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Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics: 14th International Meeting, CIBB 2017, Cagliari, Italy, September 7-9, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10834)
by Massimo Bartoletti Annalisa Barla Andrea Bracciali Gunnar W. Klau Leif Peterson Alberto Policriti Roberto TagliaferriThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th International Meeting on Computational. Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, CIBB 2017, held in Cagliari, Italy, in September 2017.The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers deal with the application of computational intelligence to open problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology, medical informatics, computational approaches to life sciences in general.
Computational Intelligence Methodologies Applied to Sustainable Development Goals (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1036)
by José Luis Verdegay Julio Brito Carlos CruzThis book presents computational intelligence methodologies and its applications to sustainable development goals. Along 18 chapters prepared by reputed scientists around the world, this book explores and focuses on the impacts produced by the application of artificial intelligence and mainly of computational intelligence, in sustainable development goals and on analysing how particularly computational intelligence can influence the ability to comply in a timely manner with all the sustainable development goals. Specialists from STEM areas will find in this book an attractive showcase of instances and research lines to be explored.
Computational Intelligence in Data Science: 5th IFIP TC 12 International Conference, ICCIDS 2022, Virtual Event, March 24–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #654)
by Lekshmi Kalinathan Priyadharsini R. Madheswari Kanmani Manisha S.This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Fifth IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science, ICCIDS 2022, held virtually, in March 2022. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers cover topics such as computational intelligence for text analysis; computational intelligence for image and video analysis; blockchain and data science.
Computational Intelligence in Data Science: 6th IFIP TC 12 International Conference, ICCIDS 2023, Chennai, India, February 23–25, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #673)
by Sarath Chandran K R Sujaudeen N Beulah A Shahul Hamead HThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science, ICCIDS 2023, which took place in Kalavakkam, India, in February 2023.The 24 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The major theme of the conference was intended to be computation intelligence and knowledge management. Various emerging areas like IoT, cyber security and data science need computation intelligence to align with the cutting-edge research. Machine learning delivers insights hidden in data for rapid, automated responses and improved decision making. Machine learning for IoT can be used to project future trends, detect anomalies, and augment intelligence by ingesting image, video, and audio.
Computational Frameworks for Political and Social Research with Python (Textbooks on Political Analysis)
by Josh Cutler Matt DickensonThis book is intended to serve as the basis for a first course in Python programming for graduate students in political science and related fields. The book introduces core concepts of software development and computer science such as basic data structures (e.g. arrays, lists, dictionaries, trees, graphs), algorithms (e.g. sorting), and analysis of computational efficiency. It then demonstrates how to apply these concepts to the field of political science by working with structured and unstructured data, querying databases, and interacting with application programming interfaces (APIs). Students will learn how to collect, manipulate, and exploit large volumes of available data and apply them to political and social research questions. They will also learn best practices from the field of software development such as version control and object-oriented programming. Instructors will be supplied with in-class example code, suggested homework assignments (with solutions), and material for practical lab sessions.
Computational Design for Landscape Architects
by Brendan HarmonThis book is a guide to computational design for landscape architects replete with extensive tutorials. It introduces algorithmic approaches for modeling and designing landscapes. The aim of this book is to use algorithms to understand and design landscape as a generative system, i.e. to harness the processes that shape landscape to generate new forms. An algorithmic approach to design is gently introduced through visual programming with Grasshopper, before more advanced methods are taught in Python, a high-level programming language. Topics covered include parametric design, randomness and noise, waves and attractors, lidar, drone photogrammetry, point cloud modeling, terrain modeling, earthworks, digital fabrication, and more. The chapters include sections on theory, methods, and either visual programming or scripting. Online resources for the book include code and datasets so that readers can easily follow along and try out the methods presented. This book is a much-needed guide, both theoretical and practical, on computational design for students, educators, and practitioners of landscape architecture.
