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Functional Descriptions

Author : Ruqaiya Hasan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027236240
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Functional Descriptions written by Ruqaiya Hasan and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the relation between theory and description by examining aspects of transitivity in different languages. Transitivity or case grammar, to use the popular term has always occupied a centre-stage position in linguistics, not least because of its supposedly privileged relation to states of affairs in the real world. Using a systemic functional perspective, the ten papers in this volume make a contribution to this scholarship by focusing on the transitivity patterns in language as the expression of the experiential metafunction. Through a study of different languages English, Dutch, German, Finnish, Chinese and Pitjantjatjara the contributors provide functional descriptions of the various categories of process, their participants and circumstances, including phenomena such as di-transitivity, causativity, the get-passive, etc. With the relation between theories and descriptions running through the ten chapters of this volume as sometimes an overt and sometimes a covert theme, the chapters point to the nature of the linguistic fact which is linked ineluctably on the one hand to the nature of the theory and on the other to the speakers' experience of the world in which they live. The majority of papers included in the volume derive from the 19th International Systemic Functional Congress at Macquarie University.

An Introduction to Metalogic

Author : Aladdin M. Yaqub
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554811716
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Metalogic written by Aladdin M. Yaqub and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Metalogic is a uniquely accessible introduction to the metatheory of first-order predicate logic. No background knowledge of logic is presupposed, as the book is entirely self-contained and clearly defines all of the technical terms it employs. Yaqub begins with an introduction to predicate logic and ends with detailed outlines of the proofs of the incompleteness, undecidability, and indefinability theorems, covering many related topics in between.

Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn

Author : Maarten Franssen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319337173
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn written by Maarten Franssen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features 16 essays on the philosophy of technology that discuss its identity, its position in philosophy in general, and the role of empirical studies in philosophical analyses of engineering ethics and engineering practices. This volume is published about fifteen years after Peter Kroes and Anthonie Meijers published a collection of papers under the title The empirical turn in the philosophy of technology, in which they called for a reorientation toward the practice of engineering, and sketched the likely benefits for philosophy of technology of pursuing its major questions in an empirically informed way. The essays in this volume fall apart in two different kinds. One kind follows up on The empirical turn discussion about what the philosophy of technology is all about. It continues the search for the identity of the philosophy of technology by asking what comes after the empirical turn. The other kind of essays follows the call for an empirical turn in the philosophy of technology by showing how it may be realized with regard to particular topics. Together these essays offer the reader an overview of the state of the art of an empirically informed philosophy of technology and of various views on the empirical turn as a stepping stone into the future of the philosophy of technology.

Function, Selection, and Design

Author : David J. Buller
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791442111
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Function, Selection, and Design written by David J. Buller and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete sourcebook for philosophical discussion of the nature of function in biology.

Handbook of Service Description

Author : Alistair Barros
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146141864X
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Service Description written by Alistair Barros and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Service Description introduces an in-depth overview of service description efforts. The book also highlights the recent Unified Service Description Language (USDL) in detail and discusses its methods. The Handbook of Service Description is the normative scientific reference for the upcoming standardization of the Unified Service Description Language (USDL). Complete documentation is included. The Handbook of Service Description is designed for those working in the service science industry as a reference book. Advanced-level students focused on computer science, engineering and business will also find this book a valuable asset.

Machine Learning

Author : Tom M. Mitchell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461322790
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Machine Learning written by Tom M. Mitchell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the currently most active research areas within Artificial Intelligence is the field of Machine Learning. which involves the study and development of computational models of learning processes. A major goal of research in this field is to build computers capable of improving their performance with practice and of acquiring knowledge on their own. The intent of this book is to provide a snapshot of this field through a broad. representative set of easily assimilated short papers. As such. this book is intended to complement the two volumes of Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach (Morgan-Kaufman Publishers). which provide a smaller number of in-depth research papers. Each of the 77 papers in the present book summarizes a current research effort. and provides references to longer expositions appearing elsewhere. These papers cover a broad range of topics. including research on analogy. conceptual clustering. explanation-based generalization. incremental learning. inductive inference. learning apprentice systems. machine discovery. theoretical models of learning. and applications of machine learning methods. A subject index IS provided to assist in locating research related to specific topics. The majority of these papers were collected from the participants at the Third International Machine Learning Workshop. held June 24-26. 1985 at Skytop Lodge. Skytop. Pennsylvania. While the list of research projects covered is not exhaustive. we believe that it provides a representative sampling of the best ongoing work in the field. and a unique perspective on where the field is and where it is headed.

