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UNINA9910458652303321 |
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Bowler Shaun |
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Demanding Choices [[electronic resource] ] : Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 |
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1-282-76101-3 |
9786612761010 |
0-472-02334-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Democracy |
Elections |
Electronic books. -- local |
Referendum |
Representative government and representation |
Direct democracy |
Government - General |
Political Institutions & Public Administration - General |
Law, Politics & Government |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1. The History of Direct Democracy: A Critique of Voter Competence""; ""2. Reasoning Voters: Sorting through the Demands of Direct Democracy""; ""3. Responding to Demands: Information, Abstention, and Just Saying ""No""""; ""4. Economic Conditions and Voting on Ballot Propositions""; ""5. Private Interests and Instrumental Voting""; ""6. Voter Response to the Initiative Logroll and the Counterproposition""; ""7. Partisan Interests and Campaign Information: Support for Term Limits"" |
""8. How Campaign Spending Affects Voter Awareness and Opinions of Initiatives""""9. Conclusions about Voter Reasoning in Direct Democracy""; ""Appendix A: Coding of Variables on Private Interests |
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and Voting Behavior""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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UNINA9911018938603321 |
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Cooperating embedded systems and wireless sensor networks / / edited by Michel Banatre ... [et al.] |
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London, : ISTE |
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2008 |
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9786612164798 |
9781282164796 |
1282164791 |
9780470610817 |
0470610816 |
9780470393451 |
0470393459 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Embedded computer systems |
Sensor networks |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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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Cooperating Embedded Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Concept of Cooperating Objects and Sensor Networks; 1.1. Cooperating objects and wireless sensor networks; 1.2. Embedded WiSeNts; 1.3. Overview of the book; Chapter 2. Applications and Application Scenarios; 2.1. Summary; 2.2. Introduction; 2.3. Characteristics and requirements of applications; 2.4. State of the art projects; 2.5. Taxonomy of CO applications; 2.5.1. Control and Automation (CA); 2.5.2. Home and Office (HO); 2.5.3. Logistics (L); 2.5.4. Transportation (TA) |
2.5.5. Environmental monitoring for emergency services (EM)2.5.6. Healthcare (H); 2.5.7. Security and Surveillance (SS); 2.5.8. Tourism (T); |
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2.5.9. Education and Training (ET); 2.6. Scenario description structure; 2.7. Application scenarios; 2.7.1. Forest fire detection scenario; 2.7.1.1. Introduction; 2.7.1.2. Scenario characteristics; 2.7.1.3. Functional specification; 2.7.1.4. Object decomposition; 2.7.1.5. Step-by-step scenario description; 2.7.1.6. System requirements; 2.7.2. Good Food; 2.7.2.1. Introduction; 2.7.2.2. Scenario characteristics; 2.7.2.3. User requirements |
2.7.2.4. Functional specification2.7.2.5. Object decomposition; 2.7.2.6. Step-by-step scenario description; 2.7.2.7. System requirements; 2.7.3. CORTEX's Car Control; 2.7.3.1. Introduction; 2.7.3.2. Scenario characteristics; 2.7.3.3. User requirements; 2.7.3.4. Functional specification; 2.7.3.5. Object decomposition; 2.7.3.6. Step-by-step scenario description; 2.7.3.7. System requirements; 2.7.4. Hogthrob; 2.7.4.1. Introduction; 2.7.4.2. Scenario characteristics; 2.7.4.3. User requirements; 2.7.4.4. Functional specification; 2.7.4.5. Object decomposition |
2.7.4.6. Step-by-step scenario description2.7.5. Smart surroundings; 2.7.5.1. Introduction; 2.7.5.2. Scenario characteristics; 2.7.5.3. System requirements; 2.7.6. Sustainable bridges; 2.7.6.1. Introduction; 2.7.6.2. Application characteristics; 2.7.6.3. System requirements; 2.7.6.4. Functional specification; 2.7.6.5. Object decomposition; 2.8. Conclusions; 2.9. List of abbreviations; 2.10. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Paradigms for Algorithms and Interactions; 3.1. Summary; 3.2. Introduction; 3.2.1. Aim of the chapter; 3.2.2. Organization of the chapter; 3.3. Definition of concepts |
3.4. Wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring3.4.1. Application scenarios; 3.4.2. Peculiarities of WSNs; 3.4.3. Medium Access Control; 3.4.3.1. Random Access Protocols; 3.4.3.2. Deterministic access protocols; 3.4.4. Routing and forwarding algorithms; 3.4.4.1. Location-based routing; 3.4.4.2. Data-centric routing; 3.4.4.3. Hierarchical-based routing; 3.4.5. Sensor data aggregation; 3.4.6. Clustering and backbone formation; 3.4.6.1. Clustering for ad hoc networks; 3.4.6.2. Clustering for WSNs; 3.4.7. Localization in ad hoc and WSNs; 3.4.7.1. Range-free localization |
3.4.7.2. Range-based localization |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A number of different system concepts have become apparent in the broader context of embedded systems over the past few years. Whilst there are some differences between these, this book argues that in fact there is much they share in common, particularly the important notions of control, heterogenity, wireless communication, dynamics/ad hoc nature and cost. The first part of the book covers cooperating object applications and the currently available application scenarios, such as control and automation, healthcare, and security and surveillance. The second part discusses paradigms for algori |
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