This thesis considers three complications that arise from applying reinforcement learning to a real-world application. In the process of using reinforcement learning to build an adaptive electronic market-maker, we find the sparsity of data, the partial observability of the domain,…

Un factor fundamental para el desarrollo eficaz de las actividades de transferencia de conocimiento en las universidades es la existencia de estructuras organizativas de soporte a dicha transferencia; en consecuencia, en los últimos años el establecimiento de tales estructuras en…

En las dos últimas décadas se ha observado un creciente interés por los activos intangibles, componente invisible de las empresas y la economía en general. Es tarea de las autoridades competentes, las universidades e investigadores la máxima divulgación de una…

The Sami people have struggled for centuries to maintain their culture in spite of pressures against it from colonialism. The formal education systems of Norway and Finland have acted in discord with Sami decision-making since their inception. In response to…

Research in decision making has identified the importance of prior knowledge and heuristics on decision making behaviour. These develop with experience in a fashion similar to how domain experts develop specialized knowledge structures and heuristic reasoning patterns. This research is…

The aim of this study is to test the assumption that the depictions of ancient boxing found on Attic Black and Red Figure pottery are accurate. Due to the scarcity of ancient written material and physical evidence, most of our…

This study examines Christian experientialist epistemology as articulated of late by Alvin Plantinga especially and also William Alston. It situates their approach to the epistemic status of Christian belief claims within the overall outlook they have respectively developed on what…

Se presentan los resultados de un proyecto etnobotánico que pretende rescatar el conocimiento vegetal y la etnomedicina entre los indígenas Warao de la Isla de Araguabisi y de Tucupita en el estado Delta Amacuro. El trabajo de campo se realizó…

Los vegetales han acompañado e influenciado estrechamente la historia del hombre. Por su gran diversidad de usos y funciones en la cotidianidad, se plantea que en gran medida su presencia ha sido vital y determinante para el desarrollo e la…

Mysticism can be examined from various viewpoints: historical, theological, sociological, and psychological. This study primarily examines the philosophical status and implications of mysticism, an issue investigated many times, particularly over the last four decades. Walter T. Stace's work in the…