The Properties of Complex Networks
Financial and Economic Networks
Inference of Interaction Networks from Expression Information
Characterizing Human Genes from the Disease Network Perspective
Link Analysis Ranking Algorithms
The Undirected Network Approach
Drainage Basins, River Networks and Digital Elevation Map (DEM)
Simple (but Relevant!) Models for River Networks
Relation with Interface Dynamics
Introduction: Transportation Networks and General Properties of Spatial Networks
Optimal Transportation Network
Evaluating Community Identification
Complex Networks and the "Small World" Property
Hubs, Fat Tails and Scale-Free Network
Network Formation and Stability
Introduction - The Brain is A Network
Extracting Brain Functional Networks from the Data
Brain Correlation Networks Are Scale Free
Single Population Level: The Complex Network of Contacts
Prelude: Art and Science Share a Common Trait
Overture: Songwriters and Performers in Science and Engineering
Libretto: 1983 - Computational Intelligence Begins
Aria: 1992 - The Horizon Expands
Introduction: The Body and the Brain
First Steps towards Modeling the Brain
Learning: The Optimization of Network Structure
The Fall and Rise of Connectionism
The ‘Adaptive Resonance Theory’ Classifier
Radial Basis Function Networks
Recent Developments in Neural Networks
Starting With the Basic Model Neuron and the Most Classical Non Recurrent Neural Network, The MLP
Alternative Ways to Define Inputs and Outputs in Recurrent Neural Networks Time versus Space
From Electrical Engineering to System Theory
A New View on System Theory: Fuzzy Sets and Systems
Philosophy of Science, Vagueness and Fuzzy Sets
Before the “Fuzzy Boom”: Fuzziness in Language and Meaning
Real-World Application Fuzzy System
An Illustrative Example to Summarize the Operation of the Type-2 FLS
Classical Numerical Benchmarks
General Guidelines for Designing Benchmark Problems
Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization (EMO)
Core Areas of Computational Intelligence: Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Algorithms and Neural Networks
Neural Fuzzy Models and Fuzzy Neural Networks
General Framework for Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks
Microgrids and Integrated Microgrids
Optimization Problems and Proposed Methodologies
The systems engineering point of view
Definitions of systems engineering
History of technological development and systems engineering
Systems engineering and management knowledge
Methodological frameworks, systems engineering, and management processes
Other specific life-cycle methodologies for systems acquisition, production, or procurement
Sustainable development, industrial ecology, and systems engineering and management
Problems and Issues Concerning Requirements Development
Quality Characteristics for User Needs and Requirements
Contemporary Requirements Practices
CASE Tools for Support of the Requirements Process
Future Perspectives for User Needs and Requirements Engineering
Configuration Management within the System Lifecycle
Configuration Status Accounting and Configuration Auditing
Configuration Management Responsibilities
SI in Life Support Systems and an SI Life Cycle
Subcontractor Management for SI
The Need for Life-Cycle Costing
Application of Life-Cycle Costing Methods
Integration and Iteration in System Design Evaluation
Structural Congruence between Tasks and Organizations
Design of Congruent Organizations for Specific Missions
The Complexity of Risk Modeling; Assessment and Management of Large Scale Systems
Systems Engineering, Risk Analysis, and Large-Scale and Complex Systems
Holistic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management
Hierarchical Holographic Modeling for Identifying Risk Scenarios
The Partitioned Multi-objective Risk Method
Emergence of Ecological Perspectives
System Elements of Industrial Ecology
Why Can Human Factors Help Solve Global Problems
Life Support Telecommunications Issues
Principles of Telecommunications
Telecommunications Terminology
Analog and Digital Communications
Multimedia Communication for Life Support
Packet Switched Communications
The Process of Emergency Response
Opportunities for Supporting Decision Making
Technologies for Decision Support
Methodologies for Providing Decision Support in Emergency Response
A History of Foresight for Creativity and Innovation
Emerging Rationales for Foresight
The evolution of complexity in the natural realm
The self-organizing universe: perpetual novelty in the natural world
Coping with complexity: the historical, social, and human, implications of complexity
Exploring complexity: agent-based genetic and emergent models of complex systems
Organizational learning and change
Organizational learning and ecological economics
From knowledge to wisdom in human evolution
Complexity, Scale and the Space of Possibilities
Evolution (Simple to Complex Patterns)
Introduction: Chemical Kinetics
The science of self-organization: a historical sketch
Characteristics of self-organizing systems
General Computational Features of a Complex Adaptive System
What is Emergence in a Computational System?
