1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453768703321

Autore

Attebery Brian <1951->

Titolo

Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth / / Brian Attebery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-937931-9

0-19-931606-6

0-19-931608-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

809.3/8766

Soggetti

Fantasy literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Literature and myth

Myth in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fantasy as a route to myth -- Taxonomic Interlude: a note on genres -- Make it old: the other mythic method -- Silver lies and spinning wheels: Christian myth in MacDonald and Lewis -- Romance and formula, myth and memorate -- Expanding the territory: colonial fantasy -- Angels, fantasy, and belief -- Literalist Interlude: burning Harry Potter -- The postcolonial fantastic -- Coyote's eyes: situated fantasy.

Sommario/riassunto

Myth is oral, collective, sacred, and timeless. Fantasy is a modern literary mode and a popular entertainment. Yet the two have always been inextricably intertwined. Stories about Stories examines fantasy as an arena in which different ways of understanding myth compete and new relationships with myth are worked out. The book offers a comprehensive history of the modern fantastic as well as an argument about its nature and importance.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457921603321

Autore

Hopgood Adrian A.

Titolo

Intelligent systems for engineers and scientists / / Adrian A. Hopgood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-06410-1

1-280-12252-8

9786613526380

1-4398-6596-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (931 p.)

Disciplina

006.3302462

620.00420285

Soggetti

Expert systems (Computer science)

Computer-aided engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Auerbach book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; The Author; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Rule-Based Systems; Chapter 3 Handling Uncertainty: Probability and Fuzzy Logic; Chapter 4 Agents, Objects, and Frames; Chapter 5 Symbolic Learning; Chapter 6 Single-Candidate Optimization Algorithms; Chapter 7 Genetic Algorithms for Optimization; Chapter 8 Neural Networks; Chapter 9 Hybrid Systems; Chapter 10 Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages; Chapter 11 Systems for Interpretation and Diagnosis; Chapter 12 Systems for Design and Selection; Chapter 13 Systems for Planning

Chapter 14 Systems for ControlChapter 15 The Future of Intelligent Systems; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The third edition of this bestseller examines the principles of artificial intelligence and their application to engineering and science, as well as techniques for developing intelligent systems to solve practical problems. Covering the full spectrum of intelligent systems techniques, it incorporates knowledge-based systems, computational intelligence, and their hybrids.Using clear and concise language, Intelligent Systems for Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition features updates and



improvements throughout all chapters. It includes expanded and separated chapter