Anticipatory Guidance

Anticipatory Guidance of Plot

An anticipatory system for guiding plot development in interactive narratives is described. The executable model is a finite automaton that provides the implemented system with a lookahead. The identification of undesirable future states in the model is used to guide the player, in a transparent manner. In this way, too radical twists of the plot that lead to behaviors of the autonomous fellow ...

Anticipatory Guidance in Pediatric Dentistry

Providing anticipatory guidance to children and adolescents.

Anticipatory guidance, a component of Bright Futures, refers to communicating with patients and caregivers to identify and provide information most needed. Providing reliable, appropriate, and culturally competent anticipatory guidance to children, adolescents, and their families at every visit is one of the most essential roles of a primary care provider. D etermining the right information for...

New Algorithmic Approaches for the Anticipatory Route Guidance Generation Problem

The emergence of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has considerably changed the field of transportation modeling during the past ten years. By Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) we refer to transportation systems which apply emerging information technologies to alleviate congestion problems (see, for example, Transportation Research Board 1999). They combine advanced surveillance s...

Toilet learning: Anticipatory guidance with a child-oriented approach.

Paediatricians are asked frequently about the timing and method for toilet learning. As with many behavioural issues, there are no concrete answers to such questions. Reaching this developmental milestone can be difficult for both the child and parents. To help facilitate the toilet learning process, physicians should inform parents about the ‘child-oriented’ approach before the process starts,...