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Detecting Digital Forgeries Using Bispectral Analysis
Farid, Hany

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Enlaces:	With the rapid increase in low-cost and sophisticated digital technology the need for techniques to authenticate digital material will become more urgent. In this paper we address the problem of authenticating digital signals assuming no explicit prior knowledge of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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D-SCRIPT: A Computational Theory of Descriptions
Moore, Robert C.

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Enlaces:	This paper descries D-SCRIPT, a language for representing knowledge in artificial intelligence programs. D-SCRIPT contains a powerful formalism for descriptions, which permits the representation of statements that are problematical for other systems. Particular attention is paid to problems of opaque…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Explicit Control of Reasoning
Kleer, Johan de - Doyle, Jon - Steele, Guy L., Jr. - Sussman, Gerald Jay

Formato:
Enlaces:	The construction of expert problem-solving systems requires the development of techniques for using modular representations of knowledge without encountering combinatorial explosions in the solution effort. This report describes an approach to dealing with this problem based on making some knowledge…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Spatial Knowledge
Kuipers, Benjamin

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Enlaces:	This paper introduces a model of spatial cognition to describe the states of partial knowledge that people have about the spatial structure of a large-scale environment. Spatial knowledge has several different representations, each of which captures one aspect of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious
Minsky, Marvin

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Enlaces:	Freud's theory of jokes explains how they overcome the mental "censors" that make it hard for us to think "forbidden" thoughts. But his theory did not work so well for humorous nonsense as for other comical subjects. In this essay…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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The Progressive Construction of Mind
Lawler, Robert W.

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Enlaces:	We propose a vision of the structure of knowledge and processes of learning based upon the particularity of experience. Highly specific cognitive structures are constructed through activities in limited domains of experience. For new domains, new cognitive structures develop from…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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On "Learnable" Representations of Knowledge: A Meaning for the Computational Metaphor
diSessa, Andrea A.

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Enlaces:	The computational metaphor which proposes the comparison of processes of mind to realizable or imaginable computer activities suggests a number of educational concerns. This paper discusses some of those concerns including procedural modes of knowledge representation and control knowledge ??owing…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Frame-based Text Processing
Rosenberg, Steven T.

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Enlaces:	This paper presents an overview of a theory of discourse structure, and discusses a model for assimilating text into a frame-based data structure. The model has been applied to the analysis of news articles. The theory assumes sentences contain links…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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A Computational Model for the Acquisition and Use of Phonological Knowledge
Yip, Kenneth - Sussman, Gerald Jay

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Enlaces:	Does knowledge of language consist of symbolic rules? How do children learn and use their linguistic knowledge? To elucidate these questions, we present a computational model that acquires phonological knowledge from a corpus of common English nouns and verbs. In…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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Meta-Rules: Reasoning About Control
Davis - Randall

Formato:
Enlaces:	How can we insure that knowledge embedded in a program is applied effectively? Traditionally the answer to this question has been sought in different problem solving paradigms and in different approaches to encoding and indexing knowledge. Each of these is…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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11.

Understanding Understanding Mathematics
Michener, Edwina Rissland

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Enlaces:	In this paper we look at some of the ingredients and processes involved in the understanding of mathematics. We analyze elements of mathematical knowledge, organize them in a coherent way and take note of certain classes of items that share…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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NUDGE, A Knowledge-Based Scheduling Program
Goldstein, Ira P. - Roberts, R. Bruce

Formato:
Enlaces:	Traditional scheduling algorithms (using the techniques of PERT charts, decision analysis or operations research) require well-defined quantitative, complete sets of constraints. They are insufficient for scheduling situations where the problem description is ill-defined, involving incomplete, possibly inconsistent and generally qualitative…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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A Frame for Frames: Representing Knowledge for Recognition
Kuipers, Benjamin J.

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Enlaces:	This paper presents a version of frames suitable for representing knowledge for a class of reconition problems. An initial section gives an intuitive model of frames, and illustrates a number of desirable features of such a representation. A more technical…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Brady, Michael

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Enlaces:	Since Robotics is the field concerned with the connection of perception to action, Artificial Intelligence must have a central role in Robotics if the connection is to be intelligent. Artificial Intelligence addresses the crucial questions of: what knowledge is required…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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15.

