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Re-engineering knowledge networks for development
Raghavan, Amrith, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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Growth strategies of small nations : with special reference to Ireland, Finland and Singapore
Yeo, Lionel, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis is based on the premise that small nations face unique challenges in the quest for economic prosperity. They have a small domestic economy and are more dependent than larger economies on international trade. Smallness typically entails a lack…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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Emerging technology intelligence : scanning and monitoring for strategic planning
Brockley, Ellen M. (Ellen Marie), 1961-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In recent years we have seen a confluence of science and technology that portends great impact to business strategy and product development. Just as physicists, chemists and biologists have extended their knowledge to other fields in pursuit of their own…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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Better learning of mechanics through information technology
Regalado S., Carlos A. (Carlos Andrés Regalado Santamaría), 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) visualize complex geometric arrangements. Finally, the tools developed represent an alternative to what learning technology has always done; transmit academic knowledge to the student. These tools are an example of how IT can be used to go beyond the…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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Performance-Driven Microfabrication-Oriented Methodology for MEMS Conceptual Design with Application in Microfluidic Device Design
Deng, Y.-M. - Lu, Wen Feng

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Performance and manufacturability are two important issues that must be taken into account during MEMS design. Existing MEMS design models or systems follow a process-driven design paradigm, that is, design starts from the specification of process sequence or the customization…
Fecha:	2004-12-14
Recurso:	MIT

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A Computational Model for the Acquisition and Use of Phonological Knowledge
Yip, Kenneth - Sussman, Gerald Jay

Formato:
Enlaces:	Does knowledge of language consist of symbolic rules? How do children learn and use their linguistic knowledge? To elucidate these questions, we present a computational model that acquires phonological knowledge from a corpus of common English nouns and verbs. In…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious
Minsky, Marvin

Formato:
Enlaces:	Freud's theory of jokes explains how they overcome the mental "censors" that make it hard for us to think "forbidden" thoughts. But his theory did not work so well for humorous nonsense as for other comical subjects. In this essay…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Spatial Knowledge
Kuipers, Benjamin

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper introduces a model of spatial cognition to describe the states of partial knowledge that people have about the spatial structure of a large-scale environment. Spatial knowledge has several different representations, each of which captures one aspect of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Supporting Organizational Problem Solving with a Workstation
Barber, Gerald

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes an approach to supporting work in the office. Using and extending ideas from the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) we describe office work as a problem solving activity. A knowledge embedding language called Omega is used to…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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A Frame for Frames: Representing Knowledge for Recognition
Kuipers, Benjamin J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents a version of frames suitable for representing knowledge for a class of reconition problems. An initial section gives an intuitive model of frames, and illustrates a number of desirable features of such a representation. A more technical…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Knowledge-based pitch detection

Formato:
Enlaces:	Webster P. Dove., Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1986., Bibliography: p. 209-213., Supported in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency monitored by ONR under contract no. N00014-81-K-0742 Supported in part by the National Science…
Fecha:	2004-03-02
Recurso:	MIT

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12.

Face Recognition from One Example View
Beymer, David - Poggio, Tomaso

Formato:
Enlaces:	If we are provided a face database with only one example view per person, is it possible to recognize new views of them under a variety of different poses, especially views rotated in depth from the original example view? We…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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13.

Causal/Temporal Connectives: Syntax and Lexicon
Brent, Michael R.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report elucidates the linguistic representation of temporal relations among events. This involves examining sentences that contain two clauses connected by words like once, by the time, when, and before. Specifically, the effect of the tenses of the connected clauses…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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14.

A Primitive Control P Feature
Eastlake, Donald E., III

Formato:
Enlaces:	A program, some TECO macros, and some small modifications to existing systems software have been written, called PRO, whose purpose is to reduce the large number of control languages and system programs it has been necessary to know about and…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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15.

ITS 1.5 Reference Manual
Eastlake, D. - Greenblatt, R. - Holloway, J. - Knight, T. - Nelson, S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This reference manual consists of two parts. The first (sections 1 through 6) is intended for those who are either interested in the ITS 1.5 time sharing monitor for its own sake or who wish to write machine language programs…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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16.

Ideas About Management of LISP Data Bases
Sandewall, Erik

Formato:
Enlaces:	The paper advocates the need for systems which support maintenance of LISP-type data bases, and describes an experimental system of this kind, call DABA. In this system, a description of the data base's structure is kept in the data base…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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17.

