Authors:Anthony Brabazon, Michael O’Neill,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: computational, intelligence, studies, finance, natural, computing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-05-09
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 3540774769
ISBN-13: 9783540774761

"Natural Computing in Computational Finance" is a innovative volume containing fifteen chapters which illustrate cutting-edge applications of natural computing or agent-based modeling in modern computational finance. Following an introductory chapter the book is organized into three sections. The first section deals with optimization applications of natural computing demonstrating the application of a broad range of algorithms from genetic algorithms, differential evolution, evolution strategies, quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithms and bacterial foraging algorithms to multiple financial a

Authors:Mario Giacobini, Anthony Brabazon,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: valencia, evotranslog, evostoc, computer, science, issues, general, evomusart, evointeraction, computing, evolutionary, evoworkshops, evocomnet, evoiasp, evofin, applications
Number of Pages: 755
Published: 2007-05-03
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540718044
ISBN-13: 9783540718048

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of seven workshops on evolutionary computing, EvoWorkshops 2007, held in Valencia, Spain in April 2007. The 55 revised full papers and 24 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 160 submissions. In accordance with the seven workshops covered, the papers are organized in topical sections on evolutionary computation in communications, networks, and connected systems, evolutionary computation in finance and economics, evolutionary computation in image analysis and signal processing, interactive evolu

Authors:Mario Giacobini, Anthony Brabazon, Stefano Cagnoni, A
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: evomusart, evointeraction, evoiasp, computer, science, issues, general, evohot, evogames, computing, evolutionary, evoworkshops, evocomnet, evofin, evoenvironment, applications
Number of Pages: 831
Published: 2009-05-28
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3642011284
ISBN-13: 9783642011283

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of eleven European workshops on the Theory and Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoWorkshops 2009, held in Tübingen, Germany, in April 2009 within the scope of the EvoStar 2009 event. The 68 revised full papers and 23 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 143 submissions. With respect to the eleven workshops covered, the papers are organized in topical sections on telecommunication networks and other parallel and distributed systems, environmental issues, finance and economics, games,

Author: Tara Brabazon
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: cultural, studies, memory, popular, revelation, generation, revolution
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2005-05-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754643964
ISBN-13: 9780754643968

From Revolution to Revelation offers a new paradigm for Cultural Studies. Tara Brabazon explores our understanding of our own past and the collective past we share with others through popular culture. She investigates Generation X, the "post-youth" generation born between 1961 and 1981, and the popular cultural literacies that are the basis of this imagining community. She looks at the ways in which popular culture offers a vehicle for memory, providing the building blocks of identity - the politics and passion of life captured in an unforgettable song, an amazing nightclub, or an unexpected g

Author: Tara Brabazon
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Keywords: jack, tracking
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2000-10-01
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0868406996
ISBN-13: 9780868406992

This work assesses the social, economic, political and cultural relationship between Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The book traces the movements of the "Jack"—the Union Jack, which represents the symbolic tie between "home" and the outer reaches of the empire—from flags to Doc Martens and fashion to food packaging. While much rhetoric emerges of Australia’s place in Asia and New Zealand’s role in the Pacific, this book investigates the far more complex histories that encircle the region. It is not only, or even primarily, an investigation of social systems or p

Author: Tara Brabazon
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Keywords: women, difficult, celebrating, lunge, ladies
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-02-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0868404217
ISBN-13: 9780868404219

Shrew. Banshee. Witch. Slag. Broad. Tramp. Bitch. Ho. These labels, through time, have described women who transcend description. Women with over-painted faces, shrill laughter, and short skirts -- dropping shocking one-liners -- have a zeal and passion for life that shakes with energy and enthusiasm, as well as honesty and humor. Ladies Who Lunge dances through history with the unconventional woman. Witty and refreshing, the tone, texture, and feeling of the words on the page are as unconventional as the plucky women who punctuate the prose. It is a tough, determined, moving, frank, and fu

Author: James Brabazon
Publisher: Orbis Books
Keywords: spiritual, masters, modern, writings, schweitzer, essential, albert
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-10-31
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1570756023
ISBN-13: 9781570756023

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian, doctor, Nobel Peace Prize winner--was a remarkable figure of the twentieth century. An ordained pastor and theologian, he was also a renowned musician. He gave up this success to become a missionary doctor and founded a hospital in Africa. He is famous for his compassionate service and his "Reverence for Life."Schweitzer’s exemplary conduct, his philosophy on reverence for life and his campaign against nuclear weapons . . . remain sources of great inspiration today. H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama