In this paper, a supervised learning system of word sense disambiguation is presented. It is based on conditional maximum entropy models. This system acquires the linguistic knowledge from an annotated corpus and this knowledge is represented in the form of…

by Jeffrey C. Chi., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216).

En este trabajo se analizan los símbolos y representaciones del proceso de gestación entre los tobas de la provincia de Formosa poniendo especial énfasis en sus transformaciones e interrelaciones con las instituciones y representaciones biomédicas. Se considera el simbolismo del…

The paper presents a tool that aid to implement applications that using more than one programming language. These applications are named multilanguages and when the composed languages represent different paradigms also are entitled multiparadigms. The programming multilanguage and multiparadigm technique…

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

Se presentan los resultados de más de veinte años de labor y experiencia en la investigación bioarqueológica con inserción efectiva en equipos de arqueología. Se consideran cambios importantes en el devenir histórico de la disciplina y el estado actual de…

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…

The Sami people have struggled for centuries to maintain their culture in spite of pressures against it from colonialism. The formal education systems of Norway and Finland have acted in discord with Sami decision-making since their inception. In response to…

Research in decision making has identified the importance of prior knowledge and heuristics on decision making behaviour. These develop with experience in a fashion similar to how domain experts develop specialized knowledge structures and heuristic reasoning patterns. This research is…