There is a growing need for language translation of documents in commerce, government, science, and international organizations. At the same time, translation by computer (MT) is reaching the stage where it can deliver significant cost savings (systems are being sold in Japan that reputedly reduce the time required for translation by up to 50%). Although fully automated high-quality translation...

Persistent programming systems are generally recognised as the appropriate technology for the construction and maintenance of large, long-lived object based application systems such as software environments. Here some of the advantages of providing all the support required for the software process within a persistent object store with referential integrity are examined. It is shown that powerfu...

The mechanical properties of magnetorheological (MR) materials can be changed continuously, rapidly and reversibly by an applied magnetic field. Solid MR materials consist of magnetically polarisable particles, generally iron, in an elastomer matrix. The required iron concentration is high, about 30% by volume. Problems and solutions will be discussed related to MR-technology. Finally long-term...

This paper studies the structure of qualitative capacities, that is, monotonic set-functions, when they range on a finite totally ordered scale equipped with an order-reversing map. These set-functions correspond to general representations of uncertainty, as well as importance levels of groups of criteria in multicriteria decision-making. More specifically, we investigate the question whether t...