“The Truth about the Desert”

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910773100903321
• Autore: Diallo Souleymane
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cologne, : Modern Academic Publishing, 2018
• ISBN: 3-946198-35-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210)
• Soggetti: Mali; Berber (Tuareg); National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Islamic life & practice; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Truth about the Desert explores the living conditions under which Tuareg refugees from northern Mali rebuild their lives in the Nigerien diaspora and how these conditions affect their self-understandings and cultural practices, established status hierarchies, and religious identity formation. The book counterbalances an earlier scholarly preoccupation with Tuareg nobility by zoning in on two inferior social status groups, the Bellah-Iklan and free-born vassals, which have been neglected in conventional accounts of Tuareg society. By offering a multi-layered analysis of social status and identity formation in the diaspora, it pleads for a more dynamic understanding of Tuareg socio-political hierarchies. Analyzing in detail how both status groups rely on moralizing labels and racial stereotyping to reformulate their own social and ethnic identity, the study highlights refugees’ aspirations and capacities to remake their imaginary and material worlds in the face of adverse and often deeply humiliating living conditions. The book provides vital insights for refugee studies and for scholarly debates on ethnicity, social identity formation, and memory politics. Souleymane Diallo earned his PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from ; the University of Cologne. His research interests include forceful migrations and memory politics; Islam, spiritual authority, and power in the Sahara; and the theory and practice of anthropological filmmaking."

Bio-inspired computation in telecommunications / / edited by Xin-She Yang, Su Fong Chien, Tiew On Ting

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787437203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Morgan Kaufmann, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-12-801743-0; 0-12-801538-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.382
• Soggetti: Telecommunication; Biologically-inspired computing
• 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: Front Cover; Bio-Inspired Computation in Telecommunications; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; List of Contributors ; Chapter 1: Bio-Inspired Computation and Optimization: An Overview; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Telecommunications and optimization; 1.3. Key challenges in optimization; 1.3.1. Infinite Monkey Theorem and Heuristicity; 1.3.2. Efficiency of an Algorithm; 1.3.3. How to Choose Algorithms; 1.3.4. Time Constraints; 1.4. Bio-inspired optimization algorithms; 1.4.1. SI-Based Algorithms; 1.4.1.1. Ant and bee algorithms; 1.4.1.2. Bat algorithm; 1.4.1.3. Particle swarm optimization; 1.4.1.4. Firefly algorithm1.4.1.5. Cuckoo search; 1.4.2. Non-SI-Based Algorithms; 1.4.2.1. Simulated annealing; 1.4.2.2. Genetic algorithms; 1.4.2.3. Differential evolution; 1.4.2.4. Harmony search; 1.4.3. Other Algorithms; 1.5. Artificial neural networks; 1.5.1. Basic Idea; 1.5.2. Neural Networks; 1.5.3. Back Propagation Algorithm; 1.6. Support vector machine; 1.6.1. Linear SVM; 1.6.2. Kernel Tricks and Nonlinear SVM; 1.7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Bio-Inspired Approaches ; in Telecommunications; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Design problems in telecommunications; 2.3. Green communications; 2.3.1. Energy Consumption in Wireless Communications2.3.2. Metrics for Energy Efficiency; 2.3.3. Radio Resource Management; 2.3.4. Strategic Network Deployment; 2.4. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; 2.4.1. OFDM Systems; 2.4.2. Three-Step Procedure for Timing and Frequency Synchronization; 2.5. OFDMA model considering energy efficiency and quality-of-service; 2.5.1. Mathematical Formulation; 2.5.2. Results; 2.6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Firefly Algorithm in Telecommunications; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Firefly algorithm; 3.2.1. Algorithm Complexity; 3.2.2. Variants of Firefly Algorithm3.3. Traffic Characterization; 3.3.1. Network Management Based on Flow Analysis and Traffic Characterization; 3.3.2. Firefly Harmonic Clustering Algorithm; 3.3.3. Results; 3.4. Applications in wireless cooperative networks; 3.4.1. Related Work; 3.4.2. System Model and Problem Statement; 3.4.2.1. Energy and spectral efficiencies; 3.4.2.2. Problem statement; 3.4.3. Dinkelbach Method; 3.4.4. Firefly Algorithm; 3.4.5. Simulations and Numerical Results; 3.5. Concluding remarks; 3.5.1. FA in Traffic Characterization; 3.5.2. FA in Cooperative Networks; References; Chapter 4: A Survey of Intrusion Detection Systems Using Evolutionary Computation4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Intrusion detection systems; 4.2.1. IDS Components; 4.2.2. Research Areas and Challenges in Intrusion Detection; 4.3. The method: evolutionary computation; 4.4. Evolutionary computation applications on intrusion detection; 4.4.1. Foundations; 4.4.2. Data Collection; 4.4.3. Detection Techniques and Response; 4.4.3.1. Intrusion detection on conventional networks; 4.4.3.2. Intrusion detection on wireless and resource-constrained networks; 4.4.4. IDS Architecture; 4.4.5. IDS Security; 4.4.6. Testing and Evaluation
• Sommario/riassunto: Bio-inspired computation, especially those based on swarm intelligence, has become increasingly popular in the last decade. <i>Bio-Inspired Computation in Telecommunications </i>reviews the latest developments in bio-inspired computation from both theory and application as they relate to telecommunications and image processing, providing a complete resource that analyzes and discusses the latest and future trends in research directions. Written by recognized experts, this is a must-have guide for researchers, telecommunication engineers, computer scientists and PhD students.

