Introduction: Why Revisit Intimacy?

Introduction 1.1 Why 4g?

Before we get into too much technical jargon such as 4G and so on, it would be interesting to take a moment to discuss iPhone, which was named Time magazine’s Inventor of the Year in 2007, and which has a significant impact on many consumers’ view of the capability and future of mobile phones. It is amazing to see the enthusiasm of customers if you visit Apple’s stores which are always crowded....

Introduction: why study age integration?

Introduction: why and how we mimic emotions

Mimicry and its presumed neurological underpinnings in the form of mirror neurons have become a trending topic in the social, behavioural, and neurosciences during the past decades (e.g. Hess & Fischer, 2013). The notion that minds can be shared by subtly imitating others is a challenging idea that sparks our imagination. For ages, philosophers and scientists have been intrigued by the question...

Introduction 1.1 Why Is Management Important?

his book contains the highlights of the RACE II project Integrated Communications Management (ICM), addressing the technologies and methods required for the management of Integrated Broadband Communication Networks a discipline which is referred to as Telecommunications Management Network (TMN). The book is intended for telecommunications students, researchers, developers and operators in searc...

.1 Introduction 1.2 Why Randomized Algorithms

Example: Sorting algorithms. The Merge-Sort algorithm is asymptotically best deterministic algorithm. It is not too hard to describe. However, the same asymptotic running time can be achieved by the simple randomized Quick-sort algorithm. The algorithm picks a random element as a pivot and partitions the rest of the elements: those smaller than the pivot and those bigger than the pivot. Recurse...