1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703771503321

Titolo

Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Publishing Office], , [2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (697 unnumbered pages)

Soggetti

National parks and reserves - Law and legislation - United States

Statutes and codes.

United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures

United States Armed Forces Personnel management Law and legislation

United States Armed Forces Military construction operations Law and legislation

United States Appropriations and expenditures, 2015

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 11, 2015).

"Dec. 19, 2014 (H.R. 3979)"--Page [1].

"128 Stat. 3292"--Page [1].

"Public Law 113-291.

Nota di contenuto

division B. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 -- title XIII, subtitle B. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act -- title XVII, subtitle A . National Commission on the Future of the Army Act of 2014.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910674391803321

Autore

Badcock Paul

Titolo

Applying the Free-Energy Principle to Complex Adaptive Systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Soggetti

Computer science

Information technology industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The free energy principle is a mathematical theory of the behaviour of self-organising systems that originally gained prominence as a unified model of the brain. Since then, the theory has been applied to a plethora of biological phenomena, extending from single-celled and multicellular organisms through to niche construction and human culture, and even the emergence of life itself. The free energy principle tells us that perception and action operate synergistically to minimize an organism's exposure to surprising biological states, which are more likely to lead to decay. A key corollary of this hypothesis is active inference-the idea that all behavior involves the selective sampling of sensory data so that we experience what we expect to (in order to avoid surprises). Simply put, we act upon the world to fulfill our expectations. It is now widely recognized that the implications of the free energy principle for our understanding of the human mind and behavior are far-reaching and profound. To date, however, its capacity to extend beyond our brain-to more generally explain living and other complex adaptive systems-has only just begun to be explored. The aim of this collection is to showcase the breadth of the free energy principle as a unified theory of complex adaptive systems-conscious, social, living, or not.