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Visual Analytics of Movement

By: Gennady Andrienko,Natalia Andrienko,Peter Bak,Daniel Keim,Stefan Wrobel

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Visual Analytics of Movement

By: Gennady Andrienko,Natalia Andrienko,Peter Bak,Daniel Keim,Stefan Wrobel

Many important planning decisions in society and business depend on proper knowledge and a correct understanding of movement, be it in transportation, logistics, biology, or the life sciences. Today the widespread use of mobile phones and technologies like GPS and RFID provides an immense amount of data on location and movement. What is needed are new methods of visualization and algorithmic data analysis that are tightly integrated and complement each other to allow end-users and analysts to extract useful knowledge from these extremely large data volumes. This is exactly the topic of this book. As the authors show, modern visual analytics techniques are ready to tackle the enormous challenges brought about by movement data, and the technology and software needed to exploit them are available today. The authors start by illustrating the different kinds of data available to describe movement, from individual trajectories of single objects to multiple trajectories of many objects, and then proceed to detail a conceptual framework, which provides the basis for a fundamental understanding of movement data. With this basis, they move on to more practical and technical aspects, focusing on how to transform movement data to make it more useful, and on the infrastructure necessary for performing visual analytics in practice. In so doing they demonstrate that visual analytics of movement data can yield exciting insights into the behavior of moving persons and objects, but can also lead to an understanding of the events that transpire when things move. Throughout the book, they use sample applications from various domains and illustrate the examples with graphical depictions of both the interactive displays and the analysis results. In summary, readers will benefit from this detailed description of the state of the art in visual analytics in various ways. Researchers will appreciate the scientific precision involved, software technologists will find essential information on algorithms and systems, and practitioners will profit from readily accessible examples with detailed illustrations for practical purposes.

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Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

By: Natalia Andrienko,Gennady Andrienko,Georg Fuchs,Aidan Slingsby,Cagatay Turkay,Stefan Wrobel

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Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

By: Natalia Andrienko,Gennady Andrienko,Georg Fuchs,Aidan Slingsby,Cagatay Turkay,Stefan Wrobel

This textbook presents the main principles of visual analytics and describes techniques and approaches that have proven their utility and can be readily reproduced. Special emphasis is placed on various instructive examples of analyses, in which the need for and the use of visualisations are explained in detail. The book begins by introducing the main ideas and concepts of visual analytics and explaining why it should be considered an essential part of data science methodology and practices. It then describes the general principles underlying the visual analytics approaches, including those on appropriate visual representation, the use of interactive techniques, and classes of computational methods. It continues with discussing how to use visualisations for getting aware of data properties that need to be taken into account and for detecting possible data quality issues that may impair the analysis. The second part of the book describes visual analytics methods and workflows, organised by various data types including multidimensional data, data with spatial and temporal components, data describing binary relationships, texts, images and video. For each data type, the specific properties and issues are explained, the relevant analysis tasks are discussed, and appropriate methods and procedures are introduced. The focus here is not on the micro-level details of how the methods work, but on how the methods can be used and how they can be applied to data. The limitations of the methods are also discussed and possible pitfalls are identified. The textbook is intended for students in data science and, more generally, anyone doing or planning to do practical data analysis. It includes numerous examples demonstrating how visual analytics techniques are used and how they can help analysts to understand the properties of data, gain insights into the subject reflected in the data, and build good models that can be trusted. Based on several years of teaching related courses at the City, University of London, the University of Bonn and TU Munich, as well as industry training at the Fraunhofer Institute IAIS and numerous summer schools, the main content is complemented by sample datasets and detailed, illustrated descriptions of exercises to practice applying visual analytics methods and workflows.

