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Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
2 359 kr
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Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008 (June 24-27, 2008; São Luís, Brazil) brought together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic, syntactic and computational methods both to understand the prodigious processing properties of biological systems and, specifically, of the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance computational methods towards ever higher levels of cognitive competence.This book includes the papers presented at four major symposia:Part I - Cognitive NeurosciencePart II - Biologically Inspired SystemsPart III - Neural ComputationPart IV - Models of Consciousness.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
1 765 kr
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Deep Learning Assessment of Neurological Imaging provides an introduction to deep learning structures and pre-processing methods for detecting MRI anomalies. The book also provides a comprehensive accounting of deep learning research on MRI images for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, and includes a discussion on current research issues and future objectives. This book is a valuable resource to guide new entrants in the field, helping them make a meaningful impact in their development efforts. The book concludes with a brief overview of problems and potential future advancements in the field.Introduces Deep Learning structures and pre-processing methods for detecting MRI anomaliesDiscusses current research issues and future research objectivesCompares a new method using open-access benchmark datasets using Deep Learning on MRI images to detect and classify Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Schizophrenia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
3 641 kr
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The perception-action cycle is the circular flow of information that takes place between the organism and its environment in the course of a sensory-guided sequence of behaviour towards a goal. Each action causes changes in the environment that are analyzed bottom-up through the perceptual hierarchy and lead to the processing of further action, top-down through the executive hierarchy, toward motor effectors. These actions cause new changes that are analyzed and lead to new action, and so the cycle continues. The Perception-action cycle: Models, architectures and hardware book provides focused and easily accessible reviews of various aspects of the perception-action cycle. It is an unparalleled resource of information that will be an invaluable companion to anyone in constructing and developing models, algorithms and hardware implementations of autonomous machines empowered with cognitive capabilities. The book is divided into three main parts. In the first part, leading computational neuroscientists present brain-inspired models of perception, attention, cognitive control, decision making, conflict resolution and monitoring, knowledge representation and reasoning, learning and memory, planning and action, and consciousness grounded on experimental data. In the second part, architectures, algorithms, and systems with cognitive capabilities and minimal guidance from the brain, are discussed. These architectures, algorithms, and systems are inspired from the areas of cognitive science, computer vision, robotics, information theory, machine learning, computer agents and artificial intelligence. In the third part, the analysis, design and implementation of hardware systems with robust cognitive abilities from the areas of mechatronics, sensing technology, sensor fusion, smart sensor networks, control rules, controllability, stability, model/knowledge representation, and reasoning are discussed.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 145 kr
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Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems - BICS 2010 aims to bring together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic and synthetic methods both to understand the astonishing processing properties of biological systems and specifically of the brain.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
2 359 kr
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Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008 (June 24-27, 2008; São Luís, Brazil) brought together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic, syntactic and computational methods both to understand the prodigious processing properties of biological systems and, specifically, of the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance computational methods towards ever higher levels of cognitive competence.This book includes the papers presented at four major symposia:Part I - Cognitive NeurosciencePart II - Biologically Inspired SystemsPart III - Neural ComputationPart IV - Models of Consciousness.
