Behavior Computing Modeling, Analysis, Mining and Decision
'Behavior' is an increasingly important concept in the scientific, societal, economic, cultural, political, military, living and virtual worlds. Behavior computing, or behavior informatics, consists of methodologies, techniques and practical tools for exa
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Longbing Cao r Philip S. Yu Editors
Behavior Computing Modeling, Analysis, Mining and Decision
Editors Longbing Cao Advanced Analytics Institute University of Technology Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Prof. Philip S. Yu Department of Computer Science University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
ISBN 978-1-4471-2968-4 ISBN 978-1-4471-2969-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-2969-1 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2012936583 © Springer-Verlag London 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
‘Behavior’ is an increasingly important concept in the scientific, societal, economic, cultural, political, military, living and virtual world. In dictionaries, ‘Behavior’ refers to manner of behaving or acting, and the action or reaction of any material under given circumstances. In Wikipedia, ‘behavior’ refers to the actions and mannerisms made by organisms, systems or artificial entities in conjunction with its environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the physical environment. It is the response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary. Behavior is u
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