This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, IIP 2022, held in Qingdao, China, in July 2022.   The 37 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on Machine Learning, Data Mining, Multiagent Systems, Social Computing, Blockchain Technology, Game Theory and Emotion, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Applications.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2018, held in Toledo, Spain, in June 2018. The 20 regular and 19 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, such as: energy and security; engineering and tools; evaluation and ethics; negotiation and organisations; personalization and learning; simulation applications; simulation platforms; social networks and humans. The book also contains two invited talks in full paper length.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, GameSec 2017, held in Vienna, Austria, in October 2017. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions.The papers address topics such as Game theory and mechanism design for security and privacy; Pricing and economic incentives for building dependable and secure systems; Dynamic control, learning, and optimization and approximation techniques; Decision making and decision theory for cybersecurity and security requirements engineering; Socio-technological and behavioral approaches to security; Risk assessment and risk management; Security investment and cyber insurance; Security and privacy for the Internet-of-Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems, resilient control systems; New approaches for security and privacy in cloud computing and for critical infrastructure; Security and privacy of wireless and mobile communications, including user location privacy; Game theory for intrusion detection; and Empirical and experimental studies with game-theoretic or optimization analysis for security and privacy.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, IIP 2022, held in Qingdao, China, in July 2022. The 37 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on Machine Learning, Data Mining, Multiagent Systems, Social Computing, Blockchain Technology, Game Theory and Emotion, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th China Conference on Knowledge Graph and Semantic Computing, CCKS 2021, held in Guangzhou, China, in November 2021. The 19 revised full papers and 9 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge extraction: knowledge graph representation and reasoning; knowledge acquisition and knowledge graph construction; linked data, knowledge integration, and knowledge graph storage management; natural language understanding and semantic computing; knowledge graph applications: semantic search, question answering, dialogue, decision support, and recommendation; knowledge graph open resources.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA 2017, held in Nice, France, in October/November 2017. The 24 revised full papers presented together with one abstract of a keynote talk and 11 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The intention of the papers is to showcase research in several domains, ranging from foundations of agent theory and engineering aspects of agent systems, to emerging interdisciplinary areas of agent-based research.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and revised selected papers from the 10th International Workshop on Agents and Data Mining Interactions, ADMI 2014, held in Paris, France, in May 2014 as satellite workshop of AAMAS 2014, the 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. The 11 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in this volume. They present current research and engineering results, as well as potential challenges and prospects encountered in the respective communities and the coupling between agents and data mining.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of March, grouped according to the topic: Government Operations.

It was April 1974 and Bobby Padgett was in St. Umblers, North Carolina for first time since his forced departure five years earlier. His mind and heart raced as he struggled along Main Street. His mission was to reunite with the love of his life -- Sam. Nothing else mattered. "Bobby becomes Bob is a verypoignant story with a lot of heart." Carol A. Guy, author of Spirit Lake and Night of theCanid "Bob captures the essence of living in a small southern town. He portrays the characters with great fidelity..." R. M. "Reds" Helmey, author of The Lemon Dance

In addition to telling stories about his characters, the author provides brief histories of Williams Lake, some of the bands that performed there during the 60s, and their brand of beach music. It is a journey down a path that provides the reader with an opportunity to revisit the adventurer in each of us.--Christopher Biehler, president, Forevermore Records.

Against the backdrop of the sociopolitical change of the Sixties, some of the youth of small, nurturing St. Umblers, North Carolina started looking for ways to have fun as a diversion. On the front line of that search were Dion, Tea and Cosmo. Those three were far from being musketeers. Nature points the limbs of a tree in different directions in order for them to succeed. So were those three inclined. Dion, the consummate gentleman, was driven to contribute as a scientist. He was the most accomplished shagger. Tea never wore a watch. A watch would not have mattered; he was going to be late. Time was just a vague concept to him. Tea was all about meeting and talking to people. Cosmo was the romantic. He was out to lose his virginity. He was also the comic. In 1965, Reese introduced them to Williams Lake. They recruited others from St. Umblers for future trips. Over the next few years, they had adventures and misadventures centered on the Williams Lake pavilion. Those who frequented Williams Lake were drawn by the opposite sex. The boys were looking for the fallen debutante. The girls searched for the secure playboy. They went to listen to the bands perform what was dubbed Beach Music. They went to dance the Shag. Dion, Tea and Cosmo eventually expanded their search for fun and adventure. They began to explore other bastions of the Shag such as White Lake, Carolina Beach and Ocean Drive; however, the Lake remained a touchstone. By the end of the summer of 1968, the core of the St. Umblers group began to succumb to the responsibilities that come with age pursuing separate paths. Brief histories of Williams Lake, Beach Music and the Shag as well as biographic sketches of the entertainersnamed in their story are provided in addition to the group's adventures. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BOB BOAN has been an active member of the space community for over a quarter of a century. He has been involved with a variety of manned and unmanned space programs at different levels of responsibility over that time. Prior to his space experience, he was a member of academia. He taught primarily chemistry. He taught courses from high school through graduate school in several states. Dr. Boan helped develop concepts and systems for communications and sensing satellites for Government and commercial applications. He has multiple relevant patents and technical publications in his field. He has attended a variety of colleges and universities. He received his BS from Campbell University, then Campbell College. His Masters was awarded by the University of Mississippi. He earned his doctorate at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Boan coauthored An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion, Brown Walker Press, 2006. He has written two other novels, Bobby Becomes Bob, Twilight Times Books, 2009, and Don't Tell Brenda, forthcoming. Dr. Boan has been profiled in Marquis Whos Who in the South and Southwest and in Marquis Whos Who in America. His biography will be included the 110th edition of Marquis Whos Who in America in 2009.

For over a century, the African American author has faced the challenge of writing for a racially dual audience and their often divergent expectations. This book explores the author's cultural and literary dilemma, using dialogical insights to ex

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