Work Design

Author : Adedeji B. Badiru
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498755747
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Work Design written by Adedeji B. Badiru and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is all around us and permeates everything we do and everyday activities. Not all work is justified, not all work is properly designed, or evaluated accurately, or integrated. A systems model will make work more achievable through better management. Work is defined as a process of performing a defined task or activity, such as research, development, operations, maintenance, repair, assembly, production, and so on. Very little is written on how to design, evaluate, justify, and integrate work. Using a comprehensive systems approach, this book facilitates a better understanding of work for the purpose of making it more effective and rewarding.

Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter

Author : Peter Kroes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400739400
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter written by Peter Kroes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an attempt to understand the nature of technical artefacts and the way they come into being. Its primary focus is the kind of technical artefacts designed and produced by modern engineering. In spite of their pervasive influence on human thinking and doing, and therefore on the modern human condition, a philosophical analysis of technical artefacts and engineering design is lacking. Among the questions addressed are: How do technical artefacts fit into the furniture of the universe? In what sense are they different from objects from the natural world, or from the social world? What kind of activity is engineering design and what does it mean to say that technical artefacts are the embodiment of a design? Does it make sense to consider technical artefacts to be morally good or bad by themselves because of the way they influence human life? The book advances the thesis that technical artefacts, conceived of as physical constructions with a technical function, have a dual nature; they are hybrid objects combining physical and intentional features. It proposes a theory of technical functions and technical artefact kinds that does justice to this dual nature, analyses engineering design from the dual nature point of view, and argues that technical artefacts, because of their dual nature, have inherent moral significance.

Can Animals be Persons?

Author : Mark Rowlands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190846038
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Can Animals be Persons? written by Mark Rowlands and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can animals be persons? Scientific and philosophical consensus supplies a resounding, 'No!' In this book, Mark Rowlands disagrees. Not only can animals be persons, many of them probably are. A person is an individual in which consciousness, rationality, self-awareness and other-awareness converge, and many animals are such individuals

Systemic Functional Language Description

Author : J.R. Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351184512
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Systemic Functional Language Description written by J.R. Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume showcases previously unpublished research on theoretical, descriptive, and methodological innovations for understanding language patterns grounded in a Systemic Functional Linguistic perspective. Featuring contributions from an international range of scholars, the book demonstrates how advances in SFL have developed to reflect the breadth of variation in language and how descriptive methodologies for language have evolved in turn. Taken together, the volume offers a comprehensive account of Systemic Functional Language description, providing a foundation for practice and further research for students and scholars in descriptive linguistics, SFL, and theoretical linguistics.

Problem-Solving Methods

Author : Dieter Fensel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540678166
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Problem-Solving Methods written by Dieter Fensel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-09-27 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a theory, a formal language, and a practical methodology for the specification, use, and reuse of problem-solving methods. The framework developed by the author characterizes knowledge-based systems as a particular type of software architecture where the applications are developed by integrating generic task specifications, problem solving methods, and domain models: this approach turns knowledge engineering into a software engineering discipline. All in all, this work, as an applicable theory of knowledge engineering, consolidates research work done during several decades. The present popularity of Internet-based services will provide unprecedented opportunities for deploying and sharing knowledge-based services and anybody wanting to participate in this area can learn from this book what knowledge engineering is about.

