Evolutionary Search on Fitness Landscapes with Neutral Networks
... In the field of search and optimisation every theorist and practitioner should be aware of the socalled No Free Lunch Theorems (Wolpert & Macready, 1997) which imply that given any optimisation algorithm, should that algorithm perform better than random search on some class of problems, then there i ...
... In the field of search and optimisation every theorist and practitioner should be aware of the socalled No Free Lunch Theorems (Wolpert & Macready, 1997) which imply that given any optimisation algorithm, should that algorithm perform better than random search on some class of problems, then there i ...
Anthropology Courses (ANTH)
... the Search for Life in the Universe 4 s.h. How has life evolved on Earth? What are our human origins? Are there other habitable planets in the universe? These fundamental questions revolve around understanding the origins of life from different perspectives—astronomy and physics, geoscience, biology ...
... the Search for Life in the Universe 4 s.h. How has life evolved on Earth? What are our human origins? Are there other habitable planets in the universe? These fundamental questions revolve around understanding the origins of life from different perspectives—astronomy and physics, geoscience, biology ...
Advocacy in Anthropology: Active engagement or passive
... anthropologists were engaged directly or indirectly, with varying degrees of enthusiasm and complicity, in the colonial project or its legacy (Asad, 1973; Kuper, 1996; Barnard, 2000; Ervin, 2000; Sillitoe, 2007). The unequal power relationships of colonialism are echoed today in continuing global in ...
... anthropologists were engaged directly or indirectly, with varying degrees of enthusiasm and complicity, in the colonial project or its legacy (Asad, 1973; Kuper, 1996; Barnard, 2000; Ervin, 2000; Sillitoe, 2007). The unequal power relationships of colonialism are echoed today in continuing global in ...
Handbook of Contemporary European Social Theory
... theory in a post-national and post-disciplinary era. It also identifies what is distinctive about European social theory in terms of themes and traditions. It is divided into five parts: disciplinary traditions, national traditions, major schools, key themes, and the reception of European social theor ...
... theory in a post-national and post-disciplinary era. It also identifies what is distinctive about European social theory in terms of themes and traditions. It is divided into five parts: disciplinary traditions, national traditions, major schools, key themes, and the reception of European social theor ...
Reclaiming Applied Anthropology: Its Past, Present, and Future
... to support academic departments and basic research. The British, in particular, made extensive use of anthropologists, most commonly as staff researchers. There is little evidence, however, that anthropologists served in positions with line authority or policy-making capacity. A pertinent illustrati ...
... to support academic departments and basic research. The British, in particular, made extensive use of anthropologists, most commonly as staff researchers. There is little evidence, however, that anthropologists served in positions with line authority or policy-making capacity. A pertinent illustrati ...
The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
... disciplinary boundaries. For example, the enlarged chapters on feminist social theory are relevant to students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. The chapter on cultural sociology and cultural sciences will be attractive to students who are working generally in the field of cultural analysis. ...
... disciplinary boundaries. For example, the enlarged chapters on feminist social theory are relevant to students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. The chapter on cultural sociology and cultural sciences will be attractive to students who are working generally in the field of cultural analysis. ...
Why Natural Selection cannot Explain Rationality
... there are two definitions of rationality, the “technical” and the “action” definitions [Khalil, 2007a]. The technical definition is about consistency [Kreps, 1990], which involves two major axioms: Are the agent’s preferences well-ordered (the transitivity axiom) and do they cover all the bundles or ...
... there are two definitions of rationality, the “technical” and the “action” definitions [Khalil, 2007a]. The technical definition is about consistency [Kreps, 1990], which involves two major axioms: Are the agent’s preferences well-ordered (the transitivity axiom) and do they cover all the bundles or ...
Development of The Concept of Bonds
... in the service management approach, e.g. Liljander & Strandvik (1995) and see were they stem from, it is considered beneficial to read sociology and social psychology where the theories regarding networks and bonds are grounded. These are also referred to in the IMP literature. These are for instanc ...
... in the service management approach, e.g. Liljander & Strandvik (1995) and see were they stem from, it is considered beneficial to read sociology and social psychology where the theories regarding networks and bonds are grounded. These are also referred to in the IMP literature. These are for instanc ...
Why A Public AnthroPology? - Center for a Public Anthropology
... observers of activities within the group they are studying—they come to understand the people involved not as strangers but as colleagues. • In presenting their results, anthropologists emphasize the importance of context—placing behaviors that, at first glance, may seem strange to us within the co ...
