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Algorithmic Antitrust (Economic Analysis of Law in European Legal Scholarship #12)
by Aurelien PortueseAlgorithms are ubiquitous in our daily lives. They affect the way we shop, interact, and make exchanges on the marketplace. In this regard, algorithms can also shape competition on the marketplace. Companies employ algorithms as technologically innovative tools in an effort to edge out competitors. Antitrust agencies have increasingly recognized the competitive benefits, but also competitive risks that algorithms entail. Over the last few years, many algorithm-driven companies in the digital economy have been investigated, prosecuted and fined, mostly for allegedly unfair algorithm design. Legislative proposals aim at regulating the way algorithms shape competition. Consequently, a so-called “algorithmic antitrust” theory and practice have also emerged. This book provides a more innovation-driven perspective on the way antitrust agencies should approach algorithmic antitrust. To date, the analysis of algorithmic antitrust has predominantly been shaped by pessimistic approaches to the risks of algorithms on the competitive environment. With the benefit of the lessons learned over the last few years, this book assesses whether these risks have actually materialized and whether antitrust laws need to be adapted accordingly. Effective algorithmic antitrust requires to adequately assess the pro- and anti-competitive effects of algorithms on the basis of concrete evidence and innovation-related concerns. With a particular emphasis on the European perspective, this book brings together experts and scrutinizes on the implications of algorithmic antitrust for regulation and innovation.
Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management: 16th International Conference, AAIM 2022, Guangzhou, China, August 13–14, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13513)
by Qiufen Ni Weili WuThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, AAIM 2022, which was held online during August 13-14, 2022. The conference was originally planned to take place in Guangzhou, China, but changed to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 41 regular papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions.
Algorithmic Bias: Ein Leitfaden für Entscheider und Data Scientists
by Tobias BärSind Algorithmen Freund oder Feind?Der menschliche Verstand ist evolutionär darauf ausgelegt, Abkürzungen zu nehmen, um zu überleben. Wir ziehen voreilige Schlüsse, weil unser Gehirn uns in Sicherheit wiegen will. Die meisten unserer Voreingenommenheiten wirken sich zu unseren Gunsten aus, z. B. wenn wir ein Auto, das in unsere Richtung fährt, für gefährlich halten und sofort ausweichen oder wenn wir beschließen, einen Bissen Essen nicht zu essen, der verdorben zu sein scheint. Allerdings wirken sich inhärente Vorurteile negativ auf das Arbeitsumfeld und die Entscheidungsfindung in unseren Gemeinschaften aus. Zwar wird mit der Entwicklung von Algorithmen und maschinellem Lernen versucht, Voreingenommenheit zu beseitigen, doch werden sie schließlich von Menschen geschaffen und sind daher anfällig für das, was wir algorithmische Voreingenommenheit nennen.In Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias (Algorithmische Voreingenommenheit verstehen, handhaben und verhindern) hilft Ihnen der Autor Tobias Baer zu verstehen, woher algorithmische Voreingenommenheit kommt, wie man sie als Geschäftsanwender oder Regulierungsbehörde handhaben kann und wie die Datenwissenschaft verhindern kann, dass Voreingenommenheit in statistische Algorithmen einfließt. Baer befasst sich fachkundig mit einigen der mehr als 100 Arten natürlicher Verzerrungen wie Confirmation Bias, Stability Bias, Pattern Recognition Bias und vielen anderen. Algorithmische Verzerrungen spiegeln diese menschlichen Tendenzen wider und haben ihren Ursprung in ihnen. Baer befasst sich mit so unterschiedlichen Themen wie der Erkennung von Anomalien, hybriden Modellstrukturen und selbstverbesserndem maschinellen Lernen.Während sich die meisten Schriften über algorithmische Voreingenommenheit auf die Gefahren konzentrieren, weist der Kern dieses positiven, unterhaltsamen Buches auf einen