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Computer System for Visual Recognition Using Active Knowledge
Freuder, Eugene C.

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Enlaces:	A system for visual recognition is described, with implications for the general problem of representation of knowledge to assist control. The immediate objective is a computer system that will recognize objects in a visual scene, specifically hammers. The computer receives…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Qualitative and Quantitative Knowledge in Classical Mechanics
Kleer, Johan De

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Enlaces:	This thesis investigates what knowledge is necessary to solve mechanics problems. A program NEWTON is described which understands and solves problems in mechanics mini-world of objects moving on surfaces. Facts and equations such as those given in mechanics text need…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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BUILD: A Tool for Maintaining Consistency in Modular Systems
Robbins, Richard Elliot

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Enlaces:	Build is a tool for keeping modular systems in a consistent state by managing the construction tasks (e.g. compilation, linking, etc.) associated with such systems. It employs a user supplied system model and a procedural description of a task to…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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RABBIT: A Compiler for SCHEME
Steele, Guy Lewis, Jr.

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Enlaces:	We have developed a compiler for the lexically-scoped dialect of LISP known as SCHEME. The compiler knows relatively little about specific data manipulation primitives such as arithmetic operators, but concentrates on general issues of environment and control. Rather than having…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits
Mcdermott, Drew Vincent

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Enlaces:	This report is concerned with the problem of achieving flexibility (additivity, modularity) and efficiency (performance, expertise) simultaneously in one AI program. It deals with the domain of elementary electronic circuit design. The proposed solution is to provide a deduction-driven problem…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Using Structural and Functional Information in Diagnostic Design
Hamscher, Walter

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Enlaces:	We wish to design a diagnostic for a device from knowledge of its structure and function. the diagnostic should achieve both coverage of the faults that can occur in the device, and should strive to achieve specificity in its diagnosis…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Reasoning Modeled as a Society of Communicating Experts
Steels, Luc

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Enlaces:	This report describes a domain independent reasoning system. The system uses a frame-based knowledge representation language and various reasoning techniques including constraint propagation, progressive refinement, natural deduction and explicit control of reasoning. A computational architecture based on active objects which…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Towards a Computational Theory of Definite Anaphora Comprehension in English Discourse
Sidner, Candace Lee

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Enlaces:	This report investigates the process of focussing as a description and explanation of the comprehension of certain anaphoric expressions in English discourse. The investigation centers on the interpretation of definite anaphora, that is, on the personal pronouns, and noun phrases…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Priors Stabilizers and Basis Functions: From Regularization to Radial, Tensor and Additive Splines
Girosi, Federico - Jones, Michael - Poggio, Tomaso

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Enlaces:	We had previously shown that regularization principles lead to approximation schemes, as Radial Basis Functions, which are equivalent to networks with one layer of hidden units, called Regularization Networks. In this paper we show that regularization networks encompass a much…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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The Image Irradiance Equation: Its Solution and Application
Bruss, Anna R.

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Enlaces:	How much information about the shape of an object can be inferred from its image? In particular, can the shape of an object be reconstructed by measuring the light it reflects from points on its surface? These questions were raised…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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11.

Inspection Methods in Programming
Rich, Charles

Formato:
Enlaces:	The work reported here lies in the area of overlap between artificial intelligence software engineering. As research in artificial intelligence, it is a step towards a model of problem solving in the domain of programming. In particular, this work focuses…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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12.

The Structure of Mathematical Knowledge
Michener, Edwina Rissland

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Enlaces:	This report develops a conceptual framework in which to talk about mathematical knowledge. There are several broad categories of mathematical knowledge: results which contain the traditional logical aspects of mathematics; examples which contain illustrative material; and concepts which include formal…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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13.

The Role of Knowledge in Visual Shape Representation
Saund, Eric

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Enlaces:	This report shows how knowledge about the visual world can be built into a shape representation in the form of a descriptive vocabulary making explicit the important geometrical relationships comprising objects' shapes. Two computational tools are offered: (1) Shapestokens are…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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14.

