Construct competition: historical-epistemological summary

HyFlex Competition Instance Summary

This document shows the instances that were used for the CHeSC 2011 competition. These instances are available within the JAR file containing the HyFlex software framework[2] version used for the competition. The first four domains were released before the competition as training domains with 10 instances each. There are now 12 instances in each because we added two hidden instances for the com...

Bridging the HCI-SE Gap: Historical and Epistemological Perspectives

Assuming that the gap between HCI and SE can be better understood through exploring their historical developments, we studied several related literature available. The insights thus gained are: thesisantithesis-synthesis approach can be used to clarify fundamental concepts by inviting discussions between different parties; ongoing within-discipline evaluation should be based upon cross-discipli...

The epistemological aspects in the historical works of Don Bates.

The object of this paper is to systematize an epistemological framework of analysis derived from Don Bates's extended essay "Medicine and The Soul of Science," and apply that framework to a number of problems connected to medical knowledge, addressed in previous research by the author. The paper also draws from Bates's earlier work, especially the two-part "Closing the Circle" on William Harvey...

Western Medical Rehabilitation through Time: A Historical and Epistemological Review

Medical rehabilitation is the process targeted to promote and facilitate the recovery from physical damage, psychological and mental disorders, and clinical disease. The history of medical rehabilitation is closely linked to the history of disability. In the ancient western world disabled subjects were excluded from social life. In ancient Greece disability was surmounted only by means of its c...

Transportation in Iowa: a Historical Summary