1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466225103316

Titolo

Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications [[electronic resource] ] : Third International Symposium, SAGA 2005, Moscow, Russia, October 20-22, 2005 / / edited by Oleg B. Lupanov, Oktay M. Kasim-Zade, Alexander V. Chaskin, Kathleen Steinhöfel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2005

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 240 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 3777

Disciplina

518/.1

Soggetti

Algorithms

Computer science

Computer science—Mathematics

Mathematical statistics

Discrete mathematics

Probabilities

Theory of Computation

Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Probability Theory

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

Systems of Containers and Enumeration Problems -- Some Heuristic Analysis of Local Search Algorithms for SAT Problems -- Clustering in Stochastic Asynchronous Algorithms for Distributed Simulations -- On Construction of the Set of Irreducible Partial Covers -- Recent Advances in Multiobjective Optimization -- Polynomial Time Checking for Generation of Finite Distributions of Rational Probabilities -- FPL Analysis for Adaptive Bandits -- On Improved Least Flexibility First Heuristics Superior for Packing and Stock Cutting Problems -- Evolutionary Testing Techniques -- Optimal Fuzzy CLOS Guidance Law Design Using Ant Colony Optimization -- On Some Bounds on the Size of Branching Programs (A Survey) -- Two Metaheuristics for



Multiobjective Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization -- Self-replication, Evolvability and Asynchronicity in Stochastic Worlds -- New Computation Paradigm for Modular Exponentiation Using a Graph Model -- Dynamic Facility Location with Stochastic Demands -- The Complexity of Classical and Quantum Branching Programs: A Communication Complexity Approach -- On the Properties of Asymptotic Probability for Random Boolean Expression Values in Binary Bases -- Solving a Dynamic Cell Formation Problem with Machine Cost and Alternative Process Plan by Memetic Algorithms -- Eco-Grammar Systems as Models for Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974167703321

Titolo

Returns to the field : multitemporal research and contemporary anthropology / / edited by Signe Howell and Aud Talle ; afterword by Bruce Knauft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-253-00736-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 275 p. : ill., ports

Altri autori (Persone)

HowellSigne

TalleAud <1944->

Disciplina

301.072/3

Soggetti

Anthropology - Fieldwork

Anthropology - Research

Anthropology

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

pt. 1. Change and continuity in long-term perspective -- pt. 2. Expansion in time, expansion in space.

Sommario/riassunto

Many anthropologists return to their original fieldwork sites a number of times during their careers, but this experience has seldom been subjected to analytic and theoretical scrutiny. The contributors to Returns to the Field have all undertaken multitemporal fieldwork--repeated visits to the same place--over periods ranging from 20 to 40 years among minority groups in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and



Melanesia. Over the years of contact, these anthropologists have witnessed dramatic changes, but also the perseverance of the people they have worked with. In vivid and personal essays, the authors examine the ramifications of this type of fieldwork practice--the kind of knowledge it produces, what methodological tools are appropriate, and how relationships with people in the field site change over time.