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Writing Temporally Predictable Code

The Worst-Case Execution-Time Analysis (WCET Analysis) of program code that is to be executed on modern processors is a highly complex task. First, it involves path analysis, to identify and describe the possible execution paths through the code. Second, it models the worst-case timing of possible paths on the target hardware, where the characterization of the timing of sophisticated hardware f...

From pushing buttons to play and progress: value and interaction in fable

A value can be understood as a belief that one mode of conduct is preferable to others. The user-interface of computer games mediates all player conduct in the game and is therefore key to understanding how values are expressed both by and to the player. How the interface affects player’s expression and understanding of value in computer games is a relatively unknown quantity. We performed a qu...

Pushing moral buttons: the interaction between personal force and intention in moral judgment.

In some cases people judge it morally acceptable to sacrifice one person's life in order to save several other lives, while in other similar cases they make the opposite judgment. Researchers have identified two general factors that may explain this phenomenon at the stimulus level: (1) the agent's intention (i.e. whether the harmful event is intended as a means or merely foreseen as a side-eff...

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