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By the mid-1980s researchers from artificial intelligence, computer science, brain and cognitive science, and psychology realized that the idea of computers as intelligent machines was inappropriate. The brain does not run "programs"; it does something entirely different. But what? Evolutionary theory says that the brain has evolved not to do mathematical proofs but to control our behavior, to ensure our survival. Researchers now agree that intelligence always manifests itself in behavior -- thus it is behavior that we must understand. An exciting new field has grown around the study of behavior-based intelligence, also known as embodied cognitive science, "new AI," and "behavior-based AI."This book provides a systematic introduction to this new way of thinking. After discussing concepts and approaches such as subsumption architecture, Braitenberg vehicles, evolutionary robotics, artificial life, self-organization, and learning, the authors derive a set of principles and a coherent framework for the study of naturally and artificially intelligent systems, or autonomous agents. This framework is based on a synthetic methodology whose goal is understanding by designing and building.The book includes all the background material required to understand the principles underlying intelligence, as well as enough detailed information on intelligent robotics and simulated agents so readers can begin experiments and projects on their own. The reader is guided through a series of case studies that illustrate the design principles of embodied cognitive science.

Oracle es, sin duda, uno de los sistemas de gestión de bases de datos del mercado más populares debido a su robustez, flexibilidad, fiabilidad y a la gran cantidad de aplicaciones que soporta. No en vano, resulta habitual encontrar algun producto de Oracle en empresas y administraciones publicas. El objetivo de este libro es proporcionar una vision amplia y detallada de Oracle, tanto desde el punto de vista del DBA (DataBase Administrator) como desde el punto de vista del desarrollador. Ello, unido a su concepcion modular y al gran numero de ejercicios practicos resueltos y consejos de la vida diaria que ofrece, lo convierten en un manual de consulta para el profesional, pero tambien en un libro de texto para la docencia universitaria o para la preparacion de las certificaciones oficiales de Oracle.

Access es el gestor de bases de datos de Microsoft y se integra dentro de la suite de programas Office. La versión 2013 de este excelente y completo programa no presenta apenas novedades aunque sí evidentes mejoras, mejoras que sin lugar a dudas los usuarios agradeceran, tanto aquellos que ya conocen la aplicacion como los que se inician en su uso. Gracias a los 100 ejercicios practicos que componen este libro, el lector podra generar sus propias bases de datos incluyendo en ellas todos los objetos de que se componen, de manera que podra sacar el maximo rendimiento a sus productos. Con este libro: Conocera la renovada y mejorada vista Backstage, comun a todos los programas de la suite Office Aprendera a generar una base de datos a partir de cero Agregara paso a paso tablas, formularios e informes Generara consultas entre diferentes tablas Aprendera a mantener sus bases de datos seguras y sin errores

Vivimos una revolución. Internet ha dejado de ser sólo un instrumento de comunicación para convertirse en parte de, prácticamente, todos los aspectos de la vida humana. En este contexto, el lenguaje HTML5 ha adquirido una importancia unica. Las aplicaciones de Internet a las que accedemos ahora incontables veces en un dia, ya sea desde un ordenador de mesa, un telefono movil, una PDA o cualquier otro dispositivo, son posibles gracias a HTML5. Con este manual aprendera, a traves de ejercicios practicos soportados por solidos conocimientos teoricos, a crear toda clase de sitios webs y aplicaciones estructuradas en HTML5, con estilos CS3 y programadas con las mas importantes y recientes herramientas de Javascript. Estudiara desde los conceptos mas basicos y tradicionales de cada uno de los lenguajes hasta los mas utilizados por verdaderos profesionales de la programacion. En cada capitulo ira desarrollando diversos codigos que iran ganando complejidad a medida que se avanza en la leccion y haran mucho mas accesibles los conceptos previamente estudiados. Mediante el uso de los componentes de los tres lenguajes, las nuevas API que ofrece Javascript y librerias externas, aprendera a escribir sus propios codigos para crear, programar y optimizar formularios, personalizar la forma en la que se reproduce un archivo de video o de audio, insertar una o mas pistas de subtitulos en un video, controlar la entrada y salida de cualquier elemento en el modo de pantalla completa, capturar video en streamig, crear graficos y animaciones de dos y tres dimensiones, programar un video juego, controlar la apariencia y la forma en la que se comporta el raton en determinadas circunstancias, utilizar la geolocalizacion, manipular la historia de navegacion del usuario, optimizar el funcionamiento fuera de linea de su sitio, crear aplicaciones de mensajeria digital y otras formas de comunicacion bidireccional, entre muchos otros conocimientos.

