Interactive Granular Computations in Networks and Systems Engineering: A Practical Perspective

Part I. Introduction: Research Motivations, Approaches, Challenges, and Overview of Results

1. Research Motivations
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2. Research Objectives and Selected Approaches
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3. Challenges of WisTech (Based on IGrC) for CAS Modeling, Controlling, and Monitoring
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4. Main Overview of Results
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5. Guide to the Contents of the Book
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Part II. CSE: Rudiments

6. The Concept of Complex System
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7. Examples of Complex Systems
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8. Concept of Complex Systems Engineering (CSE)
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Part III. The Theory-Practice Gap Problem (TPGP)

9. CSE Practice: CSE Crisis
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10. CSE Theory: Some Approaches
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11. TPGP: The Concept of the Theory—Practice Gap Problem
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12. CSE Crisis: Some Examples of Causes
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13. Fundamental Precause of CSE Crisis (FP3C)
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14. TPGP: An Approach to Large Scale Context by Adaptive Selection of CSE Principles
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15. TPGP: WisTech as a “Silver Bullet” for Interactive Approximations
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Part IV. CSE: Case Studies

16. POLTAX
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17. AlgoTradix
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18. Merix
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19. Excavio
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20. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
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21. Conclusions: Toward Science-Friendly Languages for Interaction Rules & CSE Principles
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Part V. CSE as a Metaphor of Mind “Computations”

22. CSE as Interactive Thinking by Society of Agents
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23. The Model of Thinking Problem (MT): How Do We Understand and Describe the Processes of Human Thinking, Communicating and Thought-Refinement?
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24. Judgment, Constructive Mathematics, and Intuitionism
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25. Thinking as a “Languageless Activity of the Mind” Having Its Origin in the Perception of a Move of Time
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26. Physical World and Uncertainty as Parts of the “Essence of Human Language”
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Part VI. WisTech Approach to Models of Mind: Preliminaries

27. Preliminaries of IGrC in the Context of Agent Architecture
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28. Selected Distinguishing Properties of WisTech IGrC Models
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29. The Wisdom Equation and C-granules
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30. Some C-granule “Links” to Socratic Dialogues, Tarski Truth, and Semantic Games
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Part VII. Framework Postulates for Ontology of WisTech Models

31. Complexity of Designing an Ontology for Practically Useful IGrC Models
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32. Framework Postulates for WisTech (FPW)
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Part VIII. WisTech Introduction to Efficient Acting, Learning, and CSE Project Implementation

33. WisTech Approach to Agent’s Efficiency Management
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34. Some Issues of WisTech Approach to CSE
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35. A WisTech Approach to CSE
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36. Conclusions and Future Research
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Keywords: Engineering, Complexity, Computational Intelligence