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Technology in the classroom : personal computers and learning outcomes in primary school

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin - 2024

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Good Practices for Procuring Computers and Laptops in Latin America : Fostering Neutrality and Market Engagement

2024

This report takes stock of current ICT procurement practices in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, focusing on vendor neutrality and market engagement in the purchase of personal computers and laptops. It also provides recommendations for improving access, competition, and market knowledge for...

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How to keep your information secure? : toward a better understanding of users security behavior

Arenas, Álvaro; Ray, Gautam; Hidalgo Nuchera, Antonio; … - 2024

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Laptops in the long run : evidence from the one laptop per child program in rural Peru

Cueto, Santiago; Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; … - 2025

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Laptops in the Long Run : Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru

Cueto, Santiago; Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; … - 2025

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Laptops in the long-run : evidence from the one laptop per child program in rural Peru

Cueto, Santiago; Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; … - 2024

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Fintech advancements in the digital economy : leveraging social media and personal computing for sustainable entrepreneurship

Gupta, Brij; Gaurav, Akshat; Arya, Varsha; Chui, Kwok Tai - 2024

Sustainable entrepreneurship refers to the practice of creating and managing a business venture in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible while still maintaining financial profitability. Social media has become essential for entrepreneurs to build and promote their businesses....

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4. Computational anthropology

Breslin, Samantha Dawn; Albris, Kristoffer - 2026

This chapter discusses methods and approaches for pursuing computational anthropology. We discuss how computational methods can be used in anthropological research to provide new approaches to data collection, such as from social media, as well as for new methods of analysis. Using two examples...

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Teaching, technology and test scores : the impact of personal computers on student performance in primary school

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin - 2023

The closing of schools and shift to remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of digital technology in education. Many schools today provide personal computers not only to older students, but also in primary school. There is little credible evidence on how one-to-one...

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Usage of a computer cluster for physics simulations using bullet engine and OpenCL

Beznosyk, Oleksandr; Syrotiuk, Oleksandr - 2023

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Comparative study of IoT- and AI-based computing disease detection approaches

Rhmann, Wasiur; Khan, Jalaluddin; Khan, Ghufran Ahmad; … - 2025

The emergence of different computing methods such as cloud-, fog-, and edge-based Internet of Things (IoT) systems has provided the opportunity to develop intelligent systems for disease detection. Compared to other machine learning models, deep learning models have gained more attention from...

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The effect of computer monitoring on employees’ productivity in telecommuting arrangements

Ko, Yea Hee; Beak, In Gyun - 2025

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Can one laptop per child reduce digital inequalities? : ICT household access patterns under Plan Ceibal

Díaz, Carlos; Dodel, Matías; Menese, Pablo - 2022

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Can One Laptop per Child Reduce Digital Inequalities? ICT Household Access Patterns under Plan Ceibal

Díaz, Carlos; Dodel, Matías; Menese, Pablo - 2022

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Home computer ownership and educational outcomes of adolescents in Greece

Djinovic, Vladana; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas - 2024

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Home computer ownership and educational outcomes of adolescents in Greece

Djinovic, Vladana; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas - 2022

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Study on options for return schemes of mobile phones, tablets and other small electrical and electronic equipment in the EU

Romagnoli, Valentina; Bruijne, Emiel de; Drapeau, Pierrick - 2022

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Personal Information Management Systems

Janssen, Heleen; Singh, Jatinder - 2022

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Laxnd8-Xb6 (X=0,1,7,8) : A Computational Material Study

BOZADA, CENGIZ - 2022

The Nd doped LaB6 and La doped NdB6 was successfully synthesized from La2O3–B2O3–Mg blends by mechanochemical method. The Nd doped affects on crystal structure and electronic features were studied employing DFT. The high-energy ball milling carried out the synthesis reaction. The process...

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Personal information management systems : a user-centric privacy utopia?

Janssen, Heleen; Cobbe, Jennifer; Singh, Jatinder - 2020

Personal information management systems (PIMS) aka personal data stores (PDSs) represent an emerging class of technology that seeks to empower individuals regarding their data. Presented as an alternative to current 'centralised' data processing approaches, whereby user data is (rather opaquely)...

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Personal Information Management Systems : A User-Centric Privacy Utopia?

Janssen, Heleen; Cobbe, Jennifer; Singh, Jatinder - 2021

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GIS and Computational Notebooks

Boeing, Geoff; Arribas-Bel, Daniel - 2021

Researchers and practitioners across many disciplines have recently adopted computational notebooks to develop, document, and share their scientific workflows - and the GIS community is no exception. This chapter introduces computational notebooks in the geographical context. It begins by...

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Market segmentation and the sources of rents from innovation : personal computers in the late 1980s

Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1997

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980'S

Bresnahan, Timothy F.; Stern, Scott; Trajtenberg, Manuel - 2021

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

Bresnahan, Timothy F.; Stern, Scott; Trajtenberg, Manuel - 2016

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980's

Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1996

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Why Do Computers Depreciate?

Geske, Michael J.; Ramey, Valerie A.; Shapiro, Matthew D. - 2021

The value of installed computers falls rapidly and therefore computers have a very high user cost. The paper provides a complete account of the non-financial user cost of personal computers -- decomposing it into replacement cost change, obsolescence, instantaneous depreciation, and age-related...

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Why Do Computers Depreciate?

Geske, Michael J. - 2004

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Faster, Smaller, Cheaper : An Hedonic Price Analysis of Pdas

Chwelos, Paul D.; Berndt, Ernst R.; Cockburn, Iain - 2021

We compute quality-adjusted price indexes for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for the period 1999-2004, using data on prices and characteristics of 203 models sold by 12 manufacturers. The PDA market is growing in size, it is technologically dynamic with very substantial changes in measured...

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Faster, Smaller, Cheaper : An Hedonic Price Analysis of PDAs

Chwelos, Paul D. - 2004

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The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes : Evidence from a Field Experiment with Community College Students

Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2021

There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational production function. To investigate the hypothesis that access to a home computer affects educational outcomes, we conduct the first-ever field experiment involving the provision...

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The determinants of the global digital divide : a cross-country analysis of computer and internet penetration

Chinn, Menzie David; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2004

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...

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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration

Chinn, Menzie David; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021

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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration

Chinn, Menzie David; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021

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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration

Chinn, Menzie David - 2014

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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration

Chinn, Menzie D. - 2004

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Evidence on Learning and Network Externalities in the Diffusion of Home Computers

Goolsbee, Austan; Klenow, Peter J. - 2021

In this paper we examine the importance of local spillovers such as network externalities and learning from others in the diffusion of home computers using data on 110,000 U.S. households in 1997. Controlling for many individual characteristics, we find that people are more likely to buy their...

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Evidence on Learning and Network Externalities in the Diffusion of Home Computers

Goolsbee, Austan - 1999

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The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2021

When workers adopt technology at the point where the costs equal the increased productivity, output per worker increases immediately, while the productivity benefits increase only gradually if the costs continue to fall. As a result, workers in computer-adopting labor market groups experience an...

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What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2021

This paper offers a model to explain how computer technology has changed the labor market. It demonstrates that wage differentials between computer users and non-users are consistent with the fact that computers are first introduced in high-wage jobs because of cost efficiency. Furthermore,...

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Are Computer Skills the New Basic Skills? The Returns to Computer, Writing and Math Skills in Britain

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2021

The large increase in computer use has raised the question whether people have to be taught computer skills before entering the labour market. Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we argue that neither the increase in computer use nor the fact that...

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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2021

Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we examine the returns to computer skills in Britain. Many researchers, using information on computer use, have concluded that wage differentials between computer users and non-users might, among others, be due to...

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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2015

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Does Future Pc Use Determine Our Wages Today? Evidence from German Panel Data

Anger, Silke; Schwarze, Johannes - 2021

Using 1985-1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages confirms the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large...

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Does Future Pc Use Determine Our Wages Today? - Evidence from German Panel Data

Anger, Silke; Schwarze, Johannes - 2004

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Money for nothing and your chips for free? : the anatomy of the PC wage differential

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 and panel results from 1984-1997 are presented. It...

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Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the Pc Wage Differential

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2021

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Hedonic Price Indexes for Personal Computer Operating Systems and Productivity Suites

White, Alan G.; Abel, Jaison R.; Berndt, Ernst R.; … - 2021

Results of hedonic price regressions for personal computer operating systems and productivity suites advertised in PC World magazine by retail vendors during the time period 1984 to 2000 are reported. Among the quality attribute variables we use are new measures capturing the presence of network...

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Hedonic Price Indexes for Personal Computer Operating Systems and Productivity Suites

White, Alan G. - 2004

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Economic Perspectives on Software Design : Pc Operating Systems and Platforms

Davis, Steven J.; Murphy, Kevin M.; MacCrisken, Jack - 2021

Improvements in the software that provides hardware management, user interface and platform functions have played a central role in the growth and transformation of the personal computer (PC) industry. Several forces shape the design of these 'operating system' products and propel their...

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Economic Perspectives on Software Design : PC Operating Systems and Platforms

Davis, Steven J. - 2001

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Econometric estimates of prices indexes for personal computers in the 1990s

Berndt, Ernst R. - 1993

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Econometric Estimates of Prices Indexes for Personal Computers in the 1990s

Berndt, Ernst R.; Griliches, Zvi; Rappaport, Neal J. - 2021

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Econometric Estimates of Prices Indexes for Personal Computers in the 1990s

Berndt, Ernst R. - 1993

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

Doms, Mark E.; Dunn, Wendy E.; Oliner, Stephen; Sichel, … - 2021

This paper provides new estimates of depreciation rates for personal computers using an extensive database of prices of used PCs. Our results show that PCs lose roughly half their remaining value, on average, with each additional year of use. We decompose that decline into age-related...