Qualitative Knowledge, Casual Reasoning and the Localization of Failures
Brown, Allen

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Enlaces:	This report investigates some techinques appropriate to representing the knowledge necessary for understanding a class of electronic machines -- radio receivers. A computational performance model - WATSON - is presented. WATSONs task is to isolate failures in radio receivers whose…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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15.

Using Analogy to Acquire Commonsense Knowledge from Human Contributors
Chklovski, Timothy

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Enlaces:	The goal of the work reported here is to capture the commonsense knowledge of non-expert human contributors. Achieving this goal will enable more intelligent human-computer interfaces and pave the way for computers to reason about our world. In the domain…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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16.

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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17.

Reasoning from Incomplete Knowledge in a Procedural Deduction System
Moore, Robert Carter

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Enlaces:	One very useful idea in AI research has been the notion of an explicit model of a problem situation. Procedural deduction languages, such as PLANNER, have been valuable tools for building these models. But PLANNER and its relatives are very…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

Roles of Knowledge in Motor Learning
Atkeson, Christopher Granger

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Enlaces:	The goal of this thesis is to apply the computational approach to motor learning, i.e., describe the constraints that enable performance improvement with experience and also the constraints that must be satisfied by a motor learning system, describe what is…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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19.

Representing Knowledge of Large-Scale Space
Kuipers, Benjamin J.

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Enlaces:	This dissertation presents a model of the knowledge a person has about the spatial structure of a large-scale environment: the "cognitive map". The functions of the cognitive map are to assimilate new information about the environment, to represent the current…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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20.

Test Generation Guided Design for Testability
Wu, Peng

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Enlaces:	This thesis presents a new approach to building a design for testability (DFT) system. The system takes a digital circuit description, finds out the problems in testing it, and suggests circuit modifications to correct those problems. The key contributions of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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21.

A Study of Qualitative and Geometric Knowledge in Reasoning about Motion
Forbus, Kenneth D.

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Enlaces:	Reasoning about motion is an important part of our commonsense knowledge, involving fluent spatial reasoning. This work studies the qualitative and geometric knowledge required to reason in a world that consists of balls moving through space constrained by collisions with…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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22.

Learning Commonsense Categorical Knowledge in a Thread Memory System
Stamatoiu, Oana L.

Formato:
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:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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23.

Toward a Theory of Representation Design
Baalen, Jeffrey Van

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Enlaces:	This research is concerned with designing representations for analytical reasoning problems (of the sort found on the GRE and LSAT). These problems test the ability to draw logical conclusions. A computer program was developed that takes as input a straightforward…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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24.

Generating Circuit Tests by Exploiting Designed Behavior
Shirley, Mark Harper

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Enlaces:	This thesis describes two programs for generating tests for digital circuits that exploit several kinds of expert knowledge not used by previous approaches. First, many test generation problems can be solved efficiently using operation relations, a novel representation of circuit…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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25.

Toward A Model Of Children's Story Comprehension
Charniak, Eugene

Formato:
Enlaces:	How does a person answer questions about children's stories? For example, consider 'Janet wanted Jack's paints. She looked at the picture he was painting and said 'Those paints make your picture look funny.' The question to ask is 'Why did…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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26.

A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition
Sussman, Gerald J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis confronts the nature of the process of learning an intellectual skill, the ability to solve problems efficiently in a particular domain of discourse. The investigation is synthetic; a computational performance model, HACKER, is displayed. Hacker is a computer…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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27.

ONTIC: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics
McAllester, David Allen

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Enlaces:	Ontic is an interactive system for developing and verifying mathematics. Ontic's verification mechanism is capable of automatically finding and applying information from a library containing hundreds of mathematical facts. Starting with only the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, the Ontic…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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28.

Computational Structure of Human Language
Ristad, Eric Sven

Formato:
Enlaces:	The central thesis of this report is that human language is NP-complete. That is, the process of comprehending and producing utterances is bounded above by the class NP, and below by NP-hardness. This constructive complexity thesis has two empirical consequences.…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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29.