Este libro proporciona una explicación detallada sobre el desarrollo de macros, funciones y formularios con VBA para Microsoft. Empezamos describiendo qué es una macro, cómo fabricarla y cómo ejecut

Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers, including Android tablet game app development considerations. You''ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and earlier version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android Games will help you kick-start your project. This book will guide you through the process of making several example game apps using APIs available in new Android SDK and earlier SDK releases for Android smartphones and tablets:The fundamentals of game development and design suitable for Android smartphones and tabletsThe Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a game, including new File Manager system and better battery life managementThe design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platformThis book lets developers see and use some Android SDK Jelly Bean; however, this book is structured so that app developers can use earlier Android SDK releases. This book is backward compatible like the Android SDK.

¿Quiere desarrollar aplicaciones para algún sistema operativo de Apple? En este curso práctico encontrará cómo hacerlo. El libro está orientado a programadores autodidactas que pretenden iniciarse e

Windows Phone es una sólida plataforma que se ha ganado un lugar como referencia en el ámbito de los dispositivos móviles. Cuenta con una atractiva interfaz y una amplia variedad de características que lo convierten en una muy interesante opcion para el nuevo y cada vez mas grande mercado de los telefonos y aplicaciones moviles. El desarrollo de sus aplicaciones se basa en Silverlight que cuenta con una demostrada capacidad de crearlas con interfaces espectaculares y un gran rendimiento. Este libro es una eficaz herramienta que lo llevara a conocer en profundidad las ventajas que puede ofrecer Windows Phone en el momento de crear una aplicacion de cualquier nivel de una manera sencilla y comoda. Incluye las nuevas y mas destacables caracteristicas de Windows Phone accesibles para un desarrollador como: Uso de la pantalla de bloqueo Manejo de los diferentes tipos de mosaicos Uso de la cartera y cupones Utilizacion del nuevo control de mapa Empleo de los diferentes sensores Manejo de datos desde distintas fuentes como servicios web, XML y JSON Uso de sockets, etc. Por su contenido, este libro es una guia imprescindible para desarrolladores tanto principiantes como avanzados que deseen adentrarse y conocer los mas importantes detalles de esta plataforma, asi como poder aprovechar sus grandes cualidades.

Este título va dirigido a cualquier usuario que parta de cero como a los usuarios de versiones anteriores.

Social networking has made one thing clear: websites and applications need to provide users with experiences tailored to their preferences. This in-depth guide shows you how to build rich social frameworks, using open source technologies and specifications. You''ll learn how to create third-party applications for existing sites, build engaging social graphs, and develop products to host your own socialized experience. Programming Social Apps focuses on the OpenSocial platform, along with Apache Shindig, OAuth, OpenID, and other tools, demonstrating how they work together to help you solve practical issues. Each chapter uncovers a new layer in the construction of highly viral social applications and platforms. Learn how to build applications on top of social containers, and leverage existing user data Map user relationships with a social graph, and extend social links between users Customize your application with user profile information and encourage growth through friendships Build a scalable social application container with OpenSocial and Shindig Dive into advanced OpenSocial topics such as templating and data pipelining methods Protect your container and its users against malicious code

Whether you develop web applications or mobile apps, the OAuth 2.0 protocol will save a lot of headaches. This concise introduction shows you how OAuth provides a single authorization technology across numerous APIs on the Web, so you can securely access users datasuch as user profiles, photos, videos, and contact liststo improve their experience of your application. Through code examples, step-by-step instructions, and use-case examples, youll learn how to apply OAuth 2.0 to your server-side web application, client-side app, or mobile app. Find out what it takes to access social graphs, store data in a users online filesystem, and perform many other tasks. Understand OAuth 2.0s role in authentication and authorization Learn how OAuths Authorization Code flow helps you integrate data from different business applications Discover why native mobile apps use OAuth differently than mobile web apps Use OpenID Connect and eliminate the need to build your own authentication system

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You''ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android 4 Games Development will help you kick-start your project.The book will guide you through the process of making several example games for the Android platform, and involves a wide range of topics:The fundamentals of Android game development targeting Android 1.5-4.0+ devicesThe Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a gameThe design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platform

The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a two-month research program on "Mathematical Theory and Numerical Methods for Computational Materials Simulation and Design" from 1 July to 31 August 2009. As an important part of the program, tutorials and special lectures were given by leading experts in the fields for participating graduate students and junior researchers. This invaluable volume collects four expanded lecture notes with self-contained tutorials. They cover a number of aspects on multiscale modeling, analysis and simulations for problems arising from materials science including some critical components in computational prediction of materials properties such as the multiscale properties of complex materials, properties of defects, interfaces and material microstructures under different conditions, critical issues in developing efficient numerical methods and analytic frameworks for complex and multiscale materials models. This volume serves to inspire graduate students and researchers who choose to embark into original research work in these fields.