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
267 kr
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There has never been an America without Muslims"" - so begins Amir Hussain, one of the most important scholars and teachers of Islam in America. Hussain, who is himself an American Muslim, contends that Muslims played an essential role in the creation and cultivation of the United States. Memories of 9/11 and the rise of global terrorism fuel concerns about American Muslims. The fear of American Muslims in part stems from the stereotype that all followers of Islam are violent extremists who want to overturn the American way of life. Inherent to this stereotype is the popular misconception that Islam is a new religion to America. In Muslims and the Making of America Hussain directly addresses both of these stereotypes. Far from undermining America, Islam and American Muslims have been, and continue to be, important threads in the fabric of American life. Hussain chronicles the history of Islam in America to underscore the valuable cultural influence of Muslims on American life. He then rivets attention on music, sports, and culture as key areas in which Muslims have shaped and transformed American identity. America, Hussain concludes, would not exist as it does today without the essential contributions made by its Muslim citizens.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4 289 kr
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In the first part, leading computational neuroscientists present brain-inspired models of perception, attention, cognitive control, decision making, conflict resolution and monitoring, knowledge representation and reasoning, learning and memory, planning and action, and consciousness grounded on experimental data.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
2 787 kr
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Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems - BICS 2010 aims to bring together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic and synthetic methods both to understand the astonishing processing properties of biological systems and specifically of the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance engineering methods to build artificial systems with higher levels of cognitive competence.BICS is a meeting point of brain scientists and cognitive systems engineers where cross-domain ideas are fostered in the hope of getting emerging insights on the nature, operation and extractable capabilities of brains. This multiple approach is necessary because the progressively more accurate data about the brain is producing a growing need of a quantitative understanding and an associated capacity to manipulate this data and translate it into engineering applications rooted in sound theories.BICS 2010 is intended for both researchers that aim to build brain inspired systems with higher cognitive competences, and for life scientists who use and develop mathematical and engineering approaches for a better understanding of complex biological systems like the brain.Four major interlaced focal symposia are planned for this conference and these are organized into patterns that encourage cross-fertilization across the symposia topics. This emphasizes the role of BICS as a major meeting point for researchers and practitioners in the areas of biological and artificial cognitive systems. Debates across disciplines will enrich researchers with complementary perspectives from diverse scientific fields.BICS 2010 will take place July 14-16, 2010, in Madrid, Spain.
Del 10989 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems
9th International Conference, BICS 2018, Xi'an, China, July 7-8, 2018, Proceedings
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
1 108 kr
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2018, held in Xi’an, China, in July 2018. The 83 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: neural computation; biologically inspired systems; image recognition: detection, tracking and classification; data analysis and natural language processing; and applications.
Del 2 - Cognitive Computation Trends
Deep Learning: Fundamentals, Theory and Applications
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
1 611 kr
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The purpose of this edited volume is to provide a comprehensive overview on the fundamentals of deep learning, introduce the widely-used learning architectures and algorithms, present its latest theoretical progress, discuss the most popular deep learning platforms and data sets, and describe how many deep learning methodologies have brought great breakthroughs in various applications of text, image, video, speech and audio processing. Deep learning (DL) has been widely considered as the next generation of machine learning methodology. DL attracts much attention and also achieves great success in pattern recognition, computer vision, data mining, and knowledge discovery due to its great capability in learning high-level abstract features from vast amount of data. This new book will not only attempt to provide a general roadmap or guidance to the current deep learning methodologies, but also present the challenges and envision new perspectives which may lead to further breakthroughs in this field. This book will serve as a useful reference for senior (undergraduate or graduate) students in computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, as well as others interested in studying or exploring the potential of exploiting deep learning algorithms. It will also be of special interest to researchers in the area of AI, pattern recognition, machine learning and related areas, alongside engineers interested in applying deep learning models in existing or new practical applications.
Del 8 - Socio-Affective Computing
Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
1 611 kr
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This latest volume in the series, Socio-Affective Computing, presents a set of novel approaches to analyze opinionated videos and to extract sentiments and emotions. Textual sentiment analysis framework as discussed in this book contains a novel way of doing sentiment analysis by merging linguistics with machine learning. Fusing textual information with audio and visual cues is found to be extremely useful which improves text, audio and visual based unimodal sentiment analyzer. This volume covers the three main topics of: textual preprocessing and sentiment analysis methods; frameworks to process audio and visual data; and methods of textual, audio and visual features fusion.The inclusion of key visualization and case studies will enable readers to understand better these approaches. Aimed at the Natural Language Processing, Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence audiences, this comprehensive volume will appeal to a wide readership and will help readers to understand key details on multimodal sentiment analysis.
Del 11691 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems
10th International Conference, BICS 2019, Guangzhou, China, July 13–14, 2019, Proceedings
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
558 kr
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2019, held in Guangzhou, China, in July 2019. The 57 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 129 submissions.
Del 837 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applications
ICAISE’2023, Volume 1
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
2 210 kr
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This book is to provide a comprehensive reference for professionals in the field of data science and applications: artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, and blockchain.