Thinking About Lots of Things at Once without Getting Confused: Parallelism in Act 1
Lieberman, Henry

Formato:
Enlaces:	As advances in computer architecture and changing economics make feasible machines with large-scale parallelism, Artificial Intelligence will require new ways of thinking about computation that can exploit parallelism effectively. We present the actor model of computation as being appropriate for…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

Contact Sensing: A Sequential Decision Approach to Sensing Manipulation Contact
Eberman, Brian Scott

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes a new statistical, model-based approach to building a contact state observer. The observer uses measurements of the contact force and position, and prior information about the task encoded in a graph, to determine the current location of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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19.

Qualitative Depth and Shape from Stereo, in Agreement with Psychophysical Evidendence
Weinshall, Daphna

Formato:
Enlaces:	Obtaining exact depth from binocular disparities is hard if camera calibration is needed. We will show that qualitative depth information can be obtained from stereo disparities with almost no computations and with no prior knowledge (or computation) of camera parameters.…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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20.

Learning Fine Motion by Markov Mixtures of Experts
Meila, Marina - Jordan, Michael I.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Compliant control is a standard method for performing fine manipulation tasks, like grasping and assembly, but it requires estimation of the state of contact between the robot arm and the objects involved. Here we present a method to learn a…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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21.

Surface Reflectance Estimation and Natural Illumination Statistics
Dror, Ron O. - Adelson, Edward H. - Willsky, Alan S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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22.

Border-crossing knowledge networking among multinational firms : the case of R&D facilities
Shirvani-Mahdavi, Ali (Ali Agha), 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) which is expected, given their additional knowledge resources. The respondents' urgency in looking for the relevant knowledge is the primary explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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23.

Intrinsic representation : bootstrapping symbols from experience
Larson, Stephen David, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how meanings can be learned without explicit instruction. I take a step toward that understanding by focusing on the symbol-grounding problem, showing how symbols can emerge from a system…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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24.

Facilitating consensus knowledge acquisition by Andrew W. Trice.
Trice, Andrew W

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1990., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-234).
Fecha:	2005-08-10
Recurso:	MIT

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25.

A web based interface metaphor for presenting complete process knowledge
Nguyen, Vuong P. (Vuong Phuc)

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Vuong P. Nguyen., Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).
Fecha:	2005-08-18
Recurso:	MIT

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26.

Building community : design in the organizational mind
Press, B. Joseph, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In the search for meaning, the architectural profession legitimately seeks culture to sanction its products. However, in business organizations, culture is complex and tacit- richer and deeper than any of its external manifestations, including architecture. To compensate for culture's incoherence,…
Fecha:	2005-08-22
Recurso:	MIT

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27.

NPL : a graphical programming language for motor control and its application to bipedal walking, Neuronal Programming Language : a graphical programming language for motor control and its application to bipedal walking
Wessler, Michael Alan, 1970-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Current methods for bipedal walking control include playback of recorded joint motion and the derivation of dynamic equations to map desired forces at the body to the required torques at the joints. Both methods require a significant amount of up-front…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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28.

Spectroscopic investigations of the X and A state dynamics of ¹³C₂H₂
Silva, Michelle Lee, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The objective of the experiments described in this thesis is to perform a detailed spectroscopic study of the dynamics on the A and X state surfaces of 13C2H2 in order to further understand the acetylene - vinylidene isomerization process in…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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29.

A new dicrocoeliid (Digenea: Dicrocoeliinae) parasite of rodents from Tlaxcala, Mexico.
Lamothe-Argumedo, R. - Falcon-Ordaz, J. - Garcia-Prieto, L. - Fernandez-Fernandez, J.

Formato:	Artículo
Enlaces:	Caballerolecythus ibunami n. gen., n. sp. is described from the intestine of 2 species of rodents (Liomys irroratus [Gray, 1868] and Peromyscus difficilis [Allen, 1891]) from Piñonal, El Carmen Tequexquitla, Tlaxcala state, Mexico. These specimens represent a new genus and…
Fecha:	2013-11-20
Recurso:	Facultad de Ciencias - UNAM

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30.

Mapping the R&D knowledge network, Mapping the research and development knowledge network
Liew, Kou-Yew, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Knowledge networks have received a significant amount of attention in the past few decades as people look beyond corporate governance and resource-based approaches to uncover sources of competitive advantage. While this area of research is useful for organizations in general,…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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31.

