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Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers (Routledge Advances in Game Studies)
by Johannes Breuer Daniel Pietschmann Benny Liebold Benjamin P. LangeEvolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers is the first edited volume that systematically applies evolutionary psychology to the study of the use and effects of digital games. The book is divided into four parts: Theories and Methods Emotion and Morality Social Interaction Learning and Motivation These topics reflect the main areas of digital games research as well as some of the basic categories of psychological research. The book is meant as a resource for researchers and graduate students in psychology, anthropology, media studies and communication as well as video game designers who are interested in learning more about the evolutionary roots of player behaviors and experiences.
Evolutionary Psychology and Information Systems Research
by Ned KockThe point of Information System (IS) EP research then is that these evolved psychological traits very likely influence our behavior toward modern technologies, and a deeper understanding of how technology affects behavior might be achieved by applying concepts and theories from EP. Springer author Ned Kock (Information Systems Action Research: An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods) is probably the leading scholar in IS-EP research, and he is proposing an AoIS volume to gather together for the first time invited papers on EP concepts and theories that can be used as a basis for future research; examples of ongoing IS-EP research; and a look at the current debate on IS-EP research. Kock will invite leading scholars in IS and IS-EP research as well as the leading scholars in pure EP (see attached proposal for all names) to contribute papers. Topics to be covered include basic human behavior toward technology; interface design; online dating and consumer behavior; information search and use behavior; and autopoiesis and self-organizing information systems.
Evolutionary Statistical Procedures
by Irene Poli Roberto Baragona Francesco BattagliaThis proposed text appears to be a good introduction to evolutionary computation for use in applied statistics research. The authors draw from a vast base of knowledge about the current literature in both the design of evolutionary algorithms and statistical techniques. Modern statistical research is on the threshold of solving increasingly complex problems in high dimensions, and the generalization of its methodology to parameters whose estimators do not follow mathematically simple distributions is underway. Many of these challenges involve optimizing functions for which analytic solutions are infeasible. Evolutionary algorithms represent a powerful and easily understood means of approximating the optimum value in a variety of settings. The proposed text seeks to guide readers through the crucial issues of optimization problems in statistical settings and the implementation of tailored methods (including both stand-alone evolutionary algorithms and hybrid crosses of these procedures with standard statistical algorithms like Metropolis-Hastings) in a variety of applications. This book would serve as an excellent reference work for statistical researchers at an advanced graduate level or beyond, particularly those with a strong background in computer science.
Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design
by Colin Johnson João Correia Adrian CarballalThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2015, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 2015, co-located with the Evo* 2015 events EuroGP, EvoCOP and Evo Applications. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics and application areas, including generative approaches to music, graphics, game content and narrative; music information retrieval; computational aesthetics; the mechanics of interactive evolutionary computation and the art theory of evolutionary computation.
Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design Optimization and Control With Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences #49)
by Nicolas Gauger Kyriakos Giannakoglou Jacques Periaux Domenico Quagliarella Esther Andrés-Pérez Leo M. GonzálezThis book contains thirty-five selected papers presented at the International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems (EUROGEN 2017). This was one of the Thematic Conferences of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS). Topics treated in the various chapters reflect the state of the art in theoretical and numerical methods and tools for optimization, and engineering design and societal applications. The volume focuses particularly on intelligent systems for multidisciplinary design optimization (mdo) problems based on multi-hybridized software, adjoint-based and one-shot methods, uncertainty quantification and optimization, multidisciplinary design optimization, applications of game theory to industrial optimization problems, applications in structural and civil engineering optimum design and surrogate models based optimization methods in aerodynamic design.
Evolutionary and Memetic Computing for Project Portfolio Selection and Scheduling (Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization #26)
by Saber Elsayed Kyle Robert Harrison Ivan Leonidovich Garanovich Terence Weir Sharon G. Boswell Ruhul Amin SarkerThis book consists of eight chapters, authored by distinguished researchers and practitioners, that highlight the state of the art and recent trends in addressing the project portfolio selection and scheduling problem (PPSSP) across a variety of domains, particularly defense, social programs, supply chains, and finance. Many organizations face the challenge of selecting and scheduling a subset of available projects subject to various resource and operational constraints. In the simplest scenario, the primary objective for an organization is to maximize the value added through funding and implementing a portfolio of projects, subject to the available budget. However, there are other major difficulties that are often associated with this problem such as qualitative project benefits, multiple conflicting objectives, complex project interdependencies, workforce and manufacturing constraints, and deep uncertainty regarding project costs, benefits, and completion times.It is well known that the PPSSP is an NP-hard problem and, thus, there is no known polynomial-time algorithm for this problem. Despite the complexity associated with solving the PPSSP, many traditional approaches to this problem make use of exact solvers. While exact solvers provide definitive optimal solutions, they quickly become prohibitively expensive in terms of computation time when the problem size is increased. In contrast, evolutionary and memetic computing afford the capability for autonomous heuristic approaches and expert knowledge to be combined and thereby provide an efficient means for high-quality approximation solutions to be attained. As such, these approaches can provide near real-time decision support information for portfolio design that can be used to augment and improve existing human-centric strategic decision-making processes. This edited book provides the reader with a broad overview of the PPSSP, its associated challenges, and approaches to addressing the problem using evolutionary and memetic computing.
