1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452695303321

Titolo

Modalities of change [[electronic resource] ] : the interface of tradition and modernity in East Asia / / edited by James Wilkerson and Robert Parkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2013

ISBN

1-283-86649-8

0-85745-571-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilkersonJames <1951->

ParkinRobert <1950->

Disciplina

306.095

306.0951

Soggetti

Ethnology - East Asia

Social change - East Asia

National characteristics, Asian

Civilization, Modern

Electronic books.

East Asia Civilization

East Asia Social life and customs

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

Prelims - Modalities of Change; Intro- Modalities of Change; Chap 1 - Modalities of Change; Chap 2 - Modalities of Change; Chap 3 - Modalities of Change; Chap 4 - Modalities of Change; Chap 5 - Modalities of Change; Chap 6 - Modalities of Change; Chap 7 - Modalities of Change; Chap 8 - Modalities of Change; Chap 9 - Modalities of Change; Chap 10 - Modalities of Change; Afterword - Modalities of Change; Notes on Contribs - Modalities of Change; Index - Modalities of Change

Sommario/riassunto

While in some cases modernity may dominate 'traditional' forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify 'tradition' while still keeping it within its own bounds. Maintaining a strong and distinct cultural identity with the help



of modernity helps representatives of that identity cope with the modern world more generally. By contrast, assimilation to a dominant culture marked as modern is clearly associated with not only the loss of a distinct identity, but also its specific forms of cultural expression. This book explores the consequence

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465412703316

Titolo

Perspectives of Systems Informatics [[electronic resource] ] : 8th International Andrei Ershov Memorial Conference, PSI 2011, Novosibirsk, Russia, June 27 - July 1, 2011, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Edmund Clarke, Irina Virbitskaite, Andrei Voronkov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012

ISBN

3-642-29709-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 411 p. 130 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 7162

Disciplina

005.1015113

Soggetti

Computer logic

Programming languages (Electronic computers)

Software engineering

Computer programming

Algorithms

Optical data processing

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Software Engineering

Programming Techniques

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

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 author index.



Sommario/riassunto

This book contains thoroughly refereed and revised papers from the 8th International Andrei Ershov Memorial Conference on Perspectives of System Informatics, PSI 2011, held in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia, in June/July 2011. The 18 revised full papers and 10 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The volume also contains 5 invited papers covering a range of hot topics in computer science and informatics. The papers are organized in topical sections on foundations of program and system development and analysis, partial evaluation, mixed computation, abstract interpretation, compiler construction, computer models and algorithms for bioinformatics, programming methodology and software engineering, information technologies, knowledge-based systems, and knowledge engineering.