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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1993

By: David Leyton-Brown

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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1993

By: David Leyton-Brown

Featuring essays on parliament and politics, Ottawa and the provinces, and external affairs, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs provides a comprehensive account of the year's events.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802047017

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9780802047014

Artificial Intelligence

Foundations of Computational Agents

By: David L. Poole,Alan K. Mackworth

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Artificial Intelligence

Foundations of Computational Agents

By: David L. Poole,Alan K. Mackworth

A comprehensive learning resource for undergraduate and graduate students, with new chapters on deep learning, causality, and social impact.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009258192

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Economic Sanctions

Panacea Or Peacebuilding In A Post-cold War World?

By: David Cortright

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Economic Sanctions

Panacea Or Peacebuilding In A Post-cold War World?

By: David Cortright

As the challenge of preventing military conflict has become increasingly complex in the post-Cold War era, economic sanctions are being applied with growing frequency. Sanctions are also being used to enforce international law, to deter aggression and terrorism, to defend democracy and human rights, and to prevent nuclear proliferation. This study addresses questions about the utility, appropriateness and success or failure of sanctions, as well as their impact on the poor and innocent. Specific case studies, focusing on recent conflicts such as those in Haiti, Iraq, South Africa and the former Yugoslavia, demonstrate the principal aspects of economic sanctions.

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210

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Routledge

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042997356X

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9780429973567

Canada's National Security in the Post-9/11 World

Strategy, Interests, and Threats

By: David McDonough

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Canada's National Security in the Post-9/11 World

Strategy, Interests, and Threats

By: David McDonough

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which targeted the heart of financial and military power in the United States, Canada once again proved its credentials as a key American ally. With the imminent end of its combat role in Afghanistan, however, it is time to take stock of how Canada has adapted to the exigencies of the post-9/11 world and to consider the future directions for its foreign, defence, and security policies. This timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces. Bringing together noted experts on these issues – including a Canadian Senator, a past Minister of National Defence, former high-level military officers, and top scholars - this collection provides powerful ideas and guidance for the difficult task of formulating an overarching national security strategy.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442662603

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9781442662605

Future of NATO

Enlargement, Russia, and European Security

By: Charles-Philippe David,Jacques Lévesque

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Future of NATO

Enlargement, Russia, and European Security

By: Charles-Philippe David,Jacques Lévesque

The Future of NATO looks at the conceptual and theoretical approaches that underlie the question of enlarging NATO's membership and the consequences of enlargement on international relations. It examines the policies of some of NATO's leading member states - including Canada, which has recently begun a two-year term on the security council - and deals with the issue of enlargement from the point of view of the East European candidates, focusing on Russia and its opposition to the current process. Contributors include Andràs Balogh (Loràn Eötvös University), Martin Bourgeois, Charles-Philippe David (UQAM), André P. Donneur (UQAM), David G. Haglund (Queen's), Philippe Hébert (Montréal), Stanislav J. Kirschbaum (Glendon College), Richard L. Kugler (RAND, National Defence University), David Law (Queen's), Paul Létourneau (Montréal), Jacques Lévesque (UQAM), Gale Mattox (U.S. Naval Academy), Marie-Claude Plantin (Lumière Lyon 2), Sergei Plekhanov (York), Jane M.O. Sharp (Kings College, London).

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773567852

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9780773567856

Knapsack Problems

By: Hans Kellerer,Ulrich Pferschy,David Pisinger

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Knapsack Problems

By: Hans Kellerer,Ulrich Pferschy,David Pisinger

Thirteen years have passed since the seminal book on knapsack problems by Martello and Toth appeared. On this occasion a former colleague exclaimed back in 1990: "How can you write 250 pages on the knapsack problem?" Indeed, the definition of the knapsack problem is easily understood even by a non-expert who will not suspect the presence of challenging research topics in this area at the first glance. However, in the last decade a large number of research publications contributed new results for the knapsack problem in all areas of interest such as exact algorithms, heuristics and approximation schemes. Moreover, the extension of the knapsack problem to higher dimensions both in the number of constraints and in the num ber of knapsacks, as well as the modification of the problem structure concerning the available item set and the objective function, leads to a number of interesting variations of practical relevance which were the subject of intensive research during the last few years. Hence, two years ago the idea arose to produce a new monograph covering not only the most recent developments of the standard knapsack problem, but also giving a comprehensive treatment of the whole knapsack family including the siblings such as the subset sum problem and the bounded and unbounded knapsack problem, and also more distant relatives such as multidimensional, multiple, multiple-choice and quadratic knapsack problems in dedicated chapters.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540247777

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9783540247777

Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence

Logic, Probability, and Computation

By: Luc De Raedt,Kristian Kersting,Sriraam Natarajan,David Poole

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Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence

Logic, Probability, and Computation

By: Luc De Raedt,Kristian Kersting,Sriraam Natarajan,David Poole

An intelligent agent interacting with the real world will encounter individual people, courses, test results, drugs prescriptions, chairs, boxes, etc., and needs to reason about properties of these individuals and relations among them as well as cope with uncertainty. Uncertainty has been studied in probability theory and graphical models, and relations have been studied in logic, in particular in the predicate calculus and its extensions. This book examines the foundations of combining logic and probability into what are called relational probabilistic models. It introduces representations, inference, and learning techniques for probability, logic, and their combinations. The book focuses on two representations in detail: Markov logic networks, a relational extension of undirected graphical models and weighted first-order predicate calculus formula, and Problog, a probabilistic extension of logic programs that can also be viewed as a Turing-complete relational extension of Bayesian networks.