Del 838 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applications
ICAISE’2023, Volume 2
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
1 989 kr
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This book is to provide a comprehensive reference for professionals in the field of data science and applications: artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, and blockchain.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
1 922 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are revolutionizing key industries. From optimizing supply chain logistics and enhancing educational frameworks to advancing sustainable energy solutions and predictive maintenance strategies, this book provides invaluable insights into the future of industry and academia. Divided into five thematic sections, the book covers cutting-edge research and practical applications in AI-powered supply chains, digital transformation in education and industry, sustainable energy systems, and advanced maintenance techniques. Each chapter delves into innovative methodologies and real-world case studies, offering readers a roadmap to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Whether you're a researcher, engineer, or industry professional, “AI and Digital Transformation: Innovations in Supply Chain, Education, and Energy Systems” equips you with the knowledge and tools to harness the power of AI and digital technologies for a sustainable and efficient future. This book is your guide to staying ahead in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
2 377 kr
Kommande
This book presents cutting-edge research and insights at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, and emerging technologies. Through diverse research papers and case studies, it explores the convergence of AI and human cognition and examines its impact across sectors such as healthcare, education, finance, and smart cities.Key themes include scalable AI infrastructure, human-AI interaction, ethical considerations, security and privacy in AI applications. The book also highlights advances in machine learning methodologies and their practical applications, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the technological innovations shaping modern society.Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals, this book provides actionable insights and innovative solutions to navigate the evolving AI landscape and its transformative effects on our world.
Del 1781 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Sciences for Emerging Technologies
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science for Emerging Technologies (AICSET 2025), Volume 2
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
2 540 kr
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This book presents cutting-edge research and insights at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, and emerging technologies. Through diverse research papers and case studies, it explores the convergence of AI and human cognition and examines its impact across sectors such as healthcare, education, finance, and smart cities. Key themes include scalable AI infrastructure, human-AI interaction, ethical considerations, security and privacy in AI applications. The book also highlights advances in machine learning methodologies and their practical applications, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the technological innovations shaping modern society. Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals, this book provides actionable insights and innovative solutions to navigate the evolving AI landscape and its transformative effects on our world.
Del 5 - SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Computation
Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering
Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
558 kr
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This book presents a summary of the cognitively inspired basis behind multimodal speech enhancement, covering the relationship between audio and visual modalities in speech, as well as recent research into audiovisual speech correlation. A number of audiovisual speech filtering approaches that make use of this relationship are also discussed. A novel multimodal speech enhancement system, making use of both visual and audio information to filter speech, is presented, and this book explores the extension of this system with the use of fuzzy logic to demonstrate an initial implementation of an autonomous, adaptive, and context aware multimodal system. This work also discusses the challenges presented with regard to testing such a system, the limitations with many current audiovisual speech corpora, and discusses a suitable approach towards development of a corpus designed to test this novel, cognitively inspired, speech filtering system.
Del 1 - Socio-Affective Computing
Sentic Computing
A Common-Sense-Based Framework for Concept-Level Sentiment Analysis
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 108 kr
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This volume presents a knowledge-based approach to concept-level sentiment analysis at the crossroads between affective computing, information extraction, and common-sense computing, which exploits both computer and social sciences to better interpret and process information on the Web. Concept-level sentiment analysis goes beyond a mere word-level analysis of text in order to enable a more efficient passage from (unstructured) textual information to (structured) machine-processable data, in potentially any domain. Readers will discover the following key novelties, that make this approach so unique and avant-garde, being reviewed and discussed:• Sentic Computing's multi-disciplinary approach to sentiment analysis-evidenced by the concomitant use of AI, linguistics and psychology for knowledge representation and inference• Sentic Computing’s shift from syntax to semantics-enabled by the adoption of the bag-of-concepts model instead of simply counting word co-occurrence frequencies in text• Sentic Computing's shift from statistics to linguistics-implemented by allowing sentiments to flow from concept to concept based on the dependency relation between clausesThis volume is the first in the Series Socio-Affective Computing edited by Dr Amir Hussain and Dr Erik Cambria and will be of interest to researchers in the fields of socially intelligent, affective and multimodal human-machine interaction andsystems.
