In this paper, a restricted domain question answering (QA) system is described. The design architecture of this QA system and the features that allow the adaptation of the QA system to the medical domain are also presented. The advantages of…

This work extends the semantics and implementation of fuzzy prolog presented in [VGM02] in order to include Default Knowledge capability. The new semantic allows non-uniform default assumptions and has Closed World Assumption (CWA) and Open World Assumption (OWA) as particular…

Une préoccupation essentielle traverse cette thèse: l'indifférence systémique de la Loi internationale sur la propriété intellectuelle a l'égard des savoirs traditionnels autochtones. De manière générale, un écart semble d'ailleurs croissant entre l'importance des accords internationaux sur les questions d'intérêt commercial…

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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…

2008

Contribuição tecnológica da Embrapa Cerrados para a agropecuária no bioma Cerrado; Caracterização e conservação da biodiversidade do bioma Cerrado; Gestão de recursos hídrico e manejo de irrigação no Cerrado; Manejo e fertilidade de solo no Cerrado: contribuição da pesquisa; Viabilidade…

The development of systems with the ability to reason about change notion and actions has been of great importance for the artificial intelligence community. The definition and implementation of systems capable of managing defeasible, incomplete, unreliable, or uncertain information has…

The studies on the formation of psychology's professors were locating us in the construction process of the professional knowledge in professors but in psychologists that exercise the teaching too, visualizing the paper that built knowledge assumed between both environments (academic…

La imagen del enfermero en el siglo XVIII no
es nada favorecedora. Los manuales ofrecen
una imagen más adecuada a la realidad,
permitiendo la difusión epistemológica y la toma
de conciencia de su existencia. La imagen es definida
en función…