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Face Recognition for Great Apes

Author : Alexander Loos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Face Recognition for Great Apes written by Alexander Loos and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aufgrund des gegenwärtigen Artensterbens sind viele Spezies, einschließlich Menschenaffen wie Schimpansen und Gorillas, vom Aussterben bedroht. Daher gewinnt die Überwachung der aktuellen Bestände mittels autonomer Aufnahmegeräte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die manuelle Auswertung solcher Daten ist jedoch extrem mühsam, zeitaufwändig und kostenintensiv. Um der immer größer werdenden Datenflut Herr zu werden, untersucht diese Arbeit ein neues Anwendungsgebiet der Bildverarbeitung und des maschinellen Sehens: Automatische Detektion und Identifikation von Primaten in Bildern und Videos. Basierend auf der Annahme, dass Menschen und unsere nächsten Verwandten ähnliche Charakteristika des Gesichts aufweisen, werden in dieser Arbeit Algorithmen zur Erkennung menschlicher Gesichter erweitert um Schimpansen und Gorillas in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum zuverlässig identifizieren zu können. Die Dissertation beschreibt und evaluiert ein algorithmisches System bestehend aus Detektion, Ausrichtung und Identifikation von Primatengesichtern in Bildern und Videos. Die vorgeschlagenen Algorithmen sind dabei robust gegenüber verschiedenen Posen, Beleuchtungsbedingungen und partiellen Verdeckungen sowie anderen Faktoren wie sie häufig in realen Anwendungsszenarien auftreten. Die Leistungsfähigkeit, aber auch Grenzen des Systems werden ausführlich anhand von Datensets freilebender und gefangener Schimpansen und Gorillas diskutiert. Mit dem Fokus auf die individuelle Erkennung werden zuerst Algorithmen für eine zuverlässige Erkennung von Primaten in Bildern vorgestellt. Holistische Merkmale sowie lokale Deskriptoren werden mittels einer Entscheidungsfusion kombiniert. Anschließend wird dieser Ansatz auf die Erkennung von Menschenaffen in Videos erweitert. Nach der Detektion und Verfolgung von Gesichtern werden Module zur Qualitätsbeurteilung angewandt, um Frames zu identifizieren, die sich am besten für die folgenden Gesichtserkennungsalgorithmen eignen. Weiterhin wird ein neuartiger Frame-Weighting-Algorithmus beschrieben, welcher basierend auf der Konfidenz des Klassifikators die Resultate mehrerer Frames gewichtet. Des Weiteren werden die entwickelten Algorithmen auf realistischen, von Experten annotierten Bild- und Videodatenbanken, sorgfältig evaluiert. Um die Vorteile des vorgeschlagenen Systems zu demonstrieren, wird es mit anderen dem Stand der Technik entnommenen Algorithmen zur Gesichtserkennung verglichen. Die implementierten Algorithmen wurden in einer prototypischen Anwendung zusammengeführt, welche derzeit von Biologen genutzt wird um Populationsgrößen schneller und genauer schätzen zu können. Daher hat das entwickelte Primate Recognition Framework (PRF) das Potential, den Weg zu effizienteren Monitoringverfahren zu ebnen und damit zukünftig Wissenschaftlern zu helfen, neue innovative Schutzmaßnahmen zu entwickeln.

