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Bad Moves

Author : Barbara Sahakian
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191645524
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Bad Moves written by Barbara Sahakian and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making decisions is such a regular activity that it is mostly taken for granted. However, damage or abnormality in the areas of the brain involved in decision-making can severely affect personality and the ability to manage even simple tasks. Here, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta discuss the process of normal decision making - our strategies for making decisions, biases that affect us, and influential factors - and then describe the abnormal patterns found in patients with conditions such as severe depression, Alzheimer's, and accidental brain damage. Using striking examples and case studies from their own research to show the impact of abnormal decision making, they introduce the concept of 'hot' and 'cold' decision making based on the level of emotions involved, showing that in various psychiatric conditions extreme emotions alter the pattern of decision making. Looking at the ways in which the brain can be manipulated to improve cognitive function in these patients, they consider the use of 'smart drugs' that alleviate these problems. The realization that smart drugs can improve cognitive abilities in healthy people has led to growing general use, with drugs easily available via the Internet. They raise ethical questions about the availability of these drugs for cognitive enhancement, in the hope of informing public debate about an increasingly important issue.

Bad Move

Author : Linwood Barclay
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553587048
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Bad Move written by Linwood Barclay and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom . . . and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best. Zack wouldn’t blame you for thinking he’s safety-obsessed. True, he masterminded a plot to trade his family’s exciting city lifestyle for one of suburban tranquillity. True, even after this strategic move, Zack still has issues with family members who forget their keys in the front door, leave their cars unlocked, or park their backpacks at the top of the stairs—where you could kill yourself tripping over them. Just ask his wife, Sarah, or his teenage kids, Paul and Angie, who endure their share of lectures. Zack knows that he needs to chill out and assume the best for once—but we know what happens to those who assume. When Zack realizes their two-faced developer sent a petty thief to fix their leaky shower, he starts fighting hard to ignore the fact that Oakwood isn’t the crime-free paradise he was hoping for. But his brief state of denial comes to an abrupt end when, during a walk by the creek, he stumbles across a dead body. Even more shocking, Zack actually knows who the victim is—and who might want him dead. With a killer roaming around their neighborhood and Zack’s overactive imagination in overdrive, he’s sure things can’t get any worse. But then another local is murdered—and Zack’s paranoid tendencies get him implicated in the crime. While his wife is trying to remember why she married him in the first place, and his kids are considering whether it’s time to have him committed, Zack decides there’s only one thing he can do. To protect his family—and avoid being busted for a crime he didn’t commit—he’s going to have to override his safety-first instincts, tap into his delusions of machismo, and track down the killer himself.

All the Wrong Moves

Author : Sasha Chapin
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385545185
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book All the Wrong Moves written by Sasha Chapin and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling journey into the world of chess--a story of heartbreak, obsession, failure, and the hunger for greatness Sasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert Einstein, Humphrey Bogart, Marcel Duchamp--the game has consumed his life and his mind. First captivated by it as a member of his high school chess club, his passion was rekindled during an accidental encounter with chess hustlers on the streets of Kathmandu. In its aftermath, he forgot how to care about anything else. He played at all hours, for weeks at a time. Like a spurned lover, he tried to move on, but he found the game more seductive the more he resisted it. And so, he thought, if he can't defeat his obsession, he had to succumb to it. All the Wrong Moves traces Chapin's rollicking two-year journey around the globe in search of glory. Along the way, he chronicles the highs and lows of his fixation, driven on this quest by lust, terror, and the elusive possibility of victory. Stylish, inventive, and laugh-out-loud funny, All the Wrong Moves is a celebration of the purity, violence, and beauty of the game.

Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Verification Principles

Author : Tiziana Margaria
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031198492
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Verification Principles written by Tiziana Margaria and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume set LNCS 13701-13704 constitutes contributions of the associated events held at the 11th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2022, which took place in Rhodes, Greece, in October/November 2022. The contributions in the four-volume set are organized according to the following topical sections: specify this - bridging gaps between program specification paradigms; x-by-construction meets runtime verification; verification and validation of concurrent and distributed heterogeneous systems; programming - what is next: the role of documentation; automated software re-engineering; DIME day; rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; formal methods meet machine learning; digital twin engineering; digital thread in smart manufacturing; formal methods for distributed computing in future railway systems; industrial day.

All the Wrong Moves

Author : Nikki Carter
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758267908
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book All the Wrong Moves written by Nikki Carter and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For one talented girl, reality bites. . . Sunday Tolliver is gifted, smart, and ready to take the music industry by storm now that she's signed a record deal. All she has to do is survive touring with her diva cousin, Dreya, and she'll finally get a shot at her own R&B dreams. But the tour's mega-bad-boy star, Truth, refuses to believe that Sunday isn't feeling him--and a jealous Dreya is doing everything to make Sunday pay. When filming for a behind-the-tour reality show starts, Sunday's live-and-on-camera humiliation is threatening to derail her chances--and help Dreya cover up stealing her songs. Now Sunday has one last chance to prove herself. And with the spotlight heating up, all bets are off--and this battle is on. . . Praise for Nikki Carter ". . .sure to capture the attention of every teen who's ever dreamed of becoming hip-hop's next overnight superstar." --Mitzi Miller, Essence® bestselling author on Not a Good Look "Nikki Carter is a fresh, new voice." ?ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Essence® bestselling author

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

Author : Vijay Chandru
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540620341
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science written by Vijay Chandru and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-11-27 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, FST&TCS '96, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 1996. The volume presents 28 revised full papers selected from a total of 98 submissions; also included are four invited contributions. The papers are organized in topical sections on computational geometry, process algebras, program semantics, algorithms, rewriting and equational-temporal logics, complexity theory, and type theory.

Simulated Evolution and Learning

Author : Xiaodong Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540896937
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Simulated Evolution and Learning written by Xiaodong Li and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL 2008, held in Melbourne, Australia, during December 7-10, 2008. The 65 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The topics covered are evolutionary learning; evolutionary optimisation; hybrid learning; adaptive systems; theoretical issues in evolutionary computation; and real-world applications of evolutionary computation techniques.

Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods

Author : Andrew Lewis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642012612
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods written by Andrew Lewis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the latest theories, applications and techniques in Biologically-Inspired Optimisation Methods. Many chapters derive from studies presented at workshops and international conferences on e-Science, Grid Computing and Evolutionary computation.

Applications of Evolutionary Computing

Author : Mario Giacobini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642011284
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Applications of Evolutionary Computing written by Mario Giacobini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of eleven European workshops on the Theory and Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoWorkshops 2009, held in Tübingen, Germany, in April 2009 within the scope of the EvoStar 2009 event. The 68 revised full papers and 23 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 143 submissions. With respect to the eleven workshops covered, the papers are organized in topical sections on telecommunication networks and other parallel and distributed systems, environmental issues, finance and economics, games, design automation, image analysis and signal processing, interactive evolution and humanized computational intelligence, music, sound, art and design, continuous parameter optimisation, stochastic and dynamic environments, as well as transportation and logistics.

The Cultural Life of Machine Learning

Author : Jonathan Roberge
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030562867
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Life of Machine Learning written by Jonathan Roberge and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the work of historians and sociologists with perspectives from media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and information studies to address the origins, practices, and possible futures of contemporary machine learning. From its foundations in 1950s and 1960s pattern recognition and neural network research to the modern-day social and technological dramas of DeepMind’s AlphaGo, predictive political forecasting, and the governmentality of extractive logistics, machine learning has become controversial precisely because of its increased embeddedness and agency in our everyday lives. How can we disentangle the history of machine learning from conventional histories of artificial intelligence? How can machinic agents’ capacity for novelty be theorized? Can reform initiatives for fairness and equity in AI and machine learning be realized, or are they doomed to cooptation and failure? And just what kind of “learning” does machine learning truly represent? We empirically address these questions and more to provide a baseline for future research. Chapter 2 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Computers and Games

Author : Tony Marsland
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540455795
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Computers and Games written by Tony Marsland and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the Second International Conference on Computers and Games, CG 2001, held in Hamamatsu, Japan in October 2000. The 23 revised full papers presented together with two invited contributions and five reviews were carefully refereed and selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on search and strategies, learning and pattern acquisition, theory and complexity issues, and further experiments on game; the reviews presented are on computer language games, computer Go, intelligent agents for computer games, RoboCup, and computer Shogi.

