Includes tutorials, lectures, and refereed papers on all aspects of logic programming,The Joint International Conference and Symposium on Logic Programming, sponsored by the Association for Logic Prog
The motor vehicle industry has had a dramatic impact on industrialized societies, shaping the structure and productive processes of capitalist economies and defining consumer life styles. The industry
"An Introduction to Distributed Algorithms" takes up some of the main concepts and algorithms, ranging from basic to advanced techniques and applications, that underlie the programming of distributed-
Parallel-Algorithms for Regular Architectures is the first book to concentrate exclusively on algorithms and paradigms for programming parallel computers such as the hypercube, mesh, pyramid, and mesh
Historically, economists sought to understand the economic significance of macro fluctuations associated with seasons. During the 1920s and 1930s, the focus shifted to business cycles, and seasonal fl
This collaboration between two distinguished architects and former colleagues is ajoyous celebration of admired places and a thoughtful consideration of the role that design hasplayed in giving these
Assessing Educational Practices introduces the nonspecialist to the research methods used by economists in studies of education practices and the institutions and markets in which education takes plac
The essays collected in Global Dangers provide both conceptual analysis and empirical assessment of the environment, migration, and nationalism as sources of conflict. The East-West confrontation that
This breakthrough study argues for a significant link between phonetics and phonology. Its authors propose that phonological rules and representations are tightly constrained by the interaction of for
Sociomedia examines the use of integrated multimedia to support social or collaborative research, learning, and instruction in the university, one of the best environments for developing and analyzing
This comprehensive collection of current research in the development of speech perception and perceptual learning documents the striking changes that take place both in early childhood and throughout
In this broad and provocative collection of original essays on artificialintelligence today, eighteen distinguished scholars set out to explain why and how certaindiscoveries about the human brain hav
Volume 2, Dependence and Interdependence, deals with international or external problems and its 20 essays are in four parts covering North-South Issues; Developmental Strategy: Import Substitution ver
This book is the definitive guide to all of H.H. Richardson's work, built and unbuilt, extant and demolished - his municipal offices, educational buildings, department stores, libraries, railroad sta
Possibly the largest interconnected systems in the world are telecommunications networks for public and private use. The principles underlying the design of the transmission and terminal components in
Science Reference Sources is a selected, up-to-date compilation of about 1600 representative bibliographical and reference tools in the physical, biological, and applied sciences. Entries are arranged
A basic text covering the physical phenomena involved in electronic conduction; ways in which these phenomena combine to govern the characteristics, ratings, and limitations of electronic devices; and
Why policies should be based on careful consideration of their costs and benefits rather than on intuition, popular opinion, interest groups, and anecdotes. Opinions on government policies vary wide
Fantasies of the Library lets readers experience the library anew. The book imagines, and enacts, the library as both keeper of books and curator of ideas--as a platform
The revolution in big data has enabled a game-changing approach to marketing. The asynchronous and continuous collection of customer data carries rich signals about consumer preferences and consumptio
Crucial to understanding how the brain works is connectivity, and the centerpiece of brain connectivity is theconnectome, a comprehensive description of how neurons and brain regions are connected. In
In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban a
In this book, Whitman Richards offers a novel and provocative proposal for understanding decision making and human behavior. Building on Valentino Braitenberg's famous "vehicles," Ri
Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet theirwork is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or consolemanufacturers. In thi
Our drive to consume -- our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes --evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive. But the psychological and neural processes thatoriginally evolved to
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. Theweb enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available tools and datathat can reveal p
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. Theweb enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available tools and datathat can reveal p
Production in the Innovation Economy emerges from several yearsof interdisciplinary research at MIT on the links between manufacturing and innovation in the UnitedStates and the world economy. (This a
How computer games can be designed to create ethically relevant experiences for players. Today's blockbuster video games-and their never-ending sequels, sagas, and reboots-provide plenty of exciteme
Although it lasted only twenty-three years (1933--1956) and enrolled fewer than 1,200students, Black Mountain College was one of the most fabled experimental institutions in arteducation and practice.
Most of what humans do and experience is best understood in terms of dynamically unfolding interactions with the environment. Many philosophers and cognitive scientists now acknowledge the critical im
Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, wikis, and photo sharing and social networking sites,have made possible a more participatory Internet experience. Much of this technology is availablefor mobile phones,
New technology has brought with it new tools for learning, and research has shownthat the educational potential of video games resonates with scholars, teachers, and students alike.In Augmented Learni
We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware and software products from different manufacturers can exchange data within local networks and around the world using the Internet. The competitio
As curator Steve Dietz has observed, new media art is like contemporary art--butdifferent. New media art involves interactivity, networks, and computation and is often aboutprocess rather than objects
A new patient-centered approach to psychiatry that aims to resolve the field's conceptual tension between science and humanism by drawing on classical American pragmatism and contemporary pragmatic bi
Bioethical dilemmas—including those over genetic screening, compulsory vaccination, and abortion—have been the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and in profession
Tracing the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral. Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By th
In Building the Trident Network, Maggie Mort approaches the United Kingdom's Trident submarine and missile system as a sociotechnical network. Drawing on the sociology of scientific and technical know
Why philosophize about comedy? What is the use of investigating the comical from philosophical and psychoanalytic perspectives? In The Odd One In, Alenka Zupancic considers how philosophy and psychoa
