A Study in Surmise

A Study in Surmise
Author: Michael Harrison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1984
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Suggests the real people and events which inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Homes and his adventures.

Learning Spaces

Learning Spaces
Author: Jean-Claude Falmagne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2010-09-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642010393

Learning spaces offer a rigorous mathematical foundation for practical systems of educational technology. Learning spaces generalize partially ordered sets and are special cases of knowledge spaces. The various structures are investigated from the standpoints of combinatorial properties and stochastic processes. Leaning spaces have become the essential structures to be used in assessing students' competence of various topics. A practical example is offered by ALEKS, a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system in mathematics and other scholarly fields. At the heart of ALEKS is an artificial intelligence engine that assesses each student individually and continously. The book is of interest to mathematically oriented readers in education, computer science, engineering, and combinatorics at research and graduate levels. Numerous examples and exercises are included, together with an extensive bibliography.

Mathematics, Substance and Surmise

Mathematics, Substance and Surmise
Author: Ernest Davis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 331921473X

The seventeen thought-provoking and engaging essays in this collection present readers with a wide range of diverse perspectives on the ontology of mathematics. The essays address such questions as: What kind of things are mathematical objects? What kinds of assertions do mathematical statements make? How do people think and speak about mathematics? How does society use mathematics? How have our answers to these questions changed over the last two millennia, and how might they change again in the future? The authors include mathematicians, philosophers, computer scientists, cognitive psychologists, sociologists, educators and mathematical historians; each brings their own expertise and insights to the discussion. Contributors to this volume: Jeremy Avigad Jody Azzouni David H. Bailey David Berlinski Jonathan M. Borwein Ernest Davis Philip J. Davis Donald Gillies Jeremy Gray Jesper Lützen Ursula Martin Kay O’Halloran Alison Pease Steven Piantadosi Lance Rips Micah T. Ross Nathalie Sinclair John Stillwell Hellen Verran

Rough Set Theory: A True Landmark in Data Analysis

Rough Set Theory: A True Landmark in Data Analysis
Author: Ajith Abraham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2009-02-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540899200

Part 1 of this book deals with theoretical contributions of rough set theory, and parts 2 and 3 focus on several real world data mining applications. The book thoroughly explores recent results in rough set research.

The Family

The Family
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1925
Genre: Social case work
ISBN:

Knowledge Spaces

Knowledge Spaces
Author: Jean-Paul Doignon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642586252

Knowledge Spaces offers a rigorous mathematical foundation for various practical systems of knowledge assessment, applied to real and simulated data. The systematic presentation extends research results to new situations, as well as describing how to build the knowledge structure in practice. The book also contains numerous examples and exercises and an extensive bibliography. This interdisciplinary representation of the theory of knowledge spaces will be of interest to mathematically oriented readers in computer science and combinatorics.

Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Educational Theory and Practice

Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Educational Theory and Practice
Author: Richard A. Duschl
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1992-08-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 143840171X

This edited volume extends existing discussions among philosophers of science, cognitive psychologists, and educational researchers on the the restructuring of scientific knowledge and the domain of science education. This exchange of ideas across disciplinary fields raises fundamental issues and provides frameworks that help to focus educational research programs, curriculum development efforts, and teacher training programs.