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Keep the Adversary Guessing: Agent Security by Policy Randomization
ISBN: 9783639019254 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is devoted to the development of efficient algorithms for enhancing security of Multiagent systems deployed in real world. In particular, we present here algorithms developed using the Decision/Game Theoretic frameworks. Our algorithms can be classified into two kinds:
First, when the agent has no model of its adversaries, the key idea is to randomize the policy of the agent to minimize the information given out. To that end, we present policy randomization algorithms developed using the MDP/Dec-POMDP frameworks. Second, when the agent has partial model of its adversaries, we... This book is devoted to the development of efficient algorithms for enhancing security of Multiagent systems deployed in real world. In particular, we...
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Collective Memory and Home in the Diaspora
ISBN: 9783639048940 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the role of Armenian community centres, in relation to the local dwelling place of Montreal, the distant homeland, and the rest of the Armenian diaspora. Due to the staggering increase in migration and to the proliferation of transnational flows, our conception of home has substantially changed. Thus, what motivates immigrants to build centres representative of their ethnicity in their new dwelling places? Based on research at two Armenian community centres in Montreal, this book provides insight into how these mediated social spaces embody elements that represent the...
This book examines the role of Armenian community centres, in relation to the local dwelling place of Montreal, the distant homeland, and the rest of ...
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War in the Media Age
ISBN: 9781572732476 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study traces the evolution of US government press strategy from Vietnam through the Gulf War and its consequences. It illustrates how the rising importance of the press in everyday political life has compelled presidents to change their strategies for
This study traces the evolution of US government press strategy from Vietnam through the Gulf War and its consequences. It illustrates how the rising ...
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A Primer for Benefit–Cost Analysis
ISBN: 9781847208019 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is the best technique for analyzing proposed or previously enacted projects to determine whether undertaking them is in the public interest, or for choosing between two or more mutually exclusive projects. An introduction to BCA for students as well as practitioners, this accessible volume describes the underlying economic theory and legal and philosophical foundations of BCA. BCA provides an objective framework around which discussion, correction and amendment can take place. Stated simply, it is the calculation of values for all the inputs and outputs from a...
Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is the best technique for analyzing proposed or previously enacted projects to determine whether undertaking them is in th...
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Policy-Analysis Methods and Super-Optimum Solutions
ISBN: 9781560721345 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Public Participation, Deliberation, and FACA: Insights from US Land Management
ISBN: 9783639019384 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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In Search of Legitimacy: Policy Making in Europe and the Challenge of Complexity
ISBN: 9783866492127 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In European societies, social differentiation, value pluralism, and international integration have brought about a condition of previously unknown complexity. Citizen expectations are rising with regard to political participation and the legitimization of government policy, yet the capacities for social integration and political consensus formation may be in decline. This volume investigates how political actors and institutions in established European democracies are seeking to manage this condition of complexity and how it reconfigures the foundations of democratic politics. Contents...
In European societies, social differentiation, value pluralism, and international integration have brought about a condition of previously unknown com...
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Change We Can Believe in: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
ISBN: 9780307460455 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States is a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, and move this nation forward. Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America.
In these pages you will find bold and specific ideas about how to fix our ailing economy and strengthen the middle class, make health care affordable... The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States is a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies and failed pol...
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The Law
ISBN: 9781600960574 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Must-read classic from the brilliant French economist and philospher.
Must-read classic from the brilliant French economist and philospher.
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Family-Friendly Working?: Putting Policy Into Practice
ISBN: 9781842630501 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In responding to the needs of working parents and their employers, the Government has introduced legislation which encourages family-friendly initiatives to be determined jointly and voluntarily between employers and employees. Focusing on the key sector of financial services, Family-friendly working? reviews how companies are handling this process.By offering close insights into the dynamics of organisational decision-making processes and practices, Family-friendly working will be of value to policy makers, employers, trade unions and to bodies and individuals who seek to influence family...
In responding to the needs of working parents and their employers, the Government has introduced legislation which encourages family-friendly initiati...
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Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices
ISBN: 9781847420305 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religion and expressions of religious faith have been a relatively neglected issue in public policy, as well as in academic and applied practical social policy studies. As the UK has become a more multi-faith society, religious identity has tended to be s
Religion and expressions of religious faith have been a relatively neglected issue in public policy, as well as in academic and applied practical soci...
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Children, Politics and Communication: Participation at the Margins
ISBN: 9781847421845 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Even after 20 years of children's rights and new thinking about childhood, children are still frequently seen as apolitical. All over the world, there has been a growing emphasis on 'participation,' but much of this is adult-led, and spaces for children's
Even after 20 years of children's rights and new thinking about childhood, children are still frequently seen as apolitical. All over the world, there...
