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  | | Boundary Objects and Beyond Working with Leigh Star (Infrastructures) by Stefan Timmermans, Ellen Balka, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Adele E. Clarke, Nina Wakeford, Richard Boland, Les Gasser, Gail Hornstein, Cheris Kramarae, Karen Ruhleder, Jutta Weber, Kjeld Schmidt, Helen Verran, Jane Summerton, Susan Leigh Star, James R. Griesemer, Brian Cantwell Smith, Janet Ceja Alcalá, John L. King, Anselm L. Strauss, Eevi E. Beck, Paul N. Edwards, Sanjay K. Chugh, Professor Ellen Balka Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2016 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-52808-5, ISBN: 0-262-52808-8 "Susan Leigh Star (1954--2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy practices of discovering science, asking hard questions about the marginalizing as well as the liberating powers of science and technology. In the landmark work Sorting Things Out, Star and Geoffrey Bowker ..." |
 | | Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work(1st Edition) Beyond the Great Divide (Computers, Cognition and Work Series) by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Les Gasser, William Turner, Susan Leigh Star, Psychology Press Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 1997 by Psychology Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-2402-5, ISBN: 0-8058-2402-2 "This book is the first to directly address the question of how to bridge what has been termed the "great divide" between the approaches of systems developers and those of social scientists to computer supported cooperative work--a question that has been vigorously debated in the systems development literature. Traditionally, developers have been trained in formal methods and oriented to engineering and formal ..." |
 | | Boundary Objects and Beyond(1st Edition) Working with Leigh Star (Infrastructures) by Stefan Timmermans, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Ellen Balka, Adele E. Clarke, Nina Wakeford, Susan Leigh Star, Richard Boland, Les Gasser, Gail Hornstein, Jutta Weber, Cheris Kramarae, Kjeld Schmidt, Karen Ruhleder, Jane Summerton, Helen Verran, James R. Griesemer, Brian Cantwell Smith, Janet Ceja Alcalá, John L. King, Anselm L. Strauss, Eevi E. Beck, Paul N. Edwards, Professor Ellen Balka Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2016 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-02974-2, ISBN: 0-262-02974-X "Susan Leigh Star (1954--2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy practices of discovering science, asking hard questions about the marginalizing as well as the liberating powers of science and technology. In the landmark work Sorting Things Out, Star and Geoffrey Bowker ..." |
 | | Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work(1st Edition) Beyond the Great Divide (Computers, Cognition and Work Series) by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Les Gasser, William Turner, Susan Leigh Star Paperback, 494 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-2403-2, ISBN: 0-8058-2403-0 "This book is the first to directly address the question of how to bridge what has been termed the "great divide" between the approaches of systems developers and those of social scientists to computer supported cooperative work--a question that has been vigorously debated in the systems development literature. Traditionally, developers have been trained in formal methods and oriented to engineering and formal ..." |
 | | Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work Beyond the Great Divide by William Turner, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, Geoffrey Bowker 496 Pages, Published 2014 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-317-77876-9, ISBN: 1-317-77876-6 "Beyond the Great Divide Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, William Turner. Tang, J. TaylorlR.Wm, Taylor, R. m Tenenbaum, . Tenney, J. B. Terashima, Tetzlaff, L. Thatcher, Theureau, J. m Thorne, M. Thiiring, Thyberg, C. A. ... von Wright, G. HIE von Hippel, Von Neumann, .lfi Vygotsky, L. W Wadsworth, MIE Waern, Wagner, Wagner, E. [E Wajcman, J. Waldenfels, BJE Waldro , M. MlfilE Wall, P. [E Walmsley, R. G. Walther, J. B. ..." |
 | | Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work Beyond the Great Divide by Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, William Turner 496 Pages, Published 2014 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-317-77875-2, ISBN: 1-317-77875-8 "Beyond the Great Divide Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, William Turner. 15 Dwelling in the "Great Divide": The Case of HCI and CSCW Liam j. Bannon University of Limerick, Ireland A major theme of this volume is the development of frameworks for the analysis and understanding of the world, which reconceptualizes thesetof overly simplistic distinctions that have hitherto heldsway inthesocial andtechnical sciences. Mast ..." |