Evolutionary and Swarm Intelligence Algorithms (Studies in Computational Intelligence #779)
by Jagdish Chand Bansal Pramod Kumar Singh Nikhil R. PalThis book is a delight for academics, researchers and professionals working in evolutionary and swarm computing, computational intelligence, machine learning and engineering design, as well as search and optimization in general. It provides an introduction to the design and development of a number of popular and recent swarm and evolutionary algorithms with a focus on their applications in engineering problems in diverse domains. The topics discussed include particle swarm optimization, the artificial bee colony algorithm, Spider Monkey optimization algorithm, genetic algorithms, constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, and evolutionary fuzzy systems. A friendly and informative treatment of the topics makes this book an ideal reference for beginners and those with experience alike.
Evolve from Infrastructure to Innovation with SAP on AWS: Strategize Beyond Infrastructure for Extending your SAP applications, Data Management, IoT & AI/ML integration and IT Operations using AWS Services
by Bidwan Baruah Abarajith Vivekanandha Krishnakumar RamadossThe world of SAP is undergoing a major transformation, with many customers either planning or actively modernizing their SAP landscapes as part of the S/4HANA digital transformation. Given the extensive SAP transformation efforts adopted by nearly all SAP customers in recent years and the profound impact these digital changes have had on their business models and IT organizations, the authors decided to write this book. As customers embark on their SAP on AWS journey, they face three main challenges: deciding on the overall strategy, selecting the right business use cases and implementing them effectively. This book aims to address these challenges by guiding readers through the process of identifying and executing the appropriate use cases. It will highlight how customers can harness AWS services beyond merely hosting their SAP systems on AWS, demonstrating the potential of these services to drive innovation. This book covers the entire journey, from defining strategy and identifying business use cases to their implementation, providing practical tips, strategies, and insights. It serves as an essential guide for customers planning to migrate or those who have already migrated their SAP workloads to AWS, helping them explore beyond just the infrastructure aspects of their journey. You Will : Discover how to go beyond just hosting SAP systems on AWS, using the full range of AWS services to innovate and extend your SAP applications. Learn how to identify the right business use cases and implement them effectively, with practical examples and real-world scenarios. Develop the mindset and skills needed to architect modern, cloud-native, event-driven architectures, balancing trade-offs between simplicity, efficiency, and cost. This book is for: Business leaders, IT professionals, and SAP specialists who are looking to modernize their SAP landscapes by leveraging AWS services
Evolved Cellular Network Planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE
by Lingyang Song Jia ShenMost books on network planning and optimization provide limited coverage of either GSM or WCDMA techniques. Few scrape the surface of HSPA, and even fewer deal with TD-SCDMA. Filling this void, Evolved Cellular Network Planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE presents an accessible introduction to all stages of planning and optimizing UMTS, HSPA,
Evolving Cities: Geocomputation in Territorial Planning (Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series)
by Lidia DiappiGeocomputation has come of age. The whirlwind of change experienced in Geographical Information Science (GIS) - developments in IT, and new data gathering and earth observing technologies - has taken GIS beyond mere data and towards its analysis, modeling, and use in problem solving. Geocomputation is now at the dynamic edge of this revolution. Bringing together the leading researchers in geocomputation, this volume provides an up-to-date overview of the development of new artificial intelligence principles and technologies (NN, CA, Multi-agent Systems and Evolutionary Algorithms) used for the analysis, development and evaluation of urban planning policies and programmes. Charting the new approaches to data-processing, the book provides pointers on how to harness these technologies, advancing the knowledge level of planning by multiplying the information capacity of GIS, and offering a new approach to territorial modeling and micro-scale descriptions of socio-economic, behavioural and micro-spatial theories of urban processes and land use change.
