Author: Boston Society of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Occasional Papers
Author: Boston Society of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Bagpipes
Author: Anthony BainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bagpipe
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Occasional Paper
Author: Technology and Command
Author: William B. McClurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
"The introduction of advanced technologies into the military, which is known as the "revolution in military affairs," is producing an opportunity for significant changes in the American military's paradigm for command and control. The future battlespace will require commanders to operate more efficiently and at a higher operations tempo, so that commanders will be able to use the advantages of dominant battlespace awareness to enhance what is known as "command-by-intent." But the more likely outcome is a return tocommand-by-direction. A potential consequence of this change is that significant command functions will be made by machines that act, not as an assistant, but as the decision maker and executor -- which is known as the machine commander. However, the current U.S. military doctrine is inconsistent about the admissibility of such an entity, even though technological developments are on the threshold of delivering the components for constructing the first-generation machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the traditional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the tradiitional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. While resistance to this technology is expected, this is the proper time to examine the implications of a machine commander for military operations in the future."--Abstract
Occasional Paper
Author: National Education Association of the United States. Technological Development ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History
Author: Boston Society of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
PATA Occasional Papers Series
Author: Resources in Education
Author: Detecting and Explaining Technological Innovation in Prehistory
Author: Michela SpataroPublisher:
ISBN: 9789088908248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Technology refers to any set of standardised procedures for transforming raw materials into finished products. Innovation consists of any change in technology which has tangible and lasting effect on human practices, whether or not it provides utilitarian advantages. Prehistoric societies were never static, but the tempo of innovation occasionally increased to the point that we can refer to transformation taking place. Prehistorians must therefore identify factors promoting or hindering innovation.This volume stems from an international workshop, organised by the Collaborative Research Centre 1266 'Scales of Transformation' at Kiel University in November 2017. The meeting challenged its participants to detect and explain technological change in the past and its role in transformation processes, using archaeological and ethnographic case studies. The papers draw mainly on examples from prehistoric Europe, but case-studies from Iran, the Indus Valley, and contemporary central America are also included. The authors adopt several perspectives, including cultural-historical, economic, environmental, demographic, functional, and agent-based approaches.These case studies often rely on interdisciplinary research, whereby field archaeology, archaeometric analysis, experimental archaeology and ethnographic research are used together to observe and explain innovations and changes in the artisan's repertoire. The results demonstrate that interdisciplinary research is becoming essential to understanding transformation phenomena in prehistoric archaeology, superseding typo-chronological description and comparison.This book is a scholarly publication aimed at academic researchers, particularly archaeologists and archaeological scientists working on ceramics, osseous and metal artifacts.