In this chapter, we provide a review of a process-oriented mathematical model of categorization known as the exemplar-based random-walk (EBRW) model (Nosofsky & Palmeri, 1997a). The EBRW model is a member of the class of exemplar models. According to such models, people represent categories by storing individual exemplars of the categories in memory, and classify objects on the basis of their s...

We are happy to introduce this special set of invited contributions on Hypnosis and EMDR. EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. While it has been argued against characterizing hypnosis as a specific type of treatment method (e.g. Frischholz, 1995; 1997a; 1997b; 2000; Frischholz & Spiegel, 1983), this is not the case for EMDR. Like psychoanalysis, EMDR is both an ...

In order to find elliptic curves over Q with large rank, J.-F. Mestre [1991] constructed an infinite family of elliptic curves with rank at least 12. Then K. Nagao [1994] and S. Kihara [1997b] found infinite subfamilies of rank 13 and 14, respectively. By specialization, elliptic curves of rank at least 21 [Nagao and Kouya 1994], 22 [Fermigier 1997], and 23 [Martin and McMillen 1997] have also ...

GRB 970508 is the second gamma-ray burst (GRB) for which an optical afterglow has been detected. It is the first GRB for which a distance scale has been determined: absorption and emission features in spectra of the optical afterglow place GRB 970508 at a redshift of z ≥ 0.835 (Metzger et al. 1997a, 1997b). The lack of a Lyman-α forest in these spectra further constrains this redshift to be les...

1. Aims of paper The general aim of this paper is to present the implications of a corpus-based study of metaphors for communication in British English for the extrapolation of metaphorical ‘source’ domains from linguistic data. Our specific aims are: 1) to provide more evidence for the relevance and centrality of the notion of ‘scene’ (or ‘scenario’) in the analysis of metaphorical patterns, a...

Prilutsky (1999, target paper) reports that Crowninshield and Brand's (1981) criterion, minimization of the sum of the cubes of muscle stresses, works well as a predictor of the division of labor between muscles, for various tasks. However, no direct benefit from minimizing this particular sum is apparent, and it seems likely that it is merely a correlate of the criterion that actually drives m...

In a recent paper the author 1997a] described a short algorithmic proof of a min-max theorem of E. Gy} ori 1984] on minimum generators of a system of subpaths of an underlying path. A. Frank and T. Jordd an 1995] generalized Gy} ori's theorem in several ways; the underlying path was replaced by a circuit, generators were extended to weighted generators, and minimum cost generators were also tre...

In this paper, we report on our approach to adding Natural Language Generation (NLG) capabilities to ITSs. Our choice has been to apply simple NLG techniques to improve the feedback provided by an existing ITS, specifically, one built within the DIAG framework (Towne 1997a). We evaluated the original version of the system and the enhanced one with a between subjects experiment. On the whole, th...

In the current global economy, with an increased international presence of all type of organisations, the design and management of global operations networks (GON) play a vital role in organisational competitiveness. In order to deal with this complex production networks, it is necessary to provide business managers a useful guideline to face the internationalization process in an effective way...

The MCMI (Millon, 1983a, 1987, 1994, 1997a) was developed to operationalize Millon’s (1969/1983b) model of psychopathology and has been revised 2 times over the past 20 years to keep pace with changes in theory as well as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Since its introduction in 1977, it has become one of the most wide...