This paper addresses two important problems in medical image interpretation:(1) integration of numeric and symbolic information, (2) access to external sources of medical knowledge. We have developed a prototype in which image processing algorithms are combined with symbolic representations for reasoning, decision making and task management in an integrated, platform-independent system for the ...

SISTER: A SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST SIMULATION OF TRADE AND EMERGENT ROLES Deborah Vakas Duong George Mason University, 2004 Thesis Director: John Grefenstette SISTER, a Symbolic Interactionist Simulation of Trade and Emergent Roles, captures the fundamental social process by which macro level roles emerge from micro level symbolic interaction. SISTER may be used for the computational social scie...

The ability to determine a sequence of actions in order to reach a particular goal is of utmost importance to mobile robots. One major problem with symbolic planning approaches regards assumptions made by the designer while introducing externally specified world models, preconditions and postconditions. To bypass this problem, it would be desirable to develop mechanisms for action planning that...

This study discusses the uniqueness and meaning contained in traditions of circumcision apostle. The researcher uses symbolic interaction theory developed by Herbert Blummer to analyze Symbolic Interaction Unique Portrait Implementation Circumcision Apostles Gampong Gunung Pudung, Kluet Utara, Aceh Selatan. Theoretically, is a social life which basically human using symbols. So symbol not forme...

Knowing how the deictic expression is delivered in our daily interaction way necessary to help participant avoiding an ambiguity interpretation. This researcher aimed analyze speaker and hearer Diary of a Wimpy Kid dealt with place reveal type used within each usage by considering some different term proposed Levinson (1983) other linguist. research descriptive qualitative method analysis found...

Models of complex word recognition can be separated into two wide groups: symbolic and connectionist. Symbolic models presume the existence an explicit morphological representation individual words; connectionist do not consider effects to a by-product interaction between phonological, orthographic semantic information. This study aimed test whether there are mental representations inflected le...

This article contributes to developing a management and organisation studies perspective on political organising by focusing on: (a) populism; (b) the exercise of power; (c) politics. We address two questions: in what ways have English populist politicians 20th 21st centuries utilised language along with other aspects campaign build enhance their symbolic power? And: how do organisations conver...

Decision-tree algorithms provide one of the most popular methodologies for symbolic knowledge acquisition. The resulting knowledge, a symbolic decision tree along with a simple inference mechanism, has been praised for comprehensibility. The most comprehensible decision trees have been designed for perfect symbolic data. Classical crisp decision trees (DT) are widely applied to classification t...