The purpose of this paper is to inquire into the relationship between persuasive definition and common knowledge (propositions generally accepted and not subject to dispute in a discussion). We interpret the gap between common knowledge and persuasive definition (PD) in…

This paper introduces our ongoing analysis of auto component development data obtained from Nishiguchi's research sponsored by MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP).
The main results of this paper can be found in the section of Research Results where
a…

El camarón blanco del Pacifico, Litopenaeus vannamei, es una de las especies que más se cultiva en el mundo, debido principalmente a su rápido crecimiento, buena supervivencia a alta densidad de cultivo, y capacidad de osmoregulación, que lo hacen una…

Este articulo revisa sintéticamente algunos trabajos y analiza resultados preliminares propios, dando a conocer el estado actual del conocimiento en relación con el grado de repercusión de la porosidad sabre las propiedades mecánicas en tracción. El análisis se ha realizado…

This report focuses on recycling. As an objective neutral party, MIT has compiled a knowledge base that examines the many complex issues relating to re-cycling. Although this report was prepared at the request of the Automotive board of Governors, it…

by Tulsi D. Ramchandani., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002., "February 2002.", Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-139).

This dissertation is an initial attempt to historically contextualize the Ottoman alchemical literature and those who produced it. Starting in the late fifteenth century, the Islamic tradition of alchemy was transmitted and vernacularized by learned Rumis who would make significant…

This paper evaluates the different tasks carried out in the translation of pronominal anaphora in a machine translation (MT) system. The MT interlingua approach named AGIR (Anaphora Generation with an Interlingua Representation) improves upon other proposals presented to date because…

This paper presents a knowledge-based approach to
reducing impediments to collaboration in a
distributed environment. A major impediment to
such collaboration is the issue of communications -
clearly and efficiently expressing the desires of every
stakeholder in the process, as…

Cette étude vise à identifier les effets des changements climatiques sur les activités de subsistance traditionnelles des chasseurs cris de la Baie-James. De nombreuses études se penchent sur les changements climatiques, mais relativement peu d’entre elles traitent de leurs effets…