Authors:Gregory S. Chirikjian, Howie Choset, Marco Morales, T
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, foundations, algorithmic, springer, advanced, workshop, tracts, contributions, viii, selected, eighth, international
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2010-01-04
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 3642003117
ISBN-13: 9783642003110

This volume is the outcome of the eighth edition of the biennial Workshop Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR). Edited by G. Chirikjian, H. Choset, M. Morales and T. Murphey, the book offers a collection of a wide range of topics in advanced robotics, including networked robots, distributed systems, manipulation, planning under uncertainty, minimalism, geometric sensing, geometric computation, stochastic planning methods, and medical applications. The contents of the forty-two contributions represent a cross-section of the current state of research from one particular aspect: algorithms

Authors:David Hsu, Volkan Isler, Jean-Claude Latombe, Ming C.
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, foundations, algorithmic, springer, advanced, workshop, tracts, ninth, selected, contributions, international
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2010-12-29
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 3642174515
ISBN-13: 9783642174513

Robotics is at the cusp of dramatic transformation. Increasingly complex robots with unprecedented autonomy are finding new applications, from medical surgery, to construction, to home services. Against this background, the algorithmic foundations of robotics are becoming more crucial than ever, in order to build robots that are fast, safe, reliable, and adaptive. Algorithms enable robots to perceive, plan, control, and learn. The design and analysis of robot algorithms raise new fundamental questions that span computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and mathematics.

Authors:Alejandro López-Ortiz, Angèle Hamel,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: combinatorial, aspects, networking, algorithmic, networks, telecommunications, alberta, workshop, first, caan, banff
Number of Pages: 205
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 3540278737
ISBN-13: 9783540278733

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the first workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking, held in Banff, Alberta, Canada in August 2004. The 12 revised full papers together with two invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The topics covered range from the web graph to game theory to string matching, all in the context of large-scale networks. This volume contains also 5 survey articles to round out the presentation and give a comprehensive introduction to the topic.

Authors:Setsuo Arikawa, Klaus P. Jantke,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: algorithmic, workshop, international, learning, notes, artificial, intelligence, lecture, inductive, theory, analogical, inference, aii
Number of Pages: 575
Published: 1994-11-15
List price: $106.00
ISBN-10: 3540585206
ISBN-13: 9783540585206

This volume presents the proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Analogical and Inductive Inference (AII ’94) and the Fifth International Workshop on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT ’94), held jointly at Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Germany in October 1994. (In future the AII and ALT workshops will be amalgamated and held under the single title of Algorithmic Learning Theory.) The book contains revised versions of 45 papers on all current aspects of computational learning theory; in particular, algorithmic learning, machine learning, analogical inference, inductive logic, ca

Authors:Srinivas Akella, Srinivas Akella, Nancy Amato, Wesley
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, algorithmic, foundations, springer, tracts, advanced, workshop, seventh, foundation, vii, selected, contributions, international
Number of Pages: 526
Published: 2008-07-10
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540684042
ISBN-13: 9783540684046

Algorithms are a fundamental component of robotic systems: they control or reason about motion and perception in the physical world. They receive input from noisy sensors, consider geometric and physical constraints, and operate on the world through imprecise actuators. The design and analysis of robot algorithms therefore raises a unique combination of questions in control theory, computational and differential geometry, and computer science. This book contains the proceedings from the 2006 Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics. This biannual workshop is a highly selective meeti

Author: Kostas Terzidis
Publisher: Architectural Press
Keywords: architecture, algorithmic
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2006-07-05
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 0750667257
ISBN-13: 9780750667258

Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more.Algorithmic Architecture is not a typical theory-based architectural book; it is not a computer programming or language tutorial book either. It contains a series of provocative design projects, and yet it is not just a design or graphic art book per se. Followin

Authors:G. Mirkowska, A. Salwicki,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: logic, algorithmic
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 1987-11-30
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 9027719284
ISBN-13: 9789027719287