Automatic Nonuniform Random Variate Generation

Our response to the skyrocketing cost and nonuniform delivery of medical care has been a call for the rationalizing of medical practice through decision-support techniques. These tools, which include

Random variation over space and time is one of the few attributes that might safely be predicted as characterizing almost any given complex system. Random fields or "distributed disorder systems" conf

Robert Rauschenberg is one of the most important visual artists of the second half of the twentieth century. In Random Order, Branden Joseph examines Rauschenberg's work in the context of the American

Speed-independent circuits offer a potential solution to the timing problems of VLSI. In this book David Dill develops and implements a theory for practical automatic verification of these control cir

This volume demonstrates the power of the Markov random field (MRF) in vision,treating the MRF both as a tool for modeling image data and, utilizing recently developedalgorithms, as a means of making

Robert Rauschenberg is one of the most important visual artists of the second half of the twentieth century. In Random Order, Branden Joseph examines Rauschenberg's work in the context of the America

As we enter a room full of people, we instantly have a number of social perceptions.We have an automatic perception of others as subjective agents with their own points of view,thoughts, and goals, an

As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, aprogram alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrongresponded by switching of

The chance situation or random event--whether as a strategy or as a subject ofinvestigation--has been central to many artists' practices across a multiplicity of forms, includingexpressionism, automat

As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, aprogram alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrongresponded by switching of

What kind of cinema is appropriate for the age of Palm Pilot and Google? Automatic surveillance and self-guided missiles? Consumer profiling and CNN? To investigate this question, Lev Manovich, one o

The problem of how to estimate probabilities has interested philosophers, statisticians, actuaries, and mathematicians for a long time. It is currently of interest for automatic recognition, medical d

This book presents an organizational and social history of one of the foundational projects of the computer era: the development of the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system, fr

A standard reference on the application of network theory to the design of automatic control systems. The 1943 printing of The Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Servomechanisms was classified as rest

Influencing a generation of artists, musicians and theorists, Christian Marclay hasexplored the interplay between sound, audio cultures and art across a diversity of media:performance, sculpture, phot

Working at the cutting edge of live performance, an emerging generation of artists isemploying digital technologies to create distinctive forms of interactive, distributed, and oftendeeply subjective

The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of

The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of

This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international

This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international

In 2000 and 2001, several European countries carried out auctions for third generation technologies or universal mobile telephone services (UMTS) communication licenses. These "spectrum auctions&

A field guide to our mechanical future, presenting the next generation of intelligentrobots and their makers.

In praise of imperfection: how life on our planet is a catalog of imperfections, errors, alternatives, and anomalies.In the beginning, there was imperfection, which became the source of all things. Anomalies and asymmetries caused planets to take shape from the bubbling void and sent light into darkness. Life on earth is a catalog of accidents, alternatives, and errors that turned out to work quite well. In this book, Telmo Pievani shows that life on our planet has flourished and survived not because of its perfection but despite (and perhaps because of) its imperfection. He begins his story with the disruption-filled birth of the universe and proceeds through the random DNA copying errors that fuel evolution, the transformations of advantages into handicaps by natural selection, the anatomical and functional jumble that is the human brain, and our many bodily mismatches. Along the way, Pievani tells readers about the Irish elk (incidentally, neither Irish nor elk), whose enormous antl

How “nudges” by government can empower citizens without manipulating their preferences or exploiting their biases.We’re all familiar with the idea of “nudging”―using behavioral mechanisms to encourage people to make certain choices―popularized by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their bestselling 2008 book Nudge. This approach, also known as “libertarian paternalism,” goes beyond typical programs that simply provide information and incentives; nudges can range from automatic enrollment in a pension plan to flu-shot scheduling. In Nudging, Riccardo Viale explores the evolution of nudging and proposes new approaches that would empower citizens without manipulating them paternalistically. He shows that we can use the tools of the behavioral sciences without abandoning the principle of conscious decision-making. Viale discusses the work of Herbert Simon, Gerd Gigerenzer, Daniel Kahneman, and Amos Tversky that laid the foundation of behavioral economics, describes how policy makers have

A unified treatment of the generation and analysis of brain-generated electromagnetic fields.In Brain Signals, Risto Ilmoniemi and Jukka Sarvas present the basic physical and mathematical principles o

How new biomedical technologies—from prenatal testing to gene-editing techniques—require us to imagine who counts as human and what it means to belong.From next-generation prenatal tests, to virtual c

How to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover—filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot.Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered b

Almost a generation ago, the early software for computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) spawned a style of smooth and curving lines and surfaces that gave visible form to the first digital a

Proof is the primary vehicle for knowledge generation in mathematics. In computer science, proof has found an additional use: verifying that a particular system (or component, or algorithm) has certai

Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, a member of the new generation of German thinkers that includes Markus Gabriel and Armen Avane

Adobe Flash began as a simple animation tool and grew into a multimedia platform thatoffered a generation of creators and innovators an astonishing range of opportunities to develop anddistribute new

When Marina Abramovic Dies examines the extraordinary life anddeath-defying work of one of the most pioneering artists of her generation--and one who is still atthe forefront of contemporary art today

As members of the baby boom generation head into retirement, they face an economicenvironment that has changed noticeably since their parents retired. Most of these new retirees willnot be equipped, a

China is on the verge of a design revolution. A "third generation" of thePeople's Republic of China that came of age during China's "opening up" period of the1980s now strives for fame, fortune, and s

With the emergence of conceptual art in the mid-1960s, the traditional notion of thestudio became at least partly obsolete. Other sites emerged for the generation of art, leading tothe idea of "post-s

As members of the baby boom generation head into retirement, they face an economicenvironment that has changed noticeably since their parents retired. Most of these new retirees willnot be equipped, a

Biological sewage treatment, like electricity, power generation, telephones, and masstransit, has been a key technology and a major part of the urban infrastructure since the latenineteenth century. B

Biological sewage treatment, like electricity, power generation, telephones, and masstransit, has been a key technology and a major part of the urban infrastructure since the latenineteenth century. B

As the 1950s became the 1960s, a new generation of artists around the globe rejecteddirect painterly expression and returned decisively to the object. Moving away from abstractexpressionism and toward

David Marr's posthumously published Vision (1982) influenced a generation of brain and cognitive scientists, inspiring many to enter the field. In Vision, Marr describes a general framework for under