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The Influence of Customer Scope on Supplier Learning and Performance in the Japanese Automobile Industry
Nobeoka, Kentaro - Dyer, Jeffrey

Formato:
Enlaces:	Most studies on Japanese supplier-automaker relationships have focused on the nature of the dyadic inter-firm relationship and the performance of the assembler. We examine the relationship between a Japanese supplier's "customer scope strategy" (i.e. number of customers) and the supplier's…
Fecha:	2002-07-18
Recurso:	MIT

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Development of a gamma ray telescope for online synovial dosimetry in boron neutron capture synovectomy
Jiang, Hongyu, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy (BNCS) is a novel application of the ¹⁰B(n,α) reaction for potential treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. During BNCS clinical trials, real-time knowledge of boron dose delivered to the synovium is necessary so that the remaining irradiation time…
Fecha:	2005-05-19
Recurso:	MIT

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Towards Man-Machine Interfaces: Combining Top-down Constraints with Bottom-up Learning in Facial Analysis
Kumar, Vinay P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis proposes a methodology for the design of man-machine interfaces by combining top-down and bottom-up processes in vision. From a computational perspective, we propose that the scientific-cognitive question of combining top-down and bottom-up knowledge is similar to the engineering…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Transferring, Translating and Transforming: An Integrative Framework
Carlile, Paul

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Organizations must establish processes for managing knowledge across boundaries because of the specialized and task-dependent forms of knowledge required to deliver products and services. To address this challenge an integrative framework is developed that identifies and integrates the value of…
Fecha:	2003-12-10
Recurso:	MIT

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Transferring, Translating and Transforming: An Integrative Framework
Carlile, Paul

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Organizations must establish processes for managing knowledge across boundaries because of the specialized and task-dependent forms of knowledge required to deliver products and services. To address this challenge an integrative framework is developed that identifies and integrates the value of…
Fecha:	2003-12-18
Recurso:	MIT

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Recent Progress in Droplet-Based Manufacturing Research
Kim, H.-Y. - Cherng, J.-P. - Chun, Jung-Hoon

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This article reports the recent progress of re-search made in the Droplet-Based Manufacturing Laboratory at MIT. The study has been focused on obtaining a fundamental understanding of microdroplet deposition and applying the technology to various practical applications. Specific scientific contributions…
Fecha:	2003-12-23
Recurso:	MIT

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2.5 D Cavity Balancing
Jin, S. - Lam, Yee Cheong

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Cavity balancing is the process of altering the flow front within a cavity through thickness and design changes such that the desired fill pattern is achieved. The 2 dimensional (2D) cavity-balancing algorithm, developed by Lam and Seow [1] can only…
Fecha:	2003-12-23
Recurso:	MIT

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Collaborative Engine for Distributed Mechanical Design
Ni, Qianfu - Lu, Wen Feng

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Effective collaboration is essential for engineers at geographically dispersed locations to accomplish good design with less iteration. Over the last several years, more and more efforts have been put into such research as many industries have distributed their product development…
Fecha:	2003-12-23
Recurso:	MIT

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Documenting dreams : patient-centered records versus practice-centered records
Østerlund, Carsten Svarrer, 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis explores how doctors and nurses use documents to share their knowledge within and across healthcare settings. In addressing this question I draw on a 15-month, multi-sited ethnographic study in several pediatric health care settings, following patients from primary…
Fecha:	2005-08-24
Recurso:	MIT

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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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11.

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

Formato:
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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12.

Creating and Managing a High Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network: The Toyota Case
Dyer, Jeffrey - Nobeoka, Kentaro

Formato:
Enlaces:	This study offers a detailed case study of how Toyota facilitates interorganizational knowledge transfers among within its production network. In particular, we identiify and examine six key institutionalized knowledge sharing routines developed by Toyota and its suppliers. By examining how…
Fecha:	2002-07-10
Recurso:	MIT

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13.

Reducing Impediments to Collaboration in a Virtual Design World
Seshasai, Satwik - Gupta, Amar - Sainath, Tara

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents a knowledge-based approach to reducing impediments to collaboration in a distributed environment. A major impediment to such collaboration is the issue of communications - clearly and efficiently expressing the desires of every stakeholder in the process, as…
Fecha:	2002-09-25
Recurso:	MIT

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14.