Evolving Innovation Ecosystems: A Guide to Open Idea Transformation in the Age of Future Tech
by Carol L. StimmelWhile emerging technologies create massive opportunity, especially for investors and companies that seek more adaptable forms of economic growth than currently available, value is held inert by traditional approaches, patents, and other closed systems. Yet, open data, content, and information may be the key to mass innovation for future technologies, although they bring difficult challenges to private-industry models that depend on the established ideas of intellectual property. <P><P>It is from this foundational observation that OpenXFORM (a blending of the words Open and the engineering abbreviation for Transformation) was developed and is explored and described in this book. The intent of the model design is to synthesize an approach to the process of innovation, inspired by natural systems and human-centric design processes. OpenXFORM describes how an open system of innovation can adapt to the unregulated world of information, data, and content; can decompose its own information to release to the open world; and can discover ways to find the points of synergy among the studied and tested methodologies that put human relationships first. <P><P>This book presents an explicit innovation process that shows how to move from a breakthrough idea through a process that encourages innovative thinkers to test their assumptions, validate hypotheses, and tune and tweak their ideas, not only to drive solutions for users but also to meet the strategic goals of their companies. The anatomy of innovation through OpenXFORM contains the process for moving ideas from a flight of fancy to an explicit concept that is ready to produce.
Evolving OpenMP for Evolving Architectures: 14th International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2018, Barcelona, Spain, September 26–28, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11128)
by Bronis R. de Supinski Pedro Valero-Lara Xavier Martorell Sergi Mateo Bellido Jesus LabartaThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Open MP, IWOMP 2018, held in Barcelona, Spain, in September 2018.The 16 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in topical sections named: best paper; loops and OpenMP; OpenMP in heterogeneous systems; OpenMP improvements and innovations; OpenMP user experiences: applications and tools; and tasking evaluations.
Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths: 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Macau, China, March 25–27, 2020, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1236)
by Don Rodney Junio Cecile KoopmanThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, held in Macau, China, in March 2020.*The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ICT4D: taking stock; harnessing frontier technologies for sustainable development; ICT4D discourse, methodologies, and theoretical reflections; the evolving Global Souths.*The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evolving Role of AI and IoMT in the Healthcare Market
by Manoj Kumar Fadi Al-Turjman Akashdeep Bhardwaj Thompson StephanThis book is a proficient guide to understanding artificial intelligence (IoT) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in healthcare. The book provides a comprehensive study on the applications of AI and IoT in various medical domains. The book shows how the implementation of innovative solutions in healthcare is beneficial, and IoT, together with AI, are strong drivers of the digital transformation regardless of what field the technologies are applied in. Therefore, this book provides a high level of understanding with the emerging technologies on the Internet of Things, wearable devices, and AI in IoMT, which offers the potential to acquire and process a tremendous amount of data from the physical world.
Evolving Software Processes: Trends and Future Directions
by Dac-Nhuong Le Arif Ali KhanThe extremely comprehensive overview of the evolution in software processes given in this book makes it very valuable for a wide audience of interested readers. This book specifically provides a platform for practitioners, students and researchers to discuss the studies used for managing aspects of the software process, including managerial, organizational, economic and technical. It provides an opportunity to present empirical evidence, as well as proposes new techniques, tools, frameworks and approaches to maximize the significance of software process management.
Evolving Technologies for Computing, Communication and Smart World: Proceedings of ETCCS 2020 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #694)
by Pradeep Kumar Singh Maheshkumar H. Kolekar Sudeep Tanwar Arti Noor Raj K. Bhatnagar Shaweta KhannaThis book presents best selected papers presented at the International Conference on Evolving Technologies for Computing, Communication and Smart World (ETCCS 2020) held on 31 January–1 February 2020 at C-DAC, Noida, India. It is co-organized by Southern Federal University, Russia; University of Jan Wyżykowski (UJW), Polkowice, Poland; and CSI, India. C-DAC, Noida received funding from MietY during the event. The technical services are supported through EasyChair, Turnitin, MailChimp and IAC Education. The book includes current research works in the areas of network and computing technologies, wireless networks and Internet of things (IoT), futuristic computing technologies, communication technologies, security and privacy.
Evolving Toolbox for Complex Project Management (Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering)
by Indra Gunawan Alex Gorod Vernon Ireland Leonie HalloThis book enhances learning about complex project management principles and practices through the introduction and discussion of a portfolio of tools presented as an evolving toolbox. Throughout the book, industry practitioners examine the toolsets that are part of the toolbox to develop a broader understanding of complex project management challenges and the available tools to address them. This approach establishes a dynamic, structured platform for a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the modern, rapidly changing, multifaceted business environment to teach the next generation of project managers to successfully cope with the ever increasing complexity of the 21st century.
