A solution of problems in multiagent systems involves representing beliefs of agents immersed in dynamic environments. Observation-based Defeasible Logic Programming (ODeLP) is an argument-based logic programming language that is used to represent an agent’s knowledge in the context of a…

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…

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are merely blind search algorithms, which only make use of the relative fitness of solutions, but completely ignore the nature of the problem. Their performance can be improved by using new multirecombinative approaches, which provide a good…

Fontes de informações sobre medicamentos são na maioria das vezes inacessíveis aos usuários e
quando disponíveis existe uma barreira relativa ao conhecimento técnico, na maioria das vezes exigido para
a compreensão destas. Os centros de informações sobre medicamentos aparecem como…

In this paper, we present an approach to student's evaluation in a well-defined domain based on a semantic network. A similarity matrix based on the semantic memory structure of humans is used to build a semantic distance model in order…

Denominada comumente cipó-de-fogo, Pyrostegia venusta é uma trepadeira por gavinhas, perene, empregada como ornamental devido às vistosas inflorescências de cor laranja, e como medicinal para o tratamento de diarréia e disenteria. Ensaios fitoquímicos identificaram alantoína, β-sitosterol e hesperidina na espécie.…

Parallel machine scheduling, involves the allocation of jobs to the system resources (a bank of machines in parallel). A basic model consisting of m machines and n jobs is the foundation of more complex models. Here, jobs are allocated according…

Most formalisms for representing common-sense knowledge allow incomplete and potentially inconsistent information. When strong negation is also allowed, contradictory conclusions can arise. A criterion for deciding between them is needed. The aim of this paper is to investigate an inherent…

La idea de una Centroamérica unida nace desde la independencia misma el 15 de septiembre de 1821. La integración regional ha sido impulsada en numerosas oportunidades; sin embargo, no todos los países demuestran el mismo interés por alcanzar este objetivo.…

In this work two declarative approaches based on the BDI theory are studied, an agent programming language 3APL and an agent architecture that uses defeasible argumentation for knowledge representation and reasoning. Based on that study and considering that in 3APL…