Weg hin, auf dem Voreingenommenheit in Schach gehalten und sogar beseitigt werden kann. Sie erhalten Managementtechniken, um unvoreingenommene Algorithmen zu entwickeln, die Fähigkeit, Voreingenommenheit schneller zu erkennen, und das Wissen, um unvoreingenommene Daten zu erstellen. Algorithmic Bias verstehen, verwalten und verhindern ist ein innovatives, zeitgemäßes und wichtiges Buch, das in Ihr Regal gehört. Egal, ob Sie eine erfahrene Führungskraft in der Wirtschaft, ein Datenwissenschaftler oder einfach nur ein Enthusiast sind, jetzt ist ein entscheidender Zeitpunkt, um sich über die Auswirkungen algorithmischer Verzerrungen auf die Gesellschaft zu informieren und eine aktive Rolle im Kampf gegen Verzerrungen zu übernehmen.Was Sie lernen werdenUntersuchung der vielen Quellen algorithmischer Verzerrungen, einschließlich kognitiver Verzerrungen in der realen Welt, verzerrter Daten und statistischer ArtefakteVerstehen Sie die Risiken algorithmischer Verzerrungen, wie sie erkannt werden können und welche Managementtechniken es gibt, um sie zu verhindern oder zu verwaltenErkennen, wie maschinelles Lernen sowohl neue Quellen für algorithmische Verzerrungen schafft als auch ein Teil der Lösung sein kannKenntnis spezifischer statistischer Techniken, die ein Datenwissenschaftler anwenden kann, um algorithmische Verzerrungen zu erkennen und zu beseitigenFür wen dieses Buch gedacht istFührungskräfte von Unternehmen, die Algorithmen im täglichen Betrieb einsetzen; Datenwissenschaftler (von Studenten bis hin zu erfahrenen Praktikern), die Algorithmen entwickeln; Compliance-Beamte, die über algorithmische Verzerrungen besorgt sind; Politiker, Journalisten und Philosophen, die über algorithmische Verzerrungen im Hinblick auf ihre Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft und mögliche regulatorische Maßnahmen nachdenken; und Verbraucher, die darüber besorgt sind, wie sie von algorithmischen Verzerrungen betroffen sein könnten
Algorithmic Decision Making with Python Resources: From Multicriteria Performance Records to Decision Algorithms via Bipolar-Valued Outranking Digraphs (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #324)
by Raymond BisdorffThis book describes Python3 programming resources for implementing decision aiding algorithms in the context of a bipolar-valued outranking approach. These computing resources, made available under the name Digraph3, are useful in the field of Algorithmic Decision Theory and more specifically in outranking-based Multiple-Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA). The first part of the book presents a set of tutorials introducing the Digraph3 collection of Python3 modules and its main objects, such as bipolar-valued digraphs and outranking digraphs. In eight methodological chapters, the second part illustrates multiple-criteria evaluation models and decision algorithms. These chapters are largely problem-oriented and demonstrate how to edit a new multiple-criteria performance tableau, how to build a best choice recommendation, how to compute the winner of an election and how to make rankings or ratings using incommensurable criteria. The book’s third part presents three real-world decision case studies, while the fourth part addresses more advanced topics, such as computing ordinal correlations between bipolar-valued outranking digraphs, computing kernels in bipolar-valued digraphs, testing for confidence or stability of outranking statements when facing uncertain or solely ordinal criteria significance weights, and tempering plurality tyranny effects in social choice problems. The fifth and last part is more specifically focused on working with undirected graphs, tree graphs and forests. The closing chapter explores comparability, split, interval and permutation graphs. The book is primarily intended for graduate students in management sciences, computational statistics and operations research. The chapters presenting algorithms for ranking multicriteria performance records will be of computational interest for designers of web recommender systems. Similarly, the relative and absolute quantile-rating algorithms, discussed and illustrated in several chapters, will be of practical interest to public and private performance auditors.