Learning commonsense categorical knowledge in a thread memory system
Stamatoiu, Oana L. (Oana Liana), 1981-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand how we can build machines capable of broad purpose learning and reasoning, we must first aim to build systems that can represent, acquire, and reason about the kinds of commonsense knowledge that we humans have…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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32.

City knowledge : an emergent information infrastructure for sustainable urban maintenance, management and planning
Carrera, Fabio, 1961-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) updates. It produces plan-ready information, by exploiting the self-serving and opportunistic pursuit of instant return-on-investment by frontline offices. Thanks to its emergent qualities, City Knowledge engenders unexpected plan-demanding situations, where the ability to conduct second-order analyses leads to deeper…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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33.

Managing revisions of rules and guidelines used in clinical information systems : exploring a hierarchical knowledge representation model
Scott-Wright, Alicia, 1949-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	One important purpose for creating clinical practice guidelines is to improve quality of care by reducing variations in practice. In the current healthcare environment, guidelines are being advocated as a means to disseminate research findings, standardize care, improve quality of…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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34.

3-round weak zero-knowledge proofs for [Nu] [Rho], Three-round weak ZK proofs for [Nu] [Rho]
Lim, Dah-Yoh, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) to the verifier., We consider an implementation of a weakened notion of zero-knowledge (weak ZK) where the simulator is also allowed to depend on the distinguisher as well, so this type of ZK entails exhibiting an efficient simulator for…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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35.

Architecture and optimization for a peer-to-peer content management system
Edge, Dion M. (Dion Miguel), 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis will explore the design and optimization of a peer-to-peer network application as a solution to complex content management problems. Currently, most content management systems are expensive, cumbersome and inflexible custom solutions that require knowledge workers to change their…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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36.

Building a trajectory syntax through language evolution
Kim, Anthony Hahn, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand the innately human ability to solve complex problems, we must first understand the cognitive processes that allow us to combine different kinds of knowledge, to learn new things and to communicate with other people. I…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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37.

Information technology and business transformation : work location and the allocation of decision rights
Fitoussi, David, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) as well, firms have an incentive to require coordinated investments in technology across the enterprise. Still, research in IS has also highlighted the fact that the productivity of computer investments is highly dependent on co-investment in complementary assets (for…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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38.

Sensing and modeling human networks
Choudhury, Tanzeem Khalid, 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Knowledge of how groups of people interact is important in many disciplines, e.g. organizational behavior, social network analysis, knowledge management and ubiquitous computing. Existing studies of social network interactions have either been restricted to online communities, where unambiguous measurements about…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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39.

Organizational design : the integration of pharmaceutical discovery and development
Smith, Peter J. A. (Peter John Anthony), 1959-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The decline in Pharmaceutical R&D productivity has been attributed to high clinical failure rates suggesting that targets, leads and clinical candidates may be of lower quality in recent years. Senior R&D management generally believes that a greater integration of drug…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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40.

System for the online assessment of distributed projects
Shiraishi, Fumiaki, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The collaboration of researchers in different fields, institutions, and nations continues to be important as new ideas and solutions result from the combination of different knowledge and experiences. The Cambridge MIT Institute (CMI) Online Project Assessment System(OPAS) aims to collect…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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41.

A theoretical plasma physics model of the plasmatron
Burns, Barrett A. (Barrett Adams), 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	An analysis was conducted to determine the behavior of a high pressure electric arc discharge inside the Plasmatron Fuel Reformer. The Plasmatron Fuel Reformer uses an electric arc to partially combust fuel in an internal combustion engine to increase efficiency…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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42.

Learning together better : the structured design of learning teams
Timmers, Kendell M. (Kendell MacQueen), 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	There is a great need among educators for a way to quickly assign teams in large or distance learning classrooms in a manner superior to random assignment or student self-selection. Forming teams based on knowledge of students' characteristics is too…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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43.

A framework for low-complexity iterative interference cancellation in communication systems
Chan, Albert M. (Albert Michael), 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Communication over interference channels poses challenges not present for the more traditional additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. In order to approach the information limits of an interference channel, interference mitigation techniques need to be integrated with channel coding and…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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44.

Knowledge trading : computational support for individual and collaborative sense-making activities
Keel, Paul E. (Paul Erich)

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) outlined. 2. Demonstration that computer systems can use the discovered relations among data items to help users search for relevant information, prioritize the data exchange between collaborating users, and visualize data in various ways. This investigation looks at how…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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45.