A Framework for Corporate Householding
Madnick, Stuart - Wang, Richard - Zhang, Wei

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Previous research on corporate household and corporate householding has presented examples, literature review, and working definitions. In this paper, we first improve our understanding of the area by developing a typology of corporate householding tasks and knowledge…
Fecha:	2003-03-21
Recurso:	MIT

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15.

Automated Design Data and Rationale Capture
Gupta, Amar - Seshasai, Satwik - Yeung, Jason - Sainath, Tara

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents a knowledge-based approach for capturing data and rationale, so that the experience and insights gained while pursuing a major project or endeavor can be utilized when pursuing future endeavors of a similar nature. The proposed
Fecha:	2002-06-07
Recurso:	MIT

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16.

A Knowledge Based Approach to Facilitate Enginering Design
Seshasai, Satwik - Gupta, Amar

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents a knowledge-based approach to facilitate the engineering design process relating to spacecrafts. Because the design evolves over a long time and typically involves individuals working at different locations and frequently for different organizations, the degree of collaboration…
Fecha:	2002-10-23
Recurso:	MIT

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17.

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

Formato:
Enlaces:	Drawing on an empirical study on automakers? management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows that when the design of a component is outsourced to a supplier, how much and what automakers know about the component…
Fecha:	2002-06-12
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

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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19.

The Conniver Reference Manual
McDermott, Drew V. - Sussman, Gerald Jay

Formato:
Enlaces:	This manual is intended to be a guide to the philosophy and use of the programming language CONNIVER, which is "complete," and running at the AI Lab now. It assumes good knowledge of LISP, but no knowledge of Micro-Planner, in…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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20.

Automated Negotiation from Declarative Contract Descriptions
Grosof, Benjamin - Reeves, Daniel - Wellman, Michael

Formato:
Enlaces:	Our approach for automating the negotiation of business contracts proceeds in three broad steps. First, determine the structure of the negotiation process by applying general knowledge about auctions and domain-specific knowledge about the contract subject along with preferences from po-
Fecha:	2002-10-23
Recurso:	MIT

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21.

SweetDeal: Representing Agent Contracts With Exceptions using XML Rules, Ontologies, and Process Descriptions
GROSOF, BENJAMIN - POON, TERRENCE C.

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	SweetDeal is a rule-based approach to representation of business contracts that enables software agents to create, evaluate, negotiate, and execute contracts with substantial automation and modularity. It builds upon the situated courteous logic programs knowledge representation in RuleML, the emerging…
Fecha:	2003-09-16
Recurso:	MIT

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22.

Pose-Invariant Face Recognition Using Real and Virtual Views
Beymer, David

Formato:
Enlaces:	The problem of automatic face recognition is to visually identify a person in an input image. This task is performed by matching the input face against the faces of known people in a database of faces. Most existing work in…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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23.

Planner Implementation Proposal to ARPA 1972-1973
Hewitt, Carl

Formato:
Enlaces:	The task objective is the generalization and implementation of the full power of the problem solving formalism PLANNER in the next two years. We will show how problem solving knowledge can be effectively incorporated into the formalism. Several domains will…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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24.

Improving Data Quality Through Effective Use of Data Semantics
Madnick, Stuart E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Data quality issues have taken on increasing importance in recent years. In our research, we have discovered that many “data quality” problems are actually “data misinterpretation” problems – that is, problems with data semantics. In this paper, we first illustrate…
Fecha:	2003-12-13
Recurso:	MIT

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25.

Putting Patents in Context:Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
Agrawal, Ajay - Henderson, Rebecca

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	In this paper we explore the degree to which patents are representative of the magnitude, direction, and impact of the knowledge spilling out of the university by focusing on MIT, and in particular on the departments of Mechanical and Electrical…
Fecha:	2003-12-18
Recurso:	MIT

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26.

Development of a knowledge-based expert system for tax auditing
Grochowski, Robert J. (Robert Joseph)

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Robert J. Grochowski., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1988., Includes bibliographical references.
Fecha:	2005-08-09
Recurso:	MIT

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27.

Multinational enterprises and cross-border knowledge creation

Formato:
Enlaces:	D. Eleanor Westney., Cover title. "Paper prepared for JAIMS conference on 'International Comparative Study of Knowledge Creation', Hawaii, December 12-14, 1996"--Added t.p. "February 1997.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-34).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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28.