The Algorithmic Dimension: Five Artists in Conversation (Springer Series on Cultural Computing)
by Francesca FrancoFifty years after the first experiments in computational art, international interest in the history of this subject remains strong and at the same time almost uncovered. This book began with the exhibition Algorithmic Signs, which was conceived, researched and curated by Francesca Franco in Venice in 2017. The origins of the exhibition included a series of meetings that gathered together the most celebrated international pioneers in the world of digital arts and the rare opportunity to interview them in their studios.Francesca Franco explores the history of computer art and its contribution to the broader field of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present. It is illustrated by the creative work of five of the most influential pioneers of computer art - Ernest Edmonds, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnár, Frieder Nake, and Roman Verostko and includes the full visual documentation of the exhibition.The Algorithmic Dimension - Five Artists in Conversation offers more than a theoretical perspective; it offers readers the rare opportunity to hear the histories and developments of the fascinating art, created through the algorithm, in an accessible and stimulating narrative. The personal achievements of each artist are followed, including their original inspirations, and how they develop in parallel with technological advances. It also brings together for the first time the artists' common ideas and differences, and tales about how their paths have crossed over the years.
The Algorithmic Distribution of News: Policy Responses (Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business)
by James Meese Sara BannermanThis volume explores how governments, policymakers and newsrooms have responded to the algorithmic distribution of the news. Contributors analyse the ongoing battle between platforms and publishers, evaluate recent attempts to manage these tensions through policy reform and consider whether algorithms can be regulated to promote media diversity and stop misinformation and hate speech. Chapter authors also interview journalists and find out how their work is changing due to the growing importance of algorithmic systems. Drawing together an international group of scholars, the book takes a truly global perspective offering case studies from Switzerland, Germany, Kenya, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and China. The collection also provides a series of critical analyses of recent policy developments in the European Union and Australia, which aim to provide a more secure revenue base for news media organisations. A valuable resource for journalism and policy scholars and students, Governing the Algorithmic Distribution of News is an important guide for anyone hoping to understand the central regulatory issues surrounding the online distribution of news.
Algorithmic Game Theory: 15th International Symposium, SAGT 2022, Colchester, UK, September 12–15, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13584)
by Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Maria Kyropoulou Alexandros VoudourisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory, SAGT 2022, which took place in Colchester, UK, in September 2022. The 31 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Auctions, markets and mechanism design; computational aspects in games; congestion and network creation games; data sharing and learning; social choice and stable matchings.
Algorithmic Intimacy: The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships
by Anthony ElliottArtificial intelligence not only powers our cars, hospitals and courtrooms: predictive algorithms are becoming deeply lodged inside us too. Machine intelligence is learning our private preferences and discreetly shaping our personal behaviour, telling us how to live, who to befriend and who to date. In Algorithmic Intimacy, Anthony Elliott examines the power of predictive algorithms in reshaping personal relationships today. From Facebook friends and therapy chatbots to dating apps and quantified sex lives, Elliott explores how machine intelligence is working within us, amplifying our desires and steering our personal preferences. He argues that intimate relationships today are threatened not by the digital revolution as such, but by the orientation of various life strategies unthinkingly aligned with automated machine intelligence. Our reliance on algorithmic recommendations, he suggests, reflects a growing emergency in personal agency and human bonds. We need alternatives, innovation and experimentation for the interpersonal, intimate effort of ongoing translation back and forth between the discourses of human and machine intelligence. Accessible and compelling, this book sheds fresh light on the impact of artificial intelligence on the most intimate aspects of our lives. It will appeal to students in the social sciences and humanities and to a wide range of general readers.
