by Shawn W. Ritchie., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).

It has been noticed that during the initial semesters of Computing Engineering that the amount of human tutors is insufficient. The students/tutors ratio is very high and there is a great difference in the acquired knowledge and backgrounds. The idea…

This thesis focuses on the search for a more equitable urban environment. In Western Europe, the hope that cities are relevant forms of living and interacting, still exists. In Brussels, in the last fifteen years, the inhabitants formed a unique…

BACKGROUND:Global health research is essential for development. A major issue is the inequitable distribution of research efforts and funds directed towards populations suffering the world's greatest health problems. This imbalance is fostering major attempts at redirecting research to the health…

Esta comunicación describe la generación automática y la evaluación de conjuntos de
reglas para la desambiguación del sentido de las palabras (DSP) en la traducción automática. El
objetivo principal es identificar reglas de alta calidad que se pueden utilizar como…

En esta comunicación se propone un método para incorporar conocimiento
lingüístico relativo a las formas verbales en sistemas estocásticos de traducción. Por medio de una clasificación basada en conocimiento de dichas formas, y de
su sustitución por el lema del…

En este artículo se presenta un modelo del sistema de pronombres clíticos del español.
Se presenta una revisión detallada del fenómeno incluyendo la llamada “subida de clíticos” tanto
simple como compleja, así como el fenómeno relacionado de los reflexivos, y…

Essential to an audience driven website design philosophy is the organization of information and functionality according to the requirements of the different audience classes. However, at design time, it is often difficult to correctly assess the different needs and requirements…

Muchos son los factores que determinan la dinámica de poblaciones de plantas entre los cuales hay demográficos (variabilidad ambiental,
densidad poblacional, etc.) y genéticos (variabilidad genética de los individuos, deriva genética y/o depresión por consanguinidad). Entender
los efectos de esos…

Increasingly, knowledge-based tasks such as new product development and market research are being conducted by geographically dispersed teams. Early evidence from knowledge-based view of the firm and geographically dispersed work literatures suggests that at least four kinds of knowledge gaps---transactive…