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  • Data Journeys in the Sciences

    Edited by Sabina Leonelli, Niccolò Tempini ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This groundbreaking, open access volume analyses and compares data practices across several fields through the analysis of specific cases of data journeys. It brings together leading scholars in the philosophy, history and social studies of science to achieve two goals: tracking the travel of data across different spaces, times and domains of research practice; and documenting how such journeys ... Read more

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  • Complexity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John H. Holland ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: "Complexity is the science of the 21st century". From the movement of flocks of birds to the Internet, environmental sustainability, and market regulation, the study and understanding of complex non-linear systems has become highly influential over the last 30 years. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the leading figures in ... Read more

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  • Information

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Luciano Floridi ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet. Some say we suffer from 'infoglut'. But what is information? The concept of 'information' is a profound one, rooted in mathematics, central to whole branches of science, yet with implications on every aspect of our everyday lives: DNA provides the information to ... Read more

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  • Networks: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From ecosystems to Facebook, from the Internet to the global financial market, some of the most important and familiar natural systems and social phenomena are based on a networked structure. It is impossible to understand the spread of an epidemic, a computer virus, large-scale blackouts, or massive extinctions without taking into account the network structure that underlies all these phenomena. ... Read more

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  • The Amazing Journey of Reason

    from DNA to Artificial Intelligence

    by Mario Alemi ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journey ... Read more

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  • Urban Remote Sensing

    Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment

    Edited by Xiaojun Yang ...
    Urban Remote Sensing is designed for upper level undergraduates, graduates, researchers and practitioners, and has a clear focus on the development of remote sensing technology for monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment. It covers four major areas: the use of high-resolution satellite imagery or alternative sources of image date (such as high-resolution SAR and LIDAR) for ... Read more

    $123.95 USD

  • Data-Centric Biology

    A Philosophical Study

    by Sabina Leonelli ...
    In recent decades, there has been a major shift in the way researchers process and understand scientific data. Digital access to data has revolutionized ways of doing science in the biological and biomedical fields, leading to a data-intensive approach to research that uses innovative methods to produce, store, distribute, and interpret huge amounts of data. In Data-Centric Biology, Sabina ... Read more

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  • Spatial Simulation

    Exploring Pattern and Process

    by David O'Sullivan, George L. W. Perry ...
    A ground-up approach to explaining dynamic spatial modelling for an interdisciplinary audience.Across broad areas of the environmental and social sciences, simulation models are an important way to study systems inaccessible to scientific experimental and observational methods, and also an essential complement to those more conventional approaches. The contemporary research literature is teeming ... Read more

    $65.00 USD

  • Social Networks

    An Introduction

    by Jeroen Bruggeman ...
    Social Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories.Designed to be a core text for graduate (and some undergraduate) courses in a variety of disciplines it is well-suited for everybody who makes a first encounter with the field of social networks, both academics and practitioners.This book includes reviews, study questions and ... Read more

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  • Decision Support Systems in Urban Planning

    Edited by Harry Timmermans ...
    This book presents a set of selected and edited papers presented at the 2nd and 3rd Design and Decision Support Conference. The purpose is to provide examples of innovative research in decision support systems in urban planning from throughout the world. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Handbook of Human Computation

    Edited by Pietro Michelucci ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This volume addresses the emerging area of human computation, The chapters, written by leading international researchers, explore existing and future opportunities to combine the respective strengths of both humans and machines in order to create powerful problem-solving capabilities. The book bridges scientific communities, capturing and integrating the unique perspective and achievements of each ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Philosophy of Information Quality

    Edited by Luciano Floridi, Phyllis Illari ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This work fulfills the need for a conceptual and technical framework to improve understanding of Information Quality (IQ) and Information Quality standards. The meaning and practical implementation of IQ are addressed, as it is relevant to any field where there is a need to handle data and issues such as accessibility, accuracy, completeness, currency, integrity, reliability, timeliness, usability ... Read more

    $89.09 USD