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Concept Formation and Knowledge Revision

By: Stefan Wrobel

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Concept Formation and Knowledge Revision

By: Stefan Wrobel

A fundamental assumption of work in artificial intelligence and machine learning is that knowledge is expressed in a computer with the help of knowledge representations. Since the proper choice of such representations is a difficult task that fundamentally affects the capabilities of a system, the problem of automatic representation change is an important topic in current research. Concept Formation and Knowledge Revision focuses on representation change as a concept formation task, regarding concepts as the elementary representational vocabulary from which further statements are constructed. Taking an interdisciplinary approach from psychological foundations to computer implementations, the book draws on existing psychological results about the nature of human concepts and concept formation to determine the scope of concept formation phenomena, and to identify potential components of computational concept formation models. The central idea of this work is that computational concept formation can usefully be understood as a process that is triggered in a demand-driven fashion by the representational needs of the learning system, and identify the knowledge revision activities of a system as a particular context for such a process. The book presents a detailed analysis of the revision problem for first-order clausal theories, and develops a set of postulates that any such operation should satisfy. It shows how a minimum theory revision operator can be realized by using exception sets, and that this operator is indeed maximally general. The book then shows that concept formation can be triggered from within the knowledge revision process whenever the existing representation does not permit the plausible reformulation of an exception set, demonstrating the usefulness of the approach both theoretically and empirically within the learning knowledge acquisition system MOBAL. In using a first-order representation, this book is part of the rapidly developing field of Inductive Logic Programming (ILP). By integrating the computational issues with psychological and fundamental discussions of concept formation phenomena, the book will be of interest to readers both theoretically and psychologically inclined. From the foreword by Katharina Morik: ` The ideal to combine the three sources of artificial intelligence research has almost never been reached. Such a combined and integrated research requires the researcher to master different ways of thinking, different work styles, different sets of literature, and different research procedures. It requires capabilities in software engineering for the application part, in theoretical computer science for the theory part, and in psychology for the cognitive part. The most important capability for artificial intelligence is to keep the integrative view and to create a true original work that goes beyond the collection of pieces from different fields. This book achieves such an integrative view of concept formation and knowledge revision by presenting the way from psychological investigations that indicate that concepts are theories and point at the important role of a demand for learning. to an implemented system which supports users in their tasks when working with a knowledge base and its theoretical foundation.

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Inductive Logic Programming

15th International Conference, ILP 2005, Bonn, Germany, August 10-13, 2005, Proceedings

By: Stefan Kramer

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Inductive Logic Programming

15th International Conference, ILP 2005, Bonn, Germany, August 10-13, 2005, Proceedings

By: Stefan Kramer

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2005, held in Bonn, Germany, in August 2005. The 24 revised full papers presented together with the abstract of 4 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers address all current topics in inductive logic programming, ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to advanced applications in various areas, also including more diverse forms of non-propositional learning.

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3540281770

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Developing Industrial Case-Based Reasoning Applications

The INRECA Methodology

By: Ralph Bergmann,Klaus-Dieter Althoff,Sean Breen,Mehmet Göker,Michel Manago,Ralph Traphöner,Stefan Wess

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Developing Industrial Case-Based Reasoning Applications

The INRECA Methodology

By: Ralph Bergmann,Klaus-Dieter Althoff,Sean Breen,Mehmet Göker,Michel Manago,Ralph Traphöner,Stefan Wess

In just few years, case-based reasoning has evolved from a research topic studied at a small number of specialized academic labs into an industrial-strength technology applied in various fields. The INRECA methodology presented in detail in this monograph provides a data analysis framework for developing case-based reasoning solutions for successful applications in real-world industrial contexts. The book is divided into parts on: - smarter business with case-based decision support; - developing case-based applications using the INRECA methodology; and - using the methodology in various application domains. The book provides a self-contained introduction to case-based reasoning applications that address both R&D professionals and general IT managers interested in this powerful new technology. In this second edition, improvements and updates have been incorporated throughout the text. Particularly useful is the systematic coverage of experience factory applications at various steps; and, of course, the references have been extended substantially.