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Unequal Partners: User Groups and Community Care
ISBN: 9781861340566 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-organised user groups of social and health care services are playing an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance.Based on detailed empirical work looking at the user and 'official' perspective, this report includes studies of user groups and officials in two policy areas - mental health and disability. The authors examine both the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explore conceptual issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. Unequal partners thus contributes to our understanding of the role of user self-organisation in...
Self-organised user groups of social and health care services are playing an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance.Based on...
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Disabled People and Employment: A Review of Research and Development Work
ISBN: 9781861341211 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disabled people and employment is a review of research and development initiatives intended to help disabled people get or stay in work, which takes the views of disabled people themselves as a yardstick by which to assess good practice. Drawing on broad-based consultation, it pinpoints gaps in existing research, and highlights the varying requirements of disabled people, employers and service providers as users of research. It also identifies a need for the wide variety of development initiatives which exist to be more effectively targeted, more systematically evaluated, and brought to the...
Disabled people and employment is a review of research and development initiatives intended to help disabled people get or stay in work, which takes t...
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Implementing Holistic Government: Joined-Up Action on the Ground
ISBN: 9781861341433 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important and timely report addresses the critical issues of implementation of the newly emerging and long-term public service agenda. The authors draw upon a unique range of research, practice and theory from the fields of community development, regeneration projects, public and private sector management and organisation development, as well as public and social policy.The authors identify six key issues to be addressed: developing evidence-based approaches to change - using the research;recovering from addiction to failing ways of working;taking community involvement seriously;getting...
This important and timely report addresses the critical issues of implementation of the newly emerging and long-term public service agenda. The author...
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Empowering Practice?: A Critical Appraisal of the Family Group Conference Approach
ISBN: 9781861341495 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative and timely book examines the nature and meaning of 'empowerment' in child welfare and protection, using the family group conference (FGC) approach to decision making as an example. In response to the growing clamour for 'evidence-based practice', the book addresses the central question of how the idea of empowerment can be operationalised and evaluated.One of the aims of FGCs is to empower children and their families by enabling them more effectively to participate in the decision-making process and by affording them greater control over the outcomes of that process....
This innovative and timely book examines the nature and meaning of 'empowerment' in child welfare and protection, using the family group conference (F...
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Home Sweet Home?: The Impact of Poor Housing on Health
ISBN: 9781861341761 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This timely new study looks in detail at the impact poor housing has on health, using data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS). It provides important information to inform the current debate on Our Healthier Nation and to strengthen arguments for health, housing and social care agencies to work together.It focuses on three main areas: if, and when, housing deprivation impacts on overall health;the link between overcrowding and respiratory and infectious disease;housing deprivation and health in the context of other...
How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This timely new study looks in detail at the impact poor housing has on health, using da...
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Tackling Institutional Racism: Anti-Racist Policies and Social Work Education and Training
ISBN: 9781861341815 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The publication of the Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence emphasised the institutionally racist nature of British society. Public bodies and welfare institutions are having to face the consequences of racism within their organisations. This task should draw on the earlier experience of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work's (CCETSW) anti-racist agenda, whose initiative came under attack from government ministers, media commentators and sections of the social work profession.This book describes and analyses the development of anti-racist social work education...
The publication of the Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence emphasised the institutionally racist nature of British society. Public bodies and ...
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Working for a Living?: Employment, Benefits and the Living Standards of Disabled People
ISBN: 9781861341860 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For too long, disabled people in Britain have been denied access to employment. Now paid work is being presented as the only route out of poverty and dependence on the state. What is the reality? Working for a living? asks: Does paid work bring disabled people the benefits they are led to expect, or does it have hidden disadvantages?Can disabled people who are not able to work expect to enjoy a good standard of living? The author compares the welfare states of Sweden, Germany and Britain on the basis of social policy provision for disabled people of working age, particularly in the area of...
For too long, disabled people in Britain have been denied access to employment. Now paid work is being presented as the only route out of poverty and ...
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Domestic Violence and Health: The Response of the Medical Profession
ISBN: 9781861342157 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Domestic violence and health is one of the first indepth studies within Britain to explore the issue of healthcare professionals' attitudes towards women who are victims of domestic violence. There is a growing interest by healthcare professionals and researchers about the role of healthcare professionals in relation to domestic violence. This book looks at the health experiences of women who are victims of domestic violence and the responses to such injuries by healthcare professionals. The author presents the results of an indepth qualitative study, conducted within Britain, examining...
Domestic violence and health is one of the first indepth studies within Britain to explore the issue of healthcare professionals' attitudes towards wo...
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