Current interactive multimedia learning software can not be accessed by learners with disabilities. This is the case for students with vision disabilities. Modeling techniques are necessary to map real world experiences to virtual worlds by using 3D auditory representations of…

Actualmente existe una cierta tendencia investigadora hacia el área de
la búsqueda de respuestas en dominios restringidos. En este papel se detalla la parte
de nuestro sistema de búsqueda de respuestas en el dominio médico que se encarga
del análisis…

The development of systems with the ability to reason about change notion and actions has been of great importance for the artificial intelligence community. The definition and implementation of systems capable of managing defeasible, incomplete, unreliable, or uncertain information has…

Le contexte culturel particulier à la Chine influe sur le choix du mode de résolution des différends commerciaux comportant un lien d'extranéité. Plusieurs mécanismes de préventions des litiges sont utilisés en Chine. La conciliation et médiation sont issues d'une tradition…

This thesis focuses upon the traditional ecological knowledge of southeastern Hudson Bay Inuit. It provides a detailed assessment of Inuit use and knowledge of a single species, the Hudson Bay Eider (Somateria mollissima sedentaria). Data collected on Inuit classifications of…

A bitext, or bilingual parallel corpus, consists of two texts, each one in a different language, that are mutual translations. Bitexts are very useful in linguistic engineering because they are used as source of knowledge for different purposes. In this…

El éxito en la búsqueda de conocimiento a partir de grandes cantidades de datos radica en la calidad de los mismos. Hasta ahora los aspectos de calidad de los datos se han enfocado principalmente a la limpieza de los datos:…

This thesis presents the development of an intelligent CAD system (ICADS) for DC machines. This system was implemented on a PC using Common Lisp provided by Gold Works II and connected with a Sun Workstation working under the Unix system…

The present experiment was designed to investigate the effects of staging (the sequencing of information) and readers' prior content knowledge on the on-line processing and acquisition of procedural text information. An "expert model" of the procedure was used to manipulate…

The purpose of the study was to develop, implement and evaluate a skill assessment instrument to evaluate expertise in defensive football. The Skill Assessment Scale: Defensive Backs (SAS:DB) was based on a knowledge-based approach to sport expertise which emphasized the…