Telematics industry dynamics and strategies for converging technologies
Luis, Rodrigo, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The Telematics Industry faces tremendous challenges for growth. Regardless of the efforts and investment from vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, telematics has not been that profitable industry that many analyst forecasted five years ago; a 40 billion industry by 2003. This…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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46.

Banking channel management : global trends and strategies
Catalan, Renato Teixeira

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Banking channel management has become a crucial component in the drive for improved efficiency. Since the channel is the interlocutor between customers and products, banks are leveraging their knowledge of channels to efficiently address perfect product portfolio through the most…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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47.

The potential business impacts of Semantic Web for system integration
Saita, Akio, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis presents research about the potential business impacts of the Semantic Web. The concept of the Semantic Web is an expansion of the Web for computers, enabling them to comprehend the meaning of information. In addition, Semantic Web Services…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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48.

Characterization and modeling of polysilicon MEMS chemical-mechanical polishing
Tang, Brian D. (Brian David), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Heavily used in the manufacture of integrated circuits, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) is becoming an enabling technology for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). To reliably use CMP in the manufacturing process, designers must be able to accurately predict the CMP process and control…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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49.

Modeling and analysis of gene expression arrays
Duggar, Keith Howard, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Gene expression arrays are a technology used to measure quantities of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). Application of the technology involves a variety of physical processes beginning with the acquisition of mRNA samples and ending with the fluorescence imaging of a…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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50.

Predicting the triple beta-spiral fold from primary sequence data
Scanlon, Eben Louis, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The Triple β-Spiral is a novel protein structure that plays a role in viral attachment and pathogenesis. At present, there are two Triple β-Spiral structures with solved crystallographic coordinates - one from Adenovirus and the other from Reovirus. There is…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

Natural language processing for unmanned aerial vehicle guidance interfaces, Natural language processing for UAV guidance interfaces
Craparo, Emily M. (Emily Marie), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In this thesis, the opportunities and challenges involved in applying natural language processing techniques to the control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are addressed. The problem of controlling an unmanned aircraft via natural language inputs is formulated as a feedback…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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52.

Evolution of the university business model and infrastructure planning due to technological innovations
Go, Veronica, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The quality of higher education has been a growing concern in the United States and United Kingdom. There have been no notable improvements in the education system until the last few years. Considerable transformation in the higher education arena has…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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53.

Wafer bonding : mechanics-based models and experiments
Turner, Kevin Thomas, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Direct wafer bonding has emerged as an important technology in the manufacture of silicon-on-insulator substrates (SOI), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D IC's). While the process is currently employed in applications such as these, a lack of knowledge…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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54.

A robust optimization approach to supply chains and revenue management
Thiele, Aurélie, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The contribution of this thesis is to provide a tractable framework for supply chains and revenue management problems subject to uncertainty that gives insight into the structure of the optimal policy and requires little knowledge of the underlying probability distributions.…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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55.

Environmental and health management in small and medium size enterprises
Arredondo, Juan C. (Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun), 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Workers and employees are increasingly exposed in the workplace to chemical compounds and substances that are potentially toxic; for most of these compounds, no information exist regarding effects on human health. As one of the main employment generation sources, Small…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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56.

CDGPS-based relative navigation for multiple spacecraft, Carrier-phase Differential Global Positioning System-based relative navigation for multiple spacecraft
Mitchell, Megan Leigh, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates the use of Carrier-phase Differential GPS (CDGPS) in relative navigation filters for formation flying spacecraft. This work analyzes the relationship between the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) design parameters and the resulting estimation accuracies, and in particular, the…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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57.

Trust policy management for the financial industry using semantic web rules
Neogy, Chitravanu

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Trust Management is a growing problem in large corporations today. In industries like financial services, firms need to comply with constantly changing regulations, security requirements and business policies. Information technology is often the backbone of the processes that are regulated…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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58.

The key elements of advocacy marketing
Yamaoka, Takashi, 1968-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Customer power is growing, and customers now have tools that inform them of the true state of affairs. This power enables them to avoid the pushy messages of marketers, make their own decisions, and determine what to buy. A company…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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59.

Topology of learning and correction in dynamic balance
Welti-Santos, Larissa, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	"The discrepancy between [our personal experiences] and our idealizations of knowledge leads us into counterproductive strategies for learning and thinking" (Papert 1993). This discrepancy has driven most research towards understanding how people fail to accomplish a task, while few researchers…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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60.

