Racing into the unknown

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First-Order Probabilistic Languages: Into the Unknown

This paper surveys first-order probabilistic languages (FOPLs), which combine the expressive power of first-order logic with a probabilistic treatment of uncertainty. We provide a taxonomy that helps make sense of the profusion of FOPLs that have been proposed over the past fifteen years. We also emphasize the importance of representing uncertainty not just about the attributes and relations of...

Racing the Red Queen

Despite the discovery of antibiotics almost a century ago, infectious diseases continue to be a substantial cause of human mortality and morbidity worldwide, especially in developing countries. The adverse affects of infectious diseases are thought to increase over the coming years as the widespread misuse of antibiotic leads to the emergence of strains for which current therapies are ineffecti...

Into the Unknown: Measuring the Business Performance of RFID Applications

Given the unquestionable importance of performance measurement on the one hand and the promise of large-scale economic gains through the application of RFID technology in business processes on the other, a crucial question arises: To what extent do RFID users measure the economic performance of their applications and how is the success of RFID applications affected by performance measurement? T...

Stratifying the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme: into the unknown?