Argumentative formalisms have been widely recognized as knowledge representation and reasoning tools able to deal with incomplete and potentially contradictory informa- tion. All such formalisms are computationally demanding. Hence, optimizing argumen- tative systems has been approached from di erent views.

//// Abstract: My purpose in this essay is to bring to light the role played by experience in the justification process of empirical knowledge. Contemporary debate is dominated by two antagonistic sides: on one extreme we have the foundationalist empiricists…

Most neural network learning algorithms cannot use knowledge other than what is provided in the training data. Initialized using random weights, they cannot use prior knowledge such as knowledge stored in previously trained networks. This manuscript thesis addresses this problem.…

In this text a look at the research is presented as to the importance of the edaphic-environmental knowledge and monitoring of the soil-water management and natural resources conservtion practices, seeking to the water recharge. Furthermore, this chapter contains preliminary results…

The supervision of postgraduate Master's Degree dissertations has attracted little attention in the
academic literature and is an under researched area of supervisory activity. This research was a
response to generate new knowledge concerning the praxis of supervisors who supervise…

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de los estudios zooarqueológicos realizados en el poblado de Nombre de Jesús (cabo Vírgenes, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina) establecido como parte del proyecto español de fortificación del Estrecho Magallanes a fines del…

La tendencia actual a trabajar con documentos cortos (blogs, mensajes de textos, y otros), ha generado un interés creciente en las técnicas de procesamiento automáticas de documentos con estas características. En este contexto, el "clustering" (agrupamiento) de textos cortos es…

Este ensayo ofrece una aproximacion a un grupo de poemas tempranos escritos por Coronado en los años 40. Motivado por la aparente dificultad de trascender un marco analitico de polarizaciones entre, por ejemplo, represion y libertad, masculino y femenino, etc.,…

Cette thèse a pour but de documenter la réorganisation des services effectuée au programme Enfants et adolescents (PEA) du Centre de réadaptation Estrie, Sherbrooke. Une démarche de recherche-action participative (RAP) est utilisée afin de collaborer au développement, à l’implantation et…

Cultural resources like traditional medicinal knowledge need to be recognized in their role tied to important regional practices in Zimbabwe. This is especially as a nexus of legal definitions for biological, intellectual and cultural resources will inform a National Sui…