Face Recognition for Great Apes

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Download or read book Face Recognition for Great Apes written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aufgrund des gegenwärtigen Artensterbens sind viele Spezies, einschließlich Menschenaffen wie Schimpansen und Gorillas, vom Aussterben bedroht. Daher gewinnt die Überwachung der aktuellen Bestände mittels autonomer Aufnahmegeräte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die manuelle Auswertung solcher Daten ist jedoch extrem mühsam, zeitaufwändig und kostenintensiv. Um der immer größer werdenden Datenflut Herr zu werden, untersucht diese Arbeit ein neues Anwendungsgebiet der Bildverarbeitung und des maschinellen Sehens: Automatische Detektion und Identifikation von Primaten in Bildern und Videos. Basierend auf der Annahme, dass Menschen und unsere nächsten Verwandten ähnliche Charakteristika des Gesichts aufweisen, werden in dieser Arbeit Algorithmen zur Erkennung menschlicher Gesichter erweitert um Schimpansen und Gorillas in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum zuverlässig identifizieren zu können. Die Dissertation beschreibt und evaluiert ein algorithmisches System bestehend aus Detektion, Ausrichtung und Identifikation von Primatengesichtern in Bildern und Videos. Die vorgeschlagenen Algorithmen sind dabei robust gegenüber verschiedenen Posen, Beleuchtungsbedingungen und partiellen Verdeckungen sowie anderen Faktoren wie sie häufig in realen Anwendungsszenarien auftreten. Die Leistungsfähigkeit, aber auch Grenzen des Systems werden ausführlich anhand von Datensets freilebender und gefangener Schimpansen und Gorillas diskutiert. Mit dem Fokus auf die individuelle Erkennung werden zuerst Algorithmen für eine zuverlässige Erkennung von Primaten in Bildern vorgestellt. Holistische Merkmale sowie lokale Deskriptoren werden mittels einer Entscheidungsfusion kombiniert. Anschließend wird dieser Ansatz auf die Erkennung von Menschenaffen in Videos erweitert. Nach der Detektion und Verfolgung von Gesichtern werden Module zur Qualitätsbeurteilung angewandt, um Frames zu identifizieren, die sich am besten für die folgenden Gesichtserkennungsalgorithmen eignen. Weiterhin wird ein neuartiger Frame-Weighting-Algorithmus beschrieben, welcher basierend auf der Konfidenz des Klassifikators die Resultate mehrerer Frames gewichtet. Des Weiteren werden die entwickelten Algorithmen auf realistischen, von Experten annotierten Bild- und Videodatenbanken, sorgfältig evaluiert. Um die Vorteile des vorgeschlagenen Systems zu demonstrieren, wird es mit anderen dem Stand der Technik entnommenen Algorithmen zur Gesichtserkennung verglichen. Die implementierten Algorithmen wurden in einer prototypischen Anwendung zusammengeführt, welche derzeit von Biologen genutzt wird um Populationsgrößen schneller und genauer schätzen zu können. Daher hat das entwickelte Primate Recognition Framework (PRF) das Potential, den Weg zu effizienteren Monitoringverfahren zu ebnen und damit zukünftig Wissenschaftlern zu helfen, neue innovative Schutzmaßnahmen zu entwickeln.

Self-Face Recognition and the Brain

Author : Julian Paul Keenan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000930262
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Self-Face Recognition and the Brain written by Julian Paul Keenan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Face Recognition and the Brain explores a fundamental cornerstone of human consciousness; how recognizing ourselves leads to a better understanding of the brain and higher-order thinking. Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary range of researchers, each chapter provides a unique insight into one aspect of self-face recognition. The book begins by introducing readers to the concept of self-face recognition, covering issues like the mirror-test and whether animals can recognize themselves, before addressing the role of neural correlates and attempts at localizing consciousness. It then discusses various disorders and the impact they can have on self-face recognition before considering how neuroscience can heighten our understanding of the field. It will be an essential read for all researchers of self-face recognition, from psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience backgrounds.

Origin of Group Identity

Author : Luis P. Villarreal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387779981
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Origin of Group Identity written by Luis P. Villarreal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sense of belonging is basic to the human experience. But in this, humans are not unique. Essentially all life, from bacteria to humans, have ways by which it determines which members belong and which do not. This is a basic cooperative nature of life I call group membership which is examined in this book. However, cooperation of living things is not easily accounted for by current theory of evolutionary biology and yet even viruses display group membership. That viruses have this feature would likely seem coincidental or irrelevant to most scientist as having any possible relationship to human group identity. Surely such simple molecular-based relationships between viruses are unrelated to the complex cognitive and emotional nature of human group membership. Yet viruses clearly affect bacterial group membership, which are the most diverse and abundant cellular life form on Earth and from which all life has evolved. Viruses are the most ancient, numerous and adaptable biological entities we know. And we have long recognized them for the harm and disease they can cause, and they have been responsible for the greatest numbers of human deaths. However, with the sequencing of entire genomes and more recently with the shotgun sequencings of habitats, we have come to realize viruses are the black hole of biology; a giant force that has until recently been largely unseen and historically ignored by evolutionary biology. Viruses not only can cause acute disease, but also persist as stable unseen agents in their host.

Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Tourism

Author : Elizabeth J. Macfie
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 2831711568
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Tourism written by Elizabeth J. Macfie and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2010 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Executive summary: Tourism is often proposed 1) as a strategy to fund conservation efforts to protect great apes and their habitats, 2) as a way for local communities to participate in, and benefit from, conservation activities on behalf of great apes, or 3) as a business. A few very successful sites point to the considerable potential of conservation-based great ape tourism, but it will not be possible to replicate this success everywhere. The number of significant risks to great apes that can arise from tourism reqire a cautious approach. If great ape tourism is not based on sound conservation principles right from the start, the odds are that economic objectives will take precedence, the consequences of which in all likelihood would be damaging to the well-being and eventual survival of the apes, and detrimental to the continued preservation of their habitat. All great ape species and subspecies are classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2010), therefore it is imperative that great ape tourism adhere to the best practice guidelines in this document. The guiding principles of best practice in great ape tourism are: Tourism is not a panacea for great ape conservation or revenue generation; Tourism can enhance long-term support for the conservation of great apes and their habitat; Conservation comes first--it must be the primary goal at any great ape site and tourism can be a tool to help fund it; Great ape tourism should only be developed if the anticipated conservation benefits, as identified in impact studies, significantly outweigh the risks; Enhanced conservation investment and action at great ape tourism sites must be sustained in perpetuity; Great ape tourism management must be based on sound and objective science; Benefits and profit for communities adjacent to great ape habitat should be maximised; Profit to private sector partners and others who earn income associated with tourism is also important, but should not be the driving force for great ape tourism development or expansion; Comprehensive understanding of potential impacts must guide tourism development. positive impacts from tourism must be maximised and negative impacts must be avoided or, if inevitable, better understood and mitigated. The ultimate success or failure of great ape tourism can lie in variables that may not be obvious to policymakers who base their decisions primarily on earning revenue for struggling conservation programmes. However, a number of biological, geographical, economic and global factors can affect a site so as to render ape tourism ill-advised or unsustainable. This can be due, for example, to the failure of the tourism market for a particular site to provide revenue sufficient to cover the development and operating costs, or it can result from failure to protect the target great apes from the large number of significant negative aspects inherent in tourism. Either of these failures will have serious consequences for the great ape population. Once apes are habituated to human observers, they are at increased risk from poaching and other forms of conflict with humans. They must be protected in perpetuity even if tourism fails or ceases for any reason. Great ape tourism should not be developed without conducting critical feasibility analyses to ensure there is sufficient potential for success. Strict attention must be paid to the design of the enterprise, its implementation and continual management capacity in a manner that avoids, or at least minimises, the negative impacts of tourism on local communities and on the apes themselves. Monitoring programmes to track costs and impacts, as well as benefits, [is] essential to inform management on how to optimise tourism for conservation benefits. These guidelines have been developed for both existing and potential great ape tourism sites that wish to improve the degree to which their programme constributes to the conservation rather than the exploitation of great apes.

Microelectronic Systems

Author : Albert Heuberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642230709
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Microelectronic Systems written by Albert Heuberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser on the occasion of his retirement both from the position of Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and from the Endowed Chair of Information Technologies with a Focus on Communication Electronics (LIKE) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Heinz Gerhäuser's vision and entrepreneurial spirit have made the Fraunhofer IIS one of the most successful and renowned German research institutions. He has been Director of the Fraunhofer IIS since 1993, and under his leadership it has grown to become the largest of Germany's 60 Fraunhofer Institutes, a position it retains to this day, currently employing over 730 staff. Likely his most important scientific as well as application-related contribution was his pivotal role in the development of the mp3 format, which would later become a worldwide success. The contributions to this Festschrift were written by both Fraunhofer IIS staff and external project team members in appreciation of Prof. Dr. Gerhäuser's lifetime academic achievements and his inspiring leadership at the Fraunhofer IIS. The papers reflect the broad spectrum of the institute's research activities and are grouped into sections on circuits, information systems, visual computing, and audio and multimedia. They provide academic and industrial researchers in fields like signal processing, sensor networks, microelectronics, and integrated circuits with an up-to-date overview of research results that have a huge potential for cutting-edge industrial applications.

