Increasingly, data available to network analysts includes not only relationships between actors but measurements of entity attributes and relations through time and space. Integrating this information with existing dynamic network analysis techniques demands new models and tools. This paper introduces two extensions to the ORA dynamic network analysis platform intended to meet this need. The fi...

As any professional in the field of archival (or library) science can attest, our field is in flux, as globalization, automation, digiti-zation, and other forces of progress loom on the horizon. With so much transforma-tional change coming so fast, it's tempting to believe that no one has witnessed as much tumult in one lifetime as we have. But reading this volume may offer a pallia-tive view. ...

It is uncommon for a theoretical discussion of democracy to resonate throughout everyday political discussion. The removal of dictatorial regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq created a rare opportunity for political scientists to remind us of the historical thread connecting democratic theory with practice. Despite the devastation and dashed expectations of the Iraq war, in particular, one should no...

Description Logics (DLs) are distinguished by a number of characteristics, including decidable reasoning algorithms for tasks such as subsumption and consistency checking. The desire for terminating, even efficient, reasoning procedures has led to two alternative approaches to DL system design: complete reasoning for expressively limited languages, and incomplete reasoning for richer languages....

The left-associative grammar model (LAG) has been applied successfully to the morphologic and syntactic analysis of various european and asian languages. The algebraic definition of the LAG is very well suited for the application to natural language processing as it inherently obeys de Saussure's second law (de Saussure, 1913, p. 103) on the linear nature of language, which phrase-structure gra...

The eminent historian and philosopher of biology, Michael Ruse, has written several books that explore the relationship of evolutionary theory to its larger scientific and cultural setting. Among the questions he has investigated are: Is evolution progressive? What is its epistemological status? Most recently, in Darwin and Design: Does Evolution have a Purpose?, Ruse has provided a history of ...

INTRODUCTION The Internet continues to revolutionize E-business, not solely through direct consumer sales, but by enabling companies to share enormous amounts of information with a wider, distributed user base. New information partnerships enable creative synergies at all levels of business, signifying an exciting time of growth and change. And in this new business environment, to the nimble go...

Emotion-oriented computing is a broad research area involving many disciplines. The network of excellence HUMAINE is currently making a co-ordinated effort to come to a shared understanding of the issues involved, and to propose exemplary research methods in the various areas. This overview paper presents a proposed “map” of the research area, distinguishing core technologies from application-o...

The retreat of cliffs may constitute the dominant erosional response to base‐level fall in arid settings underlain by horizontally‐bedded sedimentary rock. These vertical cliffs typically loom above a relatively straight bedrock slope (‘plinth’) that is mantled with a thin layer of sediment and perched near the angle of repose. In detail, a plinth consists of a system of quasi‐parallel ridges a...

Emotion-oriented computing is a broad research area involving many disciplines. The network of excellence HUMAINE is currently making a co-ordinated effort to come to a shared understanding of the issues involved, and to propose exemplary research methods in the various areas. This overview paper presents a proposed “map” of the research area, distinguishing core technologies from application-o...