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1627058427

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Painful Choices

A Theory of Foreign Policy Change

By: David A. Welch

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Painful Choices

A Theory of Foreign Policy Change

By: David A. Welch

Under what conditions should we expect states to do things radically differently all of a sudden? In this book, David Welch seeks to answer this question, constructing a theory of foreign policy change inspired by organization theory, cognitive and motivational psychology, and prospect theory. He then "test drives" the theory in a series of comparative case studies in the security and trade domains: Argentina's decision to go to war over the Falklands/Malvinas vs. Japan's endless patience with diplomacy in its conflict with Russia over the Northern Territories; America's decision to commit large-scale military force to Vietnam vs. its ultimate decision to withdraw; and Canada's two abortive flirtations with free trade with the United States in 1911 and 1948 vs. its embrace of free trade in the late 1980s. Painful Choices has three main objectives: to determine whether the general theory project in the field of international relations can be redeemed, given disappointment with previous attempts; to reflect on what this reveals about the possibilities and limits of general theory; and to inform policy. Welch argues that earlier efforts at general theory erred by aiming to explain state behavior, which is an intractable problem. Instead, since inertia is the default expectation in international politics, all we need do is to explain changes in behavior. Painful Choices shows that this is a tractable problem with clear implications for intelligence analysts and negotiators.

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Princeton University Press

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1400840740

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Imports and Politics

Trade Decision-making in Canada, 1968-1979

By: David R. Protheroe

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Imports and Politics

Trade Decision-making in Canada, 1968-1979

By: David R. Protheroe

From the Executive Summary: This study of federal government trade decision-making focuses on the traditional concerns of commercial policy - tariffs and non-tariff barriers to imports...In contrast to many IRRP studies, this one does not specifically aspire to reform the trade decision-making process in Canada. Its more restricted purpose is to provide, as objectivelly as possible, a descriptive analysis of how trade decisions were made by the Trudeau government in the years 1968 to 1979. This empirical orientation is reflected in our testing of several well-known decision models against information gathered in interviews with politicians, public servants and private citizens. These decision models are outlined in Chapter One....Chapter Two consists of a description of the broad environment of trade decision-makers...It is intended primarily as backgroun for the uninitiated. The three chapters following analyze the roles of private groups and government institutions participating in the process off making trade policy....Chapter Six presents a case study using the various decision models as analytical tools. It deals with the imposition of quantitiative controls on "low cost" textiles and clothing imports...Chapter Seven summarizes the general features of trade decision-making in the Trudea government....Chapters Eight and Nine present a comparative analysis of decision-making in several trade policy "subsystems"....The study ends with a discussion of the frequency of and the conditions requisite to the functioning of the different decision models.

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092038045X

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Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment

By: Alistair D. Edgar,David G. Haglund

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Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment

By: Alistair D. Edgar,David G. Haglund

Alistair Edgar and David Haglund examine changes in the international demand for defence products in the post-Cold War era; review the reorganization and rationalization of the supply side of the international defence market through various government policy initiatives and corporate strategies; and discuss the ways in which the Canadian government and defence producers have attempted to cope with this new and uncertain international environment. They also explore the international and domestic contexts - military, economic, and political - within which defence industries operate. Edgar and Haglund's analysis draws on extensive interviews with political and industry leaders, military personnel, and government officials from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Spain, and Germany. This timely study of the domestic, American, and other NATO defence markets will interest scholars and students of Canadian defence policy, Canadian foreign policy, and Canadian external relations, and public servants, politicians, and personnel in the industry.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773565213

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A Decade of Human Security

Global Governance and New Multilateralisms

By: David R. Black

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A Decade of Human Security

Global Governance and New Multilateralisms

By: David R. Black

Human security has been advanced as an alternative to traditional state-based conceptualizations of security, yet controversies about the use and abuse of the concept remain. Investigating innovations in the advancement of the human security agenda over the past decade, this book identifies themes and processes around which consensus for future policy action might be built. It considers the ongoing debates regarding the human security agenda, explores prospects and projects for the advancement of human security, addresses issues of human security as emerging forms of new multilateralisms and examines claims that human security is being undermined by US unilateralisms. This comprehensive volume explores the theoretical debate surrounding human security and details the implications for practical application. It will prove ideal for students of international relations, security studies and development studies.

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1317188446

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Book's by David Leyton-Brown

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1993

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1993

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Economic Sanctions

Economic Sanctions

Canada's National Security in the Post-9/11 World

Canada's National Security in the Post-9/11 World

Future of NATO

Future of NATO

Knapsack Problems

Knapsack Problems

Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence

Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence

Painful Choices

Painful Choices

Imports and Politics

Imports and Politics

Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment

Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment

A Decade of Human Security

A Decade of Human Security

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