Defeasible Logic Programming (DeLP) is an extension of Logic Programming capturing common-sense reasoning features. The DeLP language can manage defeasible reasoning, allowing the representation of defeasible and non- defeasible knowledge. Since DeLP syntax is based on a PROLOG-like notation, the…

This thesis studies the notion of knowledge in business firms, and in particular the concept of knowledge mobilization, understood as the mechanisms used by organizations to apply, transfer and retain knowledge about cause and effect relationships. As a theoretical framework,…

The prey-predator pursuit problem is referenced many times in literature. It is a generic multi-agent problem whose solutions could by applied to many particular instances. Solutions proposed usually apply non-supervised learning algorithms to train prey and predators. Most of these…

Este estudio analiza las diferencias en la integración de extranjeros viviendo
en intra e interétnicas parejas en Alemania. La teoría de la distancia social
asume que los migrantes que forman parte de una pareja mixta estarán mejor
integrados o, al…

Sixty teachers from the Ottawa-Carleton region of Canada were surveyed to measure their knowledge of child maltreatment risk indicators, knowledge of reporting procedures, and the frequency of reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. Correlations did not support the hypothesis…

Thèse numérisée par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

Se evaluó el modo de utilización de la antibioticoprofilaxis quirúrgica por medio de la revisión de la historia clínica y el cuestionario a los residentes de áreas quirúrgicas. La indicación y el esquema profiláctico de 1185 historias clínicas fueron evaluadas…

In the North of Morocco, the mountain landscapes of the Rif are
submited to the strong socio-economic changes of the XXth century.
These changes originate demographical, economical and political constraints
that affect both natural and cultural structures of the traditional

IFLA Council and General Conference Proceedings (66th, Jerusalem, Israel, August 13-18, 2000)

Objetivos: Las ontologías son un recurso que permite trabajar informáticamente con la conceptualización del significado y evitar la limitación impuesta por los términos normalizados. El objetivo de este estudio es establecer el grado de usabilidad de las terminologías para el…