Algorithmic Learning in a Random World
by Alexander Gammerman Vladimir Vovk Glenn ShaferThis book is about conformal prediction, an approach to prediction that originated in machine learning in the late 1990s. The main feature of conformal prediction is the principled treatment of the reliability of predictions. The prediction algorithms described — conformal predictors — are provably valid in the sense that they evaluate the reliability of their own predictions in a way that is neither over-pessimistic nor over-optimistic (the latter being especially dangerous). The approach is still flexible enough to incorporate most of the existing powerful methods of machine learning. The book covers both key conformal predictors and the mathematical analysis of their properties. Algorithmic Learning in a Random World contains, in addition to proofs of validity, results about the efficiency of conformal predictors. The only assumption required for validity is that of "randomness" (the prediction algorithm is presented with independent and identically distributed examples); in later chapters, even the assumption of randomness is significantly relaxed. Interesting results about efficiency are established both under randomness and under stronger assumptions. Since publication of the First Edition in 2005 conformal prediction has found numerous applications in medicine and industry, and is becoming a popular machine-learning technique. This Second Edition contains three new chapters. One is about conformal predictive distributions, which are more informative than the set predictions produced by standard conformal predictors. Another is about the efficiency of ways of testing the assumption of randomness based on conformal prediction. The third new chapter harnesses conformal testing procedures for protecting machine-learning algorithms against changes in the distribution of the data. In addition, the existing chapters have been revised, updated, and expanded.
Algorithmic Marketing and EU Law on Unfair Commercial Practices (Law, Governance and Technology Series #50)
by Federico GalliArtificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed by marketing entities in connection with consumers’ interactions. Thanks to machine learning (ML) and cognitive computing technologies, businesses can now analyse vast amounts of data on consumers, generate new knowledge, use it to optimize certain processes, and undertake tasks that were previously impossible.Against this background, this book analyses new algorithmic commercial practices, discusses their challenges for consumers, and measures such developments against the current EU legislative framework on consumer protection. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, building on empirical findings from AI applications in marketing and theoretical insights from marketing studies, and combining them with normative analysis of privacy and consumer protection in the EU.The content is divided into three parts. The first part analyses the phenomenon of algorithmic marketing practices and reviews the main AI and AI-related technologies used in marketing, e.g. Big data, ML and NLP. The second part describes new commercial practices, including the massive monitoring and profiling of consumers, the personalization of advertising and offers, the exploitation of psychological and emotional insights, and the use of human-like interfaces to trigger emotional responses. The third part provides a comprehensive analysis of current EU consumer protection laws and policies in the field of commercial practices. It focuses on two main legal concepts, their shortcomings, and potential refinements: vulnerability, understood as the conceptual benchmark for protecting consumers from unfair algorithmic practices; manipulation, the substantive legal measure for drawing the line between fair and unfair practices.
Algorithmic Mechanism Design for Internet of Things Services Market: Design Incentive Mechanisms to Facilitate the Efficiency and Sustainability of IoT Ecosystem
by Yutao Jiao Ping Wang Dusit NiyatoThis book establishes game-theoretical frameworks based on the mechanism design theory and proposes strategy-proof algorithms, to optimally allocate and price the related IoT services, so that the social welfare of IoT ecosystem or the service provider’s revenue can be maximized and the IoT service provision can be sustainable. This book is written by experts based on the recent research results on the interaction between the service providers and users in the IoT system. Since the IoT networks are essentially supported by data, communication, and computing resources, the book focuses on three representative IoT services, including the data analytics services, the cloud/fog computing services for blockchain networks, and the wireless powered data crowdsourcing services. Researchers, scientists, and engineers in the field of resource allocation and service management for future IoT ecosystem can benefit from the book. As such, this book provides valuable insights and practical methods, especially the novel deep learning-based mechanism that can be considered in the emerging IoT technology.
Algorithmics of Wireless Networks: 18th International Symposium on Algorithmics of Wireless Networks, ALGOSENSORS 2022, Potsdam, Germany, September 8–9, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13707)
by Thomas Erlebach Michael SegalThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Algorithmics of Wireless Network, ALGOSENSORS 2022, which took place in Potsdam, Germany in September 2022.The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. ALGOSENSORS is an international symposium dedicated to algorithmic aspects of wireless networks.
