{"product_id":"9781118128336","title":"The Fitness of Information Quantitative Assessments of Critical Evidence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Series in Probability and Statistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Fitness of Information\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eQuantitative Assessments of Critical Evidence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChaomei Chen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematics \/ Probability \u0026amp; Statistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheories and practices to assess critical information in a complex adaptive system\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eOrganized for readers to follow along easily, \u003ci\u003eThe Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of Critical Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e provides a structured outline of the key challenges in assessing crucial information in a complex adaptive system. Illustrating a variety of computational and explanatory challenges, the book demonstrates principles and practical implications of exploring and assessing the fitness of information in an extensible framework of adaptive landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book’s first three chapters introduce fundamental principles and practical examples in connection to the nature of aesthetics, mental models, and the subjectivity of evidence. In particular, the underlying question is how these issues can be addressed quantitatively, not only computationally but also explanatorily. The next chapter illustrates how one can reduce the level of complexity in understanding the structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge through the design and use of the CiteSpace system for visualizing and analyzing emerging trends in scientific literature. The following two chapters explain the concepts of structural variation and the fitness of information in a framework that builds on the idea of fitness landscape originally introduced to study population evolution. The final chapter presents a dual-map overlay technique and demonstrates how it supports a variety of analytic tasks for a new type of portfolio analysis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of Critical Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e also features:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn-depth case studies and examples that characterize far-reaching concepts, illustrate underlying principles, and demonstrate profound challenges and complexities at various levels of analytic reasoning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWide-ranging topics that underline the common theme, from the subjectivity of evidence in criminal trials to detecting early signs of critical transitions and mechanisms behind radical patents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn extensible and unifying framework for visual analytics by transforming analytic reasoning tasks to the assessment of critical evidence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of Critical Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e is a suitable reference for researchers, analysts, and practitioners who are interested in analyzing evidence and making decisions with incomplete, uncertain, and even conflicting information. The book is also an excellent textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on visual analytics, information visualization, and business analytics and decision support systems.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAOMEI CHEN, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Informatics in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. He is the creator of the widely used software CiteSpace, and author of several other books. Dr. Chen’s research expertise includes information visualization, visual analytics, quantitative studies of scientific literature, and theories of scientific discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 August 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118128336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315446509708,"sku":"9781118128336","price":72.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118128336_630b2342-2fed-4d8d-96a1-d81e3f2643a3.jpg?v=1780112378","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118128336","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}