Computational Design for Landscape Architects
by Brendan HarmonThis book is a guide to computational design for landscape architects replete with extensive tutorials. It introduces algorithmic approaches for modeling and designing landscapes. The aim of this book is to use algorithms to understand and design landscape as a generative system, i.e. to harness the processes that shape landscape to generate new forms. An algorithmic approach to design is gently introduced through visual programming with Grasshopper, before more advanced methods are taught in Python, a high-level programming language. Topics covered include parametric design, randomness and noise, waves and attractors, lidar, drone photogrammetry, point cloud modeling, terrain modeling, earthworks, digital fabrication, and more. The chapters include sections on theory, methods, and either visual programming or scripting. Online resources for the book include code and datasets so that readers can easily follow along and try out the methods presented. This book is a much-needed guide, both theoretical and practical, on computational design for students, educators, and practitioners of landscape architecture.
Computational Data and Social Networks: 9th International Conference, CSoNet 2020, Dallas, TX, USA, December 11–13, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12575)
by Sriram Chellappan Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo NhatHai PhanThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, CSoNet 2020, held in Dallas, TX, USA, in December 2020. The 20 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. Additionally the book includes 22 special track papers and 3 extended abstracts. The selected papers are devoted to topics such as Combinatorial Optimization and Learning; Computational Methods for Social Good Applications; NLP and Affective Computing; Privacy and Security; Blockchain; Fact-Checking, Fake News and Malware Detection in Online Social Networks; and Information Spread in Social and Data Networks.
Computational Data and Social Networks: 7th International Conference, CSoNet 2018, Shanghai, China, December 18–20, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11280)
by Xuemin Chen Arunabha Sen Wei Wayne Li My T. ThaiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, CSoNet 2018, held in Shanghai, China, in December 2018.The 44 revised full papers presented in this book toghether with 2 extended abstracts, were carefully reviewed and selected from 106 submissions. The topics cover the fundamental background, theoretical technology development, and real-world applications associated with complex and data network analysis, minimizing in uence of rumors on social networks, blockchain Markov modelling, fraud detection, data mining, internet of things (IoT), internet of vehicles (IoV), and others.
Computational Data and Social Networks: 11th International Conference, CSoNet 2022, Virtual Event, December 5–7, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13831)
by Thang N. Dinh Minming LiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, CSoNet 2022, held as a Virtual Event, during December 5–7, 2022. The 17 full papers and 7 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Machine Learning and Prediction, Security and Blockchain, Fact-checking, Fake News, and Hate Speech, Network Analysis, Optimization.
Computational Data and Social Networks: 8th International Conference, CSoNet 2019, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 18–20, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11917)
by Andrea Tagarelli Hanghang TongThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, CSoNet 2019, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2019. The 22 full and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The papers appear under the following topical headings: Combinatorial Optimization and Learning; Influence Modeling, Propagation, and Maximization; NLP and Affective Computing; Computational Methods for Social Good; and User Profiling and Behavior Modeling.
Computational Collective Intelligence: 9th International Conference, Iccci 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 27-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part II (PDF)
by Ngoc Thanh Nguyen George A. Papadopoulos Piotr J 281 Drzejowicz Bogdan Trawi 324 Ski Gottfried VossenThis two-volume set (LNAI 10448 and LNAI 10449) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2017, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in September 2017. The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. The conference focuseson the methodology and applications of computational collective intelligence, included: multi-agent systems, knowledge engineering and semantic web, social networks and recommender systems, text processing and information retrieval, data mining methods and applications, sensor networks and internet of things, decision support & control systems, and computer vision techniques.
Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #1562)
by Chrystopher L. NehanivThis volume brings together the work of researchers from various disciplines where aspects of descriptive, mathematical, computational or design knowledge concerning metaphor and analogy, especially in the context of agents, have emerged. The book originates from an international workshop on Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents (CMAA), held in Aizu, Japan in April 1998.The 19 carefully reviewed and revised papers presented together with an introduction by the volume editor are organized into sections on Metaphor and Blending, Embodiment, Interaction, Imitation, Situated Mapping in Space and Time, Algebraic Engineering: Respecting Structure, and a Sea-Change in Viewpoints.
