AIE volume 11 issue 3 Back matter

1997 Artificial intelligence for engineering design, analysis and manufacturing  
If [Byron and Nass'] results as reported in this startling and wellwritten book are confirmed by further research, the conclusions have profound implications for anyone who designs or uses computer software or communication media. At long last, social scientists are applying the methods of systematic observation and testing to some of the most troubling questions of the modern era, questions about the kind of people we've become, now that we've created machines that mimic our thoughts and
more » ... or. " -Howard Rheingold, author of Virtual Community This book introduces basic traditional semiotic concepts and adapts them to analyzing and designing computer systems in their symbolic context of work. It presents a novel approach to the subject, rich in examples, and is theoretically systematic but practical.
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