{"product_id":"9783319256566","title":"Understanding Complex Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Complex Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLoreto, Vittorio; Haklay, Muki; Hotho, Andreas; Servedio, Vito D.P.; Stumme, Gerd; Theunis, Jan; Tria, Francesca\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces and reviews recent advances in\nthe field in a comprehensive and non-technical way by focusing on the potential\nof emerging citizen-science and social-computation frameworks, coupled with the\nlatest theoretical and modeling tools developed by physicists, mathematicians,\ncomputer and social scientists to analyse, interpret and visualize complex data\nsets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is overwhelming evidence that the current\norganisation of our economies and societies is seriously damaging biological\necosystems and human living conditions in the short term, with potentially\ncatastrophic effects in the long term. The need to re-organise the daily\nactivities with the greatest impact – energy consumption, transport, housing –\ntowards a more efficient and sustainable development model has recently been\nraised in the public debate on several global, environmental issues. Above all,\nthis requires the mismatch between global, societal and individual needs to be\naddressed. Recent advancesin Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)\ncan trigger important transitions at the individual and collective level to\nachieve this aim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the findings of the collaborative research\nnetwork EveryAware the following developments among the emerging ICT\ntechnologies are discussed in depth in this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Participatory sensing – where ICT development is\npushed to the level where it can support\ninformed action at the hyperlocal scale, providing capabilities for\nenvironmental monitoring, data aggregation and mining, as well as information\npresentation and sharing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Web gaming, social computing and internet-mediated\ncollaboration – where the Web will continue to acquire the status of an\ninfrastructure for social computing, allowing users’ cognitive abilities to be\ncoordinated in online communities, and steering the collective action towards\npredefined goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Collective awareness and decision-making – where the\naccess to both personal and community data, collected by users, processed with\nsuitable analysis tools, and re-presented in an appropriate format by usable\ncommunication interfaces leads to a bottom-up development of collective social\nstrategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-08-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319256566\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-25658-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 405\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382485770380,"sku":"9783319256566","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319256566.jpg?v=1774030492","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319256566","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}