1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782111003321

Autore

Johnston John <1947->

Titolo

The allure of machinic life : cybernetics, artificial life, and the new AI / / John Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

0-262-29287-4

0-262-27635-6

1-4356-6535-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Disciplina

003/.5

Soggetti

Cybernetics

Artificial life

Artificial intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-451) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This account of the creation of new forms of life and intelligence in the sciences of cybernetics, artificial life and artificial intelligence analyses both their similarities and their differences in actualising life. The author draws on the work of scientists as well as work in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799211303321

Autore

Ida Takanori <1965->

Titolo

Smart Grid Economics : A Field Experimental Approach to Demand Response / / by Takanori Ida, Makoto Tanaka, Koichiro Ito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

981-9985-77-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages)

Collana

Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, , 2197-8867 ; ; 32

Disciplina

621.31

Soggetti

Economics - Psychological aspects

Economics

Power resources

Energy policy

Behavioral Economics

Political Economy of Energy

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Natural Resource and Energy Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I Smart Grid Economics -- Chapter 1 Economics of Smart Grid: Smart Grid, Time-dependent Pricing (Dynamic Pricing), Demand Response -- Part II Field Experimental Economics -- Chapter 2 Economics of Field Experiment: History of Field Experiment, especially in Energy and Environmental Economics -- Chapter 3 Dynamic Pricing: Purpose, Design, and Results of Field Experiment of Dynamic Pricing -- Chapter 4 Persistence and Habit Formation: Short-term and Long-term Effects of Conservation Request and Dynamic Pricing -- Chapter 5 Switching Cost and Information Friction: Status Quo Bias and Cognitive Incompleteness of Behavioral Change -- Chapter 6 Social Welfare Analysis: Cost-Benefit Ratio of Installing Smart Grid System -- Part III Toward Power System Restructuring -- Chapter 7 Power System Restructuring and Smart Grids.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to report on a cutting-edge research project of the smart grid in Japan, resting on the three pillars of field experiments, behavioral economics, and big data. The field experiments on the



smart grid were conducted in four regions in Japan—Yokohama city, Toyota city, Keihanna Science City, and Kitakyushu city—over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014 after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants. Our focus here is on demand response in the smart grid environment, which we also discuss in the context of power system reforms. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, policy makers, and business leaders.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019294003321

Titolo

Children's learning in a digital world / / edited by Teena Willougby and Eileen Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub. Ltd, 2008

ISBN

9786612122897

9781282122895

1282122894

9780470696682

0470696680

9780470695920

0470695927

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Classificazione

81.68

Altri autori (Persone)

WilloughbyTeena <1955->

WoodEileen <1960->

Disciplina

371.33/4

Soggetti

Computer-assisted instruction

Educational technology

Internet in education

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

pt. 1. Informal learning with technologies : opportunities and challenges -- pt. 2. Formal learning with technologies : opportunities and challenges.



Sommario/riassunto

Children's Learning in a Digital World presents exciting and challenging new ideas from international scholars on the impact of computers, the Internet, and video games on children's learning. Features exciting new research which reassesses the threats posed by technology to the social, emotional, and physical development of children Examines the impact of technology in both formal and informal learning contexts, covering a range of technologies relevant to students and researchers, as well as professional educators Presents key information on the social