Supporting Organizational Problem Solving with a Workstation
Barber, Gerald

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Enlaces:	This paper describes an approach to supporting work in the office. Using and extending ideas from the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) we describe office work as a problem solving activity. A knowledge embedding language called Omega is used to…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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16.

Semantics of Inheritance and Attributions in the Description System Omega
Attardi, Giuseppe - Simi, Maria

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Enlaces:	Omega is a description system for knowledge embedding which incorporates some of the attractive modes of expression in common sense reasoning such as descriptions, inheritance, quantification, negation, attributions and multiple viewpoints. A formalization of Omega is developed as a framework…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Proposal to ARPA for Continued Research on A.I. for 1973
Minsky, Marvin - Papert, Seymour

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Enlaces:	The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposes to continue its work on a group of closely interconnected projects, all bearing on questions about how to make computers able to use more sophisticated kinds of knowledge to solve difficult problems. This proposal explains…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

An AI Approach to English Morphemic Analysis
Winograd, Terry

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Enlaces:	This paper illustrated an approach toward understanding natural language through the techniques of artificial intelligence. It explores the structure of English word-endings both morpho-graphemically and semantically. It illustrated the use of procedures and semantic representations in relating the broad range…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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19.

CREF: An Editing Facility for Managing Structured Text
Pitman, Kent M.

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Enlaces:	This paper reports work in progress on an experimental text editor called CREF, the Cross Referenced Editing Facility. CREF deals with chunks of text, called segments, which may have associated features such as keywords or various kinds of links to…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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20.

Learning and Reasoning by Analogy: The Details
Winston, Patrick H.

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Enlaces:	We use analogy when we say something is a Cinderella story and when we learn about resistors by thinking about water pipes. We also use analogy when we learn subjects like Economics, Medicine and Law. This paper presents a theory…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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21.

A Hypothetical Monologue Illustrating the Knowledge Underlying Program Analysis
Shrobe, Howard E. - Waters, Richard C. - Sussman, Gerald J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Automated Program Analysis is the process of discovering decompositions of a system into sub-units such that the behavior of the whole program can be inferred from the behavior of its parts. Analysis can be employed to increase the explanatory power…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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22.

Proposal to ARPA for Continued Research on A.I.
Minsky, Marvin

Formato:
Enlaces:	The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposes to continue its work on a group of closely interconnected projects, all bearing on questions about how to make computers able to use more sophisticated kinds of knowledge to solve difficult problems. This proposal explains…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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23.

Infants in Children Stories - Toward a Model of Natural Language Comprehension
Meyer, Garry S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	How can we construct a program that will understand stories that children would understand? By understand we mean the ability to answer questions about the story. We are interested here with understanding natural language in a very broad area. In…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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24.

The Connection Machine
Hillis, W. Daniel

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes the connection memory, a machine for concurrently manipulating knowledge stored in semantic networks. We need the connection memory because conventional serial computers cannot move through such networks fast enough. The connection memory sidesteps the problem by providing…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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25.

Flavors: Message Passing in the Lisp Machine
Weinreb, Daniel - Moon, David

Formato:
Enlaces:	The object oriented programming style used in the Smalltalk and Actor languages is available in Lisp Machine Lisp, and used by the Lisp Machine software system. It is used to perform generic operations on objects. Part of its implementation is…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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26.

The FRL Primer
Roberts, R. Bruce - Goldstein, Ira P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The Frame Representation Language (FRL) is an experimental language written to explore the use of frames as a knowledge representation technique. The term 'frame' as used in FRL was inspired by Minsky's [75] development of frame theory. FRL extends the…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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27.

Leveraging Learning and Language Via Communication Bootstrapping
Beal, Jacob

Formato:
Enlaces:	In a Communication Bootstrapping system, peer components with different perceptual worlds invent symbols and syntax based on correlations between their percepts. I propose that Communication Bootstrapping can also be used to acquire functional definitions of words and causal reasoning knowledge.…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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28.

Face Recognition from One Example View
Beymer, David - Poggio, Tomaso

Formato:
Enlaces:	If we are provided a face database with only one example view per person, is it possible to recognize new views of them under a variety of different poses, especially views rotated in depth from the original example view? We…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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29.

A system for the interactive classification of knowledge
Balzac, Stephen R

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Stephen R. Balzac., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1987., Title as it appeared in M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1987: An interactive knowledge classifier., Bibliography: leaves 111-112.
Fecha:	2005-08-08
Recurso:	MIT

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30.

