Knowledge representation / / edited by Ronald J. Brachman, Hector J. Levesque, and Raymond Reiter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910260610103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 1992; [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [1992]
• Edizione: [1st MIT Press ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 PDF (408 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Special issues of Artificial intelligence, an international journal
• Altri autori (Persone): BrachmanRonald J. <1949->; LevesqueHector J. <1951->; ReiterRay
• Disciplina: 003/.54
• Soggetti: Knowledge representation (Information theory)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Bradford book."; "Reprinted from Artificial intelligence, an international journal, volume 49, numbers 1-3, 1991"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Growing interest in symbolic representation and reasoning has pushed this backstage activity into the spotlight as a clearly identifiable and technically rich subfield in artificial intelligence. This collection of extended versions of 12 papers from the First International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning provides a snapshot of the best current work in AI on formal methods and principles of representation and reasoning. The topics range from temporal reasoning to default reasoning to representations for natural language.Ronald J. Brachman is Head of the Artificial Intelligence Principles Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Hector J. Levesque and Raymond Reiter are Professors of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.Contents: Introduction. Nonmonotonic Reasoning in the Framework of Situation Calculus. The Computational Complexity of Abduction. Temporal Constraint Networks. Impediments to Universal Preference-Based Default Theories. Embedding Decision-Analytic Control in a Learning Architecture. The Substitutional Framework for Sorted Deduction: Fundamental Results on Hybrid ; Reasoning. Existence Assumptions in Knowledge Representation. Hard Problems for Simple Default Logics. The Effect of Knowledge on Belief: Conditioning, Specificity and the Lottery Paradox in Default Reasoning. Three-Valued Nonmonotonic Formalisms and Semantics of Logic Programs. On the Applicability of Nonmonotonic Logic to Formal Reasoning in Continuous Time. Principles of Metareasoning.

Theory of linear poroelasticity with applications to geomechanics and hydrogeology / / Herbert F. Wang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163942903321
• Autore: Wang Herbert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2000]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Collana: Princeton series in geophysics
• Disciplina: 624.2
• Soggetti: Rock mechanics; Rocks - Permeability; Elasticity; Fluid dynamics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Linear Constitutive Equations -- 3. Poroelastic Constants -- 4. Governing Equations -- 5. Unbounded Problem Domains -- 6. Uniaxial Strain -- 7. Plane Strain and Plane Stress in Rectangular Coordinates -- 8. Plane Strain in Polar Coordinates -- 9. Axisymmetry -- 10. Numerical Methods -- Appendix A. Integral Transforms -- Appendix B. Relations Among Poroelastic Constants -- Appendix C. Representative Poroelastic Constants -- Symbols -- References -- Uncited References -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The theory of linear poroelasticity describes the interaction between mechanical effects and adding or removing fluid from rock. It is critical to the study of such geological phenomena as earthquakes and ; landslides and is important for numerous engineering projects, including dams, groundwater withdrawal, and petroleum extraction. Now an advanced text synthesizes in one place, with one notation, numerous classical solutions and applications of this highly useful theory. The introductory chapter recounts parallel developments in geomechanics, hydrogeology, and reservoir engineering that are unified by the tenets of poroelasticity. Next, the theory's constitutive and governing equations and their associated material parameters are described. These equations are then specialized for different simplifying geometries: unbounded problem domains, uniaxial strain, plane strain, radial symmetry, and axisymmetry. Example problems from geomechanics, hydrogeology, and petroleum engineering are incorporated throughout to illustrate poroelastic behavior and solution methods for a wide variety of real-world scenarios. The final chapter provides outlines for finite-element and boundary-element formulations of the field's governing equations. Whether read as a course of study or consulted as a reference by researchers and professionals, this volume's user-friendly presentation makes accessible one of geophysics' most important subjects and will do much to reduce poroelasticity's reputation as difficult to master.

Knowing the spirit / / Ostad Elahi ; translated and with an introduction by James Winston Morris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968754603321
• Autore: Ilahi Nur Ali <1895-1974.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9780791481202; 0791481204; 9781429471268; 1429471263
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 158 p
• Altri autori (Persone): MorrisJames Winston <1949->
• Disciplina: 297.2/25
• Soggetti: Soul - Islam; Islam - Doctrines
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translated from the Persian.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Knowing the Spirit -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Translator's Introduction -- I. Ostad Elahi's Life and Works -- Childhood and Youth -- Professional Life and Judicial Career -- The Final Period: Writing and Teaching -- Ostad Elahi's Published Works: The Place of Knowing the Spirit -- II. Historical Contexts: The Audience, Language, andStructure of Ma'rifat ar-R¶h -- The "Three Sources": Rational Argument, Religious Tradition,and Spiritual Experience -- Allusion and Realization -- The Basic Structure of Knowing the Spirit: The Originationand the Return -- III. The Contemporary Significance of Knowing the Spirit -- The Persian Text andTranslation Conventions -- Knowing the Spirit -- Original Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Establishing the Existenceof the Divine Artisan -- 2. The Spirit -- 3. The Gathering, Reawakening,and Returning (of the Spirit)in the Realm of Return -- 4. The Purely Bodily Return -- 5. The Purely Spiritual Return -- 6. The Harmonization of a Bodily and Spiritual Return -- 7. The (Spirit's) Return by Way of the Process of Perfection -- 8. The Belief of the Proponents of Transmigration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Notes to the Translator'sIntroduction -- Notes to the Translation -- Bibliography -- ; References Originally Cited by Ostad Elahi -- Works Cited in the Translator's Introduction and Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: A modern spiritual classic on the perfection of the soul by a renowned writer from the Islamic tradition.

The Black Campus Movement : Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972 / / by Ibram X. Kendi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971360103321
• Autore: Rogers Ibram H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• ISBN: 9786613657350; 9781280680427; 1280680423; 9781137016508; 1137016507
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2012.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary Black History
• Classificazione: HIS036060HIS054000HIS037070EDU016000EDU015000
• Disciplina: 378.1/982996073
• Soggetti: Education - History; Civilization - History; Education, Higher; United States - History; History, Modern; Social history; History of Education; Cultural History; Higher Education; US History; Modern History; Social History
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in the Text; Introduction; 1 An "Island Within": Black Students and Black Higher Education Prior to 1965; 2 "God Speed the Breed": New Negro in the Long Black Student Movement; 3 "Strike While the Iron Is Hot": Civil Rights in the Long Black Student Movement; 4 "March Th at Won't Turn Around": Formation and Development of the Black Campus Movement; 5 "Shuddering in a Paroxysm of Black Power": A Narrative Overview of the Black Campus Movement; 6 "A Fly in Buttermilk": Black Campus Movement Organizations, Demands, Protests, and Support7 "Black Jim Crow Studies": Opposition and Repression; 8 "Black Students Refuse to Pass the Buck": The Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education; Epilogue: Backlash and Forward Lashes of the Black Campus Movement; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965.