Finding God in the urban landscape : a temple for gnosis in upper Manhattan
Marcus, Andrew Todd

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Nature and Gnosticism are problematic terms. With the discovery of a library of so called heretical Gnostic texts in 1945, theologians, historians, and believers the world over have been exposed to Christian texts that call into question the liturgical lineage…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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61.

Bioinformatics and database tools for glycans
Berry, Eric Zachary, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Recent advances in biology have afforded scientists with the knowledge that polysaccharides play an active role in modulating cellular activities. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are one such family of polysaccharides that play a very important role in regulating the functions of numerous…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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62.

Real options approach to capacity planning under uncertainty
Mittal, Geetanjali, 1979-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis highlights the effectiveness of Real Options Analysis (ROA) in capacity planning decisions for engineering projects subject to uncertainty. This is in contrast to the irreversible decision-making proposed by the deterministic strategies based on expected estimates of parameters drawn…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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63.

A wavelet-based system for event detection in online real-time sensor data
Varadharajan, Charuleka, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Sensors are increasingly being used for continuous monitoring purposes, the process of which generates huge volumes of data that need to be mined for interesting events in real-time. The purpose of this research is to develop a method to identify…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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64.

A tool for hemodynamic data analysis
Garg, Deepali, 1982-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Nearly 2% of all live births are very premature (gestational age less than 32 weeks), and 50% of all new cases of cerebral palsy occur in survivors of premature birth (gestational age less than 37 weeks). Because of their underdeveloped…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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65.

High-throughput genomic phenotyping
Ericksen, Daniel S. (Daniel Southwick), 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In the wake of the development of technology to sequence the complete genome of an organism, it has become expedient to generate methodologies to elucidate and characterize the function of all genes constituting the complete genetic makeup of an organism,…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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66.

Inferring regulatory networks from multiple sources of genomic data
Yeang, Chen-Hsiang, 1969-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) algorithm to identify the regulatory models from protein-DNA binding and gene expression data. These models to a large extent agree with the knowledge of gene regulation pertaining to the corresponding regulators. The three works in this thesis provide a…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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67.

Articulatory features for robust visual speech recognition
Saenko, Ekaterina, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis explores a novel approach to visual speech modeling. Visual speech, or a sequence of images of the speaker's face, is traditionally viewed as a single stream of contiguous units, each corresponding to a phonetic segment. These units are…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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68.

Waves, currents, and sediment transport in the surf zone along long, straight beaches
Tajima, Yoshimitsu, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This study presents a theoretical model for predictions of near-shore hydrodynamic characteristics and the local sediment transport rate along long, straight beaches. The wave may be periodic or random, the beach may be plane or barred, and the bed may…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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69.

Spaces of innovation : 21st century technopoles
Seitinger, Susanne, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Public authorities and private developers around the world are attempting to create and sustain hubs within the innovation-based economy by fostering successful urban environments. These large-scale developments succeed an earlier generation of post-industrial "technopoles" named after the French word popularized…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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70.

The design and structural characterization of oligomeric beta beta alpha mini-proteins
Ali, Mayssam H. (Mayssam Hani), 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Oligomeric mini-proteins, short peptides with protein-like features, constitute valuable minimal models for the study of oligomeric proteins. Oligomerization is a common feature of cellular proteins that may confer structural and functional advantages. Oligomerization is proposed to have arisen by several…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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71.

Adaptive modeling of GPS receiver clock for integrity monitoring during precision approaches, Adaptive modeling of Global Positioning System receiver clock for integrity monitoring during precision approaches
Bednarz, Sean G. (Sean Garrett), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The FAA is developing the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) to replace ground-based navigation aids as the primary means of aircraft precision approaches. Stringent requirements on the integrity of the system have caused significant delays and raised questions about the…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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72.

The role of consideration in the pursuit of market share : a study of the U.S. automobile industry
Knight, Kenneth Darnell, 1960-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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73.

Distributed coordination of autonomous agents by communicating on a need-to-know basis
Chen, Judy Y. (Judy Yann-Yun), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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74.

Self-organizing event maps
Tardiff, Seth Ronald, 1981-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	To take further steps along the path toward true artificial intelligence, systems must be built that are capable of learning about the world around them through observation and explanation. These systems should be flexible and robust in the style of…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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75.

Obligations abroad : towards a just foreign policy
Rothkin, Karen, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This dissertation considers three implications of collective self-government for just foreign policies in an imperfect world. Individuals are the appropriate moral unit of analysis, constrained to govern themselves justly, together with compatriots. First I derive limits to state autonomy that…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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76.

