What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? In this remarkably clear and companionable book, leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals. Based on her work at the Santa Fe Institute and drawing on its interdisciplinary...
What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as...
Genetic algorithms have been used in science and engineering as adaptive algorithms for solving practical problems and as computational models of natural evolutionary systems. This brief, accessible introduction describes some of the most interesting research in the field and also enables readers to implement and experiment with genetic algorithms on their own. It focuses in depth on a small set of important and interesting topics -- particularly in machine learning, scientific modeling, and artificial life -- and reviews a broad span of research, including the work of Mitchell and her...
Genetic algorithms have been used in science and engineering as adaptive algorithms for solving practical problems and as computational models of n...
Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide to Identification offers you a quick, portable reference and review of the full array of dental instruments used in contemporary practice, from basic hand instruments to specialty instruments. Its flashcard presentation, coupled with the guide's many hands-on, interactive exercises, makes it easy to identify all dental instruments, including their uses, different varieties, and placement on the tray. Fully Updated, Revised New Edition This Second Edition features new chapters covering instruments used in dental diagnosis and treatment planning, laboratory...
Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide to Identification offers you a quick, portable reference and review of the full array of dental instruments used in...