Intelligence in Scientific Computing
Abelson, Harold - Eisenberg, Michael - Halfact, Mathew - Katzenelson, Jacob - Sacks, Elisha - Sussman, Gerald Jay - Wisdom, Jack - Yip, Ken

Formato:
Enlaces:	Combining numerical techniques with ideas from symbolic computation and with methods incorporating knowledge of science and mathematics leads to a new category of intelligent computational tools for scientists and engineers. These tools autonomously prepare simulation experiments from high-level specifications of…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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29.

Community knowledge sharing : an Internet application to support communications across literacy levels, Internet application to support communications across literacy levels
Shakeel, Hani Umar, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Hani Umar Shakeel., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-98).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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30.

Semantic Interoperability in the Fixed Income Securities Industry: A Knowledge Representation Architecture for Dynamic Integration of Web-Based Information
Moulton, Allen - Madnick, Stuart - Siegel, Michael

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator's reasoning engine can devise query plans integrating multiple sources and resolving semantic heterogeneity. Receiver…
Fecha:	2003-02-10
Recurso:	MIT

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31.

Rockwell Collins & IBEW Locals 1362 and 1634: Investing in Knowledge, Skills, and Future Capability in an Uncertain Business Environment.
Barrett, Betty

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	The post-September 11th economy has confronted Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with hard choices. Faced with the need to cut costs, including laying off significant portions of the work force, the company and its unions still maintain a commitment…
Fecha:	2003-06-06
Recurso:	MIT

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32.

The Impact of Processing Time Knowledge on Dynamic Job-Shop Scheduling
Wein, Lawrence M. - Ou, Jihong

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	The goal of this paper is to determine if the results for dynamic job-shop scheduling problems are affected by the assumptions made with regard to the processing time distributions and the scheduler's knowledge of the processing times. Three dynamic jobshop…
Fecha:	2004-05-28
Recurso:	MIT

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33.

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

Formato:
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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34.

Improving an image annotation and retrieval agent using commonsense and personal knowledge, Improving an image retrieval agent using commonsense and personal knowledge
Waters, Kimberly G. (Kimberly Geneva), 1977-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Kimberly G. Waters., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002., Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46).
Fecha:	2005-08-24
Recurso:	MIT

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35.

Towards a unified framework for sub-lexical and supra-lexical linguistic modeling
Mou, Xiaolong, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Conversational interfaces have received much attention as a promising natural communication channel between humans and computers. A typical conversational interface consists of three major systems: speech understanding, dialog management and spoken language generation. In such a conversational interface, speech recognition…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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36.

The growth of knowledge : testing a theory of scientific revolutions with a formal model

Formato:
Enlaces:	John D. Sterman., Includes bibliographical references.
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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37.

Knowledge Networks, the Internet and, Development
Cukor, Peter - McKnight, Lee

Formato:
Enlaces:	Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are playing a significant role in economic, political and cultural development. The relationship between technologies supporting information processing and distribution, and the application of that knowledge for development purposes has only recently come into focus.…
Fecha:	2002-07-22
Recurso:	MIT

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38.

Internet Fish
LaMacchia, Brian A.

Formato:
Enlaces:	I have invented "Internet Fish," a novel class of resource-discovery tools designed to help users extract useful information from the Internet. Internet Fish (IFish) are semi-autonomous, persistent information brokers; users deploy individual IFish to gather and refine information related to…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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39.

Predicting and managing system interactions at early phase of the product development process
Dong, Qi, 1973-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The activity of designing and developing large, complex, discrete, physical, and engineered products faces the challenges in the physical product system, the organization of people, and the larger systems in which the product resides-the natural and societal systems. This thesis…
Fecha:	2005-05-19
Recurso:	MIT

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40.

Essays on innovation, leadership, and growth
Jones, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Felt), 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The first two chapters of this thesis investigate a possibly fundamental aspect of technological progress. If knowledge accumulates as technology progresses, then successive generations of innovators may face an increasing educational burden, forcing them to spend longer periods in education…
Fecha:	2005-08-24
Recurso:	MIT

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41.

External sourcing of core technologies and the architectural dependency of teams
Bresman, Henrik

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	How do teams complete a task involving critical knowledge that is both complex and external to the team itself? This is a task characterized by a particularly difficult tradeoff between external search for important knowledge on one hand…
Fecha:	2003-02-24
Recurso:	MIT

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42.