A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge
Fahlman, Scott E.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report describes a knowledge-base system in which the information is stored in a network of small parallel processing elements ??de and link units ??ich are controlled by an external serial computer. This network is similar to the semantic network…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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30.

New Progress in Artificial Intelligence
Winston, Patrick H.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report concentrates on progress during the last two years at the M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Topics covered include the representation of knowledge, understanding English, learning and debugging, understanding vision and productivity technology. It is stressed that these various areas…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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31.

TYPICAL: A Knowledge Representation System for Automated Discovery and Inference
Haase, Kenneth W., Jr.

Formato:
Enlaces:	TYPICAL is a package for describing and making automatic inferences about a broad class of SCHEME predicate functions. These functions, called types following popular usage, delineate classes of primitive SCHEME objects, composite data structures, and abstract descriptions. TYPICAL types are…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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32.

Creation of Computer Animation from Story Descriptions
Kahn, Kenneth Michael

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Enlaces:	This report describes a computer system that creates simple computer animation in response to high-level, vague, and incomplete descriptions of films. It makes its films by collecting and evaluating suggestions from several different bodies of knowledge. The order in which…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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33.

Hypothesis Formation and Evaluation in Medical Diagnosis
Rubin, Ann D.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis describes some aspects of a computer system for doing medical diagnosis in the specialized field of kidney disease. Because such a system faces the spectre of combinatorial explosion, this discussion concentrates on heuristics which control the number of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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34.

The Use of Equality in Deduction and Knowledge Representation
McAllester, David Allen

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report describes a system which maintains canonical expressions for designators under a set of equalities. Substitution is used to maintain all knowledge in terms of these canonical expressions. A partial order on designators, termed the better-name relation, is used…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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35.

Coherent Behavior from Incoherent Knowledge Sources in the Automatic Synthesis of Numerical Computer Programs
Brown, Richard

Formato:
Enlaces:	A fundamental problem in artificial intelligence is obtaining coherent behavior in rule-based problem solving systems. A good quantitative measure of coherence is time behavior; a system that never, in retrospect, applied a rule needlessly is certainly coherent; a system suffering…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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36.

The Use of Grouping in Visual Object Recognition.
Jacobs, David W.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The report describes a recognition system called GROPER, which performs grouping by using distance and relative orientation constraints that estimate the likelihood of different edges in an image coming from the same object. The thesis presents both a theoretical analysis…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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37.

Automatic Analysis and Synthesis of Controllers for Dynamical Systems Based On P
Zhao, Feng

Formato:
Enlaces:	I present a novel design methodology for the synthesis of automatic controllers, together with a computational environment---the Control Engineer's Workbench---integrating a suite of programs that automatically analyze and design controllers for high-performance, global control of nonlinear systems. This work demonstrates…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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38.

Automated Reasoning About Classical Mechanics
Wong, Leon

Formato:
Enlaces:	In recent years, researchers in artificial intelligence have become interested in replicating human physical reasoning talents in computers. One of the most important skills in this area is predicting how physical systems will behave. This thesis discusses an implemented program…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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39.

An Electronic Market-Maker
Chan, Nicholas Tung - Shelton, Christian

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents an adaptive learning model for market-making under the reinforcement learning framework. Reinforcement learning is a learning technique in which agents aim to maximize the long-term accumulated rewards. No knowledge of the market environment, such as the order…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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40.

Procedures as a Representation for Data in a Computer Program for Understanding Natural Language
Winograd, Terry

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Enlaces:	This paper describes a system for the computer understanding of English. The system answers questions, executes commands, and accepts information in normal English dialog. It uses semantic information and context to understand discourse and to disambiguate sentences. It combines a…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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41.

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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42.

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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43.

Product development knowledge management portal and case studies to demonstrate the need for better design knowledge management using it
Prasanna, Guru, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Guru Prasanna., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001., Page 123 blank., Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122).
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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44.

Learning by Failing to Explain
Hall, Robert Joseph

Formato:
Enlaces:	Explanation-based Generalization requires that the learner obtain an explanation of why a precedent exemplifies a concept. It is, therefore, useless if the system fails to find this explanation. However, it is not necessary to give up and resort to purely…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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45.