Islamic legal thought : a compendium of Muslim jurists / / edited by Oussama Arabi, David S. Powers and Susan A. Spectorsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790774803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 90-04-25588-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (606 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Islamic Law and Society, , 1384-1130 ; ; Volume 36
• Altri autori (Persone): ArabiOussama <1954->; PowersDavid Stephan; SpectorskySusan A (Susan Ann)
• Disciplina: 340.5/90922
• Soggetti: Islamic law; Muslim scholars
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Oussama Arabi , David S. Powers and Susan A. Spectorsky -- 1. Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150/767) / Yanagihashi Hiroyuki -- 2. Mālik born Anas (d. 179/795) / Yossef Rapoport -- 3. al-Shāfiʿī (d. 204/820) / Joseph E. Lowry -- 4. Saḥnūn born Saʿīd (d. 240/854) / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- 5. Aḥmad born Ḥanbal (d. 243/855) / Susan A. Spectorsky -- 6. al-Khaṣṣāf (d. 261/874) / Peter C. Hennigan -- 7. Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321/933) / Nurit Tsafrir -- 8. al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/981) / Murteza Bedir -- 9. al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) / Devin J. Stewart -- 10. Ibn Ḥazm al-Qurṭubī (d. 456/1064) / Samir Kaddouri -- 11. al-Sarakhsī (d. 483/1090) / Osman Taştan -- 12. Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) / Ebrahim Moosa -- 13. Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (d. 520/1126) / Delfina Serrano Ruano -- 14. Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ (d. 544/1149) / Camilo Gómez-Rivas -- 15. Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī (d. 631/1233) / Bernard G. Weiss -- 16. Abū Isḥāq al-Shāṭibī (d. 790/1388) / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- 17. Aḥmad al-Wansharīsī (d. 914/1509) / David S. Powers -- 18. Ebu’s-suʿud (d. 982/1574) / Colin Imber -- 19. Muḥammad Bāqir al-Bihbihānī (d. 1205/1791) / Robert Gleave -- 20. al-Mahdī al-Wazzānī (d. 1342/1923) / Etty Terem -- 21. Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (d. 1935) / Mahmoud O. Haddad -- 22. ʿAbd ; al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī Pasha (d. 1971) / Oussama Arabi -- 23. Ḥasan al-Turābī (1932–) / Aharon Layish -- References -- Index of Qurʾānic verses -- Index of Arabic terms -- General Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists , twenty-three scholars each contribute a chapter on a distinguished Muslim jurist. The volume is organized chronologically and it includes jurists who represent the formative, classical and modern periods of Islamic legal thought. Each chapter contains both a biography of an individual jurist and a translated sample of his work. The biographies emphasize the scholarly milieu in which the jurist worked—his teachers, colleagues and pupils, as well as the type of juridical thinking for which he is best known. The translated sample highlights the contribution of each jurist to the evolution of both the method and the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence. The introduction by the volume's three editors, Oussama Arabi, David S. Powers and Susan A. Spectorsky, provides a concise overview of the contents. Contributors include: Oussama Arabi, Murteza Bedir, Jonathan E. Brockopp, Robert Gleave, Camilo Gómez-Rivas, Mahmoud O. Haddad, Peter C. Hennigan, Colin Imber, Samir Kaddouri, Aharon Layish, Joseph E. Lowry, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Ebrahim Moosa, David S. Powers, Yossef Rapoport, Delfina Serrano Ruano, Susan A. Spectorsky, Devin J. Stewart, Osman Tastan, Etty Terem, Nurit Tsafrir, Bernard G. Weiss, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi.