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If a technique represents a genuine advance in software engineering, then it has commercial advantage. This trend is more evident in the application of genetic algorithms (GAs). This book attempts to emphasise the diversity of the GA approach, by presenting descriptions of GAs used for real-world optimization and for complex modelling problems.

National income and products estimates are used extensively worldwide. This volume shows the development in national income and product accounts. Intended for researchers and professionals in economy, statistics and accounting.

Of interest to researchers, policy-makers, and government and non-government agency workers who are involved with policies, programs and instruments focused on the prevention of youth and young adult violence, this book examines the research and theoretical bases for the creation of a risk-needs management instrument for violent adolescents.

This text suggests that information and communication technologies (ICT) represent both opportunities and threats with regard to the functioning of the democratic polity. The claim that ICT projects can reform or strengthen democratic politics is explored and discussed.

This collection of essays looks at the liberalization of trade and its questionable benefit; the increasing fluidity in the movement of people and trade across geo-political divides; the emergence of unregulated virtual trade; and the social implications of the new world order.

Telemedicine has the potential to significantly alter structures, procedures, and eventually outcomes in healthcare structures worldwide. This text offers a comprehensive source of information on legal aspects, issues concerning further development, and evaluation of telemedicine applications.

This work asserts that governments, faced with a choice between economic development and environmental protection, will give priority to the former. It explains the problems faced by global ecosystems, and urges citizens and leaders to work together for a better protection of the environment.

The topics covered in this text include: the role of the State and the future of public services faced with the problems of transition and development; the institutional implications of changing policy management; and the role and scope of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe.

The aim of this work is to provide an inventory of gerontological research, and to develop the outline of a cross-European bio-behavioural and psychosocial survey study of ageing.

This work contains a selection of contributions regarding intelligent systems by experts in diverse fields. Topics discussed are: applications of intelligent systems in modelling and prediction of environmental changes; and neural networks for signal processing.

These papers address the ongoing transformation of telecommunications. Contributors discuss technology, economics, the law and other social sciences, focusing on theory and policy. Topics include the impact of new technology on networks and users, firm structure and strategy, and pricing.

This MART study provides a complete assessment of the opportunities presented by the Information Society for older and disabled people, and of the factors in European telecommunications and in social developments that are facilitating or inhibiting access to these.

This volume contains the reports from the biannual Conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, held in Bejing, 1996. The scientific programme emphasizes a comparative approach and incorporates significant theoretical and conceptual developments.

Using the technique of comparative analysis of various countries, this text examines how the relationship between governments and social security systems in the late 20th century has changed. It also considers both the problems and the possibilities of establishing and maintaining welfare states.

This text is a user-oriented methodology for formative (technology) assessment of the development of medical IT-based solutions throughout the system's lifecycle.

A discussion of the conceptual and pragmatic issues involved in the assessment of statistical knowledge and the use of assessments to improve instruction. The text has four sections, including: innovative models for classroom assessments; and assessing understanding of probability.

This text shows how the infrastructure of telecommunications is a world in transition, and looks at a number of trends that contribute to this: convergence of traditional telephony and data network worlds; blurring of boundaries between public and private networks; and the information superhighway.

This is a review of recent literature on most of the major classes of herbicide chemistry in commercial use. Aspects of herbicide activity are covered, and related to, for example: photosynthesis; inhibition of amino acid biosynthesis; disruption of cell division and microtubule assembly.

This work presents a dialogue between researchers/analysts on policy-relevant telecommunication issues and public- and private-sector decision-makers engaged in making telecommunciation policy. It explores the new challenges to regulation in Europe.

An overview of research projects in biomedical engineering, that constitute an integral part of the EC medical research programme on devices and instruments for biomedical applications. It covers diagnostic methods and monitoring, treatment and rehabilitation, and technical and clinical evaluation.

Deals with the computer analysis of heart rate and blood pressure signals from research and clinical points of view. A state-of-the-art survey is followed by an identification of the future trends in the area.

This work is the outcome of the global consultation on the development and enforcement of international environmental law, with a special focus on the preservation of biological diversity. It presents a list of recommendations and conclusions drafted by international experts.

The advent of the Single European Market and new developments in computing technologies and telecommunications will facilitate the flow of health information. This work looks at the present and future situation and covers legal, technical and managerial aspects.

This work examines the theory and applications of intelligent systems, such as neural networks, (adaptive) fuzzy logic, evolutionary computing and their hybrids and deriviatives.

During the communist regimes in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, agriculture was directed without regard of quality and market need. Democratisation and adoption of market driven economies have caused problems. The aim of this text is to facilitate solving agricultural problems using biotechnology.

This text is the result of the co-operation between academics and civil servants active in this policy field. It aims to contribute to a more effective equality oriented personnel policy which takes into account policy insights and developments regarding gender, equality and personnel policy.

This text discusses advances in the role of nutrients and vitamins in cancer prevention and treatment. Basic and clinical scientists from different regions in the world have made contributions to the volume.

Throughout Europe, judicial systems are under an increasing societal and political strain to increase the speed of proceedings and to improve their organizational funding This work aims to stimulate developments in public administration in the field of justice.

An examination of the different facets of "presence", the sense of "being there" in a mediated environment. It notes theoretical and practical reasons for studying this concept, identifies different theories of presence, and outlines factors that encourage a sense of presence in media users.

A core technology for making the Semantic Web happen, but also to leverage application areas like Knowledge Management and E-Business, is the field of Semantic Annotation, which turns human-understandable content into a machine understandable form. This book reports on the broad range of technologies that are used to achieve this translation.