1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779489403321

Autore

Daly Kerry J

Titolo

Qualitative methods for family studies & human development [[electronic resource] /] / Kerry J. Daly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007

ISBN

1-4522-7898-9

1-322-30604-4

1-4522-2480-3

1-4522-1324-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 292 p.) : ill

Disciplina

306.850723

Soggetti

Families - Research - Methodology

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. 265-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover --  Contents --  Preface --  1. Qualitative Research And The Art Of Learning To See --  2. Epistemological Considerations In Qualitative Research --  3. Paths Of Inquiry For Qualitative Research --  4. Ontology Of The Human Realm --  5. Methodology --  6. Methods Of Data Collection And Creation --  7. Research Design --  8. Positioning The Self --  9. Analytical Strategies --  10. Integrity Practices --  References --  Index --  About The Author.

Sommario/riassunto

'Qualitative Methods for Family Studies and Human Development' provides a systematic outline for carrying out qualitative projects from start to finish. The text combines epistemology theory, and methodology with examples from family relations and human development research.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483475203321

Autore

Akl Selim G.

Titolo

Unconventional Computation : 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Kingston, Canada, August 13-17, 2007, Proceedings / / edited by Selim G. Akl, Cristian S. Calude, Michael J. Dinneen, Grzegorz Rozenberg, H. Todd Wareham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007

ISBN

3-540-73554-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 246 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 4618

Altri autori (Persone)

AklSelim G

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Computer science

Algorithms

Bioinformatics

Artificial Intelligence

Theory of Computation

Computational and Systems Biology

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.

Nota di contenuto

Invited Papers -- How Neural Computing Can Still Be Unconventional After All These Years -- Optimal Algorithmic Cooling of Spins -- Nanocomputing by Self-assembly -- Organic User Interfaces (Oui!): Designing Computers in Any Way Shape or Form -- Regular Papers -- Unconventional Models of Computation Through Non-standard Logic Circuits -- Amoeba-Based Nonequilibrium Neurocomputer Utilizing Fluctuations and Instability -- Unconventional “Stateless” Turing–Like Machines -- Polarizationless P Systems with Active Membranes Working in the Minimally Parallel Mode -- On One Unconventional Framework for Computation -- Computing Through Gene Assembly -- Learning Vector Quantization Network for PAPR Reduction in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Systems -- Binary Ant Colony Algorithm for Symbol Detection in a Spatial Multiplexing System -- Quantum Authenticated Key Distribution -- The Abstract Immune



System Algorithm -- Taming Non-compositionality Using New Binders -- Using River Formation Dynamics to Design Heuristic Algorithms -- Principles of Stochastic Local Search -- Spatial and Temporal Resource Allocation for Adaptive Parallel Genetic Algorithm -- Gravitational Topological Quantum Computation -- Computation in Sofic Quantum Dynamical Systems -- Bond Computing Systems: A Biologically Inspired and High-Level Dynamics Model for Pervasive Computing.

Sommario/riassunto

There is a world beyond Turing, as more and more computer researchers are demonstrating, but where would you find out about the current leading edge in unconventional computation? Here, in this fascinating work that is the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, held in Kingston, Canada, in August 2007. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. All current aspects of unconventional computation are addressed.