ARLO: Another Representation Language Offer
Haase, Kenneth W., Jr.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes ARLO, a representation language loosely modelled after Greiner and Lenant's RLL-1. ARLO is a structure-based representation language for describing structure-based representation languages, including itself. A given representation language is specified in ARLO by a collection of structures…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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46.

KBEmacs: A Step Toward the Programmer's Apprentice
Waters, Richard C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The Knowledge-Based Editor in Emacs (KBEmacs) is the current demonstration system implemented as part of the Programmer's Apprentice project. KBEmacs is capable of acting as a semi-expert assistant to a person who is writing a program ??king over some parts…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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47.

KAM: Automatic Planning and Interpretation of Numerical Experiments Using Geometrical Methods
Yip, Kenneth Man-Kam

Formato:
Enlaces:	KAM is a computer program that can automatically plan, monitor, and interpret numerical experiments with Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedom. The program has recently helped solve an open problem in hydrodynamics. Unlike other approaches to qualitative reasoning about…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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48.

Contact Sensing: A Sequential Decision Approach to Sensing Manipulation Contact
Eberman, Brian Scott

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes a new statistical, model-based approach to building a contact state observer. The observer uses measurements of the contact force and position, and prior information about the task encoded in a graph, to determine the current location of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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49.

Segmentation and Alignment of Speech and Sketching in a Design Environment
Adler, Aaron D.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Sketches are commonly used in the early stages of design. Our previous system allows users to sketch mechanical systems that the computer interprets. However, some parts of the mechanical system might be too hard or too complicated to express in…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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50.

Exploring Object Perception with Random Image Structure Evolution
Sadr, Javid - Sinha, Pawan

Formato:
Enlaces:	We have developed a technique called RISE (Random Image Structure Evolution), by which one may systematically sample continuous paths in a high-dimensional image space. A basic RISE sequence depicts the evolution of an object's image from a random field, along…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

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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52.

Three-dimensional representations of video using knowledge based estimation
Holtzman, Henry Neil

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Henry Neil Holtzman., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66).
Fecha:	2005-08-15
Recurso:	MIT

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53.

Control of Vibration in Mechanical Systems Using Shaped Reference Inputs
Meckl, Peter Heinrich

Formato:
Enlaces:	Dynamic systems which undergo rapid motion can excite natural frequencies that lead to residual vibration at the end of motion. This work presents a method to shape force profiles that reduce excitation energy at the natural frequencies in order to…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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54.

Residual Vibration Reduction in Computer Controlled Machines
Singer, Neil C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Control of machines that exhibit flexibility becomes important when designers attempt to push the state of the art with faster, lighter machines. Three steps are necessary for the control of a flexible planet. First, a good model of the plant…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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55.

Shape from Shading: A Method for Obtaining the Shape of a Smooth Opaque Object from One View
Horn, Berthold K.P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	A method will be described for finding the shape of a smooth apaque object form a monocular image, given a knowledge of the surface photometry, the position of the lightsource and certain auxiliary information to resolve ambiguities. This method is…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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56.

Dependency Directed Reasoning for Complex Program Understanding
Shrobe, Howard Elliot

Formato:
Enlaces:	Artificial Intelligence research involves the creation of extremely complex programs which must possess the capability to introspect, learn, and improve their expertise. Any truly intelligent program must be able to create procedures and to modify them as it gathers information…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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57.

Understanding Simple Picture Programs
Goldstein, Ira P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	What are the characteristics of the process by which an intent is transformed into a plan and then a program? How is a program debugged? This paper analyzes these questions in the context of understanding simple turtle programs. To understand…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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58.

Foundations of Actor Semantics
Clinger, William Douglas

Formato:
Enlaces:	The actor message-passing model of concurrent computation has inspired new ideas in the areas of knowledge-based systems, programming languages and their semantics, and computer systems architecture. The model itself grew out of computer languages such as Planner, Smalltalk, and Simula,…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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59.