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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43.

A Hybrid Intelligent System for Stamping Process Planning in Progressive Die Design
Zhang, W.Y. - Tor, Shu Beng - Britton, G.A.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper presents an intelligent, hybrid system for stamping process planning in progressive die design. The system combines the flexibility of blackboard architecture with case-based reasoning. The hybrid system has the advantage that it can use past knowledge and experience…
Fecha:	2003-12-14
Recurso:	MIT

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44.

Knowledge Integration to Overcome Ontological Heterogeneity: Challenges from Financial Information Systems
Firat, Aykut - Madnick, Stuart E. - Grosof, Benjamin

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	The shift towards global networking brings with it many opportunities and challenges. In this paper, we discuss key technologies in achieving global semantic interoperability among heterogeneous information systems, including both traditional and web data sources. In particular, we focus on…
Fecha:	2003-11-16
Recurso:	MIT

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45.

Multi-point knowledge development processes in the multinational firm

Formato:
Enlaces:	Andreas Gast, Donald R. Lessard., "Presented at the 1997 SMS Conference in Barcelona, Spain.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-32).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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46.

Genre taxonomy : a knowledge repository of communicative actions

Formato:
Enlaces:	Takeshi Yoshioka & George Herman., "October 1999.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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47.

Towards a systematic repository of knowledge about managing collaborative design conflicts

Formato:
Enlaces:	Mark Klein., "October 1999.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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48.

Context knowledge representation and reasoning in the context interchange system

Formato:
Enlaces:	Stephane Bressan ... [et al.], "October, 1999.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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49.

Mineral depletion, with special reference to petroleum
Adelman, Morris Albert

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are false. A correct theory has been joined to…
Fecha:	2005-09-15
Recurso:	MIT

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50.

Mineral depletion, with special reference to petroleum
Adelman, Morris Albert

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are false. A correct theory has been joined to…
Fecha:	2005-09-15
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

Mineral depletion, with special reference to petroleum
Adelman, Morris Albert

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are false. A correct theory has been joined to…
Fecha:	2005-09-15
Recurso:	MIT

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52.

Naval Engineering A National Naval Obligation
Chryssostomidis, Chryssostomos - Bernitsas, Michael - Burke, David

Formato:
Enlaces:	As part of its national obligations, ONR must ensure US world leadership in those unique technology areas that insure naval superiority. ONR accomplishes this mission through research, recruitment and education, maintaining an adequate base of talent, and sustaining critical infrastructure…
Fecha:	2002-10-28
Recurso:	MIT

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53.

FROM PLACE TO SPACE: Migrating to Profitable Electronic Commerce Business Models
Vitale, Michael - Ross, Jeanne W. - Weill, Peter

Formato:
Enlaces:	The Internet is a powerful channel that presents new opportunities for touching customers, enriching products and services with information, squeezing out costs through process automation, and redesigning internal business processes through enhanced communication and knowledge sharing. In…
Fecha:	2002-06-07
Recurso:	MIT

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54.

Internet Interconnection Economic Model and its Analysis: Peering and Settlement
Shin, Seung-Jae - Weiss, Martin

Formato:
Enlaces:	Peering and transit are two types of Internet interconnection among ISPs. Peering has been a core concept to sustain Internet industry. However, for the past several years, many ISPs broke their peering arrangement because of asymmetric traffic pattern and asymmetric…
Fecha:	2002-07-22
Recurso:	MIT

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55.

Does the Regional Myth Still Hold? An Interim Report
Nishiguchi, Toshihiro - Oue, Shingo

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper introduces our ongoing analysis of auto component development data obtained from Nishiguchi's research sponsored by MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP). The main results of this paper can be found in the section of Research Results where a…
Fecha:	2002-09-04
Recurso:	MIT

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56.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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57.

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
Recurso:	MIT

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58.

Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership
Kochan, Thomas - Rubinstein, Saul

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary debates over the role of the cxxporation in American society by building a stakeholder theory of the t%n. We develop a set of normative premises and positivist propositions derived…
Fecha:	2002-06-06
Recurso:	MIT

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59.

