Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future where the world will be surrounded by electronic environments sensitive and responsive to people, wherein devices work in concert to support people in c
This edited volume brings together a range of essays by individuals who are centrally involved in the debate about the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies. The volume includes both cla
What do children need to learn first? Their ABCs? Their numbers? As it turns out, the “what” children need to develop is their social intelligence and emotional intelligence, the essential building bl
In Spies for Hire, investigative reporter Tim Shorrock lifts the veil off a major story the government doesn't want us to know about -- the massive outsourcing of top secret intelligence activities t
Deutschendorf is an emotional intelligence (EI) coach in Canada, and he has written this guide for general readers who want to develop "advanced common sense" to resolve conflicts, achieve monetary su
Following a long process of qualitative, quantitative, and empirical research next to Strategic Intelligence (SI) experts and large companies, this book proposes a way to improve SI and its impact on
Managing human emotions plays a critical role in everyday functioning. After years of lively debate on the significance and validity of its construct, emotional intelligence (EI) has generated a robu
Praise for Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning your business in the Global Economy "Olivia Parr Rud does a remarkable job of weaving together many topics in a strategic way. As
Recent years have seen numerous applications across a variety of fields using various techniques of Computational Intelligence. This book, one of a series on the foundations of Computational Intellige
Computational tools or solutions based on intelligent systems are being used effectively in data mining applications. This book, one of a series on the foundations of Computational Intelligence, is fo
The purpose of the 10th Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2009) to be held on May 27 – 29, 2009 in Daegu, Korea is to bri
The mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, Intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War, is exposed for the first time in this study based on full
In 1978, Hulse, Fowler, and Honig published Cognitive Processes in Animal Behavior, an edited volume that was a landmark in the scientific study of animal intelligence. It liberated interest in compl
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings ofthe 5th IFIP Artificial Intelligence Innovations and Applications Conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece.The IFIP series publishes state-of-the
This book explains the basic principles of emotional intelligence and how these relate to coaching for performance. It includes practical activities for coaching, as well as interviews with coaches w
Emotional intelligence (or EI)--the ability to perceive, regulate, and communicateemotions, to understand emotions in ourselves and others--has been the subject of best-sellingbooks, magazine cover st
Business intelligence is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decis
Business intelligence is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decis
An intelligence analyst with the US Central Intelligence Agency, Ward describes the military of what is now Iran beginning with the Persian empire in the sixth century BC. The stages in his history in
“Ruy-Sanchez’s works of fiction are always amazing: adventure, poetry, and intelligence in a new geometry of words. . . . His writing has nerve and agility, his intelligence is sharp without being cru
A former Canadian diplomat, Jensen (political science, Carleton U.) notes that Canada is the only wealthy country without a clandestine foreign intelligence service charged with recruiting and running
This volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee (‘Church Committee’) into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons for the current ‘war on terro
"Test and Assess Your Brain Quotient" helps readers assess their different types of intelligence: creativity, logic, lateral thinking, memory, and emotional. It consists of numerous tests and assessm
Karl Albrecht’s bestselling book Social Intelligence showed us how dealing with people and social situations can determine success both at work and in life. Now, in this groundbreaking book Practical
Critics of intelligence tests—writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman—have argued in recent years that these tests neglect important qualities such as emotion
Karl Albrecht defines social intelligence (SI) as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. SI is a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, so
Fifteen original stories about our fear of and fascination with artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence has captured the imaginations of writers, readers, and scientists alike, from Karl Cape
Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly e
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Intelligence Computation and Applications, ISICA 2008, held in Wuhan, China, in December 2008.The 93 revised full
At the time of the introduction of the Ambient Intelligence (AmI) concept many scenarios where considered to be visionary or even science fiction. Enabled by current technology, many aspects of these
Major spent 40 years in the US intelligence community, and he has written this style guide for government personnel in national security, homeland security and defense agencies who must create and del
You know what your IQ* is. You may even know what your EIQ** is. But do you know what your EBSQ*** is? * INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT ** EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT *** EMOTIONAL BULLSHIT QUOTIENT An in
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA 2008, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2008.The 46 papers presented were c
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning, LPAR 2008, which took place in Doha, Qatar, during
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2008, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2008.The 42 revised full papers
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2008, held in Nuremberg, Germany, in November 2008.The 22 revised full papers presented we
Cultural Intelligence (CI) is a progressive approach to thinking about culture that aims to provide the reader with a better understanding of what goes on when people with different cultural backgroun
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence, JELIA 2008, held in Dresden, Germany, Liverpool, in September/October 2008.The 32 r
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, SETN 2008, held at Syros, Greece in October 2008.The 27 revised full papers together with 17 r
The International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Security in Information Systems (CISIS) proposes a meeting ground to the various communities involved in building intelligent systems for s
