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Roger Kerr, E. Szelke

This volume encompasses state-of-the-art developments in AI-based reactive scheduling for real-time operation management in manufacturing shop floors. It is a collection of papers from the Second International Workshop of the IFIP Working Group 5.7 whichbrought together researchers from management information systems and knowledge engineering to expand the focus on applying new knowledge-based techniques.

In Aesthetic Computing , key scholars and practitioners from art, design, computer science, and mathematics lay the foundations for a discipline that applies the theory and practice of art to computing. Aesthetic computing explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role in different areas of computer science. One of its goals is to modify computer science by the application of the wide range of definitions and categories normally associated with making art. For example, structures in computing might be represented using the style of Gaudi or the Bauhaus school. This goes beyond the usual definition of aesthetics in computing, which most often refers to the formal, abstract qualities of such structures--a beautiful proof, or an elegant diagram. The contributors to this book discuss the broader spectrum of aesthetics--from abstract qualities of symmetry and form to ideas of creative expression and pleasure--in the context of computer science. The assumption behind aesthetic...

Technology has the power to transform society. The authors in this volume examine the diverse effects of the Internet revolution-and suggest ways in which the technology can be harnessed for the better-in the following chapters: How Does the Internet Affect Society? How Serious Is the Problem of Illegal Activity on the Internet? How Should the Internet Be Regulated? What Will Be The Future of the Internet?

Margaret A. Boden

Book DescriptionThis Second Edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author. It is an essential work for anyone interested in the creativity of the human mind.

Grant Martin, Brian Bailey, Andrew Piziali

Electronic System Level (ESL) design has mainstreamed it is now an established approach at most of the worlds leading system-on-chip (SoC) design companies and is being used increasingly in system design. From its genesis as an algorithm modeling methodology with no links to implementation, ESL is evolving into a set of complementary methodologies that enable embedded system design, verification and debug through to the hardware and software implementation of custom SoC, system-on-FPGA, system-on-board, and entire multi-board systems. This book arises from experience the authors have gained from years of work as industry practitioners in the Electronic System Level design area; they have seen "SLD" or "ESL" go through many stages and false starts, and have observed that the shift in design methodologies to ESL is finally occurring. This is partly because of ESL technologies themselves are stabilizing on a useful set of languages being standardized (SystemC is the most...

Klaus Truemper

Principles for constructing intelligent systems Design of Logic-based Intelligent Systems develops principles and methods for constructing intelligent systems for complex tasks that are readily done by humans but are difficult for machines. Current Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches rely on various constructs and methods (production rules, neural nets, support vector machines, fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, etc.). In contrast, this book uses an extension of propositional logic that treats all aspects of intelligent systems in a unified and mathematically compatible manner. Topics include: * Levels of thinking and logic * Special cases: expert systems and intelligent agents * Formulating and solving logic systems * Reasoning under uncertainty * Learning logic formulas from data * Nonmonotonic and incomplete reasoning * Question-and-answer processes * Intelligent systems that construct intelligent systems Design of...

Bruce Johnson, Walter W. Woolfolk, Robert Miller, Cindy Johnson

Flexible Software Design: Systems Development for Changing Requirements begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of flexibility, explaining the reality of imperfect knowledge and how development participants must change their thinking to implement flexible software. The second part covers design guidelines, stable identifiers, stable information structures, the Generic Entity Cloud concept, and the regulation that prevents IT intervention. Part three relates strategic planning to flexible systems. It examines the elicitation of requirements and the relevance of agile methods in a flexible environment. In part four, the book details the flexible UniverSIS system and explains the applications and extensions of the Generic Entity Cloud tools.

Dunja Mladenic, Nada Lavrac, Marko Bohanec, Steve Moyle

Char Sligar, Susan Conway

In an information-based economy, organizations need to create an environment and a culture that support the reuse of knowledge across the company. This book illustrates what knowledge management is and how it can benefit an organization, as well as how to reduce knowledge isolation and stop the constant seeping of valuable knowledge from an organization. After presenting an overview of the subject, the book drills down into the processes, best practices, and technologies for unlocking an organization'sknowledge assets.

With the excellent performance compared to that of other existing codes, turbo code and its successors have been adopted into many communication systems and incorporated with various industrial standards. To celebrate another communication engineering milestone, leading experts present together with the contemporary applications of most modern systems. "Turbo Code Applications" provides a vast coverage of those applications starting from data storage systems through wire-line and wireless communications. That includes the utilization in digital video broadcasting, satellite communications, space exploring systems, and the implementation technologies. "Turbo Code Applications" is a rich source for scientists, engineers, and students who are searching for numerous aspects of turbo code applications which revolutionized the digital communications.