertility*; "Wrongful Life", in the eyes of the law, the counselors and the disabled; The Conflicts Between Individuals, Families and Society, as Well as Between Different Family Members, Embodied in Reproductive Genetics
    Description / Table of Contents: Back Matter
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index , Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Tel Aviv University, 2005 , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5218-9
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  • 4
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    Informing Digital Futures : Strategies for Citizen Engagement (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402047848
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Computer Science Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Computer Supported Cooperative Work 37
    DDC: 303.4833
    RVK:
    SR 850
    Keywords: Computer science ; Information systems ; Multimedia systems ; Social sciences Data processing ; Architectural design ; Informationstechnik ; Politische Beteiligung
    Abstract: In the present digital revolution we often seem trapped in a Kafkaesque world of technological advances, some desired, some disliked or even feared, which we cannot influence but must accept. This book discusses the urgent need to redress this situation. The authors argue that technologies succeed or fail according to their relevance and value to people, who need to be actively engaged in order to create shared visions and influence their implementation.
    Abstract: In the present digital revolution we often seem trapped in a Kafkaesque world of technological advances, some desired, some disliked or even feared, which we cannot influence but must accept. This book discusses the urgent need to redress this situation. The authors argue that technologies succeed or fail according to their relevance and value to people, who need to be actively engaged in order to create shared visions and influence their implementation. Strategies for citizen engagement and empowerment will enable citizens to influence and shape desirable digital futures. The book reviews the currently accepted ways of thinking about the design of systems and the reasons why these methods are no longer adequate. From an academically rigorous analysis of case histories across a wide variety of sectors, knowledge and best practice are captured in a rich, descriptive model of the contributions of citizen engagement to the design process. Finally, it provides specific practical guidance, based on sound academic research, for policy makers, administrators and ICT professionals on the strategies, methodologies, tools and techniques needed to change design practice.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4784-8
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  • 5
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    Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature: The Construction of Eighteenth-Century Botanical Illustrations (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402048203
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) v. 15
    DDC: 580.22209033
    RVK:
    WB 1031
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Humanities ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Pflanzen ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800
    Abstract: This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations. Its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of the botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. The author describes the different production stages of these illustrations. For the first time, the author presents a convincing description of how botanical illustrations developed, ascertaining the criteria that drove this process.
    Abstract: Presents a study of 18th-century botanical illustrations, offering insight into the working practices of botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. This book describes the different production stages of these illustrations, traces their uses, and explores their visual language, with particular emphasis on the difficult issue of colour
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; The Making of Botanical Illustrations; The Content of Botanical Illustrations; The Role of Botanical Illustrations; Visual Language; Links with Tradition; The Construction of Botanical Illustrations; Methods and Materials
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Bern, 2002 , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4820-3
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  • 6
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    Informing digital futures : strategies for citizen engagement (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 1402046405 , 9781402046407
    Language: English
    Pages: XV, 226 S.
