Does knowledge of language consist of symbolic rules? How do children learn and use their linguistic knowledge? To elucidate these questions, we present a computational model that acquires phonological knowledge from a corpus of common English nouns and verbs. In…

What is the best way to understand 'applies to' when it is said of a linguistic theory that it applies to a particular language-user? We can answer by saying that a linguistic theory is applicable to an individual language-user just…

The development of decision support systems for equipment diagnosis has been found to be an iterative process whereby functionality and knowledge are continually added to a prototype until satisfactory performance is achieved. In order to reduce both the dependency on…

Sadr al-Din Qunavi (605/1207-673AH/1274 CE)--stepson and pupil of Ibn $ rm sp{c}$Arabi (d. 638 AH/1240 CE)--played a pivotal role in the development of Islamic intellectual history. His contributions in the medieval period helped alter the course of mystico-philosophical tradition, which…

Este trabajo es el resultado de la sistematización del proceso dirigido a la producción colectiva de textos, desarrollado con los miembros de los pueblos barí y yukpa, en el marco de un proyecto de la División Regional de Asuntos Indígenas…

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the medical data management expert system at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Montreal Children's Hospital. The objective of this study is to provide a systematic method to evaluate and, progressively…

This study examines how prior knowledge influences future learning. Although it has been established that prior knowledge does have a strong impact on later learning, it is not clear how this effect manifests itself. Previous research suggests that one way…

Las reformas curriculares realizadas en Venezuela, desde 1969 hasta la
actualidad, estrechamente vinculadas con el momento histórico y el
mejoramiento educativo, han apuntado hacia la renovación de los procesos de
enseñanza, aprendizaje y las estrategias de evaluación del rendimiento escolar.

Presentado y publicado en las memorias del I Congreso Iberoamericano de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería. Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, 18 al 20 de noviembre de 2009., La didáctica es un arte que dirige y orienta eficazmente el proceso educativo a…

In this thesis, the concept of an intelligent system for the design and planning of electric power systems is developed. Such a system serves to preserve the vast body of power system design knowledge by identifying, structuring and consolidating it…