This paper presents a proposal for an architecture that integrates knowledge discovery systems (automatic acquisition) and knowledge based systems (experts systems). This work formulates considerations over the viability of the implementation of this architecture according to the advance of the…

The main characteristics of Darwin's life and work will be examined, as well as the developments which occurred after his death, especially neodarwinism and the synthetic theory of organic change. In which ways the extraordinary progress made in the field…

El presente trabajo incluye una amplia revisión bibliográfica referida al Enteque Seco y otras calcinosis espontáneas de los herbívoros. Las investigaciones realizadas con Solanum malacoxylon en distintas partes del mundo son igualmente consideradas. Se ha pretendido brindar así una actualización…

This paper summarizes the main results developed in the author's PhD Thesis.
The main goal of the Thesis is to provide a formalization of defeasible argumentation oriented towards its computational treatment. In order to do this, an LDS-based logical framework…

En el Capitulo 1 se presentan datos epidemiológicos de la rabia en el país; destacando la importancia del conocimiento epidemiológico para todo Plan de Lucha. Al mismo tiempo se proponen las vacunas antirrábicas y terapéuticas a aplicar en la especie…

This article presents a procedure for constructing a taxonomy of COTS products in the field of Requirements Engineering (RE). The taxonomy and the obtained information reach transcendental benefits to the selection of systems and tools that aid to RE-related actors…

El conocimiento de la composición biotípica de una población de áfidos es importante para poder
prevenir daños que se producirían en cultivares seleccionados por su resistencia al ataque de áfidos
de distintos tipos. Con el propósito de analizar la composición…

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…

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar o nível de informação do paciente sobre a prescrição de medicamento antimicrobiano. O estudo foi realizado em um Centro de Saúde da cidade de Porto Alegre. Foram entrevistados pacientes que obtiveram medicamento antimicrobiano na…

The paper presents a formal model for a knowledge repository shared by members of a Virtual Community of Practice (VCPs), describes how the repository can be used to underpin collaborative problem solving, and how to build computer support for such…