Use of Recurrent Neural Networks for Strategic Data Mining of Sales
Vadhavkar, Sanjeev - Shanmugasundaram, Jayavel - Gupta, Amar - Prasad, M.V. Nagendra

Formato:
Enlaces:	An increasing number of organizations are involved in the development of strategic information systems for effective linkages with their suppliers, customers, and other channel partners involved in transportation, distribution, warehousing and maintenance activities. An efficient inter-organizational inventory…
Fecha:	2002-06-10
Recurso:	MIT

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60.

Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership
Kochan, Thomas - Rubinstein, Saul

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary debates over the role of the corporation in American society by building a stakeholder theory of the firm. We develop a set of normative premises and positivist propositions derived…
Fecha:	2002-07-11
Recurso:	MIT

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61.

An Equilibrium Model of Rare Event Premia
Liu, Jun - Pan, Jun - Wang, Tan

Formato:
Enlaces:	In this paper, we study the asset pricing implication of imprecise knowledge about rare events. Modeling rare events as jumps in the aggregate endowment, we explicitly solve the equilibrium asset prices in a pure-exchange economy with a representative agent who…
Fecha:	2002-08-12
Recurso:	MIT

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62.

Is the Make-Buy Decision Process a Core Competence?
Fine, Charles H. - Whitney, Daniel E.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Many of today's products are so complex that no single company has all the necessary knowledge about either the product or the required processes to completely design and manufacture them in-house. As a result, most companies are dependent on others…
Fecha:	2002-09-04
Recurso:	MIT

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63.

A Knowledge based segmentation algorithm for enhanced recognition of handwritten courtesy amounts

Formato:
Enlaces:	Karim Hussein ... [et al.], "March 1994.", Includes bibliographical references (p. [23]-[24])., Supported by the Productivity From Information Technology (PROFIT) Research Initiative at MIT.
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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64.

A Methodology for integration of heterogeneous databases

Formato:
Enlaces:	M.P. Reddy ... [et al.], Reprint. Reprinted from IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering. Vol. 6, no. 6 (Dec. 1994) "December 1994.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 932)., Supported by the Productivity From Information Technology (PROFIT) Research Initiative at MIT.
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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65.

Expert knowledge elicitation to improve mental and formal models

Formato:
Enlaces:	David N. Ford and John D. Sterman., Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25)., Supported by the Python organization, the Organizational Learning Center and the System Dynamics Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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66.

Reasoning with incomplete probabilistic knowledge using de Finetti's fundamental theorem of probability : background and computational issues

Formato:
Enlaces:	by Tracy S. Myers, Robert M. Freund, and Gordon M. Kaufman., Cover title., Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45).
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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67.

Inventing organizations of the 21st century : producing knowledge through collaboration, Inventing organizations of the twenty-first century

Formato:
Enlaces:	by Nina Kruschwitz and George Roth., "March 1999.", Includes bibliographical references.
Fecha:	2003-04-29
Recurso:	MIT

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68.

Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization
Madnick, Stuart - Choucri, Nazli - Siegel, Michael - Haghseta, Farnaz - Moulton, Allen - Zhu, Harry

Formato:
Enlaces:	The convergence of three distinct but interconnected trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - is creating powerful new opportunities and challenges for global politics. This rapidly changing environment…
Fecha:	2002-06-07
Recurso:	MIT

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69.

Knowledge management in banking industry : comparative analysis between U.S. and Japan
Yamagata, Kazunori, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Kazunori Yamagata., Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2002., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-99).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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70.

A knowledge-network model of scientific communities
Gonzalez Pinto, Jose Maria, 1975-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Jose Maria Gonzalez Pinto., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2002., Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69).
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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71.

Service delivery and learning in automated interfaces
Oliveira, Paulo Rocha e, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This dissertation analyzes the strategic implications of customization policies available to companies that must simultaneously provide service and learn about their customers through automated interfaces. The first part of the dissertation lays out the theoretical framework within which the analysis…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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72.

Three essays on the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations, 3 essays on the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations
Azoulay, Pierre

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The thesis comprises three essays on various aspects of the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations, woven together by the idea that the production of clinical knowl- edge influences organizational design, pricing, and advertising decisions in the pharmaceutical industry -…
Fecha:	2005-05-19
Recurso:	MIT

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73.