    Series Statement: Computer supported cooperative work 37
    Series Statement: Computer supported cooperative work
    DDC: 303.4833
    RVK:
    SR 850
    Keywords: Information society ; System design Citizen participation ; Information technology Planning ; Telecommunication Planning ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Bürgerbeteiligung
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0824/2007425096-d.html
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  • 7
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    Programming for Peace : Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402043901
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation 2
    DDC: 303.69
    RVK:
    ST 270
    Keywords: Political Science ; Artificial intelligence ; Computer simulation ; Social sciences ; Social sciences Methodology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konfliktlösung ; Computerunterstütztes Verfahren ; Computerunterstütztes Verfahren ; Friedenssichernde Maßnahme
    Abstract: Sadly enough, war, conflicts and terrorism appear to stay with us in the 21st century. But what is our outlook on new methods for preventing and ending them? Present-day hard- and software enables the development of large crisis, conflict, and conflict management databases with many variables, sometimes with automated updates, statistical analyses of a high complexity, elaborate simulation models, and even interactive uses of these databases. In this book, these methods are presented, further developed, and applied in relation to the main issue: the resolution and prevention of intra- and international conflicts. Conflicts are a worldwide phenomenon. Therefore, internationally leading researchers from the USA, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland have contributed.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Conflict Resolution by Democracies and Dictatorships: Are Democracies Better in Resolving Conflicts?; Trade Liberalization and Political Instability in Developing Countries; Computer Assisted Early Warning - the FAST Example; Country Indicators for Foreign Policy Developing an Indicators-Based User Friendly Risk Assessment and Early Warning Capability; The Confman.2002 Data Set Developing Cases and Indices of Conflict Management to Predict Conflict Resolution; Events, Patterns, and Analysis Forecasting International Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
    Description / Table of Contents: Forecasting Conflict in the Balkans using Hidden Markov ModelsNeural Computation for International Conflict Management; Modeling International Negotiation Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches; Machine Learning Methods for Better Understanding, Resolving, and Preventing International Conflicts; Information, Power, and War; Modeling Effects of Emotion and Personality on Political Decision-Making; New Methods for Conflict Data; Peacemaker 2020 A System for Global Conflict Analysis and Resolution; A Work of Fiction and A Research Challenge
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4390-2
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  • 8
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    Programming for peace : computer-aided methods for international conflict resolution and prevention (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 1402043775 , 9781402043772 , 1402043902 , 9781402043901
    Language: English
    Pages: VIII, 463 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: Advances in group decision and negotiation v.2
    Series Statement: Advances in group decision and negotiation
    DDC: 303.690285
    RVK:
    ST 270
    Keywords: Künstliche Intelligenz ; Konfliktregelung ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Prävention ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift
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  • 9
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    Simulation : pragmatic construction of reality (2006)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 1402053746 , 9781402053740
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 211 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook volume 25
    Series Statement: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.4834
    RVK:
    CC 3200
    RVK:
    MR 5400
    RVK:
    MS 6950
    RVK:
    ST 340
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Naturwissenschaft ; Computer simulation ; Science Social aspects ; Simulation methods ; Simulation ; Soziologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung - Computersimulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation - Wissenschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung - Computersimulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation - Wissenschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung - Computersimulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation ; Aufsatzsammlung - Simulation - Wissenschaft ; Soziologie ; Simulation
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    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0825/2007398355-d.html
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  • 10
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    Communities and technologies 2005 : proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005 (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 140203590X , 1402035918 , 9781402035906 , 9781402035913
    Language: English
    Pages: 467 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    DDC: 303.4833
    RVK:
    SS 2005
    Keywords: Informationsgesellschaft ; Social Media ; Technologiemanagement ; Gemeinschaft ; Mailand 〈2005〉 ; Kongress ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift 2005
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    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0663/2005299795-d.html
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  • 11
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    Everyday Innovators : Researching the Role of Users in Shaping ICT's (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402038723
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Computer Science Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Computer Supported Cooperative Work 32