Cellular Automata as an Example of Emergence in a Complex System
Example of Using a Model to Make Policy Decisions
Using Computational Models to Develop Theory
More Advanced Agent-Based Models
Simulation and Computational Models
The State and Status of Memetics
Memetic Engineering in Human Societies
Memetic Engineering and Artificial Societies
What are Artificial Societies?
The Characteristics of a Complex Adaptive System (CAS)
Evolutionary System Based on CAS: L-V Model
The Increase in Global Complexity
Complex Systems in the World -- Characteristics and Strategies
Individual and collective behavior
Control in human organizations
"Technology" as a Complex Phenomenon
The Coevolution of Technology, Society, and Culture
Fitness Functions and Rugged Landscapes.
Characteristic Time Scales and Critical Mass
Cultural Conditions for Innovation
Fractal Structures and Self-Similarity
Extension of State Space Dimensions
Extrapolation and Emergence of New Frontiers
Complexity and Innovations in the Information Society
Socio-Economic Systems and Complexity
New Methods for Looking at Politics
The Organization of Interdisciplinarity
Simple, Complicated, and Complex Systems
Characteristics of Complex Systems
Economic Development and Population Growth
Economic Development and Knowledge
Economic Development and Environment
Introduction: Change as a Learning Process
A Preliminary Model of Organizational Adaptation to Changing Environments
Types of Organizational Adaptation in Practice
Obstacles to Organizational Learning
New Directions for Research and Study
Reciprocity and its relationship with concepts of Care and Justice
Berman: the structural nature of implementation, programmed vs. adaptive approaches
The educational reform in Aguascalientes
The regionalization and its implementation
The external evaluation system
The extension of the school calendar
Alvarez’ adaptive management style: finding the way and assuming responsibility
Public-Nonprofit Partnerships for Social Capital
Emerging Themes for Higher Education IT Learning
New Measures of Instructional Output are Required in Modern Universities
Re-Learning About Reinforcement and Rewards for Instructional Effort
Technological Integration and Support Platforms
Mechanistic versus Biological Metaphors in Economics
Putting the Idea into Practice: Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology
Perils of Stepping over the Line: Social Darwinism and Socio-biology
The Empirical Debate: Dematerialization, Growth and Structural/Technical Change
Sustainable Development, Growth Theory, and Ecological Economics
Some Definitions and Assumptions
The Structure of Action Situations
Tiers of Decision-Making Units and their Direct and Indirect Impacts
Characteristic properties of knowledge
From theory to practice: an example
Automation History and Evolution of Practices
Artefacts Embed Human Cognition
From Individual Intelligent Assistance to Multi-Agent Communication
Human Memory Models as Analogs for External Memory Systems
An Organizational Memory Application within the IMAT Project
From Information Ecology to Knowledge Ecology
Philosophical Basis of Organizational Knowledge Ecology
Introduction: Successful and Viable Enterprises Require Knowledge Management
The Complexity of a Cooperative Process
Knowledge Creation within a Cooperative Process
Knowledge Management at a Glance
Cultures in Organization and Society
The new social and institutional framework
The historical evolution of S&T policies
The domains of science and technology policies
Actors in the performance of R&D
The innovation system and innovation policy
The international dimensions of S&T policies
Public Participation in the Research Process: The History of Community-Based Research
Community-Based Research in the USA
Community-Based Research: Research for Change
Community-Based Research in Action: Two Examples
Public Funding of Community-Based Research
Community-Based Research Networks
Policy Recommendations: Building the Capacity of Community-Based Research Activities
Technology and the Environment: From sustainability to the global market
New Global Interests and Technological Cooperation
New Interests Converge with the Old Terms of International Exchange (the «Kyoto Model»?)
