The goal of this thesis is to study the eductive-type of reasoning in negative feedbacksituations. We address it through an experimental approach. We construct this thesis aroundthree questions: what mechanism is the eductive type of reasoning based on? Is this type ofreasoning more likely to succeed in some particular situations? Can we find particularconditions improving the p...

This paper presents a case-based heuristic selection approach for automated university course and exam timetabling. The method described in this paper is motivated by the goal of developing timetabling systems that are fundamentally more general than the current state of the art. Heuristics that worked well in previous similar situations are memorized in a case base and are retrieved for solvin...

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit a deficit in spontaneously recognizing abstract similarities that are crucial for generalizing learning to new situations. This may contribute to deficits in the development of appropriate schemas for navigating novel situations, including social interactions. Analogical reasoning is the central cognitive mechanism that enables typically dev...

Recently the term Web Services Choreography has been introduced to address some issues related to Web Services Composition. Several proposals for describing Choreography for Business Processes have been presented in the last years and many of these languages make use of concepts as long-running transactions and compensations for coping with error handling. BPEL4WS, the most accredited candidate...