Una nueva filosofía de Management tiene el objetivo de capturar, diseminar y rehusar el conocimiento disperso que poseen las organizaciones y que junto a sus recursos humanos constituyen su Capital Intelectual, que forma parte de su activo más importante en…

In this paper, the two-dimensional strip packing problem with 3-stage level patterns is tackled using genetic algorithms (GAs). We evaluate the usefulness of a greedy seeding procedure for creating the initial population, incorporating problem knowledge. This is motivated by the…

This study investigates the importance of traditional hunting knowledge to Cree identity and experience. My fieldwork was conducted in Wemindji, James Bay, Quebec, with Cree trappers and on the interactions of scientific researchers and Cree trappers. I explore the connections…

Following the deaths of Victoria Climbié and of Peter Connelly (Baby P) the media has raged about social work competence, the public have expressed dismay and the government has responded with proposals designed to alter practice procedures. Altering procedures gives…

El descubrimiento de conocimiento (KD Knowledge Discovery) consiste en la búsqueda de patrones interesantes y de regularidades importantes en grandes bases de información [Holsheimer y Siebes, 1991; Piatetski-Shapiro et al., 1991]. Al hablar de descubrimiento de conocimiento basado en sistemas…

Este trabajo de investigación pretende brindar aportes que permitan mejorar el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje bajo entornos informáticos, en alumnos con ciertas discapacidades auditivas, promoviendo el protagonismo del sujeto, mejorando el conocimiento, facilitando y optimizando el trabajo que supone la…

Decision making models for autonomous agents are recently receiving increased attention, particularly in the feld of intelligent robots. This work presents a Defeasible Logic Programming approach to decision making in an environment with single and multiple robots. We will show,…

Abstract: While acknowledging an extension of agroecology in the organic sector and a growing influence of agroecology in the academic world, we explore their relationships. These relationships cannot be reduced to an opposition between a scientific field and a practical…

One of the main crops and income and alternative food source for the population from Northeast region of Brazil is the lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), besides an important source of protein for the rural population from South America and Africa.…

Este trabalho, de caráter conceitual, explora a comunicação como um processo imprescindível para a gestão do conhecimento nas instituições de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação tecnológica (PD&I). Apresenta como uma alternativa à criação, compartilhamento e disseminação do conhecimento nestas instituições o…