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 21st International Conference, ICA3PP 2021, Virtual Event, December 3–5, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13156)
by Yongxuan Lai Tian Wang Min Jiang Guangquan Xu Wei Liang Aniello CastiglioneThe three volume set LNCS 13155, 13156, and 13157 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2021, which was held online during December 3-5, 2021. The total of 145 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 403 submissions. They cover the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures including fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I, LNCS 13155: Deep learning models and applications; software systems and efficient algorithms; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; data science; Part II, LNCS 13156: Software systems and efficient algorithms; parallel and distributed algorithms and applications; data science; edge computing and edge intelligence; blockchain systems; deept learning models and applications; IoT; Part III, LNCS 13157: Blockchain systems; data science; distributed and network-based computing; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; software systems and efficient algorithms.
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 21st International Conference, ICA3PP 2021, Virtual Event, December 3–5, 2021, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13155)
by Yongxuan Lai Tian Wang Min Jiang Guangquan Xu Wei Liang Aniello CastiglioneThe three volume set LNCS 13155, 13156, and 13157 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2021, which was held online during December 3-5, 2021. The total of 145 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 403 submissions. They cover the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures including fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I, LNCS 13155: Deep learning models and applications; software systems and efficient algorithms; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; data science; Part II, LNCS 13156: Software systems and efficient algorithms; parallel and distributed algorithms and applications; data science; edge computing and edge intelligence; blockchain systems; deept learning models and applications; IoT; Part III, LNCS 13157: Blockchain systems; data science; distributed and network-based computing; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; software systems and efficient algorithms.
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 21st International Conference, ICA3PP 2021, Virtual Event, December 3–5, 2021, Proceedings, Part III (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13157)
by Yongxuan Lai Tian Wang Min Jiang Guangquan Xu Wei Liang Aniello CastiglioneThe three volume set LNCS 13155, 13156, and 13157 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2021, which was held online during December 3-5, 2021. The total of 145 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 403 submissions. They cover the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures including fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I, LNCS 13155: Deep learning models and applications; software systems and efficient algorithms; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; data science; Part II, LNCS 13156: Software systems and efficient algorithms; parallel and distributed algorithms and applications; data science; edge computing and edge intelligence; blockchain systems; deept learning models and applications; IoT; Part III, LNCS 13157: Blockchain systems; data science; distributed and network-based computing; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; software systems and efficient algorithms.
Algorithms and Computational Techniques Applied to Industry (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #435)
by Jorge Luis García Alcaraz Arturo Realyvásquez VargasThis book presents algorithms and computational applications integrated in software that are being applied in the industry. It shows how companies using these tools are more competitive and efficient in the use and resources management. The book is organized in three sections, depending on the supply chain stage: procurement, including contact with costumers and product design; Production process, including relationship with suppliers and among departments; and Distribution, including logistics and transportation.
Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets
by Dzejla Medjedovic Emin TahirovicMassive modern datasets make traditional data structures and algorithms grind to a halt. This fun and practical guide introduces cutting-edge techniques that can reliably handle even the largest distributed datasets.In Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets you will learn: Probabilistic sketching data structures for practical problems Choosing the right database engine for your application Evaluating and designing efficient on-disk data structures and algorithms Understanding the algorithmic trade-offs involved in massive-scale systems Deriving basic statistics from streaming data Correctly sampling streaming data Computing percentiles with limited space resources Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets reveals a toolbox of new methods that are perfect for handling modern big data applications. You&’ll explore the novel data structures and algorithms that underpin Google, Facebook, and