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UNINA9910136403003321 |
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Autore |
Vogt Paul |
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How mobile robots can self-organise a vocabulary [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Vogt |
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Language Science Press, 2015 |
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Berlin, Germany : , : Language Science Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Computational Models of Language Evolution ; ; volume 2 |
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Symbol grounding |
Language acquisition - Data processing |
Artificial intelligence |
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Title from OAPEN webpage (viewed on 23 November 2017). |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2000. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface --Acknowledgements --1. Introduction --2. The sensorimotor component --3. Language games --4. Experimental results --5. Varying methods and parameters --6. The optimal games --7. Discussion --Appendix A: Glossary --Appendix B: PDL code --Appendix C: Sensory data distribution --Appendix D: Lexicon and ontology --References --Indexes. |
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One of the hardest problems in science is the symbol grounding problem, a question that has intrigued philosophers and linguists for more than a century. With the rise of artificial intelligence, the question has become very actual, especially within the field of robotics. The problem is that an agent, be it a robot or a human, perceives the world in analogue signals. Yet humans have the ability to categorise the world in symbols that they, for instance, may use for language. This book presents a series of experiments in which two robots try to solve the symbol grounding problem. The experiments are based on the language game paradigm, and involve real mobile robots that are able to develop a grounded lexicon about the objects that they can detect in |
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their world. Crucially, neither the lexicon nor the ontology of the robots has been preprogrammed, so the experiments demonstrate how a population of embodied language users can develop their own vocabularies from scratch. |
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UNINA9910830638603321 |
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Autore |
Shim Jae K. |
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Titolo |
Budgeting basics and beyond / / Jae K. Shim, Joel G. Siegel |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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0-470-45435-0 |
1-118-10675-X |
1-281-83703-2 |
9786611837037 |
0-470-42116-9 |
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[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (450 p.) |
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Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Third Edition; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Chapter 1: The What and Why of Budgeting; Chapter 2: Strategic Planning and Budgeting; Chapter 3: Administering the Budget; Chapter 4: Break-even and Contribution Margin Analysis; Chapter 5: Profit Planning; Chapter 6: Master Budget; Chapter 7: Cost Behavior; Chapter 8: Evaluating Performance; Chapter 9: Manufacturing Costs; Chapter 10: Marketing; Chapter 11: Research and Development; Chapter 12: General and Administrative Costs; Chapter 13: Capital Expenditures; Chapter 14: Forecasting and Planning |
Chapter 15: Moving Averages and Smoothing TechniquesChapter 16: Regression Analysis; Chapter 17: Cash Budgeting and Forecasting Cash Flow; Chapter 18: Financial Modeling; Chapter 19: Software Packages; |
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Chapter 20: Capital Budgeting; Chapter 21: Zero-base Budgeting; Chapter 22: Managers' Performance and Balanced Scorecard; Chapter 23: Budgeting for Service Organizations; Chapter 24: Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations; Chapter 25: Using Management Games for Executive Training; Appendix I: Present and Future Value Tables; Appendix II: Statistical Table |
Glossary of Budgeting and Planning TermsIndex |
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If the very thought of budgets pushes your sanity over the limit, then this practical, easy-to-use guide is just what you need. Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Third Edition equips you with an all-in-one resource guaranteed to make the budgeting process easier, less stressful, and more effective. Written by Jae Shim and Joel Siegel, the new edition covers Balanced Scorecard, budgeting for nonprofit organizations, business simulations for executive and management training, and much more! |
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