1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000010986

Autore

Dreyfus, Hubert L.

Titolo

Che cosa non possono fare i computer : i limiti dell'intelligenza artificiale / Hubert L. Dreyfus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : Armando, 1988

ISBN

88-7144-003-X

Descrizione fisica

415 p. ; 20 cm.

Collana

Collana di tecnologie educative e di istruzione programmata , Serie seconda : Studi e ricerche

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Intelligenza artificiale

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Tit. orig.: What computers can't do. The limits of artificial ntelligence



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792268303321

Autore

Cortada James W

Titolo

How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-19-029019-6

1-4237-2634-0

9786610560301

1-60256-730-1

1-280-56030-4

0-19-803711-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Collana

The digital hand

Disciplina

338.0973

Soggetti

Automation - Economic aspects - United States

Manufacturing industries - United States - Automation

Retail trade - United States - Automation

Transportation - United States - Automation

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. 462-474) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications; 2. Digitizing the American Economy; 3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy; 4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries; 5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel, and Aerospace; 6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals; 7. Manufacturing Practices in Information Technology Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Disk Drives, and Software

8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy; 10. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of the Wholesale and Retail Industries; 11. Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries:



Grocery, Apparel, and E-tailing; 12. Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy; Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry

Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides a historical perspective on how some of the most important American industries used computing over the past half century, describing their experience, their best practices and the role of industries and technologies in changing the nature of American work.