It is commonly acknowledged that we need to accept and handle uncertainty when reasoning with real world data. The most profoundly studied measure of uncertainty is the probability. However, the general feeling is that probability cannot express all types of…

//// Abstract: The idea behind this text is to exhibit some of the characteristics of a form of actualization of the past; more precisely, the movement of the Classic in history. Following Gadamer on the role of tradition as an…

The hydrological characteristics of the Peninsula of Yucatan have given cause for the systems training limnological very particular, that include exposed and underground waters of origin carstic. The aquatic fauna of the cenotes and caves yucatecos has been studied from…

This thesis studies al-Ghazali's theory of knowledge, particularly his concept of knowledge of God in his three later works: "The book of Knowledge" of the Ih&dotbelow;ya', al-Munqidh, and Iljam al-`Awamm. From his conception of knowledge of God the first book…

This work aims to ascertain the perception of yanomami on Onchocerciasis of the
natives of Arathaú. It was based upon the importance of anthropological knowledge
in indigenous communities. The Onchocerciasis has been identified in Brazil at the
beginning of the…

Knowledge-intensive processes are widely used to recover from errors, handle exceptional cases and complaints, and to improve or adapt a process itself. In this context, evolved Business-Process Reengineering (BPR) techniques are changing to give some answers to this reality. In…

Se pretende realizar a través del análisis crítico una defi nición de geografía que se adapte a la
concebida por la Maestría en Docencia de la Geografía y las Ciencias de la Tierra que actualmente
es impartida en el Núcleo…

The contemporary study in the philosophy of language concentrates extensively on a cluster of questions defining the problem of linguistic knowledge (Evans 1981, Davies 1989, Dummett 1991). What explains a speaker's language mastery? Is it knowledge that underwrites our linguistic…

The tools for fault impact analysis are important for the deployment of critical mission systems. These tools can be also used as a development phase aid. We introduce several concepts related to "business alarms". Business alarms are an approximation to…

This dissertation, based on roughly eighteen months of fieldwork in two laboratories at Princeton University, examines how practitioners of synthetic biology orient themselves vis-à-vis organic systems, by both engaging with and displacing biological knowledge. It also explores experimental methods in…