A Structural Approach to Analogy
Mansour, Hormoz

Formato:
Enlaces:	There are multiple sorts of reasoning by analogy between two domains; the one with which we are concerned is a type of contextual analogy. The purpose of this paper is to see whether two domains that look analogous would be…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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31.

Expert Systems: Where Are We? And Where Do We Go from Here?
Davis - Randall

Formato:
Enlaces:	Work on Expert Systems has received extensive attention recently, prompting growing interest in a range of environments. Much has been made of the basic concept and the rule-based system approach typically used to construct the programs. Perhaps this is a…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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32.

Natural Learning
Miller, Laurence

Formato:
Enlaces:	This memo reports the results of a case study into how children learn in the absence of explicit teaching. The three subjects, an eight year old, a ten year old and a thirteen year old were observed in both of…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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33.

The Genetic Epistemology of Rule Systems
Goldstein, Ira P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	I shall describe a model of the evolution of the rule-structured knowledge that serves as a cornerstone of our development of computer-based coaches. The key idea is a graph structure whose nodes represent rules, and whose links represent various evolutionary…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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34.

Understanding Hand-Printed Algebra for Computer Tutoring
Purcell, Stephen C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis demonstrates how the use of a global context can improve the power of a local character recognizer. The global context considered is a computer tutor of high school algebra that observes a student working algebra problems on a…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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35.

Teaching of Procedures-Progress Report
Sussman, Gerald Jay

Formato:
Enlaces:	The idea of building a programmer is very seductive in that it holds the promise of massive bootstrapping and thus ties in with many ideas about learning and teaching. I will avoid going into those issues here. It is necessary,…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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36.

Proposal to ARPA for Research on Artificial Intelligence at M.I.T., 1971-1972
Minsky, Marvin - Papert, Seymour

Formato:
Enlaces:	The activities of the Artificial Intelligence laboratory can be viewed under three main aspects; (1) Artificial Intelligence- understanding the principles of making intelligent machines along the lines discusses in previous proposals, and elaborated below. (2) Natural Intelligence- As we understand…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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37.

Proposal to ARPA for Research on Artificial Intelligence at MIT, 1970-1971
Minsky, Marvin - Papert, Seymour

Formato:
Enlaces:	The MIT Artificial Intelligence Project has a variety of goals all bound together by search for principles of intelligent behavior. Among our immediate goals are to develop systems with practical applications for: Visually-controlled automatic manipulation and physical world problem-solving, machine…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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38.

Automatic Design of a Maglev Controller in State Space
Zhao, Feng - Thorton, Richard

Formato:
Enlaces:	We describe the automatic synthesis of a global nonlinear controller for stabilizing a magnetic levitation system. The synthesized control system can stabilize the maglev vehicle with large initial displacements from an equilibrium, and possesses a much larger operating region than…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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39.

The Computer as Coach: An Athletic Paradigm for Intellectual Education
Goldstein, Ira

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Enlaces:	Over the next five years, computer games will find their way into a vast number of American homes, creating a unique educational opportunity: the development of "computer coaches" for the serious intellectual skills required by some of these games. From…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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40.

Conclusions from the Commodity Expert Project
Stansfield, James L.

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Enlaces:	The goal of the commodity expert project was to develop a prototype program that would act as an intelligent assistant to a commodity market analyst. Since expert analysis must deal with very large, yet incomplete, data bases of unreliable facts…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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41.

Learning Fine Motion by Markov Mixtures of Experts
Meila, Marina - Jordan, Michael I.

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Enlaces:	Compliant control is a standard method for performing fine manipulation tasks, like grasping and assembly, but it requires estimation of the state of contact between the robot arm and the objects involved. Here we present a method to learn a…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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42.

Surface Reflectance Estimation and Natural Illumination Statistics
Dror, Ron O. - Adelson, Edward H. - Willsky, Alan S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Humans recognize optical reflectance properties of surfaces such as metal, plastic, or paper from a single image without knowledge of illumination. We develop a machine vision system to perform similar recognition tasks automatically. Reflectance estimation under unknown, arbitrary illumination proves…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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43.

Surviving the Information Explosion: How People Find Their Electronic Information
Alvarado, Christine - Teevan, Jaime - Ackerman, Mark S. - Karger, David

Formato:
Enlaces:	We report on a study of how people look for information within email, files, and the Web. When locating a document or searching for a specific answer, people relied on their contextual knowledge of their information target to help them…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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44.