A Circuit Grammar For Operational Amplifier Design
Ressler, Andrew Lewis

Formato:
Enlaces:	Electrical circuit designers seldom create really new topologies or use old ones in a novel way. Most designs are known combinations of common configurations tailored for the particular problem at hand. In this thesis I show that much of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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60.

Hierarchical Object Recognition Using Libraries of Parameterized Model Sub-Parts
Ettinger, Gil J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis describes the development of a model-based vision system that exploits hierarchies of both object structure and object scale. The focus of the research is to use these hierarchies to achieve robust recognition based on effective organization and indexing…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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61.

Model-Based Troubleshooting of Digital Systems
Hamscher, Walter Charles

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis describes a methodology, a representation, and an implemented program for troubleshooting digital circuit boards at roughly the level of expertise one might expect in a human novice. Existing methods for model-based troubleshooting have not scaled up to deal…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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62.

Intelligence by Design: Principles of Modularity and Coordination for Engineerin
Bryson, Joanna J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	All intelligence relies on search --- for example, the search for an intelligent agent's next action. Search is only likely to succeed in resource-bounded agents if they have already been biased towards finding the right answer. In artificial agents, the…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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63.

The role of consideration in the pursuit of market share : a study of the U.S. automobile industry
Knight, Kenneth Darnell, 1960-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The state of business in the U.S. automobile industry is such that competition is fierce, and consumers have a perplexing number of alternatives from which to choose. The final purchase decision by the consumer is where most industry experts focus…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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64.

Probabilistic Solution of Inverse Problems
Marroquin, Jose Luis

Formato:
Enlaces:	In this thesis we study the general problem of reconstructing a function, defined on a finite lattice from a set of incomplete, noisy and/or ambiguous observations. The goal of this work is to demonstrate the generality and practical value of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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65.

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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66.

The role of knowledge in visual shape representation
Saund, Eric

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Eric Saund., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 1989., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 293-300).
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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67.

Global knowledge networking for the multinational enterprise
Lim, Shung Yar, 1979-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Shung Yar Lim., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2003., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-126).
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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68.

Concurrent process mapping, organizations, project and knowledge management in large-scale product development projects using the Design Structure Matrix method
Guivarch, Antoine D. (Antoine David), 1979-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Antoine D. Guivarch., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2003., Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152).
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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69.

An investigation of constraint-based component-modeling for knowledge representation in computer-aided conceptual design
Kolb, Mark A

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Mark Andrew Kolb., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-234).
Fecha:	2005-08-10
Recurso:	MIT

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70.

Global Knowledge Network
Huang, Biao, 1970-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Biao Huang., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-115).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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71.

Modeling of and experiments characterizing electromigration-induced failures in interconnects
Andleigh, Vaibhav K. (Vaibhav Kumar), 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	As interconnect linewidths continue to scale downward, a detailed knowledge of stress evolution and void growth processes enables a determination of the electromigration-induced failure times of these interconnects. This thesis provides this knowledge through the development of an electromigration simulation…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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72.

Real-time analysis of physiological data and development of alarm algorithms for patient monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
Zhang, Ying, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The lack of effective data integration and knowledge representation in patient monitoring limits its utility to clinicians. Intelligent alarm algorithms that use artificial intelligence techniques have the potential to reduce false alarm rates and to improve data integration and knowledge…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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73.

The impact of networked display devices on awareness and adoption of an online knowledge sharing system
Rosenblatt, Michael, 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Invention is largely information driven. Everyone in a community of inventors is an aggregator of information relevant to invention. Sharing some of this information across a community of inventors will result in greater invention effectiveness at the individual and community…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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74.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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75.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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80.

Controlling open quantum systems
Fortunato, Evan Matthew

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis describes the development and experimental verification (via liquid state nuclear magnetic resonance techniques) of new methods for controlling open quantum systems. First, methods that improve coherent control through the use of both strong control fields and detailed knowledge…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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81.

Performance strategies for the knowledge driven built environment : the Singapore case
Aw, Tuan Kee Donald, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The Internet and Technology Revolution has created a new business environment, one in which traditional business rules are being challenged, and even repudiated. Information Communication Technology (ICT) has made a major impact to many business sectors, ranging from retail, stock…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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82.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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83.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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84.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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85.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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86.

