Hampshire College

About: Hampshire College is a education organization based out in Amherst Center, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Genetic programming & Population. The organization has 461 authors who have published 998 publications receiving 40827 citations.

Research findings on the kibbutz adolescent: a response to Bettelheim.

Abstract: Deductions from Bruno Bettelheim's hypothesis of repression in kibbutz youth were tested, using personality measures chosen for their measurement of relevant self-reported behaviors. A comparison was made between kibbutz and moshav samples, and little support was found in the score patterns for the repression hypothesis.

Automatic Identification of Closed-Loop Wind Turbine Dynamics via Genetic Programming

Abstract: Wind turbines are nonlinear systems that operate in turbulent environments. As such, their behavior is difficult to characterize accurately across a wide range of operating conditions by physically meaningful models. Customarily, data-based models of wind turbines are defined in ‘black box’ format, lacking in both conciseness and physical intelligibility. To address this deficiency, we identify models of a modern horizontal-axis wind turbine in symbolic form using a recently developed symbolic regression method. The method used relies on evolutionary multi-objective optimization to produce succinct dynamic models from operational data without ‘a priori’ knowledge of the system. We compare the produced models with models derived by other methods for their estimation capacity and evaluate the tradeoff between model intelligibility and accuracy. Several succinct models are found that predict wind turbine behavior as well as or better than more complex alternatives derived by other methods.Copyright © 2015 by ASME

Something Less Than Joyful

Abstract: Contemporary Jewish Americans are not a monolithic population; to the contrary, they are very diverse in religious beliefs and affiliations. Nevertheless, most seem to take for granted that their infant sons should be circumcised. With only the vaguest understanding of the traditional liturgy, and content to accept claims for medical or “hygienic” benefits, many choose circumcision by a physician for their infant sons, and have little or no interest in religious prescriptions. Even most of those who accept ritual circumcision have very little understanding of what happens or why. Although many circumcision liturgies have been extensively modified and “sanitized” nowadays, the traditional liturgy includes three features that might cause considerable unease if understood: biblical passages referring to wallowing in blood, human sacrifice, and a “peace pact” following a double murder. This paper explains the significance of the passages in their ritual context, then describes how authors of contemporary books addressed to mainstream audiences try to construct acceptable interpretations of the passages and justifications for continuation of the rite. Most Jewish Americans now say that they observe only those ritual practices (if any) that contribute to their “spiritual” welfare. If and when hospitals discontinue “routine” circumcisions, Jewish-American parents will need to decide whether to accept a ritual procedure that is so obviously inappropriate for life in contemporary America.

Mediatization and the Internet of Things

Abstract: This article offers evidence from a literature review that mediatization research has yet to engage with the internet of things (IoT). This is a major lack, given the widely recognized importance of IoT phenomena, and may be attributable to mediatization’s limited direct interest in media technology. Through an extended examination of media in cars, the article demonstrates the fertility of a mediatization approach toward what is argued to be a prototype example of the emerging IoT. The article concludes by suggesting future directions for empirical studies.