    DDC: 302.2
    RVK:
    SR 850
    Keywords: Computer Science ; Social sciences Data processing ; Informationstechnik ; Produktgestaltung ; Neue Medien
    Abstract: Everyday Innovators explores the active role of people, collectively and individually, in shaping the use of information and communication technologies. It examines issues around acquiring and using that knowledge of users, how we should conceptualise the role of users and understand the forms and limitations of their participation. To what extent should we think of users as being innovative and creative? To what extent is this routine or exceptional, confined to particular group of users or part of many people's experience of technologies? Where does the nature of the ICT or the particularities of its design impose constraints on the active role that users can play in their interaction with devices and services? Where do the horizons and orientations of the users influence or limit what they want and expect of their ICTs and how they use them? This book enables a cross-fertilisation of perspectives from different disciplines and aims to provide new insights into the role of users, drawing out both applied and theoretical implications
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Beyond User-Centric Models of Product Creation; Following the Emergence of Unpredictable Uses? New Stakes and Tasks for a Social Scientific Understanding of Ict Uses; The Innovatory Use of ICTs; Supporting Creativity - Co-Experience in Mobile Multimedia Messaging; The Social Shaping of New Mobile Devices Among Italian Youth; Creative User-Centered Design Practices: Lessons from Game Cultures; Artistic Deviance and Innovation in Use; The Mobile Multimedia Phone and Artistic Expression: A Case Study of Moby Click; Questioning the "Rural" Adoption and Use of ICTs
    Description / Table of Contents: Dealing with Dilemmas in Pre-Competitive ICT Development Projects: The Construction of "The Social" in Designing New TechnologiesTest Scenarios and the Excluded User; The Construction of "Equal Agency" in the Development of Technology; Community-Technology Interfaces in Participatory Planning: Tool or Tokenism?; Conclusion
    Note: International conference proceedings (selected papers) , Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3872-0
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  • 12
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    Communities and Technologies 2005 : Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005 (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402035913
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Computer Science Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DDC: 303.48/33
    RVK:
    SS 2005
    Keywords: Computer Science ; Information systems ; Electronic commerce ; Business planning ; Social sciences ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Social Media ; Technologiemanagement ; Gemeinschaft
    Abstract: "This book includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a wide variety of communities: local communities, virtual communities, and communities of practice, such as knowledge communities and scientific communities. The volume is the result of the second multidisciplinary ""Communities and Technologies Conference"", a major event in this emerging research field. The various chapters discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. This state of the art overview will be of interest to computer and information scientists, social scientists and practitioners alike."
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; Table of Contents; From the conference chairs; Does the Internet Enhance the Capacity of Community Associations?; Information Technology in Support of Public Deliberation; Local Communities: Relationships between 'real' and 'virtual' social capital; Extending Social Constructivism with Institutional Theory; Minimalist Design for Informal Learning in Community Computing; Virtual Community Management as Socialization and Learning; File-Sharing Relationships - conflicts of interest in online gift-giving
    Description / Table of Contents: Acceptance and Utility of a Systematically Designed Virtual Community for Cancer PatientsHow to win a World Election; A Bosom Buddy afar brings a Distant Land near; Archetypes of Knowledge Communities; Local Virtuality in an Organization; Taking a Differentiated View of Intra-organizational Distributed Networks of Practice; Structuring of Genre Repertoire in a Virtual Research Team; Principles for Cultivating Scientific Communities of Practice; A study of Online Discussions in an Open-Source Software Community; Citizen Participation through E-Forum: A Case of Wastewater Issues
    Description / Table of Contents: E-Commerce, Communities and GovernmentCollective Action in Electronic Networks of Practice; Bridging among Ethnic Communities by Cross-cultural Communities of Practice; Supporting Privacy Management via Community Experience and Expertise; Regulation Mechanisms in an Open Social Media using a Contact Recommender System; Supporting Communities by Providing Multiple Views; Addresses
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    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3591-8
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  • 13
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    Current Themes in Theoretical Biology : A Dutch Perspective (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402029042
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DDC: 570.1
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    WD 9000
    Keywords: Biology Mathematical models ; Biology Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Models, Biological ; Philosophy ; Theoretische Biologie ; Forschungsgegenstand
