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The Dana Family in America

By: Elizabeth Ellery Dana

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The Dana Family in America

By: Elizabeth Ellery Dana

Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

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714

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375177143

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9783375177140

An Introduction to Natural Computation

By: Dana H. Ballard

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An Introduction to Natural Computation

By: Dana H. Ballard

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the computational material that forms the underpinnings of the currently evolving set of brain models. It is now clear that the brain is unlikely to be understood without recourse to computational theories. The theme of An Introduction to Natural Computation is that ideas from diverse areas such as neuroscience, information theory, and optimization theory have recently been extended in ways that make them useful for describing the brains programs. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the computational material that forms the underpinnings of the currently evolving set of brain models. It stresses the broad spectrum of learning models—ranging from neural network learning through reinforcement learning to genetic learning—and situates the various models in their appropriate neural context. To write about models of the brain before the brain is fully understood is a delicate matter. Very detailed models of the neural circuitry risk losing track of the task the brain is trying to solve. At the other extreme, models that represent cognitive constructs can be so abstract that they lose all relationship to neurobiology. An Introduction to Natural Computation takes the middle ground and stresses the computational task while staying near the neurobiology.

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338

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MIT Press

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0262522586

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9780262522588

Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction

By: Dana H. Ballard

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Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction

By: Dana H. Ballard

An argument that the complexities of brain function can be understood hierarchically, in terms of different levels of abstraction, as silicon computing is. The vast differences between the brain's neural circuitry and a computer's silicon circuitry might suggest that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana Ballard argues in this book, computational tools are essential for understanding brain function. Ballard shows that the hierarchical organization of the brain has many parallels with the hierarchical organization of computing; as in silicon computing, the complexities of brain computation can be dramatically simplified when its computation is factored into different levels of abstraction. Drawing on several decades of progress in computational neuroscience, together with recent results in Bayesian and reinforcement learning methodologies, Ballard factors the brain's principal computational issues in terms of their natural place in an overall hierarchy. Each of these factors leads to a fresh perspective. A neural level focuses on the basic forebrain functions and shows how processing demands dictate the extensive use of timing-based circuitry and an overall organization of tabular memories. An embodiment level organization works in reverse, making extensive use of multiplexing and on-demand processing to achieve fast parallel computation. An awareness level focuses on the brain's representations of emotion, attention and consciousness, showing that they can operate with great economy in the context of the neural and embodiment substrates.

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457

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MIT Press

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0262534126

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9780262534123

Gods and Kings

The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

By: Dana Thomas

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Gods and Kings

The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

By: Dana Thomas

Analyzes the ends of two preeminent fashion designers to demonstrate how they were casualties of the war between art and commerce, chronicling their rise and achievements while sharing insights into how art has suffered at the hands of economic demands.

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434

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Penguin Books

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0143128396

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9780143128397

Jazz Nocturne and Other Piano Music with Selected Songs

By: Dana Suesse

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Jazz Nocturne and Other Piano Music with Selected Songs

By: Dana Suesse

Popular songs by a Tin Pan Alley composer include -Ho Hum!, - -You Ought a Be in Pictures, - -The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful.- Her piano works include Jazz Nocturne and others.

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177

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Courier Corporation

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0486489183

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9780486489186

Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles

By: Dana Gehman Morykan,Harry L. Rinker

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Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles

By: Dana Gehman Morykan,Harry L. Rinker

Provides price information for buyers of nineteenth-century and later American country furniture, household goods, and other items.

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Wallace-Homestead Book Company

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0870697439

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9780870697432

Book's by Dana Harry Ballard

The Dana Family in America

The Dana Family in America

An Introduction to Natural Computation

An Introduction to Natural Computation

Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction

Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction

Gods and Kings

Gods and Kings

Jazz Nocturne and Other Piano Music with Selected Songs

Jazz Nocturne and Other Piano Music with Selected Songs

Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles

Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles

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