1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911142037203321

Titolo

Passing/out : sexual identity veiled and revealed / / edited by Dennis R. Cooley and Kelby Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-317-08353-9

1-315-59960-0

1-317-08352-0

1-280-67778-3

9786613654717

1-4094-3583-0

9781315599601

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CooleyDennis R. <1965->

HarrisonKelby

Disciplina

306.76/8

306.768

Soggetti

Outing (Sexual orientation)

Passing (Identity)

Gay people - Family relationships

Trans people - Family relationships

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

Cover; Contents; 1 The Ontological Foundations of Passing; 2 Complicating Reason(s) and Praxis for Coming Out; 4 Cross-Generational Risks of Ascribing and Employing "Queer," "Gay and Lesbian" or even "Straight"; 5 At the Intersection of Racial and Sexual Passing and African-American Celebrity; 6 Margins within the Marginal: Bi-invisibility and Intersexual Passing; 7 Transgender Identity and Passing Authentically; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shedding light on the meaning of 'passing' and 'outing' in relation to identity, Passing/Out constructs a dialogue between the work of scholars whose intellectual careers began prior to the advent of queer theory and those whose work has been more immediately and directly



shaped by this approach, with a view to breaking new ground in the field of identity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911142574203321

Autore

Bossé Éloi <1956->

Titolo

Concepts, models, and tools for information fusion / / Eloi Bosse, Jean Roy, Steve Wark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Norwood, MA, : Artech House, c2007

ISBN

1-59693-082-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RoyJean

WarkSteve

Disciplina

355.3

355.33041

355.3304103

Soggetti

Command and control systems

Information warfare

Multisensor data fusion

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

Concepts, Models, and Tools for Information Fusion; Contents v; Foreword xiii; Chapter 1 Introduction 1; Chapter 2 Decision-Making Models 11; Chapter 3 Situation Awareness and Analysis Models 27; Chapter 4 Data- and Information-Fusion Models 69; Chapter 5 Situation Analysis and Decision-Support Systems 119; Chapter 6 Knowledge, Belief, and Uncertainty 141; Chapter 7 Qualitative and Symbolic Approaches 151; Chapter 8 Quantitative Approaches 169; Chapter 9 Hybrid and Graphical Approaches 211; Computational Aspects of Information Fusion 231.

Sommario/riassunto

In the heat of battle, a split second can be all the time a military commander has to give orders. Information fusion technology enables commanders to lead decisively and confidently during active conflict. Masses of live information are instantaneously integrated to create a coherent and precise picture of a rapidly evolving situation. This book



brings together an international panel of leading experts that give a fresh and cohesive perspective on this technology's models, methods, mathematics, and computer systems. It considers the human factors key to the automated analysis process. Providi.