In many biomanufacturing areas such as tissue-engineering scaffold fabrication, the biodegradation performance of products is a key to produce products with desirable properties. Prediction of biodegradation often encounters the challenge on how to incorporate expert knowledge appropriately. This paper proposes a constrained Gaussian process (CGP) method for predictive modeling with application...

This paper describes an intelligent computerized tool designed to aid managers of software development projects in planning, managing and controlling the development process of mediumto large-scale software projects. Systems dynamics is used to model and simulate the dynamic process of software development. The software development process is affected by some imprecise and vague variables that ...

Current problem solving methodology by computers requires application domain expert to develop programs in a programming language. Software tools designed to ease this task and the expansion of computer use in practically all aspects of human life lead to an increasing software complexity. In this paper we present a solution to the problems resulting from increasing software complexity by devel...

The article deals with the application of AHP method to the development of the ranking of Lublin and Lviv Provinces based on the condition of innovativeness in companies. The final results of a survey are presented. A multi-criterion analysis in hierarchical order compatible with AHP method is adopted. In order to decide on the preferences of compared variants, the distance between linguistic v...

To say that no one uses functional languages is an exaggeration. Phone calls in the European Parliament are routed by programs written in Ericsson’s functional language Erlang. Virtual CDs are distributed on Cornell’s network via the Ensemble system written in INRIA’s CAML, and real CDs are shipped by Polygram in Europe using Software AG’s Natural Expert. Functional languages are the language o...

This study project is related to resource allocation of contract funds for the U.S.DOT/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Project Management Oversight (CPMO) Program. Contract proposals exceed the budget cap that FTA is allowed to obligate for oversight consultants in 15 regions in the U.S. An Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used for developing a resource allocation methodology...

To critique Project LISTEN’s automated Reading Tutor, we adapted a panel-of-judges methodology for evaluating expert systems. Three professional elementary educators watched 15 video clips of the Reading Tutor listening to second and third graders read aloud. Each expert chose which of 10 interventions to make in each situation. To keep the Reading Tutor’s choice from influencing the expert, we...

The goal of this project is developing an expert system that aims to help software designers while designing objectoriented software by automating object-oriented design process. Some novel points are : using an interactive user interface, to enable software designer and expert system can communicate with each other in order to determine the best design, without disturbing the creativity of the...

Anecdotal reports and recent reviews assert that expert systems are potentially useful decision aids in human resource management. This study examines the effects of an expert system designed to aid employees when they make their choices in a flexible bellcfit program. A four group quasi-field experimental design is used to examine the relative effects of the expert system compared to a convent...