Thinking on the Web: Berners-Lee, Gödel and Turing

292 Pages·2006·4.418 MB·English

by  H. Peter Alesso, Craig F. Smith

THINKING ON THE WEB
Berners-Lee, Go¨del, and Turing
H. PETER ALESSO and CRAIG F. SMITH
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION

THINKING ON THE WEB

THINKING ON THE WEB
Berners-Lee, Go¨del, and Turing
H. PETER ALESSO and CRAIG F. SMITH
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CONTENTS
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
Who This Book Is For xxiii
The Organization of This Book xxv
Associated Resources xxvii
PART I WHAT IS WEB INTELLIGENCE? 1
1 Empowering the Information Age 3
Overview 3
Thinking and Intelligent Web Applications 4
The Information Age 6
The World Wide Web 11
Limitations of Today’s Web 13
The Next Generation Web 14
Why Intelligent Ubiquitous Devices Improve Productivity 14
Conclusion 15
Exercises 16
Interlude #1: Thinking about Thinking 18
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