other enterprise applications that work with truly massive amounts of data. These effective techniques can be applied to any discipline, from finance to text analysis. Graphics, illustrations, and hands-on industry examples make complex ideas practical to implement in your projects—and there&’s no mathematical proofs to puzzle over. Work through this one-of-a-kind guide, and you&’ll find the sweet spot of saving space without sacrificing your data&’s accuracy. About the technology Standard algorithms and data structures may become slow—or fail altogether—when applied to large distributed datasets. Choosing algorithms designed for big data saves time, increases accuracy, and reduces processing cost. This unique book distills cutting-edge research papers into practical techniques for sketching, streaming, and organizing massive datasets on-disk and in the cloud. About the book Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets introduces processing and analytics techniques for large distributed data. Packed with industry stories and entertaining illustrations, this friendly guide makes even complex concepts easy to understand. You&’ll explore real-world examples as you learn to map powerful algorithms like Bloom filters, Count-min sketch, HyperLogLog, and LSM-trees to your own use cases. What's inside Probabilistic sketching data structures Choosing the right database engine Designing efficient on-disk data structures and algorithms Algorithmic tradeoffs in massive-scale systems Computing percentiles with limited space resources About the reader Examples in Python, R, and pseudocode. About the author Dzejla Medjedovic earned her PhD in the Applied Algorithms Lab at Stony Brook University, New York. Emin Tahirovic earned his PhD in biostatistics from University of Pennsylvania. Illustrator Ines Dedovic earned her PhD at the Institute for Imaging and Computer Vision at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Table of Contents 1 Introduction PART 1 HASH-BASED SKETCHES 2 Review of hash tables and modern hashing 3 Approximate membership: Bloom and quotient filters 4 Frequency estimation and count-min sketch 5 Cardinality estimation and HyperLogLog PART 2 REAL-TIME ANALYTICS 6 Streaming data: Bringing everything together 7 Sampling from data streams 8 Approximate quantiles on data streams PART 3 DATA STRUCTURES FOR DATABASES AND EXTERNAL MEMORY ALGORITHMS 9 Introducing the external memory model 10 Data structures for databases: B-trees, Bε-trees, and LSM-trees 11 External memory sorting
Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics: 8th International Conference, CALDAM 2022, Puducherry, India, February 10–12, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13179)
by Niranjan Balachandran R. InkuluThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2022, which was held in Puducherry, India, during February 10-12, 2022. The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: graph theory, graph algorithms, computational geometry, algorithms and optimization.
Algorithms and Methods in Structural Bioinformatics (Computational Biology)
by Nurit Haspel Filip Jagodzinski Kevin MolloyThe three-dimensional structure and function of molecules present many challenges and opportunities for developing an understanding of biological systems. With the increasing availability of molecular structures and the advancing accuracy of structure predictions and molecular simulations, the space for algorithmic advancement on many analytical and predictive problems is both broad and deep. To support this field, a rich set of methods and algorithms are available, addressing a variety of important problems such as protein-protein interactions, the effect of mutations on protein structure and function, and protein structure determination. Despite recent advancements in the field, in particular in protein folding with the development of AlphaFold, many problems still remain unsolved.In this book we focus on a number of topics in Structural Bioinformatics: Cryo-EM structural detection, protein conformational exploration, elucidation of molecular binding surface using geometry, the effect of mutations, insertions and deletions on protein structural stability, and protein-ligand binding.
Algorithms and Solutions Based on Computer Technology: 5th Scientific International Online Conference Algorithms and Solutions based on Computer Technology (ASBC 2021) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #387)
by Carlos Jahn László Ungvári Igor IlinThis book is a collection of papers compiled from the conference "Algorithms and Computer-Based Solutions" held on June 8-9, 2021 at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), St. Petersburg, Russia. The authors of the book are leading scientists from Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Poland.The reader finds in the book information from experts on the most interesting trends in digitalization - issues of development and implementation of algorithms, IT and digital solutions for various areas of economy and science, prospects for supercomputers and exo-intelligent platforms; applied computer technologies in digital production, healthcare and biomedical systems, digital medicine, logistics and management; digital technologies for visualization and prototyping of physical objects.The book helps the reader to increase his or her expertise in the field of computer technologies discussed.
