1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455099503321

Autore

Nardi James B. <1948->

Titolo

Life in the soil [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / / James B. Nardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-42240-5

9786612422409

0-226-56853-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

578.75/7

Soggetti

Soil biology

Electronic books.

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 (p. [275]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Preface -- PART ONE. Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World -- PART TWO. Members of the Soil Community -- PART THREE. Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil -- Collecting and Observing Life of the Soil -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leonardo da Vinci once mused that "we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," an observation that is as apt today as it was five hundred years ago. The biological world under our toes is often unexplored and unappreciated, yet it teems with life. In one square meter of earth, there lives trillions of bacteria, millions of nematodes, hundreds of thousands of mites, thousands of insects and worms, and hundreds of snails and slugs. But because of their location and size, many of these creatures are as unfamiliar and bizarre to us as anything f



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797540703321

Autore

Coleman Lance B., Sr., <1962->

Titolo

Advanced quality auditing : an auditor's review of risk management, lean improvement, and data analysis / / Lance B. Coleman, Sr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : , : American Society for Quality, Quality Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-953079-72-5

1-953079-71-7

1-68015-774-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

658.562

Soggetti

Auditing, Internal

Industrial management

Risk management

Quality control - Auditing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910293146003321

Autore

Abbass Hussein A

Titolo

Foundations of Trusted Autonomy / / edited by Hussein A. Abbass, Jason Scholz, Darryn J. Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9783319648163

3319648160

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 395 p. 69 illus., 32 illus. in color.)

Collana

Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, , 2198-4190 ; ; 117

Classificazione

COM004000COM051300MAT006000TEC008000TEC037000

Disciplina

629.892

Soggetti

Automatic control

Robotics

Automation

Artificial intelligence

Electronics

Mathematics - Data processing

Algorithms

Control, Robotics, Automation

Artificial Intelligence

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foundations of Trusted Autonomy -- Foundations of Trusted Autonomy: An Introduction -- Goal Reasoning and Trusted Autonomy -- Social planning for Trusted Autonomy -- The Blessing and Curse of Emergence in Swarm Intelligence Systems -- Trustworthiness of Autonomous Systems -- Learning to Shape Errors with a Confusion Objective -- Future Trusted Autonomous Space Scenarios -- An Autonomy Interrogative.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book establishes the foundations needed to realize the ultimate goals for artificial intelligence, such as autonomy and trustworthiness. Aimed at



scientists, researchers, technologists, practitioners, and students, it brings together contributions offering the basics, the challenges and the state-of-the-art on trusted autonomous systems in a single volume. The book is structured in three parts, with chapters written by eminent researchers and outstanding practitioners and users in the field. The first part covers foundational artificial intelligence technologies, while the second part covers philosophical, practical and technological perspectives on trust. Lastly, the third part presents advanced topics necessary to create future trusted autonomous systems. The book augments theory with real-world applications including cyber security, defence and space.