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  • The Hidden Lives of Algorithms

    Geometry and Social Meaning in Architecture

    by Philip D. Plowright, Silvio Carta ...
    When we draw basic geometric forms — lines, circles, points — to describe the possible future shape of our buildings and our cities, do we consider what predetermined social interactions are embedded in those forms?Though simple, this question is often overlooked. As generative and analytic algorithms increasingly automate the design of our built environment, the power of basic geometrical ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • How Computers Create Social Structures

    Accidental Collectives

    by Silvio Carta ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book introduces the idea of accidental collectives: the grouping of people that occurs as a by-product of the automated work of computers. Software has a growing influence in our lives automating and optimising mundane, time-consuming and repetitive tasks. In doing this, groups of people are automatically created as the result of classification and data analysis. Once grouped by the invisible ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Crafting Luxury

    Craftsmanship, Manufacture, Technology and the Retail Environment

    by Mark Bloomfield, Shaun Borstrock, Silvio Carta, Veronica Manlow ...
    The idea of luxury has secured a place in contemporary western culture, and the term is now part of common parlance in both established and emerging economies. This book explores the many issues and debates surrounding the idea of luxury.This new research addresses contentious issues surrounding perceptions of luxury, its relationship to contemporary branding as created by the marketers, and the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Big Data, Code and the Discrete City

    Shaping Public Realms

    by Silvio Carta ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
    Big Data, Code and the Discrete City explores how digital technologies are gradually changing the way in which the public space is designed by architects, managed by policymakers and experienced by individuals. Smart city technologies are superseding the traditional human experience that has characterised the making of the public space until today. This book examines how computers see the public ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Physical and the Digital City

    Invisible Forces, Data, and Manifestations

    Edited by Silvio Carta ...
    The Physical and the Digital City is a unique collection of projects where researchers and designers show how the theories of technology underpinning the digital urban environment are applied in practical and spatial terms. The authors are experts in their respective fields, who pursue cutting edge solutions for city-making and consider the theoretical premise critically. It is designed to be a ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Machine Learning and the City

    Applications in Architecture and Urban Design

    by Silvio Carta ...
    Machine Learning and the CityExplore the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence to the built environmentMachine Learning and the City: Applications in Architecture and Urban Design delivers a robust exploration of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of the built environment. Relevant contributions from leading scholars in their respective ... Read more

    $94.00 USD

  • Visual Anthropology in Sardinia

    by Silvio Carta ...
    Series Book 19 - New Studies in European Cinema
    Visual Anthropology in Sardinia explores the technique, style and methodology of documentary films about Sardinia, investigating how such films construct different experiences and identities, and reflecting on the advantages of the medium of documentary film over written ethnographic texts.Following a discussion of theoretical developments in the area of visual anthropology in the twentieth ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

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  • Measuring Scholarly Impact

    Methods and Practice

    Edited by Ying Ding, Ronald Rousseau, Dietmar Wolfram ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book is an authoritative handbook of current topics, technologies and methodological approaches that may be used for the study of scholarly impact. The included methods cover a range of fields such as statistical sciences, scientific visualization, network analysis, text mining, and information retrieval. The techniques and tools enable researchers to investigate metric phenomena and to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals

    Edited by John Krumm ...
    *"…*a must-read text that provides a historical lens to see how ubicomp has matured into a multidisciplinary endeavor. It will be an essential reference to researchers and those who want to learn more about this evolving field."-From the Foreword, Professor Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of TechnologyFirst introduced two decades ago, the term ubiquitous computing is now part of the common ... Read more

    $187.99 USD

  • Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems XII

    COIN 2016 International Workshops, COIN@AAMAS, Singapore, Singapore, May 9, 2016, COIN@ECAI, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 30, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

    Edited by Stephen Cranefield, Samhar Mahmoud, Julian Padget, Ana Paula Rocha ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 12th International Workshops on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems, COIN 2016. The workshop COIN@AAMAS 2016 was held in Singapore, Singapore, in May 2016, and the workshop COIN@ECAI 2016 was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, in August 2016.The 9 full papers were carefully reviewed ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Computer Science

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Subrata Dasgupta ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Over the past sixty years, the spectacular growth of the technologies associated with the computer is visible for all to see and experience. Yet, the science underpinning this technology is less visible and little understood outside the professional computer science community. As a scientific discipline, computer science stands alongside the likes of molecular biology and cognitive science as one ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A History of Italian Cinema

    by Dr Peter Bondanella, Professor Federico Pacchioni ...
    A History of Italian Cinema, 2nd edition is the much anticipated update from the author of the bestselling Italian Cinema - which has been published in four landmark editions and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2018. Building upon decades of research, Peter Bondanella and Federico Pacchioni reorganize the current History in order to keep the book fresh and responsive not only to the actual ... Read more

    $40.99 USD