Introduction: Before the Beginning
Statism—The Eighteenth Century
Industrialization and Industrialism
Public Science and Science Policy
Technology transfers are not limited to a contract
An example of breakdown and repair
A socio-technical construction
Policies of technology transfer and productive efficiency
Scientific Interference: Legitimacy and Duty
Is Research for Development a Public Property?
Growing Disparities Requires Different Strategies
Historical Perspectives of International Scientific Migration
Losses and Gains – an Unclear Picture
Introduction. Recent Changes in Business and Technological Paradigms
Management of Technology and its Role in the Process of Innovation
S&T Indicators: Definition, Terms of Reference and Categories
The Production and Use of S&T Indicators in Practice – the Question of the Data Sources
Indicators in the Decision-making Process: Limitations and Criticism
Basic Definitions of Research and Evaluation Methodologies
Relationship between Science Policies, Promotion and Management of R&D Activities
A General Frame of Reference for Evaluation from the European Perspective
Four Science and Technology Policy Cultures
Formalization and Implementation of the EU Research Policy
The EU Research and Development Programs
Strengths and weaknesses of the EU intervention: a general overview
The Characteristics of the S&T structure in North America
A North American Research Diaspora?
What are Some Key Elements of a Regional Research Space?
Emerging Signs of North American Collaboration in S&T
Features of the Early Development of Science and Technology Policy
Post-war Catch up and S&T Policy
Japanese Science and Technology in the Recent Decades
Framework for Science and Technology Policy Making and the Current Policy Trends
International R&D Consequences of Opening the Borders
Genesis of science and technology policy in UNESCO
Science policy consultancy services
Regional Ministerial Conferences
Information Exchange and Normative–making Activities
Training in science and technology policy
Termination of UNESCO Science and Technology Policy Programme
The Vienna Programme of Action
UNCSTD Results and Post-Vienna Activity
Further restructuring of UN in the economic and social fields
Introduction: The New World, Present and Future Scenarios
A scenario of Transition to Sustainability
Innovation in a Scenario of Transition to Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
The Role of Science in a Scenario of Transition to Sustainability in Developing Countries
Science Policy for a Transition to Sustainability in Developing Countries
Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
Promoting Human Sustainable Development
Atmosphere is Becoming Polluted
Desertification and Land Degradation
Energy for Sustainable Development
Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes Management
Solid and Liquid Wastes Management
Introduction. Purpose and Overview
The Relationship of the Requirements with Economic Theory. External Costs and Progress
Legal Liability and Majority Rule in National Political Decision Making
Historical Development of Legal Liability for Risk Generating Activities
Liability_for_Risk_Generating_Technological_Activities_in_Current_International_Environmental_Law
Liability versus Precautionary Activity Restricting Regulation
Scientific Research as a Special case of a Potentially Harmful Activity
Implications For Scientists And Engineers And Their Organisations, And For Education
Dynamics of Global Business Environment
New Techno-economic Paradigm and Latecomer Industrialisation
Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer
Empirics: Techno-Economic Paradigms and Country-Specific Trajectories
Focus on the More Recent Techno-Economic Paradigm: Information Technologies and Telecommunications
The Technological Gap Between Industrialized and Developing Countries
Biotechnology and Developing Countries
Knowledge Economy and Organization of Production – A Theoretical framework
Knowledge Networks and the Internet
From Knowledge Networks to Knowledge Economy Alliances
Knowledge Networks and Development
What is a Technology Cooperation Agreement?