    Abstract: This book originated as a Festschrift to mark the publication of Volume 50 of the journal `Acta Biotheoretica' in 2002 and the journal's 70th anniversary in 2005. In it, eleven previously unpublished research papers have been collected that reflect the entire scope of topics on which `Acta Biotheoretica' publishes. `Acta Biotheoretica' is a journal on theoretical biology, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, that has its roots in the Dutch tradition of theoretical biology. From the perspective of this tradition, theoretical biology is understood as encompassing a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from mathematical biology to philosophy of biology. To reflect the Dutch roots of the journal, all papers have been invited from authors that work in The Netherlands. This book is aimed at an audience of theoretical and mathematical biologists, philosophers of biology and philosophers of science, and biologists in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 The History of Acta Biotheoretica and the Nature of Theoretical Biology; Chapter 2 Images of the Genome; Chapter 3 The Functional Perspective of Organismal Biology; Chapter 4 Infectious Biology; Chapter 5 The Composite Species Concept; Chapter 6 The Wonderful Crucible of Life's Creation; Chapter 7 The Symbiontic Nature of Metabolic Evolution; Chapter 8 The Founder and Allee Effects in the Patch Occupancy Metapopulation Model; Chapter 9 Balancing Statistics and Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 10 Resilience and Persistence in the Context of Stochastic Population ModelsChapter 11 Evolution of Specialization and Ecological Character Displacement: Metabolic Plasticity; List of Contributors
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    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2904-7
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    The Integration of Phonetic Knowledge in Speech Technology (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402026379
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Text, Speech and Language Technology 25
    RVK:
    ST 306
    Keywords: Applied Linguistics ; Computational Linguistics ; Linguistics ; Translators (Computer programs) ; Sprachverarbeitung ; Phonetik
    Abstract: Continued progress in Speech Technology in the face of ever-increasing demands on the performance levels of applications is a challenge to the whole speech and language science community. Robust recognition and understanding of spontaneous speech in varied environments, good comprehensibility and naturalness of expressive speech synthesis are goals that cannot be achieved without a change of paradigm. This book argues for interdisciplinary communication and cooperation in problem-solving in general, and discusses the interaction between speech and language engineering and phonetics in particular. With a number of reports on innovative speech technology research as well as more theoretical discussions, it addresses the practical, scientific and sometimes the philosophical problems that stand in the way of cross-disciplinary collaboration and illuminates some of the many possible ways forward. Audience: Researchers and professionals in speech technology and computational linguists.
    Description / Table of Contents: Phonetic Knowledge in Speech Technology; Can Phonetic Knowledge be Used to Improve the Performance of Speech Recognisers and Synthesisers?; Prosodic Models, Automatic Speech Understanding, and Speech Synthesis: Towards the Common Ground?; Phonetic Time Maps; Introducing Phonetically Motivated, Heterogeneous Information into Automatic Speech Recognition; Introducing Contextual Transcription Rules in Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition; From Here to Utility; Pronunciation Modeling; Phonetic Knowledge in Text-to-Speech Synthesis; Is Phonetic Knowledge of Any Use for Speech Technology?
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    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2637-4
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    Reasoning Robots : The Art and Science of Programming Robotic Agents (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9781402030697
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Applied Logic Series 33
    RVK:
    ST 308
    RVK:
    CC 5200
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Technology Philosophy ; Computer science ; Artificial intelligence ; Roboter ; Programmierung ; Prädikatenlogik ; Stufe 1
    Abstract: "The book provides an in-depth and uniform treatment of a mathematical model for reasoning robotic agents. The book also contains an introduction to a programming method and system based on this model. The mathematical model, known as the ""Fluent Calculus'', describes how to use classical first-order logic to set up symbolic models of dynamic worlds and to represent knowledge of actions and their effects. Robotic agents use this knowledge and their reasoning facilities to make decisions when following high-level, long-term strategies. The book covers the issues of reasoning about sensor input, acting under incomplete knowledge and uncertainty, planning, intelligent troubleshooting, and many other topics. The mathematical model is supplemented by a programming method which allows readers to design their own reasoning robotic agents. The usage of this method, called ""FLUX'', is illustrated by many example programs. The book includes the details of an implementation of FLUX using the standard programming language PROLOG, which allows readers to re-implement or to modify and extend the generic system. The design of autonomous agents, including robots, is one of the most exciting and challenging goals of Artificial Intelligence. Reasoning robotic agents constitute a link between knowledge representation and reasoning on the one hand, and agent programming and robot control on the other. The book provides a uniform mathematical model for the problem-driven, top-down design of rational agents, which use reasoning for decision making, planning, and troubleshooting. The implementation of the mathematical model by a general PROLOG program allows readers to practice the design of reasoning robotic agents. Since all implementation details are given, the generic system can be easily modified and extended."
    Description / Table of Contents: Special Fluent Calculus; Special FLUX; General Fluent Calculus; General FLUX; Knowledge Programming; Planning; Nondeterminism; Imprecision*; Indirect Effects: Ramification Problem*; Troubleshooting: Qualification Problem; Robotics
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-323) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3069-X
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