Del 10023 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems
8th International Conference, BICS 2016, Beijing, China, November 28-30, 2016, Proceedings
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
558 kr
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They discuss the emerging areas and challenges, present the state of the art of brain-inspired cognitive systems research and applications in diverse fields by covering many topics in brain inspired cognitive systems related research including biologically inspired systems, cognitive neuroscience, models consciousness, and neural computation.
Del 7 - Socio-Affective Computing
Sentiment Analysis in the Bio-Medical Domain
Techniques, Tools, and Applications
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 659 kr
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The abundance of text available in social media and health-related forums and blogs have recently attracted the interest of the public health community to use these sources for opinion mining. This book presents a lexicon-based approach to sentiment analysis in the bio-medical domain, i.e., WordNet for Medical Events (WME). This book gives an insight in handling unstructured textual data and converting it to structured machine-processable data in the bio-medical domain.The readers will discover the following key novelties:1) development of a bio-medical lexicon: WME expansion and WME enrichment with additional features.;2) ensemble of machine learning and computational creativity;3) development of microtext analysis techniques to overcome the inconsistency in social communication.It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of socially-intelligent human-machine interaction and biomedical text mining
Del 1 - Socio-Affective Computing
Sentic Computing
A Common-Sense-Based Framework for Concept-Level Sentiment Analysis
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
1 076 kr
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This volume presents a knowledge-based approach to concept-level sentiment analysis at the crossroads between affective computing, information extraction, and common-sense computing, which exploits both computer and social sciences to better interpret and process information on the Web. Concept-level sentiment analysis goes beyond a mere word-level analysis of text in order to enable a more efficient passage from (unstructured) textual information to (structured) machine-processable data, in potentially any domain. Readers will discover the following key novelties, that make this approach so unique and avant-garde, being reviewed and discussed:• Sentic Computing's multi-disciplinary approach to sentiment analysis-evidenced by the concomitant use of AI, linguistics and psychology for knowledge representation and inference• Sentic Computing’s shift from syntax to semantics-enabled by the adoption of the bag-of-concepts model instead of simply counting word co-occurrence frequencies in text• Sentic Computing's shift from statistics to linguistics-implemented by allowing sentiments to flow from concept to concept based on the dependency relation between clausesThis volume is the first in the Series Socio-Affective Computing edited by Dr Amir Hussain and Dr Erik Cambria and will be of interest to researchers in the fields of socially intelligent, affective and multimodal human-machine interaction andsystems.
Del 7 - Socio-Affective Computing
Sentiment Analysis in the Bio-Medical Domain
Techniques, Tools, and Applications
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
1 659 kr
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The abundance of text available in social media and health-related forums and blogs have recently attracted the interest of the public health community to use these sources for opinion mining. This book presents a lexicon-based approach to sentiment analysis in the bio-medical domain, i.e., WordNet for Medical Events (WME). This book gives an insight in handling unstructured textual data and converting it to structured machine-processable data in the bio-medical domain.The readers will discover the following key novelties:1) development of a bio-medical lexicon: WME expansion and WME enrichment with additional features.;2) ensemble of machine learning and computational creativity;3) development of microtext analysis techniques to overcome the inconsistency in social communication.It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of socially-intelligent human-machine interaction and biomedical text mining
Del 8 - Socio-Affective Computing
Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 611 kr
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This latest volume in the series, Socio-Affective Computing, presents a set of novel approaches to analyze opinionated videos and to extract sentiments and emotions. Textual sentiment analysis framework as discussed in this book contains a novel way of doing sentiment analysis by merging linguistics with machine learning. Fusing textual information with audio and visual cues is found to be extremely useful which improves text, audio and visual based unimodal sentiment analyzer. This volume covers the three main topics of: textual preprocessing and sentiment analysis methods; frameworks to process audio and visual data; and methods of textual, audio and visual features fusion.The inclusion of key visualization and case studies will enable readers to understand better these approaches. Aimed at the Natural Language Processing, Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence audiences, this comprehensive volume will appeal to a wide readership and will help readers to understand key details on multimodal sentiment analysis.