Effects of surface properties on solder bump formation by direct droplet deposition
Hsiao, Wen Kai, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Recent advances in microdroplet generation and deposition processes have made it possible to directly form solder bumps on integrated circuits using micron-sized molten metal droplets. The direct droplet deposition bumping process can potentially produce uniform-sized bumps more economically than the…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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77.

Limit linear series in positive characteristic and Frobenius-unstable vector bundles on curves
Osserman, Brian, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) yield a new proof of a result of Mochizuki yield a new proof of a result of Mochizuki Frobenius-unstable bundles for C general, and hence obtaining a self-contained proof of the resulting formula for the degree of V₂., Using…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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78.

Reliability quantification of nuclear safety-related software
Zhang, Yi, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The objective of this study is to improve quality and reliability of safety-critical software in the nuclear industry. It is accomplished by focusing on the following two areas: Formulation of a standard extensive integrated software testing strategy for safety-critical software,…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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79.

Applying axiomatic design methodology to enable adaptation of clinical guidelines to local contexts
Denekamp, Yaron, 1963-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Background: Local adaptation of guidelines may increase compliance with guidelines that have been developed at a national level and are often not used in practice because of contextual factors. We have developed a representation scheme known as HieroGLIF, that facilitates…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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80.

What do firm boundaries do? : employment relationships and transaction governance in internal and outsourced IT projects
Bidwell, Matthew James, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Firm boundaries have been the subject of much scholarly interest in recent years, as firms increasingly hire external, "contingent" workers and outsource previously core activities. However, little empirical research has directly studied what happens differently inside the firm's boundaries, versus…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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81.

A fracture-based approach to understanding debonding in FRP bonded structural members
GüneÅ, OÄuz, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) members. The experimental program for RC beams involves qualitative and quantitative observation of the changes in the debonding behavior and load capacity of the beams with various configurations of shear and/or flexural strengthening and anchorage conditions in four evolutionary…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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82.

Oxidation of methionine residues in protein pharmaceuticals
Chu, Jhih-Wei, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) of free methionine. Therefore, the environments surrounding different methionine sites in G-CSF mainly provide spatial restriction to the access to the solvent but do not affect oxidation in a specific manner, consistent with the good correlation between 2SWCN's and…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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83.

Cisplatin-induced nucleosome and RNA polymerase II modification mediate cellular response to the drug
Wang, Dong, 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) with recombinant material. The in vitro system established in this study will facilitate the investigation of platinum-DNA damage by DNA repair processes and help elucidate the role of specific post-translational modification in NER of platinum-DNA adducts at the physiologically…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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84.

Event structure and the encoding of arguments : the syntax of the Mandarin and English verb phrase
Lin, Jimmy J. (Jimmy Jr-Pin), 1979-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(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…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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85.

Cognitive-developmental learning for a humanoid robot : a caregiver's gift
Arsenio, Artur Miguel Do Amaral, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) which are then applied to developmentally acquire new object representations. The humanoid robot therefore sees the world through the caregiver's eyes. Building an artificial humanoid robot's brain, even at an infant's cognitive level, has been a long quest which…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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86.

Cognitive and neural correlates of memory retrieval in young and older adults
O'Kane, Gail, 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) increased activity whenever recollection was attempted, independent of the level of recollection success. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that increased left-lateralized retrieval activity in older adults supports recollection attempt. Age deficits in semantic memory are more subtle…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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87.

Decision support tools for urban air quality management
San Martini, Federico M. (Federico Matteo), 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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88.

Strained Silicon on Silicon by Wafer Bonding and Layer Transfer from Relaxed SiGe Buffer
Isaacson, David M. - Taraschi, G. - Pitera, Arthur J. - Ariel, Nava - Fitzgerald, Eugene A. - Langdo, Thomas A.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	We report the creation of strained silicon on silicon (SSOS) substrate technology. The method uses a relaxed SiGe buffer as a template for inducing tensile strain in a Si layer, which is then bonded to another Si handle wafer. The…
Fecha:	2004-12-10
Recurso:	MIT

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89.

