“When memories exceed dreams, the end is near. The hallmark of a truly successful organization is the willingness to abandon what made it successful and start fresh” (Friedman, 2005). These words seem relevant in the context of the discussion on creativity, creative industries, and innovation. The debate has been by no means scarce, but are economies, businesses, research groups, and technology...

4 THE OPTIMISTIC ENTREPRENEUR 5 1 OPTIMISM AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS 8 2 OPTIMISM AND THE DECISION TO LAUNCH 11 3 OPTIMISM AND PLANNING 15 4 OPTIMISM AND THE PROCESS TOWARDS INNOVATION 18

application of modern irrigation and drainage canals for efficient use of water resources is necessary. thus , identifying the factors influencing farmers ’ attitudes toward participation in irrigation and drainage projects (idp) is essential. the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting attitude toward participation in idp in syakh darenjan, fars province , iran. stratified rando...

Coalition Structure Generation—the problem of finding the optimal set of coalitions— has received considerable attention in recent AI literature. The fastest exact algorithm to solve this problem is IDP-IP∗, due to Rahwan et al. (2012). This algorithm is a hybrid of two previous algorithms, namely IDP and IP. As such, it is desirable to speed up IDP as this will, in turn, improve upon the state...

In expository discourse, listeners ask questions in response to unsatisfactory explanations. A system that explains interactively must be able to recognize how to elaborate its answer to produce an explanation that meets a listener’s informational needs. Sometimes, listeners ask questions that digress from the purpose of the discussion. Therefore, a system that provides interactive explanations...

The analysis of refugee and IDP (internally displaced persons) camps from VHSR (very high spatial resolution) satellite imagery can assist humanitarian relief organisations by providing population estimations and camp structure analysis based on automated dwelling extraction. Since smooth transferability of rulesets in a fine scale and high complexity environment is limited, we present an appro...

Programmers may be hesitant to use declarative systems, because of the associated learning curve. In this paper, we present an API that integrates the IDP Knowledge Base system into the Python programming language. IDP is a state-of-the-art logical system, which uses SAT, SMT, Logic Programming and Answer Set Programming technology. Python is currently one of the most widely used (teaching) lan...

The process of hydraulic fracturing for recovery of oil and natural gas uses large amounts of fresh water and produces a comparable amount of wastewater, much of which is typically transported by truck. Truck transport of water is an expensive and energy-intensive process with significant external costs including roads damages, and pollution. The integrated development plan (IDP) is the industr...