Inter-firm Technology Cooperation Agreements – Some Empirical Analysis
Introduction: Research Organization in Transition
Research Organization, Collaboration and Funding – Some Theoretical Aspects
Universities, Science Parks and Regional Development
Objectives vs. Performance: Incubators and Managed Science Parks
Modes of Technology Transfer and Outcomes of Successful Transfer
Cross-Country Study on Vehicles, Absorptive Capacity and Outcomes of Technology Transfer
Outward Investment Promotion and Development: Empirical findings
Establishment of Meso-Level Institutions: a Phase-wise Approach
Private Sector Industrialization
Flexible Production in Firms and Networks
Gradual Diffusion and Social Continuity
Alternative Technology Policies
The Science Wars debate and its problems
Epistemological ethnocentrism of Science
The Perspective of Unitarian Conception of Science on Knowledge from non-western cultures
The Eurocentric Equation: The Greek Origin, Christianity and the West and Science
Sustainable built environments
Attributes of environmental sustainability
Technological innovation and built environments
Information technology and built environments
Common Components of Forest Landscape Planning Models
Future Directions in Urban Design
Search for Sustainablility in the Inner City
The Byzantine-Latino Quarter: Integrating Urban Design and Community Development
The Problems of Forging Sustainable Development in the Inner City
Montereys Transformation from a Derelict Industrial Landscape into a Prime Tourist Attraction
The global role of building materials
Material environmental life-cycle: resource extraction; manufacturing; transportation; use
Resource-Efficiency and Sustainable Construction
Ecology as the Basis for Resource Efficient Design
Development of Intelligent Buildings
Current Developments of Intelligent Building
Defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
A History of Indoor Air Quality Problems
The Design of Dwellings for people with MCS
Case Study: Barrhaven Community Housing for the Environmentally Hypersensitive
A system: human, house and the environment
Challenges in implementation of system approach
History of buildings and health
Indoor exposures associated with health effects
Thermal comfort predictive models
Thermal Environment for Elderly and Physically Handicapped Persons
Culture and its role in sustainable development
Conservation and management of the built environment
New perspectives for the built environment
Enhancing Architectural and Environmental Assets
The Economic Strategies for Enhancement
Choosing the Destination in the Conservation of Property of Historical and Architectural Interest
Introduction: keywords in the scientific-philosophical research of the 20th century
Alois Riegl and Der moderne Denkmalkultus (The modern cult of monuments) (1903)
Keywords in the conservation of architectural works
Conservation and restoration in historical buildings
Conservation and restoration including exhibition space and transport
Registration and documentation for the identification of cultural property
Ecological aspects of building maintenance
Culture, Existing Building and Sustainability
A Call for Better Understanding: The case of Moisture Control
Indoor Air Sciences Education: A Tool for Achieving Sustainable Built Environments
Essential Elements of a Sustainable, Heritage-Focused Community Development Program
Environmental Indices and Indicators
New Technologies and Quality of Life
Summary of monitoring of surface water quality
Water quality and parameters monitored
Sources and characteristics of waste
Technologies for waste management
Ecological Engineering or Ecotechnology
Ecological Engineering methods, principles, and applications
Transportation System Organization
Transportation System Management
Overview of the Air Transportation System
History of ITS Applications in the World
Defining and Theorizing Tradition
Methodological Approaches to the Study of Traditional Environments
Traditional Environments and Sustainable Building Practices
Conclusions: Traditional Environments in a Post-Traditional World
Passive and Active Design Principles for Energy-efficient and Climate-responsive Buildings
Building Envelopes: The Important Role of the Facade
Embodied Energy and Operating Energy
Retrofitting Strategies for Adaptive Re-use
Active Design Principles: On-site Energy Generation, Natural and Mechanical Cooling