... observers of activities within the group they are studying—they come to understand the people involved not as strangers but as colleagues. • In presenting their results, anthropologists emphasize the importance of context—placing behaviors that, at first glance, may seem strange to us within the co ...
Thesis
... This dissertation is dedicated to my father, Dr David Moyer, who passed away during its completion. Many of the ideas that follow are inspired by his example. He was an anthropologist by profession, but a polymath by disposition, he explored human knowledge in the broadest possible terms – from the ...
... This dissertation is dedicated to my father, Dr David Moyer, who passed away during its completion. Many of the ideas that follow are inspired by his example. He was an anthropologist by profession, but a polymath by disposition, he explored human knowledge in the broadest possible terms – from the ...
Chapter 1
... Charles Darwin • Observed that most organisms reproduce at tremendous rates, yet populations remain nearly constant. • Reasoned that an intense, constant struggle for food, water, and recourses must occur among the numerous young born. • Theorized that survivors pass on their genes to the next gene ...
... Charles Darwin • Observed that most organisms reproduce at tremendous rates, yet populations remain nearly constant. • Reasoned that an intense, constant struggle for food, water, and recourses must occur among the numerous young born. • Theorized that survivors pass on their genes to the next gene ...
The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited
... First, I will review work focusing on the impact of weak ties on individuals, then work relating to the flow of ideas and the sociology of science, and, finally, work evaluating the role of weak ties in affecting cohesion in complex social systems. The Impact of Weak Ties on Individuals An early dra ...
... First, I will review work focusing on the impact of weak ties on individuals, then work relating to the flow of ideas and the sociology of science, and, finally, work evaluating the role of weak ties in affecting cohesion in complex social systems. The Impact of Weak Ties on Individuals An early dra ...
Chapter - SCERT Kerala
... We have already examined the nature and meaning of Anthropology. From this, it is evident that Anthropology is a holistic science. In order to understand its holistic nature, it is important to know the major fields/branches of Anthropology. The branch of Anthropology that examines human biological ...
... We have already examined the nature and meaning of Anthropology. From this, it is evident that Anthropology is a holistic science. In order to understand its holistic nature, it is important to know the major fields/branches of Anthropology. The branch of Anthropology that examines human biological ...
Reading and Interpreting Ethnography
... carry meaning. His observation was that the elements of language that carry meaning – words and letters – are essentially arbitrary. Unlike a picture of a dog, which bears some visual relationship to the animal that it depicts, the word “dog” has no inherent relationship to that animal. In that sens ...
... carry meaning. His observation was that the elements of language that carry meaning – words and letters – are essentially arbitrary. Unlike a picture of a dog, which bears some visual relationship to the animal that it depicts, the word “dog” has no inherent relationship to that animal. In that sens ...
Anthropology`s Multiple Temporalities and its Future in
... left unresolved by the standard models of ‘transition’ in large disciplines such as economics, political science and sociology. It is not my task to discuss the papers in this special issue: they speak for themselves, and in any case some of the key themes are highlighted by the Editors in their int ...
... left unresolved by the standard models of ‘transition’ in large disciplines such as economics, political science and sociology. It is not my task to discuss the papers in this special issue: they speak for themselves, and in any case some of the key themes are highlighted by the Editors in their int ...
Erving Goffman and the Gestural Dynamics of Modern Selfhood
... when they were not directly engaged with the kinds of institutions that sociologists, and probably the natives themselves, would call structures and organizations. Even when he noticed and described individuals interacting in scenes that were set within such institutions (most famously, in ‘total in ...
... when they were not directly engaged with the kinds of institutions that sociologists, and probably the natives themselves, would call structures and organizations. Even when he noticed and described individuals interacting in scenes that were set within such institutions (most famously, in ‘total in ...
GENDER, CULTURE CHANGE, AND FERTILITY DECLINE IN HONDURAS: AN
... anthropologist, while I was reading his book, Our Kind. I was struck by his ability to take explanations for human behavior to their ultimate causes. His writings are some of the most intellectually satisfying works I have ever read. I use his forcefulness and clarity of argument as a model for my ...