Evolving from Digital Transformation to Digital Acceleration Using The Galapagos Framework
by Brian HarkinEvolving from Digital Transformation to Digital Acceleration Using The Galapagos Framework challenges established thinking and offers a new way to deliver digital change. It introduces The Galapagos Framework, which is a new, innovative, and human-centric approach to transformational change. The framework allows organizations to move from digital transformation to digital acceleration, resulting in the creation of exciting and groundbreaking products as well as having a positive impact on the motivation and well-being of their teams.Digital Acceleration is an iterative process that allows organizations to deliver transformations and demonstrate continual progress at pace. Rather than tackling the transformation as one large single event, Digital Acceleration enables organizations to improve one or, at most, two discrete areas of the business quickly and then move onto the next area needing improvement.Presenting a detailed guide to The Galapagos Framework, the book also highlights solutions to common issues, expert case studies, and The Galapagos Roadmap. It discusses how the framework provides the key to increasing productivity, delivery velocity, and performance while reducing cost and complexity, ultimately resulting in digital and business success. The book demonstrates how The Galapagos Framework operates in practice to provide clear solutions to common issues that are classifi ed into Human Elements, Organizational Factors, and the Delivery Aspects. The book also explains why the current approaches to digital transformation are failing and shows how digital leaders and organizations can: Increase productivity Reduce costs Improve delivery performance Reduce operational, financial, and delivery risks Increase profits Deliver digital transformation success
Ewa Orłowska on Relational Methods in Logic and Computer Science (Outstanding Contributions to Logic #17)
by Joanna Golińska-Pilarek Michał ZawidzkiThis book is a tribute to Professor Ewa Orłowska, a Polish logician who was celebrating the 60th year of her scientific career in 2017. It offers a collection of contributed papers by different authors and covers the most important areas of her research. Prof. Orłowska made significant contributions to many fields of logic, such as proof theory, algebraic methods in logic and knowledge representation, and her work has been published in 3 monographs and over 100 articles in internationally acclaimed journals and conference proceedings. The book also includes Prof. Orłowska’s autobiography, bibliography and a trialogue between her and the editors of the volume, as well as contributors' biographical notes, and is suitable for scholars and students of logic who are interested in understanding more about Prof. Orłowska’s work.
Ewen and Cat's Wee Book of Aye or Naw
by Cat HarveyWill Ewen and Cat's Wee Book of Aye or Naw change your life? NAW. But will it make you instantly more interesting to other humans? OH AYE!Not your typical quiz book.Ewen and Cat's Wee Book of Aye or Naw is a rollicking adventure through 500 quiz questions that promise to test your knowledge on EVERYTHING! This book of brain teasers for adults is an exploration into the hilarious behind-the-scenes moments and puzzling brain busters that characterize the UK award-winning radio show Ewen and Cat at Breakfast.Perfect blend of fun facts and trivia. Packed with true or false questions like "Usain Bolt would beat a cat over 100m," and "A jiffy is a real unit of time," or "Volkswagen sells more sausages than cars," readers are in for a treat. This book transcends the traditional quiz questions book by emphasizing the joy of finding new facts and connection to other people through shared knowledge. It's not just about testing your memory; it's about the pleasure of discovering fascinating facts and engaging in lively conversations with others.Inside:Be bemused and amused as you dive into a journey of daily funTackle exciting true or false questions on your quest for new knowledgeFind compelling reasons to share this quiz questions book with friends and familyIf you are seeking a book of quiz questions such as Awesome Facts That Will Make You Look Super Smart, Trivia for Seniors, or So You Think You Know Baseball then Ewen and Cat's Wee Book of Aye or Naw is for you!
Exact Design of Digital Microfluidic Biochips
by Robert Wille Rolf Drechsler Oliver KeszoczeThis book presents exact, that is minimal, solutions to individual steps in the design process for Digital Microfluidic Biochips (DMFBs), as well as a one-pass approach that combines all these steps in a single process. All of the approaches discussed are based on a formal model that can easily be extended to cope with further design problems. In addition to the exact methods, heuristic approaches are provided and the complexity classes of various design problems are determined.Presents exact methods to tackle a variety of design problems for Digital Microfluidic Biochips (DMFBs);Describes an holistic, one-pass approach solving different design steps all at once;Based on a formal model of DMFBs that is easily adaptable to deal with further design tasks.
Exact and Approximate Solutions for Mathematical Models in Science and Engineering (Trends in Mathematics)
by Christian Constanda Paul J. Harris Bardo E. J. BodmannThis contributed volume collects papers presented during a special session on integral methods in science and engineering at the 2023 International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE), held in Cadiz, Spain from July 3-8, 2023. Covering the applications of integral methods to scientific developments in a variety of fields, the chapters in this volume are written by well-known researchers in their respective disciplines and present new results in both pure and applied mathematics. Each chapter shares a common methodology based on a combination of analytic and computational tools, an approach that makes this collection a valuable, multidisciplinary reference on how mathematics can be applied to various real-world processes and phenomena.
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