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Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems
Edited By: Franco F. Orsucci, University College London, UK & Institute for Complexity Studies, Italy; Nicoletta Sala, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland & Università dell’ Insubria, Italy
Table of Contents:
Section I: Living Systems and Information Technology

Chapter I: Reflexing Interfaces

    Franco Orsucci, University College London, UK & Institute for Complexity Studies, Italy
Chapter II: Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradox Revealed and Reveiled
    Terry Marks-Tarlow, Institute for Fractal Research, Kassel, Germany & Private Practice, Santa Monica, California, USA
Chapter III: Theory of Cooperative Coevolution of Genes and Memes
    Vladimir Kvasnicka, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
    Jiri Pospichal, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Chapter IV: Thinking Animals and Thinking Machines: What Relations? (with Particular Reference to the Psychoanalytical Point of View)
    Franco Scalzone, Italian Psychoanalytical Society, Italy
    Gemma Zontini, Italian Psychoanalytical Society, Italy
Chapter V: Machines Paying Attention
    John G. Taylor, King’s College, UK
Chapter VI: Artificial Mind
    Rita M. R. Pizzi, University of Milan, Italy
Chapter VII: Neurofeedback: Using Computer Technology to Alter Brain Functioning
    David Vernon, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Chapter VIII: Biological Traits in Artificial Self-Reproducing Systems
    Eleonora Bilotta, Università della Calabria, Italy
    Pietro Pantano, Università della Calabria, Italy
Chapter IX: Evolutionary Algorithms in Problem Solving and Machine Learning
    Marco Tomassini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Leonardo Vanneschi, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Chapter X: The Future Quantum Computer: Biotic Complexity
    Hector Sabelli, Chicago Center for Creative Development, USA
    Gerald H. Thomas, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Section II: Application Fields: From Networks to Fractal Geometry

Chapter XI: Networks: Uses and Misuses of an Emergent Paradigm

    Alessandro Giuliani, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Chapter XII: Theory and Practice of Ant-Based Routing in Dynamic Telecommunication Networks
    Gianni A. Di Caro, Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Switzerland
    Frederick Ducatelle, Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Switzerland
    Luca M. Gambardella, Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Switzerland
Chapter XIII: Cryptography, Delayed Dynamical Systems, and Secure Communication
    Santo Banerjee, JIS College of Engineering, India
    Asesh Roy Chowdhury, Jadavpur University, India
Chapter XIV: Portfolio Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms
    Lean Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China & City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Shouyang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    Kin Keung Lai, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chapter XV: Financial Trading Systems: Is Recurrent Reinforcement Learning the Way
    Francesco Bertoluzzo, University of Padua, Italy
    Marco Corazza, University Ca’Foscari of Venice, Italy & School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation, Italy
Chapter XVI: About the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Framework of Physical Limnological Studies on a Great Lake
    Leonardo Castellano, Matec Modelli Matematici, Italy
    Walter Ambrosetti, CNR – Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Italy
    Nicoletta Sala, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland & Università dell’Insubria, Italy
Chapter XVII: Urban and Architectural 3-D Fast Processing
    Renato Saleri Lunazzi, Laboratoire MAP aria UMR 694 CNRS: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France
Chapter XVIII: Reflections of Spiral Complexity on Art
    Ljubiša M. Kocić, University of Niš, Serbia
    Liljana R. Stefanovska, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, R. of Macedonia
Chapter XIX: Fractal Geometry and Computer Science
    Nicoletta Sala, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland & Università dell’Insubria, Italy
Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems


ISBN: 978-1-59904-627-3
Hard Cover
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Release Date: 2008
Pages: 432
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