1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910315237003321

Titolo

Advanced intelligent systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , [2019]-

ISSN

2640-4567

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

629.89

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Robotics

Control theory

Artificial Intelligence

Periodical

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956789503321

Autore

Levick Barbara

Titolo

Augustus : image and substance / / Barbara Levick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-83529-0

1-317-86743-2

1-317-86744-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

937/.07092

937.07092

Soggetti

Emperors - Rome

Political leadership - Rome

Rome Kings and rulers Biography

Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D

Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-284 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: The Enigma; Chapter 1 Octavian: Heir of an Autocrat; Chapter 2 Augustus: Political Evolution; Chapter 3 Techniques of Management and the Feel-Good Factor; Chapter 4 Opposition and Discontent; Chapter 5 The Self-Presentation of a Monarch; Chapter 6 Augustus in Art and Literature; Chapter 7 Unmasking a God; Glossary of Ancient Terms; Bibliography; Indexes 1. Peoples and Places; 2. Persons; 3. General

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout a long and spectacularly successful political life, the Emperor Augustus (63BC-AD14) was a master of spin.  Barbara Levick exposes the techniques which he used to disguise the ruthlessness of his rise to power and to enhance his successes once power was achieved.There was, she argues, less difference than might appear between the ambitious youth who overthrew Anthony and Cleopatra and the admired Emperor of later years.  However seemingly



benevolent his autocracy and substantial his achievements, Augustus' overriding purpose was always to keep himself and his dynasty in po

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953600903321

Titolo

Bioeconomics of invasive species : integrating ecology, economics, policy, and management / / edited by Reuben P. Keller [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770037-3

0-19-988793-4

1-282-05381-7

9786612053818

0-19-970982-3

0-19-970983-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

577.18

577/.18

Soggetti

Biological invasions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to biological invasions: biological, economic, and social perspectives / David M. Lodge  [and others] -- Integrating economics and biology for invasive species management / David C. Finnoff  [and others] -- Trait-based risk assessment for invasive species / Reuben P. Keller, John M. Drake -- Identifying suitable habitat for invasive species using ecological niche models and the policy implications of range forecasts / Leif-Matthias Herborg  [and others] -- Stochastic models of propagule pressure and establishment / John M. Drake, Christopher L. Jerde -- Estimating dispersal and predicting spread of nonindigenous species / Jim R. Muirhead  [and others] -- Uncertain invasions: a biological perspective / Christopher L. Jerde, Jonathan M. Bossenbroek -- Economic valuation and invasive species / Christopher R. McIntosh  



[and others] -- Modeling integrated decision-making responses to invasive species / Mark A. Lewis, Alexei B. Potapov, David C. Finnoff -- The Laurentian Great Lakes as a case study of biological invasion / David W. Kelly, Gary A. Lamberti, Hugh I. MacIsaac -- A case study on rusty crayfish: interactions between empiricists and theoreticians / Caroline J. Bampfylde  [and others] -- Advances in ecological and economic analysis of invasive species: dreissenid mussels as a case study / Jonathan M. Bossenbroek  [and others] -- Putting bioeconomic research into practice / Reuben P. Keller  [and others].

Sommario/riassunto

This study brings ecology and economics together in new ways to address how we deal with the dynamics and impacts of invasive species. It is the outcome of many years of collaborative research between a small group of economists and ecologists.