Creating Lean Suppliers: Diffusing Lean Production Through the Supply Chain
Helper, Susan - MacDuffie, John Paul

Formato:
Enlaces:	Hon& of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of lean production to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for ?Best process?, ?Best Performance ?, ?Bs Practice?), in which a crossfunctional…
Fecha:	2002-06-06
Recurso:	MIT

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74.

Creating Lean Suppliers: Diffusing Lean Production Through the Supply Chain
MacDuffie, John Paul - Helper, Susan

Formato:
Enlaces:	Honda of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of lean production to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for "Best process", "Best Performance", "Bs Practice"), in which a crossfunctional team…
Fecha:	2002-07-18
Recurso:	MIT

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75.

Organizational Learning from Experience in High-Hazard Industries: Problem Investigation as Off-Line Reflective Practice
Rudolph, Jenny - Hatakenaka, Sachi - Carroll, John S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Learning from experience, the cyclical interplay of thinking and doing, is increasingly important as organizations struggle to cope with rapidly changing environments and more complex and interdependent sets of knowledge. This paper confronts two central issues for organizational learning: (1)…
Fecha:	2002-08-16
Recurso:	MIT

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76.

Context Interchange Mediation for Semantic Interoperability and Dynamic Integration of Autonomous Information Sources in the Fixed Income Securities Industry
Siegel, Michael - Moulton, Allen - Madnick, Stuart

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	We examine semantic interoperability problems in the fixed income securities industry and propose a knowledge representation architecture for context interchange mediation to support dynamic integration of autonomous database, web, and procedural sources of information. For sources and…
Fecha:	2003-02-10
Recurso:	MIT

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77.

Have Business Method Patents Gotten a Bum Rap? Some Empirical Evidence
Hunter, Starling David, III

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	This study presents the results of an empirical test of two hypotheses concerning the quality of a group of data processing patents on methods of doing business. The hypotheses are motivated by two frequently voiced criticisms of these…
Fecha:	2003-08-15
Recurso:	MIT

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78.

Induced technical change and the cost of climate policy
Sue Wing, Ian.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper investigates the potential for a carbon tax to induce R&D, and for the consequent induced technical change (ITC) to lower the macroeconomic cost of abating carbon emissions. ITC is modelled within a general equilibrium simulation of the U.S.…
Fecha:	2003-10-27
Recurso:	MIT

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79.

Droplet Bouncing Behavior in the Direct Solder Bumping Process
Hsiao, Wayne - Chun, Jung-Hoon

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper presents the results of an ongoing effort to develop a direct solder bumping process for electronics packaging. The proposed process entails delivering molten droplets onto specific locations on electronic devices to form solder bumps. This study is focused…
Fecha:	2003-11-29
Recurso:	MIT

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80.

Multiple Input-Multiple Output Cycle-to-Cycle Control of Manufacturing Processes
Rzepniewski, Adam K. - Hardt, David E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Cycle-to-cycle control is a method for using feedback to improve product quality for processes that are inaccessible within a single processing cycle. This limitation stems from the impossibility or the prohibitively high cost of placing sensors and actuators that could…
Fecha:	2003-11-29
Recurso:	MIT

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81.

Signature schemes and applications to cryptographic protocol design
Lysyanskaya, Anna

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Signature schemes are fundamental cryptographic primitives, useful as a stand-alone application, and as a building block in the design of secure protocols and other cryptographic objects. In this thesis, we study both the uses that signature schemes find in protocols,…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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82.

Biocapital : the constitution of post-genomic life
Sunder Rajan, Kaushik, 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) In the process, this thesis intervenes in social theoretical debates not simply around the nature and production of knowledge and value, but also around the place of larger belief-systems - relating to religion, nation and ethics - in such…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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83.

Collaborating across boundaries : theoretical, empirical, and simulated explorations
Black, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1963-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Complex goods and processes require ever more sophisticated and specialized knowledge; harnessing multiple kinds of expertise to execute tasks, solve problems, and develop strategies is increasingly critical to organizations' survival. When specialists come together, however, they often speak in different…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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84.

commanimation: Creating and managing animations via speech
Kim, Hana - Kho, Nancy - Yan, Emily - Rudolph, Larry

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	A speech controlled animation system is both a useful application program as well as a laboratory in which to investigate context aware applications as well as controlling errors. The user need not have prior knowledge or experience in animation and…
Fecha:	2003-12-13
Recurso:	MIT

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85.

