This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability…

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Gestión del Conocimiento (GC) realizado con empresarios del sector foresto-industrial. Tuvo el objetivo declarado de integrar…

Un factor fundamental para el desarrollo eficaz de las actividades de transferencia de conocimiento en las universidades es la existencia de estructuras organizativas de soporte a dicha transferencia; en consecuencia, en los últimos años el establecimiento de tales estructuras en…

Signature schemes are fundamental cryptographic primitives, useful as a stand-alone application, and as a building block in the design of secure protocols and other cryptographic objects. In this thesis, we study both the uses that signature schemes find in protocols,…

El pensamiento crítico se propone analizar, evaluar y comprender la estructura y consistencia de los razonamientos, particularmente opiniones o afirmaciones que se aceptan como verdaderas en el contexto de la vida cotidiana. En la presente investigación se asocia al uso…

The state of business in the U.S. automobile industry is such that competition is fierce, and consumers have a perplexing number of alternatives from which to choose. The final purchase decision by the consumer is where most industry experts focus…

Intelligent autonomous agents working cooperatively accomplish tasks more efficiently than single agents, as well as tasks that were infeasible for the single agent. For example, a single agent transporting a ton of blocks will need to take multiple trips, possibly…

(cont.) to variations in the way functional elements interact with verbal roots. Overall, my work not only contributes to our understanding of how events are syntactically represented, but also explicates interactions at the syntax-semantics interface, clarifying the relationship between surface…

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