The Recognition Principle

Author : Vinicio Busacchi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443875864
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Recognition Principle written by Vinicio Busacchi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book responds to the need for a clearer understanding of issues related to the theme of recognition in various disciplinary fields in which it plays an important role, such as psychology, sociology and politics. The book also considers in particular detail the usefulness of a theoretical-speculative definition of the question of recognition. It also shows that no philosophy of recognition can be solidly built, or claim epistemic strength and practical-operational forcefulness, without a certain degree of psychological and anthropological excavation, without a specific ‘discourse on man’. Through an engagement with such a discourse, this book is able to explore the concept of recognition as a general principle, namely the ‘recognition principle’.

Animal Biometrics

Author : Santosh Kumar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811079560
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Animal Biometrics written by Santosh Kumar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents state-of-the-art methodologies and a comprehensive introduction to the recognition and representation of species and individual animals based on their physiological and phenotypic appearances, biometric characteristics, and morphological image patterns. It provides in-depth coverage of this emerging area, with an emphasis on the design and analysis techniques used in visual animal biometrics-based recognition systems. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to visual animal biometrics, addressing a range of recent advances and practices like sensing, feature extraction, feature selection and representation, matching, indexing of feature sets, and animal biometrics-based multimodal systems. It provides authoritative information on all the major concepts, as well as highly specific topics, e.g. the identification of cattle based on their muzzle point image pattern and face images to prevent false insurance claims, or the monitoring and registration of animals based on their biometric features. As such, the book provides a sound platform for understanding the Visual Animal Biometrics paradigm, a vital catalyst for researchers in the field, and a valuable guide for professionals. In addition, it can help both private and public organizations adapt and enhance their classical animal recognition systems.

Great Apes

Author : Will Self
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802193366
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Great Apes written by Will Self and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people lost their sense of proportion, others their sense of scale, but Simon Dykes, a middle-aged, successful London painter, has lost his sense of perspective in a most disturbing fashion. After a night of routine, pedestrian debauchery, traipsing from toilet to toilet, and imbibing a host of narcotics on the way, Simon wakes up cuddled in his girlfriend’s loving arms. Much to his dismay, however, his girlfriend has turned into a chimpanzee. To add insult to injury, the psychiatric crash team sent to deal with him as he flips his lid is also comprised of chimps. Indeed, the entire city is overrun by clever primates, who, when they are not jostling for position, grooming themselves, or mating some of the females, can be found driving Volvos, hanging out on street corners, and running the world. Nonetheless convinced that he is still a human, Simon is confined to the emergency psychiatric ward of Charing Cross Hospital, where he becomes the patient of Dr. Zack Busner, clinical psychologist, medical doctor, anti-psychiatrist, and former television personality—an expert at the height of his reign as alpha male. As Busner attempts to convince him that “everyone who is fully sentient in this world are chimpanzees,” Simon struggles with the horrifying delusion that he is really a human trapped in a chimp’s body. Written with the same brilliant satiric wit that has distinguised Self’s earlier fiction, Great Apes is a hilarious, often disturbing, and absolutely original take on man’s place in the evolutionary chain. In a strange and twisted tale that recalls Jonathan Swift and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Will Self’s comic genius is impossible to ignore.

Animal-computer interaction and beyond: The benefits of animalcentered research and design

Author : Clara Mancini
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832513514
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Animal-computer interaction and beyond: The benefits of animalcentered research and design written by Clara Mancini and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to Primate Conservation

Author : Serge A. Wich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191008508
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Primate Conservation written by Serge A. Wich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of primates on the brink of extinction continues to grow, and the need to respond with effective conservation measures has never been greater. This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation. It begins with a consideration of the biological, intellectual, economic, and ecological importance of primates and a summary of the threats that they face, before going on to consider these threats in more detail with chapters on habitat change, trade, hunting, infectious diseases, and climate change. Potential solutions in the form of management practice are examined in detail, including chapters on conservation genetics, protected areas, and translocation. An Introduction to Primate Conservation brings together an international team of specialists with wide-ranging expertise across primate taxa. This is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and established researchers in the fields of primate ecology and conservation biology. It will also be a valuable reference for conservation practitioners, land managers, and professional primatologists worldwide.