The Essential Dynamics Algorithm: Essential Results
Martin, Martin C.

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Enlaces:	This paper presents a novel algorithm for learning in a class of stochastic Markov decision processes (MDPs) with continuous state and action spaces that trades speed for accuracy. A transform of the stochastic MDP into a deterministic one is presented…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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45.

A framework for engineering knowledge representation and problem solving
Chehayeb, Fadi S

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Fadi S. Chehayeb., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987., M.I.T. copy lacks leaf 4., Bibliography: v. 2, leaves 238-240.
Fecha:	2005-08-08
Recurso:	MIT

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46.

Vision by Man and Machine
Poggio, Tomaso

Formato:
Enlaces:	The development of increasingly sophisticated and powerful computers in the last few decades has frequently stimulated comparisons between them and the human brain. Such comparisons will become more earnest as computers are applied more and more to tasks formerly associated…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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47.

Border-crossing knowledge networking among multinational firms : the case of R&D facilities
Shirvani-Mahdavi, Ali (Ali Agha), 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) which is expected, given their additional knowledge resources. The respondents' urgency in looking for the relevant knowledge is the primary explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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48.

Re-engineering knowledge networks for development
Raghavan, Amrith, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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49.

Rescuing endangered knowledge : a systems approach
Ritchie, Shawn W., 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Shawn W. Ritchie., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).
Fecha:	2005-08-19
Recurso:	MIT

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50.

Knowledge transfer between semiconductor fabrication facility startups
Braum, Roberta M. (Roberta Michelle), 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Roberta M. Braum., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (p. 57).
Fecha:	2005-08-19
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

Knowledge transfer : a critical strategic asset in multinational firms : a corporate view, Conditions for developing a local exchange market for natural gas in Venezuela
Moncayo, Gloria G. (Moncayo Cisneros, Gloria Gabriela), 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Gloria G. Moncayo., Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-88).
Fecha:	2005-08-19
Recurso:	MIT

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52.

Development of a decision framework and a knowledge management system for make/buy determinations in manufacturing
Rudolph, Leslie Prince, 1969-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Leslie Prince Rudolph., Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72).
Fecha:	2005-08-19
Recurso:	MIT

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53.

Representing information flow and knowledge management in product design using the design structure matrix
Dong, Qi, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Qi Dong., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171).
Fecha:	2005-08-22
Recurso:	MIT

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54.

Foreign Knowledge or art nation, earthquake nation : architecture, seismology, carpentry, the West, and Japan, 1876-1923, Architecture, seismology, carpentry, the West, and Japan, 1876-1923
Clancey, Gregory K

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Gregory K. Clancey., Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology and Society, 1999., Includes bibliographical references.
Fecha:	2005-08-22
Recurso:	MIT

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55.

Mapping the R&D knowledge network, Mapping the research and development knowledge network
Liew, Kou-Yew, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Knowledge networks have received a significant amount of attention in the past few decades as people look beyond corporate governance and resource-based approaches to uncover sources of competitive advantage. While this area of research is useful for organizations in general,…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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56.

Learning commonsense categorical knowledge in a thread memory system
Stamatoiu, Oana L. (Oana Liana), 1981-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand how we can build machines capable of broad purpose learning and reasoning, we must first aim to build systems that can represent, acquire, and reason about the kinds of commonsense knowledge that we humans have…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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57.

Building community : design in the organizational mind
Press, B. Joseph, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In the search for meaning, the architectural profession legitimately seeks culture to sanction its products. However, in business organizations, culture is complex and tacit- richer and deeper than any of its external manifestations, including architecture. To compensate for culture's incoherence,…
Fecha:	2005-08-22
Recurso:	MIT

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58.

Complementary computational chemistry and surface science experiments of reaction pathways in aluminum chemical vapor deposition, Complementary quantum chemistry calculations and surface science experiments of reaction pathways in aluminum chemical vapor deposition
Willis, Brian G

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Continued advances in the semiconductor industry will require the introduction of new materials and processes concurrent with shrinking device dimensions. These simultaneous demands drastically reduce margins for error and necessitate an increasingly quantitative understanding of semiconductor processes. Leaders of the…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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59.

