Decision making models for autonomous agents are recently receiving increased attention, particularly in the feld of intelligent robots. This work presents a Defeasible Logic Programming approach to decision making in an environment with single and multiple robots. We will show,…

In this paper, we present a novel model of an artificial immune system (AIS), based on the process that suffers the T-Cell. The proposed model is used for solving constrained (numerical) optimization problems. The model operates on three populations: Virgins,…

China’s growing economic importance has led to a significant increase in the volume of empirical research about business and management in this country during the last few years. This study reviews the 180 empirical papers focusing on the Chinese context…

Tenemos que huir de la falsa dicotomía entre procedimiento y espontaneidad porque esta es artificial. Un buen vendedor no es el que ejecuta procedimientos es el que se hace pasando por las distintas etapas respecto al procedimiento hasta dominarlo, de…

The link between quality management and environmental management systems and firm performance has traditionally been an important topic in the operations management literature. However, only few studies have jointly analysed these two management systems. In this respect, no conclusive results…

Audiovisual Translation (AVT) has a scientific responsibility to develop analytical methodologies for the textual phenomenon of multimodality, and for the translation strategies associated with it. At the same time, it should aim to provide studies of universal accessibility with a…

Organizational knowledge has always been an important subject, but in the last years this issue has acquired a greater importance, due to factors like the development of information technologies, scientific advances and global competition, among others. Knowledge management goes beyond…

Este libro conforma el primer volumen de la Serie Los Médicos en la Nueva España y como su antecesora, la de Los Cirujanos en la Nueva España, contribuye al conocimiento de los profesionales de la salud durante esta etapa de…

Algunas aplicaciones del procesamiento del lenguaje natural, p.ej. la traducción
automática, requieren una base de conocimiento provista de representaciones conceptuales que
puedan reflejar la estructura del sistema cognitivo del ser humano. En cambio, tareas como la
indización automática o la…

The use of the Knowledge Management is fundamental in the creation of value within the companies, being at the present time a new form to obtain competitive advantages in specific market.
Also, for the process of value creation is necessary…