This paper presents the main
characteristics of an Agent-based Architecture
for the design and implementation
of a Spoken Dialogue System. From
a theoretical point of view, the system is
based on the Information State Update
approach, in particular, the system…

This paper presents an algorithm for identifying noun phrase antecedents of third person personal
pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and omitted pronouns (zero pronouns)
in unrestricted Spanish texts. We define a list of constraints and preferences for different types
of…

Current reasoning systems attempt to model an agent's knowledge and interaction with its environment in a symbolic manner. This environment, its world is generally dynamic and changing due to natural evolution or the actions of other agents that are a…

The goal of this work involves the developing of an argumentation-based formalism that an agent could use for constructing plans. In this formalism, agents will have certain knowledge about the world, and a set of actions that they will be…

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The design of intelligent agents is a key issue for many applications. Although there is no universally accepted de nition of intelligence, a notion of rational agency has been proposed as an alternative for the characterization of intelligent agency.
Modeling…

A number of passages in the Satyricon reveal knowledge of Christianity, which Petronius can have acquired during his official duties in the eastern provinces.

Abstract: The CBC/Radio Canada is in a policy trap which is endemic to all cultural policy today. A casualty of the 1990s policy focus on the cultural industries, the traditional public interest discourse has failed to gain a toehold in…

Abstract: This article presents a case study of a televised encounter between representatives of the fields of television, journalism, and academic media study. The article moves from a description of what was, and could be, said during Moses Znaimer's A…

Abstract: The InSite project aims to demonstrate how broadband video-conferencing technology can assist collaborative research goals. We propose a rigorous and thorough evaluation strategy based on a knowledge-management theoretical framework to deepen our understanding of broadband applications in a research…