City knowledge : an emergent information infrastructure for sustainable urban maintenance, management and planning
Carrera, Fabio, 1961-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) updates. It produces plan-ready information, by exploiting the self-serving and opportunistic pursuit of instant return-on-investment by frontline offices. Thanks to its emergent qualities, City Knowledge engenders unexpected plan-demanding situations, where the ability to conduct second-order analyses leads to deeper…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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60.

Managing revisions of rules and guidelines used in clinical information systems : exploring a hierarchical knowledge representation model
Scott-Wright, Alicia, 1949-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	One important purpose for creating clinical practice guidelines is to improve quality of care by reducing variations in practice. In the current healthcare environment, guidelines are being advocated as a means to disseminate research findings, standardize care, improve quality of…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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61.

Growth strategies of small nations : with special reference to Ireland, Finland and Singapore
Yeo, Lionel, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis is based on the premise that small nations face unique challenges in the quest for economic prosperity. They have a small domestic economy and are more dependent than larger economies on international trade. Smallness typically entails a lack…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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62.

Organizing a Global Coordinate System from Local Information on an Amorphous Computer
Nagpal, Radhika

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper demonstrates that it is possible to generate a reasonably accurate coordinate system on randomly distributed processors, using only local information and local communication. By coordinate systems we imply that each element assigns itself a logical coordinate that maps…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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63.

Emerging technology intelligence : scanning and monitoring for strategic planning
Brockley, Ellen M. (Ellen Marie), 1961-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In recent years we have seen a confluence of science and technology that portends great impact to business strategy and product development. Just as physicists, chemists and biologists have extended their knowledge to other fields in pursuit of their own…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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64.

3-round weak zero-knowledge proofs for [Nu] [Rho], Three-round weak ZK proofs for [Nu] [Rho]
Lim, Dah-Yoh, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) to the verifier., We consider an implementation of a weakened notion of zero-knowledge (weak ZK) where the simulator is also allowed to depend on the distinguisher as well, so this type of ZK entails exhibiting an efficient simulator for…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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65.

Architecture and optimization for a peer-to-peer content management system
Edge, Dion M. (Dion Miguel), 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis will explore the design and optimization of a peer-to-peer network application as a solution to complex content management problems. Currently, most content management systems are expensive, cumbersome and inflexible custom solutions that require knowledge workers to change their…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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66.

Building a trajectory syntax through language evolution
Kim, Anthony Hahn, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand the innately human ability to solve complex problems, we must first understand the cognitive processes that allow us to combine different kinds of knowledge, to learn new things and to communicate with other people. I…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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67.

Single Machine Scheduling with Release Dates
Goemans, Michel X. - Queyranne, Maurice - Schulz, Andreas S. - Skutella, Martin - Wang, Yaoguang

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	We consider the scheduling problem of minimizing the average weighted completion time of n jobs with release dates on a single machine. We first study two linear programming relaxations of the problem, one based on a time-indexed formulation, the other…
Fecha:	2004-05-28
Recurso:	MIT

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68.

Information technology and business transformation : work location and the allocation of decision rights
Fitoussi, David, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) as well, firms have an incentive to require coordinated investments in technology across the enterprise. Still, research in IS has also highlighted the fact that the productivity of computer investments is highly dependent on co-investment in complementary assets (for…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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69.

Sensing and modeling human networks
Choudhury, Tanzeem Khalid, 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Knowledge of how groups of people interact is important in many disciplines, e.g. organizational behavior, social network analysis, knowledge management and ubiquitous computing. Existing studies of social network interactions have either been restricted to online communities, where unambiguous measurements about…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
Recurso:	MIT

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70.

Organizational design : the integration of pharmaceutical discovery and development
Smith, Peter J. A. (Peter John Anthony), 1959-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The decline in Pharmaceutical R&D productivity has been attributed to high clinical failure rates suggesting that targets, leads and clinical candidates may be of lower quality in recent years. Senior R&D management generally believes that a greater integration of drug…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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71.

System for the online assessment of distributed projects
Shiraishi, Fumiaki, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The collaboration of researchers in different fields, institutions, and nations continues to be important as new ideas and solutions result from the combination of different knowledge and experiences. The Cambridge MIT Institute (CMI) Online Project Assessment System(OPAS) aims to collect…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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72.

