In this work we propose a reference model for the requirements specification of agent-based simulation platforms. We give the following contributions: (i) aid the identification of general principles to develop platforms; (ii) advance the analysis and prospection of technical-operational and highlevel requirements; (iii) promote the identification of shared requirements, addressing them to the ...

Psidium guineense Swartz is a shrub native to Brazil. It is consumed in natura or in the form of pulp, which presents a high content of C vitamin and proteins. The chemical prospection of the aqueous extracts from unripe and mature pulp revealed the presence of tannins and flavonoids. The extracts demonstrated moderate antibacterial activity against the most of strains tested, and the best resu...

We explore and exemplify the application in the Elder Care context of the ability to perform Intention Recognition and of wielding Evolution Prospection methods. This is achieved by means of an articulate use of Causal Bayes Nets (for heuristically gauging probable general intentions), combined with specific generation of plans involving preferences (for checking which such intentions are plaus...

Discussions of the evolution of intelligence have focused on monkeys and apes because of their close evolutionary relationship to humans. Other large-brained social animals, such as corvids, also understand their physical and social worlds. Here we review recent studies of tool manufacture, mental time travel, and social cognition in corvids, and suggest that complex cognition depends on a "too...

We present a Logic Programming framework for moral reasoning under uncertainty. It is enacted by a coherent combination of our two previously implemented systems, Evolution Prospection for decision making, and P-log for probabilistic inference. It allows computing available moral judgments via distinct kinds of prior and post preferences. In introducing various aspects of uncertainty into cases...

The classical method of melting lead by fire-assay (Pb-FA) is the most frequently used analytical technique in gold prospection. The crucible solid waste which is generated in this process is usually characterized by chemical and mineralogical composition, granulometric size distribution, and classified according to Brazilian Environmental Regulations. This study demonstrates how acid leaching ...

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) is a widely used technique for the sampling of the earth’s surface. Next to the widely used geometric information current systems provide additional information about the signal strength of each echo. In order to utilize this information, radiometric calibration is essential. As a result physical observables that characterise the backscatter characteristic of the s...