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
558 kr
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We present in this volume a collection of revised selected papers from the ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Nonlinear Speech Processing (NO- LISP 2007)held in Paris,France, 22–25May,2007.NOLISP 2007was organized by the University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC) with the generous support of ISCA (International Speech Communication Association), EURASIP and the IEEE. NOLISP 2007 was the ?rst follow-on workshop to a series of three e- lier events related to nonlinear speech processing, that were organized within the framework of the European COST action 277 Nonlinear speech processing (2001–2005). The ?nancial support of ISCA enabled the attendance of leading researchers from various parts of the world. Theexciting?eldofspeechprocessinghaswitnessedtremendousdevelopment over the past 20 years or so, thanks to both technological progress and to the growing focus of research on a number of key application areas. However, some speci?cities of the speech signal are still not well addressed by the currently availablemodels. Hence, new nonconventionalmodels and processing techniques needtobeinvestigatedinordertofosterand/oraccompanyfutureprogress,even if they do not match immediately the level of performance and understanding of the current state-of-the-art approaches. ThepurposeofNOLISPistopresentanddiscussnovelideas,workandresults related to such alternative techniques for speech processing, which depart from mainstream approaches. It declared its intent to be an interdisciplinary forum, intertwining research in di?erent ?elds of speech processing with its growing applications in everyday practice.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
558 kr
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the COST Action 2102 and euCognition supported international school on Multimodal Signals: 'Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues' held in Vietri sul Mare, Italy, in April 2008. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from participants’ contributions and invited lectures given at the workshop. The volume is organized in two parts; the first on Interactive and Unsupervised Multimodal Systems contains 14 papers. The papers deal with the theoretical and computational issue of defining algorithms, programming languages, and determinist models to recognizeand synthesize multimodal signals. These are facial and vocalexpressions of emotions, tones of voice, gestures, eye contact, spatial arrangements, patterns of touch, expressive movements, writing patterns, and cultural differences, in anticipation of the implementation of intelligent avatars and interactive dialogue systems that could be exploited to improve user access to future telecommunication services. The second part of the volume, on Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Signals, presents 20 original studies devoted to the modeling of timing synchronisation between speech production, gestures, facial and head movements in human communicative expressions and on their mutual contribution for an effective communication.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
558 kr
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This volume brings together, through a peer-revision process, the advanced research results obtained by the European COST Action 2102: Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, primarily discussed for the first time at the Second COST 2102 International Training School on “Development of Multimodal Int- faces: Active Listening and Synchrony” held in Dublin, Ireland, March 23–27 2009. The school was sponsored by COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Sci- tific and Technical Research, www.cost.esf.org ) in the domain of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for disseminating the advances of the research activities developed within the COST Action 2102: “Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication” (cost2102.cs.stir.ac.uk) COST Action 2102 in its third year of life brought together about 60 European and 6 overseas scientific laboratories whose aim is to develop interactive dialogue systems and intelligent virtual avatars graphically embodied in a 2D and/or 3D interactive virtual world, capable of interacting intelligently with the environment, other avatars, and particularly with human users.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
561 kr
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2012, held in Shenyang, Liaoning, China in July 2012. The 46 high-quality papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biologically inspired systems, cognitive neuroscience, models of consciousness, and neural computation.
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
558 kr
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2013, held in Beijing, China in June 2013. The 45 high-quality papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. BICS 2013 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of brain inspired cognitive systems research and applications in diverse fields.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
542 kr
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Complex Systems are made up of numerous interacting sub-components. Non-linear interactions of these components or agents give rise to emergent behavior observable at the global scale. Agent-based modeling and simulation is a proven paradigm which has previously been used for effective computational modeling of complex systems in various domains. Because of its popular use across different scientific domains, research in agent-based modeling has primarily been vertical in nature. The goal of this manuscript is to provide a single hands-on guide to developing cognitive agent-based models for the exploration of emergence across various types of complex systems. We present practical ideas and examples for researchers and practitioners for the building of agent-based models using a horizontal approach - applications are demonstrated in a number of exciting domains as diverse as wireless sensors networks, peer-to-peer networks, complex social systems, research networks, epidemiological HIV