Most knowledge representation languages are based on classes and taxonomic relationships between classes. Taxonomic hierarchies without defaults or exceptions are semantically equivalent to a collection of formulas in first order predicate calculus. Although designers of knowledge representation languages often express…

This paper reports work in progress on an experimental text editor called CREF, the Cross Referenced Editing Facility. CREF deals with chunks of text, called segments, which may have associated features such as keywords or various kinds of links to…

With the rapid increase in low-cost and sophisticated digital technology the need for techniques to authenticate digital material will become more urgent. In this paper we address the problem of authenticating digital signals assuming no explicit prior knowledge of the…

We consider the scheduling problem of minimizing the average weighted completion time of n jobs with release dates on a single machine. We first study two linear programming relaxations of the problem, one based on a time-indexed formulation, the other…

This thesis developed and applied tools to bridge the gap between available data and action for urban air quality management, focusing on strategies to reduce particle concentrations. One of the principal thesis contributions is a Bayesian method to exploit the…

El artículo tiene la intención de compartir con los docentes algunas de las implicaciones educativas que
se derivan de la integración entre el conocimiento aportado por la neurociencia cognitiva y la motivación.
El aporte principal se encuentran en la asunción…

Using an audiovisual perception task, two groups of native English listeners
(monolinguals, and L2 learners of Spanish) were asked to identify
which /p,t,k/ tokens had been produced by native English speakers
and which ones by foreigners. The experiment found that…

Introducción: El crecimiento de la inmigración
afecta también al ámbito de las estudiantes de
enfermería planteando la necesidad de adquirir
nuevos conocimientos sobre competencias culturales. Objetivos: Diseñar modelos de cuidados enfermeros
multiculturales para ofrecer una mayor calidad
en las tareas…

En este trabajo, escrito como un ensayo se persigue explicar la teoría desarrollada por Michel de Certeau, la cual envuelve el problema de la historia y las posibilidades de conocimiento con fundamento en el concepto de “verdad” y creencia. La…

La formation à distance (FAD) est de plus en plus utilisée dans le cadre de la formation des enseignants aux technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Dans les pays en voie de développement, elle permet non seulement de…