Entrepreneurial clusters in knowledge-driven economies : an essay on their evolutionary dynamics
Ueda, Mitsuyuki, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Mitsuyuki Ueda., Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2003., Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131)., This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives…
Fecha:	2005-05-19
Recurso:	MIT

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86.

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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87.

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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88.

Automobile Recycling Policy: Findings and Recommendations
Field, Frank - Ehrenfeld, John - Roos, Dan - Clark, Joel

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report focuses on recycling. As an objective neutral party, MIT has compiled a knowledge base that examines the many complex issues relating to re-cycling. Although this report was prepared at the request of the Automotive board of Governors, it…
Fecha:	2002-09-25
Recurso:	MIT

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89.

Adaptive Cache-Oblivious All-to-All Operation
Chung, Shin Yee - Hsu, Wen Jing

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Modern processors rely on cache memories to reduce the latency of data accesses. Extensive cache misses would thus compromise the usefulness of the scheme. Cache-aware algorithms make use of the knowledge about the cache, such as the cache line size,…
Fecha:	2003-12-13
Recurso:	MIT

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90.

Intrinsic representation : bootstrapping symbols from experience
Larson, Stephen David, 1980-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how meanings can be learned without explicit instruction. I take a step toward that understanding by focusing on the symbol-grounding problem, showing how symbols can emerge from a system…
Fecha:	2005-09-26
Recurso:	MIT

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91.

Discriminative, generative, and imitative learning
Jebara, Tony (Tony S.), 1974-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	I propose a common framework that combines three different paradigms in machine learning: generative, discriminative and imitative learning. A generative probabilistic distribution is a principled way to model many machine learning and machine perception problems. Therein, one provides domain specific…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
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92.

Social capital and microfinance
Karlan, Dean S

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Chapter one is titled "Social Capital and Group Banking." Lending to the poor is costly due to high screening, monitoring, and enforcement costs. Group lending advocates believe individuals are able to select creditworthy peers, monitor the use of loan proceeds,…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
Recurso:	MIT

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93.

Spinning off new ventures from research institutions outside high tech entrepreneurial areas
Degroof, Jean-Jacques

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	In this thesis, I examine how spinning off new ventures from academic institutions works in an environment outside developed high tech clusters and how it affects models of ventures. I examine these questions by studying the case of Belgium. There…
Fecha:	2005-08-23
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94.

Fundamental analysis and conceptual model for corporate strategy in global engineering and construction markets
Cheah, Yuen Jen, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Strategic management as an academic field of study has spanned over four decades. As an interdisciplinary subject that enjoys concurrent contributions by allied disciplines such as economics and social science, numerous industries have benefited from applying tools and concepts developed…
Fecha:	2005-08-24
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95.

NPL : a graphical programming language for motor control and its application to bipedal walking, Neuronal Programming Language : a graphical programming language for motor control and its application to bipedal walking
Wessler, Michael Alan, 1970-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Current methods for bipedal walking control include playback of recorded joint motion and the derivation of dynamic equations to map desired forces at the body to the required torques at the joints. Both methods require a significant amount of up-front…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
Recurso:	MIT

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96.

Towards trainable man-machine interfaces : combining top-down constraints with bottom-up learning in facial analysis, Towards man-machine interfaces : combining top-down constraints with bottom-up learning
Kumar, Vinay P. (Vinay Prasanna), 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis proposes a miethodology for the design of man-machine interfaces by combining top-down and bottom-up processes in vision. From a computational perspective, we propose that the scientific-cognitive question of combining top-down and bottom-up knowledge is similar to the engineering…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
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97.

Technological capability catching up : follow the normal way or deviate
Gao, Xudong, 1966-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	The thesis explores a puzzle in technological capability development: many firms in China follow the "normal" way of technological capability development suggested by the existing literature but have not made much progress, while some firms that deviate from the "normal"…
Fecha:	2005-10-14
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98.

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
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99.

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
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100.

Exploiting quaternions to support expressive interactive character motion
Johnson, Michael Patrick, 1971-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	A real-time motion engine for interactive synthetic characters, either virtual or physical, needs to allow expressivity and interactivity of motion in order to maintain the illusion of life. Canned animation examples from an animator or motion capture device are expressive,…
Fecha:	2005-08-24
Recurso:	MIT