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Social Bandits by Seal, Graham

“…The concept of the “social” bandit was introduced by the late historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to describe “noble robbers” or outlaw heroes who resist oppressions visited on the poor and weak. …”
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The robin Hood principle: Folklore, history and the Social bandit by Seal, Graham

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A dynamic multiarmed bandit-gene expression programming hyper-heuristic for combinatorial optimization problems by Sabar, Nasar R., Ayob, Masri, Kendall, Graham, Qu, Rong

“…The proposed high-level strategy utilizes a dynamic multiarmed bandit-extreme value-based reward as an online heuristic selection mechanism to select the appropriate heuristic to be applied at each iteration. …”
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Pilkada dan pemekaran daerah dalam demokrasi lokal Indonesia: local strongmen dan roving bandits by LEO Agustino, Mohammad Agus Yusoff

“…This article, therefore, discusses the role played local strongmen and stationary bandits in both during the Soeharto and Reformasi period. …”
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Gun shot arrested 5 bandits who involve several murder cases by Guang Ming, Daily

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The proliferation of violence in the ungoverned spaces : A study of bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria by Saminu, Idris

“…These factors have shaped the development of bandits’ identity, interests, and collective shared understanding. …”
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The marsh and the bush : outlaw hero traditions of China and the West. by Zhang, Ye

“…Among modem outlaws in Northeast China are chivalrous bandits and bandits who heroically fight against foreign Invaders. …”
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‘A mí, estos pleitos no me interesan’: Carlos Saura’s Llanto por un bandido and banditry in the ominous decade by Andrews, Jean

“…This article argues that Carlos Saura's 1964 film biography of the 1830s Andalusian bandit El Tempranillo, Llanto por un bandido, provides an insight into the impact of the War of Independence (1808–1814) and its aftermath on bandits in terms of physical and mental trauma, their involvement in politics and their interaction with civil society. …”
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An indefensible frontier: the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum by Poulter, Andrew G.

“…What the percieived danger was, it is impossible to determin for certain,except that there were a series of problems facing the Western Empire c. 390-400 which could warrant the construction of a 'frontier' in the Julian Alps; an influx of refugees from Illyricum, Gothic war bands from Thrace, raiding parties from across the Danube and the endemic danger posed by local bandits. Any one of these, or more likely a combination of several factors, precipitated the decision to regulate, but not seriously to defend the routes which led west from Illyricum and into the Italian peninsular.…”
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Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History by Seal, Graham

“…The result is a new position in the continuing controversy over the existence the ‘social bandit’ that highlights the central role of mythology in the creation and perpetuation of outlaw heroes.Readership: This book will be of use to academics of anthropology, history, politics and criminology, and anyone interested in bandits and their effect on contemporary society.…”
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Program community policing pasukan polis di zaman darurat by Mohd Nasir, Md Rozimi, Mohd Rus, Ahmad Kamal Ariffin

“…Undang-Undang Darurat diisytiharkan di Tanah Melayu oleh Sir Edward Gent pada 16 Jun 1948 ekoran peristiwa pembunuhan tiga orang eropah di dua buah ladang di Sungai Siput, Perak telah diperluaskan ke seluruh negara bila ancaman bersenjata PKM semakin memuncak.Pasukan Polis telah menjalankan pelbagai strategi untuk memenangi hati dan perasaan masyarakat supaya sentiasa di belakang kerajaan dan tidak sesekali memberi sokongan kepada sebarang kegiatan pengganas.Rancangan Briggs yang melibatkan penempatan semula masyarakat khususnya masyarakat Cina yang tinggal di pinggir hutan di mana mereka mudah didekati oleh gerila PKM bagi mendapatkan sebarang maklumat serta bantuan makanan serta ubat-ubatan, program ini ternyata memberi impak yang baik dalam usaha memutuskan hubungan masyarakat dengan kumpulan pengganas selain dari satu jalan untuk merapatkan talian kerjasama antara masyarakat dengan pihak polis.Pada 1949, pasukan sukarela polis khas yang dianggotai oleh bangsa Cina ditubuhkan dikenali sebagai ‘Chinese Special Anti-Bandit Volunteer Special Constable’ juga dikenali sebagai ‘Kwangsai’ dalam bahasa Mandarin merupakan satu jalan bagi merapatkan polis dengan masyarakat.Kempen Bulan Melawan Penjahat atau lebih dikenali sebagai ‘Anti Bandit Month’ di seluruh Tanah Melayu pada 26 Feb hingga 2 April 1950 pula menyatukan rakyat supaya bersatu bersamasama kerajaan menghapuskan gerila komunis. …”
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Energy dependent reinforcement learning based on the neuronal mechanisms of the olfactory processing in mushroom body by Jiang, Jiamu

“…The final variation applies the energy-adaptive methods to the conventional multi-armed bandit algorithms, such as the Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) and Bayesian-based Thompson Sampling (TS), and emphasizes the capacity of energy-adaptive methods to prolong the agents' lifespan without significant sacrifice in regret. …”
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Dynamic approaches for spectrum control in cognitive radio networks by Mohamedou, Ahmed

“…It models the first problem as Multi-Arm Bandit problem and Regret concept is used to evaluate sensing order scheduling performance. …”
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The determinants of violent crimes and its impacts on household economic welfare in northwest Nigeria by Kurfi, Bashir Babangida

“…The ongoing activities of militant groups known as "bandits" in north-western Nigeria result in massacres, sexual assaults, property crimes, kidnappings, and armed robberies, with an increasing number of victims and displaced persons. …”
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