Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions
Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions

Author: Hazarika, Shyamanta M.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1616928700

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Space and time are inextricably linked. Reasoning about space often involves reasoning about change in spatial configurations. Qualitative spatial information theory encompasses spatial as well as temporal representation and reasoning. Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions is a contribution to the emerging discipline of qualitative spatial information theory within artificial intelligence. This collection of research covers both theory and application-centric research and provides a comprehensive perspective on the emerging area of qualitative spatio-temporal representation and reasoning. This revolutionary new field is increasingly becoming a core issue within mobile computing, GIS/spatial information systems, databases, computer vision as well as knowledge discovery and data mining.

The Representations of Elderly People in the Scenes of Jesus’ Childhood in Tuscan Paintings, 14th-16th Centuries
The Representations of Elderly People in the Scenes of Jesus’ Childhood in Tuscan Paintings, 14th-16th Centuries

Author: Welleda Muller

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1443892777

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This book is the result of a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the Kunsthistorisches Institut (Max Planck Institute) in Florence, Italy, in collaboration with the MaxNetAging Research School in Rostock, Germany. Adopting an innovative approach, it leads the reader through early modern Tuscan paintings to discover a new vision of intergenerational relationships. By studying both the images of elderly people in the scenes of Jesus’ Childhood and the primary sources dealing with old age, the book reveals how old age was perceived at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance in Tuscany.

Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms

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Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780898713138

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Annotation Proceedings of a conference that took place in Austin, Texas in January 1993. Contributors are impressive names from the field of computer science, including Donald Knuth, author of several computer books of "biblical" importance. The diverse selection of paper topics includes dynamic point location, ray shooting, and the shortest paths in planar maps; optimistic sorting and information theoretic complexity; and an optimal randomized algorithm for the cow-path problem. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

New Paths for Selecting Political Elites
New Paths for Selecting Political Elites

Author: Giulia Sandri

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1000390136

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This book provides a cross-country study of the consequences of the expansion of intra-party democracy, the trend towards more inclusive methods of selection for party candidates and leaders, and the impact of these on political elites in terms of sociopolitical profile and patterns of careers. It explores the link between political organizations and political elites, by studying the role of parties in parliamentary and political selection and its impact on the political leadership appointed. Putting an emphasis on primary elections, it analyses the party elites that emerge from those selection processes and those democratized organizational settings. It focuses not only on the analysis of the processes through which party elites are selected and the consequences at the level of the party but also at the level of party elites themselves, i.e. what impact party primaries have on the characteristics parties’ candidates and leaders. The book offers a theoretical, comparative, and empirical account of the internal electoral processes of parties and their impact on political recruitment. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, political parties and party systems, electoral politics, democracy, populism, and leadership, and more broadly to comparative politics.

A Text Book for Pharmaceutical Research Methodology and Bio-Statistics
A Text Book for Pharmaceutical Research Methodology and Bio-Statistics

Author: Dr. Tirupati Rasala, Dr. Debasish Pradhan, Shubham Gupta, Dr Bandana Behera, Dr Shakti Prasad Pradhan

Publisher: Shashwat Publication

Published: 2024-05-29

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9360874582

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This book is specifically geared towards students in pharmacy programs and covers all the essential topics in research methodology, from the basics of research design to statistical analysis. It also includes a section on biostatistics, which is essential for pharmaceutical research. This book is a more general introduction to research methods, but it still has a lot to offer students in pharmacy programs. It covers a wide range of topics, including research design, data collection, data analysis, and scientific writing. This book will be a great resource for any student in a Masters in Pharmacy and Bachelors in Pharmacy programme.

Do Parties Still Represent?
Do Parties Still Represent?

Author: Knut Heidar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-05

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1351110934

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This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness. Parties with high membership ratios, as well as those experiencing severe decline, are compared and examined across countries with varying constitutional arrangements and party systems. The book discusses whether changing representative capacities lead to declining political representation of (group) interests, less representative party candidate selection processes and declining legitimacy for the political system. The book bridges two subareas that are usually not in conversation with each other: literature on the decline of party membership and that on group representation (gender, ethnic minorities and other social groups). This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of party politics, political parties, representation and elections, and more broadly to people interested in European and comparative politics.

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (ACVAIT 2022)
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (ACVAIT 2022)

Author: Ramesh Manza

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-07-25

Total Pages: 748

ISBN-13: 9464631961

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This is an open access book. The first international Conference on Advances in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (ACVAIT 2022) is a biennial conference organized by Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (MS) India, during August 1–2, 2022. ACVAIT 2022, is dedicated towards advances in the theme areas of Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Human Computer Interactions, Biomedical Image Processing, Geospatial Technology, Hyperspectral image processing and allied technologies but not limited to. ACVAIT 2022, invites young and/or advanced researchers contributing in the theme area of the conference and also provide them platform for discussing their scientific contributions / research findings with the domain experts, exchange ideas with them and foster closer collaboration between members from the top universities / Higher Education Institutes (HEI). ACVAIT 2022, inviting domain specific work from research scholars, academician, machine learning & AI scientist, industry experts to contribute their scientific contribution in the following areas but not limited to. • Shape representation• Biometrics: face matching, iris recognition, footprint verification and many more.• Statistical, Structural and syntactic pattern recognition• Brain Computer Interface and Human Computer Interactions• Feature extraction and reduction• Biomedical Image Processing• Color and texture analysis• Speech analysis and understanding• Image segmentation• Speaker verification & Synthesis• Image compression, coding and encryption• Clustering and classification• Object recognition, scene understanding and video analytics• Machine learning algorithms • Image matching (pattern matching)• Extreme learning machine• Content based image retrieval and indexing• Artificial Intelligence Trends in Deep learning• Optical character recognition• Big data• Image & Video Forensics• Information retrieval• Pattern recognition and machine learning for Internet of Things• Data mining and Data Analytics• Pattern classification through Sensors• Pattern Recognition for Hyper Spectral Imaging• Satellite Image Processing

Handbook on Local and Regional Governance
Handbook on Local and Regional Governance

Author: Filipe Teles

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-01-13

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1800371209

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Holistic in approach, this Handbook’s international range of leading scholars present complementary perspectives, both theoretical and empirically pertinent, to explore recent developments in the field of local and regional governance.