The Seventh International Workshop on Database Programming Languages (DBPL99) took place in Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, UK from the 1st to the 3rd of September 1999. This series of workshops focuses on the interaction of theory and practice in the design and development of database programming languages. The workshop has occurred biennially since 1987, and was previously held in: Rosco?, Finistere, France (1987) Salishan, Oregon, USA (1989) Nafplion, Argolida, Greece (1991) Manhattan, New York, USA (1993) Gubbio, Umbria, Italy (1995) Estes Park, Colorado, USA (1997) The workshop, as always,...
The Seventh International Workshop on Database Programming Languages (DBPL99) took place in Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, UK from the 1st to the 3rd of...
The editors of this volume argue that future research into complex animal societies and intelligence will change the perception of animals as gene machines, programmed to act in particular ways and perhaps elevate them to a status much closer to our own. At a time when humans are perceived more biologically than ever before, and animals as more cultural, are we about to witness the dawn of a truly unified social science, one with a distinctly cross-specific perspective?
The editors of this volume argue that future research into complex animal societies and intelligence will change the perception of animals as gene mac...