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This book explores the foundation, history, and theory of intelligent adaptive systems, providing scholars, researchers, and practitioners with a fundamental resource on topics such as the emergence of intelligent adaptive systems in social sciences, biologically inspired artificial social...

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Systemic enterprise architecture as future: tackling complexity in governments in the cusp of change / Pallab Saha -- Enterprises as complex systems: extended axiomatic design theory and its application in enterprise architecture practice / Hadi Kandjani, Peter Bernus, Lian Wen -- Complex...

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Provides a balance of conceptual and practical aspects of Knowledge Management, offering the opportunity for students and practitioners to understand and effectively consider knowledge management approaches in their organizations. Everyday examples are used to lead the reader into the...

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Case Studies in Knowledge Management provides case-based lessons learned from several examples of actual applications of knowledge management in a variety of organizational and global settings. A variety of KM issues are explored, including issues associated with building a KMS, organizational...

Section I. Multimedia Learning: Cognitive Perspectives: Chapter I. Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design in a Multimedia Context / Renae Low, Putai Jin, John Sweller -- Chapter II. Multimedia Learning and Working Memory Capacity / Peter E. Doolittle, Krista P. Terry, Gina J. Mariano --...