Algorithms and Subjectivity: The Subversion of Critical Knowledge (Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture)
by Eran FisherIn this thought-provoking volume, Eran Fisher interrogates the relationship between algorithms as epistemic devices and modern notions of subjectivity. Over the past few decades, as the instrumentalization of algorithms has created knowledge that informs our decisions, preferences, tastes, and actions, and the very sense of who we are, they have also undercut, and arguably undermined, the Enlightenment-era ideal of the subject. Fisher finds that as algorithms enable a reality in which knowledge is created by circumventing the participation of the self, they also challenge contemporary notions of subjectivity. Through four case-studies, this book provides an empirical and theoretical investigation of this transformation, analyzing how algorithmic knowledge differs from the ideas of critical knowledge which emerged during modernity – Fisher argues that algorithms create a new type of knowledge, which in turn changes our fundamental sense of self and our concept of subjectivity. This book will make a timely contribution to the social study of algorithms and will prove especially valuable for scholars working at the intersections of media and communication studies, internet studies, information studies, the sociology of technology, the philosophy of technology, and science and technology studies.
Algorithms and VLSI Implementations of MIMO Detection
by Ibrahim A. Bello Basel HalakThis book provides a detailed overview of detection algorithms for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications systems focusing on their hardware realisation. The book begins by analysing the maximum likelihood detector, which provides the optimal bit error rate performance in an uncoded communications system. However, the maximum likelihood detector experiences a high complexity that scales exponentially with the number of antennas, which makes it impractical for real-time communications systems. The authors proceed to discuss lower-complexity detection algorithms such as zero-forcing, sphere decoding, and the K-best algorithm, with the aid of detailed algorithmic analysis and several MATLAB code examples. Furthermore, different design examples of MIMO detection algorithms and their hardware implementation results are presented and discussed. Finally, an ASIC design flow for implementing MIMO detection algorithms in hardware is provided, including the system simulation and modelling steps and register transfer level modelling using hardware description languages.Provides an overview of MIMO detection algorithms and discusses their corresponding hardware implementations in detail;Highlights architectural considerations of MIMO detectors in achieving low power consumption and high throughput;Discusses design tradeoffs that will guide readers’ efforts when implementing MIMO algorithms in hardware;Describes a broad range of implementations of different MIMO detectors, enabling readers to make informed design decisions based on their application requirements.
Algorithms for a New World: When Big Data and Mathematical Models Meet
by Alfio QuarteroniCovid-19 has shown us the importance of mathematical and statistical models to interpret reality, provide forecasts, and explore future scenarios. Algorithms, artificial neural networks, and machine learning help us discover the opportunities and pitfalls of a world governed by mathematics and artificial intelligence.
Algorithms for Big Data: DFG Priority Program 1736 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13201)
by Hannah Bast Claudius Korzen Ulrich Meyer Manuel PenschuckThis open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware. It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application experts in order to tackle problems in domains such as networking, genomics research, and information retrieval. Such domains are unthinkable without substantial hardware and software support, and these systems acquire, process, exchange, and store data at an exponential rate. The chapters of this volume summarize the results of projects realized within the program and survey-related work.This is an open access book.
Algorithms for Decision Making
by Mykel J. Kochenderfer Tim A. Wheeler Kyle H. WrayA broad introduction to algorithms for decision making under uncertainty, introducing the underlying mathematical problem formulations and the algorithms for solving them.Automated decision-making systems or decision-support systems—used in applications that range from aircraft collision avoidance to breast cancer screening—must be designed to account for various sources of uncertainty while carefully balancing multiple objectives. This textbook provides a broad introduction to algorithms for decision making under uncertainty, covering the underlying mathematical problem formulations and the algorithms for solving them. The book first addresses the problem of reasoning about uncertainty and objectives in simple decisions at a single point in time, and then turns to sequential decision problems in stochastic environments where the outcomes of our actions are uncertain. It goes on to address model uncertainty, when we do not start with a known model and must learn how to act through interaction with the environment; state uncertainty, in which we do not know the current state of the environment due to imperfect perceptual information; and decision contexts involving multiple agents. The book focuses primarily on planning and reinforcement learning, although some of the techniques presented draw on elements of supervised learning and optimization. Algorithms are implemented in the Julia programming language. Figures, examples, and exercises convey the intuition behind the various approaches presented.