Visioning and Engineering the Knowledge Society - A Web Science Perspective

Author : Miltiadis D. Lytras
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364204753X
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Visioning and Engineering the Knowledge Society - A Web Science Perspective written by Miltiadis D. Lytras and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 49, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second World Summit, WSKS 2009, held in Chania, Crete, Greece, in September 2008. The 62 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 256 submissions. The papers are deal with information technologies - knowledge management systems - e-business and business, organizational and inter-organizational information systems for the Knowledge Society, knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the Knowledge Society, social and humanistic computing for the Knowledge Society – emerging technologies for the society and the humanity, culture and cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the Knowledge Society, e-government and e-democracy in the Knowledge Society, innovation, sustainable development and strategic management for the Knowledge Society, service science, management, engineering, and technology, intellectual and human capital development in the Knowledge Society, advanced applications for environmental protection and green economy management, future prospects for the Knowledge Society: from foresight studies to projects and public policies, technologies and business models for the creative industries.

Innovations in Database Design, Web Applications, and Information Systems Management

Author : Siau, Keng
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466620455
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Database Design, Web Applications, and Information Systems Management written by Siau, Keng and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New techniques and tools for database and database technologies are continuously being introduced. These technologies are the heart of many business information systems and can benefit from theories, models, and research results from other disciplines. Innovations in Database Design, Web Applications, and Information Systems Management presents ideal research in the areas of database theory, systems design, ontologies, and many more. Including examples of the convergence of ideas from various disciplines aimed at improving and developing the theory of information technology and management of information resources, this book is useful for researchers and practitioners in the IT field.

Web Intelligence Meets Brain Informatics

Author : Ning Zhong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540770275
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Web Intelligence Meets Brain Informatics written by Ning Zhong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-29 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the First WICI International Workshop on Web Intelligence meets Brain Informatics, WImBI 2006, which was held in Beijing, China, in December 2006. The workshop explores a new perspective of Web Intelligence (WI) research from the viewpoint of Brain Informatics (BI). The 26 revised full-length papers presented together with three introductory lectures have been carefully reviewed and selected.

Designing Complex Systems

Author : Erik W. Aslaksen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420087541
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Designing Complex Systems written by Erik W. Aslaksen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without standardized construction elements such as nuts, bolts, bearings, beams, resistors and the like, the design of physical equipment is hopelessly inefficient, and engineers are continually bogged down with re-designing these elements over and over again. Emphasizing a top-down approach, this volume considers the purpose and basic features of design and how the concept of value can provide a quantitative measure of that wider interaction of the engineered object with its environment. This work also develops the domain in which functional design takes place and explores how the system concept can be embedded in that domain. It proposes a number of functional design elements and develops them in considerable detail, outlining how they can be applied as part of a coherent design framework. For greater understanding of the discussed concepts, numerous examples and analogies are included.

Metalinguistic Discourses

Author : Viviane Arigne
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144388314X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Metalinguistic Discourses written by Viviane Arigne and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was born from the desire to conduct an inquiry into the heterogeneity and variety of linguistic theories in order to assess their descriptive and explanatory power. The first part of the volume brings together contributions addressing formal and theoretical issues. It focuses on the specific questions of metalinguistic discourses, representations and formal symbols, and considers the case of representations pertaining to different metalinguistic levels and their possible translation from one level to another. The essays compiled in this section also examine how generative semantics paved the way for current trends in cognitive linguistics, and provide an analysis of the historical and epistemological context of the notion of metafunction found in Systemic Functional Grammar. The contributions gathered in the second part of the book evaluate the results of a certain number of linguistic studies, putting various theories to the test. They specifically discuss the notion of intersective gradience, analyse modality and the question of irony within two different theoretical frameworks, and deal with parenthetical verbs in the light of an utterer-centred approach. This book will appeal to all linguists with an interest in linguistic theories, to advanced students in linguistics, as well as to scholars in cognate fields such as epistemology, philosophy of language, psychology and neurosciences.

Lexical-Functional Syntax

Author : Joan Bresnan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111909920X
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Lexical-Functional Syntax written by Joan Bresnan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides both an introduction to LFG and a synthesis of major theoretical developments in lexical-functional syntax over the past few decades Includes in-depth discussions of a large number of syntactic phenomena from typologically diverse languages Features extensive problem sets and solutions in each chapter to aid in self-study Incorporates reader feedback from the 1st Edition to correct errors and enhance clarity