In recent years, researchers in artificial intelligence have become interested in replicating human physical reasoning talents in computers. One of the most important skills in this area is predicting how physical systems will behave. This thesis discusses an implemented program…

This paper describes a system for the computer understanding of English. The system answers questions, executes commands, and accepts information in normal English dialog. It uses semantic information and context to understand discourse and to disambiguate sentences. It combines a…

Resumo: Esta pesquisa analisa o fluxo de informações da Embrapa Meio Ambiente, sob a ótica da gestão do conhecimento. Trata-se de um estudo de caso de natureza qualitativa. Tem por objetivo discutir o processo de comunicação interna e externa, na…

El Centro Cultural Metropolitano (CCM) es una institución cultural pública creada con el objetivo de promocionar el encuentro entre las diversas culturas para la construcción permanente de la identidad, el conocimiento, valoración y conservación de los patrimonios; ubicada en una…

All intelligence relies on search --- for example, the search for an intelligent agent's next action. Search is only likely to succeed in resource-bounded agents if they have already been biased towards finding the right answer. In artificial agents, the…

This paper demonstrates that it is possible to generate a reasonably accurate coordinate system on randomly distributed processors, using only local information and local communication. By coordinate systems we imply that each element assigns itself a logical coordinate that maps…

The objectives of this work were: (i) identified the risk areas of landslides, flooding and sea level rise and social vulnerabilities in different scales of analysis; (ii) analyse the risk perception of people living in this risk areas; (iii) found…

The combination of soil science, forestry, agronomy and biology allowed an analytical comparison of various experimental mixed culture systems. From these studies, a descriptor system was developed which allows to understand the contribution of each plant species to nutrient cycling,…

The guava (Psidium guajava 1.) cv. Paluma has been cultivated in Sao Francisco Valley, Northeastern of Brazil, for in natura consumption and processing purposes. In spite of its importance, there are few scientific knowledge regarding guava physiology, nutrition, irrigation and…

O presente trabalho relata a experiência desenvolvimento e aplicação, no âmbito de um projeto de pesquisa, de um modelo de organização e representação do conhecimento sobre os processos de intensificação agropecuária, contextualizados por observações empíricas em regiões produtoras de commodities…