by Stephen V. Glynn [and] Thomas G. Pelland., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2000., Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135).

This paper describes the development of an image retrieval
system that combines probabilistic and ontological information1. The
process is divided in two different stages: indexing and retrieval. Three
information flows have been created with different kind of information
each one:…

The paper presents a curriculum model used as a theoretical framework to analyse classroom practice in Icelandic and Science in the context of national tests in Iceland. The model represents a synthesis of literature about curriculum, teachers’ conceptions, pedagogical content…

In this paper, a restricted domain question answering (QA) system is described. The design architecture of this QA system and the features that allow the adaptation of the QA system to the medical domain are also presented. The advantages of…

This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s), in particular, deixis and…

En muchas bases de conocimiento para el PLN prevalece actualmente un enfoque lexicista. En cambio, FunGramKB utiliza la ontología como módulo pivote entre los niveles léxicos y cognitivos, convirtiéndose así en el componente más importante. El propósito de este artículo…

Robotic soccer is a way of putting different developments in intelligent agents into practice, including not only problems such as multi-agent planning and coordination, but also physical problems related to vision and communication subsystems. In this work, we present the…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) progress targets have not been met. Nevertheless, the United Nations (UN) has not yet undertaken in-depth review in order to discover the reasons behind this lack of progress in achieving the MDG. From a political…

The development of the novel form is an exploration of the possibilities for realistic
representation which is increasingly informed by an understanding that distortion and
fabrication are inevitable consequences of the mediating process of narrative. The search
for alternatives to…

Purpose: There is an extensive literature which associates organizational learning with creation of knowledge, but models that relate organizational learning constructs and learning organization with the creation of knowledge are not found. The aim of this paper is to present…