This paper describes the first version of the distributed programming architecture for the Grumps project. The architecture consists of objects that communicate in terms of both asynchronous and synchronous events. A novel three-level extensible naming scheme is discussed that allows Grumps developers to deploy systems that can refer to entities not identified at the time when the Grumps system...

Rising on columns of fire, rockets launched to the moon – and I who'd wished to work with astronauts, am assigned instead to weigh SAC bomber crew immersed in water – measure " lean body mass, " wondered what difference a paunch on a pilot would make sitting in a B52. Silent— eyes hidden behind red goggles, they swaggered in their muscled nakedness into my lab. Dark-adapted to their cockpits, r...

Binocular depth perception, or stereopsis, depends on matching corresponding points in two images taken from two vantage points. In random-dot stereograms the features to be matched are individual pixels. We have used the recurrent backpropagation learning algorithm of Pineda (1987) to construct network models with lateral and feedback connections that can solve the correspondence problem for r...

Studies Computer aided drafting (CAD) has largely supplanted manual drafting in the workplace. As new technologies and practices are adopted in industry, they should also be incorporated in academic curricula (Stephens, 1997). Consequently , CAD has also become the standard in academic environments, and coursework emphasizing manual drafting has been largely eliminated or relegated to introduct...

Jüngste Erkenntnisse deuten darauf hin, dass das menschliche Schlussfolgern wohl doch „logischer“ ist als lange Zeit angenommen wurde. Hierdurch motiviert boten neun Dozenten den Teilnehmern der ICCL Summer School ein inhaltlich tiefgreifendes und gleichzeitig vielseitiges Programm an Theorie-Tutorien in den Bereichen der Kognitionswissenschaften und formaler Logik. Der zweiwöchige Zeitrahmen e...

Robotic mapping is a problem of building models (maps) of environment from sensor measurements by mobile robots. Models of environment are the basic knowledge an autonomous robot must possess in order to carry out any higher level tasks like planning. Therefore robotic mapping is one of the most intensively studied problems of mobile robotics in recent years. The mapping problem is also known a...

Before the new academic year begins and before the beautiful northern hemisphere summer leaves us for shorter days and cooler nights, we thought it would be a good time to touch base with our authors and readers regarding recent developments in Evolutionary Applications. First, we would like to warmly thank Troy Day, Jessica Hellman and Carol Lee for their time and dedication to the journal. Al...

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