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

Doms, Mark E.; Dunn, Wendy E.; Oliner, Stephen; Sichel, … - 2006

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

Doms, Mark E. - 2004

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

Doms, Mark E.; Dunn, Wendy E.; Oliner, Stephen; Sichel, … - 2004

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Price Indexes for Microsoft'S Personal Computer Software Products

Abel, Jaison R.; Berndt, Ernst R.; White, Alan G. - 2021

Using a unique and comprehensive data source, we measure price changes for Microsoft's desktop personal computer software products during the time period July 1993 through June 2001. This paper contributes to a relatively small literature on price measurement of pre-packaged software by...

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Price Indexes for Microsoft's Personal Computer Software Products

Abel, Jaison R. - 2003

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Price Indexes for Microcomputers : an Exploratory Study

Berndt, Ernst R.; Griliches, Zvi - 2021

In this paper we focus on alternative procedures for calculating and interpreting quality-adjusted price indexes for microcomputers, based on a variety of estimated hedonic price equations. Our data set comprises an unbalanced panel for 1265 model observations from 1982 to 1988, and includes...

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Price Indexes for Microcomputers : An Exploratory Study

Berndt, Ernst R. - 1990

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Market concentration in the personal computer industry

Pasalic, Ivana Nincevic; Pavic, Ivan - 2021

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A Longitudinal Investigation of Personal Computers in Homes : Adoption Determinants and Emerging Challenges

Venkatesh, Viswanath; Brown, Sue A. - 2020

While technology adoption in the workplace has been studied extensively, drivers of adoption in homes have been largely overlooked. This paper presents the results of a nation-wide, two-wave, longitudinal investigation of the factors driving personal computer (PC) adoption in American homes. The...

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TechDispatch : personal information management systems; Issue 3, 2020

2020

Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS) are new products and services that help individuals to have more control over their personal data. PIMS enable individuals themselves to manage and control their online identity.

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TechDispatch : personal information management systems; Issue 3, 2020

2020

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Evaluating the impact of market integration - banning online trade restrictions in the EU portable PC market

Duch-Brown, Néstor; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Romahn, André; … - 2020

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Urban street network analysis in a computational notebook

Boeing, Geoff - 2019

Computational notebooks offer researchers, practitioners, students, and educators the ability to interactively run code and disseminate reproducible workflows that weave together code, visuals, and narratives. This article explores the potential of computational notebooks in urban analytics and...

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Urban Street Network Analysis in a Computational Notebook

Boeing, Geoff - 2020

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Evaluating the impact of online market integration : evidence from the EU portable PC market

Duch-Brown, Néstor; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Romahn, André; … - 2023

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How mobile users respond to pre-roll skippable advertising differently than personal computer (PC) users : an analysis of individual-level clickstream data

Kim, Su Jung; Lee, Mi Hyun; Hong, Juwon; Park, Sungho - 2023

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Freeing financial education via tablets : experimental evidence from Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Bird, Matthew; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; … - 2019

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Freeing Financial Education via Tablets : Experimental Evidence from Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio P. - 2019

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Freeing Financial Education Via Tablets : Experimental Evidence from Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio P. - 2019

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Design rules, volume 2: how technology shapes organizations : chapter 17 the wintel standards-based platform

Baldwin, Carliss Y. - 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to use the theory of bottlenecks laid out in previous chapters to better understand the dynamics of an open standards-based platform. I describe how the Wintel platform evolved from 1990 through 2000 under joint sponsorship of Intel and Microsoft. I first describe...

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A conceptual framework for mobile security supporting enterprises in adopting mobility

Hasan, Basel - 2019

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The effect of home computers and the internet on children’s human capital development

Malamud, Ofer - 2019

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Design rules, volume 2 : how technology shapes organizations: chapter 15 the IBM PC

Baldwin, Carliss Y. - 2019

The IBM PC was the first digital computer platform that was open by as a matter of strategy, not necessity. The purpose of this chapter is to understand the IBM PC as a technical system and set of organization choices in light of the theory of how technology shapes organizations. In Chapter 7, I...

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A laptop for every child? : the impact of ICT on educational outcomes

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2019

Classrooms all over the world are becoming increasingly technologically advanced. Many schools today provide a personal laptop or tablet to each pupil for use both in the classroom and at home. The intent of these 1:1 programs is that information and communication technology (ICT) should be...

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Differential effects of device modalities and exposure to online reviews on online purchasing : a field study

Orimoloye, Larry Olanrewaju; Scheinbaum, Angeline Close; … - 2022

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Cortical Granular Computing

da Rocha, Armando - 2018

Cortical processing is a set of organized computations carried out by a large set of cortical cell assemblies (CA) widely distributed over the entire cortex. These CAs specialize in computing specific pieces of information, called here, information granules. The most elementary information...

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