 | | A Climate of Injustice(7th Edition) Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by J. Timmons Roberts, Bradley C. Parks, Les Gasser, Nazli Choucri Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-68161-2, ISBN: 0-262-68161-7 "The global debate over who should take action to address climate change is extremely precarious, as diametrically opposed perceptions of climate justice threaten the prospects for any long-term agreement. Poor nations fear limits on their efforts to grow economically and meet the needs of their own people, while powerful industrial nations, including the United States, ..." |
 | | Global Environmental Assessments(1st Edition) Information and Influence (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Ronald B. Mitchell, David W. Cash, William C. Clark, Nancy M. Dickson, Nazli Choucri, Les Gasser, Rb Mitchell, Ronald Bruce Mitchell Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-63336-9, ISBN: 0-262-63336-1 "Knowledge about environmental problems has expanded rapidly in recent decades, as have the number and variety of processes for making large-scale scientific assessments of those problems and their possible solutions. Yet too often scientific information has not been transformed into effective and appropriate policies to protect the global environment. In this book, scho ..." |
 | | Readings in Agents(1st Edition) by Michael N. Huhns, Munindar Paul Singh, Munindar P. Singh, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Morgan Kaufmann, Les Gasser Paperback, 523 Pages, Published 1997 by Morgan Kaufmann ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-495-7, ISBN: 1-55860-495-2 "The world of agents comprises a broad range of intelligent programs that perform specific tasks on behalf of their users. Agents are distinguished from other types of software by their status as independent entities capable of completing complex assignments without intervention, rather than as tools that must be manipulated by a user. Largely the province of speculation before the early 1990s, agent research has flourished since the ..." |
 | | Readings in Distributed Artificial Intelligence by Alan H. Bond, Les Gasser 668 Pages, Published 2014 by Morgan Kaufmann ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-1444-3, ISBN: 1-4832-1444-3 "Alan H. Bond, Les Gasser ... Our description has stressed the basic knowledge representations and reasoning that goes on, and though the decisions about how ... blackboard-based problem solver, and, through this paper, we hope to encourage their application in other distributed AI systems as well. ... (Corkill and Lesser, 1983] Daniel D. Corkill and Victor R. Lesser. ... In Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on ..." |
 | | Parallel Scientific Computing and Optimization Advances and Applications (Springer Optimization and Its Applications) by Raimondas Ciegis, David Henty, Bo Kågström, Julius Zilinskas, Julius Žilinskas, Editor-Julius Ilinskas, Julius Zilnskas, Bo Kã¥Gstrã M., Les Gasser Hardcover, 274 Pages, Published 2008 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09706-0, ISBN: 0-387-09706-6 "Parallel Scientific Computing and Optimization introduces new developments in the construction, analysis, and implementation of parallel computing algorithms. This book presents 23 self-contained chapters, including survey chapters and surveys, written by distinguished researchers in the field of parallel computing. Each chapter is devoted to some aspects of the subject: parallel algorithms ..." |
 | | The Business of Global Environmental Governance(1st Edition) (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by David L. Levy, Peter John Newell, Nazli Choucri, Peter J. Newell, Les Gasser, David Laurence Levy Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-62188-5, ISBN: 0-262-62188-6 " The Business of Global Environmental Governance takes a political economy approach to understanding the role of business in global environmental politics. The book's contributors -- from a range of disciplines including international political economy, management, and political science -- view the evolution of international environmental governance as a dynamic interplay of economic structures, business strategies, and political proces ..." |
 | | Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade A Systems Study (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Corey L. Lofdahl, Les Gasser Hardcover, 275 Pages, Published 2002 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-12245-0, ISBN: 0-262-12245-6 "The relationship between trade and the environment has become an increasingly contentious issue between economists and environmentalists. Economists maintain that trade helps the natural environment because rich countries can better afford to protect their unspoiled areas. Environmentalists counter that the pursuit of national wealth drives global environmental degradation and that free trade accelerates the process.Instead of arguing o ..." |