A theoretical plasma physics model of the plasmatron
Burns, Barrett A. (Barrett Adams), 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	An analysis was conducted to determine the behavior of a high pressure electric arc discharge inside the Plasmatron Fuel Reformer. The Plasmatron Fuel Reformer uses an electric arc to partially combust fuel in an internal combustion engine to increase efficiency…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
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73.

Learning together better : the structured design of learning teams
Timmers, Kendell M. (Kendell MacQueen), 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	There is a great need among educators for a way to quickly assign teams in large or distance learning classrooms in a manner superior to random assignment or student self-selection. Forming teams based on knowledge of students' characteristics is too…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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74.

A framework for low-complexity iterative interference cancellation in communication systems
Chan, Albert M. (Albert Michael), 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Communication over interference channels poses challenges not present for the more traditional additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. In order to approach the information limits of an interference channel, interference mitigation techniques need to be integrated with channel coding and…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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75.

Knowledge trading : computational support for individual and collaborative sense-making activities
Keel, Paul E. (Paul Erich)

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) outlined. 2. Demonstration that computer systems can use the discovered relations among data items to help users search for relevant information, prioritize the data exchange between collaborating users, and visualize data in various ways. This investigation looks at how…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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76.

Telematics industry dynamics and strategies for converging technologies
Luis, Rodrigo, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The Telematics Industry faces tremendous challenges for growth. Regardless of the efforts and investment from vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, telematics has not been that profitable industry that many analyst forecasted five years ago; a 40 billion industry by 2003. This…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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77.

Banking channel management : global trends and strategies
Catalan, Renato Teixeira

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Banking channel management has become a crucial component in the drive for improved efficiency. Since the channel is the interlocutor between customers and products, banks are leveraging their knowledge of channels to efficiently address perfect product portfolio through the most…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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78.

The potential business impacts of Semantic Web for system integration
Saita, Akio, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis presents research about the potential business impacts of the Semantic Web. The concept of the Semantic Web is an expansion of the Web for computers, enabling them to comprehend the meaning of information. In addition, Semantic Web Services…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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79.

Characterization and modeling of polysilicon MEMS chemical-mechanical polishing
Tang, Brian D. (Brian David), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Heavily used in the manufacture of integrated circuits, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) is becoming an enabling technology for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). To reliably use CMP in the manufacturing process, designers must be able to accurately predict the CMP process and control…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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80.

Modeling and analysis of gene expression arrays
Duggar, Keith Howard, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Gene expression arrays are a technology used to measure quantities of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). Application of the technology involves a variety of physical processes beginning with the acquisition of mRNA samples and ending with the fluorescence imaging of a…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
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81.

Predicting the triple beta-spiral fold from primary sequence data
Scanlon, Eben Louis, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The Triple β-Spiral is a novel protein structure that plays a role in viral attachment and pathogenesis. At present, there are two Triple β-Spiral structures with solved crystallographic coordinates - one from Adenovirus and the other from Reovirus. There is…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
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82.

Natural language processing for unmanned aerial vehicle guidance interfaces, Natural language processing for UAV guidance interfaces
Craparo, Emily M. (Emily Marie), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In this thesis, the opportunities and challenges involved in applying natural language processing techniques to the control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are addressed. The problem of controlling an unmanned aircraft via natural language inputs is formulated as a feedback…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
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83.

Evolution of the university business model and infrastructure planning due to technological innovations
Go, Veronica, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The quality of higher education has been a growing concern in the United States and United Kingdom. There have been no notable improvements in the education system until the last few years. Considerable transformation in the higher education arena has…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
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84.

Wafer bonding : mechanics-based models and experiments
Turner, Kevin Thomas, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Direct wafer bonding has emerged as an important technology in the manufacture of silicon-on-insulator substrates (SOI), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D IC's). While the process is currently employed in applications such as these, a lack of knowledge…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
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85.

A robust optimization approach to supply chains and revenue management
Thiele, Aurélie, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The contribution of this thesis is to provide a tractable framework for supply chains and revenue management problems subject to uncertainty that gives insight into the structure of the optimal policy and requires little knowledge of the underlying probability distributions.…
Fecha:	2005-05-17
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86.

Environmental and health management in small and medium size enterprises
Arredondo, Juan C. (Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun), 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Workers and employees are increasingly exposed in the workplace to chemical compounds and substances that are potentially toxic; for most of these compounds, no information exist regarding effects on human health. As one of the main employment generation sources, Small…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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87.