Spatiotemporal brain imaging and modeling
Lin, Fa-Hsuan, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis integrates hardware development, data analysis, and mathematical modeling to facilitate our understanding of brain cognition. Exploration of these brain mechanisms requires both structural and functional knowledge to (i) reconstruct the spatial distribution of the activity, (ii) to estimate…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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87.

Analyzing the make-to-stock queue in the supply chain and eBusiness settings
Caldentey, René

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis presents two applications of the prototypical make-to-stock queue model that are mainly motivated by supply chain management and e-commerce issues. In the first part, we consider the decentralized version of the make-to-stock model. Two different agents that we…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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88.

Developing an integrated building design tool by coupling building energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics programs
Zhai, Zhiqiang, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Building energy simulation (ES) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can play important roles in building design by providing essential information to help design energy-efficient, thermally comfortable and healthy buildings. However, separate applications of ES and CFD usually cannot give an…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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89.

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

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90.

The design and structural characterization of oligomeric beta beta alpha mini-proteins
Ali, Mayssam H. (Mayssam Hani), 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Oligomeric mini-proteins, short peptides with protein-like features, constitute valuable minimal models for the study of oligomeric proteins. Oligomerization is a common feature of cellular proteins that may confer structural and functional advantages. Oligomerization is proposed to have arisen by several…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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91.

Adaptive modeling of GPS receiver clock for integrity monitoring during precision approaches, Adaptive modeling of Global Positioning System receiver clock for integrity monitoring during precision approaches
Bednarz, Sean G. (Sean Garrett), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The FAA is developing the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) to replace ground-based navigation aids as the primary means of aircraft precision approaches. Stringent requirements on the integrity of the system have caused significant delays and raised questions about the…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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92.

Distributed coordination of autonomous agents by communicating on a need-to-know basis
Chen, Judy Y. (Judy Yann-Yun), 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Intelligent autonomous agents working cooperatively accomplish tasks more efficiently than single agents, as well as tasks that were infeasible for the single agent. For example, a single agent transporting a ton of blocks will need to take multiple trips, possibly…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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93.

Self-organizing event maps
Tardiff, Seth Ronald, 1981-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	To take further steps along the path toward true artificial intelligence, systems must be built that are capable of learning about the world around them through observation and explanation. These systems should be flexible and robust in the style of…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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94.

Obligations abroad : towards a just foreign policy
Rothkin, Karen, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This dissertation considers three implications of collective self-government for just foreign policies in an imperfect world. Individuals are the appropriate moral unit of analysis, constrained to govern themselves justly, together with compatriots. First I derive limits to state autonomy that…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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95.

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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96.

Street science : the fusing of local and professional knowledge in environmental policy
Coburn, Jason

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	his dissertation analyzes how local knowledge improves environmental decisions. The premise is that controlling pollution and addressing public health disparities are not problems that professionals alone can solve. Concerned lay publics, especially low-income populations and people of color that experience…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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97.

Knowledge Partitioning in the Inter-firm Dividsion of Labor: the case of Automotive product Development
Takeishi, Akira

Formato:
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2002-06-26
Recurso:	MIT

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98.

Outsourced knowledge: knowledge transfer and strategic implications from design outsourcing, Knowledge transfer and strategic implications from design outsourcing
Grant, Peter L. (Peter Leigh), 1959-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Peter L. Grant., Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2000., Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-108).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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99.

The knowledge evolution framework : a knowledge management perspective on the impact of knowledge segregation on product development projects
Chi, Jeffrey C. (Jeffrey Chien-Chuen)

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Jeffrey C. Chi., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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100.

The architectural design studio as a method of inquiry : a pedagogical model for the development of architectural knowledge
Silberberg, Ross Allen

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis is concerned with the systematic investigation and application of knowledge within the architectural design studio. The thesis takes, as a point of departure in the development of architectural epistemology, a model of knowledge developed by Yehuda Elkana, in…
Fecha:	2005-08-10
Recurso:	MIT