In 1969, John McCarthy and Pat Hayes uncovered a problem that has haunted the field of artificial intelligence ever since--the frame problem. The problem arises when logic is used to describe the effe
In The Government Machine, Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues tha
This book offers students and researchers a guide to distributed algorithms thatemphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models. It avoidsmathematical argumentatio
A new edition of the essential text and professional reference, with substantial newmaterial on such topics as vEB trees, multithreaded algorithms, dynamic programming, and edge-baseflow.
A comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines and related kernel methods. In the 1990s, a new type of learning algorithm was developed, based on results from statistical learning theory: t
Algorithmic Number Theory provides a thorough introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms for problems from the theory of numbers. Although not an elementary textbook, it includes over 300 e
Animation provides a rich environment for actively exploring algorithms. Multiple, dynamic, graphical displays of an algorithm reveal properties that might otherwise be difficult to comprehend or even
In October 1968, a problem which the British people thought vanished foreverre-emerged. For the first time in nearly half a century, Irish questions began to make headlines inthe British press, and a
If Marx's opus Capital provided the foundational account of theforces of production in all of their objective, machine formats, what happens when the concepts ofpolitical economy are applied not to de
Starting around 1900, technology became a lively subject for debate among intellectuals, writers, and other opinion leaders. The expansion of the machine into ever more areas of social and economic li
In economics, most noncooperative game theory has focused on equilibrium in games, especially Nash equilibrium and its refinements.In The Theory of Learning in Games Drew Fudenberg and David Levine d
The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning makes original contributions both to robotics and to the analysis of algorithms. In this groundbreaking monograph John Canny resolves long-standing problems con
Human skill and judgment are needed now more than ever to effectively run today's complex computerized production systems. In this thought-provoking study of work, worker, and machine in the postindus
The essays in this book present a complex theme at the heart of the philosophy ofGilles Deleuze, what in his last writing he called simply "a life." They capture a problem that runsthroughout his work
Suspensions of Perception decisively relocates the problem of aesthetic contemplation within a broader collective encounter with the unstable nature of perception—in psychology, philosophy, neu
An examination of the multiple identities and practices of Marcel Duchamp's life and art between 1910 and 1941 takes into account underacknowledged works and focuses on the conjunction of the machine
In this widely anticipated book, two leading contemporary art historians offer a subtle and profound reconsideration of the problem of time in the Renaissance. Alexander Nagel and Christopher Wood ex
This book focuses on recent developments in representational and processing aspects of complex data-intensive applications. Until recently, information systems have been designed around different bu
The latest scientific findings indicate that emotions play an essential role in decision making, perception, learning, and more—that is, they influence the very mechanisms of rational thinking.
Semantics of Programming Languages exposes the basic motivations and philosophy underlying the applications of semantic techniques in computer science. It introduces the mathematical theory of program
With his characteristic acuteness and lucidity, William Baumol, one of America's foremost economists, tackles the problem of equity considerations in welfare economics by applying the novel "superfair
Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) is a special case in art. His life and works were inextricably linked in a remarkable practice that centered on the role of the artist within both the culture and the s
In Dark Tongues, Daniel Heller-Roazen offers a sustainedexploration of a perplexing fact that has never received the attention it deserves. Wherever humanbeings share a language, they also strive to m
Internet telephony is the integration and convergence of voice and data networks, services, and applications. The rapidly developing technology can convert analog voice input to digital data, send it
Foreword by Bjarne Stroustrup Software is generally acknowledged to be the single greatest obstacle preventing mainstream adoption of massively-parallel computing. While sequential applications are ro
An accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits, entanglement, and quantum teleportation for the general reader.Quantum computing is a beautiful fus
How the planet's two largest greenhouse gas emitters navigate climate policy. The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 20
The long-awaited new edition of a groundbreaking work on the impact of alternative concepts of space on modern art.In this groundbreaking study, first published in 1983 and unavailable for over a deca
Norbert Wiener's celebrated autobiography, available for the first time in one volume. Norbert Wiener -- A Life in Cybernetics combines for the first time the two volumes of Norbert Wiener's celebrate
In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes
Professional and amateur musicians alike use social media as a platform for showcasing and promoting their music. Social media evaluation practices -- rating, ranking, voting, "liking,&qu
Experiments in innovation, design, and democracy that search not for a killer app but for a collaboratively created sustainable future. Innovation and design need not be about the search for a kille
This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach toturbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuringthese machines to perform wit
This book takes a single line of code--the extremely concise BASIC program for theCommodore 64 inscribed in the title--and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenonof creative computi
Recursive methods offer a powerful approach for characterizing and solvingcomplicated problems in dynamic macroeconomics. Recursive Macroeconomic Theoryprovides both an introduction to recursive metho
An examination of more than sixty years of successes and failures in developing technologies that allow computers to understand human spoken language. Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyss
""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping
Leading economists analyze topical issues in pension policy, including structural reform of pay-as-you-go systems, the political sustainability of pension reforms, and the need for private, funded sys
The extraordinary shift in conduct and orientation -- among companies, governments, and individuals -- generated by financialization.The hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and
In the many studies of games and young people's use of them, little has been written about an overall "ecology" of gaming, game design and play—mapping the ways that all the various e
