Download or read book EXPERT SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN REPLICATION written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXPERT SYSTEMS, KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN REPLICATION. An expert system is a computer program that attempts to replicate the expertise and decision-making abilities of a human expert. Expert systems are the most widely developed area of artificial intelligence, with a variety of applications ranging from medical diagnosis through to financial decision-making and geological prospecting. They often use a heuristic or self-learning approach to the solution of a problem, in which feedback of the results of a particular course of action influences subsequent decisions. Expert systems usually have two principal parts: a knowledge base (a special database, which contains facts and other information representing the rules and experience of an expert practitioner in a particular field); and an inference engine, which interprets the knowledge base in relation to the particular problem being presented.
Download or read book ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Nature written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human nature is in abundance of fundamental dispositions and traits. Theories about the nature of humankind form a part of every culture. One traditional question centred on whether humans are naturally selfish and competitive. Philosophers have tried to explain human nature in its ability to behave morally and yet selfish enough to compete for more. A broader problem is that of determining which ostensibly fundamental human dispositions and traits are natural and which are the result of some form of learning or socialization. Recent research in genetics, evolutionary biology, and cultural anthropology suggests that there is a complex interaction between genetically inherited factors and developmental and social factors. Language use by humans is now generally recognized as genetically enabled, though the acquisition of any specific language also requires appropriate environmental stimuli. Behavioural differences between genders also appear to have a genetic basis, as does sexual orientation.
Download or read book SCIENCE FICTION THE WONDER OF HUMAN IMAGINATION written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction explores the probable consequences of some improbable or impossible transformation of the basic conditions of human (or intelligent non-human) existence. This transformation need not be a technological invention, but may be some mutation of known biological or physical reality: artificial or extraterrestrial life-forms and travel through time are favourite subjects. Science Fiction stories may involve Utopian political speculation, or satire, but most rely on the marvellous appeal of fantasy. The term Science Fiction was first given general currency by Hugo Gernsback, editor of the popular Amazing Stories magazine from 1926. Once uniformly dismissed as pulp trash, SF gained greater respect from the 1950s, as writers like Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and John Wyndham expanded its range; themes of alien invasion and brain-washing became especially popular at the height of the Cold War.
Download or read book History of Systems Engineering Technology written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Systems, Engineering, and Technology are the terms used to describe the applications of computing and engineering in general. Such terms have become prevalent with the increasing use of computers, data processing, and information retrieval. The contents of this book deal with all processes within IT, architecture, telecommunications, operating system, applications languages, e-commerce, databases, machines, and their analyses. Under the section of Technology the book includes the history of technology, engineering in the ancient world, tools and weapons. The book also covers the recent manufacturing of military technology, agriculture, crafts, communications, and the atomic power. In this write-up the subjects of pharmaceuticals and medical technology, space exploration, science, criticisms of technology, the dilemmatic nuclear technology, and their histories are well presented. The population explosion and its impact in modern societies, education and crime, are discussed accordingly.
Download or read book WISDOM AN ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom: One of the most difficult explanations in all of the worldwide studies of the English philology is that of the term of 'wisdom', or that of 'to-be-wise'. To be wise one has, or exhibits reason with a capacity for discernment and the intelligent application of knowledge. As an individual he may use knowledge, thus being discerning, insightful, knowledgeable, perceptive, and sagacious. By being wise, an individual will be exercising or involving sound judgment and as such, a person is aware of his actions and his thoughtfulness. Wisdom is therefore an accumulation of philosophic, religious, or scientific learning and knowledge, with the ability to discern inner qualities and relationships, generally with accepted beliefs and attitudes.
Download or read book POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR GOVERNMENTS PEOPLE written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes simple definitions of philosophical concepts of great thinkers from around the world. Currently, the latest views of politics and the philosophical aspects of these are not helping any peaceful solutions; with the world powers striving for attention to their megalomaniac ambitions. The remarks that walls must be built to keep immigrants out, trade embargos and leaders of being weak are all negative. 'Fools build walls, wise men build bridges' makes sense and ought to encourage people to read more about political philosophy. This isolationistic attitude can be clearly defined by the psychotherapeutic branch of philosophy. In old age people regress to the earliest stages of their development. Thus Presidents, Prime Ministers and Leaders of Governments bear the same syndromes of regressive behaviour. In feeling omni-powerful the bigger nations take advantage of disagreements and conflicts; when they consider it appropriate to invade and cause havoc among the minorities.
Download or read book Analytical Diagrams for I T Systems written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an author and a Systems Consultant, I am excited about the draft diagrammatical techniques described in this book. They are proving their worth in a troublesome area of systematic data processing: the analysis/definition of what a new or a converted system should do if it is to be of most value to the people who are paying for it. In writing this book, the author distinguishes the work of analysis (defining what the system 'will' do) from the work of design (defining 'how' it will do it), recognising that analysts often design and designers often do analysis. The author's idea of using draft hand drawn diagrams during the initial design of every stage of the system development is what is actually included in this book. All the examples of the diagrams shown are hand written. The system and its diagrams are based on a system developed by the author for a corporation. The discipline consists of an evolving set of techniques which have grown out of the success of structured analysis and the use of diagrams.
Download or read book Interactive Systems written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interactive systems respond to instructions from users fast enough to allow transactions to be completed almost immediately. While the precise structure of the future interactive systems is not yet clear, many directions of growth seem apparent. The current designs and organisation of databases obviate the need to duplicate information in order to meet the various requirements of different groups of users, thus ensuring that the data always remain consistent. Additionally, the use of relational databases enable the Internet users a number of essential services; including data transfer, electronic mail and the ability to access information in remote databases. Integrated systems, therefore, are connected services making it possible for users to communicate with each other anywhere on the network. The safe running of systems needs to keep information protected from harm, theft, vandalism, fraud and invasion of privacy, which means continuous security development of software and hardware devices.
Download or read book SURFING THE INTERNET THEN NOW LATER written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the prospects of the Internet and the Web as a system, covering: Surfing in Cyberspace, Fiction and Reality, Cyber-ethics, Social Interactions, other subjects related to the Internet and the World Wide Web. It covers the history of the Internet, its current functions and the possible growth of the Internet in the future. It includes the Internet as a hybrid medium, combining aspects of the printing press, the telephone, the public bulletin board, and the private letter. It also covers transmission without the physical plant required by conventional broadcasting. Also, the prediction of super-speed and a possible successor network, that of an 'information superhighway', a term which refers to a unified, interactive system of electronic communication.
Download or read book TRAINING FOR CHANGES IN I T written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which is based on various consultancy assignments, considers detailed recommendations, including strategic changes, training, and the development of workshops. The reader must consider such points that absorb resources, excessive costs and the incurrence of a heavy workload for existing staff. Change Management and the changes to Configuration, Release, and Assets as a whole group of activities have traditionally been concerned with finding effective solutions to specific operational problems. The purpose of this book is to look at current problems and new, better methods, techniques, and tools for processing changes. In the past, it has been found that some solutions are not implemented and, of those which are, too few survive the inclination to return to familiar ways of doing things. Change Management personnel have gradually come to realise that their tasks should include the solution of specific problems and the implementation of systems that predict and prevent future problems.
Download or read book Democracy Types Historical Influences written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of democracy as a system of government the reader must remember that this sovereignty rests with the whole people, who rule either directly or through representatives. In the contemporary world, democracy is closely associated with the idea of choosing governments by periodic free multiparty elections. The chief elements of representative democracy are: Freedom of speech and expression; Periodic free elections; the right to form competing parties to contest these elections; a government which is responsible to the legislature and to public opinion. Where one or more of these elements is absent, the system is unlikely to be genuinely democratic. There has also been pressure for more democracy at a lower level, particularly in the way that work is organised. The social conditions for stable democratic government have been considered, with the level of economic development. Thus, the advanced capitalist societies are nearly all representative democracies.
Download or read book Triangle of Education Training Experience written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the history, culture, politics, and the religions of various nations around the globe and their influences on learning and education. Knowledge includes the meaning of what is or can be known by an individual or by humankind. It applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience. Also, the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialised field of study or investigation. Although the term Education is used mainly as the process for learning and the assimilation of information, it also covers all the paedagogical activities as in coaching, tutoring, direction, and guidance. Being educated includes: erudition, knowledge, learning, cultural studies, edification, enlightenment, and all other scientific and literacy etymologies. In the case of Experience the term covers the act of trying and participating in events as a basis of knowledge.
Download or read book Mine own Ideology Idealism Politics written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts and writings are not timeless and should instead be understood in terms of the historical context in which they developed. Ideology is a political belief-system which explains the world as it currently is and suggests how it should be changed. The term describes social classes, especially that of capitalism or bourgeoisie. Ideology is recognised as the means by which people perceive the social world and consciously subscribe to a political creed. Idealism is a set of views according to which the physical world is dependent upon the mind; we somehow create the world. Idealists are not saying that our experience of the world is other than what it is; simply a collection of 'ideas' that are coherent. Politics is the study and practice of how people are governed. Efforts are made to influence, gain, or wield power at various levels of government, internally and internationally, including dispute resolution, formal elections to the threat or use of outright coercion or force.
Download or read book RELATIONAL DATABASES AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A database is a logically organised collection of related data, generally accessed by a set of programs known as a Database Management System (DBMS), which oversees the creation and use of the database and controls access to the data. The organisation of a database obviates the need to duplicate information to meet the various requirements of different groups of users, and ensures that the data always remains consistent. A large database requires extensive storage facilities. In some organisations and services, databases can be accessed over networks from microcomputers or as videotex. 'Relational' databases and hypertext techniques include extensive and complex cross-reference facilities so that information on related items may be retrieved. Many database programs have been designed to run on micro-computers. Some of these contain computer languages that enable users to change the operation of the database to suit their requirements.
Download or read book Political Systems Norms and Laws written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political activities of the various nations involve the study and practice of government and the exercise of authority. Efforts are made to influence, gain, or wield power at various levels of government, internally and internationally, rather than in private settings and associations. Modes of political activity are highly diverse, varying from dispute resolution and formal elections to the threat or use of outright coercion or force. The degree to which people can engage in political activity also varies in different countries: in open societies, individuals have more freedom to participate in the exercise of political power than in closed societies, where such power is restricted to small groups. There has also been pressure for more democracy at a lower level, particularly in the way that work is organized. The social conditions for stable democratic government have been extensively discussed, with level of economic development apparently the most important single factor.
Download or read book FREE WILL EXTISTENTIALISM COMBATIBILISM written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREE WILL, EXTISTENTIALISM, COMBATIBILISM: Free will is the philosophical aspect of freedom of humans where they have choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention. Thus 'condemned to be free' and to have a voluntary choice or decision as in 'I do this of my own free will'. Where as existentialism is a chiefly twentieth century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centring on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe. Therefore the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad. Compatibilists, by contrast, deny that this much is needed for free will. They hold instead that a person acts freely so long as he is not constrained by external forces, such as the will of another person
