"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines.This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoreticalbiology, cognitive science
Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents -- computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise co
Mid-twentieth-century California offered fertile ground for design innovations. The state's reputation as a land of unlimited opportunity, its many institutions of higher learning, and its perpetually
The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potentialto revolutionize the World Wide Web and its uses. A Semantic Web Primer providesan introduction and guide to this c
Learning from Las Vegas, originally published by the MIT Press in1972, was one of the most influential and controversial architectural books of its era. Forty yearslater, it remains a perennial bestse
In this provocative and informative book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives. It’s not complexity that’s the problem; it’s bad
Much of the difficulty in creating information technology systems that truly meet people's needs lies in the problem of pinning down system requirements. This book offers a new approach to the requir
"Mehlenbacher unpacks the complex relationships between instruction and technology while emerging as a sensitive guide to the frequently confusing and disparate landscapes of learning with technology.
The question of consciousness is perhaps the most significant problem still unsolved by science. In Inner Presence, Antti Revonsuo proposes a novel approach to the study of consciousness that integra
A convincing account of reduplicative phenomena has been a longstanding problem forrule-based theories of morphophonology. Many scholars believe that derivational phonology isincapable in principle of
A convincing account of reduplicative phenomena has been a longstanding problem forrule-based theories of morphophonology. Many scholars believe that derivational phonology isincapable in principle of
Scheme is a general-purpose programming language, descended from Algol and Lisp, widely used in computing education and research and a broad range of industrial applications. This thoroughly updated
This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new me
Research results from industry-academic collaborative projects in service-oriented computing describe practical, achievable solutions. Service-Oriented Applications and Architectures (SOAs) have captu
Research results from industry-academic collaborative projects in service-oriented computing describe practical, achievable solutions. Service-Oriented Applications and Architectures (SOAs) have captu
The Internet gives us access to a wealth of information in languages we don't understand. The investigation of automated or semi-automated approaches to translation has become a thriving research fie
In Big Box Reuse, Julia Christensen shows us how ten communities have addressed the problem of empty big box stores, turning vacated Wal-Marts and Kmarts into something else: a church, a library, a sc
This text offers an introduction to quantum computing, with a special emphasis on basic quantum physics, experiment, and quantum devices. Unlike many other texts, which tend to emphasize algorithms,
Universities and colleges are in a unique position to take a leadership role onglobal warming. As communities, they can strategize and organize effective action. As laboratoriesfor learning and center
The story of the building of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College in the context of ecological design, institutional learning, and the green campus movement.The story of the Adam Joseph Lew
Theoretical neuroscience provides a quantitative basis for describing what nervous systems do, determining how they function, and uncovering the general principles by which they operate. This text in
A comprehensive theory-based approach to the treatment of text meaning in natural language processing applications. In Ontological Semantics, Sergei Nirenburg and Victor Raskin introduce a comprehen
Planning and evaluating air pollution control strategies is a difficult and demanding task requiring the application of the most advanced technical and computational resources that are available to th
The theory, design, and applications of the metadyne. The theory, design, and applications of a class of electrical machines, the metadyne, written by the man who first defined these devices and rec
Credit reporting is a critical part of the financial system in most developedeconomies but is often weak or absent in developing countries. It addresses a fundamental problem ofcredit markets: asymmet
Difficult to learn and awkward to use, today's information systems often change our activities in ways that we do not need or want. The problem lies in the software development process. In this book J
Minimalism is an action- and task-oriented approach to instruction and documentationthat emphasizes the importance of realistic activities and experiences for effective learning andinformation seeking
The "oligopoly problem"--the question of how prices are formed when the marketcontains only a few competitors--is one of the more persistent problems in the history of economicthought. In this book Xa
Specifying and implementing dynamical systems with the situation calculus. Modeling and implementing dynamical systems is a central problem in artificial intelligence, robotics, software agents, sim
An overview of approaches to working with musical scores in the age of computer-and especially Internet-applications. The Virtual Score examines a broad range of approaches to working with musical s
The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive view of applications of the cost ofcapital. The cost of capital is the key concept in the analysis of taxation of business income. Itis also critical
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 Support Vector Machine is a powerful new learning algorithm for solving a variety of learning and function estimation problems, such as pattern recognition, regression estimation, and operator inv
In economics, most noncooperative game theory has focused on equilibrium in games, especially Nash equilibrium and its refinements. The traditional explanation for when and why equilibrium arises is t
Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Learning from Las Vegas (the latter coauthored with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour) are among the most influential books by any
Minimalism is an action- and task-oriented approach to instruction and documentation that emphasizes the importance of realistic activities and experiences for effective learning and information seeki
Contextual Media expands upon the theme of social construction of knowledge developed in Edward Barrett's three previous volumes. The thirteen contributions focus on specific applications of multimedi