Disease, Health and Ape Conservation

Author : Arcus Foundation
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316513076
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Disease, Health and Ape Conservation written by Arcus Foundation and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fifth volume of State of the Apes brings together original research and analysis with topical case studies and emerging best practice to further the ape conservation agenda around disease and health. It provides an overview of relevant disease and health issues and explores factors such as the ethics of intervening in and managing ape health; the impact of research and tourism on apes; the One Health approach; and disaster management and the protection of apes. It shows how the welfare of apes is interrelated with that of the people who share their habitats, while also demonstrating the benefits of integrating ape conservation in health, socioeconomic activities (such as in the extractive industries, industrial agriculture and infrastructure development), and regulatory policy and practice at all levels, from the local to the international. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

Primate Neuroethology

Author : Asif A. Ghazanfar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199929246
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Primate Neuroethology written by Asif A. Ghazanfar and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is the first of its kind to bridge the epistemological gap between primate ethologists and primate neurobiologists. Leading experts in several fields review work ranging from primate foraging behavior to the neurophysiology of motor control, from vocal communication to the functions of the auditory cortex.

Pattern Recognition

Author : Bodo Rosenhahn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319458868
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Pattern Recognition written by Bodo Rosenhahn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 38th German Conference on Pattern Recognition, GCPR 2016, held in Hannover, Germany, in September 2016. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image processing, learning, optimization, segmentation, applications, image analysis, motion and tracking.

The Mind of the Chimpanzee

Author : Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226492818
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Mind of the Chimpanzee written by Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave. The Mind of the Chimpanzee brings together scores of prominent scientists from around the world to share the most recent research into what goes on inside the mind of our closest living relative. Intertwining a range of topics—including imitation, tool use, face recognition, culture, cooperation, and reconciliation—with critical commentaries on conservation and welfare, the collection aims to understand how chimpanzees learn, think, and feel, so that researchers can not only gain insight into the origins of human cognition, but also crystallize collective efforts to protect wild chimpanzee populations and ensure appropriate care in captive settings. With a breadth of material on cognition and culture from the lab and the field, The Mind of the Chimpanzee is a first-rate synthesis of contemporary studies of these fascinating mammals that will appeal to all those interested in animal minds and what we can learn from them.

The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans

Author : Sue Taylor Parker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139429299
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans written by Sue Taylor Parker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on the mental abilities of chimpanzees and bonobos has been widely celebrated and used in reconstructions of human evolution. In contrast, less attention has been paid to the abilities of gorillas and orangutans. This 1999 volume aims to help complete the picture of hominoid cognition by bringing together the work on gorillas and orangutans and setting it in comparative perspective. The introductory chapters set the evolutionary context for comparing cognition in gorillas and orangutans to that of chimpanzees, bonobos and humans. The remaining chapters focus primarily on the kinds and levels of intelligence displayed by orangutans and gorillas compared to other great apes, including performances in the classic domains of tool use and tool making, imitation, self-awareness, social communication and symbol use. All those wanting more information on the mental abilities of these sometimes neglected, but important primates will find this book a treasure trove.

Systems Science: Theory, Analysis, Modeling, and Design

Author : George E. Mobus
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030934829
Total Pages : 821 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Systems Science: Theory, Analysis, Modeling, and Design written by George E. Mobus and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a comprehensive approach to applying systems science formally to the deep analysis of a wide variety of complex systems. Detailed ‘how-to’ examples of the three phases (analysis-modeling-design) of systems science are applied to systems of various types (machines, organic (e.g. ecosystem), and supra-organic (e.g. business organizations and government). The complexity of the global system has reached proportions that seriously challenge our abilities to understand the consequences of our use of technology, modification of natural ecosystems, or even how to govern ourselves. For this reason, complex mathematics is eschewed when simpler structures will suffice, allowing the widest possible audience to apply and benefit from the available tools and concepts of systems science in their own work. The book shows, in detail, how to functionally and structurally deconstruct complex systems using a fundamental language of systems. It shows how to capture the discovered details in a structured knowledge base from which abstract models can be derived for simulation. The knowledge base is also shown to be a basis for generating system design specifications for human-built artifacts, or policy recommendations/policy mechanisms for socio-economic-ecological systems management. The book builds on principles and methods found in the authors’ textbook Principles of Systems Science (co-authored with Michael Kalton), but without prerequisites. It will appeal to a broad audience that deals with complex systems every day, from design engineers to economic and ecological systems managers and policymakers.