Three Case Studies in Three Different Climatic Zones
Some Further Strategies for Energy-efficient, Sustainable Buildings
Barriers to the Design and Construction of More Energy-efficient Buildings
Building Systems Information Modeling
Building Systems Behavioral Modeling
Lighting Design and Lighting Systems
Lighting for Interior Applications
Outline of FUGI Global Modeling System
Some Examples of Estimated Parameters of the Model
The Baseline Projections of the World Economy, 2006-2020
Strategy for Sustainable Development
Possible Functions of Global Models
Reflections and Expectations: It is Too Late for Sustainable Development
International Futures (IFs) in Brief
History, Lineage, and Purposes
Using IFs to Analyze Sustainable Development
Using IFs for Analysis of Social and Political Change
IFs as a Tool to Analyze Long-term Change
Anticipated Development Directions for International Futures (IFs)
Purposes, Structure, and Function of the FUGI Global Model 9.0 M200 / 80
Data-Supporting Expert System and Model Management in Hardware and Software
The Human Intelligence System of Estimating Structural Parameters of the Model
Dynamic Simulation Testing for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of the Model
The Baseline Projection Using the FUGI Global Model, 1996–2015
Alternative Policies and Scenario Simulations on Sustainable Development
Purpose, Structure, and Function of the RMSM-X Model
Basic and Extended Versions of the Revised Minimum Standard Model
Data-Supporting System of the Model
Model Management in Hardware, Software, and Human Interface
Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of the Model
Future Simulations Using the Model
Purpose, Structure, and Function of the Model
Data-Supporting System of the Model
Model Management in Hardware, Software, and Human Interface
Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of the Model
Future Simulations Using the Model
The World as a Complex Cybernetic System
Defining Uncertainty in Integrated Assessments
Implications of Uncertainty for Policy Formation
Implications of Uncertainty for Integrated Assessments
Outline of the Dynamic New Earth 21 Model
Mathematical Formation of the Dynamic New Earth 21 Model
Global Energy System with CO2 Concentration Limit of 550 ppm
Global Recall: A Tool for Global Problem Solving
NetWorld Game: The Internet as Tool for Global Problem Solving
NetWorld Game Operations Center
NetWorld Game Model: the Budget Page
Computer Hardware and Software
Examples of Estimated Parameters of the Model
Essentials of Mathematical Modeling for Complex Systems
A Short History of Artificial Intelligence
Current Trends in Artificial Intelligence
Multi-Valued Logic and Fuzzy Logic
A Generic Multi-Agent Architecture for Intelligent Websites
Basic notions of dynamical systems theory
What is computational intelligence?
Artificial versus computational intelligence
Computational intelligence subfields from different perspectives
Activities in computational intelligence
Other Problems: Concurrency, Consistency, Asynchrony, Deadlocks, Error Handling
Effect: The Essence of Imperative Programming
Types, Type Systems, and Type Safety
Basic Sofware Engineering Concerns and Methods
Technologies that Contributed to the Early History of Electronic Digital Computer
Early Electronic Digital Computers 1940s
The First Commercial Computers Early 1950s
First Generation: the Mainframe Period of the 1950s
Information and Database Management Systems
Pre-digital Computer Computing Technology
Programming - Making Computers Useful
Early Computer Graphics and Networking
Databases and Database Management Systems
Components of the Microelectronics Revolution
Minicomputing and Supercomputing
The Internet, Web, and the Computer as a Ubiquitous Communications Tool
Dynamic problems and systemic feedback perspective
Modeling methodology and tools
Dynamics of basic feedback structures
Formulation principles and generic model structures
Mathematical and technical issues
Model testing, validity, analysis, and design
The Urban Political Background
Understanding the City as a System
The Theory of Urban Attractiveness
Behavior of the Stock Management Structure
A Supply Chain Management Experiment: the “Beer Game”
Data Sources and Trends 1976-1990
Model Structure and Parameters
Simulating the Kaibab Irruption
Why Don't Predators Annihilate Their Prey?
