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XxAI - beyond explainable AI : International Workshop, Held in Conjunction wi…
Statistical machine learning (ML) has triggered a renaissance of artificial intelligence (AI). While the most successful ML models, including Deep Neural Networks (DNN), have developed better predictivity, they have become increasingly complex, at the expense of human interpretability (correlation vs. causality). The field of explainable AI (xAI) has emerged with the goal of creating tools and …
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- 9783031040832
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- x; 397 PG; ill.
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 XXA x
Self-directed learning : an imperative for education in a complex society
This book on self-directed learning (SDL) is devoted to original academic scholarship within the field of education, and is the 6th volume in the North-West University (NWU) SDL book series. In this book the authors explore how self-directed learning can be considered an imperative for education in a complex modern society. Although each chapter represents independent research in the field of s…
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- 9781776341603
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- xxxv, 312p.; ill.
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- 374 SEL s
Co-creation for responsible research and innovation : experimenting with desi…
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book pr…
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- 1
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- 9783030787332
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- viii; 168p; ill
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- -
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- 658.5752 CRE A
Ancient knowledge networks : a social geography of cuneiform scholarship in f…
Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies as well as in writings. It explores the forms knowledge takes and the meanings it accrues, and how these meanings are shaped by the peoples who use it. Addressing the relationships between political power, family ties, religious commitments and literate scholarship in the ancient Middle East of the first mill…
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- 9781787355941
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- xxiii, 303 p. ill;
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- -
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- 935 ANC E
Open education : international perspectives in higher education
This insightful collection of essays explores the ways in which open education can democratise access to education for all. It is a rich resource that offers both research and case studies to relate the application of open technologies and approaches in education settings around the world. Global in perspective, this book argues strongly for the value of open education in both the developed …
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- 9781783742806
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- xxi, 382 p ; ill
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- -
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- 379.26 OPE
Shakespeare and the fall of the roman republic selfhood, stoicism and civil war
Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare’s place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of me…
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- 21
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- 9781474427487
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- xi. :321 p. :ill.
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- 822.33. SHA p
Performing deception : learning, skill and the art of conjuring
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself. Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting i…
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- 9781800646926
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- xiii, 195p. : ill.
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- -
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- 131 BRI p
Metalearning : applications to automated machine learning and data mining
This open access book offers a comprehensive and thorough introduction to almost all aspects of metalearning and automated machine learning (AutoML), covering the basic concepts and architecture, evaluation, datasets, hyperparameter optimization, ensembles and workflows, and also how this knowledge can be used to select, combine, compose, adapt and configure both algorithms and models to yield …
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- Second Edition
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- 9783030670245
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- xii, 346p. : ill,
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- -
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- 006.31 MET m
Teachers with disabilities : dilemmas, challenges and opportuties
The promotion of greater diversity in the socio-demographic profile of the teaching population is the subject of an increasing international interest. However, the perspective of teachers with disabilities/specific learning disorders (SLDs) is still poorly investigated, especially in Italy. The entry of teachers with disabilities/SLDs into the teaching profession can represent a decisive step t…
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- 9788835140108
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- 121 p.
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- -
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- 371.1 TEA t
Translation and transfer of knowledge in encyclopedic compilations, 1680-1830
With a focus on the economic, social, and political impetus for producing monuments to knowledge, this volume recognizes the encyclopedic compilation as the quintessential tool of enlightenment knowledge transfer. From its modern origins in seventeenth-century France, encyclopedic compilations met the need for the dissemination of information in a more flexible format, one that eschewed the lim…
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- 9781487539269
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- vii, 374 p. : ill.
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- -
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- 030.9 DON t
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