Computing and Combinatorics

Author : Ding-Zhu Du
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642387683
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Computing and Combinatorics written by Ding-Zhu Du and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics, COCOON 2013, held in Hangzhou, China, in June 2013. The 56 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. There was a co-organized workshop on discrete algorithms of which 8 short papers were accepted and a workshop on computational social networks where 12 papers out of 25 submissions were accepted.

Beginning Programming All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author : Wallace Wang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111805122X
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Beginning Programming All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies written by Wallace Wang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fun, fast, and easy way to learn programming fundamentals and essentials – from C to Visual Basic and all the languages in between So you want to be a programmer? Or maybe you just want to make your computer do what YOU want for a change? Maybe you enjoy the challenge of identifying a problem and solving it. If programming intrigues you (for whatever reason), Beginning Programming All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is like having a starter programming library all in one handy, if hefty, book. In this practical guide, you'll find out about algorithms, best practices, compiling, debugging your programs, and much more. The concepts are illustrated in several different programming languages, so you'll get a feel for the variety of languages and the needs they fill. Inside you'll discover seven minibooks: Getting Started: From learning methods for writing programs to becoming familiar with types of programming languages, you'll lay the foundation for your programming adventure with this minibook. Programming Basics: Here you’ll dive into how programs work, variables, data types, branching, looping, subprograms, objects, and more. Data Structures: From structures, arrays, sets, linked lists, and collections, to stacks, queues, graphs, and trees, you'll dig deeply into the data. Algorithms: This minibook shows you how to sort and search algorithms, how to use string searching, and gets into data compression and encryption. Web Programming: Learn everything you need to know about coding for the web: HyperText. Markup Language (better known simply as HTML), CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby. Programming Language Syntax: Introduces you to the syntax of various languages – C, C++, Java, C#, Perl, Python, Pascal, Delphi, Visual Basic, REALbasic – so you know when to use which one. Applications: This is the fun part where you put your newly developed programming skills to work in practical ways. Additionally, Beginning Programming All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies shows you how to decide what you want your program to do, turn your instructions into "machine language" that the computer understands, use programming best practices, explore the "how" and "why" of data structuring, and more. And you'll get a look into various applications like database management, bioinformatics, computer security, and artificial intelligence. After you get this book and start coding, you'll soon realize that — wow! You're a programmer!

Eclectic Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Chess Book for Beginners

Author : A. Gopalaratnam
Publisher : Sura Books
ISBN 13 : 9788174780362
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Chess Book for Beginners written by A. Gopalaratnam and published by Sura Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

One Jump Ahead

Author : Jonathan Schaeffer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 147572733X
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book One Jump Ahead written by Jonathan Schaeffer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book tells of the creation of the world-class checkers computer program, Chinook. From its beginnings in 1988, Chinook became a worthy opponent to the world champion and by 1992 had defeated all the worlds top human players. In his fascinating account, Jonathan Schaeffer, the originator and leader of the Chinook team, provides an engrossing story of failures and successes. He describes the human story behind Chinook and his own feelings in his continuous effort to improve the programs performance. We follow the development of Chinook from an innocent question asked over lunch, through to the final match against the then world champion, Marion Tinsley. As the story unfolds, readers are introduced to the rules of checkers and the basics of computer game programs, as well as to the key figures in the story. The culmination of this new edition expounds upon checker finally perfected and solved by Chinook ten years after the story was originally told.