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 demonstrates the importance of knowledge for effective
management of outsourcing. Drawing on an empirical study on automakers?
management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows
that the level of own knowledge is critical for…

La investigación en enfermería ha sido, tradicionalmente, dominada por el uso de métodos cuantitativos; a pesar de esto, los cualitativos han tenido gran aceptación entre los profesionales, pues entre las áreas básicas de la salud, enfermería es el grupo más…

L’article presenta l’evolució històrica en l’estudi del fenomen ENSO. Aquest event,
que en principi només semblava produir repercusions destacables a la regió litoral de
Perú i Equador, ha passat a ser considerat como un dels paràmetres més sòlids per
realitzar…

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,…

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

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.…

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…

The purpose of this study is to investigate a series of issues around the primary theme of value constructions and the ways that these influence the construction of interior spaces and impact on its occupants. The ways in which knowledge…