... anthropologist, while I was reading his book, Our Kind. I was struck by his ability to take explanations for human behavior to their ultimate causes. His writings are some of the most intellectually satisfying works I have ever read. I use his forcefulness and clarity of argument as a model for my ...
berghahn New and Recent Titles 2015
... and policy-makers downgrade as ‘context’ – history, ways of making meaning, political disputes – are often central to explaining development practice…[This book] not only implies the need for a classificatory rethink, which has been widely recognized for decades, but also gives us the ethnographic ma ...
... and policy-makers downgrade as ‘context’ – history, ways of making meaning, political disputes – are often central to explaining development practice…[This book] not only implies the need for a classificatory rethink, which has been widely recognized for decades, but also gives us the ethnographic ma ...
The evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain
... interactions (enabled by reciprocation) exceeds the benefit of immediate defection (which would terminate that future series). If there were no future exchanges—if an interaction was one-shot— then the equilibrium strategy would be always defect. However, both direct observations and the demographic ...
... interactions (enabled by reciprocation) exceeds the benefit of immediate defection (which would terminate that future series). If there were no future exchanges—if an interaction was one-shot— then the equilibrium strategy would be always defect. However, both direct observations and the demographic ...
Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human
... interactions (enabled by reciprocation) exceeds the benefit of immediate defection (which would terminate that future series). If there were no future exchanges—if an interaction was one-shot— then the equilibrium strategy would be always defect. However, both direct observations and the demographic ...
... interactions (enabled by reciprocation) exceeds the benefit of immediate defection (which would terminate that future series). If there were no future exchanges—if an interaction was one-shot— then the equilibrium strategy would be always defect. However, both direct observations and the demographic ...
Unit structure - Aqua Units 1-6
... 3.2 Describe how to risk assess the types of possible hazards in a fitness environment 3.3 Describe how to control risks associated with hazards in a fitness environment 3.4 Identify the appropriate person/position to contact within a fitness organization when hazards and risks cannot be controlled ...
... 3.2 Describe how to risk assess the types of possible hazards in a fitness environment 3.3 Describe how to control risks associated with hazards in a fitness environment 3.4 Identify the appropriate person/position to contact within a fitness organization when hazards and risks cannot be controlled ...
Towards a unified science of cultural evolution - synergy
... Mesoudi, Whiten & Laland: Towards a unified science of cultural evolution successful cultural traits has been demonstrated in numerous studies of the transmission of skills and beliefs in traditional societies (e.g., Cavalli-Sforza, Feldman, Chen & Dornbusch 1982; Hewlett & Cavalli-Sforza 1986) and ...
... Mesoudi, Whiten & Laland: Towards a unified science of cultural evolution successful cultural traits has been demonstrated in numerous studies of the transmission of skills and beliefs in traditional societies (e.g., Cavalli-Sforza, Feldman, Chen & Dornbusch 1982; Hewlett & Cavalli-Sforza 1986) and ...
An Adaptation for Altruism? The Social Causes, Social Effects, and
... uncomfortable, whereas gratitude is usually associated with contentment and well-being (McCullough et al., 2001). Moreover, feeling obligated after receiving a favor does not uniquely predict compliance with a request to perform a favor for the benefactor after controlling for gratitude statisticall ...
... uncomfortable, whereas gratitude is usually associated with contentment and well-being (McCullough et al., 2001). Moreover, feeling obligated after receiving a favor does not uniquely predict compliance with a request to perform a favor for the benefactor after controlling for gratitude statisticall ...
Theorizing in Social Science: The Context of Discovery
... touch on. These are: what makes certain types of theorizing creative, and how to rein in and steer one’s imagination in a creative direction when theorizing. Several different factors can help to make theorizing creative. The general nature of human thought, especially as investigated by cognitive p ...
... touch on. These are: what makes certain types of theorizing creative, and how to rein in and steer one’s imagination in a creative direction when theorizing. Several different factors can help to make theorizing creative. The general nature of human thought, especially as investigated by cognitive p ...
Chapter 6: The survival value approach
... First, causal roles are typically attributed to an item or behavioural pattern whereas claims about survival value concern traits such as the presence or character of that certain item or behavioural pattern. For example, Schwenk (1994) claims that the snake’s tongue (an item) has a causal role in t ...
... First, causal roles are typically attributed to an item or behavioural pattern whereas claims about survival value concern traits such as the presence or character of that certain item or behavioural pattern. For example, Schwenk (1994) claims that the snake’s tongue (an item) has a causal role in t ...