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UNINA9910736985203321 |
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Autore |
Saitta L (Lorenza), <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Abstraction in artificial intelligence and complex systems / / Lorenza Saitta, Jean-Daniel Zucker |
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New York, : Springer, 2013 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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1 online resource (xvi, 484 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Artificial intelligence |
Abstraction |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Abstraction in Different Disciplines -- Abstraction in Artificial Intelligence -- Definitions of Abstraction -- Boundaries of Abstraction -- The KRA Model -- Abstraction Operators and Design Patterns -- Properties of the KRA Model -- Abstraction in Machine Learning -- Simplicity, Complex Systems, and Abstraction -- Case Studies and Applications -- Discussion -- Conclusion. |
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Abstraction is a fundamental mechanism underlying both human and artificial perception, representation of knowledge, reasoning and learning. This mechanism plays a crucial role in many disciplines, notably Computer Programming, Natural and Artificial Vision, Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Art, and Cognitive Sciences. This book first provides the reader with an overview of the notions of abstraction proposed in various disciplines by comparing both commonalities and differences. After discussing the characterizing properties of abstraction, a formal model, the KRA model, is presented to capture them. This model makes the notion of abstraction easily applicable by means of the introduction of a set of abstraction operators and abstraction patterns, reusable across different domains and applications. It is the impact of abstraction in Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems and Machine Learning which creates the core of the book. A general framework, based on the KRA model, is presented, and its pragmatic power is illustrated with three case studies: Model-based diagnosis, |
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Cartographic Generalization, and learning Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models. |
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UNINA9910252697003321 |
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Autore |
Ding Alex |
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The English for Academic Purposes Practitioner : Operating on the Edge of Academia / / by Alex Ding, Ian Bruce |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 pages) |
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Applied linguistics |
Germanic languages |
Multilingualism |
Language and languages - Study and teaching |
Education, Higher |
Applied Linguistics |
Germanic Languages |
Language Teaching and Learning |
Higher Education |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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- Chapter 1. Overview of the Book: The Status of EAP and the Identity of the Practitioner -- Chapter 2. The Wider Context of EAP: Neoliberalism, Globalization, Social Movements and Higher Education -- Chapter 3. The Origins and Nature of EAP -- Chapter 4. Entering the Field of EAP -- Chapter 5. Developing EAP Practitioners -- Chapter 6. EAP Practitioners and Communities -- Chapter 7. Developing EAP as an Academic Field and the Practitioner Role. |
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This book contextualizes the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), with a particular focus on the professional and academic identity |
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and role of the EAP practitioner. The authors examine previously neglected areas such as the socio-economic, academic and employment contexts within which EAP practitioners function. In doing so, they develop a better understanding of the roles, expectations and constraints that arise from these contexts, which in turn shape professional practice and the identity of the practitioner. As EAP is emerging as an academic discipline with a growing body of published research, this book will appeal to trainee and established practitioners, along with researchers and students of linguistics and education. Alex Ding is Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching at the University of Leeds, UK. He leads school-wide projects in language education scholarship,as well as teaching English for Academic Purposes and MA modules. He has also supervised and examined PhD students, and co-led the development of an innovative MA in EAP. Ian Bruce is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, where he also teaches on the MA degree of the same name. His research interests include the application of genre theory to English for Academic Purposes courses, and to academic writing instruction. He is closely involved with the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP), and has contributed to the development of their teacher competency framework. |
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