Assistive Technology and Artificial Intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : Applications in Robotics, User Interfaces and Natural Language Processing / / edited by Vibhu O. Mittal, Holly A. Yanco, John Aronis, Richard C. Simpson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143499603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998
• ISBN: 3-540-68678-9
• Edizione: [1st ed. 1998.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XI, 281 p.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; ; 1458
• Disciplina: 617/.03
• Soggetti: Artificial intelligence; Artificial Intelligence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Interface and language issues in intelligent systems for people with disabilities -- Iconic language design for people with significant speech and multiple impairments -- Lexicon for computer translation of American sign language -- On Building Intelligence into EagleEyes -- Providing intelligent language feedback for augmentative communication users -- Saliency in human-computer interaction -- A wearable computer based American sign language recognizer -- Towards automatic translation from Japanese into Japanese sign language -- An augmentative communication interface based on conversational schemata -- Assistive robotics: An overview -- Progress on the deictically controlled wheelchair -- Developing intelligent wheelchairs for the handicapped -- Integrating vision and spatial reasoning for assistive navigation -- Speech and gesture mediated intelligent teleoperation -- Personal adaptive mobility aid for the infirm and elderly blind -- HITOMI: Design and development of a Robotic Travel Aid -- NavChair: An assistive wheelchair navigation system with automatic adaptation -- Wheelesley: A robotic wheelchair system: Indoor navigation and user interface.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book constitutes a carefully arranged selection of revised papers on assistive technology, first presented at related AAAI workshops ; between 1995 and 1998. The book is devoted to the advancement and use of AI stimulated technology that can help users extend their current range of cognitive and sensory abilities or overcome their motor disabilities. Among various issues in the interdisciplinary area of assistive technology, the papers address topics from natural language processing, planning, robotics, user interface design, computer vision, and learning.

Global Housing Cycles / / Deniz Igan, Prakash Loungani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961233703321
• Autore: Igan Deniz
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012
• ISBN: 9781475566796; 1475566794; 9781475518252; 1475518250
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (57 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/217
• Altri autori (Persone): LounganiPrakash
• Disciplina: 332.1
• Soggetti: Housing; Housing - Prices; Aggregate Factor Income Distribution; Asset prices; Banks; Business Fluctuations; Cycles; Deflation; Depository Institutions; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Finance; Financial institutions; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; Housing prices; Housing Supply and Markets; Income; Industries: Financial Services; Inflation; Infrastructure; Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General; Macroeconomics; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages; National accounts; Price Level; Prices; Property & real estate; Real Estate; Saving and investment; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Data; III. Empirical Analysis; A. Housing Cycles; B. Macroeconomic Consequences; IV. Conclusion; References; Tables; 1. House Price Cycles by Country; 2. Characteristics of House Price Cycles; 3. Price-to-Rent Ratio: Adjustment to Benchmark; 4. Modeling House Price Changes: Country-by-Country Regressions; 5. Modeling House Price Changes: Pooled Regressions; 6. Misalignment in House Prices: A Heat Map; 7. Macroeconomic Impact of House Price Corrections; 8. Macroeconomic Impact of House Price Corrections and Country Characteristics; Figures; 1. An Unprecedented Global Housing Boom2. A Global Housing Boom Turning into a Global Bust; 3. Measuring House Prices: Differences in U.S. Indices; 4. National versus Sub-national Prices: Selected Indices in the U.K.; 5. Housing Markets: Price versus Quantity; 6. Regional Housing Markets: Prices versus Activity; 7. Global Housing Cycles: Concurrence of Local Markets; 8. Global Booms and Busts; 9. House Prices and Residential Investment; 10. Price-to-Income Ratio by Country; 11. Housing Affordability in the U.S.; 12. Housing Affordability in the U.S.: Now and Then; 13. Price-to-Rent Ratio Adjustment in the U.S14. User Cost of Housing in the U.S.; 15. Back to Earth: Predicted and Actual House Price Changes; Appendix
• Sommario/riassunto: Housing cycles and their impact on the financial system and the macroeconomy have become the center of attention following the global financial crisis. This paper documents the characteristics of housing cycles in a large set of countries, and examines the determinants of house price movements. Empirical analysis shows that house price dynamics are mostly driven by income and demographics but fluctuations in these fundamentals and credit conditions can create deviations from the implied equilibrium path. We conclude with a discussion of the macroeconomic implications of house price corrections.