Would you like to go from first idea to working code much, much faster? Do you currently spend more time satisfying the compiler instead of your clients or end users? Are you frustrated with demanding languages that seem to get in your way, instead of getting the work done? Are you using Rails, and want to dig deeper into the underlying Ruby language? If so, then we''ve got a language and book for you!Ruby 1.9 is the latest version of Ruby. It has many compelling features, including multinationalization support, new block scoping, and better performance. At the same time, the current Ruby 1.8 is still being maintained and is widely used. We''re therefore releasing both the Ruby 1.9 version of the PickAxe (this book) alongside the 1.8 version of the PickAxe. Readers can choose the book that matches their environment.Ruby is a fully object-oriented language, much like the classic object-oriented language, Smalltalk. Like Smalltalk, it is dynamically typed (as opposed to Java or C++), but unlike Smalltalk, Ruby features the same conveniences found in modern scripting languages, making Ruby a favorite tool of intelligent, forward-thinking programmers and the basis for the Rails web framework.This is the reference manual for Ruby, including a description of all the standard library modules, a complete reference to all built-in classes and modules (including all the new and changed methods introduced by Ruby 1.9). It also includes all the new and changed syntax and semantics introduced since Ruby 1.8. Learn about the new parameter passing rules, local variable scoping in blocks, fibers, multinationalization, and the new block declaration syntax, among other exciting new features.

Visual Basic 2012 es la última versión desarrollada por Microsoft del popular lenguaje Visual Basic. Esta versión es más potente y capaz que nunca y sus nuevas características y funcionalidad se asemejan a las de los lenguajes de" alto nivel" como C++.Esta obra, a traves de un lenguaje sencillo, directo y con un enfoque practico paso a paso, permitira al lector dominar todo el proceso, desde navegar por VB 2012 hasta construir aplicaciones completas, fiables y modernas. Aprendera como escribir codigo orientado a objetos, a construir interfaces de usuario de alta calidad, a trabajar con graficos, texto y bases de datos e, incluso, a controlar aplicaciones externas.

Building upon the fundamental principles of decision theory, Decision-Based Design: Integrating Consumer Preferences into Engineering Design presents an analytical approach to enterprise-driven Decision-Based Design (DBD) as a rigorous framework for decision making in engineering design. Once the related fundamentals of decision theory, economic analysis, and econometrics modelling are established, the remaining chapters describe the entire process, the associated analytical techniques, and the design case studies for integrating consumer preference modeling into the enterprise-driven DBD framework.Methods for identifying key attributes, optimal design of human appraisal experiments, data collection, data analysis, and demand model estimation are presented and illustrated using engineering design case studies. The scope of the chapters also provides:A rigorous framework of integrating the interests from both producer and consumers in engineering design,Analytical techniques of consumer choice modelling to forecast the impact of engineering decisions,Methods for synthesizing business and engineering models in multidisciplinary design environments, andExamples of effective application of Decision-Based Design supported by case studies.No matter whether you are an engineer facing decisions in consumer related product design, an instructor or student of engineering design, or a researcher exploring the role of decision making and consumer choice modelling in design, Decision-Based Design: Integrating Consumer Preferences into Engineering Design provides a reliable reference over a range of key topics.

Conozca las diferentes ediciones de SQL Server 2012 y aprenda a realizar una instalación del producto. Domine el uso de SQL Management Studio de SQL Server 2012 para el diseño y la implementación de bases de datos relacionales. Domine el uso de estatutos de DML (Data manipulation lenguage), para actualizar informacion en una base de datos, asi como para realizar consultas avanzadas sobre los datos. Conozca y domine el lenguaje de programacion Transact SQL, para la codificacion efectiva de Stored Procedures y la automatizacion de procesos que involucran datos. Conozca el uso de objetos especiales de automatizacion, como lo son Views, Triggers, Constraints, Sequences, etc. Conozca las tecnicas para anializar y corregir el desempeño de consultas complejas, mediante el uso de Dynamic Management Views y Dynamic Management Functions Este libro incluye: Ejercicios Videoclips explicativos Presentaciones para exposicion

A tutorial on how to run multiple Drupal 7 web sites from a single installation. A complete review is available at http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/07/15/1515213/book-review-drupal-7-multi-sites-co

En un breve periodo de tiempo, hemos pasado de acceder a Internet exclusivamente desde un ordenador de sobremesa en nuestra casa u oficina, a navegar con una gran variedad de dispositivos móviles desde cualquier lugar. Lo que provoca una experiencia desalentadora en el acceso a muchos contenidos web.El Diseño Web Adaptativo pretende dar soluciones a los problemas actuales deldiseño web. Ofrece una experiencia de navegacion comoda y eficaz independientemente del tamaño del dispositivo, optimizando recursos, tiempo y costes de creacion y mantenimiento a los diseñadores y desarrolladores web.A lo largo de las paginas de esta obra encontrara todo lo necesario para aplicar el diseño adaptativo a sus desarrollos y crear webs adecuadas y comodas para cualquier usuario.