El autor aborda la fitotoponimia de una zona rural del Estado Mérida (Venezuela),
conocida como parroquia o micro-región Mucurubá, territorio en el que tal categoría está representada por numerosos nombres geográficos. Se analiza la significación social de los fitotopónimos, específicamente…

Neste trabalho discutimos percepções e práticas de moradores e
produtores, e expressões destas, e também percepções sobre as intervenções de
organizações públicas, civis e de empresas agropecuárias e ambientais, sobre
usos e cuidados com os recursos naturais, em especial a…

Même si le mot est ancien, la référence à la notion de document est récente dans l'Histoire, sans doute en résonance avec l'organisation de la société industrielle, sa régulation et ses valeurs. Au tournant du millénaire, le web s'est appuyé…

Knowledge acquisition for systems based on knowledge can be called knowledge engineering, according to Feigenbaum (1980) who used the term to describe the reduction of a wide context of knowledge for a set of facts and rules. The term Knowledge…

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 the restricted single-machine common due date problem the goal is to find a schedule for the n jobs which jointly minimizes the sum of earliness and tardiness penalties, while for the weighted tardiness problem the goal is to find…

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.

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…

Instruction may be seen as the intentional creation of conditions around learning so as to facilitate the achievement of determined goals. Normally, instruction is based upon certain educational strategies. It is well accepted in the field of educational technology that…

This dissertation addresses the issues pertaining to composite products (CPs). CPs are defined as products formed by combining knowledge from two distinct domains, for example, digital cameras, which combine knowledge from digital products and cameras. The three research questions addressed…