The aim of this work is to study an argumentation-based formalism that an agent could use for constructing plans. Elsewhere we have introduced a formalism for agents to represent knowledge about their environment in Defeasible Logic Programming, and a set…

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…

El periodismo científico en América Latina: de la Modernización a la globalización (años 1950-2000) es una investigación documental crítica sobre el nacimiento y evolución de esta especialidad periodística en Latinoamérica, en el contexto de las teorías políticas y económicas en…

En el artículo se reflexiona de forma crítica acerca de la reciente generalización de la idea
que considera la geografía aplicada y la profesionalización de esta ciencia como un camino
idóneo para conseguir el reconocimiento social de la disciplina y,…

A fuzzy controller is usually designed by formulating the knowledge of a human expert into a set of linguistic variables and fuzzy rules. As it is well known, the use of prior knowledge can dramatically improve the performance and quality…

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.…

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…

Tal vez no exista escenario citadino más alejado de eso que Ángel Rama denominara la Ciudad Letrada que el barrio o arrabal. De ahí que ciertas propuestas literarias concebidas a partir de algunos de los elementos emblemáticos de esas zonas…

Many of today's products are so complex that no single company has all the necessary knowledge about either the product or the required processes to completely design and manufacture them in-house. As a result, most companies are dependent on others…

Purpose: Citations received by papers published within a journal serve to increase its bibliometric impact. The objective of this paper was to assess the influence of publication language, article type, number of authors, and year of publication on the citations…