This paper presents a proposal for an architecture that integrates knowledge discovery systems (automatic acquisition) and knowledge based systems (experts systems). This work formulates considerations over the viability of the implementation of this architecture according to the advance of the…

When certain enterprise domain needs to make an unusual decision, it will probably require new kind of information. If the interaction model among domains cannot be defined because the decision scenarios are unpredictable, the system itself must search the required…

The proposal of this research line is the search for alternatives to the resolution of complex problems where human knowledge should be apprehended in a general fashion. In particular, the activities developed so far can be included in the area…

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

The main characteristics of Darwin's life and work will be examined, as well as the developments which occurred after his death, especially neodarwinism and the synthetic theory of organic change. In which ways the extraordinary progress made in the field…

El estrés oxidativo juega un papel importante como cofactor en la patogénesis del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH). Los individuos infectados con VIH desarrollan además deficiencia en micronutrientes antioxidantes que recrudecen aún más el estado redox. En la era…

This paper aims to clarify an economic mechanism behind the growing dichotomy between geo-economics and the borderless global knowledge economy. The proposed hypothesis is that geo-economic fault-lines, which are the product of the past prejudices of racial, linguistic, and cultural…

Este trabalho foi conduzido na Comunidade de Vila Cachoeira, município de Ilhéus, Bahia, no período de setembro de 2000 à maio de 2001, tendo como objetivo analisar o resgate do conhecimento da comunidade sobre o uso de plantas medicinais. Foram…

Las plantas medicinales y sus preparaciones farmacéuticas tienen cada vez mayor aceptación por parte del personal de salud y de la población en general. Su utilización se concentra fundamentalmente en la Atención Primaria de Salud, donde contribuyen a resolver muchos…

This article presents a procedure for constructing a taxonomy of COTS products in the field of Requirements Engineering (RE). The taxonomy and the obtained information reach transcendental benefits to the selection of systems and tools that aid to RE-related actors…