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Writing the Brain

Material Minds and Literature, 1800-1880

By: Stefan Schöberlein

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Writing the Brain

Material Minds and Literature, 1800-1880

By: Stefan Schöberlein

In the nineteenth century, American and British culture experienced an explosion of interest in writings about the brain. The years between 1800 and 1880 are often described as the emergence of modern neuroscience, with new areas of the brain being discovered and named. Naming was quickly followed by a drive to hypothesize functioning, a process that suggested thinking itself may be a mere physiological act. In Writing the Brain, Stefan Schöberlein tracks how literature encountered such novel, scientific theories of cognition-and how it, in turn, shaped scientific thinking. Before the era of modern psychology, a heterogeneous group of alienists, self-help gurus, and anatomists proposed that the structure of the brain could be used to explain how the mind worked. Suddenly, nineteenth-century readers and writers had to contend with the idea that qualities once ascribed to disembodied souls may arise from a mere lump of cranial matter. In a period when scientists and literary writers frequently published in the same periodicals, the ensuing debate over the material mind was a public one. Writing the Brain demonstrates, by examining several canonical works and textual rediscoveries, that these exchanges not only influenced how poets and novelists fictionalized the mind but also how scientists thought and talked about their discoveries. From George Combe to Charles Dickens, from Emily Dickinson to Pliny Earle, from Benjamin Rush to Alfred Tennyson, 1800s debated what it means to have or, rather, be a brain.

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0197693687

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Modeling the Radiation of Modern Sound Reinforcement Systems in High Resolution

By: Stefan Feistel

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Modeling the Radiation of Modern Sound Reinforcement Systems in High Resolution

By: Stefan Feistel

Starting from physical theory, this work develops a novel framework for the acoustic simulation of sound radiation by loudspeakers and sound reinforcement systems. First, a theoretical foundation is derived for the accurate description of simple and multi-way loudspeakers using an advanced point-source ''CDPS'' model that incorporates phase data. The model's practical implementation is presented including measurement requirements and the GLL loudspeaker data format specification. In the second part, larger systems are analyzed such as line arrays where the receiver may be located in the near field of the source. It is shown that any extended line source can be modeled accurately after decomposition into smaller CDPS elements. The influence of production variation among elements of an array is investigated and shown to be small. The last part of this work deals with the consequences of fluctuating environmental conditions such as wind and temperature on the coherence of sound signals from multiple sources. A new theoretical model is developed that allows predicting the smooth transition from amplitude to power summation as a function of the statistical properties of the environmental parameters. A part of this work was distinguished with the AES Publications Award 2010. Parts of the proposed data format have been incorporated into the international AES56 standard.

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3832537104

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The Human Condition

Our Place In The Cosmos & In Life

By: Stefan Wurm

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The Human Condition

Our Place In The Cosmos & In Life

By: Stefan Wurm

Over a very short period, only a few hundred years, our understanding of the cosmos, our planet Earth, the evolution of life on it, and the beginnings of our very own human endeavor have radically changed. These revolutions in science and technology have dramatically altered our societies in many ways. For quite some time it seemed as if our planets resources were unlimited. Today we know that this is not the case. Human civilizations are shaping our planets future in ways that have profound consequences for all other life on Earth as well as for us. We need to reflect broadly on what defines our human condition if we wish our societies to be successful in navigating a future that cannot be just ours but must include the broad diversity of life on Earth without which humankind will not survive. This book tells the story of how we discovered the universe, how we learned about our planet and the life evolving on it, how humanity emerged from pre-history, and what some of the future of our civilizations could hold.

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1951894006

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Boundary Element Methods

By: Stefan A. Sauter,Christoph Schwab

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Boundary Element Methods

By: Stefan A. Sauter,Christoph Schwab

This work presents a thorough treatment of boundary element methods (BEM) for solving strongly elliptic boundary integral equations obtained from boundary reduction of elliptic boundary value problems in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The book is self-contained, the prerequisites on elliptic partial differential and integral equations being presented in Chapters 2 and 3. The main focus is on the development, analysis, and implementation of Galerkin boundary element methods, which is one of the most flexible and robust numerical discretization methods for integral equations. For the efficient realization of the Galerkin BEM, it is essential to replace time-consuming steps in the numerical solution process with fast algorithms. In Chapters 5-9 these methods are developed, analyzed, and formulated in an algorithmic way.

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3540680934

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European Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptation

A Spatial Planning Perspective

By: Philipp Schmidt-Thome,Stefan Greiving

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European Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptation

A Spatial Planning Perspective

By: Philipp Schmidt-Thome,Stefan Greiving

European Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptation: A Spatial Planning Perspective analyses the impacts climate change might have on regions and their local economies. Regions clearly differ in view of the complex patterns of climate change impact, but also regarding the given vulnerability and coping capacity. Impacts of climate change can have a marked effect on the functioning of regions and sectors of the society, if not properly addressed. Readiness to adapt to the impacts and lasting changes counts towards vulnerability of the regions. The book builds upon the findings of a project conducted under the European observation network for territorial development and cohesion (ESPON), The ESPON Climate project. Following the stipulations of the ESPON programme and the tender for this project the territorial focus is the raison d’être and methodological core of the project as a whole and its various research actions: The outcomes of each action will be focused on what impacts global climate change will have for the different European regions and how the regions can cope with the projected impacts in order to become less vulnerable to climate change. This book: Provides a comprehensive analysis of climate change impacts on 29 European regions and their local economies Takes an interdisciplinary approach dealing with the physical, social, economic, environmental, cultural and institutional aspects of climate change vulnerability and the consequences for spatial planning Builds on the findings of the ESPON Climate project with a policy focused approach Is in full colour throughout with a broad range of case studies

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1118474813

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Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants

Monitoring and Improvement

By: Stefan Krämer,Sebastian Engell

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Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants

Monitoring and Improvement

By: Stefan Krämer,Sebastian Engell

This monograph provides foundations, methods, guidelines and examples for monitoring and improving resource efficiency during the operation of processing plants and for improving their design. The measures taken to improve their energy and resource efficiency are strongly influenced by regulations and standards which are covered in Part I of this book. Without changing the actual processing equipment, the way how the processes are operated can have a strong influence on the resource efficiency of the plants and this potential can be exploited with much smaller investments than needed for the introduction of new process technologies. This aspect is the focus of Part II. In Part III we discuss physical changes of the process technology such as heat integration, synthesis and realization of optimal processes, and industrial symbiosis. The last part deals with the people that are needed to make these changes possible and discusses the path towards a resource efficiency culture. Written with industrial solutions in mind, this text will benefit practitioners as well as the academic community.

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3527804145

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Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling

An Introduction

By: Stefan Trapp,Michael Matthies

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Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling

An Introduction

By: Stefan Trapp,Michael Matthies

Partitioning of chemicals in the environment and its modeling is becoming an important field in environmental science and engineering. This book enables students, researchers, and interested laymen to enter the field of environmental modeling in a fast and effective way. The book contains modeling software (CemoS V 1.10), data sets and the CemoS handbook. Each chapter contains examples and exercises.

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Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

By: Natalia Andrienko,Gennady Andrienko,Georg Fuchs,Aidan Slingsby,Cagatay Turkay,Stefan Wrobel

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Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

By: Natalia Andrienko,Gennady Andrienko,Georg Fuchs,Aidan Slingsby,Cagatay Turkay,Stefan Wrobel

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Visual Analytics of Movement

By: Gennady Andrienko,Natalia Andrienko,Peter Bak,Daniel Keim,Stefan Wrobel

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By: Gennady Andrienko,Natalia Andrienko,Peter Bak,Daniel Keim,Stefan Wrobel

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Machine Learning: ECML-95

8th European Conference on Machine Learning, Heraclion, Crete, Greece, April 25 - 27, 1995. Proceedings

By: Nada Lavrač,Stefan Wrobel

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Machine Learning: ECML-95

8th European Conference on Machine Learning, Heraclion, Crete, Greece, April 25 - 27, 1995. Proceedings

By: Nada Lavrač,Stefan Wrobel

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Machine Learning ECML-95, held in Heraclion, Crete in April 1995. Besides four invited papers the volume presents revised versions of 14 long papers and 26 short papers selected from a total of 104 submissions. The papers address all current aspects in the area of machine learning; also logic programming, planning, reasoning, and algorithmic issues are touched upon.

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Visual Analytics of Movement

Visual Analytics of Movement

Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

Concept Formation and Knowledge Revision

Concept Formation and Knowledge Revision

Inductive Logic Programming

Inductive Logic Programming

Developing Industrial Case-Based Reasoning Applications

Developing Industrial Case-Based Reasoning Applications

Writing the Brain

Writing the Brain

Modeling the Radiation of Modern Sound Reinforcement Systems in High Resolution

Modeling the Radiation of Modern Sound Reinforcement Systems in High Resolution

The Human Condition

The Human Condition

Boundary Element Methods

Boundary Element Methods

European Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptation

European Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptation

Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants

Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants

Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling

Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling

Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

Visual Analytics for Data Scientists

Visual Analytics of Movement

Visual Analytics of Movement

Machine Learning: ECML-95

Machine Learning: ECML-95

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