The aim of this work is to relate two apparently independent concepts as belief revision and relevance. We propose a formal characterization for the notion of (ir)relevance by means of a set of postulates. Then we define (ir)relevance using change…

Stephane Bressan ... [et al.], "October, 1999.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).

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El crecimiento del Internet, el aumento en los mercados globales y la transformación de
economías y sociedades industriales a economías de servicio basadas en el conocimiento y en la información han cambiado el rol de los sistemas de información (SI)…

Increasing attention to higher education policies in the knowledge-based society makes important to understand the relationship between socio-economic family characteristics and educational choices. This paper considers the decision to go to college in Argentina as a family's economic decision. The…

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…

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Se ha reconocido que la existencia de múltiples y diversos problemas
ambientales se debe al modelo de desarrollo que se está sosteniendo, en
donde se evidencia una desequilibrada relación recursos–desechos dentro
de una estructura de producción y consumo, incontrolada e…

The purpose of this study is to investigate a series of issues around the primary theme of value constructions and the ways that these influence the construction of interior spaces and impact on its occupants. The ways in which knowledge…