 | | State Making and Environmental Cooperation(Updated) Linking Domestic and International Politics in Central Asia (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Erika Weinthal, Nazli Choucri, Les Gasser Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 2002 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-73146-1, ISBN: 0-262-73146-0 "The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers of Central Asia flow across deserts to empty into the Aral Sea. Under Soviet rule, so much water was diverted from the rivers for agricultural purposes that salinity levels rapidly rose and the sea shrank. There was an upsurge in dust storms containing toxic salt residue, and a new desert began to replace the sea. At the same time, agricul ..." |
 | | Global Environmental Accord Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation Ser. Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea : Public Ideas, Transnational Policy Entrepreneurs, and Environmental Regimes by Lasse Ringius, Les Gasser Paperback, 273 Pages, Published 2001 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-68118-6, ISBN: 0-262-68118-8 "... and Bente Mortensen, never failed to answer my questions and inquiries, and the secretariat at the International Maritime Organization kindly allowed me ..." |
 | | Engaging Countries(Updated) Strengthening Compliance with International Environmental Accords (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Edith Brown Weiss, Harold Karan Jacobson, Harold K. Jacobson, Nazli Choucri, Les Gasser Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2000 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-73132-4, ISBN: 0-262-73132-0 "Treaties and other international accords are a primary means of dealing with environmental problems involving two or more countries. Despite this, we know very little about what happens after states sign and become parties to such accords. This study systematically examines how states implement and comply with international environmental accords. The culmination of a massiv ..." |
 | | Distributed Artificial Intelligence Volume II (Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence) (Volume 2) by Michael N. Huhns, Les Gasser Paperback, 649 Pages, Published 1998 by Morgan Kaufmann ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-092-8, ISBN: 1-55860-092-2 |
 | | Global Governance(1st Edition) Drawing Insights from the Environmental Experience (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Oran R. Young, Les Gasser, Nazli Choucri Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 1997 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-74020-3, ISBN: 0-262-74020-6 ""This book makes a strong case that global governance matters. The main contribution of the book is to correct the state-centrism of existing literature on international regimes and to suggest not only that global civil society matters for global governance as well, but to begin theorizing about how effective governance in fact emerges from the interrelations of international regimes and civil society." -- Barbara Connolly, Professor of ..." |
 | | Distributed Artificial Intelligence Volume I by Michael N. Huhns, Les Gasser Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 1987 by Morgan Kaufmann ISBN-13: 978-0-934613-38-5, ISBN: 0-934613-38-9 "Book by Huhns, Michael N." |
 | | Global Climate Policy(1st Edition) Actors, Concepts, and Enduring Challenges (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Urs Luterbacher, Detlef F. Sprinz, Lavanya Rajamani, Daniel Bodansky, Michaël Aklin, Frank Grundig, Jon Hovi, Hugh Ward, Carla Norrlof, Guri Bang, Yasuko Kameyama, Tora Skodvin, Matthew Paterson, Katharina Michaelowa, Axel Michaelowa, Arild Underdal, Thierry Bréchet, Lars Brückner, Jorge E. Viñuales, Nazli Choucri, Les Gasser, The Mit Press, Lars Brueckner Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2018 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-53534-2, ISBN: 0-262-53534-3 "Analyses of the international climate change regime consider the challenges of maintaining current structures and the possibilities for creating new forms of international cooperation.The current international climate change regime has a long history, and it is likely that its evolution will continue, despite such recent setbacks as the decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement of 2015. In ..." |
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