Importance of Permanent Innovation Activity
A System Dynamics Perspective of R&D and Innovation Diffusion Models
The Emergence of the Systems Approach
Common Grounds and Differences
The Variety of Systems Methodologies
The Role of Mental Models in Dynamic Decision making
The Role of System Dynamics in Improving Mental Models
Knowledge Sources and Elicitation Techniques
Eliciting Knowledge from Individuals
Eliciting Knowledge from Groups
Quantitative Uncertainty: A Case Study
Insights from a Qualitative Model
A Portrait of a Human Disaster
The Uses of Influence Diagrams
Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative Modeling
A Research Agenda for Quantification, or a Prudent Approach to Difficult Models
Strategizing as a Core Process of Strategic Management
Theory and Practice of Strategic Management
Strategic Consensus and Organizational Performance
Fostering Strategic Consensus and Learning
Introduction -- The Implementation Challenge
Putting into Practice Specific Policies or Decisions ("Traditional Implementation")
Internalizing Insights (Learning)
On-going Enhancement and Use of a System Dynamics Model
Past Development Effort and its Performance
Existing Models of Economic Development
A Model of Resource Allocation and Income Disbursement in a Dual Economic System
Understanding Dualism and Designing Policies for Change with the Model
Implications for Sectoral, National, and Global Interventions
The Power of Compound Hyper-exponential Time Functions
Data Time Histories for Important World Variables
The Instability of the Human System on Earth
Feedback Structures That Cause the Exponential Time Patterns
Background on Electric Power in the United States
The IOUs, the Regulators and the Death Spiral
Development Planning Based on Recognition of Existing Conditions
Reference Mode Construction as a Learning Process for Defining Developmental Problems
An Experiential Learning Framework for Constructing a Reference Mode
An Illustration of Reference Mode Construction for the Food Shortage Problem
Philosophical and General Theoretical Foundation of Systems Analysis
Methodological Fundamentals of Applied Systems Analysis
Fundamentals of Mathematical Modeling and Simulation
Application of Systems Analysis to Sustainable Development Issues
Basic tasks and directions of global system researches
Global crisis in models of system dynamics
Evolution of global problems in multimodel descriptions
Natural Resources Impact upon the Development of Human Society
Changes in Conditions of Natural Resources Resulting from Human Activities
The Present Condition of Natural Resources
Premises and means of the systems approach to energy development
Long-term Energy Modeling: Today's State and Further Prospects
Transport Role and Place in National Economy
Forms of Property for Transport
National Transport Policy and State Management of Transport Development and Performance
Transport Interinddustry Connections
Investment Projects Classification
Specificity of Macroeconomic Conditions
Main Tasks of Project Analysis
General Scheme of Investment Projects Evaluation
Classification of main approaches
Optimal portfolio theory (opt) and capital asset pricing model (capm)
Statistical verification of classical models
Technology of mathematical modeling
Example’s of the mathematical models
Deterministic and stochastic phenomena
The procedure of endogenous characteristics calculation
The forms of models exploitation
Simulation models and simulation systems
Mathematical and Humanities Methods of Prognosis
Mathematical modeling and problem of sustainable development
Concepts of Simulation for Complex Systems
Simulation of Management Systems
Parallel and Distributed Simulation
Instrumental Systems for Simulation
Equilibrium states of macrosytems
Techniques in simulation model design
Techniques in execution of simulation models
Instrumental Systems for Simulation
Special Purposes Simulation Systems
Multitasking, Parallel and Distributed Simulation
Technology of mathematical modelling
Life cycle of mathematical model
Examples of mathematical models structure. Models of demographic processes
An example of mathematical models structure. Models of motion of the satellite
Input-Output coefficients, static input-output model, total input coefficients
Stationary trajectories of closed dynamic input-output models in the form of inequalities
The main features of expert knowledge
Computer imitation of expert knowledge