Computation and the Humanities: Towards an Oral History of Digital Humanities (Springer Series on Cultural Computing)
by Julianne Nyhan Andrew FlinnThis book addresses the application of computing to cultural heritage and the discipline of Digital Humanities that formed around it. Digital Humanities research is transforming how the Human record can be transmitted, shaped, understood, questioned and imagined and it has been ongoing for more than 70 years. However, we have no comprehensive histories of its research trajectory or its disciplinary development. The authors make a first contribution towards remedying this by uncovering, documenting, and analysing a number of the social, intellectual and creative processes that helped to shape this research from the 1950s until the present day.By taking an oral history approach, this book explores questions like, among others, researchers’ earliest memories of encountering computers and the factors that subsequently prompted them to use the computer in Humanities research.Computation and the Humanities will be an essential read for cultural and computing historians, digital humanists and those interested in developments like the digitisation of cultural heritage and artefacts. This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license
Computable Models of the Law: Languages, Dialogues, Games, Ontologies (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #4884)
by Giovanni Sartor Núria Casellas Rossella RubinoInformation technology has now pervaded the legal sector, and the very modern concepts of e-law and e-justice show that automation processes are ubiquitous. European policies on transparency and information society, in particular, require the use of technology and its steady improvement. Some of the revised papers presented in this book originate from a workshop held at the European University Institute of Florence, Italy, in December 2006. The workshop was devoted to the discussion of the different ways of understanding and explaining contemporary law, for the purpose of building computable models of it -- especially models enabling the development of computer applications for the legal domain. During the course of the following year, several new contributions, provided by a number of ongoing (or recently finished) European projects on computation and law, were received, discussed and reviewed to complete the survey. This book presents 20 thoroughly refereed revised papers on the hot topics under research in different EU projects: legislative XML, legal ontologies, semantic web, search and meta-search engines, web services, system architecture, dialectic systems, dialogue games, multi-agent systems (MAS), legal argumentation, legal reasoning, e-justice, and online dispute resolution. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge representation, ontologies and XML legislative drafting; knowledge representation, legal ontologies and information retrieval; argumentation and legal reasoning; normative and multi-agent systems; and online dispute resolution.
Compulsory Schooling in Australia: Perspectives from Students, Parents, and Educators
by Carol Reid Katherine WatsonIn an examination of the impact of education policy on Australia's diverse student population, this book asks if increasing the years of compulsory schooling can make the positive social impact its proponents claim. The authors' analysis reveals a policy disjuncture wrought by competing agendas of increased school leaving age and school choice.
Compulsory Property Acquisition for Urban Densification (Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series)
by Glen SearleDensification has been a central method of achieving smart, sustainable cities across the world. This book explores international examples of the property rights tensions involved in attempting to develop denser, more sustainable cities through compulsory acquisition of property. The case studies from Europe, North America, eastern Asia and Australia show how well, or not, property rights have been recognised in each country. Chapters explore the significance of local legal frameworks and institutions in accommodating property rights in the densification process. In particular, the case studies address the following issues and more: Whether compulsory acquisition to increase densification is justified in practice and in theory The specific public benefits given for compulsory acquisition The role the development industry plays in facilitating, encouraging or promoting compulsory acquisition What compensation or offsets are offered for acquisition, and how are they funded? Is there a local or national history of compulsory property acquisition by government for a range of purposes? Is compulsory acquisition restricted to certain types or locations of densification? Where existing housing is acquired, are there obligations to provide alternative housing arrangements? The central aim of the book is to summarize international experiences of the extent to which property rights have or have not been protected in the use of compulsory property acquisition to achieve sustainable cities via urban densification. It is essential reading for all those interested in planning law, property rights, environmental law, urban studies, sustainable urban development and land use policy.
Compulsory Property Acquisition for Urban Densification (Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series)
by Glen SearleDensification has been a central method of achieving smart, sustainable cities across the world. This book explores international examples of the property rights tensions involved in attempting to develop denser, more sustainable cities through compulsory acquisition of property. The case studies from Europe, North America, eastern Asia and Australia show how well, or not, property rights have been recognised in each country. Chapters explore the significance of local legal frameworks and institutions in accommodating property rights in the densification process. In particular, the case studies address the following issues and more: Whether compulsory acquisition to increase densification is justified in practice and in theory The specific public benefits given for compulsory acquisition The role the development industry plays in facilitating, encouraging or promoting compulsory acquisition What compensation or offsets are offered for acquisition, and how are they funded? Is there a local or national history of compulsory property acquisition by government for a range of purposes? Is compulsory acquisition restricted to certain types or locations of densification? Where existing housing is acquired, are there obligations to provide alternative housing arrangements? The central aim of the book is to summarize international experiences of the extent to which property rights have or have not been protected in the use of compulsory property acquisition to achieve sustainable cities via urban densification. It is essential reading for all those interested in planning law, property rights, environmental law, urban studies, sustainable urban development and land use policy.
