18 books like Ambient Assisted Living

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Ambient Assisted Living Alessandro Leone · 2014 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate An assisted living residence or assisted living facility (ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting is similar to a retirement home, in the sense that facilities provide a group living environment and typically cater to an older adult population. There is… Shares: Biomedical engineering, Artificial Intelligence

New Trends in Medical and Service Robots Hannes Bleuler · 2013 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This volume describes new frontiers in medical and service robotics in the light of recent developments in technology to advance robot design and implementation. In particular, the work looks at advances in design, development and implementation of contemporary surgical, rehabilitation and biorobots. Surgical robots allow surgeons greater access to areas under operation using more precise and… Shares: Biomedical engineering, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Qualitative Research Renata Tesch · 1990 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A presentation of analysis procedures for more than 20 kinds of qualitative research in the principal social science disciplines. Shares: Data Processing, Social sciences, Research

Principles of Microeconomics Steven A. Greenlaw · 2014 · 573p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Principles of Microeconomics covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. Principles of Microeconomics PDF and web view versions have been updated to include current FRED (Federal Reserve… Shares: Social sciences, Economics

Computational Intelligence Kurosh Madani · 2011 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The present book includes a set of selected extended papers from the third International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2011), held in Paris, France, from 24 to 26 October 2011. The conference was composed of three co-located conferences: The International Conference on Fuzzy Computation (ICFC), the International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC), and the… Shares: Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Recent Advances in Computational Optimization Stefka Fidanova · 2013 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Optimization is part of our everyday life. We try to organize our work in a better way and optimization occurs in minimizing time and cost or the maximization of the profit, quality and efficiency.Also many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks.This volume is a comprehensive collection of extended contributions… Shares: Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications Paulo Novais · 2011 · 281p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This book presents the latest research on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) including software and applications in different areas such as Internet of Things, Multi-Agent Systems or e-Learning, among others. AmI is a paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence, in which computers are used as proactive tools for assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s lives more… Shares: Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

The driver in the driverless car Vivek Wadhwa · 2017 · ★ 2.5 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Technology is advancing faster than ever--but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future--eugenics, a jobless… Shares: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Federal research United States. General Accounting Office · 1989 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares: Technological innovations, Research

Fashionopolis Dana Thomas · 2019 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change“A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability.” —The New YorkerWhat should I wear? It’s a fundamental question we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we… Shares: Technological innovations, Economics

Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing João Manuel R. S. Tavares · 2009 · 460p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing contains keynote lectures and full papers presented at VIPIMAGE 2007 – 1st ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, held in Porto, Portugal, on 17-19 October 2007. International contributions from fourteen countries provide a comprehensive coverage of the current state-of-the-art in:- 3D Reconstruction; -… Shares: Biomedical engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence Stephanie Sammartino McPherson · 2017 · ★ 5.0 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Read about the history of artificial intelligencefrom smart cars to dronesand learn how the fields of AI and neurology work together to create "thinking machines." You'll also consider the pros and cons of AI and discover what lies ahead. Shares: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Computational Intelligence. Theory and Applications Bernd Reusch · 1997 · 714p · ≈ 23h · Moderate This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Dortmund Fuzzy Days, held in Dortmund, Germany, 2006. The Fuzzy Days conference has established itself as an international forum for the discussion of new results in the field of Computational Intelligence. All the papers had to undergo a thorough review guaranteeing a solid quality of the programme. The papers are devoted to foundational… Shares: Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Principles of Political Economy John Stuart Mill · 1848 · ★ 3.8 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Demanding The appearance of a treatise like the present, on a subject on which so many works of merit already exist, may be thought to require some explanation. It might perhaps be sufficient to say, that no existing treatise on Political Ecomony contains the latest improvements which have been made in the theory of the subject. Many new ideas, and new applications of ideas, have been elicited by the… Shares: Social sciences, Economics

Complex-Valued Neural Networks Akira Hirose · 2007 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Presents the latest advances in complex-valued neural networks by demonstrating the theory in a wide range of applicationsComplex-valued neural networks is a rapidly developing neural network framework that utilizes complex arithmetic, exhibiting specific characteristics in its learning, self-organizing, and processing dynamics. They are highly suitable for processing complex amplitude, composed… Shares: Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Generation robot Terri Favro · 2018 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of… Shares: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Language and Automata Theory and Applications Adrian-Horia Dediu · 2012 · 580p · ≈ 19h · Moderate This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications, LATA 2013, held in Bilbao, Spain in April 2013. The 45 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 initial submissions. The volume features contributions from both classical theory fields and application… Shares: Data Processing, Social sciences, Artificial Intelligence

Principles and Methods of Social Research William D. Crano · 2001 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Through a multi-methodology approach, Principles and Methods of Social Research, Fourth Edition covers the latest research techniques and designs and guides readers toward the design and conduct of social research from the ground up. Applauded for its comprehensive coverage, the breadth and depth of content of this new edition is unparalleled.Explained with updated applied examples useful to the… Shares: Social sciences, Research

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