Author: Richard Lorentz
Publisher: Ablex Pu
Keywords: sciences, computational, algorithms, recursive
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1994-06-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1567500374
ISBN-13: 9781567500370

Recursion is a topic that is ubiquitous in computer science. This book provides a leisurely and entertaining journey through recursion. It begins with the most basic of recursive algorithms and carefully guides the reader to more advanced applications. Most importantly, however, it is a unified treatment so that by the end of the book the reader will have learned that a sophisticated recursive algorithm to find the median in linear time has a great deal in common with a simple recursive algorithm to output an array.

Author: Calif.) Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programme
Publisher: Ablex Pu
Keywords: empirical, workshop, fifth, programmers, studies, interaction, series, computer, papers, presented, december, human
Number of Pages: 231
Published: 1993-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1567500897
ISBN-13: 9781567500899

This volume looks at the obvious trend in the computing evolution from studies of student programmers and toward studies of "real programmers" performing real programming tasks. The percentage of student and professional programmers in the studies reported in papers presented at ESP 1 and ESP 5 has nearly flip-flopped. There is now an emphasis on the practical application of the research results both in industry and in academia. The papers and posters of this workshop include a range of programming language paradigms beyond the procedural paradigm: functional, logic, visual, object oriented an

Author: John A. Shar
Publisher: Ablex Pu
Keywords: practice, theory, computing, flow, data
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1992-07-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0893919217
ISBN-13: 9780893919214

There is an increasing interest in data flow programming techniques. This interest is motivated in part by the rapid advances in technology (and the need for distributed processing techniques), in part by a desire for faster throughput by applying parallel processing techniques, and in part by search for a programming tool that is closer to the problem solving methods that people naturally adopts rather than current programming languages. This book contains a selection of chapters by researchers on various aspects of the data flow approach in computing. Topics covered include: comparisons of v

Author: George W. Zobrist
Publisher: Ablex Pu
Keywords: design, progress, aided, computer, implementations, vlsi
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1990-02-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0893915408
ISBN-13: 9780893915407

These volumes review late 1980s/early 1990s state-of-the-art developments in computer-aided design and analysis techniques. Contributions from researchers and practitioners discuss parallel algorithms and fundamental operations in cryptography, systolic arrays, pipelined designs, CAD/CAM applications, semicustom arrays, VLSI design using Caeser and MOSIS, a CMOS 16 x 16 parallel multiplier, design and simulation of a reduced instruction set computer, and more.

Authors:Jerry J. Vaske, Charles E. Grantham,
Publisher: Ablex Pub
Keywords: human, computer, interaction, environment, socializing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1990-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0893914711
ISBN-13: 9780893914714

In this text, the authors call attention to the social consequences of human-computer interaction and begin the process of developing a theoretical framework that recognizes the interdisciplinary nature of the interactions that occur between people and machines. Theories found in social psychology, sociology, and anthropology are used to illustrate how these disciplines can facilitate our understanding of the social processes, underlying human-computer interactions and how this understanding benefits the design, development and implementation of computer systems. This volume represents a blend

Author: Nigel Ward
Publisher: Ablex Pub
Keywords: artificial, intelligence, series, ablex, language, generator, connectionist
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 1994-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1567500382
ISBN-13: 9781567500387

Connectionism has been gaining ground as a psychological modelling technique annd shows great promise as a way to build fast, robust systems to perform intelligent tasks. Connectionism contrasts with the older tradition, that of explaining intelligent behaviour in terms of the manipulation of complex symbol structures. Without expecting either style of research to be exclusively correct, it is still important to seek out the relative strenghts and weaknesses of each. The partisans of the two camps have taken-up the challenge; the controversy has been fierce, as befits the prize-acceptance as t

Authors:Jerry R. Hobbs, Robert C. Moore,
Publisher: Ablex Pub
Keywords: artificial, intelligence, vol, series, ablex, theories, commonsense, world, formal
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1985-06
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0893912131
ISBN-13: 9780893912130

This volume is a collection of original contributions about the core knowledge in fundamental domains. It includes work on naive physics, such as formal specifications of intuitive theories of spatial relations, time causality, substance and physical objects, and on naive psychology.