by Glenn D. Bartkowski., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-69).

Humans recognize optical reflectance properties of surfaces such as metal, plastic, or paper from a single image without knowledge of illumination. We develop a machine vision system to perform similar recognition tasks automatically. Reflectance estimation under unknown, arbitrary illumination proves…

Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) is the most prevalent material degradation mechanism for low carbon steel in steam-water flow systems. The band of uncertainty in predictions of wear rate due to FAC spans one to two orders of magnitude. Such a…

1. Introduction to academic networks 2. Conceptual framework of networking: internal and external connections that bring relevance 3. Making knowledge through academic networks supported in technologies 4. Meetings and disagreements in the contribution to academic networks for knowledge construction, References

Current reasoning systems attempt to model an agent's knowledge and interaction with its environment in a symbolic manner. This environment, its world is generally dynamic and changing due to natural evolution or the actions of other agents that are a…

This study investigates an approach of knowledge discovery and data mining in insufficient databases. An application of Computational Taxonomy analysis demonstrates that the approach is effective in such a data mining process. The approach is characterized by the use of…

The goal of this work involves the developing of an argumentation-based formalism that an agent could use for constructing plans. In this formalism, agents will have certain knowledge about the world, and a set of actions that they will be…

The design of intelligent agents is a key issue for many applications. Although there is no universally accepted de nition of intelligence, a notion of rational agency has been proposed as an alternative for the characterization of intelligent agency.
Modeling…

Este trabajo pretende ser una contribución al conocimiento de las sociedades prehispánicas del Noroeste argentino entre el 1000 d.C. y el 1536 d.C. El objetivo es caracterizar la tecnología lítica entendida como un fenómeno multidimensional sustentado en las relaciones sociales.…

Generar el diseño geométrico vial empleando los conocimientos obtenidos en la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana y con apoyo del paquete computacional Autodesk Land Desktop, adaptándose a la realidad del sitio., Generate geometric road design using knowledge gained Salesian Polytechnic University, with…