CDGPS-based relative navigation for multiple spacecraft, Carrier-phase Differential Global Positioning System-based relative navigation for multiple spacecraft
Mitchell, Megan Leigh, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates the use of Carrier-phase Differential GPS (CDGPS) in relative navigation filters for formation flying spacecraft. This work analyzes the relationship between the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) design parameters and the resulting estimation accuracies, and in particular, the…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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88.

Trust policy management for the financial industry using semantic web rules
Neogy, Chitravanu

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Trust Management is a growing problem in large corporations today. In industries like financial services, firms need to comply with constantly changing regulations, security requirements and business policies. Information technology is often the backbone of the processes that are regulated…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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89.

The key elements of advocacy marketing
Yamaoka, Takashi, 1968-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Customer power is growing, and customers now have tools that inform them of the true state of affairs. This power enables them to avoid the pushy messages of marketers, make their own decisions, and determine what to buy. A company…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
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90.

Topology of learning and correction in dynamic balance
Welti-Santos, Larissa, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	"The discrepancy between [our personal experiences] and our idealizations of knowledge leads us into counterproductive strategies for learning and thinking" (Papert 1993). This discrepancy has driven most research towards understanding how people fail to accomplish a task, while few researchers…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
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91.

Finding God in the urban landscape : a temple for gnosis in upper Manhattan
Marcus, Andrew Todd

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Nature and Gnosticism are problematic terms. With the discovery of a library of so called heretical Gnostic texts in 1945, theologians, historians, and believers the world over have been exposed to Christian texts that call into question the liturgical lineage…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
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92.

Bioinformatics and database tools for glycans
Berry, Eric Zachary, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Recent advances in biology have afforded scientists with the knowledge that polysaccharides play an active role in modulating cellular activities. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are one such family of polysaccharides that play a very important role in regulating the functions of numerous…
Fecha:	2005-09-06
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93.

Real options approach to capacity planning under uncertainty
Mittal, Geetanjali, 1979-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis highlights the effectiveness of Real Options Analysis (ROA) in capacity planning decisions for engineering projects subject to uncertainty. This is in contrast to the irreversible decision-making proposed by the deterministic strategies based on expected estimates of parameters drawn…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
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94.

A wavelet-based system for event detection in online real-time sensor data
Varadharajan, Charuleka, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Sensors are increasingly being used for continuous monitoring purposes, the process of which generates huge volumes of data that need to be mined for interesting events in real-time. The purpose of this research is to develop a method to identify…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
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95.

A tool for hemodynamic data analysis
Garg, Deepali, 1982-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Nearly 2% of all live births are very premature (gestational age less than 32 weeks), and 50% of all new cases of cerebral palsy occur in survivors of premature birth (gestational age less than 37 weeks). Because of their underdeveloped…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
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96.

High-throughput genomic phenotyping
Ericksen, Daniel S. (Daniel Southwick), 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In the wake of the development of technology to sequence the complete genome of an organism, it has become expedient to generate methodologies to elucidate and characterize the function of all genes constituting the complete genetic makeup of an organism,…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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97.

Inferring regulatory networks from multiple sources of genomic data
Yeang, Chen-Hsiang, 1969-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) algorithm to identify the regulatory models from protein-DNA binding and gene expression data. These models to a large extent agree with the knowledge of gene regulation pertaining to the corresponding regulators. The three works in this thesis provide a…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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98.

Articulatory features for robust visual speech recognition
Saenko, Ekaterina, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis explores a novel approach to visual speech modeling. Visual speech, or a sequence of images of the speaker's face, is traditionally viewed as a single stream of contiguous units, each corresponding to a phonetic segment. These units are…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
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99.

Waves, currents, and sediment transport in the surf zone along long, straight beaches
Tajima, Yoshimitsu, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This study presents a theoretical model for predictions of near-shore hydrodynamic characteristics and the local sediment transport rate along long, straight beaches. The wave may be periodic or random, the beach may be plane or barred, and the bed may…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
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100.

Spaces of innovation : 21st century technopoles
Seitinger, Susanne, 1978-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Public authorities and private developers around the world are attempting to create and sustain hubs within the innovation-based economy by fostering successful urban environments. These large-scale developments succeed an earlier generation of post-industrial "technopoles" named after the French word popularized…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT