New Frontiers In The Study Of Social Phenomena

Author : Federico Cecconi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319239384
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in the Study of Social Phenomena written by Federico Cecconi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies social phenomena in a new way, by making judicious use of computer technology. The book addresses the entire spectrum of classic studies in social science, from experiments to the computational models, with a multidisciplinary approach. The book is suitable for those who want to get a picture of what it means to do social research today, and also to get an indication of the major open issues. The book is connected to a database of code for simulations, experimental data and allows to activate a subscription to a teaching tool using NetLogo, a programming language widely used in the social studies. The authors are researchers with first-hand experience research projects, both basic and applied. The work will be useful for those who want to understand more of the social, economic and political phenomena via computer applications.

Author : Alex Nicholls
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137506806
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research written by Alex Nicholls and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social innovation researchers globally, exploring the practice and process of researching social innovation, its nature and effects. Combining theoretical chapters and empirical studies, it shows how social innovation is blurring traditional boundaries between the market, the state and civil society, thereby developing new forms of services, relationships and collaborations. It takes a critical perspective, analyzing potential downsides of social innovation that often remain unexplored or are glossed over, yet concludes with a powerful vision of the potential for social innovation to transform society. It aims to be a valuable resource for students and researchers, as well as policymakers and others supporting and leading social innovation.

Author : Pier Francesco Ferrari
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191509698
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Mirror Neurons Research written by Pier Francesco Ferrari and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of mirror neurons caused a revolution in neuroscience and psychology. Nevertheless, because of their profound impact within life sciences, mirror neuron are still the subject of numerous debates concerning their origins and their functions. With more than 20 years of research in this area, it is timely to synthesise the expanding literature on this topic. 'New frontiers in Mirror Neurons' provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in mirror neurons research - accessible both to experts and to non-experts. In the book, leading scholars draw on the latest research to examine methodological approaches, theoretical implications, and the latest findings on mirror neurons research. A broad range of topics are covered within the book: basic findings and new concepts in action-perception theory, functional properties and evolution, development, and clinical implications. In particular, the last two sections of the book outline the importance of the plasticity and development of the mirror neuron system. This knowledge will be key in future research for helping us understand possible disorders associated with impairments in the mirror neurons system, as well as in helping us design new therapeutic tools for interventions within the field of neurodevelopmental disorders and in neurorehabilitation. 'New Frontiers in Mirror Neurons' is an exciting new work for neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers of mind.

Author : Xiaoling Shu
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520339991
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Discovery in the Social Sciences written by Xiaoling Shu and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge Discovery in the Social Sciences helps readers find valid, meaningful, and useful information. It is written for researchers and data analysts as well as students who have no prior experience in statistics or computer science. Suitable for a variety of classes—including upper-division courses for undergraduates, introductory courses for graduate students, and courses in data management and advanced statistical methods—the book guides readers in the application of data mining techniques and illustrates the significance of newly discovered knowledge. Readers will learn to: • appreciate the role of data mining in scientific research • develop an understanding of fundamental concepts of data mining and knowledge discovery • use software to carry out data mining tasks • select and assess appropriate models to ensure findings are valid and meaningful • develop basic skills in data preparation, data mining, model selection, and validation • apply concepts with end-of-chapter exercises and review summaries

Author : Takao Terano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540455485
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence written by Takao Terano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-proceedings of five international workshops organized by the Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence, JSAI in 2001.The 75 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume. In accordance with the five workshops documented, the book offers topical sections on social intelligence design, agent-based approaches in economic and complex social systems, rough set theory and granular computing, chance discovery, and challenges in knowledge discovery and data mining.

Author : Gianfranco Minati
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038424404
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems written by Gianfranco Minati and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Second Generation General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems" that was published in Systems

Author : Vittorio Murino
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128092807
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Group and Crowd Behavior for Computer Vision written by Vittorio Murino and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Group and Crowd Behavior for Computer Vision provides a multidisciplinary perspective on how to solve the problem of group and crowd analysis and modeling, combining insights from the social sciences with technological ideas in computer vision and pattern recognition. The book answers many unresolved issues in group and crowd behavior, with Part One providing an introduction to the problems of analyzing groups and crowds that stresses that they should not be considered as completely diverse entities, but as an aggregation of people. Part Two focuses on features and representations with the aim of recognizing the presence of groups and crowds in image and video data. It discusses low level processing methods to individuate when and where a group or crowd is placed in the scene, spanning from the use of people detectors toward more ad-hoc strategies to individuate group and crowd formations. Part Three discusses methods for analyzing the behavior of groups and the crowd once they have been detected, showing how to extract semantic information, predicting/tracking the movement of a group, the formation or disaggregation of a group/crowd and the identification of different kinds of groups/crowds depending on their behavior. The final section focuses on identifying and promoting datasets for group/crowd analysis and modeling, presenting and discussing metrics for evaluating the pros and cons of the various models and methods. This book gives computer vision researcher techniques for segmentation and grouping, tracking and reasoning for solving group and crowd modeling and analysis, as well as more general problems in computer vision and machine learning. Presents the first book to cover the topic of modeling and analysis of groups in computer vision Discusses the topics of group and crowd modeling from a cross-disciplinary perspective, using social science anthropological theories translated into computer vision algorithms Focuses on group and crowd analysis metrics Discusses real industrial systems dealing with the problem of analyzing groups and crowds

Author : Bruce Edmonds
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319669486
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simulating Social Complexity written by Bruce Edmonds and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines all aspects of using agent or individual-based simulation. This approach represents systems as individual elements having their own set of differing states and internal processes. The interactions between elements in the simulation represent interactions in the target systems. What makes this "social" is that it can represent an observed society. Social systems include all those systems where the components have individual agency but also interact with each other. This includes human societies and groups, but also increasingly socio-technical systems where the internet-based devices form the substrate for interaction. These systems are central to our lives, but are among the most complex known. This poses particular problems for those who wish to understand them. The complexity often makes analytic approaches infeasible but, on the other hand, natural language approaches are also inadequate for relating intricate cause and effect. This is why individual and agent-based computational approaches hold out the possibility of new and deeper understanding of such systems. This handbook marks the maturation of this new field. It brings together summaries of the best thinking and practices in this area from leading researchers in the field and constitutes a reference point for standards against which future methodological advances can be judged. This second edition adds new chapters on different modelling purposes and applying software engineering methods to simulation development. Revised existing content will keep the book up-to-date with recent developments. This volume will help those new to the field avoid "reinventing the wheel" each time, and give them a solid and wide grounding in the essential issues. It will also help those already in the field by providing accessible overviews of current thought. The material is divided into four sections: Introduction, Methodology, Mechanisms, and Applications. Each chapter starts with a very brief section called ‘Why read this chapter?’ followed by an abstract, which summarizes the content of the chapter. Each chapter also ends with a section on ‘Further Reading’. Whilst sometimes covering technical aspects, this second edition of Simulating Social Complexity is designed to be accessible to a wide range of researchers, including both those from the social sciences as well as those with a more formal background. It will be of use as a standard reference text in the field and also be suitable for graduate level courses.

Author : Juan A. Barceló
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319314815
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simulating Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds written by Juan A. Barceló and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a unique selection of fully reviewed, extended papers originally presented at the Social Simulation Conference 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Only papers on the simulation of historical processes have been selected, the aim being to present theories and methods of computer simulation that can be relevant to understanding the past. Applications range from the Paleolithic and the origins of social life up to the Roman Empire and Early Modern societies. Case studies from Europe, America, Africa and Asia have been selected for publication. The extensive introduction offers a thorough review of the computer simulation of social dynamics in past societies as a means of understanding human history. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the social sciences, archaeology, evolutionary anthropology, and social history.

Author : Kapil Joshi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394197675
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Cancer Diagnosis and Detection Using Exascale Computing written by Kapil Joshi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Cancer Diagnosis and Detection Using Exascale Computing The book provides an in-depth exploration of how high-performance computing, particularly exascale computing, can be used to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and detection; it also serves as a bridge between the worlds of computational science and clinical oncology. Exascale computing has the potential to increase our ability in terms of computation to develop efficient methods for a better healthcare system. This technology promises to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and detection, ushering in an era of unprecedented precision, speed, and efficiency. The fusion of exascale computing with the field of oncology has the potential to redefine the boundaries of what is possible in the fight against cancer. The book is a comprehensive exploration of this transformative unification of science, medicine, and technology. It delves deeply into the realm of exascale computing and its profound implications for cancer research and patient care. The 18 chapters are authored by experts from diverse fields who have dedicated their careers to pushing the boundaries of what is achievable in the realm of cancer diagnosis and detection. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of exascale computing and its application to cancer genomics to the development of advanced imaging techniques and machine learning algorithms. Explored is the integration of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing to move cancer research to the next phase and support the creation of novel medical tools and technology for the detection and diagnosis of cancer. Audience This book has a wide audience from both computer sciences (information technology, computer vision, artificial intelligence, software engineering, applied mathematics) and the medical field (biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, oncology). Researchers, practitioners and students will find this groundbreaking book novel and very useful.