This collection presents a diverse overview of where the development of artificial minds is as the twenty-first century begins. Examined from nearly all viewpoints, this book includes perspectives from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, social studies and artificial intelligence. The...

"This book examines innovative research in the emerging, multidisciplinary field of cognitive informatics, portraying the connections between natural science and informatics that are investigated in this fundamental collection of cognitive informatics research"--Provided by publisher.

Scatter search and path relinking: a tutorial on the linear arrangement problem / Rafael Martí ... [et al.] -- A complementary cyber swarm algorithm / Peng-Yeng Yin ... [et al.] -- Path relinking scheme for the max-cut problem within global equilibrium search / Volodymyr P. Shylo, Oleg V. Shylo...

Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of intelligent databases, this book provides a single record of current research and practical applications in this field. It integrates data management in databases with intelligent...

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