Main difficulties in the construction of expert knowledge base
The methods of expert knowledge base construction
The Replication of the Expert’s Creative Possibilities
The human imitation of expert skill: tutoring the expert skill
Modeling of the Global Biosphere Cycles in the Biosphere
A Spatial Model of the Global Carbon Cycles in Atmosphere - Plants - Soil System
Modeling the Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle in Atmosphere - Ocean System
Modeling the Impact of Air Contamination on Forest Ecosystems
A general approach for the modeling of socioeconomic development
Model of the USSR’s centrally planned economy
Model of the USSR’s centrally planned economy with a co-operative sector
Model of the USSR’s economy before the collapse
Shock Therapy model of the USSR’s central planned economy
Sustainable development and regional sustainable development
Parametric Optimization Methods
Calculations of Marginal Rates Using Parametric Optimization Methods
Formulation of state eco-development management strategy
Institutional prerequisites and deterrents of ecodevelopment
Market and informational incentives, opportunities and restrictions
Business and financial incentives, opportunities and restrictions
Regulating incentives, opportunities and restrictions
Legislative preferences and restrictions
Standards and industrial ecology
Critical management and environment
World practices of the industrial ecology
Modern trends for interaction of the society and the nature.
Role of Regulatory Incentives, Opportunities and Barriers in Environmental Management
World Practices of Regulation and Administration in Industrial Ecology
Environmental Factors of the Institutional Approach
Institutional Regulations of Environmental Business in Industrial Countries
Effectiveness Mechanism of Legal Incentives and Barriers in Developing Counties
Role of International, Regional and National Standards in Industrial Ecology
International Standards ISO, IEEC, Standards and Procedures by the World Bank.
Standards of the European Union.
The ecological safety problem and technical risk
The concept mechanism in the sphere of ecological safety and risk
Analysis and ecological risk management
Assessment of the hazard of an accident at an industrial facility
Organizing the safety system in emergency situations in the technical sphere
Ecological insurance in the sphere of ecological risk management
Introduction: Design for Performance
The Two Main Issues at Stake: Eco-Efficiency And Regional Job Creation
Design for a Minimized Consumption of Nonrenewable Natural Resources (Eco-Efficiency)
Propagation through Optical Fibers
Challenges in Fiber Optic Communications
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
Wavelength Multiplexing Technologies
Overview of Satellite Communication Systems
Source Codes - Coding messages into bits
Modulation - Sending bits into the real world
Error Control Coding - Making modulation efficient
Issues in providing Multimodal Local Language support to the Computer
Performance Requirements and Specifications for Display Screens
Spatial Data Input and Editing
Watershed Delineation Using DEM
Spatial Decision Support Systems
An Example on Use of GIS Technology
Automatic Illumination Correction for Scene Enhancement
Photo Albumation: High resolution photo album through video shooting
Rural PC Kiosks are difficult to Sustain
Successful Rural PC Kiosks Fall into Several Categories
Meeting Business Needs and Social Development Goals Simultaneously is Difficult
What Rural Villagers want and what we think they Need are Frequently Different
The Kiosk Entrepreneur Plays the Most Critical Role in the Success of a Kiosk
A Kiosk Champion Can Help Sustain a Set of Kiosks
Services Require Attention to the Entire Supply Chain, not only to the Kiosk
Focus on a Single Class of Services Increases Likelihood of Success
Kiosks do Better in Towns; Kiosks do Better in Remote Villages
Kiosks in Offices and Schools May Provide Alternatives to the Standalone Kiosk
Kiosk Usage is Dominated by Relatively Affluent, More Educated Young Men
Per-Transaction Fees are Resisted by Many Customers
Mobile-Phone-Based Kiosks Offer an Alternative to PC-Based Kiosks
Appropriate Applications and Needs Assessment
Ubiquity and Accessibility (Branding)
Technical Challenges: Maintenance, Obsolescence and Infrastructure
Importance of Rural Access to Information and Communication Technologies