Compromising the Ideals of Science
by R. SassowerThis books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced.
Compromises in Democracy (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict)
by Sandrine Baume Stéphanie NovakThis book provides an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between compromise and democracy. Compromises have played a significant role in our representative democracies and yet the nature of the relationship between compromise and democracy has generally raised tricky theoretical questions and generated ambiguous evaluations. This book focuses on the relationship between compromise and liberal democracies from both a cultural and institutional perspective and addresses new and lesser-explored aspects of the relationship. It explores a variety of topics including: compromise and in-commensurable values, antagonist paradigms, compromise and majority decisions, compromise and publicity, compromise and post-conflict societies, compromise and anti-system political parties, and compromise and the understanding of political representation. Compromises in Democracy offers an original perspective on the topic by assembling contributions from the fields of philosophy, sociology, political theory, political science and history of ideas.
The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Secondary Education in a Changing World)
by Craig Campbell and Geoffrey SheringtonThis book traces the decline of the public comprehensive high school. New educational markets emphasized school diversity and parental choice rather than social equity through common schooling, and they were criticized for declining standards. The book also considers government education policies and their regional manifestations.
The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century (APA Planning Essentials)
by Rocky Piro David RouseThe practice of comprehensive planning is changing dramatically in the 21st century to address the pressing need for more sustainable, resilient, and equitable communities. Drawing on the latest research and best practice examples, The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century provides an in-depth resource for planning practitioners, elected officials, citizens, and others seeking to develop effective, impactful, comprehensive plans, grounded in authentic community engagement, as a pathway to sustainability. Based on standards developed by the American Planning Association to provide a national benchmark for sustainable comprehensive planning, this book provides detailed guidance on the substance, process, and implementation of comprehensive plans that address the critical challenges facing communities in the 21st century.
The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century (APA Planning Essentials)
by Rocky Piro David RouseThe practice of comprehensive planning is changing dramatically in the 21st century to address the pressing need for more sustainable, resilient, and equitable communities. Drawing on the latest research and best practice examples, The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century provides an in-depth resource for planning practitioners, elected officials, citizens, and others seeking to develop effective, impactful, comprehensive plans, grounded in authentic community engagement, as a pathway to sustainability. Based on standards developed by the American Planning Association to provide a national benchmark for sustainable comprehensive planning, this book provides detailed guidance on the substance, process, and implementation of comprehensive plans that address the critical challenges facing communities in the 21st century.
Comprehensive Deepening of Reforms in China (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
by Peilin LiThis book covers key issues related to comprehensive reform in China in a broad range of areas, such as the economy, politics, culture, social management, the environment and CPC Party building. The insightful analyses will appeal to social science researchers interested in reform-era contemporary China, as well as both undergraduate and graduate students trying to understand this country better. Lawmakers and policymakers at different levels of government will find in the well-informed policy recommendations following the analyses a valuable source of reference and inspiration.
A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders: Responsible Adult Culture
by Granville Bud Potter John C. Gibbs Molly Robbins Peter E. LangdonThis book presents Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a truly comprehensive program for helping offenders to think and act responsibly. It provides the tools of the program with great clarity. In addition to exploring the needs of all offenders, the book addresses the special needs of both female and dual-diagnosis offenders. Responsible thinking means habitually seeing others and situations accurately, rather than in self-serving and egocentrically distorted ways. Because self-centered thinking is typically reinforced by negative group norms, RAC starts with the cultivation of a constructive climate (“mutual help” groups) to motivate change. Motivated group members then gain tools for responsible thinking through “equipment” (cognitive behavioral) meetings. These tools pertain to social skills, anger management, and the correction of self-centered thinking through social perspective taking (cognitive restructuring). Beyond documented reductions in distorted thinking and recidivism rates, RAC’s synergy or round-the-clock interpenetration of positive groups and tools promotes a safer and more humane institutional culture.