Inverse Metabolic Engineering of Synechocystis PCC 6803 for Improved Growth Rate and Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Production
Tyo, Keith E. - Stephanopoulos, Gregory

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Synechocystis PCC 6803 is a photosynthetic bacterium that has the potential to make bioproducts from carbon dioxide and light. Biochemical production from photosynthetic organisms is attractive because it replaces the typical bioprocessing steps of crop growth, milling, and fermentation, with…
Fecha:	2004-12-15
Recurso:	MIT

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90.

Cognitive conflict in learning three-dimensional space station structures
Benveniste, David, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) reached very high values early in the experiment and was significantly but slightly lower in FC than in GC. The target position relative to the subject's body did not affect performance, but subjects responded significantly faster when they were…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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91.

The Framework of Knowledge Creation for Online Learning Environments
Huang, Hsiu-Mei - Liaw, Shu-Sheng

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, research-article
Enlaces:	Abstract: In today’s competitive global economy characterized by knowledge acquisition, the concept of knowledge management has become increasingly prevalent in academic and business practices. Knowledge creation is an important factor and remains a source of competitive advantage over knowledge management.…
Fecha:	2004-02-15
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology

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92.

Spatiotemporal brain imaging and modeling
Lin, Fa-Hsuan, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis integrates hardware development, data analysis, and mathematical modeling to facilitate our understanding of brain cognition. Exploration of these brain mechanisms requires both structural and functional knowledge to (i) reconstruct the spatial distribution of the activity, (ii) to estimate…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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93.

Vibration and crack detection in gas turbine engine compressor blades using Eddy current sensors
Lackner, Matthew, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) in the ECS signal, no definitive method for sensing blade vibration using an ECS has yet been developed., High cycle fatigue (HCF) cracks generated by compressor blade vibrations are a common source of failure in gas turbine engines. Current…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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94.

Dynamic power allocation and routing for satellite and wireless networks with time varying channels
Neely, Michael J. (Michael James), 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Satellite and wireless networks operate over time varying channels that depend on attenuation conditions, power allocation decisions, and inter-channel interference. In order to reliably integrate these systems into a high speed data network and meet the increasing demand for high…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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95.

Analysis of a duo-selecting membrane reactor for the water-gas shift
Hardy, AliciA Jillian Jackson, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The water-gas shift reaction is an exothermic and reversible catalytic process that converts carbon monoxide and water (steam) to hydrogen and carbon dioxide. In regard to energy-related issues, the water-gas shift is part of the process of reforming hydrocarbons to…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
Recurso:	MIT

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96.

Knowledge extraction in large databases using adaptive strategies
Hasperué, Waldo

Formato:	Articulo, Revision
Enlaces:	The general objective of this thesis is the development of an adaptive technique for extracting knowledge in large databases. Nowadays, technology allows storing huge volumes of information. For this reason, the availability of techniques that allow, as a first stage,…
Fecha:	2013-03-26
Recurso:	Unversidad Nacional de La Plata

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97.

Detection of partial occlusions of assembled components to simplify the disassembly tasks
Gil Vázquez, Pablo - Torres Medina, Fernando - Ortiz Zamora, Francisco Gabriel - Reinoso García, Óscar

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Enlaces:	An automatic disassembly cell requires of a computer vision system for recognition and localization of the products and each of theirs components. The detection of occlusions adds more information to the knowledge base to identify components and products, and generate…
Fecha:	2008-08-01
Recurso:	RUA Docencia

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98.

Computer System for Visual Recognition Using Active Knowledge
Freuder, Eugene C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	A system for visual recognition is described, with implications for the general problem of representation of knowledge to assist control. The immediate objective is a computer system that will recognize objects in a visual scene, specifically hammers. The computer receives…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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99.

Semantic document indexing in ontology-driven organizational memories
Ale, María Alejandra - Galli, María Rosa - Chiotti, Omar Juan Alfredo

Formato:	Objeto de conferencia, Objeto de conferencia
Enlaces:	Effective document retrieval using domain knowledge and semantics is one of the major challenges in Information Retrieval. Over the last years, there has been a growing interest in ontologies as an artifact for human knowledge representation and a critical component…
Fecha:	2012-10-29
Recurso:	Unversidad Nacional de La Plata

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100.

The quest for productivity growth in agriculture and manufacturing
Guilló Fuentes, María Dolores - Pérez Sebastián, Fidel

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
Enlaces:	We develop a theory to explain the transition from stagnation to modern growth. We focus on the forces that shaped the evolution of total factor productivity in agriculture and manufacturing across history. More specifically, we build a multisector model of…
Fecha:	2012-07-30
Recurso:	RUA Docencia